27
03
2008
With the release of the Wii Fit and Balance Board less than a month away have you pre-ordered yet?
I’ve previously blogged about the game Wii Fit, but I thought I would take some time to discuss the benefits of the Wii Balance Board.
The board itself is a part of the Wii Fit package. It is my understanding that it won’t be available to purchase separately.
The potential for new game developers is huge for the Wii Balance Board.
Games that have been announced to use the Wii Balance Board, either alone or in conjunction with the remote and Nunchuk are:
- We Ski – by Namco Bandai holdings
- All-Star Cheer Squad – by THQ
There are already rumours circulating about the possibility of another 10+ games in development already.
Other games that I can foresee could be a skateboarding game – How about the new Tony Hawk series being used in this way?
It could even have snowboarding, surfing or wakeboarding games.
There could be scope for third-party developers to create other “physical fitness” type games aswell.
Don’t miss out on getting one, the retailers below are taking pre-orders from UK customers now.
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Categories : Wii Games, Pre Order
25
03
2008
The original Mario Kart on the SNES was one of my favourite games as a kid!!
It used to take up hours of my time racing my pals.
I can still remember the day when I perfected the power start. And when I was begging my parents to buy it for me on the 64!!!
I used to love the battle mode more than the racing!! Firing red shells at each other, and laying the green shells all over the place!!!
Well…. Reminiscing has been great, but we must look to the future!
And the future is certainly Mario Kart Wii!! This game is going to be the “mutts nuts”, it’ll be “different gravy”, it’ll be “a cut above”……(Insert your own phrase here…)
It is due to be released here in the UK (and the rest of Europe) on April 11th 2008. 1 day later than the launch in Japan. The release dates for the Australia and North America are 24th & 27th April respectively.
What’s going to be so special about it then?
- The Wii Remote is going to fit inside a custom built steering wheel
- The game will be launched with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Service. This will enable online racing and battle modes, worldwide leaderboards for online leagues.
- Nintendo UK have announced that there will be an online text chat between players
- The reviews by the major gaming magazines have also been unreal…
There are only a few online retailers currently taking pre-orders these are in the table below. Interestingly game.co.uk are also selling the game bundled together with a Wii remote.
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Categories : General Wii News, Wii Games
25
03
2008
I am intrigued to see what the Wii Fit is all about.
I’ve heard the hype, I’ve previously blogged about the hype, so I wanted to see the hype for myself.
As the game has been out in Japan for well over 3 months now there are plenty of Youtube videos to see. As an alternative though, I saw a podcast from Stuff.tv magazine. (I’ve recently bought an itouch so I was searching for video podcasts on itunes!!)
A podcast from Stuff.tv tests the latest gadgets and gizmos, and last week they did an 8-10 minute video podcast all about Wii Fit.
The 2 reviewers/testers are quite annoying! In fact very annoying! But I digress…….
The game itself looks pretty awesome. They tested the press-up challenge, yoga exercises, balance beam stuff and many more….
The Wii Balance board seems like it does a pretty amazing job, but the proof is definitely in the pudding. So when I get one, I’ll leave an update comment on this post.
Wii Fit is currently only able for pre-order. I’ve got my name down at Game.co.uk, as they have consistently been good at fulfilling pre-orders (read some of my previous posts about my initial Wii pre-order from PC World for a laugh if you like 
!!!)
There are numerous online sites where you can get one from. So I would get your name down quick, or sign up for the email updates. The table below shows the online retailers here in the UK that are taking pre-orders:
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