Month: November 2006

Like many of the other Infendo bloggers this week, I too brought the Wii home to the immediate family for the Thanksgiving holiday. After explaining to my mother that, no, I did not just drop more than $600 for a PS3, I set about setting up the console on the family room television. What happened next made me feel absolutely 100% satisfied with every dollar I had spent last Sunday morning.The Lear...

Sorry it took so long, but procrastination — and possibly tryptophan — killed the bloggers. In case you can’t find it, go to the Wii message board, click Write Message, click on the icon that pops up on the right, and grab that number. Leave it down below or in this thread. Once you get over this small obstacle and have all your friends registered, you’ll be set for Mii par...

The first step in determining if non-gamers, mom, dad, family, and friends are digging the Wii is if you catch them powering on the console by themselves without gamers initiating the session. Saying something is fun and enjoying it for a while is one thing. Talk is cheap. Actually turning a product “on” (and/or buying it) for personally use is the true indicator. I realize this is ext...

Nintendo really nailed it with the Wii. I do have a few complaints so far, but they’re mostly minor. Here are my thoughts after five days with the Wii. The Good It’s Like God’s TV Remote ”“ Yes, the controls on most of the games are intuitive and respond wonderfully, but just as important is the feel of the controller. It’s sturdy, but not too heavy, which can be a difficul...

Infendo reader DanZuke is a lucky man. Not only does his girlfriend love the Wii, she’s artistically inclined when it comes to Mii creation as well. Check out the Beatles above. Mii Square concert, coming up. With that, Happy Thanksgiving to the American readers, and to the rest I’ll be back in a few days. Other Infendo ninjas might be around, but I imagine they’ll be playing Wii...

I picked up a Wii yesterday (Thanks, Mark!) after one lone GameStop got a small, freak shipment in. Here are my overall thoughts on the console after some initial playtime. Nintendo did a better job launching Wii than they did the DS, at least in terms of initial games and novel controls. If that’s not a sign of what Nintendo can potentially do with Wii, I don’t know what is. But the n...

1UP has posted their thoughts on which current VC games warrant a purchase and which don’t. From the article: “Virtual Console still has a few kinks to work out, but on the whole it’s a solidly-realized service that’s starting strong and should only improve. Certainly it’s more robust in most respects than Xbox Live Arcade or Sony’s PS3 service were at their res...

Gamasutra examines the current 96% average score for the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on Wii (which I still don’t have ’cause it’s sold out). From the article: “One of the more controversial Twilight Princess reviews recorded at Gamerankings is Jeff Gerstmann’s at GameSpot, in which he awards the title a score of 8.8 out of 10… Gerstmann’s biggest is...

NewsFactor reports: “Nintendo hopes the Wiimote will bring new gamers into the fold, people turned off by the complex gadgets, buttons, and controls that other high-end games rely on. ‘To a certain degree, it’s going to do that,’ said Gartner vice president and games analyst Van Baker, ;There are a number of people who are somewhat attracted to gaming, but they’ve bee...

I realize we are very early on in the life of the Wii, so go home and have some turkey and think about this question before answering: What game was the launch turd for Wii? Forget the review scores, or what you’ve heard from the mainstream press. I want to hear what you think is the bag of poopsky that has marred an otherwise care free Wii launch. For helpful hints or motivation, just take ...

Some were lucky and some missed out. So this week we ask … Did you snag a Wii yet? Yes No Didn’t try yet Not going to Free polls from Pollhost.com

If you’re like me, then you marveled at the Wiimote as it controlled game play just by moving around in real space, and attributed it all to magic. Or pixie dust, like I also thought once upon a time about the iPod nano when it first came out. But, like I found out today, you’d be dead wrong — it’s all tiny springs! “The technology behind motion-sensing has been aroun...