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I knows it’s later than usual but I have not had any time to do all of this today. But hey, better late than never.

Well it’s been a good week, lots of interest in this weeks challenge and a good few entries. It has also brought a lot of traffic to the forum, www.wiifuse.com, which is what we want.

After all the commotion I have found that we have a tie! Well done to Flammadeao and ansgaros with an amazing time of 0:19!

Being that there is a prize this week, I can’t simply leave it as a tie, so I will be deciding on a private challenge or task for the 2 winners to complete to decide who takes home the shiny trophy (or the $40 Wii case as it is).

I will post the winner once it has been decided.

Weekly Challenge #4

I have decided to give the gaming challenges a rest and try something a little more abstract to add some variety and make it easier for the not so hardcore gamers to enter.

This week I want to see pictures of your dedication to Nintendo. This can be anything from a crazy costume to a game collection or a bunch or memorabilia. I will leave the choice up to you.

I will post the best pictures and announce the winner next Monday as usual so get to work and lets see some funny and imaginative pictures.

And remember to look back at previous posts if you need to see the rules.

Lastly, hey_suburbia has kindly donated ANOTHER prize for the winner of this weeks challenge. The Winner will receive a White Wii bracelet, these were given out to people at the Wii midnight launch party at the Toys ‘R’ Us in NYC and is a rare item that cannot be bought ANYWHERE!

As usual, if you can post your pictures in this forum for everyone to see. Even if you do not want to enter just head over to www.wiifuse.com and have a look at the entries.

Thanks again for all the support and making this a fun thing to do. Good Luck!

Screen from NBA Live ‘06

NBA Live 2008

Gilbert Arenas (Who will be on the cover) tipped fans off to when they could expect to see his mug gracing retail shelves, saying “October 1 or 2. Y’all be at them stores.”

EA did not announce a complete list of platforms for NBA Live 08, but it did say the game will arrive on the PlayStation 3 and Wii for the first time. The game is currently in development at EA Canada.

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Screen from Dreamcast

Ready 2 Rumble

10TACLE Studios announced Ready 2 Rumble for the Wii, translated German press release:

Press Release 

GameTrailers

WII-KLY UPDATE: THREE NEW CLASSIC GAMES ANNOUNCED FOR WII SHOP CHANNEL

April 30, 2007

Vampires and ninjas and Shockmen, oh my! This week the Wii Shop Channel takes a trip into the world of ghoulish creatures, mystical curses and professorial abductions. See if you can remember which of these games sparked the whip-carrying craze of the late-’80s! For the best retro gaming around, it’s time to pay a visit to the red-hot Wiiâ„¢ video game system’s Wii Shop Channel.

The three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Pointsâ„¢ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:

Castlevania® (NES®, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Step into the shadows of the deadliest dwelling on Earth. You’ve arrived at Castlevania, and you’re here on business: to destroy the curse of the Evil Count, once and for all. Make your way through six monstrous floors filled with bats, ghosts, zombies and every kind of ghoulish creature you can imagine. Use the legendary whip Vampire Killer and a host of deadly weapons to battle your way to Dracula’s chamber and the ultimate duel of good vs. evil.

The Legend of the Mystical Ninja™ (Super NES®, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): In The Legend of The Mystical Ninja, take control of Kid Ying and Dr. Yang in an action adventure through feudal Japan. A curse has stricken the village of Horo-Horo, and its beloved princess has vanished. Together Kid Ying, a daring young mystical ninja, and Dr. Yang, master of the invincible spirit transformation, must overcome 10 levels of the Dragonbeast to save Princess Yuki. Each stage contains intense 3-D and 2-D zones where the duo must perform dozens of attack moves and solve magical problems and puzzles before advancing. Battle humorous enemies like the Carp Meister, who stuns victims with poisonous fighting fish, Tanaka-U-Out, a knockout artist who wallops opponents with a bone-crushing hammer, and the Sumo Tag Team, kings of the unbeatable belly-buster crunch. Collect coins to buy new equipment and to receive clues, spend some time playing minigames in the arcade or try your luck and increase your fortune at the Quiz House and Horse Races.

Shockman (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): It’s been two years since Arnold and Sonya were made into Shockmen. A message from the professor to return to their bodies has them head to his laboratory, but they are ambushed by a mysterious enemy along the way. After narrowly defeating the enemy, they catch a TV news flash announcing the Ryo Empire invasion. They find that the professor has been abducted and set out to rescue him. Shockman is a side-view action shooter that has eight stages, including Action Stages, where you jump and use special techniques, and side-scrolling Shooting Stages. This game expands on the well-paced story from the previous version and contains cooperative elements like shared life and a powerful Team Shockbeam that can be used during two-player simultaneous play.

Sorry for the horrible quality of this video, the tape has been sitting in a box since 1989. The dropped frames (grey frames) are a result of my VCR, what you see is what you get. It’s still a great watch.

When I was 8 I attended the filming of the Nickelodeon TV show, “Total Panic” with hosts, Greg Lee (”Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego” and the voice of Mayor White on “Doug”) and Molly Scott.

This particular video segment I uploaded above was a video game preview/review of some of the hottest “Next Gen” consoles of the day, Turbo Graphx 16, Sega Genesis, Atari Linx, and the GameBoy. Andy Eddy from Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine was on to give us a first look at all of the newest handhelds and consoles.

I recently dug up the VHS tape I used to record the show off of the TV back when it aired in ‘89. I remember driving into NYC (from New Jersey) with all of my neighborhood friends, we thought we were so cool because we saw the GameBoy before anyone else in school. Everyone in my grade in school watched the show, so that Monday at school we were like celebrities.

At 5:00 in the video you’ll see me raising my hand, eagerly, to have a chance to play the Genesis:

There were some killer quotes during all that 1989 video game talk:

- “We can get a really long cord and play across town!”
- “In color? ohhh, wow!”
- “The graphics are like a painting”
- “They take an actual voice and record it then turn it into a computer program”
- “A modem is connection between two computer over a telephone.”
- “Arcade quality games, in your home!”
- “You’d both be able to play the baseball game across town, that would be wild!”
- “The name “Nintendo” is familiar to everybody who plays video games”
- “What do you like about the Genesis? The controller is lighter and the graphics are better”
- “The GameBoy actually has a built in headphone jack where you can listen in STEREO!”

The segment directly after this one (not in the video) they brought out animals that were from the Wild Safari at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ. They brought out a baby Llama and had people in the audience suggest names that they would officially name the Llama at the park. I had my hand raised the whole time and finally I got the hosts’ attention, I suggested “Spikey” and they voted and I won. So, if you see a 18 year old Llama at Six Flags say wut up.

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By IGN: 

You’ve probably heard by now the story of how Nintendo kicked serious ass and took many names in 2006 with record sales and profit figures. Today in Tokyo, company president Satoru Iwata met with the press to discuss the numbers and shed some light on the Big N’s future plans for the Wii and DS.

First off, to alleviate any worries on the matter, Nintendo has no plans on stopping development of games for the Wii and DS. As mentioned in an earlier report here at IGN Wii, Iwata revealed at the press conference that Nintendo is currently developing 45 Wii titles and 79 DS titles.

The president clarified that he’s not sure if all these games will necessarily see release. However, the number does include some of the big Wii games that are set for release between the end of summer and fall, including Super Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros. Iwata hinted that these are real gamer games, rather than the casual stuff that we’re seeing a lot of on the DS.

Nintendo’s new console doesn’t appear to be having trouble at retail. In fact, like the DS, there’s been much concern over supply issues. Iwata noted that Nintendo has already increased production of the Wii. He expects the effects of this increase to be felt starting next month.

As for the DS, the company is producing 2.5 million systems per month. Noted Iwata, “In the past, we produced 2.3 million Game Boy Advance units in a month just once. However, the DS has crossed that and continues with 2.5 million units.”

Nintendo’s goal isn’t just expanding hardware sales, though. In one of his more interesting comments, Iwata noted, “We’re asked about our targets for hardware shipments, but selling hardware isn’t our goal. Users purchase hardware in order to enjoy games. Our purpose in expanding hardware is to add life to our software business. As a mid to long term final goal, we’ve set out to sell enough hardware to sell 300,000,000 pieces of software.”

This large software figure, Impress Watch later reported, includes software from both Nintendo and third parties.

Iwata also touched upon a few other points of interest for Nintendo. Noting the success of the Wii in international markets, he discussed the use of the Wii-mote and nunchuk as a controller for first person shooters. “Metroid Prime is not out yet, so this is just the opinion of testers, but it’s being rated close to the keyboard and mouse control that’s the standard for PC games,” Iwata disclosed. He went on to suggest that perhaps Electronic Arts will be able to use the Wiimote in new ways for its sports games.

Nintendo hasn’t been too forthcoming with figures form its online Virtual Console service, but today Iwata at last revealed just how well the service is performing. 3.3 million games have been downloaded worldwide through the service thus far. Sadly, he did not provide breakdowns for titles and virtual platforms.

Iwata was asked if Nintendo plans on offering software for cell phones and other platforms. “About five years ago,” responded Iwata, “there was talk that portable game machines would be wiped out by cell phones. However, looking at the state of things now, that’s not the case.” As expected, Nintendo plans on continuing to make software for its own hardware. “One of our strengths is that hardware development and software development take place in the same building, and we can have close communication. We develop both together in order to create surprising products. By offering software to other companies, we could probably do good in terms of short term sales, but we’d lose Nintendo’s strong point.”

Iwata also made a slight reference to future Nintendo hardware. “It’s possible that the market will suddenly change. This is why our hardware development team is considering a variety of things.”

Article from IGN

I held off on a domain name until the name “Wii” was announced 1 year ago today. So, WiiNintendo.net and the name “Wii” share birthdays.

So um… party on!

Before I launched this site, I would post gaming news on my freelance site, basicfunction.com. I started a pretty big rumor when I added flames to a theory that the new Nintendo console was named “Nintendo Go”. I made a fake video that found it’s way throughout the interweb that caused quite a stir, have a look at the video and the story from the (Pre-WiiNintendo days):

http://basicfunction.com/html/?postid=96

I’d like to thank GBAtemp.net, GBAdev.org, and MaxConsole.com for being great forums for me to talk Nintendo for the past 5 years, before I had my own outlet here on WiiNintendo.

Here is a look at WiiNintendo’s first article, 1 year ago:

Red Steel: First Look!

Want to really get in the action and feel like your really blastin’ heads off?

Well, now you don’t have to wait for the Zapper!

Piranha has developed a gun called the W14 Piranha. It has a nice sleek design to it, and instead of going with the shotgun look like the zapper, they went for the handgun (which i happen to like better).

Check it:

SPECS

- Rubber coating for a better grip
- ‘Plug & Play’: easy to install
- One gun for all of action
- Nice and realistic design
- Real trigger
- Nunchuk and Wiimote in one
- Safe and strong hold of your Wiimote

This gun is a perfect for for the upcoming Resident Evil titles. With Resident Evil 4 on the way in 2 months, i would consider this a smart purchase, it would enhance your gameplay and have you jumping around everywhere (I know it will make me!)

Nice Job Piranha!

Hey Guys and Gals,

I am starting a Wii only mailing list where I will send you headlines, news and other gems direct to your Wii.

All you need to do is add this e-mail to your Wii: wii@wiinintendo.net, your Wii will then send me an e-mail and once I respond you are added and we are paired.

Remember, this is only for Wii consoles, not for private addresses.

It’s easy and fun so get yourself involved.

 Please note that all details are kept private and you will not receive any spam or advertising from this and your e-mail will not be passed onto any third parties.