Pole Dancing to Come to the Wii!?

According to an article published today by the NZ Herald:

Pole dancing comes to the Wii

10:56AM Tuesday May 06, 2008

The company that sells Carmen Electra's 'Electra Pole' kit is planning to bring pole dancing to Nintendo Wii.

After the runaway success of Wii Fit, a pole dancing company is cashing in on the games-meet-fitness phenomena.

Peekaboo, a company which specialises in stripper poles and recently did a deal with Carmen Electra to sell the 'Electra Pole Professional Pole Dancing Kit', announced that it is in negotiations to bring pole dancing to the Nintendo Wii.

It will focus on the 'fun and fitness benefits', rather the seedier origins of pole dancing.

"Peekaboo and its partners are focussed on using Wii friendly hardware to make aerobic pole dancing instantly accessible just as Guitar Hero did for rock'n'roll," the company said in a statement.

It believes that the plans will meet a "mainstream demand" for pole dancing fitness.

"With pole dancing classes springing up in gyms and health clubs across Europe and the USA, the number of women seeking the body-sculpting and fat-burning effects of this aerobic form of exercise has never been greater."

Carmen Electra has confirmed that she will not be involved in the game, said the Peekaboo statement.

- NZ HERALD STAFF

There is nothing sexier than a woman straddling a Wii Fit board. DERICIOUS!!

Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Wow wow wiiii waaa!

Just picked this up a few hours ago for the Wii and we're having tons of fun so far. I ain't gonna' lie...the controls do take a bit to get used to on the Nunchaku controller, but nothing a bit of mashing can't fix! (Wahahaha.) Oh, but it is controller compatible if you're a total spaz.

Anyhoo, here's the official site:

Smash Bros. DOJO!

I definitely recommend it! And if you don't have a Wii, go pester one of your friends to pick it up! GET TO THE CHOPPA!! DO IT NOW!!

Smash Brothers: Final Smash Mash Up

Yes, Star Fox did go there against Dedede. One of my faves for sure, although the Ice Climbers' move was pretty awesome.

'Wii warm-up' good for surgeons

I can now be a surgeon! If we ever get involved in an all out war with demon zombies from the Mediterranean (or you accidentally swallow a marble), I'll be doing the honours. (In other words, you lose.)

And if you're really interested in saving lives through a game, check out Trauma Center! (Here's the official English site.)

'Wii warm-up' good for surgeons

Wii players use a wireless wand that detects acceleration in three dimensions

Playing computer games such as the Nintendo Wii can improve a surgeon's performance in the operating theatre, a US study shows.

Only certain games are effective - those requiring delicate movements.

The fine hand control required to play these games acts as a warm up and hones scalpel skills the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Centre team claim.

Now they are designing Wii software that will accurately simulate surgical procedures, New Scientist reports.

They asked eight trainee surgeons to spend an hour playing the games on a console before performing "virtual reality" surgery on a computer system.

Wii warm-up

Game players scored nearly 50% higher on tool control and overall performance than other trainees.

Marble Mania, in which a ball is guided through a 3D obstacle course - was particularly effective in the study.

Researcher Kanav Kohel explained that the type of game play was crucial.

"You don't gain a lot from swinging an imaginary tennis racket.

"The whole point about surgery is to execute small finely controlled movements with your hands, and that is exactly what you get with the Wii."

The fine control needed to move a virtual marble around a 3D maze is similar to the skills needed to perform keyhole surgery, for example.

Colleague Mark Marshall said the games consoles were cheap enough to be used to train surgeons in poorer countries where cutting-edge virtual reality systems were not available.

The researchers will present their work at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference in California later in January.

Smash Brothers: On the Wii!

Yay!

There are a couple more on the site as well. I will definitely be picking this up for the Wii. It looks awesome! Plus I like games where cute things like King Koopa grow big or fat mole things fall asleep.

Looney Toons: Acme Arsenal

Ahhh, I love the bull. I want to ride him and shoot bullets out of his horns too!

Time to Kiss Santa's Fat Ass For A Wii: Nintendo Warns of Wii Shortages

Nintendo warns of Wii shortages

The physical element of Wii gaming has helped make it popular

A chronic shortage of Nintendo's popular Wii console could mean disappointment for those putting it at the top of their Christmas list.

The BBC has learned that high street retailers are struggling to keep up with demand for the console, which has been in short supply for months.

Websites such as Wii-consoles.co.uk have been set up to help shoppers find out when stock becomes available.

Nintendo said it was "doing everything possible" to keep up with demand.

Its push to fill the shelves in time for Christmas will see it ship an extra 3.5 million consoles globally. It is not known how many extra consoles will make it to UK shelves.

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In April Nintendo estimated a yearly shipment of 14m units, but that has now been raised to 17.5m.

Despite this, the gaming giant admitted that not everyone who wants one is guaranteed a Wii this Christmas.

"The demand for Wii hardware globally has been unprecedented and higher than Nintendo could ever have anticipated," said a spokeswoman.

"Nintendo is 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. Due to this phenomenon it is possible that the demand for Wii hardware may outstrip supply," she said.

Slow trickle

From the high street, the message is very similar.

"Although we're receiving regular deliveries from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft and getting the products onto the shelves as fast as we can - it's possible that demand will outstrip supplies on some products, for example the Nintendo Wii, which has been hugely popular all through the year," read a statement from high street gaming specialist Game.

"We're posting daily updates on our website at www.game.co.uk/stock to give customers the latest news on availability, and will continue to do everything possible to help our customers find the consoles they want."

Woolworths said that it was receiving a "slow trickle of stock every week" and also advised customers to keep an eye on their website.

"The Nintendo Wii consoles have proved extremely popular with our customers and have been flying off the shelves whenever we get new stock in," said a spokeswoman.

Website meltdown

As a result of the huge demand, prices are beginning to be hiked, especially among smaller retailers with larger retailers bundling the console with several games.

"It is very hard to buy a Wii console now without two or three games bundled in with it, which can push the price up to around the £300 mark," said Darren McKillop, the man behind Wii-consoles.co.uk.

Mr McKillop said that when stock did come in retailers were struggling to cope with the flood of traffic on their websites.

"In some cases their ordering systems let them down and they end up taking orders for stock they don't have and yesterday a major online retailer announced they had the Wii in stock and their website suffered a virtual meltdown as half the country tried to buy a Wii from them," he said.

Wii-consoles.co.uk had seen a five-fold increase in traffic since the last Wii shortages at the beginning of the year, said Mr McKillop.

He predicted the stock shortages would last well into the new year.

I gots mine at Chinatown so rush over there now! Chinatown > Santa Claus any day!

Wii: Super Smash Brothers Brawl Game Play Videos

Damn you weak bitches. Fight Zelda, fight! I hate how bitches get weak around their men (if you can count Kirby as a man.)

I'll definitely be checking this shit out February 10th, 2008. MmMMmm. Gotta kick me some Kirby ass!

Wii Fitness: Weight Limit Revealed

So being an idiot, I actually want to get one of these Wii Fitness Boards. Why? Because I was Queen of the Sega Activator is why.



Anyhoo, according to Wii Fit, the board only hold ups to 136 kilos (~300 lbs). OH NOES! (Just kiddin'.)

According to the literature, it's coming out December 1st, 2007 in Japan and will be Y8,800 which is about $75 based on today's exchange rate. It will also be able to compute your BMI and check your Balance Age. (I can see me throwing the board out the window after a terrible reading though.)

Just an observation though...

On the Wii Fit site, their little favicon is Mario. But based on the stats, that fat fuck wouldn't be able to use it because he's pretty tubby eating all those mushrooms. Poor Mario. Your own company hates you.

*sniffles*

Nintendo says to keep Wii console price at $249

Nintendo says to keep Wii console price at $249
Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:37pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research) expects to keep its Wii video game console priced at $249 for the time being since it is selling all of the units it makes, a senior U.S. executive said on Thursday.

"We'll stay at $249 for the foreseeable future. We are still selling everything we can make," George Harrison, senior vice president of marketing at Nintendo America, told Reuters in an interview.

Funny how no stores around me actually carry it for that $249 price tag.

LIES!

Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Moar Characters Revealed!

Travel to the official site, Smash Bro's Dojo, to see the most recent character list for Wii's "Super Smash Brothers Brawl" coming out December 3rd, 2007 for the Wii.

The most recent, as in, today's newest challenger.......

MR RESETTI!



...

*Crickets*

It's the mole dude from "Animal Crossing."

Oh, right.

Anyhoo, more importantly, when is Slippy Toad going to become a character? When will I get the much awaited chance to punch Slippy Toad into submission (or better, into a bloody toady non-whiny pulp)!? If Metroid gets two characters (suited Samus and hot bitch Samus) then I think it's far for Slippy to end up everyone's fave punching frog.

Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: TGS 2007 JP Trailer

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Chocobos and giant Tonberrys!!! CUTE!! SO DAMN CUTE!

Best line:

"Stealing someone's memories...is like being a thief!"

ZOMGZ!! What mighty writing skillz!

Cooking Mama Cook Off

Ahhh.

Spin, prod, slam and slash your way to culinary greatness via your Wii controller.

What can I say. I love to cook, and "Cooking Mama Cook Off" lets you cook up a bunch of yummy treats in this really quirky Mario Party: Iron Chef Version. But best of all, the bitch "Cooking Mama" either compliments or berates you in HORRIBLE Engrish.

OH!! WANDAFUUU.

What more could one ask for!?

As an aside, for some reason, the first meal you have from the American menu is...trumpets...drums...POPCORN! That's right! Take that! Food capital of the world!! So useless...so...wandafuuu!

p.s. For those with a PS2 that's import capable, you may want to check out the following game: "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya." You just make curry and fry shrimp and pork cutlets, but it's fun as all fuck. It's based off a famous curry chain in Japan (the Ichibanya) and you can probably get it for $20 or so from an Import shop of your choice. (Me? I use NCSX.)

It'ssa Mii!! Gamer Girl!

Ahh,

The TSA guys raided my luggage because of my evil Wii but for some reason ignored the entire roast duck sitting in tupperware wrapped in half a roll of masking tape. I guess they have their priorities, although personally, I would be more suspicious seeing a duck in someone's luggage versus a gift wrapped Wii (they ended up ripping the wrapping off the Wii box.)

I picked up Cooking Mama Cook Off & Mario Party 8, so me and my friends will be trying that out soon.

In the meanwhile, you can make a Mii of your own online at the following link:

Mii Editor

The Newest Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon...Introducing the BLM Chocobo!?

Per 1UP:

New Details on Chocobo's Dungeon Wii
Final Fantasy's job system to be integrated into the game.

By Yoshi Sato, 08/08/2007

The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has revealed new details on Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: Labyrinth of Forgotten Time for the Wii.

The game will star both Final Fantasy icons Chocobo and Cid as they enter into The City of Forgotten Time, where the people have lost their memories. Through the creation of The Labyrinth of Memories by a young boy named Raphael, the two will help bring back memories of these people. The game will have randomly generated dungeons of two types. One in which players will need to explore The Labyrinth of Memories and collect people's memories, and the other is a more traditional dungeon where a boss fight awaits players at the end.

One of the new features in the game is the job system, allowing your Chocobo to choose from various classes such as white mage and black mage. For those familiar with Final Fantasy, each class have their unique abilities such as casting spells and so forth. You can also increase the job level and become proficient in that class. There will be around 10 different classes in which players can choose from.

Players will be able to use the Wiimote either in horizontal or vertical position, although the latter is the recommended method of playing the game. The nunchuk is not needed so you can essentially play the game with one hand as well.

Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: Labyrinth of Forgotten Time is slated for a winter release in Japan.

I found these scans from Akayuki and look closely at the images:



THUNDAGABURIZAGAKEARUGAZARA (okay, just Thunder & Blizzard) CHOCOBO!! IN THE FACE!! IN THE FACEEEEEE!! I don't have a Wii, and I was gonna' get one but...the ability to nuke things with a chocobo is happiness.

According to what I read of the article, the basics of "Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon" will remain the same but...that the jobs from the FF series will be added. The images above show the BLM Bird, the WHM Bird and the Knight Bird in action.

Hurray!!