News Tagged: WTF

Sunday 28th February, 2010 - 09:35 GMT

News: Note: How Not to Play Sonic & Mario at the Olympic Winter Games

Note: How Not to Play Sonic & Mario at the Olympic Winter Games

Watch out if there's a camera behind you!

The 7pm Project (an Australian comedic take on the news) have noticed something strange about the way that the hosts of another certain popular Australian show were showcasing the controls of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. Judge for yourself! Let this be advice to all of you aspiring television show hosts who may one day be asked to..

48 comments | In Wii, Awesomesauce, WTF.

Friday 25th December, 2009 - 21:35 GMT

News: Merry Christmas from Nintendo Life

Merry Christmas from Nintendo Life

A festive treat for our loyal readers, in which a young boy gets a Wii from Santa

Picture the scene: it’s Christmas morning and you’ve sat through the socks and questionable knitwear from your granny and mastered the “oh thanks, that’s great” response. It’s been worth it though, because next up is the family gift… It takes a couple of seconds for the enormity of the gift to sink in,..

64 comments | In Christmas, Wii, WTF, Wowza.

Tuesday 17th November, 2009 - 23:20 GMT

News: We Pray - Coming To A Console Near You?

We Pray - Coming To A Console Near You?

Wii is getting cross...

File this one under "Huh?", "What?", and...you know what? Let's not file this one at all. We Pray is set to be the motion-controlled minigame-based church simulator to end all motion-controlled minigame-based church simulators. If, of course, it really exists... Check out the trailer below. According to the Prayer Works Interactive official site it's..

132 comments | In Wii, WTF.

Tuesday 10th November, 2009 - 19:00 GMT

News: Pixmania: Wiimote Tech Is "Endangered"

Pixmania: Wiimote Tech Is "Endangered"

Death by Natal?

UK electronics retailer Pixmania has compiled a list for The Daily Telegraph of what it deems are "endangered" technologies that "will be lucky to survive by the end of next year," and Nintendo's game-changing Wii Remote is sitting pretty in 6th place. According to them, Microsoft's upcoming motion-sensing, controller-free Project Natal is poised to kill the..

92 comments | In Wii, WTF.

Tuesday 11th August, 2009 - 22:16 BST

News: Nintendo Patents Inflatable Horseback Riding Peripheral

Nintendo Patents Inflatable Horseback Riding Peripheral

Yep.

Well, this was unexpected. A European patent held by Nintendo (discovered by Siliconera) shows the company isn't content with just having peripherals like the Balance Board, Vitality Sensor, Zapper, Wheel, MotionPlus and the Nunchuck. No, Nintendo wants to peripheralize your badonkadonk as well. An inflatable horse saddle is the latest innovation patented by the company. The seat would have be..

57 comments | In Wii, Patents, WTF.