Archive for the ‘Oddball’ Category

Breakfast TV Says Wii Costs $1200

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

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Ah… the good old days of $1200 Wii’s. Accompanied by horse-like laughter.

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Strange Legend of the Unemployed Ninja Artwork

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

It's a game promotion. Seriously!

Keep reading after the break for more ‘Unemployed Ninja’ artwork. The game will appear on the Nintendo DS. safe for work, yet the feminine inside us all will object to this content.

Can’t wait to see what reviewers think of this game!

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Do not ‘clover’ your Wii

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Do not 'clover' your Wii

Kotaku has a crazy series of scans from the Japanese Wii safety manual, which contains crazy information and images of what not to do with your Wii. Predominately, pouring orange soda on your Wii, as well as attempting to make your Wii smoke cigarettes, not to mention inserting clover’s into your Wii, are some dangerous actions that should not take place.

See more scans here

Homebrew Composite Cables #2

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Only n00bs focus

Don’t you get it! Composite Cables are uber deadly, even f3l1xthecat knows that composite cables are great. So much so that he even made his own Composite Cables using his default AV cables!

Using a buds component cable I duplicated the pins with a regular AV cable from nintendo. My cable is switchable so that it is both component and composite at the flip of a little switch. Sweet eh?

Yes it is ’sweet’.  What is even ’sweeter’ is that fel2xthecat has posted instructions on his blog that detail how to perform the delicate Cable-operation.

Check out the guide here

Global Wii Launch Nears Completion

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Wii for the win!

The world has already bought over one million Nintendo Wii’s, and within the next few days, Nintendo will have globally launched the Nintendo Wii.

Phase I: Launch is nearing completion.

Prepare for Phase II: Christmas Domination.

BBC2 Newsnight Look at the Wii

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

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To quote a YouTube member, ‘The snobs at newsnight take a convoluted look at the Nintendo Wii.

Toys R Us Spokeswoman invokes blogger wrath

Monday, November 27th, 2006

New Jersey Toys R Us spokeswoman invokes Nintendo Blogger’s wrath; Idiotic comments

Shanghai

Taken from the Shanghai Daily, an article discussing the PS3 and the Wii. A New Jersey Toys ‘R’ Us spokeswoman…
‘”They appeal to entirely different customers,” Waugh said. “PlayStation 3 is for the sophisticated gamer. The Wii is family oriented.”‘

Read the article

Old Woman Bowls Wii Sports Spare

Monday, November 27th, 2006

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Can’t wait to trial this on my grandmother. Or my grandfather. Or any random over the age on eighty I find on the street.

Kickass Wii Covers

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

Hardcore!MooooLots of Dots

Remember looking at Wii photoshops and wishing that your Wii could really look like that?

Well the awesome folks over at Decal Girl have answered our prayers and created some awesome latex skins to cover up the stark white of your Wii.

Check them out!

No Skid Wii Hand Glove

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

No skids here!

The most fashionable item of clothing this season is also the saviour of Wiimote, TV’s and walls. The non-skid gloves give the wearer increased grip onto the Wiimote, thus reducing the change of Wiimote throws.

Source or Glove-sellin store