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Wii Crossbow with Laser Sight is Perfect for all the Wii Games Involving Crossbows
You simply pop 2 AA batteries in the handle and suddenly get infinitely better at Link's Magic Bean Shooting Challenge, or whatever the hell it is. In addition, CTA also makes a pretty slick-looking shotgun for Wii, which will make you feel like you're playing Area 51 at a Chuck E Cheese's.
Yesterday
Lenovo IdeaCentre 600 All-in-One and Motion Controller Hands On: Ain't No Wii
We tried to play the IdeaCentre's motion tennis game for the most direct Wii Sports comparison, but no one knew how to get it going, and the remote's confusing, schizo layout didn't help. The remote does work okay as an air mouse (it's a little laggy), but performance in the ping pong game tha...
Friday, Jan 2
America Still Plays More PS2 Than Xbox 360 and Wii Combined
Sometimes it's easy to lose perspective amidst marketing. Case in point: Nielsen measured that gamers, on whole, spent 31% of their time on the PS2 in 2008 (more than the Xbox 360 and Wii combined). One point we're not sure about, however, is whether or not portable systems were included in t...
Wednesday, Dec 31
Opinion: The Best Gadgets to Come in 2009
When I tested the Wii MotionPlus attachment at E3, I felt that Nintendo had fulfilled the promise of the Wii, finally offering a motion controller as accurate and responsive as we'd all hoped the Wiimote to be originally. If Nintendo can coax developers to support Wii Motion Plus, we can ex...
Tuesday, Dec 30
Walmart Sticks Wii Fit Into Women's Clothing Department
Now this is just low, Walmart—about as classy as us putting up a game called Wii Should Maybe Protect Our Employees From Being Trampled To Death next to the break room. [Kotaku]
Monday, Dec 29
Ungrateful Guy Allegedly Assaults Girlfriend 'Cause He Didn't Want a Wii for Christmas
Today's holiday lesson: Don't act like an ingrateful prick when you get a Wii for Christmas, or you will go to jail. Anyone else think an appropriate sentence would be giving the Wii (or several) to charity? [Boston Herald via Game Politics via Kotaku]
Amazon's Top Selling Holiday Gifts Are Electronic and Guessable
Amazon said best-selling holiday items this year included the Samsung 52-inch HDTV, the Apple iPod, the Acer netbook computer and Nintendo Wii. Sure, "Samsung HDTV" and "iPod" aren't exactly model specific, but we get the point. Big HDTVs, iPods, the Acer Aspire One (along with other net...
Friday, Dec 26
Wii Food Delivery Channel to Serve Japan
Starting this spring, Nintendo will introduce the Food Delivery Channel in Japan. Much like how TiVo users can order Pizza Hut, Wii users will be able to place orders to Demae-can.com (which offers everything from sushi to hamburgers).
The Official Wii Lens Cleaning Kit Is Here
Honestly, any DVD player cleaning kit would probably work just as well, but if you like all of your boxes to match before they're thrown away, the Wii Lens Cleaning Kit is available in the US for $10. Whether you go generic or official, do make sure to try a cleaning kit of some sort if you've bee...
Thursday, Dec 25
Nintendo Wii to Have Video On Demand
Nintendo will start offering video in their Wii console soon. We can only hope that this announcement means that some kind of massive storage accessory is coming. However, there's no much info so far: Nintendo and Dentsu shall use the environment surrounding the Wii so that living rooms wi...
The Best Gizmodo Features of 2008
See how the features progressed towards being bigger and better towards the end of 2008? I feel like a proud papa. Special thanks to Wilson for doing a lot of the behind the scenes work on features without a byline on all the pieces he's influenced, and thanks to all the writers who did feature...
The Best Gizmodo Features of 2008
Here is a list of the very best 2008 Gizmodo Features. We all worked very hard to push features forward this year, and looking back, it looks like our efforts were well worth it. Enjoy! See how the features progressed towards being bigger and better towards the end of 2008? I feel like a proud pa...
Wednesday, Dec 24
50 Christmas Wii Flip-Outs Make You Hate Nintendo, Holidays, Children, The World
Remember Nintendo 64 kid? Apparently that was just the tip of the iceberg. Much kudos if you can sit through this whole video without weeping, returning everyone's gifts or scheduling a vasectomy. MERRY. CHRISTMAS. [PwnOrDie via NewLaunches]
Tuesday, Dec 23
The Huge Hidden Cost of Holiday Deals
Xbox 360: Let's say you scored an Xbox 360 Pro bundle this holiday for $240. Not bad—that's a 20% savings. But you still might need/want an extra wireless controller, an HDMI cable, a wireless adapter and two play-and-charge battery kits. All of a sudden, the price jumps up to $440—nearly dou...
Thursday, Dec 18
Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
• Pretty much every console has varying levels of DRM and copy protection (duh, it's a closed system), but DRM issues are coming more brightly into focus as we download games from stores, like on the Xbox 360 and Wii, where games are tied to your original system, so you're screwed if you get a...
Wednesday, Dec 17
Nyko Redesigns 'Kama' Nunchuk, Nintendo Lawsuit Settled
Today, Nintendo announced that they'd settled a lawsuit with Nyko over the wireless Kama controller. Along with what we're guessing was a sizable check, Nyko agreed to redesign their controller. Here's how they placated Nintendo:
Tuesday, Dec 16
Last Minute Gadget Gift Deals
• iPhone 3G Car Charger for $3.99 plus free shipping (normally $19.99 - use coupon code "iphone3cc"). • Motorola RAZR H3 Bluetooth Headset for $14.99 plus free shipping (normally $23.99). • Mad Catz Beat Pad Controller for the Wii for $7.99 (normally $29.99).
Monday, Dec 15
Last Minute Gadget Gift Deals
DVD & Blu-ray • Soul Calibur IV for Xbox 360 for $29.98 (going for $59.99). • Guitar Hero World Tour 2-Player Wireless Bundle (2 Guitars + Game) [Xbox 360][PS3][Wii] for $79.99 plus free shipping (going for $99.99, use coupon code: GHWT2P).
I Love Katamari for iPhone/iPod Touch Lightning Review [Lightning Review]
The App: Under the cover of night this weekend, the Katamari series landed in the App Store—bringing the venerable roll-up-a-bunch-of-shit-in-a-ball gameplay many love so dearly to Apple's mobile platform. The Cost: $8 The Verdict: A thrill, but slooooow. With releases for the Wii and...
I Love Katamari for iPhone/iPod Touch Lightning Review
For those not familiar, the object of Katamari is to push a sticky ball around various worlds, picking up various delicious-looking Japanese foods, household items, houses themselves, countries, etc—the more objects you pick up, the fatter your katamari gets, and the bigger the obje...
Tuesday, Dec 9
Ghetto Wii Balance Board Is Perfect for Tap Dancing Simulator
I wondered about a way to get fitter, work out without having to go running outside (although that is very healthy). I didn't think the Wii balance board would do the trick, as the Wii games where reported not to be very intense, and the board itself is to hard for running on it. So what is differe...
New Wii Disk Drives Render Modchips Useless
In their latest attempt to block homebrew on the Wii, Nintendo has begun using a new revision of the Wii's optical drive—one that prevents any existing mod chip from functioning. What they have done is combine the old D1A and drive controller chip in to one which is now called the GC2-D3, as y...
800,000 Wii Units Sold In Black Friday Week While Iwata Giggled Maniacally
He was also referring to the the Nintendo DS, which grew 20% over the same period last year. Basically, after all this time in the market, these guys keep selling their boxes like hot red velvet cupcakes with vanilla frosting and hot cocoa in a freezing winter morning. Hmmmmm, cupcakes. [Kota...
Monday, Dec 8
Gadget Deals of the Day
• Sony Dualshock PS3 Wireless Controller for $40.99 plus free shipping (originally $54.99). • Eye-Fi Home Wireless 2GB SDD for $51.99 plus free shipping (originally $79.99). • Nintendo Wii Condoms for $0 (originally $4 each - you need to enter your personal Wiimote codes).
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 5. Nintendo Wii Fit: 266,584 related items sold 6. Apple iPhone 3G: 212,837 related items sold 9. Sony Playstation 3: 103,333 related items sold
Walmart.com Has Lots of Wiis In Stock Today
The catch is, of course, that Walmart is selling both $250 Wiis and the needlessly more expensive Wii bundles we've all come to know and love (though to be fair, they've got some offers with both decent games and hardware today). But basically, if you want to score just a Wii, then get shoppin...
Thursday, Dec 4
Jog Controller Forces You To Run in Place While Gaming
The Jog attaches to your belt and connects between your Wii or PS2 and the controller—forcing you to jog in place in order to move your character (can you say "hot seller?"). I must say that I haven't encountered a fitness peripheral of this caliber since the Gamercize Pro-Sport and it's PC p...
At Gizmodo Gallery: Charity and Prizes
• Xbox 360 • Agent 18 iPod cases, Ten One Design Pogo iPhone stylus and a pink mStation Orb dock • SmartShopper personal shopping list maker • Hercules Wii Accessory Pack • Several beautiful TokyoFlash watches • A few crazy Thanko USB gadgets
Stand Aside Dying Babies, Sega Mega Drive Makes a Comeback
In one of the odder front pages we've seen, The Daily Mail wants to tell you about the four most exciting consoles today: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and, of course, the Sega Mega Drive. [UKResistance via Kotaku]
Monday, Dec 1
ezGear Wii MusicPack Rocks Entire Orchestra of Wiimote Peripherals
The eGear WiiMusic Pack includes all three instrument attachments (four, if you count one drumstick doubling as a conductor's baton), which while still putting you 56 pieces short of a full Wii Music symphony orchestra, gets Man ever so closer to filling the entire ocean entirely with f...
Friday, Nov 28
MSI Wind Box Converts Any VESA Monitor Into All-In-One Computer
MSI keeps racing with Asus. They have now released a new nettop called the Wind Box, but instead of taking the Wii-lookalike standalone approach of the Asus Eee Box, MSI has designed their slim, tiny black computer to attach to the back of any VESA-mountable monitor, effectively converti...
Thursday, Nov 27
Best of Black Friday Deals Complete Roundup
Xbox 360 Controller Price: $19.99 Savings: $40 Circuit City Xbox 360 Arcade Holiday Bundle with Refurbished 20GB Hard Drive and Free Wireless Controller Price: $200 Savings: $50 CompUSA Microsoft Zune (4GB) MP3 Player Price: $49.99 Savings: $150
Lightning Review: TouchCharge Wireless Charger For PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii Controllers
The Gadget: TouchCharge, a wireless charging kit for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii controllers that charge not by docking, but by just being placed on the charging surface. It's a small difference, since there are other controller chargers who charge by docking into the contacts, but an interest...
Tuesday, Nov 25
Nintendo Decides You Can Trade in Wii Speak After All
We were pretty pissed when we found out that the Wii Speak mic comes with a one-time code to download the "Wii Speak" channel that'll let you use it, since a single use, irreplaceable code meant you couldn't trade it in, because it would be a useless bundle of plastic of wires. Nintendo is back...
Monday, Nov 24
The Ultimate Black Friday Survival Guide
Why You Might Want to Avoid Shopping on Black Friday, altogether: • 10 Reasons We're Doomed: Black Friday Edition • WalMart Worker Trampled to Death by Deal-Crazed Black Friday Shoppers Complete Black Friday Gadget Coverage at Giz]
Mini Mario Kart R/C Racing Set Takes the Game Into the Real World
The giant Mario Kart R/C racer was cool, but Mario on Mario races don't do a great job of bringing the game out of the Wii and into the real world (even the slot racer set doesn't quite do the trick). However, these new mini R/C toys from Brando are a different story. Each rechargeable, iPod shuff...
Thursday, Nov 20
Toys 'R' Us Leaks Black Friday Deals
FREE Nintendo® DS™ accessory with the purchase of Nintendo® DS™ Brain Age Bundle or Nintendo® DS™ Super Mario Bros. Bundle More than 80% off Xbox 360 Wired Guitar Hero Game Controller Up to 50% off Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360
Everlast Wii Boxing Gloves Will Knock You Out
Indeed, Nintendo and Everlast have tag-teamed in the retail ring to knock you out with these new boxing glove accessories. And while you're down they plan to steal your wallet—because this is an obvious attempt to milk gamers for every last cent. The gloves are available for $30, but I think...
Guess How Many Wiimotes the Nyko Charge Station Quad Charges
Nyko didn't like seeing fellow third party manufacturer Penguin create a 4x Wiimote charger first, so Nyko fired back with the Charge Station Quad for Wii. Priced at $50, the Nyko Quad includes four NiMH rechargeable battery packs, four rubber Wii Remote battery covers and, of course, a f...
Tuesday, Nov 18
Somali Pirates Steal Nintendo Wiis, Christmas Joy
Look, guys, if you really cared about the Christmas joy of children all over Europe you would let loose the ninjas. I mean, you can't spell Nintendo without half of ninja, so you've obviously got them. Ninjas kill pirates. And in this case, protect the innocence of millions of children. Becaus...
Wii Classic Controller Gets a GameCube Makeover
The Hori Classic Controller isn't just a Wavebird knockoff for the Wii. It's a strange amalgamation between the old and new, borrowing the iconic Wavebird formfactor while simultaneously swapping those ridiculous Wavebird controls for the more practical 4-button setup from the SNES...
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
Saturday, Nov 15
Sam's Club Black Friday Wii Deal Was "Ha Ha Ha" Not "Ho Ho Ho"
Sadly, the Sam's Club Black Friday deal featuring a Wii, three Wiimotes, three Nunchuks, and two games for $224 was just too good to be true. The good news is that the bundle will still be available at Sam's, be it for the higher price of $425. Seeing as this package includes $180 in controllers...
Friday, Nov 14
Nintendo Says F You With One-Time-Use Wii Speak Code
Ars discovered that the upcoming Nintendo Wii Speak peripheral—a microphone that finally lets you communicate to other Wii users online—comes with a 16 character code to download the "Wii Speak" channel. This is a one time use code, which cannot be replaced if lost. What does this mean to y...
Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 Tested for XTREME Durability
We all know that the PS3 is built like a Navy battleship while the 360 can crumble in one's hand like a wilted flower. But how do the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 stand up to one another when two dudes (and we use "dudes" here not because we're stuck with dated lexicon but because we find it aptly descript...
Thursday, Nov 13
GameStop Says They Have Enough Wii Consoles to Last Through Black Friday
Things may be looking up for consumers eager to get their hands on the elusive Wii console this holiday. Speaking with a GameStop exec, Game|Life learned that the company believes they have enough consoles to last all stores up to the first week of December. There have also been sightings on...
Friday, Oct 31
Gadget Bargains for the Credit Crunch
• Nintendo Wii System - Mario and Sonic Bundle for $399.99 (originally $499.99). • Guitar Hero Aerosmith for Xbox 360 for $29.98 (originally $49.99). Blu-rays DVDs • The Exorcist DVD for $3.99 (originally $19.98). • Halloween DVD for $7.97 (originally $14.98).
Monday, Oct 27
Patch: Wii Homebrew Is Back Again, Now Supporting SDHC Cards [Wii Homebrew]
As predicted and expected, homebrew on the WIi is back thriving after being blocked by the most recent software update from Nintendo. Brewers can go about getting their software back by installing a new version of the Homebrew Channel (which also adds SDHC support for cards larger than 2G...
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, Sep 17
Lightning Review: Penguin United Quad Charge Station Juices Four Wiimotes at Once [Wii Charger Review]
If your family plays 4-player Wii games a lot and are always hunting around for batteries, $45 isn't too big an investment for the convenience of just shoving your Wiimote into a dock. If you're not a huge gamer or already have rechargeable AAs, this might not be as worth it to you. [Penguin Uni...
Wednesday, Jul 16
Wii MotionPlus Hands-On (Verdict: Melancholy Bliss) [Wii MotionPlus Review]
I respect Nintendo for fixing the shortcomings of their Wiimote. They didn't have to do so to win the console war and make boatloads of money. But I really wish it worked better in the first place and, even more so, that I didn't need to explain to my in-laws why their brand new console is already...
Monday, Jun 16
Patch: Nintendo Has Plugged the Wii Twilight Hack
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...
Sunday, Jun 1
Opinion: Weak, Flabby Dollar Creating Wii Fit Shortage, Could Probably Use Some Time On Wii Fit [Wii Fit]
Now, before you go stringing up Nintendo, or do something really rash, like buy a PS3, consider the words of video game journalist go-to guy Michael Pachter. "The shortage demonstrates one consequence of the weak dollar. We're seeing companies ignore their largest market simply because...
Tuesday, May 1
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: Dealzmodo: Refurbished Wiimote, $25
Still looking to pick up the addition Wiimotes so you can kick your friends' asses at Wii Tennis? Overstock.com has refurbished Wiimotes for $25, which is $15 off the regular price. If you are like me and still haven't found a Wii anywhere, this could be a good time to pick up a remote ahead of ti...
