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The Nintendo Wii Classic Controller: Comfort and Style

A lot of the interest surrounding the Nintendo Wii comes down to its new remote controlled technology, but if you prefer more at home with the old school controller, they also offer the “Classic Controller”
As it been named the “classic” controller, it’s ideally suited for the good old Nintendo games of yesterday. It is intended [...]

Wii Accidents and Injuries: Mind the Flying Remotes and Broken Glass

The Nintendo Wii is truly a remarkable new gaming system which has incorporated state of the art remote controller technology. It really allows the player to get involved with the game, like it’s actually happening. However, there is a problem to this, people do… and break things!
It’s apparent that the Wii remote has handy uses: [...]

Nintendo Wii Game Played & Reviewed: Excite Truck

Developed by: Monster Games, Inc.
Genre: Racing
Players: up to 2 players
Release Date: November 19, 2006
ESRB Content Rated: E - Mild Violence
The Introduction from Nintendo:

In the grand racing tradition of Excitebike, get ready for a big-air experience like no other! Players rocket their trucks across dynamically changing terrain in this nitrous-injected, high-flying racer for speed junkies. Showing [...]

Nintendo Wii Game Played & Reviewed: Wii Sports

Published by: Nintendo
Genre: Sports
Players: up to 4 players
Release Date: November 19, 2006
ESRB Content Rated: E - Mild Violence
The Introduction from Nintendo:
This is what video games should be: fun for everyone. Wii Sports offers five distinct sports experiences, each using the Wii Remote controller to provide a natural, intuitive and realistic feel. To play a Wii [...]

The Next Generation Consoles Are Here: Can The Xbox 360 Hold Its Own?

The Xbox 360 had the luxury of a year’s head start over its competition, the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii, and that served Microsoft well. For any serious gamer the thought of waiting a year may be just too damn long, and they certainly gained market share in view of this, at least in North [...]

Results Are In: Nintendo Wii vs. Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)

So which of these two games systems is better? It has been a much anticipated wait, but finally both of these consoles have arrived. The Sony PlayStation 3 was the first to arrive on November 17th, with the Nintendo Wii only two days later, on the 19th. Which one should you buy? Who had the [...]

Nintendo Wii Controller: The Pros and Cons

Instead of focusing all their attentions and resources on graphics, Nintendo has instead decided to focus on game play. This is a risky move by Nintendo, and a completely different direction to that of Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Nintendo’s intent is not only to reach out to the gaming core audience, but [...]

The Aftermath Of The Nintendo Wii Console Launch

After Nintendo finished in last place during the last “console war” with its GameCube, when the PlayStation 2 finishing in first place, followed by the Xbox in second, Nintendo is looking to rebound and regain its place as the number one console maker in the world. With the Nintendo Wii there is definitely a good [...]