From NeoGAF forums: Hi, A friend of mine works for a small Wii/DS game company and asked me to port my game (1112) to the wii… It’s an adventure iPhone game with a First person Point of view The original graphics are done in 800×600 and the fact that you point on every object you [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Girls on trampolines! uh.. I mean Wii Fit
Since I had this sent to me twice today, I figured I’d better listen to my audience. Share
Reggie: ‘Nintendo IS listening to fans’
“We listen to our fans all the time,” Reggie said when challenged on Nintendo’s attitude towards such complaints as friend codes and hard drive space. “Nintendo fans are some of the most passionate in the world, and believe me, they make their opinions heard. We’re not claiming our way of doing things is better or [...]
Hospital uses Wii Fit to help amputees
Patients are able to practice using their prosthetic limbs with the help of Wii Fit and the balance board. Seacroft Hospital in Leeds England recently garnered attention for utilizing the Wii in conjunction with Wii Fit as a means of rehabilitation and physical therapy. Physiotherapists at the hospital are among the first in the country [...]
Wii’s to be restocked at Gamestop
I know personally I’ve gotten a dozen or so emails from people asking when the Wii was going to be available (I think they might think this is an official Nintendo site…). Well, to all you people your answer is here. Gamestop is taking pre-orders for Wiis without purchasing a ridiculous bundle. Stock is said [...]
Wii Homebrew – Latest 3 releases
Piero’s Wiicross v0.2. Cells in a grid have to be colored or left blank, depending on what the numbers at the side of the grid indicate, in order for you to reveal the hidden picture. Think Minesweeper, minus the bombs. For this release, there are two modes: Normal and Free. For the Normal mode, you [...]
Scrabble DS coming in March
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan 06, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) – “The consumer response to Hasbro’s brands arriving on digital platforms in such fresh, inventive ways has been incredibly positive,” said Mark Blecher, General Manager of Digital Media and Gaming at Hasbro. “SCRABBLE alone has taken the US and Canadian markets by storm in a very short [...]
Eduardo the Samurai Toaster coming to WiiWare
IGN: So Eduardo the Samurai Toaster came out of nowhere this morning. Daniel Coleman, Semnat Studios: Actually we had planned on sending out a press release earlier but things didn’t go through. We forgot about the ESRB. So this was the earliest we could get it out. IGN: What’s the story with Semnat Studios? Coleman: [...]
News on “bob’s game”
We reported back in December about Bob’s sit-in protest against Nintendo and yesterday there was a bit of new developments: I have been approached recently by a “homebrew device” manufacturer that can secure a retail distribution deal with Wal-Mart and game stores like GameStop. This is not unprecedented. There are already some homebrew devices in [...]
WII-KLY UPDATE: ONE WIIWARE GAME AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL
WiiWare Sandy Beach (Konami, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone—Comic Mischief, 500 Wii Points): Enjoy a fun day at Sandy Beach as you build elaborate sand castles. You can work peacefully on your sand castle or enter into a battle with invading crabs in Crab Battle mode. Players will strategically build their sand castle and [...]








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