Guitar Hero's Mii Freestyle mode explained (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
Vicarious Visions has confirmed that Guitar Hero: World Tour on the Wii will have not only all of the content found in the other versions, including DLC, but it will also have an exclusive "Mii Freestyle" mode, which we first heard about yesterday. But it goes beyond just having Miis in the normal Guitar Hero game.
Sega shows off new Sonic Unleashed screens (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: ScreensClick for embiggened image
Despite being told otherwise like right to my face at E3, it appears that Sega's newest Sonic game on Wii will be very much like the Xbox 360 title, in that it's essentially two different games in one. The first game, which is very reminiscent of the Sonic you know and love, is competent and could provide hours of fun.
Wii Fit helps drive record Q2 for GameStop (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsA lot of those Wii Fit bundles people have been snatching up (and never playing again) came from GameStop, apparently, as the company reports a net earnings increase of 162.1 percent to $57.2 million in the second quarter. For the period of three months ending August 2nd, sales increased by 34.
Hockey Allstar Shootout skating onto WiiWare (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: WiiWareBig Blue Bubble, developer of Home Sweet Home, has announced a new WiiWare game that is a bit more stereotypically dude-oriented than the home-design game. Specifically, Canadian-dude-oriented. Hockey Allstar Shootout is a hockey game in which players use the Wiimote as a hockey stick in three game variants.
Wii Fanboy presents: Game Night (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Game Night
Oh, it's Thursday, our most favorite day of the week (well, aside from Friday). It's the day we actually get to take a break from writing about games to actually play them. Won't you join us? It's pretty easy to get in on the action and 4 out of 5 dentists agree, once you take part in the festivities, you'll have a lot of fun and want to keep coming back.
Carnival Games 2 delayed due to first game's success (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsWe like to bash the shovelware as much as anyone, but Take Two's Carnival Games must have been a real gem, because it has sold well consistently and "exceeded expectations" since its release. That's why Take Two has been taking their good old time in churning out a sequel to the game, which is now in the works.
GC 2008: Shaun White and company take a road trip (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: VideoStraight out of Leipzig, a crazy mofo named Shaun White. The latest trailer for Ubisoft's Balance Board-compatible sports title, Shaun White Snowboarding shows off a lot of what you'd expect from a snowboarding game: lots of spinning and big jumps. We're not poking fun, because, to be honest, we think the game looks pretty polished.
Virtually Overlooked: Clu Clu Land (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Virtually OverlookedClu Clu Land is one of Nintendo's most mysteriously underused franchises. Some of the company's early Famicom/NES games never became long-running series because nobody wanted any more -- Urban Champion, for example, or Donkey Kong Jr. Math; some were designed for the R.
Rub your eyes: Sadness 'footage' emerges, disappears again (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Video
Go Nintendo's RawMeatCowboy recently received an email from an anonymous, shadowy figure calling themselves "rabbits can't be sad." That's pretty weird, but stranger still, the email contained something we almost never expected to see: footage of Nibris' "vaporware" title, Sadness.
Walking the streets with the Balance Board (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Video, HomebrewGoing outside? Let the common man do that, as tech-savvy folks can just navigate the outside world within the comfort of their own home, with little more than a Balance Board and Google Street View. It's kind of similar to the Google Earth thing we presented back in May.
Nintendo jazzing up Wiimote wrist straps (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Imports, Controller
While we're still waiting for that leopard skin Wiimote wrist strap of our dreams, Nintendo will shortly release green, blue, pink, and white straps in Japan. Other than helping to distinguish Wiimotes between multiplayer sessions, we can't really think of a compelling need for these non-threatening, pastel accessories, but perhaps they're a sign that matching controllers are on the way? That's probably a long shot, but it would be nice.
Amazon dates, prices maraca attachments for Samba de Amigo (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Peripherals
It would seem the final maraca attachments for Samba de Amigo on the Wii have been leaked over at Amazon (you can catch an eyeful above, obviously). For those of you who've been following the title, you already caught a glimpse of the earlier version.
Wii Warm Up: Samba de Ulala (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Wii Warm Up
Certain Sega-friendly elements of the Wii Fanboy blogging staff were super-excited to see Ulala appearing in Samba de Amigo. Of course, we're still beyond freaked out that there is a new Samba de Amigo. For us, the Space Channel 5 star adds a lot of interest to the game.
So apparently this Wii thing is popular? (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Sales
Pow! Blam! Thwack! That's the sound of the Wii's biggest software performers in 2008 so far. The likes of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wii Fit, and Mario Kart Wii have taken some of the the top places in a new Top Global Markets Report, as calculated by chart specialists Enterbrain (Japan), NPD (the U.
Rumor: New Guitar Hero peripheral coming? (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Rumors, Peripherals
G4 apparently has the "hot word," which we're assuming means "unfounded rumor", that Activision is looking to toss another peripheral into the Guitar Hero World Tour mix. They're reporting that Neversoft's Brian Bright spilled the beans, stating that he "wouldn't go into detail about what it will be," but that it's "specifically for the game's Studio mode.
Wii's first force feedback wheel looks great, seems pointless (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, PeripheralsYes, pointless.As much as we love our Wii, it's not exactly creaking under the weight of great racing titles. There's Game Night favorite Mario Kart Wii, which is really fun, but that already comes with its own wheel, which works surprisingly well.
Hillcrest Laboratories files patent infringement suit against Nintendo (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsAnother company has gone to court claiming that the Wii infringes on their patents. Last time, it was the input technology in Nintendo's traditional controllers; this time, the suit deals with elements specific to the Wii, and could result in the Wii becoming unavailable in the US.
Kororinpa 2 uses balance board, boasts bad GC demo (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
As you probably noticed (from the title), there's good news and bad news concerning the sequel to the early Wii title Kororinpa. Luckily, the good outweighs the bad. The good, in fact, is great: Kororinpa 2 will feature ten stages that utilize the balance board.
