Grandson sneaks on eBay, uses Grandpa's account to buy Wii (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsArchie Lovett is one sneaky kid. Not only is he adept enough at using those computer things, but apparently he's got a good memory, too. See, he used his Grandpa's account, UK resident Ray Atkinson, on eBay, remembering the username and password, to place a £197,654 bid on a Wii.
GC 2008: Rock Revolution late to the stage? (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Rumors
We may have to deal with the rock status quo for a while until the Revolution arrives. According to IGN, Niais Taylor, associate producer of Konami's Rock Revolution, provided an "early 2009" release window for the music game during a demo of the drum kit (which the Wii version does not use).
EA looking to start up Tennis franchise on Wii (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
For those of you who're fans of Tennis, rejoice. EA is poised to present their own Tennis title. And, as if that wasn't enough, it will take advantage of Nintendo's new MotionPlus peripheral, joining Ubisoft in proclaiming it's totally awesome. EA also mentions that this will be the first Tennis game to include the All England Lawn Tennis Club, which is where Wimbledon is played.
GC 2008: Castlevania Judgment reserved for 2009, mysterious character appears (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Video, Screens
The latest Castlevania Judgment screens, fresh from the Leipzig showfloor, feature a new character not previously seen in the title. "Aeon" is probably one of the fighters produced by manga artist Takeshi Obata, who was drafted in by Konami to provide character designs.
GC 2008: Dead Rising trailer is dangerously bloody (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Video We don't question the decision to show a trailer for Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop at the Leipzig Games Convention. In fact, it's not even much of a decision: this is a very large press event, so if you are a publisher and you have a game coming out, you show it.
Miis to rock out in Guitar Hero: World Tour (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
The Wii version of upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour just got a bit more unique. The title will apparently include Mii support, allowing those of you who don't want to go through the pain of modeling yourself in the custom character creator to still get your likeness into the game.
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody port may take root in US soil (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsHarvest Moon: Magical Melody was released on the GameCube in 2006 in the US. Rising Star Games, Marvelous's European branch, then ported it to the Wii with new motion controls, releasing that version in March of this year. This makes sense for Europe, since the Wii was out by the time the GameCube version would have been released.
The heroism of Captain Rainbow (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, Video
Nintendo of Japan's Captain Rainbow media page now features three short commercials for Skip's latest game. All three start with the brassy Captain Rainbow theme and the caption "A new hero is born!" Then protagonist Nick, out of his heroic garb, demonstrates his awesome bravado by .
Wii Warm Up: Best. Trailer. Ever. (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Wii Warm UpBecause you probably should watch it againWe were pleasantly surprised by the House of the Dead: Overkill trailer. We haven't seen such a quality trailer since ... well, maybe ever. We're genuinely pumped for the game.But, enough about us. What was your most memorable
GC 2008: Konami rolls Kororinpa 2 our way (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Video, Screens
Along with Dewy's Adventure, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, and the massively under-rated Mercury Meltdown Revolution, Kororinpa proved that the Wii was the only place to be for enthusiasts of rolling. And now it's rolling back! Konami just announced a sequel to its vowel-heavy game at Leipzig, carefully tilting a trailer and 20 screens in our direction.
GC 2008: Finally, a pet game we can get behind (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Screens
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"Monkey Madness Wii targets kids ages 6 to 8 years," reads the opening line of the press release for Ubisoft's new monkey sim. "Like hell it does!" say we. Okay, so maybe it does, but we can't help being drawn to Ubisoft's newest pet game (and at least it's not Monkeyz).
Space Invaders Get a European release date (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, WiiWare
Square Enix just announced that Space Invaders Get Even, the novel take on Taito's evergreen Space Invaders series in which players control a UFO who sends Invaders to destroy Earth, will be released "across Europe" this October. Or, at least they believe Nintendo will allow it to come out in October.
GC 2008: Left Right Chu Chu Ulala in Samba (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Screens
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A Sonic cameo in Samba de Amigo has long been old news, grandpa, but we've also been promised appearances from other Sega characters and venues. Here are the fruits of those promises: a cameo from the galaxy's funkiest news reporter, Ulala, and a special Space Channel 5 stage.
Wii Sqweeze is like a ThighMaster for your hands (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Peripherals
Introducing InterAction Laboratories' Wii Sqweeze. Recently demonstrated by CEO Greg Merril, the device has two rubber grips that "allow for shoulder abduction and adduction." Supposedly, the thing was demonstrated with some kind of bow hunting PC game.
New MadWorld footage shows off motorcyclin', boss battlin' (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: VideoWe ache for this game. We're not going to say that there will be some clearly inappropriate fondling of the game case before we insert the disc into our Wii, but know this: if there was a choice between saving this game from an apartment fire and, say, you, then we're clearly grabbing the game.
