Nintendo Wii accessories and hardware addons for the Nintendo Wii console. Including Wii remote modifications and 3rd-party Wii peripherals.
Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Mark in Wii Accessories
Yes, friends, you read that headline correctly. If there are any of you out there who are just desperate for another cheap piece of plastic to strap onto the controllers of your Nintendo WAA, then knock-off company WÜ has just the thing for you, my friend.
Let me tell you about the “Airplane Controller Stand.” [...]
Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Mark in Wii Accessories
A few days after I bought two of the new Wii Zappers, I checked in with you readers to let you know it hadn’t yet consumed my mind and turned me into a heartless killer. However, I know most of you find folks read the news daily and hear all about how these plastic guns [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Mark in Wii Accessories
Given that most of them are nothing more than large pieces of plastic you strap your controllers into, it is no surprise that third party producers just love to churn out “Wii accessories.” So you had to know that once shooter games started popping up, a slew of Zapper wannabes would be just around the [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Angela in Wii Accessories
Nothing wrong with Star Wars geeks, let’s say that up front, I raise my hand with the full and proud admission that I am one myself, but do I really want to be waving around a lightsaber attached to my WiiMote? Ok, actually… maybe.. just maybe I do. So maybe you do too and that’s [...]
Posted on November 20th, 2007 by Angela in Wii Accessories
… if you’re in the US, if you’re anywhere else it’s released mid December (why do I feel like I’m repeating my woes of staggered release dates?). Anyway, personal annoyances aside, today is the day you can get your hands on the Wii Zapper, which comes with Link’s Crossbow training. (At time of writing for [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2007 by Angela in Wii Accessories
Don’t get too excited just yet, it looks like this baby might just be a Japanese exclusive for members of Club Nintendo. The Famicom styled Wii Virtual Console controller is set for a Japanese release around April 2008, but at this stage only to Club Nintendo members.
You would imagine by the sheer popularity factor [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2007 by Angela in Wii Accessories
Okay be prepared fellow gamers, because this sort of thing really makes my blood boil. According to quite a few reports the Wii Zapper has come under attack… because its ‘too much like a real gun’. Needless to say, some “journalists” and no doubt politicians will soon be leaping onto the bandwagon.
Now here’s the thing, [...]
Posted on November 15th, 2007 by Angela in Wii Accessories
Yet another version of the Wii Zapper gun attachment has hit the market, this time in the form of the Wii Cyber Gun, sounds all Dr Who and Sci-Fied doesn’t it, it isn’t. What you have here is essentially a bit of plastic that converts your WiiMote and Nunchuk controllers into a light gun. We [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by Angela in Wii Accessories
Ok so let’s get this out of the way shall we, it’s called ‘The Shaft’ and the official website has an FAQ in which one of the questions is ‘How big is the Shaft?”. Now perhaps it’s just me, but come on, don’t they see the humor in that statement?
Anyway The Shaft is a new [...]
Posted on November 07th, 2007 by Mark in Wii Accessories
Have you ever looked above (or below, depending on your fancy) your television and thought to yourself “man, I do love that sensor bar, but it is just so big“? Okay, neither have I. Let’s be honest, the sensor bar — like the Wii itself — really takes up comparatively little space. However, I have [...]