Best Buy-owned CowBoom.com is discounting video game consoles today, with one of the better deals being Nintendo's Wii for $70 (plus $5 for shipping). For comparison, popular used game reseller GameStop sells used Wiis starting at $90.
For those of you who have dreamed of dancing like the King of Pop, Michael Jackson The Experience is probably a dream come true. The Wii game allows you and up to three friends to practice all his signature moves in the comfort of your own home. Though it’s not guaranteed to make your dancing [...]
A British doctor has received £35,000 (about $55,000) to find out if the Wii can help increase motor skills and overall well-being of individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s UK has funded their first ever Wii study to see if exercise with the gaming console can help with the illness.
So much for your parents telling you that staying in to play video games was bad for you. A new study has shown that acute pain is adults and children can be reduced by just playing on your console.
“All systems go!” Billy from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
In honor of Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary, Nintendo is releasing Super Mario All-Stars, all of the Mario NES games under one title.
Nyko Technologies’ Wand+ for the Wii looks suspiciously like the Nintendo Wii Remote, but the company behind it says it can do much more. They proclaim that it features Full Motion Technology support, Trans-Port Technology (which supposedly means it can pass sound and vibration signals to other Nintendo Wii related products) and Bluetooth communication.
Small children have no regard—NO REGARD!—for the fact that you shelled out $60 for a Wii remote and Nunchuk. And their hands are always covered in peanut butter, jelly, and who knows what else. The simple truth is that kids should have their own Wii controllers.
Sure, the Wii doesn’t need HDMI output but there’s something about the simplicity of a single-cable connection from your console to your TV that’s very appealing. Hooking stuff up with five component cables or even three composite cables seems so archaic nowadays.
Aaand… exhale. The $20 Classic Controller Pro is now available for the Wii. It looks somewhat similar to the Classic Controller, except for some handy grips, two rows of shoulder buttons, and the handsome black color.
