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So Christmas arrived, and I managed to secure a Nintendo Wii (thanks Nikky). I’ve been a crazy Nintendo fan ever since that fateful day I got my first NES back in about 1989. I shamelessly wear geeky Mario-emblazoned t-shirts and have engaged in countless fruitless “which console is better” debates with friends and enemies. Shigeru Miyamoto is an idol of mine. And every new Nintendo console has been a special occasion.
Mark receives the thrashing of a lifetime!
Wii Sports is the very definition of a “killer app.” On the surface so simple, but containing surprising levels of depth and nuance. Once a friend has hit their first home run or cross-court volley, they’re hooked, and in most cases, go home wanting one. A number of times now a friend has taken a break from flailing their arms around to remark, wide eyed, things like “It’s amazingly accurate”, and “The speaker in the controller is a really good idea!”. Yes. I know.
While chasing my dog around today I was marvelling at her natural instincts to want to run around the whole time. It’s a game for her, and probably her favourite thing to do apart from tearing the house to shreds. The developing problem we’ve got as a species is that we got too goddamned good at building things that are even funner than basic locomotion. The Wii is a very smart move back in the opposite direction.
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- A rough guide to pack/unpack savefiles (data.bin) - GBAtemp.net
- Wii emulator can do 720p HD - NeoGAF
This is really unprecedented in the history of video games. How many times has a competent emulator for Console X not only been released during Console X's lifetime, but is actually an improvement over Console X? You can argue that Wii hardware isn't "current-gen" hardware, but this is still astounding.
The emulator isn't perfect, but that's the thing: it's only going to improve as time goes on.
What does this mean for the Wii and for the video game industry?
- Wii emulator can do 720p HD - Page 20 - NeoGAF
The biggest bottleneck in emulating the Wii is it's single core PPC CPU. So on a Dual Core you might use one core to emulate that and another core to emulate the rest of the stuff (GPU, Audio, Network, etc). On a Quad Core you'll gain no advantage because you can still only use one core to emulate the PPC CPU.
- Perfect on Dolphin (beta2) - Google Docs
- How Your Wii Games Would Look In 720p
These clips (don't forget to click "HD!") show the game running in what equates to 720p, and while this will be nothing new to the emulator crowd (who are used to seeing these kind of clean-up jobs), it's something new to the high definition dreamers out there in the Mushroom Kingdom.
- Dolphin (emulator) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Dolphin (emulator) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dolphin, like most PC emulators, supports arbitrary resolutions, whereas the Gamecube and Wii only support up to 480p.[6] This feature has been widely lauded by the gaming community and has received features on numerous gaming networks, as the emulator has surpassed the limits of the original console
- Virtual Shackles - The Wizard of Oz Demo
- Their Orders Are To 'Make A Better Donkey Kong Country'
Tanabe, Kelbaugh and Walker hope that what the team is crafting will feel familiar to people who love Donkey Kong Country but modernized. They are making Nintendo's marquee Wii title for the holiday season. And that should be plenty of pressure. Check the quality of their previous collaborations and you'll see they have a shot. They just better get the ground-pound right.
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii Hands On - Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
Zelda ignites passions, then, and no aspect of it is quite as volatile as the question of whether or not the series is in need of a touch of revolution - of whether its cherished mechanics and structures have started to creak, or if those endlessly repeated rituals are still the key to the game's evergreen charm.
- Why It's Sad Sony Lost the Videogame Hardware Race at E3
E3's biggest loser? It's Sony. They've been lagging behind for years overall, but to lose at hardware, their strongest suit? What a pity.
Look at all three companies that define the industry. Microsoft is a software company, so Xbox has the best software and services, like Xbox Live, Zune and Windows Media Extender. Nintendo is fundamentally a games company, so they make the best games (or at least, the greatest quantity of amazing, if iterative games). Sony is a consumer electronics company, so they excel at hardware: The PlayStation 3 is defined by Blu-ray and its Cell processor; the PSP blew out the DS in terms of specs, not software. Raw hardware power.
So how the hell has Sony lost the hardware race two years running at E3? Squandering their most valuable brand, PlayStation, is a spectacular failure that doesn't bode well for a glorious return to the Sony of old.
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 review: Nintendo perfects platforming
My first thought after playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the first few hours was that Nintendo was kind of being a jerk about the whole thing. It's much harder to nail a satisfying game mechanic—whether it's in 2D or 3D—than people understand. Nintendo constantly shows you something amazing and masterfully produced, and just when you've gotten over being amazed at how well it plays, the game throws it away and offers up something else, equally good.
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- How A Wii Game Looks On The Xbox 360 - Wii - Kotaku
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