Wiiminder - Tabbed browser interface for your Wii
February 21st - No Responses


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As many already know, I’m all about the Wii and most definitely about Wii web browsing. The things that people are doing with Opera on the Wii are already exciting as hell and things just keep getting better. From the crew behind Warp Pipe comes Wiiminder, an extremely nifty tabbed browser interface for your Wii browser, giving you access to tabbed browsing (how could this be left out of Opera Wii!?), nifty little home and favorites tools and a more pleasant user experience while surfing the ‘net.

Watch Wiiminder in action after the jump..

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No More Heroes supports 480p and widescreen, more violent than Manhunt 2
February 19th - No Responses


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In a recent interview with IGN, Killer 7 director Goichi Suda has revealed some neat little tidbits about his upcoming mature Wii title, No More Heroes. Set to be a violent, open world sandbox, heavily influenced by Rockstar Games’ GTA brand, Suda is promising to make No More Heroes more violent than Manhunt 2, support progressive and widescreen graphics and also make a damn nice looking follow up to Killer 7! Though I’m not a huge fan of mature titles on the Wii, I’m extremely happy to see Nintendo opening up a bit more to mature styles of gameplay.

Read more: Suda talks to IGN about No More Heroes




Wii outselling PS3 at a rate of 3 to 1 in Japan
February 12th - One Response


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A few days old, but hey, even old news is post-worthy when it points out how badly the PS3 is doing in the market. Over in Japan, the sales figures for January have rolled in and boy was it a surprise. Nintendo sold through around 405,000 units of their Wii console in comparison to the Sony PS3’s paltry 148,000 units. These are sold, in the homes, not ’shipped’ which Sony (and to a degree Microsoft) are so often touting as their sales figures. The key for Nintendo’s success is to stretch their current lead throughout the rest of the year, with solid first and third party new releases and some real expansions in their online service, which is a bit weak to say the least. Online Wii Sports anyone? Yes please!

For the PS3? Sony can probably just hope their marketing team and execs don’t completely alienate the Europeans, who are their last hope of reclaiming market dominance. Though it’s starting to seem quite clear that mainstream games and consumers are replacing their PS2s as this generation’s console of choice with the Nintendo Wii, leaving the PS3 battling it out with the Xbox 360 for the fickle hardcore gamers market.

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Wii wrist weights prototype
February 9th - No Responses


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Never has 3rd party accessories been so fashionable as now with the Nintendo Wii. These little beauties are genius, even if they are ‘prototypes’, basically an over-the-counter set of wrist weights with Wii stamped on them. Wiilympics? Wiirobics? When will the brilliantly delicious madness end!

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EA playing catch up on the Wii, waking up to PS3 failure says analyst
February 9th - No Responses


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Gaming and financial analyst Roger Eherenberg’s epic post tracking EA’s stock price and strategy is a great great read which he’s just revisited and revised. I’m actually still ingesting it all after the third read, but I can’t help but agree on just about every point raised. Focusing on EA’s mistake with focusing too much on the PS3, the article also takes Sony to task for their continued mis-steps in getting the PS3 into the homes of gamers and Nintendo’s brilliantly handled Wii which Eherenberg predicts is replacing the PS2 as the console of choice for mainstream gamers.

Read more: EA Revisited: Playing Catch Up on the Wii, Waking up to the Failure that is PS3