According to a Credit Suisse, the Nintendo has dropped the Wii’s launch production costs by a staggering 45%. You’ll note, of course that the local price of Nintendo’s market- dominating unhighdef console has increased from it’s launch price of R2899 to it’s current, silly price of R3499. Generally, when production costs of any piece of electronics decreases, so to does …
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and it’s probably jealousy. Kjeld Jensen of the University of South Denmark has done three awesome things : He’s built what is possibly the coolest non-driveable lawnmower, and found a decent use for the Wiimote by using it to control the aforementioned destroyer of grass. Lastly, he’s proved to the world that …
I would like to apologise up front to our female readers but I just couldn’t resist. It’s all in Dutch so I don’t know what they are saying but the idea behind it is pretty obvious. Meet the Shii, the console for girls who are sick and tired of their men hogging the overly manly Wii… No wait that’s not …
A new Indiana Jones game is coming for the Wii and from the looks of things it may give you a better work out than Wii Fit. This new title will have you cracking whips, paddling down rivers, punching baddies in the face and a whole assortment of other activities that will have children rejoicing and the old folks moaning. …
NPD, the market research folks who track stateside console and software sales have released their figures for February – and it should come as no real surprise to anybody that Nintendo continues to dominate the charts. The waggle-machine with too many unnecessary peripherals sold an astounding 753,000 units in February, while its little handheld cousin sold a total of …
It’s not often that I feel any longing to return to London, my two years of grey skies and shoebox living was more than enough for me. However I would love to be there to see this. SEGA have decided that the most logical way to promote their hugely brutal MadWorld title would be to scatter some fake arms all …
We reported that the Wii MotionPlus could be delayed, some news that came our way thanks to a recent IGN podcast. Not so according to Nintendo! The add-on motion sensing peripheral which is intended to increase Wii-mote accuracy and its pack-in title Wii Sports Resort were originally expected release this autumn, but appears to have been best with technical difficulties. …
It’s been a while since I have followed up on any information about the Nintendo Wii Motion Plus device, I have been looking forward to it though since I really do love the Nintendo Wii but the inaccuracy of the remotes can often become more than a little annoying. Well it looks like I am going to be waiting quite …
AI assistants, wearables, home robots, connected health tools and smart homes are changing familiar routines. Here is what they offer—and where their limits remain.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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