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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
Toto's Intelligence Toilet II Smartly Measures The Temperature Of Your Pee, Among Other Things
It's the sequel to the original Intelligence Toilet, which has been tracking and graphing the health of the 10,000 or so lucky souls who have purchased one since 2005, according to Toto. Like the original, the Intelligence Toilet II takes all kinds of readings from your urine, which are th...
Friday, Dec 26
Wii Food Delivery Channel to Serve Japan
By Mark Wilson , 7:00 PM on Fri Dec 26 2008, 106 views So, are you all Wii Fit now? Great. Because Nintendo wants to fatten you up before Wii Fit 2. ... Nintendo's Wii to get video channel in 2009 ITworld.com Can Nintendo Wii Game Consoles Improve Family Fitness? Newswise (press release)
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).
Tuesday, Dec 23
Wii Fit Could Kill You: Wii Hospitalizes 10 People a Week
the bending of the knee from the Wii-Fit game." God forbid you actually move or bend your knees people. If anything, these people should be moving more, ... Nintendo Wii Sends Brits To Hospitals Examiner.com Wii-itis: Up to ten hospitalised weekly from playing Nintendo LIVENEWS.com.au
Wii Fit Could Kill You: Wii Hospitalizes 10 People a Week
Wii Fit apparently turns you into a new man by literally breaking you. The Sun reports that the Wii is sending at least 10 people a week to the hospital with Wii-itis. Updated 3:50PM And let's not forget Wii-knee, which results from.... "the bending of the knee from the Wii-Fit game."
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
Monday, Nov 10
Wii Fit + LEGO Mindstorms = Super Nerd Soccer
No idea who did this originally, but Wired found a video of two dudes playing Wii Fit LEGO Mindstorms Soccer. Wait, what? Looks like the guys hooked up two Wii Fit balance boards to a LEGO Mindstorms trucks(?) and made them move around in sync with whatever leaning or jumping motion was made. A...
Saturday, Sep 20
QOTD: Do You Still Play the Wii?
In just a few weeks, we can almost guarantee that the wires will be filled with one story again: Wii shortages. It should come as no surprise—Nintendo has redistributed hardware/games like Wii Fit to Europe and elsewhere to avoid the weak dollar. And at the same time, the Wii is still the most...
Thursday, Jun 19
Wii Wheel and Wii Fit Board Combined to Make Racing Simulator
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...
Sunday, Jun 1
Opinion: Weak, Flabby Dollar Creating Wii Fit Shortage, Could Probably Use Some Time On 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...
Monday, May 19
Wii Fit Review By a Formerly Fit Geek
Balance games are parlor games that encourage you to develop dynamic control in shifting your body weight. One game had me smashing soccer balls with my head while dodging cleats (hated it) but the best were the ski jumps, slalom and snowboarding emulators. (I could play those all day.)
Thursday, May 15
Atari's Family Trainer Is Wii Fit Meets NES Power Pad Meets DDR
Atari isn't going to let Nintendo hog all the video game fitness money, as evidenced by the announcement of Family Trainer for the Wii. It's pretty similar to Wii Fit in that people stand on it and do activities, but it doesn't weigh you and actually has pads for you to jump or step on. No price ye...
Sunday, May 11
Could I Have a Match? Try Vibrators and Nintendo Wiimotes
Sure, Immersion uses an alter ego, "Internet Services, LLC," as an alias for when it licenses the rights to its "teledildonic gaming devices" patent to pleasure seekers of the flesh variety, but it's still the same tech at heart. Next up: A DIY project that turns the Wii Fit balance board in...
Thursday, May 8
Nyko's Energy Pak Gives the Wii Fit Balance Board a Recharge
LOS ANGELES, California - May 8, 2008 - Nyko Technologies®, the premier game console peripherals manufacturer, today announced that it will soon release the Energy Pak for the Wii Balance Board™, a peripheral packaged with the forthcoming title Wii Fit™. The rechargeable battery solu...
Tuesday, Apr 15
Wii Fit Helpin' Us Skii This Summer
With the snow season practically over, we are starting to miss those winter days of snowboarding and hot tubbin'. This summer when the snow is long gone we might actually have an outlet for our snow-sport deprived lives. The Wii Fit. There is a whole set of mini-games that take place on the moun...
Wednesday, Jan 16
Wii Fit Mat Soaks Up Non-existent Sweat From Wii Fit Workout
Our colleagues from Kotaku have played with the Wii Fit balance accessory for the Wii and give it a unanimous "hate it," but we still have high hopes for the thing. Joining us in our wishful thinking is the entirety of Japan, which bought 1 million of these things already, and Japanese periph...
Sunday, Dec 16
Nintendo Year-End Report Card: A-
So here's how Nintendo did. Sales are phenomenal for both the Wii and DS, even while features were fairly few and far between. Sure, it announced DS Demo downloads and a upcoming developer channel for homebrew-ish games, but they aren't here now. And speaking of games, once you get past the fi...
