11th Jan, 2008
Games based on licensed IPs are the unpleasant body odour of gaming. No-one really likes them, but they're inexorably tied to the medium and just keep coming back no matter what we do to get rid of them. As crap as most of these games are though, the licenses they're based on usually make sense. Big movies, popular, action-packed TV shows and successful sports stars are all perfect subjects to stick on a box in order to persuade the unsuspecting buyer to pick it up. It's a
Wednesday 15 November 2006
Those discarded PS2 Buzz controllers have another outlet with Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Party Edition, which offers some virtual money making madness alongside three buddies. Hit the images tab above to see more shots from this Chris Tarrant-less quiz
11th Jan, 2008
Games based on licensed IPs are the unpleasant body odour of gaming. No-one really likes them, but they're inexorably tied to the medium and just keep coming back no matter what we do to get rid of them. As crap as most of these games are though, the licenses they're based on usually make sense. Big movies, popular, action-packed TV shows and successful sports stars are all perfect subjects to stick on a box in order to persuade the unsuspecting buyer to pick it up. It's a
Wii Fit is one of Nintendo's biggest games at E3 - a fitness training game that uses a pressure-sensitive floor pad called the Balance Board - but there's more in store for the new controller in the future.
Miyamoto told a crowd at E3 that the Balance Board has received interest from numerous third-party developers for use in future titles, who he says are free to create their own ideas for it. No specific titles were mentioned.
"There are a number of possibilities, the most obvious being a
Brain Age captured the minds of gamers and non-gamers all over the world. That one game may have single-handedly helped push the DS into its current state of world dominance (Pokemon sure doesn't hurt either), and now Nintendo's hoping Wii Fit does the same for its motion-sensitive console. We just stepped off the pressure-reading Balance Board and you know what? It's not too shabby.
As has already been explained, the device detects small movements of balance and shifting weight. The demo
20th Dec, 2007
Gaming is an up and down experience. Some years cram top quality titles into our every orifice until were bursting with videogame joy and have excess polygons dripping messily out of our ears, while some other years… Well, some other years are 1983.
In 2007 though, weve had a very good year indeed. A scarily good year in fact. One which has provided us so much brilliance on every format that its a genuine worry that the laws of karmic balance will soon bring us a plague
Developers for recent and upcoming Nintendo products will be addressing Game Developers Conference 2008 attendees this month, specifically speaking about Wii Fit, WiiWare and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.Wii Balance Board producer Takao Sawano will be leading the charge on February 20 around 4pm. We predict he'll give a retrospective on exactly how he made the first game controller to grace the cover of Cosmo.On February 22, Takashi Aoyama will
Shigeru Miyamoto has said that Wii Fit isn't really meant to make you fit (as the title suggests). It won't give you a six pack or help you finish a marathon. He says it's only going to make you more aware of your body. And that's a good thing.Speaking to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata about the ideas surrounding the creation of Wii Fit, Miyamoto said, "I think it's important to make discoveries like this about yourself. I forgot to mention
A number of parents have expressed concerns over Nintendo creating bad body images after a concerned family member complained that Wii Fit labeled her relative overweight.
"My [relative] came round this weekend and we let her play on our Wii Fit," a member of the DISBoards wrote. "We have all laughed and joked about being told that we're fat and need to lose weight but I was gobsmacked when it told her that she is
Wii Fit is causing unprecedented damage in living rooms across the nation, with nearly a fifth of polled women admitting they have got carried away with it.
Flower pots, television sets and even pets have all been affected by the high kicks and hula hoop exercises that are a part of Wii Fit.
In a poll conducted by insurer Sheila's Wheels, women admitted they had caused an average of £6.55 worth of damage in the last year.
