Back in the day when the Nintendo Wii was first released, there were a whole bunch of broken TVs thanks to Wiimotes thrown in fits of anger at the ‘cheating’ computer character in the game. Philips has a recently revealed patent that shows a gaming system which not only encourages, but demands that you toss around your peripherals. (more…)
Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo Wii console is playable with four-different types of controls. The first three are the standard nunchuck, classic controller, and game cube controller, though the new game adds a new method to the mayhem.
Super Smash Bros. can also be controlled by turning your Wii Remote on its side, giving it a classic controller feel. We suppose this allows for easy integration between sensor playing and classic standard navigation. How many more ways will there be by the time the Wii is obsolete? No wonder the system has such a rabid fanbase. — Andrew Dobrow
Brunswick Pro Bowling, a new game for the Nintendo Wii, is set to take on the ever popular Wii Bowling. In terms of realistic bowling gaming, Brunswick’s graphics seem to win the competition hands down, but does more realistic bowler mania translate to more fun? Brunswick aims to give gamers a realistic bowling center experience, along with realistic looking characters and more customizable features, with a wider array of sights and sounds than Wii Bowling has to offer.
While optimism seems to be high for the game, don’t throw on your bowling shoes just yet. Not much is known about the game other than the realistic graphics. Will the Wiimote slinging still be as fun when there’s a stronger level of accuracy needed? Brunswick Pro Bowling is also to be released on PlayStation 2 and PSP consoles in June. – Andrew Dobrow
The image above says it all. The line between gaming, culture, and age has been broken thanks to the Wii and its ability to draw in all crowds from every demographic. And with the Wii Sports features of bowling and table tennis, how could a senior resist? All the exercise without any of the harmful UV rays. What more could you want? This unfortunate Wii player had the bad luck of his newly Wii-addicted mother being a Wii bowling whiz, beating him by a narrow, yet fair margin. It’s interesting that Senior’s lack of knowledge in other tech matters, such as e-mail and the internet is so lacking, yet the Wii manages to transcend all ages to make for an entertaining evening of Wii. And also socially awkward for the poor son.
Only days ago on Christmas Day, millions of people were introduced to new personal electronics, many of which fall under one of the “Big 10″ which includes the Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3 and PSP, ipod Nano, Blackberry, Treo, DELL Notebook Laptop, Motorola and Palm. With the millions of hands now playing with their gadgets, there are millions of people eager to stand out from the crowd by making their gear a little more reflective of their personality. MyTego introduces the water-proof, easy on and off, adhesive skin for electronics. The TEGO skins are fully customizable with any photo, text, or graphic that you want. The Gearfuse LG Chocolate skin (as seen above) is a nice, but totally lazily put together example. Customers can also pick and choose from MyTego’s massive collection of photos. Prices vary between $12 (for a Palm-style phone, 1 face) and $41 (for a PDA, 4 faces) depending on what device you are designing the skin for. — Andrew Dobrow
MyTego.com custom skins [via PRWeb]
Now this is a sweet Wii hack. LiquidIce, master of Wii hacks, has listed an amazingly useful hack for the Wii that makes the game console a electronic control device for your home utilities. It allows you to control your homes temperature, security camera, music playback, Cable DVR, among other household objects. If one wishes to master ones Wii, one must wield his Wii with an authoritative punch of usefulness. The Wiihacks site gives you all the information you need to set this divine creature up, but let us warn you, the quest will not be an easy one. The real power behind this hack is the WACI NX server emulated through a Nokia 770. We now wonder whether J.R.R Tolkien meant to say “One Wii to rule them all…” rather then the legendary ring. Maybe it’s a metaphor? Video after the jump.
