Tag: Wii
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Punch Out Hits the Wii
By Shane McGlaun I spent many (many, many) a lazy summer day in my youth playing Punch Out on the Nintendo. There seemed to have been a Punch Out underground at the time. Everyone knew someone, who knew someone that knew a trick to beating the various fighters in the game, but no one knew…
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Spore Hero and Hero Arena Coming to Nintendo Platform
By Shane McGlaun If you have never played Spore on the PC or Wii you are missing one of the coolest video games of all time. The original Spore lets players build their own creature and evolve it by adding new parts from a single cell organism to a creature, then to a space faring…
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EA Sports Moves Tiger Woods Game Launch Date
By Shane McGlaun After being on the market for a long time the Nintendo Wii is finally reaching the level of availability where you can walk into a retail store and find the console sitting on the shelves. The Wii has some great sports games like the Tiger Woods golf game that are very fun…
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Spore Universe Hits 100 Million Creations
By Shane McGlaun I am a big fan of Spore. The game is way cool and very original. I have spent lots of time playing it on the PC and begin able to grow your own creature from a single cell organism into an intergalactic civilization is too cool. EA has announced that since the…
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Nintendo Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort Get Priced
By Shane McGlaun Until Nintendo announced its Wii game console, sitting around playing with your Wii had decidedly negative connotations to it. Thankfully, today you can call up your friends and ask them to come play with your Wii and they will happily come over. Nintendo is set to launch new accessories and games this…
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Riiflex Adds Weight Training to Wii Fit
By Shane McGlaun The Nintendo Wii makes for a much more involved video game experience than competing consoles. Some games like boxing are as much of a workout as Wii Fit. The popularity of the console for people looking for a fun exercise platform is undeniable with the Wii fit game being at the top…
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Good News For Rock Band 2 Wii Fans
By Jonathan Kimak Rock Band 2 for the Wii is just one month away and since I don’t have a 360 but do have a Wii I’m rather excited about the release. Even better is the news from Harmonix, makers of RB2 for the Wii. If you have the Wii guitar from Guitar Hero III…
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The Next Great Nintendo Peripheral – The Cardboard Box
This post is syndicated with permission from GamerFront.net There’s no denying that the Wii has changed the way that we play video games. Prior to the console’s release we would hold a controller with a dozen or so buttons, and simply use our thumbs to get the desired on-screen response. Sure, back in the earlier…
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Wii Will Soon Be Able To Load Games Directly From SD Cards
By Jonathan Kimak For those lucky enough to have a Wii here is some good news; It will soon be possible to load WiiWare games directly from an SD card. For those of you who don’t know, currently the downloaded games have to be stored on the small 512MB internal memory of the Wii. Since…
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The Force Is Strong With These Wii Lightsaber Accessories
This post is syndicated with permission from GamerFront.net One of the greatest things about the Wii is that there are so many unique peripherals available for it. Since the Wiimote snaps into them, they are essentially just cheap plastic, which also makes them very cheap. We’ve seen other Lightsaber peripherals in the past, but nothing…