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Wii Powerstation Charger and Battery Packs

We don’t know if it’s the motion sensing or the Nunchuk two-for-one peripheral design, but the Wiimote’s battery life is pretty miserable. The default Xbox 360 wireless controller’s batteries lasted at least twice as long as the Wii’s, forcing me to change batteries twice while going through Zelda. Now with Joytech’s rechargeable Battery Pack, that’s…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 19

Nintendo Planning to Update DS’ Twins

Our multilingual brothers at Kotaku have discovered some interesting news via a French gaming magazine. Apparently big N is working on yet another DS hardware update, this time upgrading its dual screens from 3 inches to the vicinity of 3.5-or 3.8-inches. I can see why Nintendo released the DS Lite (the original DS was a…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Dec 18

Dealzmodo: PS3 and Wii…for full price

Amazon is offering a special edition of their customer voting sale. The prize? Get a PS3 or Wii at a whopping discount of zero dollars and zero cents. It’s the complete lack of savings that makes this sale so “special”. Real classy, Amazon. However, I am digging their odds, which put people at a 6…

Commerce Mark Wilson Dec 17

Wii Transfer: Cheap, Easy

This Nintendo Wii hasn’t exactly been billed as the media entertainment mecca like the PS3 or Xbox 360, but it is still an SD (both the resolution and the card) capable alternative. Wii Transfer is software that will recompress video exclusively for Wii playback including Itunes video podcasts. While Quicktime Pro can get the job…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 16

Nintendo Wii Straps Are Actually Quite Solid

Not that we haven’t harped on the subject enough for today, here’s a not-at-all scientific test of how strong the Wii strap is. https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-recalls-deadly-blogger-hanging-tv-set-explodin-222102 A guy put 25 pounds of books, a 100 fl. oz. case of laundry detergent, and a 2.5 gallon water jug on a sling suspended only by a Wii strap and…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 15

Toys R Us Manager Pulls a Kevin Rose on Nintendo

Looks like Apple isn’t the only company whose information is being leaked over the Internets. According to a loose-lipped Toys R Us manager, Nintendo has some big plans slated for the Wii. In addition to a $50 price drop, Nintendo plans on rolling out multi-colored Wiis in as little as 3 months. The store manager…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Dec 15

Nintendo Recalls Deadly Blogger-Hanging TV-Set-Exploding Wiimote Straps

Nintendo responded to butter-fingered whiners who’ve somehow managed let go of their Wiimotes, resulting in exploding TV sets, broken windows and blackened eyes. Heck, some bloggers (pictured at right) have even managed to get choked by the things. The company is offering to replace any straps, broken or not, for free, and each new Wiimote…

Tech News Charlie White Dec 15

Flying Wiimote/Exploding TV Remedy: Handcuff ‘Em

While he waits for Nintendo’s newly-reinforced Wiimote straps to find their way stateside, here’s a guy who created his own solution involving a handcuff he picked up at a local S&M shop. That’s right, he’s handcuffing the remote to his wrist, ensuring that a flying controller won’t explode his TV set or nearly poke out…

Tech News Charlie White Dec 13

Wireless Wii Sensor Bar

Leave it to third party manufacturers to devise a Wii sensor bar that’s both wireless and cheap-looking. No doubt easy to manufacture—since you can replace your Wii sensor bar with candles—this solution will run you only $24.99 + shipping. Great for people with projectors or oddly-designed entertainment centers, the wireless bar frees you from having…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 12

Professor Egghead Tears Down the Wii

This is them most boring Wii video I have ever seen. But it’s worth watching at least 10 seconds of it to hear what must be Professor Egghead and the Scooby kids explain the sourcing on the CPU, graphics, bluetooth and WiFi chips. And they unintentionally deliver the dig at the PS3 and the XBox.…

Tech News Brian Lam Dec 12

SNES + TiVo = The Super NinTiVo

What do you get when you take a TiVo, a Super Nintendo, and two drunks? A Super NinTiVo. These guys took a working TiVo unit and shoved it inside the body of a Super Nintendo. Hence, Super NinTiVo. Everything works afterwards, even down to the IR receiver—which they had to order another of because they…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 11

Wiimote Attacks Woman’s Weak Point For Massive Damage

If you thought all those TVs getting damaged by errant Wiimotes were bad, take a look at the woman above. Here’s how it happened. A guy comes home drunk and sees his girlfriend fighting a Zelda boss. He grabs the controllers to help her out, but when she approached from a 4 o’clock vector, he…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 11

NES Skins Transform the Wii into 8-Bit Ancestors

This faux-NES skin for the Wii celebrates my childhood. Other kids played ball with the old man. But my dad was an engineer. We played NES. So it’s with great fondness that I fire up the Wii’s virtual console, jack in the classic controller, and remember the days where pops and I would rock the…

Tech News Brian Lam Dec 11

Wii Screamer: Girl Gets Off on Boxing Game

We have to wonder, is the Nintendo Wii really this much fun? We used to have a next-door neighbor who made noises like this, but there was an entirely different kind of Wii involved. Be careful, the audio on this clip is NSFW. – Charlie White

Tech News Charlie White Dec 11

Interlink Suing Nintendo Over Wiimote: Justified?

Interlink, manufacturer of business-type peripherals, is suing Nintendo over an alleged patent infringement. Interlink’s patent was for a “Trigger Operated Electronic Device” that functioned as an IR mouse replacement. While this lawsuit may in fact be ludicrous, remember that Sony has paid big settlement bucks for their rumble technology–which is suspiciously absent in the light,…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Dec 9

Nintendo DS Motion Sensing Card

We’re not sure how useful this $25 third party motion sensing card would be, seeing as there aren’t any official DS games that support it. But if you’re a fan of homebrew games and swinging your DS around like a monkey with a Dickens’ novel, have at it. Perhaps if enough people buy this once…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 8

Nintendo Fixes the Wii Strap

It appears Nintendo was watching and listening as people were destroying their TVs across the globe because of faulty Wii-straps. Nintendo has decided to release a WiiMote with a more durable strap in case of hand-slippage. These new straps are initially available in Australia. https://gizmodo.com/faulty-wiimote-straps-exploding-tvs-nationwide-216105 Until these new WiiMotes come stateside, you should probably stick…

Tech News Travis Hudson Dec 8

Gizmodo’s On UR Wallpaperz, Unpantsing UR Wii

You might remember the crazy Japanese Wii manual shots, and the follow up parody illos, featuring our Wii Unpantsing. Well here’s Gizmodo’s Jason Chen, immortalized on your wallpaper, shoving Gizmodo Editor-at-Large Noah Robischon’s Wii down his pants, right before we send it back to the East Coast. Noah, two words: Baby Wipes. https://gizmodo.com/the-japanese-wii-safety-manual-is-crazy-219119 The amazing…

Tech News Brian Lam Dec 7

Wii Component Cables Available Now

Since official Nintendo component cables for the Wii are harder to find than Lindsay Lohan’s dignity, here’s a link to the MadCatz component cables. They should be just as good, and will run your $19.99. You do see a noticible difference when using component over composite, so Wii owners should definitely plunk down a Jackson…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 7

Wii Definitely Region Locked

Sorry to disappoint gamers who planned on importing Japanese games to play on their consoles, but Nintendo’s Wii is definitely region locked. It’s not enough to just take our word for it, so here’s a video of a guy trying out a US Zelda game in his Japanese machine. We haven’t seen choking this bad…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 7

Wii Powerstation Charger and Battery Packs

Nintendo Planning to Update DS’ Twins

Dealzmodo: PS3 and Wii…for full price

Wii Transfer: Cheap, Easy

Nintendo Wii Straps Are Actually Quite Solid

Toys R Us Manager Pulls a Kevin Rose on Nintendo

Nintendo Recalls Deadly Blogger-Hanging TV-Set-Exploding Wiimote Straps

Flying Wiimote/Exploding TV Remedy: Handcuff ‘Em

Wireless Wii Sensor Bar

Professor Egghead Tears Down the Wii

SNES + TiVo = The Super NinTiVo

Wiimote Attacks Woman’s Weak Point For Massive Damage

NES Skins Transform the Wii into 8-Bit Ancestors

Wii Screamer: Girl Gets Off on Boxing Game

Interlink Suing Nintendo Over Wiimote: Justified?

Nintendo DS Motion Sensing Card

Nintendo Fixes the Wii Strap

Gizmodo’s On UR Wallpaperz, Unpantsing UR Wii

Wii Component Cables Available Now

Wii Definitely Region Locked

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