Beware the Eggplant Wizard

Rumor has it that there may be a new Kid Icarus game in the works for the Wii. For those of you who have no clue what Kid Icarus is, it was a game from the golden ages of NES that featured this guy:

Well, an 8-bit version of him at least. The above […]

A Quick Note on Wii Safety

After coming across a rather grotesque picture of a Wii-related injury on Digg, I thought i would take a moment to remind everybody that safety comes first. Safety, closely followed by common sense.
I will link to the thread on Digg, but be warned. It is pretty gross, so if you have a weak stomach, I […]

Wii Helps Game Sales Skyrocket in 2007

The Wii helped video games sales in the United States achieve an all time high in 2007.
The biggest push came from the 1.4 million units sold during the holiday season, capping off the 6.3 million unit total for the entire year.
Some credit must go to Microsoft and Sony as well with 4.6 million XBox […]

Another Developer Down on the Wii

Here’s another case where a third-party developer is not too high on the Wii.
Goichi Suda, developer of No More Heroes (due out this month in the US) has been disappointed with the game’s sales in Japan and sales of third-party games for the Wii in general.
“Actually I was very surprised about the reality […]

Someone Else Claiming a Piece of the Wii Pie

The other day, I posted about a company claiming they patented the technology of the Wii’s controllers all the way back in 1996.
Now I have come across this claim linked to by Nintendic that an ex Midway employee actually invented about 10 years ago.
Now I don’t claim to know the truth, but it’s a […]

Virtual Console Getting Smash Bros. 64?

Are you one of the many people saddened by the news that Nintendo is pushing back the release of Super Smash Bros. for the Wii? If you are… you might have a little ray of hope coming your way - in the form of Smash Bros. 64 on the Virtual Console.

According to Nintendic.com, the latest […]