News Tagged: Balance Board

Tuesday 13th October, 2009 - 21:22 BST

News: Balance Board Coming To An Airport Near You!

Balance Board Coming To An Airport Near You!

The Department of Homeland Security are running a project which will utilise the Balance Board

We all know what travelling through an airport means: any liquid over 100mls being “politely” removed from your person and, if you're unlucky, a strip search. Well, the Department of Homeland Security is not content that this is enough. A new $20 million project called "Future Attribute Screening..

38 comments | In Wii, Balance Board, Homeland Security.

Tuesday 16th June, 2009 - 09:14 BST

News: Is Super Monkey Ball about to step onto your Balance Board?

Is Super Monkey Ball about to step onto your Balance Board?

New trademark application in the US suggests so.

There are some combinations in the world that just seem natural: fish and chips, ham and eggs, plumbers and magical kingdoms. Chief amongst all these blessed unions is that of monkeys and balls, but even that holiest of pairings could get even better if the newly-uncovered trademark application for "Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll" lives..

24 comments | In Wii, Balance Board, Sega, Trademarks.

Wednesday 25th March, 2009 - 05:02 GMT

News: Balance Board support confirmed for Punch-Out!!

Balance Board support confirmed for Punch-Out!!

Nintendo Italy lets the cat out of the bag.

Nintendo of Italy today published a press release confirming Wii Balance Board support for the upcoming arcade boxing revival Punch-Out!!. The article, roughly translated, confirms that players will be able to dodge left and right by shifting their weight on the Balance Board. The Board will be used in conjunction with the Wiimote and Nunchuk to provide..

5 comments | In Wii, News, Balance Board.

Monday 23rd March, 2009 - 19:45 GMT

News: Halo 3 Gets Wii-Fitted

Halo 3 Gets Wii-Fitted

Bungie's third iteration in its console-profiling Halo series has recently been 1upp-ed in sales by Nintendo's calorie-zapping Balance Board title.

As well as topping the NPD charts for last month in the U.S of A for what seems like the gazillionth time, Wii Fit has also reached the milestone selling amount of six million (that's a lot of flab dancing about right now).In comparison, the XBox 360's..

2 comments | In Wii, Wii Fit, Nintendo, Halo, Balance Board, NPD.