Wii Health Pack and Wii Music where Officially Announced in retail conference where Nintendo unveiled its 2007 games lineup:
- Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
- Disaster: Day of Crisis
- Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race (DK Bongo Blast)
- Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing]
- Forever Blue
- Hoshi no Kirby (Kirby Adventure)
- Mario Party 8
- Mario Strikers Charged
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Totsugeki Famicom Wars (Battalion Wars II)
- Wii Health Pack
- Wii Music
Official Nintendo Press Release - Wii News Channel
As the options for news multiply, Nintendo is putting a simple solution for straight news right in the palm of your hand-in the form of the Wii Remote™. The News Channel, free to Wii™ owners, will debut on the console’s Wii Menu beginning tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 27. Using the international resources of the Associated Press, the News Channel gives you key stories in multiple categories from across the country and around the world.
“What Wii has done for video gaming, we hope it will also accomplish for news,” says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “Just by pointing at your TV screen, you become your own interactive editor, instantly accessing the latest headline stories, whether they originate in Kansas City or Kyoto.”
“The Associated Press is always looking for innovative ways to expand its audience for news and information,” said Jane Seagrave, vice president and director of AP’s digital division. “The Wii News Channel extends our global reach even further, on yet another platform, offering our news to people who otherwise might not see it.”
The simple user interface allows Wii owners to spin a virtual globe and point to the location of a news event using the Wii Remote. Stories will be listed under headings including Business, Sports, Arts/Entertainment, Technology and Science/Health to allow users to quickly access information in the order they want. At any given time, dozens of stories might be available for each category. In the global view, stories can be grouped by region instead of category. Icons show which stories have been read, which stories are text-only and which ones come with news photos. Because Wii caters to all different ages, the interface allows users to change the size of the text. By using the “always-on” system functionality of WiiConnect24™, stories will be updated frequently, even while owners are sleeping.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has reviewed the new straps for the Wii remote but plans to keep an eye on future issues
“We will be watching to see whether or not the change is effective in reducing the reports,” said Julie Vallese, director of information and public affairs for the commission.
She said that there are two ways in which the commission can get involved in a product safety issue. One is by discovering the problem on their own, either through consumer complaints or their own research, the other is by the company notifying them of an issue.
In this case Nintendo contacted the commission and asked to fast track the solution, which involved offering to replace about 2 million Wii remote safety straps.
“Nintendo wanted this to happen very quickly,” Vallese said. “We worked with the company and their representatives to get an announcement out very quickly for this program.”
In the report, Nintendo told the commission that they had received three reports of injuries that were not serious. Vallese did not have details but said typically that would include minor cuts and bruises. She said the commission only receives detailed reports if someone is treated by a health care provider like a doctor or in an emergency room.
Here is a list of Wii flash games said to be compatible the Nintendo Wii on the PC or soon to be released Opera web browser:
- Mouse Kurage
- Spot the Designer
- RSVP Pop & Company
- Attack of the Cheese Eating Robots Dangerskew
- Nanaca Crash!! helgoland
- Stick Avalanche 2 Danny Miller
- Oh my god! The BUGS are coming! TONYPA
- Pepsi Finger Footy Graphico
- Acne Be Gone Health Straight Up
- J2O Britvic
- Orca Slap Chris Hilgert
- Penguin Arcade Bossmonster
- Fly Nart Box
- Iraqi Insurgent Geometria
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Nintendo is planning to promote the health benefits of its Wii games console, according to executives.
The move could open new markets for the Japanese manufacturer, which has seen its products criticised for allegedly causing injury and damage from overenthusiastic use.
Nintendo has even been accused of being responsible for a type of repetitive strain injury dubbed ‘Nintendonitis’ by doctors.
The company hopes that making the Wii the centre of a healthcare programme will attract new users and encourage them to use the console every day.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told journalists at Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club that the new health-focused games would be more likely to attract older players and women.
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Third-Party accessory manufacturer Datel will now be selling Wii products very soon. The first is the WiFi Max, the Max Memory 1GB SD Card and The Trans Memory
Datel WiFi Max for Wii
Take your consoles online – wirelessly…
So you have a Nintendo Wii or an NDS (original or Lite). If you’re lucky, you have both! You also have a broadband internet connection for your PC. But you don’t have a wireless network. What’s the easiest, cheapest way to take your consoles online and compete with gamers from all over the world? Simple – WiFi MAX for Nintendo Wii and DS/DS Lite!
WiFi MAX is your ticket to the exciting world of online gaming, and it couldn’t be simpler to use. Just plug your USB WiFi dongle into your internet-enabled PC to create a Wireless Access Point. You can then connect to the internet and play online-enabled multiplayer games with DS and Wii gamers from all over the world. Just the thing if you don’t have a wireless router! Best of all, WiFi MAX supports up to five ‘local’ DS gamers at a time, so you and your mates can all play online at once with no loss of speed!
Don’t forget, there’s more to the Nintendo Wii’s online service than playing games. You can also download additional material such as new levels, skins, artwork and even retro games! That’s right – Nintendo is gradually making its back-catalogue classics for old Nintendo machines such as the NES, SNES and N64 available to Wii owners through the Virtual Arcade service. And with WiFi MAX, you can download them through your broadband internet connection! Just think what you’ll be missing out on if you don’t take your Wii online…
As WiFi MAX operates on the Wireless G standard, it’s five times faster than an ordinary WiFi connection, and if you use our USB cable and dongle stand (supplied), you can position your dongle to maximise WiFi range. If you have other WiFi-enabled devices capable of using the internet, such as laptops or PDAs, you can take them online with WiFi MAX too. It’s the ultimate device for internet surfing without a WiFi router!
Datel Max Memory for Wii
MAX Memory 1GB SD Card is the ultimate memory solution for use with your Nintendo Wii. You can store gamesaves, images, music, downloads and more, safely and securely.
As every console gamer knows, you can never have too much memory space to store your gamesaves. Luckily, you can cram on a huge amount of data onto a 1GB card – enough to preserve all your gaming glory! Best of all, MAX Memory 1GB SD Card comes preloaded with some bonus Powersaves for the greatest Wii titles. These are gamesaves with built-in cheats which harness the power of Action Replay, the world’s best-selling game enhancer. Give yourself Infinite Lives, Infinite Health, All Levels, All Weapons and more!
MAX Memory uses high quality, solid state flash memory chips, so it’s extremely reliable and won’t let you down like some low-quality flash solutions. Its 100% secure digital technology means you never lose data.
Datel 1GB Trans Mem For Nintendo Wii
Wii 1GB Trans•Mem gives you a massive one gigabyte of data storage for gamesaves, music, pictures, downloads and more. Featuring both SD and USB connections, Trans•Mem will fit into your Wii’s SD card port and also your PC’s USB port, allowing you to move data between your computer and your console.
With Trans•Mem, you can exchange data downloaded with your Wii with your friends from all over the world. Just transfer it to your Trans•Mem card, unplug the unit, insert it into your PC’s USB port then email whatever you like to whomever you please. It’s so easy!
No other accessories are needed. Built-in USB means there’s no Need for a clunky card reader, a dedicated adapter or specialised software. It’s the ultimate plug and play device. And best of all, if your Wii’s drive is filling up but there’s nothing on it which you want to delete, you can archive material you’re not presently using on your PC’s hard drive. Just move it across and delete it from your Wii, then when you need it again, move it back. Wowzers!
In a top 100 products that will change your life by Men’s Health thet Nintendo Wii is in the spot number 11, this is an excerpt of the article:
11. Nintendo Wii Gaming System
While Xbox and PlayStation have been waging war over megabytes and microchips, Nintendo’s been quietly focusing on what matters most to many gamers: interactivity. The Wii’s controller impressively channels your movements–a tennis stroke, a football pass–into onscreen action. Time will tell whether we’ll still be twitching and gyrating in our living rooms 6 months from now–the question remains: So how are the games?–but the price can’t be beat. $250. nintendo.com
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A journalist from The Entertainment Wise Published The UK’s First Long Wii Play Session - Report after playing with the Nintendo Wii Console during 2 hours
Some gamers have shown concern that the activity level required to play Wii games, especially the sporty titles, may be too high. There are concerns that you have to stand for long periods of time and use body actions such as swinging your arm above your head or at the side of your body. After playing non stop for two hours, did this happen to me?
No. I’m not exactly Wonder woman in terms of fitness and I can assure you, as a regular player there was enough action to warrant perhaps making sure one has access to a tap before playing (you’re going to want a drink if you play for as long as we did!) and possibly ensuring plenty of moving around space in your living room. The key to the Wii control is that even the most active title on the launch line up, Wii Sports, doesn’t require you to make large body motions unless you want to. You can play it moving very little if you want, and some of the games can be played sitting down. I wouldn’t recommend trying golf sitting down, as this is a little tricky.
To test this, in terms of fitness we took along two regular gamers with average to low fitness and one gamer with ME/CFS. He was able to play for the two hour slot with only a fractional tiredness issue and was if anything, making the largest motions with the remote controller out of all three of us and owned at Wii tennis! If you have health related concerns that you or your friends and family suffer from a tiredness health problem, it’s not going to bar you from enjoying the Nintendo Wii. We’ve tested it now and after two hours, it’s safe to say that it’s possible to play on the Wii launch line up for two hours and not be dripping with sweat afterwards. Just remember that large body motions are not a requirement – they’re what players do to have fun with the game. Playing with smaller movements or sitting down is largely possible, doable and healthy.
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Miyamoto itself announced the arrival of Health Pack Wii without more precise details. It is the code name of a software which should relate to the health of the family.
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