Archive for November, 2006

My Wii and WiiSports first impressions

You would think that as the owner of a site like this, WiiSpot.com, that I would of had a Wii system at launch. You would think that I’d of been playing and exploring every nook and cranny that Nintendo’s new system offers since the release. Well you would be wrong
I actually just managed [...]

Wii Live for a Week

I read this article over at My Nintendo and just had to share with our readers! If you just gotta get your Wii fix and have, as of yet, been unable to fulfill it yourself due to shortages on store shelves, you gotta check out this guy!
He has a live [...]

Wii Power Usage

The folks over at Kotaku recently posted an article, comparing the power usage of the Wii against both an LCD TV (to give you a baseline idea) and an XBox 360. The Wii uses up surprisingly little power, which should prove to be fairly important, considering that most gamers will have the system on [...]

Longer Wii Warranty Offered

If you were one of the lucky to score yourself a Wii this past weekend, this news might be of some interest… especially considering the amount of Wii’s that are coming up with that nasty Error Code 110213. Nintendo is offering to extend the warranty on your Wii by an additional 90 days.
All you [...]

Game Releases - Week of Nov. 20th

Well, after the flood of launch games I suppose we should expect things to be a little on the dry side for game releases this week… I’ve come up with only one:
- Need for Speed Carbon
That’s okay though, you’re probably all too busy messing around with the system and whatever games you picked up [...]

Wii launch in NYC

Nathan over at FierceGameBiz sent us a note informing us that he has posted a series of images taken at the Wii launch in Times Square NYC. I can’t help notce how much different Wii launch reporting is from the PS3 stories from Friday. No guns, no knives, and no stampedes; just a bunch [...]

Whilst the Nintendo Wii is set to make its long awaited début in the United States this weekend, news has filtered through that suggests the revolutionary new console is set to lack a few of its proposed components at launch.
Online news publication Gamesindustry.biz states that highly anticipated console won’t come equipt with the proposed ‘News [...]

Wiinjuries!

The folks over at 1Up.com have put together an entertaining list of the various types of injuries that you could sustain while playing the Wii. I know… not really news, but I got a kick out of it! I figure that that’s probably mostly because I personally know quite a few people who [...]

Wii Commercial Conquers YouTube!

The official 30-second Wii commercial released by Nintendo has become the most viewed video over at YouTube!
This video shatters previous most-watched game video scores. Daily winners usually chart between 20,000-60,000 views; the Wii commercial? It’s been viewed 670,000 times — and counting — making it the most watched video anywhere on YouTube.
On top [...]

Nintendo’s new Wii(TM) video game system not only changes how people play games, but redefines how they interact with both the system and their televisions. With the Wii Menu, Nintendo offers a gateway to new experiences through a collection of interactive channels people can use to customize their gaming and entertainment options.
The Wii Menu serves [...]

Game Releases - Week of Nov. 13

With the release of the Wii rapidly approaching, I can actually start my weekly post of the upcoming games. Sure, you may not be able to buy the system until this Sunday… but you might be able to get your hands on a couple of games if the stores in your area are stocking [...]

Wii to get Major Marketing Campaign

With the launch date of the Wii rapidly approaching, Nintendo has plans to spend upwards of $200 million dollars in their attempt to overthrow both the XBox 360 and the upcoming PS3 in the second generation console war. Up until now, most of the marketing for the system has been by word of mouth, [...]

Nintendo sure is set to make some major money this coming holiday season. First, the DS Lite had an awesome showing in Time Magazine’s prestigious Gadget of the Year awards, coming in second, and now the Wii blows away the competition by bagging Popular Science’s Best of What’s New for 2006:
Remember when videogames were [...]

Little Known Wii Facts (maybe)

The folks over at Joystiq have gone ahead and put together a Top 10 List of things that you may not have known about the Wii:

It doesn’t play CDs, but it plays AVIs off your digital camera’s SD card.
The flaps that protect the Gamecube controllers and memory card slots are removable.
Wii Sports includes training and [...]

Whilst one console sports a design that’s reminiscent of the style and flair of an Apple product, the other resembles a shiny matt black George Foreman grill, but how do the game cases compare for each competing console?
Well the PlayStation 3 game casing made its début via online gaming publication IGN yesterday, [...]






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