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more about #wii more comments → not_a_virus.exe.vbs: The only people who say a guy that will buy this is an idiot are poor people. more » Dacker: Let's not forget this voids the warranty! more » ManiacFive: This would have been better off as a Xbox 360, all that gold, its a good conductor right? Might make it RROD proof! more » MrBlahBlah: idiots must be buying these gold-encrusted devices, because they keep getting made more » Deckard: Maybe the extra weight will keep my cats from tipping it over. Hmmm... more » atrus123: No. And I wouldn't want to pay for something like this even if it were a superior console (i.e., PS3). more » Odin: "Via Kotaku" I'll leave the same comment here that I did there anyway. This is what we get for paying people millions to kick a bit of rubber around ... more » yantelope: You don't have to be an idiot. You could be a moron, imbecile, fool, or even just of below average intelligence. more » Kaiser-Machead: Now even the Sultan of Brunei can play with a Wii. more » fuchikoma: Could be... Wii is already pretty hard to write in Japanese unless you resort to using deprecated characters... Zii can't even be written properly - y... more » -
#wii
Wii BOSS Controller Case: Great In Theory, Poor In Execution
There's a lot of useless accessory crap for the Wii, but the BOSS controller case looked to buck the trend by addressing Nintendo's baffling lack of classic controller support for New Super Mario Bros Wii. Too bad it doesn't work. More » -
#nintendo
If You Are an Idiot, You May Want to Spend $490,000 in this Nintendo Wii Made of Gold
From the people who brought the iPhone 3GS Supreme to a tasteless assclown, here's the Nintendo Wii Supreme, labeled by the designers as "the world's most expensive games console." Why? Because it's made with 5.5 pounds of solid 22ct gold. More » -
#gaming
Nintendo Files Trademark For Zii, Is It The Wii 2 Though?
If Nintendo's follow-up to the Wii is actually called the Zii, I think that's the first mistake right there. But could this mysterious trademark, filed in Japan in October, actually be for the Wii 2, or something else? More » -
#roundups
It's Been a Good Week in Video Games
Updates to Diablo II, porn star gamer dating tips and the total of taxpayer dollars going to funding the Army's video game—all great stories you can read over on Kotaku this week: More » -
#infographic
Whatever You Do This Christmas, Don't Buy a Japanese Child a Console
PS3? Wii? Xbox 360? If you were to buy any of these systems for a Japanese child this Christmas, they'd be sorely disappointed. Game consoles are the LAST thing on their list—literally. So what do they want? More » -
#roundups
This Week's Gaming Stories, Dating Sim Gone Wrong Edition
This is a Real Girlfriend. She's supposed to be attractive, sexy even. But running on a PC that can't handle the rendering, things go a bit Terminator 2. Other great gaming stories from this week: More » -
#wii
Friiboard Makes The Wii Balance Board Better For Skateboarding and Snowboarding Games
I'll be dammed if a simple convex piece of plastic is worth $45, but if you are a huge fan of skateboarding and snowboarding games, the Friiboard looks like it will bring more realistic movement to the Wii Balance Board. More » -
#wii
Nintendo Activates the Wii Spigot, Traps More Mario in Pipes
It took Nintendo years to reach Wii production levels that could satiate the public, and now that they have, Nintendo needs to scale back production, hard. More » -
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#data
Girls Play With Wiis
80 percent of female primary console players—the main person who plays the console—do their gaming on a Wii. just 11 percent use an Xbox 360 and 9 percent play a PS3. Does that say more about girls, the Wii or Xbox 360 and PS3? [Kotaku] -
#wii
Wii Pray Producer Will Reach Bajillionaire Status (Before Descending Into Hell)
"A family shouldn't have to wait until Sunday to worship the Lord. Now you can go to church every day without leaving your home." More » -
#blockquote
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
The big man himself says rumors of a Wii HD with Blu-ray player and 1080p are a non-starter. With the 360's Natal and the PS3's motion-wand on the way, Nintendo better have something besides vitality sensors planned. [GameTrailersTV via TechRadar] -
#review
Nyko Charge Base IC Review: Wiimote Charging Bliss
Nyko's Charge Base IC is the most elegant solution we've found to charge pesky Wiimotes yet. More » -
#humor
Wii Xbox 360 to Make Shooters More Accessible to Non-Gamers
Like Wii Music before it, Nintendo's upcoming Wii Xbox 360 takes something that once required skill to be good at and lowers the bar for entry. Finally, your mom can kick ass at Call of Duty! More » -
#wii
Whole Baby Wiimote Peripheral Confirms I'm Trapped in Bizarro World
I'd suspected so for years, but this baby doll Wiimote add-on proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that something is just not right with this Earth. More » -
#nintendo
Why Nintendo Had to Slash the Price of the Wii
It's time for Nintendo to resort to its classic rainbow strategy to sell more Wiis: Its net profit for the past six months fell by 50 percent, almost perfectly matching a near 50 percent drop in Wii sales. More » -
#rumor
Netflix Streaming Coming to Wii Next, Naturally
Netflix is finally, officially about to hit the PS3, leaving the Wii as the odd console out. Well, besides past hints and the whole "duh" aspect, StreamingMedia swears that the Wii is next, and has seen pitchas to prove it. More » -
#wii
Miyamoto: Next Gen Wii Could be Smaller, Cheaper
A few Wii 2 rumors are floating around: it might have HD and a new controller, and could arrive next year. Now in an interview with Popular Mechanics, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says it may also be more compact and cost-efficient. More » -
#ruhroh
OK, This Wiimote Mishap? We're Calling Not Fake.
That infamous "Mama!!!" video where the Wiimote destroys the flat-screen has been endlessly debated: staged or real? In this, it's safe to assume the Home Shopping Network did not intend to smash its own TV showing off Wii Tennis. [Kotaku] -
#roundups
This Week's Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss
Mass Effect 2 has a release date. Tim Schafer's rock masterpiece Brutal Legend is out, right along with Uncharted 2—one of the best PS3 titles to date. If Man's existence gets any better than this, we're missing something critical. More » -
#wtf
Wii Nunchuck-Controlled Robotic Tail is the Ultimate Accessory for Furry Fetishists
Regular Giz readers will have seen countless crazy homebrew inventions powered by the DIY Arduino platform—but this could be the strangest yet. How about a robotic tail that's controlled by RFID "mood cards", or a Wii Nunhuck? Yep. More » -
#nintendo
Black Wiimote Saves You $10 on Wii MotionPlus
Available November 16th, the black Wiimote will run you $50. But, surprise, that includes the $20 Wii MotionPlus peripheral! So the package is neither particularly cheap nor particularly expensive, but it'll hide stains better than the white Wiimote. [Kotaku] -
#wii
Wii Exercise Bike Would Be Perfect For Paperboy
As one Kotaku commenter correctly pointed out, an exercise bike peripheral for the Wii is nothing without a remake of Paperboy. More » -
#homelandsecurity
Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
A $20 million project funded by Homeland Security is researching ways to detect how suspicious you are by tracking your temperature, breathing, and eye movements. And get this: they've modified a Wii Balance board to check for nervous fidgeting/weight-shifting. More » -
#remote
This No-Name HTPC Remote Has a Keyboard, Can Work With Game Consoles?
If this $40 remote actually does what it says it does, then it might be one of the most useful HTPC remotes out there. It looks like a Motorola Q, but communicates over RF to its USB receiver. More » -
#wii
Vader Wii Sensor Bar Impedes Our Quest for Social Normalcy
We'll hand it to those Star Wars toy engineers: They've stolen our hearts yet again with another clever Wii/Vader mash-up. More » -
#dealzmodo
Wii Price Cut Dealzmodo Goes Live at Amazon
The all but confirmed Wii price cut to $200 is now in effect over at Amazon, where they get things started with the new $200 asking price. More » -
#wii
Wii Sports Resort Bundle Gets a Second MotionPlus
After confirming the Wii drops to $200 this Sunday, Nintendo now says it'll throw an extra MotionPlus into the Wii Sports Resort pack from October 12. It will be $60 (up $10), but hey, a second MotionPlus sounds great. [Kotaku] -
#wii
Nintendo Wii Price Cut Confirmed? $199 This Sunday
So those rumors that the Wii will drop $50 on Sept. 27 are looking increasingly like a done deal. An internal memo from an anonymous Best Buy tipster backs-up the claim, and says Nintendo will make things official this Friday. More » -
#crime
Undercover Investigators Can't Resist Playing With a Drug Dealer's Wii
For many of us, the novelty value of the Wii wore off a long time ago—not so for undercover cops in Polk County, Florida. They were recently busted bowling on the job by a convicted drug dealer's security camera. More » -
#nintendo
Next Generation Wii Coming With HD Graphics and New Controller in 2011
Leave it to Yoichi Wada—president of final fantasizer Square Enix, the biggest Japanese game house—to break the news about the next generation Nintendo Wii. All while predicting that Microsoft and Sony motion efforts won't be "truly successful."
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#unconfirmed
Nintendo Conference Call Allegedly Confirms Sept. 27 Wii Price Cut
If unofficial company confirmations are your thing, and you've been following Nintendo's all but certain Wii price cut, feast on this: One Nintendo fan site eavesdropping on a retailer call claims the company confirmed a $50 cut for Sept. 27. More » -
#gaming
Wiimote Football Thwarts Everything We've Worked For
Hey, idiotic software designers and hardware manufacturers. Video games, even sports video games, are supposed to even the playing field for us non-jock types. More » -
#unconfirmed
Nintendo Wii Price Cut to $199 in Two Weeks
A Toys R US ad for Sept. 27 follows a Walmart list that makes it seem pretty damn likely the Wii's gonna drop to $199 in the next couple of weeks. With Wii Sports intact, even. About time. [Kotaku] -
#robots
Taizo Robot Doesn't Help My Fear of Clowns, or Exercise
With over 40,000 citizens aged over 100 years old, it's no wonder that Japan is pumping out elderly care robot bear nurses, exoskeleton walking aids, and now Taizo, the bizarre clown-faced, spaceman-lookin' physical movement robot. More » -
#wii
Nintendo Wii Anatomy Art Is Perfectly Twisted
Created for a project that would encourage doctors to use the Wii for patient rehabilitation (even though they already are?), these illustrations are like something David Cronenberg would dream up, and remind me of those spooky Lego Minifig anatomy renders. More » -
#guitar
Logitech's New Wii Drums and Guitar Ignore Recession
I love me some Guitar Hero, but I'm not sure enough to upgrade to Logitech's wireless drum and guitar for the Wii. Having the best is cool, but $200 for the guitar and $230 for the drums!? More » -
#photoshopcontest
42 Gaming Peripherals You'll Never Play With
For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to design some unlikely gaming peripherals. And a lot of these, as ludicrous as they are, aren't that much crazier than some of the Wii crap currently for sale. More » -
#nintendo
On October 4, You Can Lose $20 and a Few Pounds on the Wii Fit Plus
Brian will be one happy boy come October 4. That's when the Wii Fit Plus (announced at E3) will be arriving. Good news: looks like it'll be only $20 if you don't need a Balance Board. More » -
#wii
Nintendo Stops Charging for the Wii's Browser, Emulates an Apology
You know what was dumb, until just now? That you had to pay, at least in Wii Points, to download the console's Opera browser, which isn't very good. Today, Nintendo would like to let you know that they're (somewhat) sorry! More » -
#gaming
Nexilux 3-In-1 Mini Guitar Hero Instrument Is Like Assembling a Sniper Rifle
Sometime early next month, Nexilux is planning to release this mini retractable guitar that works on the PS2, PS3 and the Wii for both Guitar Hero and Rock Band games. Plus, putting it together makes you feel cool. [Nexilux]
