Ever since the Nintendo Wii video game console was introduced in the global market it has taken the world by storm. In the beginning Microsoft Xbox 360 managed to sell more units than Nintendo Wii in the month of September, Nintendo Wii soon overtook Microsoft to reach the top spot for the number of units sold. Nintendo overtook Microsoft in October when 519,000 units of the game console were sold while Microsoft managed to sell only 366,000 units.

However in terms of revenue Microsoft has overtaken Nintendo Wii. Microsoft earned $354 million in revenue from sales of its video game console while Nintendo managed to earn $246 million for its Wii model and $116 million for its PS3 model. The third major competitor Sony has also done exceptionally well for itself as it launched newer models. On the other hand the Nintendo Wii has done exceptionally well as it faces supply problems from different quarters of the world. Though the company should be proud that demand is more than supply it is trying to close the gap by finding out more ways than one to increase considerable from their current capacity of manufacturing 1.8 million units per month. Read the rest of this entry »

Just when everything has looked the same in the gaming world, Nintendo took a riskier path. Nevertheless, all efforts have paid off, and one of its newest technologies, the Nintendo Wii, is getting rave reviews all over the world.

But what is Wii, and how is it different from Xbox, GameCube, and Playstation? How does it exactly work? Learn to trudge upon the world of Wii consoles.

Setting the Difference with Wii’s Interface
It seems like there’s much difference when you talk about consoles of different video games. But Wii is ultimately different. It aims to revolutionize game play, not just to improve what is already available in the market.

Innovation can be one of the better reasons why Nintendo designers have come up with Wii. Gone is the joystick, and all that is left is an ordinary-looking remote control. Yet the ultimate secret of Wii is in the controller itself. For one, gyroscoping has never been this easy. After all, what you can control is the Wii controller itself. It can ultimately perform a series of console functions, such as tilting in different direction, rotation, and even acceleration. All you have to do is to move the controller to any direction that you want it to. What happens therefore is you are increasing preciseness in your movements, and you can definitely complete a game with perfection. Read the rest of this entry »

You knew it would happen sooner or later. Every system has a scene dedicated to picking the system apart so it can fit their needs. It didn’t take long for a modchip to come along for the Nintendo Wii, but while that focuses on game backups, this development is going to let you bring more software to your Wii.

By taking advantage of an exploit found within a save file for the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, hackers have been able to run unsigned code on the system. By using your SD card with this save file on it, you too can run homebrewed applications. Unfortunately at this point, all you can run is a Pong demo. But don’t expect to play it yourself, as it’s a self run program that operates at a crawling pace.

This is only the first step forward in this development, but just like any company defending their systems integrity, it should be expected that Nintendo will try and prevent this from happening. With the awful library of shuffleware we’ve had to endure so far, it’s very likely that the content coming out of this homebrew scene will prove to be a thousand times more fun than Ninja Bread Man.

The Nintendo WII is unlike any game console you have ever played before. Unlike your new age “old” ps2 or Xbox, the Wii is a completely one of a kind in game console land. One of the main features is the console’s game controller, which unlike other game consoles, you can control by simply moving your hand. The Nintendo Wii makes all the games extremely realistic, by putting in body motions to control the games, instead of simply pushing buttons.

By using body motions within the controller, the Nintendo Wii makes you feel move interactive and more involved into the game. The controller isn’t the only new cool feature in the WII console. There are also USB add-ons for this console, which enables you to plug in extra hardware like a WII microphone, or WII keyboard more nifty hardware devices. This extra Nintendo hardware is only designed for the Nintendo WII console and therefore will not work on other game consoles.

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