Weird Wii News

According to a British newspaper Wii injuries are once more on the rise, what with the little machine selling out over the holiday period. Osteopaths are specifically warning middle aged parents to curb their playing times, since many are reporting neck, shoulder and elbow problems brought on by too much Wii Sports.
Apparently Wii Boxing and [...]

No of course it isn’t true, it’s one of those spurious news items that some sites do. This one was fairly amusing and by the people over at SSNN (Serious Sports news Network). The article titled ‘Wii Sports added to 2012 Olympic games’ is a faked press release of a press conference in Switzerland by [...]

By cool Wii extras I mean cool things on the Wii that perhaps you overlook. Lately I’ve been taking part in the Wii Voting Channel and other people in my family are too and you know what, it’s fun. The Everybody Votes Channel is a channel on your Wii where you can take part [...]

Aren’t these yummy looking? Made with real Hershey’s milk chocolate or white chocolate these Mii’s will make a great Valentines Day gift for the Wii mad gamer in your life. The chocolates are made by Paul Pape Designs and come boxed in something that looks like a Nintendo Wii—cute touch. As if that wasn’t enough, [...]

These are wicked and by wicked I mean adorable and I want one. Paul Pape Designs, yes he of the chocolate Mii’s post is making personalized Nintendo Mii figures for one hundred lucky people. There’s only a few spaces left though, so if you want one you’d best get over to his website and order [...]

Every now and then, news comes along that just makes you chortle. Today’s post is one of those. Clearly, pirating is a rather profitable business. Music gets pirated, movies get pirated, and video games certainly get pirated. Sometimes, video game systems even get pirated — just ask the Vii. Typically these hacks have a [...]

Not only is the Wii a hit amongst the elderly in retirement homes and the like, it is also apparently a hit among the elderly in Buckingham Palace. Yes, her Royal Majesty is said to enjoy a good throw down on some Wii Sports Bowling. As the story goes, Prince William received the system from [...]

One local Doctor in Cincinnati has said playing the Wii can be downright dangerous and not from those Wiimote injuries we all heard about when it launched. This Doctor claims he sees a lot of people in his clinic with muscle soreness and other injuries, gained from Wii use.
You can tell the people that wrote [...]

It seems as though the Giraffe has made a gaffe.* In an advertising photo published on the website and seen above, the popular (well, sort of popular, anyway) toy distributor Toys R Us previewed the much anticipated Mario Kart title for the Nintendo Wii. Unfortunately, they did not preview it with actual Nintendo material — [...]

This is a nice story that hit a local paper in Geelong, Australia. Spritely 11 year old Taylor Smith suffers from the degenerative muscle disease arthrogryposis, which means the muscles in her arms don’t grow. A family friend attached a Wiimote to her arm and she was able to play on his Wii. The family [...]