Posts Tagged ‘Wii’

Nintendo Wii-Lover’s Best Memory

Friday, January 23rd, 2009
 Video Game ,Wii ,Wii Bundle

Video Game ,Wii ,Wii Bundle

I was the only family member living close by, so I received the initial call from the nursing home. Grandpa was failing rapidly. I should come. There was nothing to do but hold his hand. “I love you, Grandpa. Thank you for always being there for me.” And silently, I released him.

.   The nurse apologized for having to ask me so soon to please remove Grandpa’s things from the room. Then I found it in the top drawer of his nightstand. It looked like a very old handmade valentine. What must have been red paper at one time was a streaked faded pink. A piece of white paper had been glued to the center of the heart. On it, penned in Grandma’s handwriting, were these words:

TO LEE FROM HARRIET

With All My Love,

February 14, 1895

Are you alive? Real? Or are you the most beautiful dream that I have had in years? Are you an angel — or a figment of my imagination? Someone I fabricated to fill the void? To soothe the pain? Where did you find the time to listen? How could you understand?

You made me laugh when my heart was crying. You played Nintendo Wii games with me which was one of my most precious Holiday Gifts and I still keep the Nintendo Wii with the Wii Bundles in my cabinet; you were addicted to Video Game and Wii was so suitable for you; you took me dancing to the music played by an Mp3 Player when I couldn’t take a step. You helped me set new goals when I was dying. You accompany me watching video clips played by the Mp4 Player .You showed me dew drops and I had diamonds. You brought me wildflowers and I had orchids. You sang to me and angelic choirs burst forth in song. You held my hand and my whole being loved you. You gave me a ring and I belonged to you. I belonged to you and I have experienced all.

Tears streamed down my cheeks as I read the words. I pictured the old couple I had always known. What I read was so very beautiful and sacred. Grandpa had kept it all those years. Now it is framed on my dresser, a treasured part of family history.

 

 

 

Nintendo Wii Takes a Special Man into This Family

Friday, January 23rd, 2009
 Video Game , Wii ,Wii Bundle

Video Game , Wii ,Wii Bundle

With Father’s Day coming up, it’s occurred to me that this country is missing a holiday, Stepfather’s Day.

If anyone deserves a special day, it’s these brave souls who’ve had to carve out a place for themselves in readymade families with the care and caution of a neurosurgeon.

That’s why we have a Bobber’s Day in our family. It’s our own version of Stepfather’s Day, named after Bob the stepfather. Here’s why we celebrate it.

The Bobber has just moved in.

“If you do anything to hurt my mother, I could put you in the hospital, you know,” says the college boy, who is far bigger than the stepfather.

“I’ll keep that in mind,” says the Bobber.

“You’re not going to start telling me what to do,” says the junior-high schoolboy. “You aren’t my father.”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” says the Bobber.

The college boy is on the phone. His car has broken down forty-five miles from home.

“I’ll be right there,” says the Bobber.

The vice principal is on the phone. The junior schoolboy has been in a fight.

“I’ll be right there,” says the Bobber. oI need a tie to go with this shirt,” says the college boy. Pick one out of my closet,” says the Bobber.

“You need to get your ear pierced,” says the junior schoolboy.

“You need to stop burping at the table,” says the Bobber.

“I’ll try,” says the boy.

“I’ll think about it,” says the Bobber.

“What did you think of my date last night?” asks the college boy.

“Does it make a difference?” asks the Bobber.

“Yes,” says the boy.

“I need to talk to you,” says the junior schoolboy.

“I need to talk to you,” says the Bobber.

“We should have a stepfather-stepson bonding experience,” says the college boy.

“Doing what?” asks the Bobber.

“Changing the oil in my car,” says the boy.

“I knew it,” says the Bobber.

“We should have a stepfather-stepson bonding experience,” says the junior schoolboy.

“Doing what?” asks the Bobber.

“Driving me to the movies,” says the boy.

“I knew it,” says the Bobber.

“If you drink, don’t get in the car. Call me,” says the Bobber.

“Thanks,” says the college boy.

“If you drink, don’t get in the car. Call me,” says the college boy.

“Thanks,” says the Bobber.

“What time do I have to be home?” asks the junior schoolboy.

“11:30,” says the Bobber.

“Okay,” says the boy.

“Don’t ever do anything to hurt him,” the college boy says to me. “We need him.”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” I say.

And so we have Bobber’s Day. The boys buy their stepfather a new toy they can all play with. The Bobber buy the children Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii with Wii Bundle  –yes we love Nintendo Wii games- the best Video Game with the best Wii.

And I am awed by our great fortune that the Bobber earned his way into this family with such grace that it now seems he was always there.

Nintendo Wii brings me The Best Time of My Life

Friday, January 23rd, 2009
 Video Game , Wii ,Wii Controller

Video Game , Wii ,Wii Controller

It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.

My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine years old and in terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he noticed I wasn’t full of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I wondered how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholas’s age, so I asked him, “What was the best time of your life?”

Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, “Well, Joe, this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question:

“When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured by my parents that were the best time of my life.

       “When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life.

“When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts that were the best time of my life.

“When I met my wife and fell in love that was the best time of my life.

“The Second World War came, and my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship bound for North America that was the best time of my life.

“When we came to Canada and started a family that was the best time of my life.

“When I was a young father, watching my children grows up, and play Video Game by Nintendo Wii which had a Wii Controller, Nintendo Wii make children and I feel much closer, Wii brought us lots of fun,that was the best time of my life.

“And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine years old. I enjoy music with my favorite Mp3 Player and match videos with my Mp4 Player, and hopefully my grandson may bring me a Watch Mp4 Player –the most popular product at present. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”

She Left Her Nintendo Wii

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Video Game, Wii, Wii Fan

Video Game, Wii, Wii Fan

She left her Nintendo Wii, she took everything else, her toothbrush, her clothes, and Wii Fan and even the ugly vase on the table. The tiny apartment we shared seemed different now, her stuff was gone, it wasn’t much really, although now the room seemed like a jigsaw puzzle with a few pieces missing, incomplete. The closet seemed empty too; most of it was her stuff anyway. Why did she leave her Nintendo Wii?

Her Wii, leaving a deep footprint on my heart, I can’t sweep it away. All I can do is stare at it .It still connect me to her though, in some distant bizarre way they do. I can remember the good times we had, how crazy we play Video Games days and nights.. I sit on the floor next to it and wonder how many games we had played and what difficulties me had overcome .I turned it on and began to play, play alone, play lonely. The last bit of reality I have of her. She left her Nintendo Wii, she took everything else, except her Nintendo Wii. It remains at the bottom of my closet, a shrine to her memory.

Wii Shows You Perfect Video Games

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
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wii

Have you got the experience of playing video games with wii? It is a great pity if you say no. To play a video game with wii is absolutely a great enjoyment for all the video game fans. You can never imagine how cool it will be, how real you can feel when you play a wii game.
I used to play wii games all day and all night. That was fantastic, I should say. Using it to play the first sight games and dual fight games, as well as some simulating video games is wonderful. So many times I lost myself in the great pleasure and the world it produced. I just love it.
A Wii is a completely different playing experience for the video game fans compared to all the games they have played. Imagine that you are the right soldier who is going to fulfill a difficult mission that can save a lot of people. You just need to move your fingers when you want to shoot just like you hold a real gun in your hand. It must be great.
A wii can help all your childhood’s dreams realize and you are the great hero. What do you think about it? Go to find your best wii devices, you are going to love them.

A Great Gift for Guitar Lovers

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Wireless Guiatr Controller for Wii

Wireless Guitar Controller for Wii

Are you a music fan who is always dreaming about to hold your private music show in the future? Or you just want to take part in a band to play your favorite music any time you like? Maybe it is difficult to realize in the real life, but what if you can do all these just in your home? Here I have got some exciting for those guitar fans. Wireless guitar controller for Wii ZY088 is just the thing I want to introduce to you.
This guitar controller for Wii is just one of the devices that can make you play wonderful Wii games. Wii games are popular all the world among those video game fans. They all love Wii because of the great pleasure they can never find with other games, because Wii games do especially in simulating the true situations in the real life. They can give people what they are really looking for in a video game-real sense. This guitar controller for Wii will absolutely let you drown in the ocean of music. You are the greatest guitar player in the world and playing the most wonderful music people have never heard before. That’s all you can do with Wii.
Do not hesitate if you are truly a guitar lover and video game fan. This guitar controller for wii is just thing you are eager to own. You won’t be disappointed.

Iwata says Nintendo plans to go easy on the accessories for now

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Apparently not willing to let things get to the point that someone has to step in and say, “enough already,” Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently told The Wall Street Journal that the company will be easing up on the number of accessories it releases for the Wii. More specifically, he said that, with the upcoming release of the Wii MotionPlus and Wii Speak add-ons, “most of the ideas for accessories that we had initially come up with are out now,” and that while they “might think up some more,” they “don’t have any plans to release a whole lot more.” Of course, we’re guessing that’s not a sentiment echoed by third-party manufacturers, who we’re sure we can count on to keep on cluttering up the living rooms of Wii owners the world over.

SuperGrafx game queued up for release on Japanese Wii Virtual Console
Retro game lovers, don’t ever say Nintendo isn’t looking out for you. Only months after hearing that the Wii’s Virtual Console would be getting Sega Master System and Commodore 64 games, in flies word that at least one heralded SuperGrafx title is on its way, too. Granted, the Ghouls ‘n Ghosts (or Daimakaimura, as it were) port is only slated for release in Japan at the moment, but we’re keeping our increasingly less limber fingers crossed that it’ll head to other parts of the world in short order. There’s also no telling if any other titles from the console’s library will be headed to the Wii, but given that we could count ‘em all on two hands, we’d say chances are decently high.

Wii Virtual Console getting Sega Master System games
Finally, you can relive your really good youthful memories via the Wii and its latest Virtual Console addition: the Sega Master System. That’s right, if you happen to be nostalgic for a certain Z80A kind of action — and you live in Japan — you need only look to Nintendo’s cash-cow for help. Starting this February, you can play Fist of the North Star and the hallucination-inducing Fantasy Zone to your heart’s content, though just like other VC offerings we expect to see more games and more territories included later on. What’s important for Nintendo to know is this: the sooner we’re deep in a game of Wonder Boy in Monster Land, the happier everyone will be… so step on it.

Nintendo gets into the router game, plans to destroy competition by not really trying

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Nintendo just announced a 5,800 Yen (about $54 US) WiFi router, built to take that pesky wired Ethernet internet and blast it across your home in a palatable WiFi fashion for use by your Wii or DS. Just like every other router ever. Only this one is cheap, cute and built by Nintendo, so watch out Linksys / Netgear / everybody. The “Nintendo WiFi Network Adapter,” meant to supplement 2005’s WiFi USB Connector, looks to be Japan-only at the moment, and is due for a September 18th release.

Wii not getting a hard drive because “it’s like an iPod”
Although the Wii’s Virtual Console channel has been a smashing success, there’s always a price for fame: quite a few gamers are running up against the storage roadblocks of Nintendo’s console and starting to wonder about expansion options beyond SD cards — like, say, a hard drive. Sadly, however, Ninty’s not having any of it, with Nintendo of America PR manager Eric Walter saying that “we really don’t want people storing every single game they buy on their drive.” Sounds silly, but since VC titles are yours for keeps, Nintendo’s position is that you can delete games and “go back and get them any time,” or, presumably, build a small library of SD cards. This odd line of reasoning also led Walter to say that he likens the situation “to putting music on your iPod; you listen to it for a while, and then you get tired of it, and you pull it off, and you put some new stuff on.” Clearly Walter does not know how often we listen to the Clash on our iPods — or how often we rock Super Mario Brothers 1 through 64. Either way, it looks like the mothership has spoken for now — looks like it’s up to the third parties to figure out a way to make it all better.

Nyko’s Tele-shaped Frontman Wii Guitar Hero controller hits shelves
Given how clumsy some of Nyko’s other Wii accessories are, we didn’t exactly have high hopes when we heard that the company was shipping the first third-party Wii Guitar Hero controller — so imagine our surprise when we found out it’s in the shape of a Telecaster, our fave axe and one thus far criminally ignored in the Guitar Hero pantheon. Just like the official controller, the Wiimote slips into the chassis to do most of the heavy lifting, but you won’t have spend quite as much to get your multiplayer on — $50, about $10 cheaper than the Activision Les Paul. The white version includes black and pink pickguards, while the blonde edition comes with black and white — anyone have a spare IGNORE ALIEN ORDERS sticker handy?

Wii pool cue attachement hustles you out of $13

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Adding to the growing list of chintzy plastic Wiimote accessories, this pool cue add-on seems like it could also be pretty useful for dramatically browsing the News Channel. The kit features an outer shell for the Wiimote and a three-piece shaft — no word on what the tip is made of, but you can be certain that chalking it up won’t help you sink that last shot.

PlayOn media server brings Hulu / YouTube to consoles, Netflix coming soon?
PlayOn wants to make sure you can get your daily dose of Barackrolls and Airwolf episodes beyond the desktop, while Hulu might not have a slick streaming set-top box of its own, this media server software turns flash video RSS streams into easily browsed folders for your DLNA-compliant hardware. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and HP MediaSmart HDTVs being at the top of that list (with Nintendo Wii support planned by year-end) owners can grab the beta release of the software and stream low-res episodes of Psych, or any assortment of YouTube video they please. With Netflix support “just down the road” this could provide an end around for PS3 owners looking for streaming love, or Xbox 360 owners without Xbox Live Gold (we know you’re out there.) Bad news is the beta only lasts 60 days and there’s a $30 pricetag waiting at the end of the free lunch highway. Our experience was good, with no stutters in a Psych episode streamed via Wi-Fi to the PS3 (albeit with no choice of HD clips), but we’d wait for confirmation on the whole Netflix bit before dropping any dough.

Update: Getting 69-C00D36C4 / folder could not be accessed errors on your PS3 or Xbox 360, or waiting for 64-bit Vista support to dive in? PlayOn CTO David Karlton updated the official blog to let users know fixes and additional support is in the works, so keep an eye out for more news shortly if things aren’t working just yet.

Nintendo says its “working on a solution” to Wii storage issue
We’d already seen some hints that Nintendo was working on adding USB devices to the Wii, which seemed to open up the possibility of USB storage devices, but Nintendo Europe’s Laurent Fischer has now come out and dampened that notion while also opening up another option. As GamesIndustry.biz reports, he says that Nintendo is in fact “working on a solution” to the Wii storage issue, but that there are “definitely there’s no plan to issue hardware,” such as an external hard drive. As Joystiq notes, that would seem to indicate that the big N is working on a firmware update to allow downloaded games to be played directly off an SD card, but we obviously won’t know for sure until the company decides to let a few more details slip, which Joystiq speculates could maybe, possibly come at the fast-approaching E3.

Nintendo’s Wiimote tapped for patent infringement by Hillcrest Labs

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Nintendo just can’t seem to keep its nose out of patent troubles, with its highly successful Wii now the target of a new patent lawsuit from Hillcrest Labs, which claims that its patents for “a handheld three-dimensional pointing device” and the gloriously vague “navigation interface display system that graphically organizes content for display on a television” which apparently predate Nintendo’s own. At least we’re not dealing with a complete patent troll here: Hillcrest Labs does have a product based on its technology, called The Loop remote (pictured left), based on what it calls “Freespace” motion control technology. It’s fairly clear Freespace is a much different beast than the Wiimote, and we’d like to believe something so vague as a handheld 3D pointing device (a very un-new concept) isn’t enough to best Nintendo in a court of law, but naturally Hillcrest is requesting Nintendo stop shipping Wiis to the States (that shouldn’t be hard, huh Nintendo? Yuk, yuk.) and reward Hillcrest with unspecified monetary damages.

Wiimote head tracking meets First Person Shooter: die Marshies, die
Remember Johnny Chung Lee’s self-made VR head-tracking system cobbled together from a Wiimote and IR-equipped safety glasses? Good, because it’s now one step closer to its destiny as the ultimate controller for a first person, Wii shooter. The video experience in a 3D wireframed world does look admittedly rough, but the idea is sound: step forward to move forward, to the sides to turn, and jump to (you guessed it) jump. Fortunately, with Nintendo’s WiiWare service now live in Japan, maybe, just maybe someone will see the potential and commercialize this. Watch the Insight VR people hunt down the evil Marshies after the break.

Stix 200 Wiimote wannabe reviewed: it’s just as awful as we imagined
Be honest here, GoLive2’s Stix didn’t stand a chance at being taken seriously, and even when one reviewer attempted to have fun with the unashamed Wiimote knockoff, he failed epically. The Stix 200 looks strikingly like Nintendo’s accelerometer-packin’ controller, though this 2D-only rip was seen as “a set of slightly unresponsive, highly inconvenient arrow keys” rather than an exciting new controller. The PC games that can be played with the device are equally dreadful, and while the 3D-capable Stix 400 might be able to make up for some of the 200’s shortcomings, we can’t wholeheartedly say it’s even worth the effort to check out after reading this review.