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Report: Half of Brits own or intend to buy Wii in 2009
The research report also found that gaming is now considered "family time" for those between the ages of 26 and 42, with interest in the activity declining after 40. Speaking of which -- we can't confirm whether The Doctor has picked up a Wii, but we do know Her Majesty has done some Wii Sports...
Thursday, Dec 18
40 percent of Shaun White Snowboarding sales on Wii, sequel confirmed
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Sports Reuters reports that of the 259,000 copies of Shaun White Snowboarding Ubisoft sold in November, 40% of them were for Wii. In the same article, White himself reveals that a sequel to the game is already in the works.
Monday, Nov 24
EA Sports' Moore tackling the 'challenge' of Wii Sports - Joystiq
Decent Bowling game - No competition from EA. Batting cage simulation - No competition from EA. Boxing Game - No Fight Night on Wii (no competition) Golf game - TW PGA series - and a flooded market of golf games on Wii Tennis Game - No ...
Tuesday, Oct 21
Metareview -- Wii Music
1UP (A-): "Wii Music may have a hard time winning over the skeptics who just want to laugh at it, but give the game the chance it deserves. You just might realize it's pretty damn fun being in on the joke."Kombo (50/100): "Initially, there's an element of novelty to Wii Music. Admittedly, it's k...
Tuesday, May 13
Joystiq hands-on: Skate It
Sorry to crush your dreams, er, nightmares, Ludwig, but we've confirmed that Pennywise the clown will not feature in EA's Skate It for Wii. However, the game, which was skated out publically yesterday evening at EA's "Spring Break" event in San Francisco, will make use of the Wiimote for s...
Saturday, May 10
EA wants you to "Skate It" on Wii and DS
Much to the disappointment of many a Stephen King fan, the "It" meant to be skated is not, in fact, the psychotic clown that gobbles up kids and makes your tea turn into blood. Skate It's executive producer, Scott Blackwood, tells IGN (you know, those guys who unofficially revealed Skate's...
Friday, Apr 4
IGN posts about Skate on Wii, then pulls story [Updated]
Oh, IGN, you so crazy. Yesterday, it was posting a story about Pandemic working on a Batman game and then promptly removing it. Today (well, technically last night) it's skate being ported to Wii and DS. The story apparently went up Tuesday and was soon removed.
Wednesday, Feb 13
Opinion: Wii Fanboy Weekly: February 7th - February 13th
Filed under: Nintendo Wii Welcome to mid-week, where the Wii reigns supreme and Wii Fanboy hijacks a little space on Joystiq to spread our propaganda. Do not believe the lies of the Sony and Microsoft camps, there is only one true answer to all of your gaming needs: the Wii.
Wednesday, Jan 9
Opinion: Wii Fanboy Weekly: January 3rd, 2008 - January 9th, 2008
Welcome to another Wednesday, where we take time to check out what the Wii has been up to. Wednesday begins with a w, Wii begins with a w. Seems like a good day to take stock, right? And, this week has been a good one for the Wii, as we've had some interesting videos to check out, as well as some great...
Wednesday, Sep 12
Joystiq impressions: Victorious Boxers: Revolution
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, Action, Fighting, Simulations, Sports, Exergaming, GalleriesWith a projected late-September U.S. release, Wii-only Victorious Boxers: Revolution dukes it out for the best Wii sports title. I recently played a nearly complete localization of the...
Saturday, Aug 4
Xbox 360 bundled with Table Tennis
The new Xbox 360 shipments are coming in for next week's super-ultra-secret price drop weekend. And what we originally thought was just a deal of purchasing an Xbox 360 and getting Table Tennis for free at Circuit City appears to be a little bit deeper. Turns out the game is actually bundled i...
Wednesday, Aug 1
Wii version of Victorious Boxers coming to U.S.
Lost a bit in the mess of announcements and impressions that was this year's E3 was the news that XSEED is bringing the Wii version of anime-flavored boxing sim Victorious Boxers to the states at the end of September. The sequel to the PlayStation 2 classics, which is already out in Japan, of...
Monday, Jul 30
New games this week: Mario Strikers Charged edition
When it comes to new-gen releases this week, the Wii stands alone with the North American release of Mario Strikers Charged and (get this!) it's ... online! That's right, as Nintendo continues its cautious entry into the world of online multiplayer with their Mario-infused soccer title, o...
Monday, Jul 16
Joystiq impressions: High Velocity Bowling (PSN)
We can't say we're too excited for High Velocity Bowling, an upcoming downloadable title for the PlayStation Network. While holding the Sixaxis controller like a bowling ball is a novel idea, it doesn't translate the sport very well, unlike Wii Sports. The game's biggest flaw comes in the...
Thursday, Jul 12
Joystiq toes-on: Wii Fit
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, Casual You're going to find Wii Fit vaguely familiar. The menu, the fonts, the colorful characters are all reminiscent of Wii Sports, the Wii menu, and Brain Age. The font, of course, possess magical properties that grants people the power to play video...
Friday, Jun 29
Wendy and their 400 free Wiis, plus points and games
We got some statistics from Wendy's about the contest. So far there have been 1,283,191 "gameplays" by 302,547 people. Now, let's see, at 400 calories a shake, that means if every one of the 1.2 million plays were from people who bought shakes, the desire to Wii has injected 480,000,000 extra...
Saturday, Jun 2
Bill Gates on the future of computer interaction
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Mac, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Peripherals, BusinessIn a very rare joint interview with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on stage at last week's D 2007, Microsoft founder Bill Gates told hosts Walter Mossb...
Tuesday, May 22
Today in Joystiq: May 22, 2007
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Adventure Take a look at the Japanese box art for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (via DS Fanboy). The art style and content is very reminiscent of The Wind Waker, which makes us curious: given the passage of time since the GameCube release and the fulfillme...
Sony's High Velocity Bowling started 'literally right before' Nintendo announced Wii Sports' Bowling
Accusations that Sony has fallen back on a "Mii-too" strategy are partly fueled by fears that Sony's Home products are gonna trump what Nintendo has already laid down. By screaming "Copy cat!", Nintendo faithful are downplaying Sony's efforts -- even crediting Nintendo for Sony's poss...
Sony's High Velocity Bowling started 'literally right before' Nintendo announced Wii Sports' Bowling
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Online, Sports, CasualMTV ninja Stephen Totilo infiltrated the tooth-decaying sugar-fluff of Sony Gamers' Day and shoved his mic into High Velocity Bowling developer Scott Rohde's face, asking him the tough question: Dude, like, you know everyone'...
Step right up for Carnival Games: more minigames for the Wii
If you're anything like us, one of your chief complaints of Nintendo's waggle-enabled phenom isn't the dearth of games that really push the control mechanism in new directions, it's the lack of minigame compilations! Sure, the system comes with Wii Sports, Ubisoft gave us Rayman Ravin...
Wednesday, May 9
Today in Joystiq: May 9, 2007
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Sports Perennial commenter Ken tried to calm the fanboy flames of the Wii-Xbox One post with this stunning picture -- nay, work of art. Even if we can't get along and apparently be tolerant of other people's opinions, we can still laugh, right? Check out the highl...
Friday, May 4
Wanna Wii-a, for free-a, don't you wanna?
Coca-Cola's Nintendo love is spreading across the pond this summer. Beginning May 20th, soda guzzlers in the UK will have a chance to win an "Ultimate Wii Games Room," and one of over 1,800 DS Lites. All you have to do is enter codes from specially marked (we've always wanted to say that phrase...
Tuesday, May 1
EA channels Wii Sports and comes up with EA Playground
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, CasualWe know exactly what you want for that white box with that bowling game that most likely isn't sitting in your house right now: more minigames! Thank your lucky stars that Electronic Arts, in an effort to bring more waggle into their portfoli...
Monday, Apr 23
Today's "Poor Wiimote" video: Tiger Woods Wii golf trick
Tiger Woods attempts to recreate his famous "Golf Trick" ad with a Wiimote, and all we can think is, "That's no way to treat a Wiimote!" Although he did have the wrist strap on, if you notice, we don't think it's good to be smacking balls around with it like that.. A slap in the face to Wii owners.
Tuesday, Apr 17
Times Online offers 'Wii warm-ups' before gaming
Despite the warm-up suggestions, the article concludes that you should avoid the Wii, "save £179 and buy a pair of tennis rackets instead." Um, yeah, if we wanted to play real tennis, we would have done that, Times Online. The great thing about Wii Sports is that it's semi-real exercise that...
Wednesday, Apr 11
It's fun to Wii at the YMCA
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, BusinessStill trying to find a Wii? Get in touch with your local YMCA. Nintendo recently donated Wii party packs to YMCA chapters around the country for the upcoming Healthy Kids Day. The event celebrates "making fitness fun" and could finally live up t...
Monday, Apr 2
Opinion: Cooking Mama: Cook Off highlights Wii Remote issues
The easy games, like Wii Sports Bowling, let the most feeble grandma instantly taste sweet victory. But the player's actions don't seem to have that much impact on the results. Swing the remote more-or-less the right way, and you're almost guaranteed a strike.
Friday, Mar 30
Wii robot bowls 300, feels no emotion with victory
The Lego hackers at BattleBricks have created a robot that throws Wii Bowling strikes every frame, dominating any human that dares face off against this plastic giant. The robot looks like a spastic uneven bars runner-up, but it does the trick; its controls move the bowler off-center, ho...
Wednesday, Mar 28
Sonic and Mario team up for the Olympics
Bitter competitors since the 16-bit era, Mario and Sonic are finally burying the hatchet and starring in a game together: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Characters from both franchises battle it out in Olympic-style games such as swimming, the 100 meter dash, and table tennis. Th...
Tuesday, Mar 20
Wii Play joins Sports with platinum sales in Japan
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, CasualIn Japan, Nintendo is doing well with the casual games. According to last week's Japanese sales charts, Wii Play has joined Wii Sports with one million in unit sales; Wii Sports broke the million mark last month. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Monday, Mar 19
Miyamoto talks user-generated content, critical of PS Home [update 1]
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, OnlineSpeaking to The Mercury News' Dean Takahashi, designer Shigeru Miyamoto gave a slight jab to the PlayStation Home for its familiarity. Also of note, Miyamoto gave the obvious revelation that a Wii fitness game, tentatively titled h...
Friday, Mar 16
Popular Science guts a Wii remote
Continuing their look inside the splayed system, this month's issue of Popular Science features a peek inside the Wiimote and its accelerometer technology. Apparently the remote can detect movements as small as five nanometers, 1/40 the width of a human hair. That's exactly the technol...
Wednesday, Mar 7
Joystiq not-so-live coverage of the IGF and GDCA awards
And now for the more mainstream awards. 7:32 p.m.: Change of heart. Schafer talks about caveman video games and their at-the-time awards shows. We hear they made the developers pay to participate in the awards (Oh, Okami). How retro ... seven years past. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Thursday, Feb 15
Japanese software sales: week ending 02.11.07
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii Wii Sports - 45,897 (1,004,555 units sold to date / Nintendo, Wii) Wii Play - 36,090 (879,432 / Nintendo, Wii) New Super Mario Bros. - 29,026 (4,118,078 / Nintendo DS)
Wednesday, Feb 14
Add cheap nerf crap to your Wii remote
It's not like attaching these things to your remote affects the way it feels to play Wii Sports -- we doubt anyone is going to mistake swinging these flimsy faux foam things to using their real equivalents. The only real function here is to make you look like a bigger doofus while you're playi...
Thursday, Feb 8
Gears of War wins big at Interactive Achievement Awards
Story and Character Development o. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo, Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto, Game Director: Eiji Aonuma, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata) Genre Awards Permalink | Email this | Comments
Tuesday, Feb 6
Wii Power Gloves? Nope.
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Sports, PeripheralsWhat's more useless: plastic shove-on attachments or boxing gloves with Wiimote pockets? We suppose those attachments are, but these 'un-official' Wii boxing gloves rank among the lamest of 3rd-party peripherals.
Wii bowling "power throws": Whither the perfect 890?
In a roundtable discussion before the Wii's release, Nintendo designer Takayuki Shimamura declared that "in all of the endless testing which Nintendo has done on [Wii Sports bowling], no one has ever achieved a perfect score!" This factoid didn't last very long -- since the system's re...
