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Gadgets
Nyko Charge Base IC Review: Wiimote Charging Bliss
6:40AM Mark Wilson | Nyko’s Charge Base IC is by far the most elegant solution we’ve found to charge pesky Wiimotes yet. More »
Games
Wii Xbox 360 To Make Shooters More Accessible To Non-Gamers
3:00AM Adam Frucci | 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 mum can kick arse at Call of Duty! More »
Games
Whole Baby Wiimote Confirms I’m Trapped In Bizarro World
12:40AM Mark Wilson | 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 »
Games
Why Nintendo Had To Slash The Price Of The Wii
11:33PM Matt Buchanan | 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 per cent, almost perfectly matching a near 50 per cent drop in Wii sales. More »
Entertainment
Netflix Streaming Coming To Wii Next, Naturally
9:30AM Matt Buchanan | 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 pictures to prove it. More »
Games
Miyamoto: Next Gen Wii Could Be Smaller, Cheaper
1:10AM Danny Allen | A few Wii 2 rumours 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 »
Games
This Week’s Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss
10:20AM Mark Wilson | 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 »
Robots
Wii Nunchuk-Controlled Robotic Tail Is For Furry Fetishists
2:10AM Danny Allen | 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 Nunchuk? Yep. More »
Games
Black Wiimote Saves You $US10 On Wii MotionPlus
2:31AM Mark Wilson | Available November 16th, the black Wiimote will run you $US50. But, surprise, that includes the $US20 Wii MotionPlus peripheral! So the package is neither particularly cheap nor particularly expensive, but it’ll hide stains better than the white Wiimote. [Kotaku]
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