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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...

I love the smell of DS Lite sales figures in the morning. Ahh. This time it’s Europe, to the tune of 7 million units sold! That’s right, I said SOLD, not SHIPPED. “The worldwide total for the console was put at 26.82 million in October, with the Japanese userbase currently estimated at 11.5+ million and the Americas at 7.5+ million. In addition to the new hardware total, Nintendo...

Peter Pan is the mythical figure who refused to grow up. To some, Shigeru Miyamoto is the game designer who invented the console genre, but refused to shift gears with the rest of the industry as it grew over the past 20 years. Only those gamers in denial would say Nintendo hasn’t suffered from a “kiddie image.” It’s not completely accurate, but regardless public opinion ha...

The folks at Cubed got their hands on the latest batch of scores from Japanese super pub Famitsu today, which has been a notoriously tough magazine to get a good review from (unless your game has the words “Final” and “Fantasy” in it, natch). So, how did the Wii fare in Japan? Zelda The Twilight Princess (Wii, Nintendo): 9 / 10 / 9 / 10 – (38/40) Zelda The Twilight Pr...