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Dealzmodo: Buy One Wii Game Get the Second Half Price
Circuit City isn't planning on going gently into that good night. First they offered a more aggressive price match guarantee and now they are offering a buy one get one 50% off sale on all $50 Wii games. If you are still playing the Wii, you might want to jump on this deal before the ship sinks under the water. [Circuit City via Wiifanboy via Crunchgear]
1:01 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Sean Fallon
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Latest by Spoony: One thing to note other then this sale. On every major release almost this holy they seem to be giving 10 more »
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It isn't the first balance board-enabled ski game for the Wii, but it sure looks like it'll be the best. With the weird and richly varied balance board hacks cropping up all over the place, it's good — though late — for Nintendo to finally demonstrate a game that looks worthy of the device. [Kotaku]
Wii Ski and Snowboard Uses Balance Board, Looks Amazing
It isn't the first balance board-enabled ski game for the Wii, but it sure looks like it'll be the best. With the weird and richly varied balance board hacks cropping up all over the place, it's good — though late — for Nintendo to finally demonstrate a game that looks worthy of the device. [Kotaku]
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Nintendo Points Are Non-Transferable Between the Wii and the DSi
By rebranding "Wii Points" into "Nintendo Points" you would think that a system would be in place to share points between the Wii and the upcoming DSi. But that is where you would be wrong. Simply put, the points are locked to a single system—they cannot be transferred. That is a real bummer—especially because I have a few hundred points that have been collecting dust on my Wii for months now. [Siliconera via Wiifanboy]
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Zero-Cost Gadget Upgrades For the Next Great Depression
Hanging out at sites like Giz may have instilled in you an insatiable, pocket-emptying gadget habit. But now we're entering a new era—the old guys on the TV are saying that soon we may not even have pockets, let alone money for them. Don't panic though: You've probably got a wealth of gadgetry sitting underutilized in your living rooms, closets and basements, just waiting to be given powerful new (not exactly authorized) features. For free.
I've collected the best firmware replacements, software mods and homebrew hacks from the DMCA-flouting, EULA-hating frontiers of gadgetland that'll breathe new life into your stable of hardware and maybe—just maybe—let you feel that lusty new-gadget rush again.
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2:30 PM on Tue Oct 7 2008
By John Herrman
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While games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero require huge peripherals to play, the AirG for the upcoming Wii title PopStar Guitar fits in your hand. Just slip the Wiimote into the AirG case and you can rock out wirelessly with four fret buttons (sans strum bar). The game will run $60 but include two AirGs right out of the box. The PS2 version of the game will settle with using existing toy guitars to play. Available this November, it's a simple peripheral, but we have to appreciate the easy storage as we trip over these fancy Rock Band 2 drums. [PopStar Guitar]
AirG: The Wii Guitar that Fits in Your Palm
While games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero require huge peripherals to play, the AirG for the upcoming Wii title PopStar Guitar fits in your hand. Just slip the Wiimote into the AirG case and you can rock out wirelessly with four fret buttons (sans strum bar). The game will run $60 but include two AirGs right out of the box. The PS2 version of the game will settle with using existing toy guitars to play. Available this November, it's a simple peripheral, but we have to appreciate the easy storage as we trip over these fancy Rock Band 2 drums. [PopStar Guitar]
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Reggie Denies HD Wii in 2011 Rumor...Sort Of
You know the drill. First a rumor spreads across the internet. Then an executive in the company offers up some sort of vague denial of said rumor. Time passes. An announcement is made. Guess what? The rumors were true all along. Obviously, that doesn't happen in every situation, but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case with the recent rumor that an HD version of the Wii will hit the market in 2011. In a recent interview with Venture Beat, Nintendo of America Pres Reggie Fils-Aime referred to the story as "speculation" and claimed that showing a prototype to the game development community is "not the way they would find out" about a project. While this may be true, rumors tend to stick around in the absence of a flat-out denial. [Venture Beat via Crunchgear]
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Pioneer 3D Floating Vision: Half Wii, Half Surface, All 3D
Pioneer showed off their new Floating Vision technology at CEATEC this year. It's a system of layers: first, an LCD with built-in computer, then an array of 3D lenses, and finally the "space sensor," or virtual screen, where you can wave your fingers around and watch the 3D animations react accordingly. But the space sensor can also distinguish between and interact with different objects, like the Microsoft Surface: hold your phone under a falling object, say, and it'll appear on your phone's screen with a coupon for that item. Second video after the jump. More »
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Microsoft Surface on a Wii Balance Board
It's tough to imagine the eureka moment when an engineer, equating the Microsoft Surface with a fat person with a penchant for curly fries dipped in ranch, decided to place the Surface on the Wii Balance Board. But the result, coupled with a custom-coded Surface app, creates a tilt screen of epic proportions. Pushing on one edge of the Surface works just like rotating an iPhone. And we can't wait to see the technology manifest to an insane 4-player co-op game of Monkey Ball. [Stimulant via ubergizmo]
9:00 AM on Fri Oct 3 2008
By Mark Wilson
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Latest by JEmlay: @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I use the Wii White Board project at work all the time. Employees here love it! Took me a while more »
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