Nintendo Wii: The Next Generation Nintendo Console

[Guest Rn3L]

just saw a couple more wi-fi matches on youtube. looks like Wolf IS in the game.

[Guest monchichi]

You could pick up the Nyko Perfect Shot, I've heard good things about on another forum. For $15 I'd say it's reasonable.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/841/841403p1.html

Oooh.. thanks! I think I like this one more than the zapper... and the price is attractive as well though it'll be more for me I think because I'm in Australia (unless that's the AUD price...)

[Guest knickstorm]

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=158768

microsoft saying wii's not sustainable, has graphic limits,,,,,,just wondering what you guys thought.

[Guest tomster]

^Pfft. Getting a Wii was an upgrade from the Xbox 180. Oops I meant 360*.

Ramble all they want and hate it or love it, the underdog's on top. I'm all for the

Wii despite its lack of hardware specs and 'outdated graphics'. And I happened to

quote that because it's like every other system emphasizes that over innovation

which was Nintendo's goal afterall. I mean.. Am I the only one who could care less for the graphics?

[Guest Velocitii]

i dont think the wii and xbox are on the same level

its completely different

xbox and ps3 are competing with each other, tahts what they should focus on

and wii's sales are through the roof compared to xbox's

comparing wii and xbox is like comparing an apple to a lamp

[Guest knickstorm]

do you guys this wii can survive without getting 3rd parties to make games for it?? the control scheme's gonna be difficult, maybe if it comes to it, wiii makes another more standard controller too?

[chicken fly lice]

wii is a good system,. but if its your only system, its meh....it has some good games ill admit that. but i think you should also get a ps3 or 360 to go along with the wii, so you get the best of both worlds. nintendo made games with few good 3rd party games, and the other system for its exclusives, and its exellent 3rd party support

[Guest CK92842]

Oooh.. thanks! I think I like this one more than the zapper... and the price is attractive as well though it'll be more for me I think because I'm in Australia (unless that's the AUD price...)

Glad to help out. I just never saw the appeal of the Wii zapper especially with it's fire from the hip aiming.

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=158768

microsoft saying wii's not sustainable, has graphic limits,,,,,,just wondering what you guys thought.

I own a 360 and I will say this, MSFT is always gonna be competing for that market share Nintendo has tapped into which is the casual gamer. When I have friends and family over, just one system gets playtime and that's the Wii. Also what I appreciate about the Wii is not having to deal with the scum of the earth that is the Xbox Live community. This past week alone I must've blocked and muted over 50 annoying gamers either going off at the mouth with their incessant rambling or blasting their poor choice of music over their microphone.

And like many gamers before me have said so, graphics alone doesn't make a great game. A perfect example would be Assassin's Creed. Great looking game but in the end all style and no substance.

do you guys this wii can survive without getting 3rd parties to make games for it?? the control scheme's gonna be difficult, maybe if it comes to it, wiii makes another more standard controller too?

3rd party for the Wii is there and even more than the GC and that's saying alot this early on in the game. My only gripe is that 3rd party developers are only creating games for the Wii just for a quick buck since development is not as costly when compared to the PS3 & 360. I'm not exactly sure how long Nintendo will sustain the momentum it has riding at the moment but looking ahead in 2008 after Mario Kart on the Wii then what else is there?

[Guest knickstorm]

so how long do you think the wii can keep it up? will the bubble burst? or are there enough casual gamers out there to keep things going for a while? I mean if you're a kid, your parents will probably buy you the cheaper more fam friendly wii i'd assume.

[Guest epark1281]

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=158768

microsoft saying wii's not sustainable, has graphic limits,,,,,,just wondering what you guys thought.

What do you think microsoft is going to say? "Nintendo's console is much better than ours!"

Of course they're going to say that, they're pushing their own product. DUH.

In any case, the two consoles are NOT the same. One is an HD system. It's about graphics and OOOO's and AHHH's. Wii is all about gameplay. And the gameplay is AWESOME, let me tell you.

[Guest yukumushio]

oh yes, I might've done this already but..for Canadian Gamers, www.redflagdeals.com is reallly good for finding dealzz!!

And for american, cheapassgamer is amazing!!

[Guest RS Trax]

Yesterday's North American releases for the Wii Shop's Virtual Console:

Operation Wolf

NES

1 player

Rated E10+ for Use of Tobacco and Violence

500 points

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wolf_%28video_game%29

Columns III: Revenge of Columns

Genesis

1-5 players

Rated E for Everyone

800 points

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columns_3

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New Wii releases this week (North America):

Bomberman Land Wiki

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (Bundle w/ Microphone) Official Website

My Horse and Me Official Website

Kidz Sports: Ice Hockey IGN

The Spiderwick Chronicles Official Website Wiki

Go Diego Go: Safari Rescue GameSpot

New Nintendo DS releases this week (North America):

Bomberman Land Touch 2 Official Website

Professor Layton and the Curious Village Official Japanese Website Wiki

Assassin's Creed Altair's Chronicles Official Website Wiki YouTube

Zoo Tycoon II

My Horse and Me

Pet Pals: Animal Doctor

Paws & Claws: Pet Resort

Puppy Palace

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North American Release Dates : UK: Japan : Australia

Note that these are tentative release dates and are subject to change. Since release dates change on an almost daily basis, be sure to call your local retailer to make sure the game you're looking for is available (TBA indicates that no release date has been determined yet).

Q1 = January - March/Q2 = April - June/Q3 = July - September/Q4 = October - December

February 11, 2008 Go, Diego, Go! Safari Rescue Take-Two Interactive Adventure

February 12, 2008 Balloon Pop UFO Interactive Puzzle

February 12, 2008 Jumper Brash Entertainment Action

February 12, 2008 London Taxi: Rush Hour Bold Games (Destineer) Racing

February 18, 2008 MX Vs. ATV Untamed THQ Racing

February 19, 2008 Pimp My Ride Activision Value Action

February 20, 2008 Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection Crave Entertainment Pinball

February 25, 2008 Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None The Adventure Company Adventure

February 25, 2008 Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed THQ Adventure

February 25, 2008 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Square Enix Action

February 25, 2008 Rebel Raiders: Operation NightHawk Jack Of All Games Flight Action

February 26, 2008 Cocoto Magic Circus Conspiracy Entertainment Shooter

February 26, 2008 Kidz Sports International Soccer Destineer Sports

February 26, 2008 SEGA Bass Fishing SEGA Hunting

February 26, 2008 WWII Aces Destineer Flight Simulation

March 3, 2008 Bully: Scholarship Edition Rockstar Games Action

March 3, 2008 Major League Baseball 2K8 2K Games Sports

March 4, 2008 Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 Ubisoft Shooter

March 4, 2008 Ninja Reflex Electronic Arts Party

March 9, 2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Nintendo Fighting

March 10, 2008 Indoor Sports Konami Sports

March 10, 2008 Worms: A Space Oddity THQ Strategy

March 11, 2008 George of the Jungle Crave Entertainment Action

March 18, 2008 Baroque Atlus RPG

March 18, 2008 House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return SEGA Shooter

March 18, 2008 SEGA Superstars Tennis SEGA Sports

March 18, 2008 Target: Terror Konami Shooter

March 25, 2008 Obscure: The Aftermath Playlogic Action Adventure

March 25, 2008 Okami Capcom Adventure

March 25, 2008 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Konami Sports

March 27, 2008 Summer Sports: Paradise Island Destineer Sports Compilation

March 28, 2008 MiniCopter: Adventure Flight Aksys Games Flight Simulation

March 31, 2008 Kitty Luv Activision Value Virtual Pet

March 31, 2008 Monkey King: The Legend Begins, The UFO Interactive Shooter

April 1, 2008 Dream Pinball 3D SouthPeak Interactive Pinball

April 1, 2008 Garfield Gets Real Destination Software, Inc. (DSI) Action

May 2008 Alone in the Dark Atari Adventure

May 2008 Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy Majesco Action

May 2008 Boom Blox Electronic Arts Puzzle Action

May 2008 Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Disney Interactive Studios Action Adventure

May 2008 Dog Island, The Ubisoft Adventure

May 2008 Harvest Moon Heroes Natsume Adventure

May 2008 Iron Man SEGA Action Adventure

May 2008 Rygar: The Battle of Argus Tecmo Action

June 2008 Incredible Hulk (2008), The SEGA Action

June 2008 LEGO Indiana Jones: The Videogame LucasArts Adventure

June 2008 Let's Off Road Destination Software, Inc. (DSI) Racing

June 2008 Samba de Amigo Wii SEGA Music

June 2008 TNA iMPACT! Midway Games Wrestling

Q2 2008 1701 A.D. Ubisoft Simulation

Q2 2008 Brave SouthPeak Interactive Action Adventure

Q2 2008 Castle Shikigami 3 Aksys Games

Q2 2008 Cid the Dummy Oxygen Games Platformer

Q2 2008 Emergency Mayhem Codemasters Action

Q2 2008 Mario Kart Wii Nintendo Racing

Q2 2008 Monster Lab Eidos Interactive Simulation

Q2 2008 Mushroom Men Gamecock Action

Q2 2008 Pop *TBA Action

Q2 2008 Protöthea *Independent project Shooter

Q2 2008 Top Spin Tennis 2K Games Sports

Q2 2008 WALL-E THQ Action Adventure

Q2 2008 Wild Earth: African Safari Majesco Adventure

July 2008 Cabela's Monster Bass Activision Value Sports

July 2008 Space Chimps Brash Entertainment Adventure

August 2008 Madden NFL 09 Electronic Arts Sports

August 2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed LucasArts Action

September 2008 Heroes Over Europe Red Mile Entertainment Flight Action

Q3 2008 Deca Sports Hudson Soft Sports Compilation

Q3 2008 Ghostbusters: The Video Game Sierra Action

Q3 2008 Igor: The Movie Legacy Interactive Action

Q3 2008 Professional Bull Riders Crave Entertainment Sports

Q3 2008 Wonderworld Amusement Park Majesco Simulation

Q4 2008 Major Minor's Majestic March Majesco Music

Q4 2008 Mortal Kombat Next-Gen [untitled] Midway Games Fighting

Q4 2008 New Beginning, A Daedalic Adventure

TBA 2008 100 Bullets D3 Publisher Action

TBA 2008 Active Life: Athletic World Sports Compilation

TBA 2008 Alive Ubisoft Action

TBA 2008 Animal Crossing Wii Nintendo Simulation

TBA 2008 Black [next-gen] Electronic Arts Shooter

TBA 2008 Blitz 2008 Midway Games Sports

TBA 2008 Blitz: The League Midway Games Sports Action

TBA 2008 Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting *TBA Productivity

TBA 2008 Bruiser & Scratch in Case of the Puzzling Paw *TBA Adventure

TBA 2008 C.I.D 925: An Ordinary Life Oxygen Interactive Platformer

TBA 2008 Cake Mania Wii Majesco Simulation

TBA 2008 CCTV *TBA Action

TBA 2008 Crack Down [Virtual Console] SEGA Action

TBA 2008 de Blob THQ Action

TBA 2008 Deal or No Deal Destination Software, Inc. (DSI) Trivia

TBA 2008 Destiny of Zorro , The Action

TBA 2008 Disaster: Day of Crisis Nintendo Action Simulation

TBA 2008 Don King Presents: Prizefighter Take-Two Interactive Sports

TBA 2008 Dragonology Codemasters Adventure

TBA 2008 Elf Bowling (Collector's Edition) Detn8 Games Sports Action

TBA 2008 ESWAT: City Under Siege [Virtual Console] SEGA Action

TBA 2008 FaceBreaker Electronic Arts Sports Action

TBA 2008 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers Square Enix Action RPG

TBA 2008 Ford Racing Off Road Empire Interactive Racing

TBA 2008 Gravitronix Action

TBA 2008 Harker *TBA Action Adventure

TBA 2008 Hell's Kitchen *TBA Simulation

TBA 2008 Hogan's Alley [Virtual Console] Nintendo Shooter

TBA 2008 James Bond 007 (2008) Activision Action

TBA 2008 Kawasaki Quad Bikes Bold Games (Destineer) Sports

TBA 2008 King of Clubs Oxygen Interactive Puzzle Action

TBA 2008 LEGO Batman: The Videogame Warner Bros. Interactive Action

TBA 2008 Line Rider inXile entertainment Puzzle

TBA 2008 Madagascar 2 Activision Action

TBA 2008 Mario's Super Picross [Virtual Console] Nintendo Puzzle

TBA 2008 Merscom Project 2008 [untitled] Merscom Other

TBA 2008 Mind Games *TBA Productivity

TBA 2008 Mythmakers: Orbs of Doom Bold Games (Destineer) Action

TBA 2008 n-Space Wii project [untitled] Nintendo Action

TBA 2008 Petz Ubisoft Simulation

TBA 2008 Prince of Persia Next-Gen [untitled] Ubisoft Adventure

TBA 2008 Project Bang! Action

TBA 2008 Project Witches *TBA Adventure

TBA 2008 Real Heroes: Firefighter *TBA Simulation

TBA 2008 Rock Band MTV Games Music

TBA 2008 Sadness *TBA Action Adventure

TBA 2008 Secret Files: Tunguska DreamCatcher Interactive Adventure

TBA 2008 Space Station Tycoon Namco Bandai Simulation

TBA 2008 Speed Racer Warner Bros. Interactive Racing

TBA 2008 Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers [Virtual Console] Capcom Fighting

TBA 2008 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Ubisoft Shooter

TBA 2008 We Love Golf! Capcom Sports

TBA 2008 Wii Fit Nintendo Sports

TBA 2008 Wii Motor Sports Airplane Nintendo Flight

TBA 2008 Wii Music Nintendo Music

TBA 2008 Wizardology Codemasters Action

TBA 2008 World of Goo *TBA Puzzle

TBA 2008 XGen Wii Ware Project [untitled] XGen Studios Action

TBA 2008 Yamaha Super Cross Racing

Q2 2009 Avatar, The Ubisoft Action

Q2 2009 Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins Action

TBA 2009 Alien -- FPS Project [untitled] SEGA Shooter

TBA 2009 Alien -- RPG Project [untitled] SEGA RPG

TBA 2009 Factor 5 Wii Project [untitled] *TBA Other

TBA 2009 Merv Griffin's Crosswords ValuSoft Puzzle

TBA 2009 Planet 51 *TBA Action

Source

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Catch up on previous Wii News and Updates on my Xanga blog

See you all next week! \:D/

// Roth

[Guest monchichi]

T_T

There's no good releases for Australia other than Smash Bros. but that doesn't even have a proper release date yet!! Noo...!

Dammit! I wish we could have the Karaoke game... that would be so much fun!

[Guest darkbahamut]

I can't wait for the NA version. I think I'll have to try the japanese one

[Guest monchichi]

Quick but urgent question:

Mario Party 8 - How the heck to you get the game to recognise the second wii remote for multiplayer?? I didn't think it would be so difficult because it's not that hard for Wii Sports!!

[Guest yukumushio]

First of all, SHAME ON YOU FOR BUYING A SH!TTY 1ST PARTY GAME!! lolol jkjk

But really....there are much better 3rd party quality games...we need to support 3rd party or they won't come to us..they fear Nintendo's awesomeness!!!

Is the 2nd Wiimote powered on? you gotta sync it to the wii...then I bet it would just appear in the game.

[Guest RS Trax]

^ Go in to the Wii Options, and look for Location or Country to select language or etc. Otherwise it could be the hardware since it's a Japanese SKU rather than a US. Wii Shop is varied by the region where the system is made for.

Virtual Console releases for today include the following.

Harvest Moon

Super NES

1 player

Rated E for Everyone

800 Wii Points

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Moon_%28SNES%29

Lords of Thunder

TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM

1 player

Rated E for Everyone Fantasy Violence

800 Wii Points

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of_Thunder

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Wii releases this week (North American):

MX vs. ATV Untamed Wiki

Nintendo DS releases this week (North American):

Dungeon Explorer: Warrior of Ancient Arts IGN

Command and Destroy IGN

Barnyard Blast IGN YouTube

FIFA Street 3 IGN Official Website

New Zealand Story: Revolution IGN

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Japanese publication Famitsu magazine has revealed a number of new details for Mario Kart Wii.

Famitsu has now confirmed that the bikes are allowed use in Cup races, along with their ability to perform special tricks like wheelies. Each driver will come with different vehicles.

Baby Peach and Boo will join the roster of playable characters. Gamers will be able to race with their Miis as well.

New Courses:

"Mushroom Cup"

Luigi Circuit

Moo Moo Country

Mushroom Canyon

Toad Factory

"Flower Cup"

Mario Circuit

Coconuts Mall

DK Snowboard Cross

Wario Mines

Old Courses:

"Shell Cup"

GC Peach Beach

DS Yoshi Falls

SFC Ghost Swamp 2

64 Mario Circuit

"Banana Cup"

64 Sherbert Land

GBA Hey Ho Beach

DS Monty Town

GC Waluigi Stadium

Mario Kart Wii will be the first home console edition of the franchise to feature online play. Races will expand to include 12 players instead of the typical eight. Players will also be able to share time attack scores and race "ghosts" online.

Global and local rankings will be available to online players. Famitsu mentioned an online league, but did not clearly specify how people can participate. Outside of racing, players can partake in the online battle mode.

Mario Kart Wii is expected to be released in Japan on April 10, with a North American and Europe somewhere around the same, Australia late March 2008.

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_kart_wii

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The latest issue of Edge magazine has revealed new information about the upcoming Wii game LEGO Indiana Jones.

The game will parody the three Stephen Spielberg-directed films originally released during the 1980s. Players will lead Indiana Jones through 18 levels filled with Lego-sized renditions of the main characters and classic moments from the movies.

Jones' iconic whip will be used to attack enemies, latch onto objects in the environment and more. Players will also be able to dig for weapons and other bonus items. Unlike in the Lego Star Wars games, Lego Indiana Jones will impose an ammo limit.

According to Edge, Lego Indiana Jones is funnier and more open than its Star Wars counterpart, with Traveller's Tales Director Jon Burton describing the game as a "careful next step" for the LEGO game franchise.

The 'careful' approach led, in part, to the removal of Nazis and Nazi references in the title. "Lego [has] already replaced them with an anonymous genocidal, occultist, trenchcoat-wearing master-race," the studio explained. "That said, we like to reinforce the fact that these really are terrible, terrible people."

Lego Indiana Jones is expected to be released on multiple platforms including Wii this June.

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Indiana_...:_The_Videogame

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Stephen Spielberg has finally revealed his latest video game creation, in partner with EA, here's Boom Blox.

YouTube:

BOOM BLOX offers action-packed interactive activities that takes Wii play to a new level of creativity and fun with single player, co-op, and versus gameplay. Players can explore the visceral gameplay-perfectly suited for the Wii's interactivity-that keeps them destroying their way through brain-twisting challenges. They can interact with entertaining characters such as the Blox-laying chickens or the baseball throwing monkeys, who bring personality to the Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted themed environments. Additionally, players can remix any level of the game in Create Mode using props, blocks, or characters that have been unlocked during the game. Players can also virtually build anything they can dream up. Plus, their designs can then be shared with friends or used to challenge others to solve their newly created puzzle via WiiConnect24™.

Launching in May 2008 for North America and Europe.

Official website: http://www.boomblox.ea.com/

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Catch up on previous Wii News & Updates on my Xanga blog.

See you all next week! \:D/

// Roth

[Guest monchichi]

First of all, SHAME ON YOU FOR BUYING A SH!TTY 1ST PARTY GAME!! lolol jkjk

But really....there are much better 3rd party quality games...we need to support 3rd party or they won't come to us..they fear Nintendo's awesomeness!!!

Is the 2nd Wiimote powered on? you gotta sync it to the wii...then I bet it would just appear in the game.

LOL!! Blame by lil bro!! >.< But yes, Nintendo is awesome <3

Yeah, the 2nd wii remote is on because when I press any button, the blue lights flash. How you do sync with the Wii?? o_o Because I was playing Wii sports (multiplayer mode) before that and it was fine... and then when I switched over to Mario party it wouldn't recognise the 2nd controller T_T

I'll see if I can fiddle around with the wii settings and see if that works...

Thanks for the help!

[Guest colorstoobright]

^ There's the little area on the console that you can flip open (under the reset/power buttons) with a red sync button. Press that along with the sync button the wii remote (open the battery cover).

I pre-ordered Okami today! I can't wait for that game even though it's going to get dusty while i play Brawl x999, but I'll get to it eventually..

[Guest monchichi]

^ There's the little area on the console that you can flip open (under the reset/power buttons) with a red sync button. Press that along with the sync button the wii remote (open the battery cover).

Thank you x infinity