Nintendo Wii hardware break-throughs, prices, and information.
Soon Wii players will have no excuse to not get into shape thanks to wiifit. Shigeru Miyamoto has again brought his hobbies to fruition. He started with Pikmin and based a game off his love of pottery and gardening, then continued with Nintendogs after getting his first puppy. Now he is bringing us Wiifit.
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It has finally been announced. Harmonix, MTV Games, and EA have announced the June 22, 2008 release of Rock Band for the Nintendo Wii Entertainment system. The bundle will sell for $169.99. With a total of 63 songs to choose from, including five bonus songs. The drums, microphone and wireless guitar will also be available for purchase separately on June 22nd.
A few months ago my fellow Wii Blogger Crum wrote about the console knock of the Nintendo Wii… the Chintendo Vii. Personally, ever since I read about the Vii… I was curious about it… how bad could it really be. Well today I stumbled upon the following video.
So what are your thoughts on the Vii?
Nintendo and Sony have become involved in a legal dispute involving the technology of their controllers.
They are not battling each other, but rather a company called Copper Innovations Group (CIG) who claims it patented the “Hand Held Computer Input Apparatus and Method†technology all the way back in 1996.
CIG filed lawsuits against Nintendo and Sony over the Wii’s Remote and Nunchuck, and the PS3′s SixAxis controller. A Blu-Ray remote was also named.
Maybe I’m wrong, but to me it sounds like someone just trying to capitalize on the success of other companies.
I mean 1996? What has CIG developed in the last 12 years?
The suits were filed in December.
Today Nyko technologies released a statement saying that their Wireless Nunchuck for the Wii had received a “Best of CES” award from the editors of CNET.
“The nomination for CNET’s ‘Best of CES’ award was an honor in itself, but taking home the award for the gaming category is an even greater privilege. Winning this prestigious award showcases how highly consumers and the tech community think of Nyko’s commitment to advancing gameplay technologies.”
I do have one question though… the “old” wired Nunchuck had the cord that tethered to the Wiimote. So now that this one is wireless what is keeping some overzealous gamer from hurling this control through the air? Is there going to be some sort of strap or other safety harness? Do we need such a thing? Should I stop typing now?
Let me know what you guys think about this latest “Wiicessory”.
They’re getting really creative with the Wii peripherals. They’re now selling cooking utensil-shaped attachments for the wii remote. As you can see in the picture below (from Amazon.com), you get a frying pan attachment and a swiss-army style spatula,tongs,knife combo.
We have seen quite a few Wii Remoe attachments released so far and it’s still fairly early in the console’s existence. It will be interesting to see what other kinds of attachments are released as more and more games come out.
Hopefully we’ll see some kind of chainsaw, shotgun, butcher knife, cattle-prod combo attachment in the future.
(Via Popgadget)
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