Il famoso punta e clicca nato su nintendo ds ed approdato su nintendo wii lo scorso febbraio in giappone, arriverà anche in europa.  Nintendo ha dichiarato che il secondo capitolo della serie (primo per quanto riguarda nintendo wii) arriverà in europa il 26 giugno. Tramite il nintendo channel è possibile visualizzare anche il trailer di questo gioco.

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s president, spoke at the Game developers Conference earlier today. If you want to find out what he had to say at GDC 2009, you should check out the following sites:

GDC 2009: Nintendo’s Iwata Keynote Liveblog! [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173429].

Live Blog: GDC 2009 Keynote – Nintendo President Satoru Iwata [http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/694279/Live-Blog-GDC-2009-Keynote---Nintendo-President-Satoru-Iwata.html]

* 50 million Wii consoles sold worldwide.

* 100 million DS portable consoles sold worldwide.

* With experience as a game developer, he knows the struggles a company can go through. Financial problems can lead to less productivity time, poor quality and less sales earnings bring less money to work on a sequel or in a brand new game.

*Why make huge documents for your game design when teamwork based on ideas, communication is much better? Game design documents can take a while to create, but Iwata dones not follow that path. He doesn’t create one.  His way:  ideas, communication, prototype of a concept, and perfection of projects based on prototypes.

*Kidnapping a random Nintendo employee? Only to try out a game in progress to see what’s fun in the eyes of the kidnapped person.

*Rhythm Heaven: How the process of the game started (thanks to a Japanese singer) and how it got to be on the Nintendo DS. Developers had to learn to dance. Everyone at GDC gets a copy of Rhythm Heaven for the DS.

* Females own 47% of all DS  sold. 20% of current Wii owners never had a console before.

* Lots of third-party games were sold for the Wii than for any other console.

*Number of PS3 consoles sold in 2008 = Number of Wii Balance Boards sold in 2008? Ouch, Sony.

*”Rock n Roll Climber”: First WiiWare game to use Wii Balance Board. Play with a guitar at the top of a cliff ???????

*”Moving Memo”

* A menu for Wiiware developers. “Complete storage solution for the Wii”? The Will will support high-capacity SD memory cards. With the Wii system Menu 4, it will be possible. Up to 240 games WiiWare, Virtual Console and Wii Channel content can be saved on a memory card, including the sequel to Final Fantasy Chronicles: My Life as a King. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years?

* “WarioWare Snapped” for the DSi. It records your face even after the game is done, so be careful if you do something stupid.

* True arcade games on the Virtual Console: “Tower of Truaga.”

* Zelda for the DS:  “The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.”

* Did you download the latest Wii firmware?

September 30, 2008 – In spite of slowing consumer spending, sales of game consoles are booming and are led by Nintendo’s revolutionary Wii. The Wii is red hot with not only traditional gamers, but it has opened the world of video games to a whole new market including parents and seniors. In fact, since release, the Wii console has been in short supply with growing waiting lists at retailers. Nintendo can’t produce them fast enough. Now, for new or first time Wii gamers, Wii FOR DUMMIES (Wiley Publishing, Inc.; $21.99; October 2008) provides all the information a Wii neophyte needs to become a Wii expert. Perfect for readers that just bought a Wii game system, are planning to, or already know the basics and want to get more from the system, this book has the answers.

From connecting the Wii to a TV, home entertainment setup, or high-speed Internet connection, to finding winning strategies with Wii Sports tennis, golf, baseball, bowling, and boxing, and getting fit while playing, this new release is the ultimate guide to setting up and navigating the Wii gaming system. Written by expert gamer Kyle Orland, Wii FOR DUMMIES shows readers how to gain control of the Wii’s unique controllers and learn to use the Nunchuk, Balance Board, Wheel, and Zapper. It also guides readers through the Wii Channels where gamers can shop for new games, check the weather forecast, check the news, and even watch videos. In jargon-free accessible language, this book tells readers just what they need to know to get the most out of their new gaming console. Additional coverage includes:

• Creating a Mii character
• Tips on choosing games — Party games and family-friendly games
• How to enjoy photos, videos, and slideshows on your Wii
• How to use the Wii’s full-featured Web browser
• Ways to prevent damage to — and from — Wii remotes
• How to use the Wii’s full-featured Web browser
• Five hot Wii-specific Web sites
• How to customize the Channels menu
• Cool Wii games you can download

The Wii has become the top selling game console in the little more than one year that it has been on the market. Now, with Wii FOR DUMMIES new gamers can get the most out of their game time. From increasing physical fitness with Wii Sports, to discovering Wii’s hidden talents, this is the essential guide that no Wii user should be without.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kyle Orland (Washington DC) is a video-game expert and a regular writer for the premier gaming blog Joystiq.com. He co-hosts the NPR video game podcast Press Start (www.pressstartpodcast.com) and maintains Gamespot.com’s weekly “PressSpotting” column. He is frequently quoted in articles about gaming.

For more information, contact: Eric Holmgren 415-782-3161 eholmgre@wiley.com

Wii For Dummies By Kyle Orland Wiley; October 2008; $21.99 978-0-470-40297-9; Paperback

Já está em fase closed beta o novo feature para os usuários de Wii. O Twiitter channel, que terá uma novidade no próprio sistema do Twitter. Os usuários poderão enviar suas últimas conquistas nos jogos automaticamente, além das atualizações padrão de até 140 caracteres.

A proposta foi feita pelo próprio fundador e CEO do site, Jack Dorsey, que é fanático confesso pelo console e não dispensa uma boa partida de Super Smash Bros. Brawl. A previsão para lançamento oficial do canal é na primeira quinzena de junho, onde todos poderão criar seu próprio perfil, ou mesmo integrar o wii a um perfil já existente. Já está sendo estudada também a possibilidade de desenvolvimento de um widget para jogos de PC, semelhante ao sistema XFire.

Ryan Seacrest be damned, this is the Wii TV Guide Channel.

While Japan-exclusive for the moment (Television no Tomo Channel G Guide), this new Wii channel has an array of quirky, non-gaming features that further secludes the system from truer gaming status. NWF:

Users can rate shows, share their favorite shows with friends, and mark their favorite programs to receive email/text alerts a half hour before they begin.

With what i imagine will be a firmware update, the channel will enable your Wii remote to adjust volume, change channels, and switch between the Wii TV Guide Channel (name is tentative) and the actual programming. Sounds interesting if you’re a tv junkie, unlike mi’self. I know you freaks and geeks like your Lost and your Stargate, reckon this channel will suit your fancy once it dilly-dallies to Norte Amerykah.

Nintendo acaba de anunciar su nuevo canal para el Wii, el TV Friend Channel (TV no Tomo). Que es básicamente una guía televisiva.

Este canal te permitirá marcar los programas televisivos que te gustan. Otras opciones permitirán, mientras estás viendo la TV, utilizar el Wii Mote como control remoto de tu televisión. Además, tendrá algunas capacidades – algo limitadas- de comunidad, serás capaz de ver cuáles shows están viendo tus amigos o cuáles tienen marcados como favoritos y Nintendo tendrá un registro de cuáles programas están mejores calificados.

La característica más interesante será que para cada usuario que se registre, permitirá que ponga su email y número de celular para  avisarte 30 minutos antes de que un show que quieras ver esté por comenzar.

Sólo recordarles que este canal está disponible sólo en japón, pero  como el pasado nos ha enseñado pronto lo veremos por acá.

If your Wiis are blue in the face, it’s probably the Check Mii Out channel alert. Man, i remember when getting the blue light was a futuristically cool thing. Many moons ago, that was.

The Check Mii Out Channel is another in the line of Wii distractions that don’t amount to much gaming-wise, but for some family time probably provides a nice wedge between Wheel of Fortune and How I Met Your Mother. You start off by picking your “Mii Artisan” (snobs) which’ll be your signature when you deposit Miis onto the online plaza for all to see. In the Plaza, you do what i just said, as well as check out all the popular submitted Miis that everyone’s crazy about, like Darth Vader, Dr. Zoidberg, and the ubiquitous Jack Black. There’s a lot more than that, including a million multiples of each, and most of them are really well done considering the limits of the Mii Channel. When you drop your Miis off in the plaza, you also get to designate them a specific talent or expertise, such as Comedy, Music, Gourmond, Art, and so forth.

The other half of this new app is the contest area where you can enter and judge contests. The only available one at this time is “Mario without his cap”. I wanted to send in this Danny DeVito one i have (i think Friz made it), but you can only submit Miis made on your console. Boo.

Again, if you have 5 minutes you can’t think of how to kill, another Wii channel does the dirty work for you.