Wiiva la Revolution!! {News Topic}

[Daredevil]

New Wii Games Have Control Issues

Chris Kohler of Wired has written an editiorial which looks at how a host of games released in 2007 for the Wii suffer from clunky and awkard controls. Games mentioned include Sonic, SSX BLUR and Wii Play.

 

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The end result is intense, but unpolished. Rather than take you smoothly from level to level, you're constantly dumped back out to a poorly designed menu system with obnoxious theme music. And the level designs start off decent but can become awful, especially when they try anything that doesn't involve running in a straight line.

 

 

News Source: Wired.com

[gherudos]

Ειδικά αυτό το Sonic εκνευριστικό,δεν ανταποκρίνεται στον χειρισμό.

[rebellion]

Japan Media Create Sales 3/12 - 3/18

 

01. (NDS, Nintendo) Yoshi's Island DS - 131,843 / 434,958

02. (NDS, Bandai-Namco) Word Puzzle Mojipittan DS - 71,701 / NEW

03. (PSP, Capcom) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 64,368 / 1,000,599

04. (WII, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 38,560 / 1,204,23405. (PS2, Koei) Kin-iro no Corda 2 - 34,585 / NEW

06. (NDS, Level 5) Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 31,371 / 297,388

07. (WII, Nintendo) Wii Play - 30,416 / 1,033,044

08. (NDS, Konami) Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 1st Love - 29,033 / NEW

09. (NDS, Banpresto) Super Robot Wars W - 25,139 / 200,759

10. (NDS, Square-Enix) Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 22,462 / 1,250,726

 

11. (NDS, Nintendo) More Brain Age

12. (NDS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros.

13. (NDS, EA) SimCity DS

14. (PS3, Bandai-Namco) Gundam Musou

15. (NDS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing Wild World

16. (NDS, Konami) Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: World Championship 2007

17. (PS2, Spike) Kenka Bancho 2: Full Throttle

18. (NDS, Nintendo) Mario Kart DS

19. (NDS, Nintendo) Common Knowledge Training

20. (NDS, Nintendo) English Training

21. (NDS, Nintendo) Brain Age

22. (WII, Sega) Sonic and the Secret Rings

23. (NDS, Konami) Survival Kids: Lost in Blue 2

24. (NDS, Bandai-Namco) Iron Left Brain: Mistake Museum 2

25. (NDS, Nintendo) Picross DS

26. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokιmon Diamond

27. (NDS, EA) Theme Park DS

28. (NDS, Marvelous Interactive) Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On

29. (WII, Nintendo) Wario Ware Smooth Moves

30. (NDS, Sega) Doraemon's New Magic World Adventure DS

 

NDS - 22

WII - 4

PS2 - 2

PSP - 1

PS3 - 1

 

Nintendo=26/30

[Daredevil]

ρε συ rebelion ήμαρτον με τις πωλήσεις κάθε μέρα.

 

Ubisoft announces Surf's Up

Developed by Ubisoftʼs award-winning Montreal studio, Surfʼs Up™ takes players on a tubular surf adventure with Cody Maverick, an up-and-coming surfer, entering his first pro competition. The game plunges players into the exciting world of surfing, featuring thrilling surf tricks, cool surf locales and all the characters from the Surfʼs Up movie.

[sheik]

Αντε,αλλη μια πατατα απο την Ubisoft.Τι αλλο θελουμε :D

[Daredevil]

SHOCKii replacement shells available for pre-order

 

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When we last previewed Xtreme Enterprise's replacement shells for the Nintendo Wii, we only caught a glimpse of the prototype faceplate and side panels, leaving us to wonder how the completed product would turn out. The Singapore-based company finally released photos of the assembled casing earlier today, daring us to find a flaw with the SHOCKii's design. We think you'll agree after seeing them that there isn't one to be found.

 

The shells are constructed with composite polycarbonate and ABS plastic, fitting together exactly like the Wii's original frame. Xtreme Enterprise has had a lot of time to perfect its process, using the same material for its Nintendo DS and nunchuck replacement casing. You can pre-order the full replacement shells in five different colors: Cool Black, Dreamy Blue, Strat Clear (semi-transparent), Dynamic Red, and Astro Yellow. All of the cases are priced at $69.90.

 

Head past the post break for photos of the SHOCKii's Cool Black shell.

 

Continue reading SHOCKii replacement shells available for pre-order

 

Alien Syndrome controls revealed, screens abducted

With Sega's support of the Wii well-documented, it's been awhile since we checked in on their upcoming title Alien Syndrome. Luckily, the good fellows over at Siliconera have come across a few details on the upcoming title's controls, as well as gotten some new screens for the game. They describe the title as being a kind of Gauntlet clone.

 

The controls are revealed to be rather simple: the nunchuk controls movement (natch), while the Wiimote is used to fire, allowing one to move and fire at the same time. One will also use the Wiimote to craft items, ehnance weapons and perform "1337 haxxorz" on in-game computer systems. Sadly, we do not know how exactly one will use the Wiimote and nunchuk (we assume gesture-based?), so we're still left to speculate.

 

But hey, at least we have some images of the game, available past the post break!

 

Continue reading Alien Syndrome controls revealed, screens abducted

[rebellion]

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Wii Hands-On Preview And Exclusive Video

 

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200703/N07.0320.1625.37484.htm?Page=1

[kostacurtas]

Wii's Opera Browser Final Version Delayed to April

 

The final version of the Opera browser for Wii will release in April, and not this month as previously announced, Opera said today. No specific reason was given for the delay.

 

Any Wii user can currently download the beta version of the browser, called Internet Channel, for free through the Wii's integrated online store Wii Shop. The beta was released last December after the Wii launch.

 

Opera says that the full version of the browser will include many more features than the beta. "Opera and Nintendo are continuing to finalize what promises to be the ultimate Web surfing experience on the Wii console. The two companies are working closely together to meet user requests for browser features and to enhance the overall Wii Web experience," an Opera representative said in a statement this morning.

 

Nintendo had previously said that the full version of the Opera software would be available to all Wii owners for free through the end of June 2007; after that, it would cost $5. No word today on whether that schedule will change along with the delay of the full version.

 

 

 

Alone in the Dark developers supporting the Wii!

A European third-party developer, EDEN Games has posted up a job posting asking for Wii programmers. EDEN Games is currently working on Alone in the Dark, an adventure title that won a Best Adventure Game award back at E3 last year (from Team Xbox). They have also worked on Test Drive Unlimited for the Xbox 360. Could we see a port of Alone in the Dark? It would be great now wouldnʼt it!

 

 

 

Wii Desktop Theme

 

 

Our very own Jesse has created a Wii desktop theme for Windows combining all elements of the Wii menu. He actually designed the background, icons, and cursors via Macromedia Fireworks, and then obtained the sounds via various sites that had them uploaded for free distribution. I love to see readers who can do stuff like this! The theme looks similar to the image above and you can download it here.

[panther_512]

PSP vs. Wii: An Alien Syndrome graphics battle

 

 

[Freakster]

Μια ερωτηση ρε παιδια, εχει βγει καλωδιο s video για το wii? H τουλαχιστον μετατροπεας scart - rca σε svideo?

 

 

 

Kαι αλλο ενα, δεν υπαρχει προβλημα να μην εχω το wii καθετα, αλλα οριζοντια, δηλαδη ''ξαπλωμενο'', ε;

[kostacurtas]

PSP vs. Wii: An Alien Syndrome graphics battle

Ναι, ναι το Alien Syndrome ειναι απο τα πιο αναμενομενα σε γραφικα παιχνιδια του Wii...

[panther_512]

Ναι, ναι το Alien Syndrome ειναι απο τα πιο αναμενομενα σε γραφικα παιχνιδια του Wii...

 

Προσωπικά δεν με απασχολούν τα γραφικά. Το παιχνίδι το σχεδιάζει η Obsidian και πιστεύω θα είναι εξαιρετικό. Το περιμένω πώς και πώς.

 

Αλλά αυτή η καραμέλα gameplay>graphics νομίζω έχει περάσει στους 3rd party devs και δεν δίνουν μεγάλη προσοχή στο τομέα των γραφικών και αυτό θα βλάψει άμεσα την εικόνα του Wii, μιάς και το κάνουν να φαίνεται πολύ πιό αδύναμο απ'ότι είναι....

[Daredevil]

Αλλά αυτή η καραμέλα gameplay>graphics νομίζω έχει περάσει στους 3rd party devs και δεν δίνουν μεγάλη προσοχή στο τομέα των γραφικών και αυτό θα βλάψει άμεσα την εικόνα του Wii, μιάς και το κάνουν να φαίνεται πολύ πιό αδύναμο απ'ότι είναι....

to problhma den einai oi 3rd party dev alla ta tools pou dinei h N. Ki exei na kanei me thn politikh ths etaireias na mhn dinei prosbash se xamhlotera layer gia programmatismo.

[kostacurtas]

Αυτο ακριβως ηθελα να θιξω και εγω panther, οτι δεν δουλευουν καθολου στα γραφικα.

 

Ουτε εμενα με απασχολουν τα γραφικα στο Wii, ομως ειναι κριμα να ξερουμε οτι υπαρχουν μεγαλυτερες δυνατοτητες σε αυτο τον τομεα αλλα δεν αξιοποιουνται.

[Daredevil]

εντάξει πολύ μεγαλύτερες δυνατότητες δεν υπάρχουν, εδώ δεν υπάρχει 720p υποστήριξη, απλώς οκ δεν είνια για ps2 γραφικά.