Power Glove Wii Remote
It’s a Nintendo Power Glove packing a Wii remote. Yeah, I know, old news is old, but I actually have the Power Glove and loved that thing in its day. Sure, it was bulky, unresponsive, and tiring to wear, but throwing out your hand to make lightning smite your pixelated foes or clenching your fist to use items or grab baddies was just so damn cool.
Oh, and there’s a cat in the YouTube vid, too, so that makes it worth watching on its own.
Nintendo DSi Captures Strong Initial Sales, Prints Money
The latest generation of the endlessly upgraded Nintendo DS handheld has come to pass with the release of the DSi in North America on April 5th. Sales of the new unit, priced above the regular, and now utterly dull, DS model, have shown that gamers are easily tempted by shiny objects. To be fair, the DSi does offer some impressive features over its lesser brother, such as larger screens and a pair of digital cameras to further empower the upskirt photo industry. On the other hand, the one that isn’t casually held under the seats on the subway, the DSi doesn’t accept Gameboy Advanced games, which is a damn shame since that’s where all the best Pokemon lives.
Used retailer and necessary evil, Gamestop, has reported that DSi preorders are coming in at double the rate of those for the launch of the now useless and …
Professional Outragers Rage Against Madworld on Nintendo’s Wii
Once again, the less intelligent amongst us confuse a console for the games it plays. Yes, the Wii system can and does play such family-friendly fare as Wii Sports, Mario Everything, and Endless Ocean. That doesn’t mean it somehow can’t play games that gleefully splatter blood into your living room like Resident Evil 4, No More Heroes, and now, Madworld.
Madworld is a video game about a reality show, in the kind of reality where people with chainsaw arms go about slaughtering in a terrorist-controlled city for cash prizes. There are all sorts of stylized and over the top touches set against a Sin City-esque black/white/red palette but really, you either heard the term “chainsaw arms” in that special hidden little place in your heart, or you didn’t.
In a move about as stunning as the sun rising, the sort of people with nothing better to do …
Deadly Creatures Preview Trailer for Nintendo Wii
As a native Arizona boy, there are certain things I’ve come to accept and appreciate in this world, and one of the most important is that anything with more than four legs wants to sting you, poison you, and lay eggs in your corpse. As such, the upcoming game Deadly Creatures, about the adventures of a tough scorpion and stealthy tarantula, simply confirms what I already knew about the arachnid side of the animal kingdom.
What sets Deadly Creatures apart from all those other insectoid fighters we’ve been wading through is a sense of atmosphere provided by the scale of the levels and the characters. Crawling through the debris of a human world, our …
Obama Family Owns, Plays a Nintendo Wii
Even the first black president prefers a white console… It’s been recently confirmed that the first-family elect has picked up a Wii console for Christmas, and Obama has joked about how he’s better at Wii bowling than the real thing during his campaign.
Normally, something like this would be a fluff piece, but it brings up two very intriguing points. First, real adults, as opposed to us tall-children types, are buying and playing Nintendo’s crushingly popular game system. Can you see your parents sitting down for a relaxing night with the ol’ PS3? Secondly, the soon-to-be leader of the free world and most powerful man on the planet plays video games. Maybe not often, maybe not those Ninja Gaiden-style controller snappers, but certainly now and then with his family. It’s a start.
The gamers are winning. After Obama’s eight years are up, …
Slightly Late Video Review — Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!!
In a desperate attempt to whore ourselves across more media channels, we here at Vox have been experimenting with this strange YouTube thing you kids are into these days. The result is a video version of our Mike Tyson’s Punch Out review.
Don’t forget to let us know what you think in the comments. We’re new at this, we can use all the help we can get…
“What Games Should I Get?” Wii Edition
So you’ve just slipped $250 into Shigeru Miyamoto’s g-string and come away with a lapful of shiny white Wii. But even though you’re willing to drop the better part of a paycheque on a gaming system, you have no idea what games you should shove into the blue and bright video maw of your gaming system. You know, that you bought to play games.
You’re not alone. In fact, dozens of people just like you have been cluttering up the message boards and forums I frequent, so it’s come time to do something about your incredible, if free-spending, ignorance. So then, I present you to the infallible Vox Ex Machina List of Nintendo Wii Games You Should Buy Right The Hell Now (Preferably From Our Online Store).
Super Mario Galaxy
It’s the latest Mario game for the latest Nintendo console and if you didn’t buy …
Nintendo and HarperCollins Team Up to Bring Books to the DS
In their continuing efforts to expand the DS’s market, Nintendo has turned to publisher HarperCollins. The deal will bring a library of 100 classic books to the Nintendo DS, with more planned in the future. Since America is a cultural wasteland and cesspit, the book collection will debut in Britain where people are still capable of reading.
While the DS Classic Book Collection isn’t as large as the offerings available from Sony or against the might of Amazon’s Kindle, there is the advantage that you probably already have a DS kicking around. If you don’t, you will, what with all those great games on it and the substantially lower price tag compared to competing devices.
You can find out more about the deal at this Times Online article.
Walmart Set to Let Slip the Wiis of Holiday War
The Wii has emerged from the dirt and blood on the console wars to trample the naysayers and competitors alike under its gray boot. But even two years out, the damn things are still too hard to find. Walmart plans to change that by unleashing a flood of Wiis on its website, starting, er, this last Monday. The offer comes in two flavours; the basic Wii package and a value bundle that includes an extra set of controllers and other items. Really, you were going to buy more controllers anyhow, right?
Certain games and accessories will also be discounted during this latest surge in the console wars. You can find the details in this Reuters article.
Nintendo’s Wii and Wii Fit Lead Black Friday Sales
CNet News reports that Nintendo’s Wii console and the Wii Fit game package have once again proven their godlike power over consumers with a seductive song this weekend that climaxed in over 3,100 Wiis sold on eBay alone in a single day. Wii Fit, a bundle of fitness games packed in with a balance board, hooked its narcotic tentacles into over 1,000 helpless victims over the same time period.
When asked about the sales, one consumer replied, “The many sings to us. I am a voice in their choir. And I got a really great deal.”
Check out the CNet article and see what was bought online this Black Friday.
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