Tag: WII SPORTS

Last week, a Gamestop employee leaked the promotional poster for what seemed to be a new Nintendo Wii. This morning, Nintendo officially confirmed that a repainted console will indeed hit stores on May 9th, packed with a couple extras. For $199 -- the same price as the current white Wii -- you'll get the console, two games ('Wii Sports Resort' and 'Wii Sports') and the Wii MotionPlus attachment ...

Wiimote accidents are easily preventable. The slippery sucker comes with both a strap and an optional sleeve, hoping to soften whatever damage a klutz might do to his dog or girlfriend. But most importantly, not letting go of the controller requires simple common sense. That's why it continues to be entertaining when hapless gamers fling the things at their screens. When a man helplessly ...

We've seen our fair share of appropriately shaped, if absurd, Wii remotes: the Wii bowling ball, the Wii spray paint can, and the Wii maracas. Now, for enthusiasts of 'Wii Sports' and other baseball titles, Solutions 2 Go brings the officially licensed Louisville Slugger bat attachment to your Wii-mote. It's made of foam, costs $15 at Toys R Us, and snaps onto your separately sold Wii remote. If ...

Over the years, the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo has witnessed numerous introductions of Nintendo consoles and related peripherals (notably, the debut of the Wii in 2004). This year's convention, held in early June, was no different, according to OhGizmo!, with the unveiling of an accessory for one of the Wii's oldest and most popular titles, 'Wii Sports.' CTA Digital has released a new ...

Considering that the Nintendo Wii has essentially been sold out around the world for roughly two years, is it any surprise that 'Wii Sports' has overtaken 'Super Mario Bros.' as the best-selling game of all time? According to site VGChartz, the game has sold 40.24 million copies in 110 weeks' time. Please keep in mind, though, that 'Wii Sports' is packaged with the Wii console in every country ...

Okay, so we all know that everything is overpriced in the big city, and we don't just mean rent. Food, bottled water, parking, movie tickets -- you name it, it'll cost you twice (or more) as much as the same thing would cost you in some nice, small town. Paying $110 to get some supervised play time with a Wii, though? That's a bit exorbitant, no matter where you live. According to the New York ...

When Nintendo announced its Wii gaming console at the Electronics Entertainment Expo in 2004, it all seemed a little quirky to traditional gamers, what with the motion-sensitive Wii remote instead of a traditional gaming controller. Even so, the system's initial strong sales when it hit retail shelves in November 2006 was no surprise (Nintendo has a kajillion fans who will buy anything it ...

The older people get, the harder it is to drive -- reflexes slow, eyesight goes, and one's level of awareness drops as the years pass. These unfortunate realities of aging can make driving a potentially lethal proposition for those getting on in years (not to mention the drivers around them). Governments, however, are not about to start confiscating drivers licenses when people are old enough ...

Since its release late last year, the motion-sensitive Nintendo Wii has become a runaway success for many reasons, including famously keeping the aging and elderly active with a variety of sports titles. Given the video-game console's unorthodox penchant for promoting physical activity instead of discouraging it, it seems only natural that physical therapists have begun putting the system to ...

Thanks to Nintendo (and, let's face it, Viagra), senior citizens are having more fun than ever -- probably even more fun than you're having, since most of them don't have things like jobs, which totally get in the way. Here's a story about a group of sprightly 60-plus-ers at the Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring, Maryland (they actually average 75 years old), who play 'Wii ...