Nintendo’s MotionPlus accessory for the Wii’s Wiimote controller may be facing a delay, with the company rumored to be “trying to figure out a few hiccups” before the attachment launches. That’s the word from the IGN Wii podcast, which suggests the Wii MotionPlus is causing engineers inside Nintendo unexpected amounts of trouble.
Nintendo Japan have announced plans to release a memory card for the Wii console that’s a whole four-times larger than the existing card. Unfortunately, since the existing card tops out at a mere 512MB, that makes this new Nintendo-branded SD just 2GB.
Nintendo Japan have unveiled a new controller for the Wii, an update of the classic controller design that they’re calling the Classic Controller PRO. The new design adds hand-grips and increases the space between the joysticks; it also throws a few more shoulder buttons into the mix.
Nintendo has set amazing sales records in the year 2008 due to the growing popularity of the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS gaming devices. Never before has a gaming console sold more than 10 million units in a single year, but Nintendo has almost accomplished this twice in 2008.
According to independent sales data released yesterday by the NPD Group, the Wii had a total sales number of 10.17 million units for 2008 with the Nintendo DS coming in as close second with just 9.95 million. In the last generation of gaming devices, Nintendo fell short against Sony and Microsoft with its GameCube, but this generation Nintendo has redeemed themselves with amazing sales.
Nintendo have trademarked two new gaming-related terms, one of which suggests that a motion-sensing add-on for the handheld DS is in the works. The trademark database refers to the “DS Houi Sensor Card”, with houi meaning “direction” or “cardinal point” in Japanese, and has led to predictions of a new range of cartridges that would offer title-specific motion-sensing.
Nyko has been working at building a better Wiimote, and the result of that effort is on display at CES. The Wand, as it’s called, offers a feature that Nintendo’s own Wii remote fails to deliver – force feedback and Wiimote button control through attachments.
If you think snapping your wrist to serve in Wii Tennis is laborious, you’re certainly not going to like this newly announced product. The jOG for Wii (as well as PS2) only allows gamers to use their joysticks if they’re physically jogging.
We talk about video game violence as a very controversial subject, but what about violence from getting a video game system? Apparently 26-year-old Heath Blom did not want the Wii that his grandparents bought him for Christmas so we went nuts on family members.
If you think the Wii Zapper looks too ordinary, not particular appealing for a serious shootout on your Wii console. Try this MP5 mod-gun for size. Frustrating with lack of Wii remote pistol selection and poor ergonomic design of the Zapper, serious Wii gamer put together a shooting remote looks dangerously close to a real MP5 gun with the full-feature of a Wii remote.
We recently saw a knockoff version of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as well as a knockoff of the PS3, but where do you ask is the Wii version? Well we’ve found it over yonder on Flickr via Engadget. This console goes by the name “MiWi2,” does this mean there was a first one?
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