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26 unusual facts about Wii


A Looking in View

The song was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band and Rock Band 2 music video games for the Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 3 consoles, as part of Alice In Chains Pack 01, which also includes older hits "Rooster", "Would?", and "No Excuses", along with "Check My Brain", also from Black Gives Way To Blue.

American Heart Association

In May 2010, the AHA endorsed the Nintendo Wii Console to encourage everyone to get involved in a level of fitness that would develop healthiness.

Aoi Teshima

She was featured singing for two songs of a Nintendo Wii game, Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon.

Archer MacLean

MacLean then developed a futuristic racing game, WheelSpin, for the Wii.

Charles Herold

He wrote the "Game Theory" video game review column for the New York Times from 2000 to 2008, when he left the Times to become the Wii Games Guide at About.com.

Check My Brain

The song was released as downloadable content for the Rock Band and Rock Band 2 music video games for the Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 consoles, as part of Alice In Chains Pack 01, which also includes older hits "Rooster", "Would?", and "No Excuses", along with "A Looking in View", also from Black Gives Way to Blue.

Cloud Master

In 2008, Starfish SD, a company founded by former Hot-B employees, bought the rights from Taito and developed a remake released on Nintendo Wii under the title The Monkey King: The Journey Begins, dubbed Shin Chuuka Taisen: Michael to Meimei no Bouken in Japan.

Edelson

It is known for its Wii gaming center and ping pong table that converts into its board table in its main conference.

Graphic adventure game

The graphic adventure genre has seen a rebirth with the introduction of new video game hardware like the Nintendo DS, and Wii, that allows the gamer to interact with the game similarly to using a computer mouse.

Hiroshi Iuchi

He resurfaced in 2007 as a freelance graphic designer and has since worked with Treasure on the Xbox Live Arcade port of Ikaruga and Bleach: Versus Crusade for the Wii.

Inclinometer

The PlayStation 3 and Wii game controllers also use tilt as a means to play video games.

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

He also made an appearance in the film 1408, as the engineer of the Dolphin Hotel, as well as appearing in promotional spots for the Wii video game Punch-Out!! portraying the character Doc Louis.

Justin T. Bowler

In the summer of 2011, Justin sang three tracks on the Wii video game The Smurfs Dance Party.

Linda Linda

It also made an appearance in the Nintendo DS rhythm games Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan as the song in the ramen shop owner stage, Metcha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken, and in the Nintendo Wii rhythm game Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do Don to 2 Daime.

Middlebury Union Middle School

These dances also provide another activity such as a movie and/or video games (usually two Wii systems) and sell refreshments; sodas, chips, sometimes water and baked goods.

MiniDVD

Most slot loading players cannot use this format; there are exceptions, however, such as the PlayStation 3 and the Wii, but not the Wii U.

Non-game

Non-games are particularly successful on the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms, where a broad range of Japanese titles have appealed to a growing number of casual gamers.

Nonogram

Picross 2 was released later for Game Boy and Mario's Super Picross for the Super Famicom, neither of which were translated for the U.S. market (Mario's Super Picross was, however, later released on the Wii Virtual Console's PAL service on September 14, 2007, as part of its Hanabi Festival).

Pat Cashman

His most recent voice work was for the Wii video game Super Smash Bros. Brawl as the game's announcer, Master Hand, and Crazy Hand.

Robin Hunicke

Following her work on The Sims 2, Hunicke went on to become the lead designer for MySims on the Nintendo Wii, and later, was a producer for Boom Blox and its sequel, Boom Blox: Bash Party.

Stage Debut

Not only did he cite Stage Debut as an inspiration for the Wii's Mii Channel function, he also said that "In my mind, it's still alive."

Sword of Legendia

Sword of Legendia was a video game announced in 2006 by Namco Bandai Games, for the Wii.

Twitch gameplay

With the invention of the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation Move, the Xbox Kinect, and the games designed for these devices, an entirely new type of twitch game has been born.

Ultra Machine

The Ultra Machine appears in both WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ for the Game Boy Advance and WarioWare: Smooth Moves for the Wii, as a boss fight in the former and a regular microgame in the latter.

Video game-related health problems

Video game consoles linked to medical problems include the PlayStation and the Nintendo Wii, although it is unknown whether certain types are more connected to these problems than others.

Yoshida Brothers

The commercials for the Nintendo's Wii video game console that began airing in North America in November 2006 featured the Yoshida Brothers song "Kodo (Inside the Sun Remix)".


A Teenager in Love

It is also featured as a playable song in the Nintendo Wii Game Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.

Anna Molly

The song is included in the music rhythm game Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS, and is also included on the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii edition of Shaun White Snowboarding.

Big Beach Sports

It is most notable for being the third Wii game (the first being Pokémon Battle Revolution and the second being Geometry Wars: Galaxies) to feature connectivity to the Nintendo DS.

Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing

UK magazine n-Revolution rated the game 2.4/10, citing as problems unresponsive Wii controls and a general feeling that the developers were cashing in on the Harry Potter phenomenon by releasing a similarly themed game.

Boutique

For example, before the release of the Wii, a Time Magazine article suggested that Nintendo could become a "boutique video-game company", producing games for niche audiences, rather than trying to compete directly with Microsoft and Sony.

Braiger

Braiger also appeared in Super Robot Wars NEO for the Nintendo Wii, although it had no actual plot.

Chōsōjū Mecha MG

In the Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, an arranged version of the "Marionation Gear" song is one of the selectable songs for the Metroid-based Norfair stage.

Dawn of Discovery

Anno: Create A New World, Nintendo Wii and DS game, known as Dawn of Discovery in North America

Dolby Pro Logic

Pro Logic II system also features a mode designed specifically for video gaming, and it is frequently used in game titles for Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube and Wii as an alternative to digital surround formats such as Dolby Digital, or DTS.

Dynamite Headdy

It was later released for the Wii's Virtual Console in July 2007 and has also been included as a part of Gunstar Heroes: Treasure Box Collection for PlayStation 2 and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Eighting

Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series) (produced with Tomy) (Nintendo GameCube, Wii) (2003 (1–2)), (2004 (3)), (2005(4)), (2007 (EX1-2, Revolution 1)), (2008 (EX3, Revolution 2)), (2009 (Revolution 3)), (2010 (Special))

Excite Truck

Excite Truck is the first Wii game to let people select music, in the form of MP3s from an SD card, to be played in the background while they are playing instead of the music provided by the game.

Gamestation

The chain mainly focused on the sixth & seventh generation of consoles: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable, as well as the PC and previous generations of consoles (such as PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and Game Boy Advance).

GBAtemp

GBAtemp is an international video gaming community centered around a discussion forum focusing on Nintendo and other handheld devices and consoles, such as the Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and Wii.

Harley Pasternak

Pasternak has endorsed several products, including the video game Harley Pasternak's Hollywood Workout for Wii and the XBox 360 with Kinect, along with a food and DVD fitness line based on the "5-Factor" plan and the "997" New Balance exercise shoe, along with Fitbit, Shaklee and Coca-Cola's fitness waters, including Powerade and Glacéau VitaminWater and SmartWater

Kelly Wenham

Kelly provided the voice for Syrenne in the 2012 British and American releases of The Last Story on the Wii.

Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer

Various LZO implementations are reported to work under Win32, AIX, ConvexOS, IRIX, Mac OS, Palm OS, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Wii, Solaris, SunOS, TOS (Atari ST), Linux and VxWorks.

Light in Darkness

The song has received many positive reviews and became the main menu song on NASCAR The Game: Inside Line for Xbox, PlayStation and Wii.

Low-definition television

The PlayStation 2 generates 240p/288p if a PlayStation game calls for this mode, as do many Virtual Console emulated games on Wii.

Mario Party 8

Common Sense Media reviewer Erin Bell awarded the game 4 stars, stating that it's "Still a good kids' party game, now Wii fun!".

MK8

Mario Kart 8, a video game published by Nintendo for the Wii U.

Operation Rainfall

Operation Rainfall formed from the focus on three Wii-exclusive titles: Xenoblade Chronicles developed by Monolith Soft (makers of Xenogears and the Xenosaga series), The Last Story developed by Mistwalker and AQ Interactive, and Pandora's Tower developed by Ganbarion.

Physical education

Other technologies that can be used in a Physical Education setting would include video projectors, GPS and even gaming systems such as Kinect, Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution.

Punch-Out!!

It has since spanned home consoles, including the Famicom and NES Punch-Out!! / Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, an SNES and Super Famicom sequel Super Punch-Out!!, and a Wii sequel Punch-Out!!.

Ronimo Games

THQ subsequently handed over further development to Blue Tongue Entertainment (Nintendo DS, Wii) and Universomo (Mobile/iPhone/iPod).

The Game of Life

Hasbro Family Game Night 3 for Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 3 video game platforms, and was also later released as part of the Hasbro Family Game Night Fun Pack, which consisted as a compilation of both Hasbro Family Game Night 2 and Hasbro Family Game Night 3.

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is a historical first-person shooter video game developed by Magic Wand Productions with Kynogon's AI middleware Kynapse, and released on November 30, 2007 by Activision and the History Channel for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360.

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest

In the Wii and PlayStation 3 versions, a second player can drop in and play as Gandalf at any time during the game.

UDraw Studio

Christopher Healy started his review on Common Sense Media and gave the game ★★★★☆ and an On Rating for ages 6 and up, stating "Lets you use Wii to make art, but there's a learning curve.".

Wii Balance Board

We Ski by Namco Bandai Games was the first third-party game to make use of the Wii Balance Board, in conjunction with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk attachment.

Wii Fit was the first game to make use of the Wii Balance Board.

Due to the similarities between the two products, the Wii Balance Board has been compared to the Joyboard, a peripheral released for the Atari VCS in 1982 by Amiga Corporation.

Wii Party

It is also the first game in the Wii series that Shigeru Miyamoto did not produce.

Wii U system software

The Wii U Menu may also be used to launch applications entirely beyond just gaming: the Miiverse social network which is integrated with all games and applications; the Internet Browser for the World Wide Web; play media through Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Nintendo TVii, and more; download Wii U software and content through the Nintendo eShop; and receive official notifications from Nintendo.