Wii Hardware

You have to love analysts and all their predictions, more so because they have a general rule of suggesting something obvious will happen at some time in the future. Consoles come and go and they go through generations when they stick, it’s therefore not a huge leap to suggest a new Nintendo Wii will be [...]

So it’s a family member’s birthday this week and we decided to get her a Wii, but as we live in Australia, that’s not as easy as you might imagine. All the game stores we visited had signs up saying they had no Wii’s. Stranger still a lot of the stores also had no Xbox [...]

Since practically the first day the Wii was announced there have been repeated rumors of the Nintendo Wii featuring some sort of downloadable content for the hand held DS. For awhile, this was accepted fact. Then it was accepted lies. Now … well, every month or so we get a new theory. Today’s update [...]

For those of you unaware of the college football bowl series, it is essentially just a way to earn universities a ton of cash via their football programs. The best schools get to go the the best bowls, and in theory, the two very best teams make it into the “Championship.” There are roughly 2 [...]

Always thought your white Wii was a bit too Apple Mac? Well there are rumors surfacing that the Nintendo Wii may soon be appearing in a variety of new colors.
According to Famitsu, Nintendo will be releasing a few new Wii color schemes in January in Japan only. If you’ve always dreamt of a black, red, [...]

According to comparitive sales figures released in Japan, the PS3 has outsold the Wii for the first time in the territory. The news hit bastion of usually fairly good reporting ‘Reuters’ on Friday, but as the weekend wore on, it appeared all was not as it seemed. The sales figures were for the November period [...]

Here’s the deal, from what I can understand. Amazon, like all good retailers, is gearing up for Black Friday. But because they are — you know — on the internet and not in a storefront, you don’t have to fear getting trampled by crazy mothers desperate to rip the Tickle Me Elmo box right out [...]

According to various sources, Nintendo has warned of Wii shortages for the holiday season. According to a spokesperson for the company “Nintendo are now in a position in which seasonality demand trends are being broken, therefore the demand for Wii hardware is constant throughout the whole year globally.” He then goes on to state “Due [...]

Still desperate to pick up that Wii for someone on your Christmas list?* Nintendo says you’re going to have trouble, because those shortages sure aren’t getting better anytime soon. In September I bought a Wii for a friend’s wedding gift, and it was ridiculous trying to hunt one down for a decent price. I blame [...]

Hey, remember when the Gamecube was going to get a DVD attachment? Yeah, that sure turned out fantastic, didn’t it? No problems. And of course, we all know the Wii is the only system which didn’t launch with DVD playback functionality in the latest round of consoles — but Nintendo says the Wii will play [...]