Wii for Sale

The Nintendo DSi is launching on April 5th in the U.S. and it showed some of the applications of the DSi at the DICE summit. Ever since the hand-held game player was introduced in 2004, the DSi is the third major upgrade in this filed. The new version will have two cameras with better sound and a wireless application download store.

One of the appealing applications in development is the Moving Memo Pad. It is a part of the DSi Ware that will be available at the launch of the new hand-held. This application lets you use the stylus to draw pictures on the touch screen. Those pictures can then be animated so that they in effect become animated movies. You can also insert your own photos into the creations and share them with others.

There were already two new games released by Nintendo from its ‘New Play Control’ in Japan. The GameCube versions of Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin were also re-released on the Wii. They were re-launched with various changes to be more appealing for the new wider audience that have been attracted by Nintendo till date.

The other games under this revamped range that is to be launched in the coming months are Pikmin 2, Chibi-robo, and the two Metroid Prime games from Retro Studios. About the other GameCube classics that have to be added in the roster and with what modifications on the Wii, the Cubed3 team sat down to consider over the prime games. The list had some other games also from publishers other than Nintendo.

Nintendo’s latest theme for making video games is the curious little cute characters, Pikmin. Nintendo Wii has a hallmark of having cute characters, colourful landscapes and funny sounds. The Japanese game on Pikmin was released in 2001for the Nintendo GameCube. It has been remade aas part of Nintendo’s ‘new play control’ initiative.

The Pikmin can be moved with a press of a button and then instructed to perform a task by simply pointing the Wiimote. The puzzle-solving game provides an engaging and real-time strategy for the earlier Pikmin players. The games animated creatures as Pimin will definitely appeal the small children and the puzzles which gradually become more challenging takes these children on the next level.

Electronic Arts and Hasbro announced an online entertainment and community for girls which is based on the popular ‘Little Pet Shop’ brand. Girls could now play and customize their favorite pets through this web-based program called ‘Littlest Pet Shop Online’.

EA had also released the five ‘Littlest pet shop’ video games in 2008 on the Wii, PC and Nintendo DS platforms. It sold 2.8 million copies all across the world. Based on the NPD data, ‘Littlest Pet shop’ was a top-five title on the Nintendo DS in Europe and North America during the holidays. Very soon in March 2009, a sixth game, ‘Littlest Pet Shop Spring’ for Nintendo DS will be in stores.

ITV Global Entertainment has recently signed gaming licenses with Mindscape and RTL Games. In the meantime, Mindscape is developing a game for Nintendo’s DS. The game will be based on Britain’s longest running soap opera. The themes of the game will be based on the concepts which will be familiar to the fans of this soap opera. This game will be available in the market in the Q4 of this year.

RTL Games also has been given the license to produce a board game based on activity which will feature characters and landmarks from ‘Coronation Street’. The game will be called as Destination: Coronation Street’. Both RTL and Mindscape have a strong track and experience in producing good games with exclusive features.

Nintendo’s exercising game is again under controversies. It has now been claimed to spread “Wii-itis” which sounds ridiculous. It has defined as a sport injury caused due to playing of too much Nintendo Wii. There are certain other terms or injuries related to the Wii which include ‘tennis-elbow’ from the Wii tennis game or ‘Bowling –shoulder’ from playing too much of Bowling on Wii.

The best sounds ‘Wiihabilitation’ as recommended by James Osborn. He looks after the rehabilitation services at Herrin Hospital in southern Illinois. He says that like the traditional therapy exercises, one has to move the body with the motion-sensitive controller. These exercises become harmful at that point when the patients become too much mentally engrossed.