Wii

Wii insurance

January 24, 2008

Yet more Wii injuries abound: “We noticed we were getting a number of middle-aged parents coming in having played for far too long on the Nintendo Wii that they had bought their children,” said British osteopath Martin Davies in a Telegraph news story. He said Wii Sports, the game packed in with every console, was [...]

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Wii hacking

January 2, 2008

Johnny Chung Lee, a CS grad student at Carnegie Mellon University, has done some very cool things using the Wiimote and custom code running on a PC, including a multi-touch interface and a virtual-reality headset. However, the holy grail of Wii hacking is to run custom code on the Wii itself, and take full advantage [...]

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a $1.3 billion raincheck

December 15, 2007

That’s what the Nintendo Wii shortage will cost Nintendo in lost opportunity sales this holiday season. As Engagdet notes, this is basically the rebuttal to the common refrain: WiiGuy: The Wii rocks, Nintendo can’t produce enough! H8r: They’re artificially limiting supply to drive up demand WiiGuy: No they’re not H8r: You’re a fanboi WiiGuy: No [...]

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How to find a Nintendo Wii

December 9, 2007

(I was tempted to title this post “Wii don’t need a Guitar Hero” but figured it was too off-topic. Besides, who even recognizes Tina Turner nowadays?) Here’s your problem in a nutshell. You’ve been reading about the Wii (and suffering the puns) for about a year. You’ve played it at someone’s house, and you’re hooked [...]

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Wii One!

November 20, 2007

The Nintendo Wii was introduced one year ago today – happy birthday, Wii! Nintendo is manufacturing almost 2 million Wiis a month, which still isn’t expected to cover demand for the holiday season. If you can’t find one, how about a Wu or a Vii?

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the future of Wii

November 11, 2007

the Wii has of course blown everyone else away and rules the roost in terms of units sold, more than the XB and PS combined. But there’s a lot of room for improvement and areas in which the Wii can’t rest on its laurels. A detailed article at TGD makes the case for what needs [...]

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Wii points = gaming nostalgia

November 9, 2007

I used these: to download this: and am very, very happy.

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news flash

October 29, 2007

The price of the Nintendo Wii will remain unchanged for the holidays. I think they’re trying to obvious us all to death. UPDATE: I predict that Nintendo will be forced to drop the price to $200 after the holiday season. I explain why below in the comment thread.

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Wee Wii

October 24, 2007

Baby Otaku assists me with a software upgrade on the Nintendo Wii.

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The Force is Wii us

October 11, 2007

the Wiisabre is at last a reality. This isn’t some hack flash-based game, but the real thing: LucasArts to Unleash the Force on the Wii in Spring 2008 Star Wars™: The Force Unleashed™ Coming to Nintendo’s Platform with Exclusive Duel Mode SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Sept. 18, 2007 – LucasArts today revealed that Star Wars™: [...]

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