Nintendo Wii Fit Console & Accessories
Wii Accessories, Games, Consoles , Reviews and Price Comparison
The sales of the Christmas period have started already. Scary hey! I remember being a child and watching my parent s do most of their shopping on Christmas Eve, something I have proudly adopted! However, with online shopping so popular, there is no reason for people to be unorganised like me and wait until the last minute! [Read more...]
Nintendo Wii think of everything at Christmas! First they released their balance boards in time for the Christmas rush and now they have confirmed that there is to be a red Wii Console in time for Christmas in Japan. However, yesterday it was just a a rumour, but today it was confirmed that the red Wii Console will be hitting our stores in time for a Wii Christmas on October 29th..yipee! Pre Order the Red Wii Console Here! [Read more...]
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As X Factor mania is back with the successful series starting again on ITV, it comes as no surprise that Simon Cowells singing contest has added another string to its bow with the launch of X Factor the Wii game for the Nintendo Console. The game includes 28 songs for you to warble along too from artists such as Pixie Lott, U2 and Lady Gaga and will be distributed in the UK along with the rest of Europe on October 29th 2010. [Read more...]
Due to there being so many games either set to be realised or in the Pipeline for the Nintendo Wii Console, I can’t help being overly excited about the Epic Mickey Wii Game. The opening cinematic was released today and it shows a four minute clip of Mickey Mouse happening upon an unknown wizard’s creation of a whole world created by magical paints. True to form, Mickey Mouse then starts messing around and accidentally releases a scary evil force creating the afore mentioned world into a Cartoon Wasteland. [Read more...]
One of the newest games for the Nintendo Wii Console, Epic Mickey, is soon to be upon us but the man behind the project confirms that the game is still a Wii Exclusive. Warren Spector has said that although a multi platform approach for the game could make it even more popular (if predictions are anything to go by), he is a massive Nintendo Wii fan so it will remain an exclusive for the Wii. [Read more...]
Nintendo believes that there is still a long way to go if gaming is to be socially acceptable. In the latest annual report from Nintendo, President Satoru Iwata believes that video games and as socially acceptable as they should or could be despite the fact that more and more new gamers are coming to the market covering a huge demographic of people. [Read more...]
Obviously there has been hype after hype about whether or not there will be a Nintendo Wii Console 2, and don’t get too excited as this isn’t an exclusive announcement for one, but there is still talk that just refuses to go away that there will now be a Wii 1.5! [Read more...]
Following on from Netflix screening movies on the Nintendo Wii Console in the USA, in the UK we are about to get the same privileges courtesy of Lovefilm. The online DVD and game rental service with more than 1 million member’s across Europe has signed an agreement with Widevive to allow Wii console owners a chance to watch movies through their console. [Read more...]
We have reported a few times in this blog about how the Wii console is not just about gamers, but also how it is helping people rehabilitate and improve their cognitive and physical state, and today is no different. A story reported on the BBC website says that a new kind of pain relief implant for chronic back and leg disorders has been used for the first time in Britain, using Wii style technology. Doctor’s at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital used a motion sensing technology called a neurostimulator in a patient who needed relief from an accident. [Read more...]
Despite there being the much revered Nintendo 3DS, the head of Nintendo in Germany has confirmed that the next upgrade to the Wii console won’t feature 3D capabilities. In the German magazine Spiegel, Shigeru Miyamoto sated that the next step in home 3D gaming won’t be coming from Nintendo. [Read more...]
According to the Philstar.com website, hospitals in the Philippines are using the Nintendo Wii Console as a rehabilitation tool to enhance the practice of physical and rehabilitation medicine. Nicknamed ‘Wiihabilitation’, researchers found that the Wii games mimic movements similar to that of more traditional rehabilitation exercises. [Read more...]
The sales have been released for the numbers of video games sold in May in the US by the NPD Group and although video game sales dropped by 5% compared to the previous year the Nintendo Wii Console and the DS have again dominated the market with the DS selling 383000 units and the Wii Gaming Console selling 334000 units. [Read more...]
I’m tempted to write ‘only in America’, but I won’t…oh whoops! Anyway, there is to be a Wii Games: Summer 2010 which is a bit like the Olympics where you can take part in a number of high intensity sports, but the difference here is that you can do it…from your living room on your Nintendo Wii Console! Yes that’s right, it’s a nationwide event in the US that will see gamers competing to win cash prizes and eternal notoriety for being the best Wii gamer on the block! It will take place in July and August and be held over five weekends and have two to four player teams by age group and have three categories which are teen, adult and ‘super adult’-so pensioners then!? [Read more...]
Wii Party the new, soon to be massive title for the Nintendo Wii Console which is released in Japan next month, will come in three different versions according to the official Japanese website. There are two different Wii controller bundles which both come with Wii Party and the choice of either a white or pink remote.
According to the Japanese press, there is to be a Nintendo 3D Wii Console to mimic the Nintendo 3DS. The boss of the console giant, Satoru Iwata has told the press that they are thinking about using the same kind of 3D technology in the follow up Wii Console as well as keeping it in the 3DS as planned.
He is quoted as saying that they would probably put 3D in the next Nintendo Wii system when more than more than 30 per cent off people adopt 3D television as these trends are very important to them. According to Iwata, Nintendo have been considering about this kind of technology for nearly 20 years, hence the unsuccessful which subsequently Virtual Boy crashed and burned. [Read more...]
The big day is nearly here for all Nintendo Wii Console fans as tomorrow is the E3 Expo. For those of you not in the know about the E3 Expo it’s the world’s leading trade show for computer and video games in L.A. Although the3DS has kept the Wii off the main stage recently, this Expo is expected to be the stage for more announcements to get the console interest high again.
The new Legend of Zelda game will be unveiled hopefully with the Motion Plus playing an even more vital role in the title. These is hope that it will be released just in time for Christmas so get that one on your Christmas list!
On the subject of games for the Wii Console, Just Dance have announced on their Facebook page that they are unveiling some exciting news tomorrow at the Expo so keep your ears to the floor with a possible announcement of the Just Dance 2 title maybe! [Read more...]
The newest Wii Game to be announced is EA Sports first Ice Hockey game designed specifically for the Nintendo Wii Console. Due out in the US in the Autumn, Ice Hockey legend Wayne Gretzy will be the name to promote the game by being on the cover and also featuring as a playable character and a coach in one of the games.
Kotaku have just published a really interesting list of the twenty most loved Wii Games. This is based on the games that are getting the most use per player. Questions that they covered in the list was that it isn’t a top selling Wii games list as it is a list determined by the data made public by Nintendo telling which games get played the most by buyers or renters of a game and the stats on the charts listing the games are hours and minutes tallied from the day the game was launched.
Following on from this post about the Wii Party game for the Nintendo Wii Console, further details have been announced about the Living Part mode of the game. Much like Mario Party there’ll be around 70 mini games to enjoy using your Mii, including traditional games like Bingo, Roulette, and the Living Party mode. There are rumoured to be more than 80 games and one game, Wanwan Karuta, involves players holding their Wiimote, and whilst the controller release a sound, the player has to match the sound to the correct animal on the screen. [Read more...]
Just in case Nintendo thought they were being left behind in the party games stake, they have raised the bar and announced that they are releasing a Wii Party title. The Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata said that the new party title will be combination of Mario Party and Wii Sports, which I think sounds awesome! [Read more...]
This post is a bit of a shameful plug but it works both ways as we all benefit! The Nintendo Wii Console have some really good prices at the moment with most retailers offering up to £50 off some of their packages. As you can see from the comparison table on this site that features on every page and also the Nintendo Wii Console comparison page, that Amazon, as usual are the market leader with prices going from £149.99 last week to a great £129.99. [Read more...]
Wii is the word. Well actually Grease is the Word as we all know which is lucky seeing that today they announced that they are making the hit movie and musical into a Wii Game for the Nintendo Wii Console! Yes that’s right, the developers Zoe Mode who are responsible for games such as Singstar, have designed a game that uses the USB microphones and the balance board for you and up to eight players at a time. [Read more...]
The Nintendo Wii Console now comes with wings-apparently! Yes, there is a new game for the Console that comes in the latest Wii Fit Plus update that allows you to wear wings! [Read more...]
You have got to admire Donald Trumps’ optimism! I mean, he actually believed that people would mistake the Nintendo Wii Console for a personal trainer. Well he had to think that surely seeing that his latest brainwave is offering ‘Wii Sports Packages’ offering ‘virtual reality/real results’ at one of the Trump Hotels in the US. [Read more...]
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The same people that brought you the push up bar for the balance board on the Nintendo Wii Console have now released a rowing machine add on in the US. This rowing accessory enables the user to add some cardiovascular action on their legs, arms and back to their exercise routines on the Wii Fit.
The accessory for the Nintendo Wii Console is a non electric and is similar to the rowing machines you see down at the gym. The user can increase or decrease the resistance of their workout by releasing the tension knob on the accessory. The Wiimote goes into a cradle attached to the pull bar and off you go with games such as the Wii Sports Resort Wii Fit Plus and Jillian Michaels Fitness game. [Read more...]
Following on from this post yesterday, Vitality Sensor For Wii Console, it has been confirmed that the Nintendo Wii Console will team up with the American Heart Association (AHA) to endorse some of its games. According to their joint press release yesterday, the two companies are to join forces to promote healthy living through active play video games. Which basically means that they have joined up to launch a new health and sports initiative in the US just in time for the summer. [Read more...]
The makers of the American Nintendo Wii Console 
have announced that they are to make a special announcement at 10am New York time alongside the American Heart Association and it is believed to be about the Wii Fit Vitality Sensor. The heart rate monitor was first brought to our attention nearly a year ago explaining that the Wii Fit Vitality Sensor was capable of measuring a gamers’ pulse from the finger. [Read more...]
Nintendo Wii Console and the whole Nintendo family must be feeling pretty smug today as it has been announced by the console’s American President, Reggie Fils-Aime that the Wii Console has sold over 5 million units this year alone in the US which is more than their competitors have sold in the previous 12 months! [Read more...]
The Nintendo Wii console is the most valuable video gaming brand according to The Brandz Top 100. This growth by 21%, overtakes the DS Console following an increasing trend for socially orientated video games and games that could involve the whole family and not just one person. [Read more...]
Are you tired of having to charge your Controllers for your Nintendo Wii Console? Seems like a right hassles doesn’t it, what with regularly replacing and recharging the batteries all the time. [Read more...]
Just had an invite to a Just Dance Wii Party this Saturday and I can’t wait! All my friends know I have a website that is dedicated to reviewing and price comparing plus selling absolutely anything to do with the Nintendo Wii Console so I guess the pressure is on and I will have to put on a bit of a performance! [Read more...]
If you have ever fancied not having to play your Nintendo Wii Console in the living room because the ‘olds’ are in there all the time, [Read more...]
As the release of Super Mario Galaxy 2 on the Nintendo Wii Console is just over a month away (the release date is set for 23rd May in the US), no wonder Nintendo have started to make public trailers and screenshots of the game. Straight away it is apparent that the game for the Nintendo Wii Console will feature a new multi player game mode as the images released show two controllable characters, [Read more...]
You can’t make this stuff up! Who would have thought that the Nintendo Wii Console could be the answer (or worst nightmare dependant on who you are!) to every woman’s dreams of having some great feeling after playing on the console??!! [Read more...]
We are going back to basics here today as we sometimes assume that everyone that reads the Nintendo Wii Fit Console blog knows all about the services that you can have with your console, but that is not always so and to make sure that everyone utilises all the awesome services from Nintendo [Read more...]
For all those Nintendo Wii console lovers that love games and movies, then the perfect accessory his heading your way as the instant streaming discs from Netflix are reading to be dispatched. Wii Console owners have been waiting for the chance to watch thousands TV shows and movies on their systems and now via Netflix, [Read more...]
I reckon it took longer than expected, as seeing that they are both Kings of their Castles, so it was only a matter of time before the Wii Console and Google joined forces. [Read more...]
You are probably wondering what the Wii Console and their accessories has to do with Earth Hour but by taking part means that you are ‘doing your bit’ for the environment! [Read more...]
Who would have thought that the Nintendo Wii console that you play on everyday would be high-tech enough to be duplicated by soldiers at war! [Read more...]
Despite rumours of a price cut in the Nintendo Wii Console, the marketing boss at Nintendo Cammie Dunaway has said that there are no imminent plans for a reduced price. [Read more...]
