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Reasons NOT to Play Mario Kart

5. It's always sunny. When the weather's particularly bad outside, playing on Mario Kart will only make you wish that you were in the Bahamas, and might push you towards suicide. 4. With Mario Kart Wii now supporting 12 player online battles,...

Published Sat, Apr 04 2008 12:49 PM by afscrome

Filed under: Reasons NOT to, Mario Kart

Mario Kart Wii HANDS ON! Spoiler Free

I happened to pre-order from GAME, and the pre-order arrived at my door in a shiny red Royal Mail van this afternoon, so I have been able to play it before it's technically released in the UK! And what a game it is! The new tracks are pretty much...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2008 9:13 PM by superscott

Filed under: Wii, Online, Mario Kart, Awesome, Wi-Fi, Hands-on, Pre-order

iPlayer to work on Wii

The BBC have today announced that the iPlayer will become compatible with the Internet Channel on the Nintendo Wii. An early test version of the Wii compatible iPlayer is available from today, with a final version expected later this year. Once the service...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2008 2:43 PM by afscrome

Trauma Centre: Under the Knife 2

Atlus have today announced a new Trauma Centre game for the Nintendo DS - Trauma Centre: Under The Knife 2. The game is a direct sequel to the original game, dealing with the aftermath of the GUILT virus. From the official press release "GUILT is...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2008 1:53 PM by afscrome

Brawl out sooner than expected?

Before I go on, I'll make it clear but this article should be placed purely in the RUMOUR category. Currently, the general consensus is that Brawl is going to be coming out in the Summer or Autumn this year. N-Revolution magazine however disagrees...

Published Sat, Apr 04 2008 9:13 AM by afscrome

Reasons NOT to Play Zelda Ocarina of Time

10. The game is too long - surely you have better things to be doing with your time than sitting in front of the television for hours on end? 9. Why on earth would you want to explore inside a giant whale - it would smell for starters and you'd need...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2008 12:49 PM by afscrome

Filed under: Reasons NOT to, Ocarina of Time, Zelda

Sonic's Unleashing himself onto the Wii!

Recent reports on ONM's website have told us that Sonic is storming back onto our Wii's after last year's pretty successful (yet shockingly named) "Sonic And The Secret Rings." According to Sega, Sonic is going back to his 2D roots...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2008 10:16 PM by superscott

Filed under: Games, Wii, Sonic, platforming, 2D, Sega

Wii Ware Launched In Japan

WiiWare, Its out In Japan folks, celebration? Only if you live in Japan. Anyway a huge bonus to Wii Ware is that It supports Wi-Fi, but one game is different to all the rest - Final Fantasy. It seems to support Nintendo's brilliant Idea of *shudders...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2008 11:16 AM by Cobros

Filed under: Wii, Wii Ware, Japan

New Mario Kart Wii Trailer

Nintendo have today released a new video trailer for Mario Kart Wii. The first half of the video doesn’t tell us much more than we already know, however the more interesting stuff comes in the second half of the video, which concentrates on the online capabilities...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2008 10:26 AM by afscrome

Filed under: Wii, WiFi, Mario Kart, Mario Kart Wii, Trailer

Play Mario Kart Wii Early

Want to play Mario Kart Wii a week early. If so, GAME are running Mario Kart Wii tournaments throughout 30 of its stores on Saturday 5th April - a week before the game's release. The tournament requires 4 competitors to get the fastest lap in an unnamed...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2008 2:51 PM by afscrome

Wii Firmware 3.2

Well we were all excited to see our blue lights this morning as Nintendo (finally) decides to give us a update for our white boxes of glory. But when we seen the message, well it wasn't what we wanted to be honest. "There is a new Wii Menu update"...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2008 6:15 PM by Cobros

Commodore 64 coming to Virtual Console

Nintendo have today announced that the Commodore 64 games will soon be coming to the Wii's Virtual Console, and in a twist to the norm, it appears that Europe will be the first (and possibly only) region to get these games. The best part is the cost...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2008 9:10 PM by afscrome

Filed under: Nintendo, Wii, Virtual Console, Commodore 64

Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit Dated

Today was a great day in the Nintendo universe, 2 big games dated. The first is Wii Fit, we all know this, little white board? Invisible hoop? Look like a idiot? That's the one, it's been out in Japan for a while now. But the big announcement...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2008 6:31 PM by Cobros

Filed under: Release, Nintendo, Wii, Online, Mii, Mario, WiFi, Mario Kart, Wii Fit

Receive latest updates on your Wii

Over the last few weeks, I've been working on a new feature for the site, which will send a message to Nintendo Wii Consoles whenever a new Virtual Console game is added. In order to receive these notifications, you must register your Wii on the new Subscriptions Page. For those of you without Wiis, you can use this same page to sign up to receive updates via email....

Published Sun, Feb 02 2008 1:30 PM by afscrome

RSS Feeds

As part of the continual updates to this site, I have just finished adding RSS feeds for the virtual console game list. When browsing the games index, when using a modern browser (such as Firefox 2.0+ or Internet Explorer 7, you'll notice a red glowing...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2007 7:00 PM by afscrome

Filed under: Virtual Console, Announcement, RSS

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