My final Analysis of my Wii Documentary Study has been approved by my professor! Pages have been changed, and the Analysis has been revamped the most, so I suggest you check that out.
Monthly Archive for April, 2007
- YouTube – The Real Pikachu
- MiiPlaza.net – Insane Mii Creator
- PC World – Plug in a mini device, shake your laptop or tablet around to do stuff. Yay for ADA!
I used to play Second Life. I played it for a couple weeks with a couple of friends. Let me tell ya, there were a LOT of furries in SL, and I felt at home there. For now, I’m sorta busy with my First Life, but I check in on SL stories when I see ‘em in newsletters, etc. One such story is about the NOAA and their interactive island. You can trigger different things, and see what will happen to the island when things like global warming occur. More info: “…what it’s like to fly in an NOAA plane or weather balloon into, through or around a hurricane; and what undersea caves and marine life looks like from a submarine.” You can even see what the Earth looks like from space at night. Just shows you that SL can be used for other things besides spam.
April 30, 2007
[spoiler 'show intro' 'hide intro']Vampires and ninjas and Shockmen, oh my! This week the Wii Shop Channel takes a trip into the world of ghoulish creatures, mystical curses and professorial abductions. See if you can remember which of these games sparked the whip-carrying craze of the late-’80s! For the best retro gaming around, it’s time to pay a visit to the red-hot Wiiâ„¢ video game system’s Wii Shop Channel.The three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Pointsâ„¢ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:[/spoiler]
[spoiler 'show game' 'hide game']Castlevania® (NES®, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Step into the shadows of the deadliest dwelling on Earth. You’ve arrived at Castlevania, and you’re here on business: to destroy the curse of the Evil Count, once and for all. Make your way through six monstrous floors filled with bats, ghosts, zombies and every kind of ghoulish creature you can imagine. Use the legendary whip Vampire Killer and a host of deadly weapons to battle your way to Dracula’s chamber and the ultimate duel of good vs. evil.[/spoiler]
[spoiler 'show game' 'hide game']The Legend of the Mystical Ninja™ (Super NES®, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): In The Legend of The Mystical Ninja, take control of Kid Ying and Dr. Yang in an action adventure through feudal Japan. A curse has stricken the village of Horo-Horo, and its beloved princess has vanished. Together Kid Ying, a daring young mystical ninja, and Dr. Yang, master of the invincible spirit transformation, must overcome 10 levels of the Dragonbeast to save Princess Yuki. Each stage contains intense 3-D and 2-D zones where the duo must perform dozens of attack moves and solve magical problems and puzzles before advancing. Battle humorous enemies like the Carp Meister, who stuns victims with poisonous fighting fish, Tanaka-U-Out, a knockout artist who wallops opponents with a bone-crushing hammer, and the Sumo Tag Team, kings of the unbeatable belly-buster crunch. Collect coins to buy new equipment and to receive clues, spend some time playing minigames in the arcade or try your luck and increase your fortune at the Quiz House and Horse Races.[/spoiler]
[spoiler 'show game' 'hide game']Shockman (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): It’s been two years since Arnold and Sonya were made into Shockmen. A message from the professor to return to their bodies has them head to his laboratory, but they are ambushed by a mysterious enemy along the way. After narrowly defeating the enemy, they catch a TV news flash announcing the Ryo Empire invasion. They find that the professor has been abducted and set out to rescue him. Shockman is a side-view action shooter that has eight stages, including Action Stages, where you jump and use special techniques, and side-scrolling Shooting Stages. This game expands on the well-paced story from the previous version and contains cooperative elements like shared life and a powerful Team Shockbeam that can be used during two-player simultaneous play.[/spoiler]
From the Nintendo Press Room
[spoiler 'show my comments' 'hide my comments']I have Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest at home for my NES, and I’ve only rented and beaten Mystical Ninja for N64, and that was fun, so hopefully the SNES version should be too! Action, puzzle, humor, 2-D, 3-D…I’ve played a game like that before, I just dunno where…. 
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C’mon FOX. You brought back Family Guy, and I respect you for that…but to cancel a show just 4 shows in, and two more episodes to be aired in the summer, and that’s it?! With such a great storyline, and interesting characters, it’s a great show! Sure, it might not get good ratings right now, but look at the iTunes episode sales, and how the show is getting views on air, and see if the numbers are going up either by iTunes sales or viewing on the TV, and then continue the series on the more popular medium, but don’t cancel a series completely! It’s idiotic! If the episodes are there, how much money would it cost you for air time, or space on Apple’s servers? I’m sure it’s cheaper for space on Apple’s server than to cut into valuable air time slots, but jeez, don’t drop it all together. FOX, you had better not put House on the chopping block….
UPDATE: Here’s how shows get rated, and a link to Drive’s scripts and initial ratings (scroll down).
“In the ’80s, all of a sudden, these businesspeople started looking at television, saying, ‘Wow, these things make a lot of money.’ For businesspeople who owned television stations, the bottom line is simply the bottom line, making money, and they don’t care much about the product.“
Kotaku reminds us that today, one year ago, marked the naming of the Wii. I guess I should chime in on this subject for a bit. I came back from class, and my suitemate Jimmy, said something along the lines of, “Oh uh, I sent you a link. Nintendo announced the name of their new system.” Sure enough, I flicked on my monitor (one at the time). An IM from him with a link to CNN was sitting there, ready to be clicked. So I did. “Wii?” I said. At the time, I really wasn’t happy with the name, so I went onto the Nintendo.com Forums to see what other people had to say about it. Most people felt the same way I did. I thought Nintendo was stupid for choosing that name. Sure, it might should creative in Japan, but here in America, Wii means something else: piss, to pee, etc. Wii pee jokes were EVERYWHERE the Wii name went, it seems. As time went on, the name stuck, and here Wii are today. The Wii name might should weird to people who hear it for the first time, but then they actually play it, and the name sticks to the product they’ve just played because the name is unique, and the product itself is unique. Nintendo’s marketing team is pure genius.
This game just shot up to my #1 spot for “Want.” It’s coming out May 25th in Europe. A US release date is unknown. DAMNIT! I’ve never played the GameCube one, but the presentation is very extreme. The online play setup looks extremely well done, and thought out. The full-motion video intro looks great! Thanks to GoNintendo and elgrosso.
Mario Strikers Charged Intro
Mario Strikers Charged Wifi
At least there’s good stuff on TV!
Sure, the cost is for a whole year which really isn’t bad, and LunarPages gives you a ton of stuff for free.