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5.31.2009

Wii Fit Plus details revealed?

Japanese website Nikkei claims to have the first details of Wii Fit Plus, which many believe Nintendo will unveil at the upcoming E3 Expo. The following is a translation courtesy of GoNintendo:

"The new "Wii Fit Plus" game will now allow you to compare your body weight or health with friends and distant family members, thanks to an added online functionality. Additionally, a improved measurement capabilities will allow for a better health control. Special exercises destined to aged people, and aiming to lower their body charge will also be added."

Of course, we'll all find out the truth very soon!

EA Sports Active unboxing video

EA Sports Active for Wii comes with a couple of nifty accessories to make its workouts as beneficial to you as possible. Check out how everything comes boxed to you in the video below:

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.30.2009

World Championship Athletics Supports Wii Balance Board

World Championship Athletics for the Nintendo Wii supports the Wii Balance Board, CRAVE has announced today. Check out details of the game below:

"Compete against athletes from all over the world and test your mettle in 28 different summer sporting events, including swimming, cycling, diving, running and many more. Designed to support the Wii Balance Board™ this will challenge even the most conditioned athletes. Featuring career, co-op and multiplayer modes you can push for your personal best, join forces in a relay race or go for the gold against your friends."

World Championship Athletics is scheduled for release on August 4th, 2009.

EA Sports Active Wii video - Lower Body Exercises

So you've seen the video with upper body exercises on EA Sports Active yesterday... but how about the lower body? Well, here's another video just for you:

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.29.2009

EA Sports Active Wii video - Upper Body Exercises

EA Sports Active can help tone all parts of your body - in the following video, exercises to help your upper half are on show:

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.28.2009

The Biggest Loser supports Wii Balance Board

The Biggest Loser will support the Wii Balance Board, Majesco has confirmed in announcing the game today.

Just like the hit NBC show, your goal is to accomplish weight loss milestones through weekly training and exercise challenges. If you succeed in obtaining your weight loss goal, you'll become the "Biggest Loser".

The Biggest Loser offers numerous interactive features which fully employ the
innovative, sensor-driven hardware that only the Wii currently offers. Use the Wii Balance Board in over 66 exercises including squats, lunges and knee lifts to name a few.

No firm release date for The Biggest Loser just yet, but we'll keep you posted!

EA Sports Active Wii - Cardio Exercises Video

Not snapped up your copy of EA Sports Active yet? Check out the following video demo of its cardio exercises as a taster:

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.27.2009

Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage Screenshots

Here are the first screenshots of Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage for the Nintendo Wii, which we very much assume at this stage will support the Wii Balance Board.

Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage | Shaun White Snowboarding 2 supports Wii Balance Board

Ubisoft has today announced Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage, a sequel to last year's smash hit for the Nintendo Wii, which featured Wii Balance Board support.

Players will hit the slopes with Shaun White and his crew, but this time the stakes are higher as you pursue the world’s top competitions from a half-pipe in the middle of New York’s Time Square to the most prestigious competitions of France, Canada and Japan.

“Ubisoft has been a great partner, and I'm excited for World Stage,” said action sports phenom Shaun White.“It's cool to give people insight on what my life is like on the competition circuit.”

Strangely, there's no official confirmation about Wii Balance Board support, but it's pretty much a no-brainer. Ubisoft will reveal all at next week's E3 Expo.

Wii Fit Plus Supports Wii Balance Board

Back in April we reported about a listing spotted in a European games store for Wii Fit Plus. Many dismissed it, but today Nintendo has registered a trademark under the same name, and revealed a logo to go with it.

If this doesn't confirm a sequel to Wii Fit, we don't know what does... and does the 'Plus' part of the Wii Fit Plus name infer MotionPlus support?

Perhaps we'll find out at E3!

Academy of Champions Supports Wii Video - Trailer

Check out the first trailer for Academy of Champions for the Nintendo Wii, which supports the Wii Balance Board, courtesy of IGN:

5.26.2009

EA Sports Active - First 10 Minutes Video

EA Sports Active is now in stores, so here's a taster (in Spanish no less) of what the first ten minutes of play has to offer you:

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.24.2009

Marble Saga: Kororinpa Japanese Box Art

Marble Saga: Kororinpa 2 is already released in the UK and Europe, but just look how different the Japanese box art is. Gotta love the quirky style. =)

Buy your copy of Marble Saga: Kororinpa from Amazon.com- click here!

5.23.2009

EA Sports Active Wii - Get The Most Out of Your Workout

Hopefully you'll have picked up for copy of EA Sports Active for the Nintendo Wii. If you're looking for a few pointers to make the very most of each exercise session, this video should help you out:

EA SPORTS Active

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.22.2009

Punch Out WIi on 1UP's Game Night

1UP.com recently sat down for a close and personal look at Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Wii. You can check out their reactions in the following video:

1UP's Game Night with Punch-Out!!

Buy your copy of Punch-Out!! from Amazon.com here!

5.21.2009

Active Health With Carol Vorderman Supports Wii Balance Board

Active Health With Carol Vorderman Supports Wii Balance Board, Nintendo has confirmed in announcing the Nintendo DS game today.

Carol may not be well-known to our US readers, but she's known as a lady with brains and beauty in the UK, and now she's teamed up with Nintendo for her very own game.

Active Health offers users a complete health overview with recommendations regarding both diet and exercise, with Carol ‘acting as your motivational guide throughout’.

And while it isn't a Nintendo Wii game in its own right, it will link up to Wii Fit, so a user’s total daily exercise regime can be measured.

EA Sports Active Commercial Video

EA has released the first TV commercial for EA Sports Active featuring gamers and their reasons for using the game...

EA Sports Active is out now!

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.20.2009

Academy of Champions Supports Wii Balance Board

Academy of Champions Supports Wii Balance Board, Ubisoft has revealed in announcing the game today.

Created by Ubisoft Vancouver, Academy of Champions engages players in a rich, story-driven adventure around the world’s most popular sport - soccer. The journey begins with enrollment at an extraordinary Academy where your coach is the legendary Pelé..

In Academy of Champions, players improve their skills, recruit new team members and build the best possible squad to defeat their rival Academy and win the champion cup.

Academy of Champions is supports the Wii Balance Board and Wii MotionPlus and is scheduled for release in 2009.

Punch Out Wii video - Great Tiger

Punch-Out!!''s Great Tiger is all pomp and flair on his entrance to the ring, but soon gets a pasting as this video shows:

Buy your copy of Punch-Out!! from Amazon.com here!

EA Sports Active jogging, tennis, skating, aerobics video

More from Victoria and Alesha today, who show how EA Sports Active's two-player competitive mode works through a variety of exercises:

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.19.2009

My Fitness Coach: Tone Your Body Supports Wii Balance Board

My Fitness Coach - Tone Your Body supports the Wii Balance Board, Ubisoft has confirmed in announcing the Nintendo Wii game today.

My Fitness Coach - Tone Your Body is compatible with the Wii Balance Board and will guide players through numerous, intense, weight and stamina-increasing exercises. Many are based on classical Boxing regimes: Squats, skipping, alternative movements, etc.

My Fitness Coach - Tone Your Body will be released this autumn.

Daisy Fuentes Pilates Supports Wii Balance Board

Daisy Fuentes Pilates supports the Wii Balance Board, it has been announced by SEGA and Collision Studios today.

Players will be guided through pilates sessions with a virtual Daisy Fuentes, using the Wii Balance Board to help provide feedback on their progress. As with other fitness games on the Nintendo Wii, Daisy Fuentes Pilates will track your progress over time to show how you're improving (or not!).

"This is a great way to get Pilates training that fits your schedule and lifestyle," said Daisy Fuentes. "You can start out as an absolute beginner then move into intermediate and advanced levels — all at your own pace, in the comfort of your own home, and with responsive feedback that helps ensure you're mastering core skills correctly before you advance."

Daisy Fuentes Pilates is set for release this summer.

EA Sports Active demonstration video

UK Olympic athlete Victoria Pendleton and pop star Alesha Dixon explain the benefits of EA Sports Active in the following video:

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.18.2009

EA Sports Active on Ellen Video

EA Sports Active was recently demoed on the Ellen Degeneres Show... and here's the video to prove it!

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.17.2009

Punch Out!! Wii US TV commercial video

How's this for a commercial for the upcoming Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Wii? It'll hit US stores on May 18th

Buy your copy of Punch-Out!! from Amazon.com here!

5.16.2009

New Punch Out!! Wii Character Revealed

I'll not spoil it for you, but this video has launched on the official Punch-Out!! Wii website recently, unveiling another new character:

5.15.2009

Punch-Out Wii at Amazon.com $39.99

Amazon has a special offer on Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Wii as we speak - it's online for $39.99, saving you $10 off the RRP.

Punch-Out!! Wii is released on May 18th.

Grab your copy from Amazon.com here!

Wii Fit Girlfriend No. 2?

Surely another couple couldn't be trying to emulate the YouTube sensation that was Lauren Bernat, the Wii Fit Girlfriend...

5.14.2009

Morph tries Wii Fit

Morph is a bit of a cult character amongst British children - he's appeared getting into all sorts of scrapes on kids art shows over the years. His latest scrape is with Wii Fit:

5.13.2009

EA Sports boss - Nintendo Are Great

Peter Moore, head of EA Sports, recently spoke about his admiration for Nintendo in the long journey to nurture EA Sports Active into the Wii Fit rival its turning out to be. He said:

“It’s a fascinating experiment (EA Sports Active), it makes us nervous and uncomfortable as heck, but we love it. It’s just so different to what we do, and all of us are excited about it. It’s been a tough 12-15 months getting this thing right, doing the engineering on the strap and getting that right, working with Nintendo - who have been a great partner - I’m as excited about that as I’ve been about any game in a long time.”

Buy your copy of EA Sports Active from Amazon.com - click here!

5.12.2009

Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2010 supports Wii Balance Board

Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2010 will support the Wii Balance Board, Majesco has confirmed in announcing the game today.

In Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2010, players enter a Hell Week-style boot camp, where, under Jillian Michaels’ guidance, players engage in lively one-on-one workouts featuring all-new core exercises in Cardio Training, Strength Training, and Balance Training superset routines.

Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2010 features many new modes, including “Fitness Resolutions” and “Exercise with Jillian.” In “Fitness Resolutions”, players plan their routines for the next six months by creating a training calendar, while “Exercise with Jillian” gives players one-on-one time with a 3D avatar of Jillian Michaels that demonstrates pre-made or custom routines.

Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 didn't receive the best reception, so can its sequel do any better?

Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2010 is released this Fall.

Punch Out Wii - More King Hippo footage

You want more Punch-Out!! Wii footage? Here you go, it's the monstrous King Hippo again:

Buy your copy of Punch-Out!! from Amazon.com here!

5.10.2009

Punch Out Wii video - King Hippo Reveal

More Punch-Out!! action for you now, and this time it's the reveal of King Hippo. His gigantic frame and belly-blocking iron belt are sure to make him a tough opponent. Doesn't look like too much defense is going on in this clip!:

Buy your copy of Punch-Out!! from Amazon.com here!

5.09.2009

Punch Out Wii video - Title Defense #1

Punch-Out title defense video for you now... is this in French?

Buy your copy of Punch-Out!! from Amazon.com here!

5.08.2009

Summer Athletics 2009 supports Wii Balance Board

Summer Athletics 2009 for the Nintendo Wii will support the Wii Balance Board, we learn from developer 49Games today.

In Summer Athletics 2009 athletes compete in 28 summer time disciplines, including 100 meters sprint, high diving, javelin or the new skeet shooting event. In Berlin World Cup mode, a national team can go for ultimate glory in the World Championships in 15 track and field contests.

Up to four players can compete for glory in Summer Athletics 2009 which, we imagine, is released this summer.

We'll keep you posted!

All Star Cheer Squad 2 Wii screenshots

Here are the first screenshots of the recently announced All Star Cheer Squad 2 for the Nintendo Wii. The sequel includes new routines and a globe-trotting journey with your cheerleading troupe:

Vertigo Wii released in America on June 16th

Already out in Europe, PlayLogic has announced that the Wii Balance Board-supported Vertigo will arrive in the US on June 16th.

“Vertigo is a high-rolling, adrenaline-fueled combination of futuristic racing, puzzle solving and precision control,” said Adam McGowan, marketing director for Playlogic. “With four multiplayer gaming modes, this is the ideal game for the entire family or a competitive group of friends. Vertigo takes gaming to dizzying new heights, where only the most skilled can survive!”

Vertigo challenges players to take their Xorb across 54 hair-raising landscapes and nine different worlds, each with their own unique treacherous terrain and death defying obstacles.

5.07.2009

Overturn WiiWare heading to the US

An ESRB listing for Studio Zan's Wii Balance Board-supported WiiWare robot battler confirms that the title is heading to North America soon.

It reads:
Rating summary: This is a futuristic fighting game in which players compete in tournament-style battles using customizable robots. Presented from a third-person perspective, the game allows players to use a targeting crosshair to launch laser fire at robot opponents that hover across stadium fields, carrier platforms, and arena grids. Players use an assortment of fantastical weapons (futuristic rockets, lasers, grenades, track mines) to defeat their opponents. Laser fire and mild explosions can be heard throughout the game.

No word on when exactly it'll arrive, but we'll keep you posted.

5.06.2009

All Star Cheer Squad reduced to $14.99 at Amazon.com

All Star Cheer Squad has been reduced to just $14.99 at Amazon.com, giving those of you who haven't experienced the Wii Balance Board-supported dancing extravaganza the chance to bop along on the cheap, in preparation for the fall release of All Star Cheer Squad 2.

Buy your copy of All Star Cheer Squad from Amazon.com here.

EA Sports Active Progress Tracking Video

Track your progress and add structure to your workout and fitness lifestyle with the EA SPORTS Active Journal. Log your workouts, daily nutrition intake and any other activities directly into the program to receive personalized tips. Check it out in the video below:

EA SPORTS Active

5.05.2009

Nintendo Wii Get Fit Kit at Amazon.com

More Wii Fit accessories for you today, this time from BD&A and the Nintendo Wii Get Fit Kit. It doesn't have the variety of accessories that other packs offer, but the three it does include are pretty nifty all the same:

Wii Fit Pouch
Wii Fit green Wii Remote Jacket
Adjustable Wii Fit workout hat.

Buy yours from Amazon.com here.

5.04.2009

Wii Fit Starter Kit Pink - Wii Fit Accessories

Another Wii Fit accessories kit for the pink-loving girly in your life now, this time from ICON and available at Amazon.com.

It includes everything you'd ever need for a full Wii Fit experience:

- Yoga Mat
- 400ml Aliminium Water Bottle
- Rechargeable Barry Pack
- Wii Remote Skin with Belt Clip
- Wii Balance Board Cover
- USB Charging Cable
- Workout Towel
- Yoga Mat Carrier Strap

Buy yours from Amazon.com here.

Also available in green from Amazon.com here.

5.03.2009

Wii Fit Girl - 3 EA Sports Active Exercises Video

Infamous Wii Fit Girlfriend Lauren Bernatt takes us through three days and three exercises in the EA Sports Active 30 Day Challenge:

EA SPORTS Active

5.02.2009

EA Sports Active Wii video - 2 player exercise

One of Wii Fit's downsides its its single player-only nature. Not so with EA Sports Active, and here's a video showing how it'll work:

EA SPORTS Active

5.01.2009

Punch Out Wii main theme music

You can't deny that the Punch-Out!! Wii theme is amazingly addictive, and thanks to the following video you can play it over and over to your heart's content: