Reggie: More Wii games on the way

Reggie: More Wii games on the way



Even though two full months in 2011 have passed, there really aren’t any Wii games to look forward to that have been announced by Nintendo of America. We know Skyward Sword will be released sometime this year… but what else? Well, we’re still not sure, but more software is definitely coming.

IGN’s Rich George, who participated in the latest Game Scoop podcast, briefly discussed a recent conversation he had with Reggie Fils-Aime. Basically, Nintendo of America’s COO said that more Wii games are on the way. Reggie’s full response is expected to be posted on IGN sometime within the next few days.

This year, Nintendo has only launched Mario Sports Mix for Wii, and have yet to announce additional software for the console. A couple of titles could be revealed through a simple press release, although the heavy hitters will most likely be saved for E3. It’s possible that Nintendo will localize two well-received RPGs for the system – Xenoblade and The Last Story – and/or release the new Kirby Wii title before 2011 ends. It’s likely that the company has a few secret titles in the works as well.

Nintendo Wii Hardware Summary

Nintendo Wii Hardware Summary

CPU: IBM PowerPC 729 MHz
GPU: ATI graphics 243 MHz
3 MB embedded memory
NEC ARM9 243 MHz
512 MB Internal Flash Memory (NAND)
88 MB Main Memory
24 MB "internal" 1T-SRAM
64 MB "external" GDDR3 SDRAM
12 cm optical drive
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Mitsumi DWM-W004
Bluetooth
2x USB 2.0
SD/SDHC

Mario Is In the Clouds!!!

In less than a month, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is going to be released for the Nintendo Wii. That games predecessor, Super Mario Galaxy, is the benchmark other Wii games aim to match. Simply put, Galaxy is the shit. It’s a beautiful game that is ridiculously fun to play. My sister and her son were over playing it this weekend, and I enjoyed just watching the game in action. The fact that Nintendo and Mario go together like peas and carrots leaves little doubt that Galaxy 2 will be just as gorgeous. Just as fun. Basically, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is also going to be the shit. If you have any doubt about that fact, follow the jump for the latest gameplay trailer and start counting the days until May 23. Enjoy, and stay thirsty my friends. Mario Gets His Cloud On!

Def Jam Rapstar Killed The Rapper…

I love pretty much everything about hip-hop music, and hip-hop culture as a whole. The first CD I remember deciding for myself that I wanted was Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic”. I stayed up late watching Arsenio Hall one night and Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg were the musical guests. My life was never the same. Since then the world has taken hip-hop everywhere it could possibly go. The culture is used to sell everything from sodas to cars. There have been a few videogames based in the hip-hop world, and they’ve run the spectrum of enjoyability. (Side-note: the Spectrum of Enjoyability is sort of like the Matrix of Leadership.) The best of the bunch has been GTA:San Andreas. The worst? Well, that’s got to be the upcoming title from Def Jam and 4mm Games, Def Jam Rapstar. I’ve got nothing good really to say about the Rock Band-esque title where the player becomes the rapper. This is not what KRS-One meant when he said, “You are hip-hop.” Anyway, Konami has decided to publish the game and announced a few of the 40+ songs that will be released with the game.

2 Pac — I Get Around

50 Cent — I Get Money

Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg == Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang

Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx –Gold Digger

Lil’ Wayne — A Milli

Notorius B.I.G. — Juicy

Slick Rick — Children’s Story

T.I. featuring Rihanna — Live Your Life

Wu Tang Clan — C.R.E.A.M.

Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West — Put On

I don’t even know what to say. Young Jeezy? Really?? Please just shoot me; make sure you do it before I’m forced to watch any of the sure to be horrible user generated “freestyle rap videos” that players can publish. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but this game sounds like a very bad idea. I don’t like to end the day on a bad note, so let’s end this with a video featuring the greatest hip-hop band of all time, The Roots. Suzanne Vega was on Jimmy Fallon the other night, so she teamed up with ?uestlove, Black Thought and the rest of the crew for an amazing performance that you’ll find below. Enjoy, and stay thirsty my friends.

The Wii good for more then just games yet again

Physios in Australia are using an alternative treatment to help them rehabilitate people who have had a stroke.

It turns out that the Wii Balance Board is a useable alternative to the lab-grade “force platforms” currently in use that cost £11,000. When re-teaching people how to stand and walk after serious accidents or strokes, it helps physios to be able to record how much weight a person is putting on each foot to judge how good their sense of balance is.

The cost of the official “force platforms” means that many physio clinics can’t afford them, where-as they can’t afford not to buy the Wii Fit package.

WiiXplorer r151

by Dimok, r-win

A multi device file explorer for the Wii by dimok and a GUI made with LibWiiGui by Tantric with graphics by NeoRame.

Features
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-USB2 support with cIOS202 installed
-SMB/USB/SD/DVD recursive copy/move/delete of files/directories with all files in it
-FAT and NTFS files systems support
-Rename files/directories
-Properties of files/directories
-Browse through SD/USB/SMB/DVD/WiiDisk
-Addressbar with path
-Multilanguage with custom font support
-Boot .dol/.elf files
-Open TXT/XML/MP3/OGG files
-Supported Image Formats: PNG/JPEG/GIF/BMP/TPL/TGA/TIFF/GD/GD2
-Imageoperations zoom/slideshow
-WiiGameVideo playback
-ZIP/7zip/BNR/U8Archive browsing and decompressing
-Rar browsing
-Properties of archive files
-Textediting support
-Auto-Update feature

CHANGELOG r151
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-Added BackgroundThread for the FTPServer. You can start it up and leave the FTP
Menu. You can also set in the Settings to AutoStart the Server on startup. The
AutoStart starts the FTP as soon as all the SMB shares are mounted first time
(or failed to mount :P).
-Made Font change on the fly possible. Changes made to the path are directly
having an effect.
-Added loading font by clicking on a .ttf file
-Added support for MPlayerCE SMB argument. You can start movies over SMB with
this too. Right now it is not yet used. You have to wait for the next MPlayerCE
release. Rodries is adding it (thanks!).

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Xenoblade, The JRPG To Rule Them All!!

Japanese Role Playing Games, or JRPG’s as I like to refer to them, are a pretty big deal to a lot of people, especially Japanese people. The Japanese are also notorious supporters of all things Nintendo. I can only imagine the amount of tears that have been shed over the lack of substantial JRPG’s for the Wii. The PS3 and the 360 both have Final Fantasy they can wave in the face of Wii owners. Well, if you’re someone who’s been clamoring for the next major JRPG, then your wait will be over sometime this Spring when Monolith Software releases Xenoblade. If you’re someone who’s never really gotten into the JRPG genre, but have always wanted to play a game where the world is made up of the corpses of dead Gods, then Xenoblade may be for you. Head over to the official site for the game if you want more info on the game. (Side-note: You may need to speak Japanese as it’s a Japanese site. If for some reason you don’t speak Japanese, I’m not sure why you wouldn’t, you could head over to IGN for the details in boring old English.) Once you’ve done that, watch the trailer for the game below. Enjoy, and stay thirsty my friends.