Weird Wii News

Weird news from the world of Wii. Wacky media reports and funny Wii related stories and news items.

Dog ‘plays’ the Wii

Posted on January 01st, 2008 by Angela in Weird Wii News

If it sounds weird, it is and I’’m not even sure of the validity of it given it looks like the dog isn’t actually doing anything itself, other than sitting minding it’s own business and wondering why it’s owner would be so cruel as to tape a foreign object to its leg.
Still as it’s the [...]

Even Cockroaches Love the Wii!

Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Mark in Weird Wii News

You know, I can’t even quite figure out how to start this post, so I’m just going to jump right the heck in with both feet. Join me in the world of wacky, won’t you? Here we go — apparently, some Japanese mag named BARKS has recently published some sort of article which claims the [...]

Guitar Hero III Sells for $9100

Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Angela in Weird Wii News

Is this a ploy, is this a scam, whatever the case the eBay auction that saw an Australian pay $9100USD for Guitar Hero III on the Wii has had over 60,000 hits. The game hit eBay when an angry Canadian dad caught his son smoking dope with his “delinquent friends”. The dad had purchased the [...]

Lucky Wii on Ebay for 1.2 Million

Posted on December 06th, 2007 by Angela in Weird Wii News

Yes you read it right, someone has put a Wii on Ebay with an asking price of $1,234,567.89. The reason for the extortion, the Wii is lucky and if you do buy it you’ll get lots of attention. Yes, one would think lot’s of attention for being a schmuck with too much money.
The system is [...]

Marshall Raffle Customized Wii

Posted on December 05th, 2007 by Angela in Weird Wii News

The Student Activities Programming Board at Marshall University in the U.S. (that’s those of ‘We Are Marshall’ fame), in conjunction with the United Way Campaign Blue Ribbon Committee, is selling raffle tickets for a Nintendo Wii that has a customized case, green with a MU logo.
The tickets are $1 a piece and the Wii customization [...]

Topless Wii - aka Why Girl Gamers Get Annoyed

Posted on December 05th, 2007 by Angela in Weird Wii News

Okay so ‘Page 3′ in England is known for dim girls being naked , it’s kind of an institution there actually and something young women of a certain age and type, aspire to, sort of like a poor mans Playboy. Within this institution there are ‘lads mags’, like a whole magazine with said girls. One [...]

Raving Rabbids Pop Stars

Posted on November 29th, 2007 by Angela in Weird Wii News

Those crazy rabbids have gone and released a single. Yes, we’re serious, the rabbids of Rayman Raving Rabbids fame have released a pop song titled ‘Making Fun: Of Everyday Life’ and you can purchase the song via the Apple music store.
Is it just me, or do they sound like Kylie Minogue with a cold? Yeah, [...]

Custom Wii Cabinet

Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Mark in Weird Wii News

Okay, I can’t decide if this dad is really cool, or just trying his hardest to ensure that his son will remain a virgin for many, many years.
From the pages of GoNintendo comes “reader Craig” and his dad. Dad assembled a custom, presumably one of a kind Wiimote cabinet for son Craig to store all [...]

Are You Cheating on Mii?

Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Mark in Weird Wii News

From the good folks at Gizmodo comes the sad (but admittedly vaguely amusing) story of a soldier named Tony who came home from Iraq to find out his wife had been cheating on him with another man. I bet you’re wondering why a video game blog is reporting on marital infidelity, aren’t you? Well, the [...]

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