WiiPlayer - BBC on your Wii.
Here it is - a TV powered wii.
Now it’s not quite what you think - You can now watch BBC shows via your Wii. With a new feature from the opera browser, you can now open up BBC iPlayer, which allows you to stream TV shows.
It’s an unnofficial solution to an official problem
If you want [...]
Worldwide Tournaments added to Mario Kart Wii
Nintendo announced yesterday the introduction of a Worldwide Mario Kart Wii Tournament. Every few weeks, a new tournament will appear on the Mario Kart Channel, an online feature that not only allows players to compete in tournaments, but also exchange race data with friends.
You can read the official announcement from Nintendo in the link below.
Drivers, [...]
Wireless Nunchuck Adaptor now available
Zappies Ltd today announced a new gadget to their already interesting list of Wii accessories, the wireless nunchuck adaptor. This would obviously make your Wii completely wireless.
One of the best things about the adaptor is that it’s powered by a usb rechargeable lithium ion battery so you won’t have to stock up on extra batteries [...]
Retro Exosuited Turrican Time!
Whilst researching a post on the recent Wii Shop release of the classic parallax shoot em up Turrican on Virtual Console, I discovered that the game is nowhere near as dead as I had been lead to believe.
I first discovered Turrican as a teenager, wowed by the amazing C64 graphics in Zzap! magazine. While the [...]
Neo Geo Arcade Stick now available for Wii
Technabob yesterday posted details of the new old-stylee Neo Geo arcade controller for the Nintendo Wii.
This would be awesome for Super Smash Bros Brawl!
If your interested, one of these babies will set you back about £30 from Play-Asia.
Watch the BBC via your Nintendo Wii
The BBC today announced that their iplayer video service will soon be available through the Nintendo Wii.
The announcement comes after leading ISP’s have called for BBC to pay for the rising bandwidth costs that iplayer users are using. Obviously, BBC think it’s the ISP’s duty to pay this and I tend to agree.
The iplayer is [...]
Nintendo designed 30 wheel prototypes for wii
With the much anticipated Mario Kart Wii only 4 days away, I was interested to read that Nintendo had designed no less than 30 prototypes for their wheel controller add on.
Wii Wheel lead designer Kenichiro Ashida explained that :
While we were making prototypes like these, we went through a process of trial and error,” explained [...]
Rock Band confirmed for Wii
Harmonix yesterday confirmed that Rock Band is officially coming to the Nintento Wii. Still unreleased in the UK, Rock Band has been out in the states for months for the 360 and PS3. Infact, every game shop I went into had the drum kit, guitar and microphone set up for demo purposes.
Here’s the press release [...]
Super Smash Bros might not work on your Wii
Nintendo has announced that a % of Wii owners will have trouble playing the fourth coming Super Smash Bros. The problems have arisen because the game utilizes a double-layer disc which has a large memory capacity.
Nintendo explain on their support page that :
Super Smash Bros. Brawl utilizes a double-layer disc which has a large memory [...]
Battle of the FanBoys - Wii vs The World!
I read an article by Andrew Macarthy on the Nintendo fan site Nintendic yesterday entitled ‘Why the Wii will outlast the PS3 and Xbox 360‘. It’s an extremely one sided view which is clearly written by a Fanboy. He gives reasons why the Wii is amazing and why it will outlast both the PS3 and [...]