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CES 2009: No Rock Band 3 this year, Harmonix focusing on Beatles game
After releasing the first two Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii) games in two consecutive years, Harmonix is apparently skipping 2009 for the next entry in the popular rhythm game series. For this year, they're bringing most of their creative forces to bear on the upc...
Dissidia: Final Fantasy on top of the food chain in Japan for December
Final Fantasy Dissidia (Square Enix, PSP, 660,262)Animal Crossing City Folk (Nintendo, Wii, 481,695, 895,302)Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo, DS, 403,279, 855,427)Girls Mode (Nintendo, DS, 299,170, 549,348)Professor Layton and the Final Time Journey (Level-5, DS, 267,365, 6...
Nyko Wand
It looks like the Wii is getting a top-notch peripheral courtesy of Nyko, the Nyko Wand. It is a third party Wiimote that does things slightly different. Mainly in use of it’s “Trans-Port” technology. Basically, the technology allows the vibration to be carried over to attachments, ie. a pis...
Ghostbusters gets release date, Blu-ray movie simultaneous release
The Blu-ray version of the original Ghostbusters movie will be released on the same day. It will retail for US 39, and will come with the following features:
Sony says bring it on: calls Microsoft and Nintendo add-on peddlers
This time though, Sony's making it personal. In an official press release, Sony claws at both Microsoft and Nintendo, calling out their consoles as peddling add-ons in an effort to keep up with the PS3. The press release, which was headlined "Keeping Gaming and Entertainment Simple," rea...
Bruce Springsteen tracks free for download at Amazon
In line with the January 27 release of his "Working on a Dream" album, Bruce Springsteen hands out free downloads for your music player and your Guitar Hero: World Tour (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) through Amazon. More tracks yet again for Guitar Hero, they just keep coming don't they?
Tenchu: Shadow Assasins Trailer!!!
Back in June when it was announced that the new Tenchu game would be coming strictly to the Wii, the gaming world gasped. Some gamers couldn’t believe it and were outraged, others were overjoyed with the idea of the amazing stealth ninja series coming to Nintendo’s console. I was somewhere i...
Sunday, Dec 28
Patch: FCE Ultra GX 2.0.8: NES emulator for the Wii
Fixed unstable SD card accessProper SD/USB hotswap (Wii only)Auto-update feature (Wii only)Rewritten SMB access - speed boost, NTLM now supported (Wii only)Improved file access codeResetting preferences now resets controlsOverscan (cropping) setting now saved in preferences...
Patch: Visual Boy Advance GX 1.0.6: save state bug fix, SD card access fix
Fixed save state saving bugFixed unstable SD card accessProper SD/USB hotswap (Wii only)Auto-update feature (Wii only)Rewritten SMB access - speed boost, NTLM now supported (Wii only)Improved file access codeResetting preferences now resets controlsMinor bug fixes Download: V...
Monday, Nov 24
Twilight Hack v0.1-beta2: specially made for Wii firmware 3.4
Great news for those fellows who got Hack blocked. Team Twiizers' marcan has released Twilight Hack v0.1-beta 2, specifically made to go around the blocks in the Wii's Firmware 3.4 update. Again, it is advised not to update your firmware yet, if you value your Wiibrew.
Friday, Oct 31
Patch: Wii homebrew - Pong2 v0.8 - Nintendo Wii News - QJ.NET
Wplaat's Pong2 homebrew game for the Nintendo Wii console has been given another update. Version 0.8 now has a new level along with support for the Wii Classic Controller. Here's the full changelog for Pong2 v0.8: ...
Tuesday, Aug 19
Batgirl playable in LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Who else will be playable in Warner Bros. Interactive's oober multiplatformer Lego Batman: The Videogame (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, DS, PC)? Why, Batgirl of course!
Monday, Jul 14
Wiibrew news: Homebrew Channel Beta 9 in development, plans for custom firmware, more
He does reveal that there are also plans for custom firmware for the Wii. Well, not custom firmware in the strictest sense, for as Marcan explains, this could mean some illegal manipulation of code, and Team Twiizers has always been known to avoid legal issues when working with Wii homebre...
Monday, Jun 16
Patch: <b>Wii</b> Menu Version 3.3 Now Available for Download
On June 17, 2008, Nintendo released an update to the Wii Menu. This is version 3.3. Below is the message I received in my “Wii-mail.” Wii Menu version 3.3 is now available for your Wii console.
Saturday, Mar 22
Patch: Nintendo rolls out Wii console system update yet again
It was only yesterday when Nintendo rolled out a system update for the Wii console to accommodate changes that will come with the WiiWare download service in May. However, we just got word that there's another one today that just went ...
Friday, Mar 21
Patch: Europe and Australian WiiWare to launch May?
PAL Wii Update - Image 1 Quite a number of gamers are anxiously waiting for Nintendo to finally release the WiiWare service. Well, news has been circulating that PAL regions will be getting the service this May 2008. ...
Thursday, May 31
How To: Video and tutorial: pulsing Wii nunchuk controller mod
to some very diverse reactions - best of which is creativity. That appears to have been the case of evlspcmk, who reports being bored enough to be inspired to create this pulsating light mod for the Wii console's Nunchuk control. ...
