Category: Wii

Fifa 08 screenshot

Reviews / Wii

11 Mar, 2008

Wii Fifa 08 Review

As always EA Sports once again come up trumps in terms of style and presentation, but does the Fifa 08 game successfully glide over to the Wii and play a smooth and free flowing game of football? First impressions of the Fifa 08 Wii version are really good, the menu system and interface are all slick and smooth. I thought I’d start off with an online game rather than playing the CPU and I was nicely surprised to see the Wi-Fi setup worked first time with no hassle. I chose my local team (Portsmouth) and after about 5 minutes of...

Wii Lens Cleaner picture

News / Wii

10 Mar, 2008

Wii lens cleaner

If you can’t live without your console then cleaning the Wii lens yourself with a lens cleaning or scratch repair kit is the easiest option that solves the problem in minutes. We’ve taken a look at a couple of products available that aim to fix the problem: Official Nintendo Wii Lens Cleaning Kit – $9.99 – EDITORS CHOICE We’ve found the affordable official Nintendo Wii lens cleaning kit that keeps your Wii running without those annoying ‘press the Eject button and remove the disc‘ errors. The cleaning process involves placing some drops of cleaning fluid onto the cleaning pad of...

Mario Kart Wii review

News / Wii

6 Mar, 2008

Mario Kart online mode

Nintendo of Europe has just released some new titbits about Mario Kart online mode for the Wii. We’re really excited by the news that regular online challenges, similar to the Mission mode on Mario Kart DS will be available for everyone to play and more importantly, compete against each other online. It’s great to hear that challenges will be updated all the time and can be viewed on the new Mario Kart Wii channel without even having to insert the Mario Kart disc. Having said that, I can’t see any other game coming close to getting a sniff of the...

Resident Evil Zero

News / Wii

28 Feb, 2008

Resident Evil Zero for the Wii

Famitsu magazine in Japan has revealed that Resident Evil Zero is getting a port for the Wii. Originally a game for the GameCube and recently surfacing again in Umbrella Chronicles, the game will make full use of the Wii’s unique controls to try and follow in the footsteps of the very successful Resident Evil 4. Hold your breath though, the game may be coming to Japan but may never make it to the West. Watch this space.

Lego Batman screenshot

DS / News / PC / PS2 / PS3 / PSP / Wii / Xbox 360

26 Feb, 2008

Lego Batman

After Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones comes Lego Batman. Travellers Tales are bringing the dynamic duo to the square brick format and it’s looking pretty cool with some great lighting effects and characters such as The Scarecrow, Catwoman and Robin all in the mix. The game has been announced Autumn 2008.

Wii Fit

Release dates / Wii

25 Feb, 2008

Wii Fit release date

Wii Fit will launch in the US in May. It’s basically a balance board which tracks body weight and movement so you can do anything from yoga to ski-jumping in your own living room. Great, when it hits Europe there’s another excuse for Brits to stay indoors and get even pastier. Related: Wii Fit sales figures, Wii Fit review, Wii Fit review

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