http://wiispot.com News and views on Nintendo's new system - Wii Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:41:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After some serious server issues we are back. While this episode was recorded on Saturday and edited that night, the Wordpress install that I use here was hacked. Seems I forgot to patch this blog... oops. The important thing is that we are back, and we have a great show ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-022/543/ Hey guys, I've been unable to post the new WiiSpot due to some hacking that happened around here. Things seem to be fixed and I can now POST, as tyou can tell by this post. Look for the new WiiSpot tonight! Thanks for your patience http://wiispot.com/test/542/ We are here with an end of week episode of the WiiSpot Podcast. Edgar and myself talk about the news coming from the Nintendo Media Summit, chat about WiiWare and we even have a 60 second review and some listener email for you! As mentioned in the podcast please become a ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-021/537/ Welcome to our Smash Brothers Brawl mega-show. We get into a big discussion of all of the strengths and weaknesses of this fine game. Here is a spoiler, we like it. We also take some time out from gushing about Smash Bros. to talk about the Twilight hack, Shovelware and the ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-020/536/ We pulled an all nighter, to bring you this episode of the WiiSpot podcast. Please don't mind our delirious ranting and jokes, rest assured they were funny in *our* heads! In this episode we talk about Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Kart, The Balance board, and play a submitted 60 second ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-019/535/ We're back with another episode of the WiiSpot podcast. I have yet another podcast rig in use for this one, and I think this one'll stick! We chat mainly about GDC news in this episode, but there is enough funny to keep us going for 50 mins. Enjoy! We love to ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-episode-018/534/ Welcome to 2008, and welcome to another episode of the WiiSpot Podcast! We are recording this podcast with a new setup, which should mean that the podcast will be getting to your ears much quicker. There seems to be some weird tinnyness to this episode that I’ll have to figure ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-017/533/ Hey guys, the WiiSpot podcast is proud to bring to you our holiday gift guide 2007! Contained in this podcast are 11 games that we adore and a pile of Wii accessories too. We wanted to make a podcast that could easily be burned to a CD and given out ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-holiday-gift-guide-2007/532/ We are back with another episode of the WiiSpot.com podcast! We were delayed for quite some time due to the birth of my daughter, Alyssa on September 18th! In this episode we talk about the latest Wii games that have been released, Smash Bros Brawl, House of the Dead, and ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-016/531/ Welcome to episode #014 of the Wiispot.com Podcast. In this episode we are playing a little bit of catchup on all of the great Wii news that has come out over the last little while. More specifically, we chat about E3, Smash Bros. updates, Some great new games coming from ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-014/530/ At Nintendo's Pre-E3 conference Reggie Fils-Aime stood on stage and let us all know that Super Mario Gallaxy will be released in America on Nov. 12, 2007! Finally a solid release date, can't wait! Sadly, no other big new info was given. You are still Mario, and you are trekking ... http://wiispot.com/e3-super-mario-galaxy-info-trailer/522/ During the Pre-E3 Press Conference Reggie made mention of one of our most anticipated games here at WiiSpot, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Sadly this game will not be on display at E3 this year (HUNH? Nintendo!?), but a release date of December 3rd was finally given! For more Smash Bros. info ... http://wiispot.com/e3-super-smash-bros-brawl-to-hit-dec-3rd/515/ At the Pre-E3 conference Reggie Fils-Aime has announced a new Nintendo accessory for the Wii, the Wii Zapper. This optional wiimote/Nunchuck shell will allow games new and old to get the best out of the upcoming light-gun based games: Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Ghost Squad. The Zapper will ... http://wiispot.com/e3-wii-zapper-announced/512/ During the pre-E3 conference just minutes ago, Reggie has officially announced the game that we all knew was coming. Mario Kart Wii (tentative name) will be hitting the stores in the first quarter of 2008! No real retails were given in regards to changes in gameplay, but Reggie made mention ... http://wiispot.com/e3-mario-kart-wii-announced-wwii-wheel-attachment/510/ Ugh. I love doing this show with Edgar; we get along, have similar tastes, and mesh well. Sadly we live about 3,400 KM/2,100 Mi from each other. This means that we have to do the show over the interweb. When we have schedules as hectic as we currently do, this ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-013/508/ Look like the super controversial Manuhunt 2, which has warranted itself an AO rating this week, won't be gracing the PS2 or the Wii at all as long as it's garnished with the AO tag. Nintendo refuses to allow playback for Manhunt 2 since the games gruesome nature has caused ... http://wiispot.com/nintendo-strangles-manhunt-2/504/ It's Monday, and you know what that means, Virtual Console release day! This week's update brings us 2 TurboGrafx-16 games to make up for no showing last week, and a single solitary NES title. For our NES release this week we have NES Open Tournament Golf just in time for Father's ... http://wiispot.com/wii-kly-vc-update-june-18th-2007/503/ Mario Party has, for nearly a decade now, been a mainstay of the party gamer. Those people who love to get a group of people together and just have fun playing videogames. That's the reason why I first picked up Mario Party, and it's the reason why I still love ... http://wiispot.com/mario-party-8-review/502/ Coming in just shy of an hour, we bring you the Wiispot.com podcast episode #012! Besides the long review of Mario Party 8 that I bring you late into the podcast, we have loads of news to talk about. Highlights include a Portable Wii system, Ubisoft asking us to forgive them, ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-012/499/ While it's simply speculation at this point, Paul Mottram, Senior Producer on Crush did point out that "There is no reason why it couldn't be transferred to multiple different platforms especially the Wii, DS and PS2 and this is something we are thinking about." - You can hit up the ... http://wiispot.com/psp-hit-crush-could-waggle-its-way-to-wii/498/ You can all breathe a sigh of relief, this is the last of our WiiSpot backlog of recordings! Starting from this weekend, using our new recording setup since there have been no negative comments, we will be back with REGULAR episodes.. Yay! Anyways, in this episode of the WiiSpot podcast ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-011/496/ I lucked out yesterday, and my local super-retailer, Wal Mart, had a copy (many, actually) of Mario Party 8! I picked it up without hesitation, and completed my Wii Remote collection with a total of four, and hosted the first ever Wii Mario Party at my house. There were a total ... http://wiispot.com/mario-party-8-initial-impressions/495/ We are catching up from a backlog of recordings. Good news is that we have changed the way we re doing these due to our tech difficulties of late. Expect a couple releases really quickly for the DS and Wii podcasts! In this episode we cover a pile of news, some ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-010/491/ Our terrible luck with technology continues in this episode of the WiiSpot.com podcast. The last 20 mins or so of this episode was lost due to some file corruption that Edgar suffered, but don't worry! All the good stuff made it into this great 46 minute episode! In this episode of ... http://wiispot.com/wiispot-podcast-episode-009/490/ Via IGN I saw something that I didn't particularly care for at all: More Mini Games on the Wii. However, this does look like it might be fun, and even more so for younger kids. The fact that all the Nintendo Wii is getting is mini game filled retail games ... http://wiispot.com/ea-to-make-original-wii-title-playground/489/