Wii MotionPlus
Zelda Skyward Sword in final development stages, will be released after OOT 3DS
Precious few details have been released regarding The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and we still don’t have a release date more specific than “some time in 2011”. However, we did get this tiny tidbit. IGN reports: According to CEO Satoru Iwata, who briefly mentioned the game at an investors briefing today, development is in the final stages. However, the game’s release wi...
New Game Get takes a dip in the Endless Ocean
The big release this week is the budget title sequel to Endless Ocean for Wii. I think it’s the first WiiSpeak game Nintendo has released since Animal Crossing came out over a year ago. On the downloadable side of things, GhostSlayer sounds interesting as its the first WiiWare game I know of that uses MotionPlus. Of note: there are no Virtual Console games at all this week! That must mean ev...
Confirmed: Next Zelda title will use Wii MotionPlus
The next Zelda title, we learned today, is about to go MotionPlus exclusive. The confirmation came from notoriously loose-lipped Shigeru Miyamoto, in an interview from Tokyo this week. “In this (installment of the series), we’re using MotionPlus to make you feel much more like you’re actually fighting while holding a sword in your hand,” Miyamoto said. “In the previous game, you aimed...
NHL 2K10 misses the hat trick
According to the NHL 2K10 Wii description on Amazon: Enjoy online voice chat capabilities via WiiSpeak and precise one-to-one control with WiiMotion Plus Two peripherals at once?? I think the Balance Board could be a fun thing to slap under your feet during a hockey match, too. Oh well .. no hat trick! HA! I kill me. Anyway, has anyone played NHL 2K10 yet? [photo found here]
U.S. Wii owners can go to the dark side for the holidays
Japan’s already been reveling in all that is black and plastic ever since Nintendo introduced a black Wii and black peripherals in that market this past August (yes, it really is September already). Now it’s our turn! Well, it will be, just as soon as Nintendo delivers stock in time for the holiday season. We Yanks will be on the receiving end of a black Wiimote, black cover, black Wii...
E3 Hands on: Wii Sports Resort
I’m just going to come out and say it, Wii Motion Plus is everything Nintendo said it was going to be. After playing around with various mini games on the Wii from Table Tennis, Sword Fighting, Sky Diving, and Archery; I am almost certain that any game that uses motion plus in the future will be so accurate it will probably hinder the performance of players. Let me start off with the two imp...
ExciteBots-inspired gambling question of the day
What’s the over under, in months, on the amount of time before Nintendo reveals an all-in-one Wiimote w/MotionPlus built in? I’m saying three, and bet the under.
Ubisoft’s gambit? Red Steel 2 is MotionPlus-only
Back in 2006, while pundits were snickering about the console’s name, publisher Ubisoft threw caution to the wind and devoted substantial development time and marketing to the Wii. Exclusive titles, shovelware, rush jobs like Red Steel that were panned by critics yet managed to carve out a cult following’Ubisoft touched all those bases in its quest to become the de facto third party Wii publ...
Wii AccessoryPlus? A rumination on white plastic with Jack & David
David: Wii MotionPlus = $20? Yeesh. Jack: when people actually use it, that’s going to become a sweet spot price point my prediction anyway David: yeah, but is it just another zapper? an afterthought for devs? games won’t ever require the damn thing. Jack: all i can say is it will be different this time. and that Nintendo might counter that trend by having publishers include it with ga...
Wii Sports Resort could be the must-have title… of 2009
With the keynote and its subsequent distractions now safely behind us all, we can start to focus on the real gems coming out of E3 this year. One title in particular that appears to be rising head and shoulders above the rest is apparently just a tech demo. That’s right, it’s Wii Sports Resort, and the initial impressions over at Kotaku today have me feeling all 2005, all over again.
Update: Wii Sports Resort/MotionPlus bundle is $49.99
Nintendo confirmed the price to Gizmodo earlier today. No word yet on separate accessory pricing, but the “spring” release date remains for the sequel to Wii Sports. This basically makes Wii Sports Resort the next Wii Play, in that people will buy it in record numbers just to get the accessory it’s packaged with. Oh, and it might actually be a pretty good game, too.