Women working out on Nintendo Wii Fit are helping to cause millions of dollars worth of damage to their homes.
In Britain alone, it has been reported that bungling fitness fiends have contributed to a STG 20 million living room repair bill.
Jul
17
Earlier this week, Nintendo released firmware version 3.3 for the Wii in the hopes of deterring some of the homebrew work being done for the console. The update nixed the commonly-used “Twilight Hack,” which made use of a modified save file to launch homebrew applications. It didn’t take long for the community to respond, however…
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Jul
17
Rather than a game, Wii Fit is more comparable to an exercise program. More specifically, it
’s something that most people would consider playing in short bursts each day. A recent poll, however, shows that close to two-thirds of Japanese gamers are already giving up on the product. ITMedia in Japan took poll data from 1000 gamers and a. . .
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Jul
17
Is Nintendo ashamed of BEER? Sweet, golden, American (sometimes import) goodness? This week, JV Games announced their long awaited beer pong game will be named “Pong Toss” and exclude all alcoholic references . . . Epic Fail. This game could have been a party classic.
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Jul
17
The add-on attaches to the bottom of the Wii-mote and more accurately traces motions in 3-D space by better orienting the controller.
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Jul
17
Howard Stringer said of Nintendo’s console: “I’ve played a Nintendo Wii. I don’t see it as a competitor. It’s more of an expensive niche game device. We’re selling a lot of PlayStation 3s now and it’s still the best way to buy a Blu-ray player.”
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Jul
17
Nintendo’s press conference held few surprises, but a new Animal Crossing, Wii Sports, and the announcement of Wii Music show that Nintendo is more dedicated to the casual market than ever. Ars reports from Nintendo’s E3 press conference.
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Jul
17
Wii Sports is, pack-in or not, the single biggest game in the Wii’s library. Heck, for many Wii owners, it’s probably the only game in their collection. So the sequel had better be good.
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Jul
11
Find more Super Smash Bros Brawl reviews at TestFreaks.co.uk
Super Smash Bros Brawl was one of Nintendo’s most anticipated games for the Wii console, and I’m pleased to say this classic game is bigger and better on the Nintendo Wii than ever before!
Fight your friends or the computer with your favourite characters using the best scenes from Nintendo games.
Single player
The main story of the game is the Subspace Emissary where you travel around defeating enemies and finding other team members. You play as different characters on each level destroying evil to get to the door at the end. The characters are usual in pairs until they all meet up around the halfway point of the Subspace Emissary.
What is interesting is that when you defeat, for example Bowser he then becomes GOOD??? and joins your team without fuss.
In the Subspace Emissary there are 50 save files, so 50 people can have a file.
Multiplayer
The Multiplayer mode allows for multiplayer brawling, which is one of my favourite parts in the game as it allows you to play against friends and family, each playing as your favourite characters.
Whilst playing Multiplayer Brawls you can also unlock new characters. If you play well in a Multiplayer Brawl a screen with “a new foe approaches” appears also with a shadowed picture of that character. You then have to win a brawl against this computer controlled . If you win the brawl you will unlock the character. If you lose, the opportunity will pop up again soon allowing you another opportunity to defeat the character.
Events
Events are available in both single player and Multiplayer modes.
With Event Mode you have many different missions to complete/by completing a mission you get to unlock more events.
There are 41 available in Single player and 21 available in Multiplayer.
Trophies, Stickers and Items
There are many bonuses in the game such as collecting trophies and stickers which you collect mainly from the Subspace Emissary and Coin Launcher. The Coin Launcher is a mini-game where you fire coins that you have collected from levels in the Subspace Emissary at either moving trophies to collect that trophy or spaceship-like objects to collect stickers. You can then view the stickers and trophies you have won in the Vault, from the Main Menu.
There are many different items in Super Smash Bros Brawl which can prove to be very helpful in fighting enemies. Many of the items used are copied from other Nintendo games - for example, Pitfall Seed as featured in Animal Crossing and Pokeballs as featured in Pokémon.
As well as Super Smash Bros Brawl being a fantastic game on the Wii, there are some extras that come with the game, that I think are also worth mentioning.
Masterpieces
There are some demos of Nintendo classic games to play
Challenges
Take a look at prizes and special things you have unlocked plus see hints on how to unlock more.
Stage Builder
Build your own stage or arena from scratch to brawl on.
Mini-Games
There are many different Mini-games which are available in both single and Multiplayer. Here are the ones you start with:
Target Smash – simply smash all the targets in the fastest time. Great fun!
Home Run Contest Hit the poor defenceless sandbag as far as you can with the bat.
MultiMan Brawl Fight enemies to win in the following modes:
10 Man Brawl: destroy ten enemies
100 Man Brawl: Destroy 100 enemies before they destroy you
3 Minute Brawl: Brawl for three minutes
15 Minute Brawl: Brawl for 15 minutes
Endless Brawl: Fight an endless supply of enemies until you die
Cruel Brawl: Face the toughest enemies with no item assistance
Wi-Fi
The best part about this version of Super Smash Bros Brawl is it comes with Wi-Fi internet connectivity, so you can brawl it up with anyone in cyberspace and become heavyweight champion of the world or by using a friend code you can connect with your friends.
As you may have guessed by reading this review, I think Super Smash Bros Brawl is brilliant and right now, I would be surprised if any game could top it this year.
I would recommend this game to everyone as it is absolutely fantastic, a must have game for 2008.
May
27
After hugely successful launches in Japan and Europe, Nintendo’s Wii Fit exercise game is coming to the United States May on 19th, where it is sure to find sales success. But Wii Fit is hardly the first example of an attempt to meld videogaming and exercise — it’s not even the first fitness offering from Nintendo.
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