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Get in shape with Shape Boxing Wii de Enjoy Diet

By Spencer . September 5, 2008 . 7:40am

Last year we found out Rocket Company was working on a Wii boxing game, which was delayed, forgotten, and in the spirit of Wii revivals actually coming out in the next few months. Japan will see it in stores on…

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Wii MotionPlus enhances control, but amateur fencers didn’t notice

By Spencer . July 21, 2008 . 3:29pm

I liked the feel of the 1:1 motion sensitivity of Wii MotionPlus enough to play the sword fighting game in Wii Sports: Resort multiple times. In the beginning you can test the accuracy by slicing an immobile log and sharpening…

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Wii Motion Plus bundled with Wii Sports sequel

By Spencer . July 15, 2008 . 9:50am

Wii Sports Resort has the Wii remote upgrade with 1:1 motion control. Were watching a disc throwing game with a dog. A jet ski game uses the remote and nunchuck combo. It looks a theme is a day at th…

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Wii remote accessory coming to PCs?Wii remote accessory coming to PCs?

By Spencer . April 20, 2008 . 9:12am

At the Hong Kong Electronics show there was a demo of a PC ping pong game that reacted to controller swings. I didn’t get a chance to try it out, but it looks like another company is trying to emulate…

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The Vii has a competitor, hands on with AllSports

By Spencer . April 16, 2008 . 10:22am

Another Wii clone is about to enter the market and I actually tried it. The product is called AllSports (notice the similar font?) and it includes seven semi-motion controlled games. Tennis, Baseball, Golf, Bowling, Shooting, Dart and Ring (it’s actually…

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Utah based company cashes in with Wiimbledon

By Spencer . March 12, 2008 . 7:46pm

Wii Tennis tournaments can draw a crowd. We’ve seen it work with the Wiimbledon, but wait that word just got trademarked! Mangia Technologies snapped it up for “G & S [Goods & Services]: Entertainment in the nature of Nintendo Wii…

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Motion controlled golf 3D.0

By Spencer . January 9, 2008 . 10:07am

A Singaporean company called Affineon aims to pick up where Wii Sports Golf left off. At CES they have a demo of a three axis motion tracking system used for a golf game. Their technology measures the position of the…

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Deca Sporta, Hudson’s take on Wii Sports

By Spencer . August 24, 2007 . 2:29am

  Can’t get enough sport themed mini game compilations? Then take a look at Deca Sport for the Wii. As the name implies there are ten different sports to play in the game including: Badminton, Beach Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, ATV…

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EA Playground, Wii Sports Elementary edition

By Spencer . June 18, 2007 . 5:47pm

Over the past few weeks Electronic Arts has been trickling details about EA Playground, a collection of motion controlled mini games for the Wii and Nintendo DS. You can play tetherball on the Wii and blow into the microphone to…

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Surprise! Motion controlled bowling coming to the Playstation 3

By Spencer . May 17, 2007 . 1:04am

While Sony was quiet about Folklore, they didn’t even mention High Velocity Bowling, one of their first party downloadable games. It was pushed into a dark corner (no joke!) next to a facial mocap demonstration away from the center where…