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Wednesday, Dec 31
The Best Gadgets to Come in 2009
Whether it's the iPhone 3G Part II or the rumored iPhone nano, it's not hard to imagine Apple releasing another new iPhone this year, maintaining their trend of releasing an iPhone per year to stay competitive in the everchanging post-RAZR cellphone market. It's no secret that most of Giz...
Monday, Dec 15
Microsoft Allegedly Knew Xbox 360 Was Scratching Discs
Unsealed documents in a lawsuit over an Xbox 360 that repeatedly scratched a dude's games suggest that Microsoft knew all about the problem, but rejected all three possible solutions prior to the 360's launch. Moral of the story seems to be not to buy rev. A hardware from Microsoft, perhaps...
Monday, Dec 8
The Top 10 Ebayed Gadgets of the Year
1. Nintendo Wii: 2,056,866 related items sold 2. Microsoft Xbox360: 1,297,903 related items sold 3. Sony PSP: 350,591 related items sold 4. iPod Touch: 281,361 related items sold 5. Nintendo Wii Fit: 266,584 related items sold 6. Apple iPhone 3G: 212,837 related items sold
Tuesday, Dec 2
Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 3:1 on Black Friday
Of course, the notably absent data was regarding the Nintendo Wii's sales on Black Friday. But our guess is that if Microsoft toppled that giant, even for a day, they would have mentioned it (at the top of their lungs from the tallest mountain they could find). [Kotaku]
Wednesday, Nov 26
Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition Is $150 in February
Traditionally, the name "Madcatz" implies generic, a peripheral that's cheaper than those manufactured by Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. But the Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition is an ultrapremium controller that will go for an ultrapremium price when it's rel...
Tuesday, Nov 25
Greenpeace Green Scorecard: Nokia Wins, Apple Fails, Nintendo Crashes Again [Ecowhining]
It does slightly better on energy criteria for disclosing the carbon footprint of every model of product – although not exactly what is being evaluated in the criterion. Apple scores top marks (doubled) for all desktops computers, portable PCs and displays complying with Energy Star 4.0...
Tuesday, Nov 18
Newest System Menu 3.4 Wii Update Kills Homebrew Again [Wii Homebrew]
Message from Nintendo Wii Menu version 3.4 is now available for your Wii console. To update your Wii Menu to the latest version, please select the Update button at the bottom of the screen or select the System Update option in Wii System Settings. Nintendo
Thursday, Oct 30
The Only Wii Homebrew Guide You Will Ever Need
So there you have it. With a few minutes of tinkering, you now have a Wii that can play just about every vintage video game system imagineable, play your downloaded, ripped or DRM-free purchased videos on your TV, and world of other tricks. We'll update this guide should anything change.
Tuesday, Oct 28
New Xbox Experience (NXE) Review: It's Pure Improvement [Nxe]
This November, the Xbox 360 will turn three. So far, it’s been a profitable and successful system for Microsoft, capturing the attention of developers, snatching exclusives away from the PlayStation 3 and gaining lots of street cred from hardcore gamers.
Friday, Oct 24
Patch: Nintendo Kills Wii Homebrew With Update Again, Again, Again [Wii]
Nowadays, any self-respecting hardware manufacturer is locked in an interminable battle to lock down their platforms for unclear reasons, because that's how things are, OK? Accordingly, Nintendo has just released a patch to prevent would-be homebrewers from enjoying their Wiis to...
Wednesday, Oct 22
Rage Wireless Guitar Leaks Acid, Can Burn Your Rock Jewels
Description: The Rage Wireless Guitar controller is designed to be used on the Nintendo Wii system. The guitar is blue or white and is 31 inches long. The guitar contains battery-operated LED-lighted fret buttons that go up the neck of the guitar.
Monday, Oct 20
Old Sega Genesis Ads Remind Us of the First Real Console War [Retromodo]
But still, it's funny to see how things have changed so much, yet haven't really changed at all. Nintendo is again the dominant force in the console market, and the tone of Nintendo's ads and image is still cute and safe for all ages. Sony and Microsoft try to be more hip and edgy, appealing to te...
Thursday, Oct 2
The DSi (New Nintendo DS) Drops 1-6 Hours in Battery Life [Nintendo]
But a major selling point of the DS was its ridiculously great battery. And the only explanation we could maybe reason is that the DSi could be brighter than the DS Lite, meaning that each of these tiers is actually brighter than advertised in side-by-side comparison. Well, that, or Nintend...
Tuesday, Sep 23
How Many Google Phone Engineers Does It Take to Tell the Time?
So here I was, all excited about Android. Not because the G1's physical design is specially attractive. In fact, it's a gray design with no soul. Not because of the user interface, which at first glance reminded me of a mash-up between the Nintendo DS and a '90s Windows desktop manager. No, I was...
Wednesday, Aug 20
Hillcrest Labs Sues Nintendo to Keep the Wii Out of America [Wii]
Hillcrest Labs has filed a complaint for patent infringement with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, D.C., and a separate patent infringement suit in the U.S. District Court in Maryland against Nintendo(R) related to the Wii(TM) video game system.
Tuesday, Aug 19
A Man-Sized Guitar Hero Portable
No offense to the Nintendo DS version of Guitar Hero, but when I'm pretending to be Mick Mars the last thing I need is to be fumbling around with some tiny gaming handheld. One modder has felt my pain and hacked a wireless PS2 guitar to integrate with Guitar Hero: On Tour and allow full-out faux...
Thursday, Aug 14
History Proves the iPhone Will Never Win the Handheld Gaming Wars [Iphone Gaming]
For Nintendo, handheld tilt gaming was a fanciful tangent; when the genre was exhausted, they were able to retreat to traditional controls. This option is unfortunately—and maybe fatally—absent from the iPhone, potentially relegating it to the unfortunate status of a impressive, el...
Thursday, Jun 19
Wii Wheel and Wii Fit Board Combined to Make Racing Simulator [Gaming]
If you've already got a Wii Wheel and a Wii fit but are too cheap to buy an actual racing wheel with pedals, Nintendo Wii Fanboy has a good way to combine the two to accomplish kinda the same thing. All you need is a PC, a couple apps and the ability to follow written instructions, and you too can be...
Nintendo's Homebrew-Killing Patch Already Hacked [Wii]
This week Nintendo sealed up the Twilight Princess hack which had previously allowed homebrew enthusiasts to work their brewy magic. Well, the patch has been circumvented after only been a few days, and the fix should be available for download soon. [Wii Fanboy]
Monday, Jun 16
Patch: Nintendo Has Plugged the Wii Twilight Hack [Wii]
A long-known exploit of Twilight Princess has allowed software enthusiasts to take control of the Nintendo Wii and launch their own homebrew. Not anymore! Because Nintendo's latest Wii Menu Update (version 3.3) not only brings the ability to move a Mii from the Mii Plaza into the Mii Parad...
Thursday, Jun 12
Guitar Hero Gets Its Own DS
You know Guitar Hero has gotten ridiculously big when the franchise gets its own Nintendo DS. Coordinated with the Guitar Hero: On Tour launch June 22, a silver and black Nintendo DS adorned with the Guitar Hero logo will be available in a limited edition bundle. The price is yet to be announc...
Sunday, May 11
Could I Have a Match? Try Vibrators and Nintendo Wiimotes
Remember when it was cool to joke about how the vibrating Wii remote looked, felt and behaved pretty much like a vibrator? No? Well, too bad, because it turns out that the two were more similar than the light-hearted humor suggested. In fact, both tools of pleasure employ technology built f...
Friday, May 9
Guitar Hero: On Tour DS Bundle Coming in June [Guitar Hero]
In a conference call today Activision said that their DS rendition of Guitar Hero will be hitting stores in June, and Nintendo was so impressed by the controller add-on, that they're allowing the hardware to be included with the game as a bundle set. Activision didn't discuss price or spec...
Wednesday, Mar 19
Guitar Hero On Tour for Nintendo DS Controller Revealed
Turns out all those crazy Guitar Hero for DS renders were just about as crazy as the official add-on, with German gaming mag N-Zone.de showing off the wraparound controller in all its glory. It attaches to the back of the DS and has a hand strap so you don't drop the thing while hitting the notes...
Thursday, Aug 23
How To: Install Nintendo Games and Play With Tactile Feedback in Your iPhone
• Exit NES by clicking on your iPhone's home button. For the non-initiated, game ROMs are files containing the old cartridges you used with your Nintendo Entertainment System or similar consoles. They will look like this: • Take note of the IP number of your iPhone. It should look like this.
Monday, Jun 25
Stock War: Nintendo Briefly Nudges Sony Out of Japan's Top 10 Companies
Today, during a surge in Nintendo's stock price, the company managed to outvalue the entire Sony Corporation for a spell. It didn't last long, but Nintendo's brief climb is a clear sign of the company's Wii-eminence. Already strong in the handheld market–just count how many Game Boy varia...
Friday, Jun 8
What Is This: Super Famicom/PlayStation Prototype?
For those of you with short memories, Sony and Nintendo were working together in the mid '90s on a CD-based Nintendo console when negotiations fell apart and both Japanese companies went their separate ways. Sony with the PlayStation and Nintendo with the N64—and we all know what happene...
Wednesday, May 16
What Took So Long?: Nintendo Bringing DS Demo Downloads to Boring Old Airports
Nintendo has found the perfect audience to unleash its hordes of DS demos on, people at airports. They're bored, they've got no where to go, and if they own a DS chances are they'll have it with them. Come Fly With Me: Nintendo Aiding Weary Travelers [Kotaku]
Sunday, Apr 8
Super Mario Brothers Running On Apple TV: Video
A reader, Rusty, sent in this video of himself playing Super Mario Bros. on his Apple TV, which, in my Nintendo fanboy opinion, totally blows away those other top 5 hacks. Who cares about running XviD files—or hell, even the legit functions—when you can play Mario?
