Find yourself huffing and wheezing while playing Wii Sports? Well soon enough, you may have to step off that Wii balance board for a bit and check your blood pressure with your Wii-Mote.
That’s right, Nintendo filed a patent for a Wii-Mote blood pressure check add-on. According to Spong’s report, the add-on will allow the following functions and features:
“Pulse and body temperature of a user playing a video game on the video game console, and a rotation counter for counting the number of rotations of the main body; a control unit mounted in the recess; a band including two second measurement devices for measuring blood pressure and pulse respectively by wrapping the band around the wrist; and a cable interconnecting the main body and the band. Blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature values are shown the display while playing.”
Availability and release information of the add-on is not disclosed as of yet, but at least now, the next Gramma visits, let her know that she can soon play Wii Tennis with you without any worry. With the Wii balance board, Wii-mote and blood pressure check add-on, we now await for Wii Fit Bootcamp with Billy Blanks.
In what is an almost-but-not-completely-awesome move, Nintendo has announced that they will start making GameCube controllers again in Japan. Makes sense, Smash Bros and Mario Kart have both created huge demand for the old GCN controllers.
The only downside – these aren’t WaveBirds. No wireless for you! To make up for it, the cord has been extended to three meters (about a meter longer than the old GCN controller cords). Perhaps they lost the WaveBird mold after all?
Who knows, but this is still pretty cool news. These white GCN controllers will be released this month in Japan for 2000 yen (about twenty smackers). Hopefully, Nintendo will put a few of these out on our shores, too.
Wii:Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed - C+ D+ C+
NoMore Heroes - B A- B-
Obscure: The Aftermath - D+ D D+ (Shame of the Month)
Multiplatform:
Sega Superstars Tennis - B- C+ C
DS:
Professor Layton - A- B+ A-
(Silver)Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - A- A- B
(Silver)Ace Attorney 4 - A- B+ A-
(Silver)Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - A B- B-
Rumors
-EA plans on making a mixed-martial arts game
-Wii Fit delayed in the US because Nintendo is making a bigger Balance Board
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Reports and media from the World Hobby Fair have come in and guess who websites are saying was the big winner? That’s right: Nintendo! Most publishers chose to show off upcoming Wii and DS software, but don’t dismay, the other consoles got a bit of love. But we’re a Nintendo based website here!
Reports say that lines to play DK Bongo Blast (or DK Jet, or whatever the heck it is) and Mario Part 8 were at least an hour long with the games releasing soon in Japan. Also on hand from Nintendo were Phantom Hourglas and Mag Kid: Slide Adventure. Other developers showed off Zack and Wiki, Dewy’s Adventure, and plenty of other titles.
Click here for 1up’s short article on what we saw. And I’ll leave you with one image:
~Shvitzel out
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As we can see, Nintendo is leading the pack yet again! Let’s hope that Nintendo can carry this momentum in the coming months.
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It seems as though for the time being, the premier choice for gamers around the world is Nintendo. Nintendo DS and Wii have captured a broad audience and they don’t look like they will show signs of slowing any time soon. Here is what 1up has to report.
Nintendo shareholders must be pleased, as the companies premiere products, Wii and Nintendo DS, continue to experience ridiculous sales numbers.
In a financial report released today, the company detailed the successes of both platforms so far, announcing Wii has sold 5.84 million units worldwide since launch and Nintendo DS continues trailblazing with a whopping 40 million hardware units — 23 million this year alone — in gamer’s hands.
Software sales are equally as impressive: New Super Mario Bros. with 9.5 million, and the brain training series at 12 million in total, 8.08 sold this year.
With the inevitable release of title like Mario, Pokemon (already out in Japan), Metroid and Super Smash Bros., this looks to be another stellar year. Game ON!
Here are the top 5 software sales for Wii, worldwide. It’s great to see Mario on top.
North America:
1. Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
3. Wii Play (Nintendo)
4. Need for Speed Carbon (EA Games)
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (EA Sports)
Japan:
1. Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
2. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
3. Hajimete no Wii (Nintendo)
4. Mezase!! Tsuri Master (Hudson)
5. Zelda no Densetsu: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
UK:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Excite Truck (Nintendo)
4. WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
5. Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
Talk about a good ol’ fashioned lickin’; Nintendo has completely owned the market for February. Numbers do not lie gamers, and it seems as though the numbers are in the Big N’s favor.
Nintendo DS 485,000 Wii 335,000 PlayStation 2 295,000 Xbox 360 228,000 PlayStation Portable 176,000 Game Boy Advance 136,000 PlayStation 3 127,000 GameCube 24,000 Xbox 480
Wii balance board for a bit and check your blood pressure with your Wii-Mote.
