Best Buy
High School Musical 3: Dance! (Wii) – $39.99
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii) – $39.99
Madagascar 2: Escape Africa (Wii) – $39.99
Carnival Games (Wii) – $29.99
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2009 (Wii) – $29.99
The Price Is Right (Wii) – $29.99
Little League World Series Baseball 2008 (Wii) – $29.99
Major League Baseball 2K8 (Wii) – $19.99
Ultimate Band (Wii) – $39.99
Ultimate Band (DS) – $19.99
Kirby: Superstar Ultra (DS) – $24.99
Buy one, get one free when you buy any Petz, Imagine, or Ener-G DS game of equal or lesser value
Circuit City
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii) – $39.99
DATEL Wired Controller for Wii – $12.99
VERGE Sports Pack for Wii – $8.99
NYKO Perfect Shot for Wii – $12.99
VERGE Wheel for Wii Remote – $7.99
All clearance video games – $9.96
Guitar Hero World Tour bundle for Wii – $79.99
Target
Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) – $39
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) – $39
Call of Duty: World at War (Wii) – $39
SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (Wii) – $39
Madden NFL 09 All-Play (Wii) – $39
Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip (Target Limited Edition/Wii) – $39
Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar bundle (Wii) – $77
Wii Fit starter kit – $39
Free DS Game when you buy any DS game listed:
(includes all regular $29.99 and less Imagine, Ener-G and Petz DS games, Each purchased DS game must be equal to or greater than the price of the free DS game)
– Imagine: Wedding Designer
– Ener-G: Gym Rockets
– Imagine: Fashion Designer – New York
– Imagine: Ballet Star
– Petz: Monkeyz House
– Petz Rescue: Wildlife Vet
“I’m sorry to hear that you’ve experienced difficulties with using Club Nintendo. As with any large online undertaking, we’re facing some growing pains, but I want to assure you that we have a team dedicated to improving the service and making it work for all users. We are currently doing maintenance on the Club Nintendo site which should resolve any problems you’ve experienced. As we don’t yet have an estimated time when the Club Nintendo site will be back up, we ask that you please keep checking back. Thank you for your patience!” – Nintendo representative
Club Nintendo has really been a mess since it launched, so it’s to be expected that it is undergoing maintenance. I’ve heard of all types of issues popping up including games missing from survey lists, games not showing up at all, and the lack of downloaded Wii content not appearing for everyone. Nintendo most likely wanted to make sure they kept their promise and launch Club Nintendo by year’s end, but it hasn’t been very cooperative since it went live.
Nintendo Wii
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Active Life Outdoor Challenge (Namco Bandai)
5. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts)
Japan:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Taiko: Drum Master Wii (Namco)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Resident Evil 1 Wii-make (Capcom)
5. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Europe:
1. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Ubisoft)
5. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Disney Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney)
4. Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo)
5. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Legend of the Strongest Penguin!: A Penguin’s Troubles (Konami)
2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo)
3. Phantasy Star Zero (Sega)
4. Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami)
5. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)
Europe:
1. 100 Classic Book Collection (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo)
4. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo)
5. Professor Layton and The Curious Village (Nintendo)
Unfortunately, I’ve come across a problem that has been happening for about a week or two with our contact form. Without boring you all with technical talk, basically, I was not receiving more than half of the emails that were submitted through the contact form. So, if you submitted something and were anticipating a reply, know that I don’t hate you…It’s just that I never received your email!
The problem has been fixed now and I don’t believe that the issue will arise in the future. But again, if you sent in an email and were expecting a reply, please know that you can now resend the message!
A few old and a few new in this batch. Old images are now watermark free.
It wasn’t a very Merry Christmas for one couple yesterday. Randi Young and Heath Blom were both arrested after fighting and bruising each other the Wii. Young gave the system to Blom, her boyfriend, for Christmas, but according to police, that’s not what he had wanted. Instead, Blom was hoping that he would receive a remote-controlled airplane.
Blom denied that the police were incorrect and said that he had asked his grandparents to buy him the airplane for his birthday.
He claimed, “You can’t fly an RC plane in the snow.” He did, however, admit that he was not happy with the Wii and told his grandmother so. Blom also claimed that his girlfriend called him names “for not liking the Wii.”
Eventually, after fighting for awhile, Young began packaging her bags. Thinking that his girlfriend was “walking off” with the Wii, he became angry, and Young said that she was then dragged down two flights of stairs. Blom asserted that he was simply trying to block her and then she punched him a couple of times. After that, he says he pulled her hair.
Both Young and Blom were charged with assault.
– Titled “Wii no Ma Channel” in Japan
– Not a WiiWare title – it’s an actual channel like the Weather/Fortunate Telling Channels
– Can be downloaded for free this Spring in Japan
– Nintendo developing/managing the service, Dentsu is negotiating with other companies to bring original content
– Heavy focus on family
– Wide range of content to be made available
– A Nintendo notice states that it is a free service, but are also investigating optional paid services which will begin in the Summer
– Nintendo looking to bring the service overseas, no timetable for this yet
– 80% of Wii owners have connected their TV in their living room, 40% have the Wii connected to the internet
“We’ve noticed a bit of confusion on the forums regarding add-on content for Rock Band 2 on the Wii. The downloadable content is in the final testing stages and Harmonix is working as fast as possible to deliver the 20 free bonus songs for Rock Band 2, plus an additional 30 songs from the Rock Band DLC Catalog to fans as early in 2009 as possible. As soon as we can announce a firm date, you can be sure the Rock Band community will be the first to know. We hope this clears up any confusion about Wii DLC. Again, Rock Band 2 for the Wii is an amazing full band experience that ships with 84 of the best tracks in rock and roll. Stay tuned here for more information as it becomes available.” – Harmonix developer
