Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training
Posted by Bird in Nintendo Wii
Hold that Christmas list! Today Nintendo announced that the Wii Zapper will launch in Europe on 7th December – and at a reasonable price. The gun, which will retail at around $23.66 , snugly holds the Wiimote on top of the barrel and the nunchuks clip on the back.
It will come bundled with Link’s Crossbow Training - a 12-rated shooter – for what will effectively be an infinitely cooler reincarnation of NES launch title, Duck Hunt. It might even fit in your stocking.
Oh yeah, and it bears more than a passing resemblance to a Star Trek phaser rifle.
Wii Charge Station
Posted by Bird in Nintendo Wii, Video Games
Wii Charge Station
Nyko’s Charge Station for Wii is a great wayto save money on batteries. This dock features twin rechargeable battery packs for the Wii Remote — just connect the Wii Remotes and let them sit until you’re ready to play. Charges two Wiimotes at once.
Nintendo Wii
Posted by Bird in Nintendo Wii, Video Games
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Nintendo Wii
The Nintendo Wii is the most inexpensive of the current generation of gaming consoles. It provides motion sensing controllers and 480p graphics. We tested the Wii before its launch day (I’m a game reviewer), and we had our own unit in our home the morning of launch day. Here are our findings.
The Wii is designed around a menu of “channels”. There is of course the game-playing channel, where the Wii will play any Wii or GameCube game. Simply load the disc in and go. There is a Mii channel where you set up a profile and avatar to connect to all your game playing. The Photos channel lets you look at photos on your TV. Other channels for news, weather, and online shopping require an interent connection; the news and weather were not actually working at launch time.
The system does NOT have a regular network cable port, which both the PS3 and XBox 360 have. Instead, it works with built in wireless or with a USB network adapter. I am a firm proponent of wireless - less clutter! So I am thrilled that they offer wireless automatically. With the PS3, you have to pay extra for the 60 gig unit to get this built in. The XBox 360 requires extra hardware as well.
It’s hard to generalize gameplay on any console - it really depends on what games you buy. That being said, the comes-with-it software of Sports is really quite fun and is about as basic as you can get. You swing at baseballs, lob tennis balls, bowl, box and play golf. A “fitness” mode puts you through a variety of tasks and then calculates your fitness age, sort of like how Brain Age keeps track of your mental age. If you did both every day, you could aim to be as fit mentally and physically as possible!