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God of Wii fan art
God of War was a great game. GoW2, probably more of the same. Combining it with Wii in fan art? Excellence worthy of a post. I still don’t blame the straps for this, however. [Thanks, sidepocket]
Virtual Console’s hidden "Warp Zone"
A not so well hidden “Warp Zone” has popped up in the Virtual Console Channel on European consoles. Wandering onto the Virtual Console to check out the latest update, we spotted a text-drawn smiley face on the front page which, when clicked, took us to a “secret” page of the Virtual Console. The following page reads: “Welcome to the Warp Zone! … Congratulations,...
Teen Girl Squad in Mii form on HomestarRunner.com
A fan of Homestar Runner and Wii created some Mii characters that look like the Teen Girl Squad. I made some Venture Bros. Miis that are fun to see show up at my Ping Pong matches in Wii Play. Have you made any Miis that you’re proud of?
Who said anything about a Nintendo Drought?
Right about now is that special time when lazy columnists begin to write “do you think Nintendo can keep this up?” columns about the longevity of the Wii. The old Nintendo Drought chestnut is wheeled out and dusted off (it’s shaped like a GameCube), and everyone starts to get nervous that Nintendo is going to spontaneously cut off the game supply to its latest home console for no...
Nintendo Spotting: Chomp soccer ball edition
[Flikr, via Extra Life]
Wii sheds pounds — really!
So the guy wasn’t faking. What a surprise. A study by Liverpool John Moores University found regular use could help shift 27lb (12.25kg) a year. It’s pretty simple: Exaggerated movements and moderate off the couch arm flailing = better than sitting on couch pressing buttons, at least for exercising purposes.
Game|Life to Nintendo: start losing money
Chris Kohler over at Game|Life is one savvy blogger, and his latest post on Nintendo is spot-on. My latest big idea that I think Nintendo should consider is this: at some point, they should start throwing away cash into projects that might probably fail. No, stay with me on this one. At this point, Nintendo has proven that their strategy is viable. They’re expanding the market. DS did incred...
Student fabricates Wiimote/classic remote connector
And you can make one too if you have access to CAD and a plastic fabricator machine thing.
Reggie hints at ‘Nintendo Power Channel’
In a recent interview with MTV (you know, the one where Reggie said Metroid 3 was probably delayed and wouldn’t have online play), an interesting bit about a Nintendo Power Wii Channel popped up. “We have a tremendous amount of old Nintendo Power content … that we could present to consumers,” Reggie told MTV.” Ever since I moved out of the ol’ Castle de Cougar o...
Joystiq profiles Infendo Radio’s Scott Johnson
Bias aside, Infendo Radio is probably one of the most well thought out, polished and professional podcasts I listen to today. Scott and Blake get in, get things done, and get out — and the whole time it’s just an enjoyable experience all around. Oh, and it keeps even I, Infendo writing ninja and Nintendo momma’s boy Jack, informed. Keep it up Scott!
Wii, the ‘impulse buy,’ remains sold out
I love Schadenfreude, so I love this bit of stock news from Seeking Alpha. Hint: Wii demand persists into February. I visited no less than 6 stores on Monday night – EB Games, GameStop, Best Buy and Target. None of them had the Wii in stock. I spoke to one of the employees at GameStop and he told me that they get Wii shipments from time to time, but the units sell within minutes. Talk about ...
Nintendo Spotting: Cross stitch edition
Looks good, but I still want to shoot that stupid laughing dog.