With Nintendo’s stern warning against modding the Wii, you can still do it and not fall into any legal hassles. A new product named the I-Case will be available from totalconsole.com, which will allow you to pimp your Wii by… Read More »

Nintendo ramping up Wii production to meet demand

Practically everyone knows how hard it is to get a Wii console. As soon as shipments arrive at stores, the units literally vanish from store shelves in a matter of minutes. Nintendo has promised time and again that it’s working… Read More »

Nintendo warns: Don't mod the Wii or else

Nintendo has decided to make its policy on the practice of modding your Wii clear: don’t do it. The official site of Nintendo UK warned would-be modders that fooling with your Wii not only voids the warranty, but may lead… Read More »

Nintendo considering a Wii keyboard

Anyone who has done any web surfing with the Wii knows the amount of time and effort it takes to complete simple tasks such as entering information or sending e-mails. The problem lies with the point and click method of… Read More »

VC 4/23 Releases: I'd Rather Go To The Dentist

It’s been a wee bit of a weak showing for the Wii’s VC lately. Week after week of meek offerings, which — sorry, Nintendo fans — isn’t changing today. Gradius III kicks things off today, coming in as an $8… Read More »

Wii available at Best Buy today

It appears that Best Buy will be stocking Wii systems today, as evidenced by its circular for this sales period. The advertisement promises shipments of at least 12 per store, but higher-volume markets are likely to see more than that…. Read More »

Neo Geo to live on thanks to Virtual Console

The Neo Geo home game console first appeared in 1990 at an eye-opening price of $649.99. (And you thought the PS3 was expensive.) But in spite of the high price point and even higher price of the game cartridges (around… Read More »

VC Releases 4/16: Case of the Mondays

Wii-owning Virtual Console downloaders have a couple surprises in store when they fire up their favorite wacky waggle machine today. And by surprises, I mean good. And bad. Yeah. For starters, pass up on the too-expensive Sega Genesis Virtua Fighter… Read More »

Is the Wii really two GameCubes joined by duct tape?

Several weeks ago at the GDC, a Maxis employee named Chris Hecker said that the Wii game console was "a piece of s***," and that it was basically two GameCubes stuck together with duct tape. Hecker has since apologized for… Read More »

Harvest Moon creator talks Wii, DS

In a recent interview, Yasuhiro Wada talked about the Wii’s lack of innovative content — that not enough games are truly Wii-specific to drive sales, and that the DS may topple its own big brother. "Wii Sports is the only… Read More »