Nintendo Wii News and Views

Smash Bros Brawl rumour

IGN bloke Matt Casamassina has hinted at the possible release date of upcoming Wii brawler, Super Smash Bros Brawl
According to Matt, the game should be out some time in May 2007. Up until this point, we’ve only been given an ‘2007′ date for the games release, so this narrows it down abit.
Stay tuned for more […]

Posted By Mike H

Activision ship Wii games

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov 15, 2006 - Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) today announced that the company’s key launch games for the PLAYSTATION® 3 and WiiTM have shipped and are now available at retail locations in North America.
The robust launch lineup features some of the world’s most popular game franchises, including Tony Hawk’s Project 8TM, Call of […]

Posted By Mike H

Jack Black on Wii

Actor and general funny man Jack Black, star of the upcoming Tenacious D movie, recently got his grubby mits on Nintendo’s Wii console for the fist time.
Black stated “So this is like the next level for Nintendo, looks tiny…(Plays Wii Sports)…”
“The Wii is a powerful machine…it’ll take an hour to learn and weeks to […]

Posted By Mike H

Pyro Studios onboard for Wii

Yet another third party developer has climbed onboard the Wii boat, this time in the form of Pyro Studios.
According to reports, the company are currently working on two titles, one of which is confirmed to be an adventure game. Both games are expected to be out some time in 2008.
Pyro are best known for their […]

Posted By Mike H

UK pre-order update

Those of you who live in good ‘ol Blighty (yours truely included) and have yet to pre-order the Wii should turn their attention to Novembet 21st.
As of November 21st, Amazon.co.uk will be starting their Nintendo Wii pre-orders.
With recent news that Play.com have had to cancel selected Wii pre-orders, this should prove ample oppertunity to secure […]

Posted By Mike H

Call of Duty 3 Wii trailer

Pack up your troubles as Call of Duty 3 is heading its way to Nintendo Wii this Winter.
To wet your appetites, publishers Activision have released an official trailer for the Wii version of the game.
Click here to view it.

Posted By Mike H

Wii custom soundtrack compatible

It looks like the Wii will be able to play your own MP3’s in-game afterall, if the manual for Excite Truck is anything to go by.
While its not known if this feature will be available to all games, Excite Truck’s instruction manual confirms that the game allows you to insert an SD card into the […]

Posted By Mike H

Nintendo Power tidbits

The latest issue of Nintendo Power magazine has all the latest juicy gossip on Nintendo’s upcoming console, the Wii.
With the consoles US launch just around the corner, the mag has managed to obtain several updates concerning some of the consoles top franchises as well as some other bits and bobs worth checking out. See below […]

Posted By Mike H

USAToday negative on Wii

With all the recent hype surrounding Nintendo’s upcoming Wii console, it was perhaps inevitable that someone had to rain on the parade, this time in the form of USAToday.
In a report on next-gen consoles, the article points out the Wii’s lack of graphical muscle to be a potential disappointment for consumers. “What should you do? […]

Posted By Mike H

Elebits delayed

Quirky Konami title Elebits has been delayed in the US from its original launch day release until mid-December.
According to Konami, the game is currently pending approval from Nintendo and as a result will not ship the week of December 12th or 18th.
Expect a final release date to be confirmed shortly.

Posted By Mike H