This could and should attract some hard core gamers to the system. MTV Games, publisher of the Rock Band series have confirmed that Rock Band 2 will feature downloadable songs for the Wii.

How? You ask!

The Wii is pretty much storage-less at the moment, so could this mean the appearance of an external hard drive peripheral from Nintendo, or will SD cards be enough to handle the content.

The title is set to hit the shelves mid-November so more information is expected soon.

Could it possibly be true?

We’ll see in the next 24 hours. The rumour that is currently setting the internet alight is that Google are about to step into the games publishing arena with the purchase of Valve and their glorious Steam system.

Valve marketing boss Doug Lombardi said in an interview August that the studio would be ‘happy to discuss an acquisition’ with potential buyers.

Who better than Google?

We remain a little dubious here at WiiNation but we’ll see.

Team17’s Studio Head Martyn Brown has confirmed a future resurrection of the classic Amiga title Alien Breed. It will be arriving on all next-gen platforms in the next 12 months.

The first Alien Breed game in over a decade! We can’t wait for it.

It truly is a mad, mad world. The Wii console certainly has never seen anything like this. Nintendos’ family oriented user base will be well and truly split over the arrival of Platinum Games’ Frank Miller styled roaming beat-em-up.

Madworld is slated for a 2009 release and we’ll be keeping a watch on this title. From the content on show in the Leipzig trailer there is some serious bloody spillage, all in the name of fun of course.

This is a brave more from Sega to sign up this title for the Wii. Platinum Games chose to launch exclusively on the Wii system due to it’s accessible pick up and play feel. Nothing to do with generating publicity of course.

Wii certainly needs more titles in this action genre, but with maybe a tad less blood and gore.

Still, the style looks bloody good.

All Wii Chart games until Sunday 14th September are half price! What more could you ask for.

That’s £15 for MarioKart including the wheel, £15 for Tiger Woods, £15 for well….you guessed it, anything they’ve got on their shelves.

You just have to beat Alan Hansen to it!

Enjoy!

Pirates vs. Ninjas™ Dodgeball is being developed by Gamecock for the Wii.

The game pits scurvy Pirates against deadly Ninja assassins in a bid to settle the world’s oldest debate; who’d win - Pirates or Ninjas?

An Xbox live release is already out there and the Wii version is expected towards the end of 2008.

Yours is the familiar task of lobbing squashy balls at unguarded legs in order to eliminate players from the opposing team. However, special moves like Shuriken Attacks and Peg-Leg Stomps can be used to gain the upper hand.

Content in the Wii version appears to be unaltered, and visually it stands up well against the Live version.

Just remember to keep your Wii Remote strapped on tight!

Atari have turned the heat up on Wii Fit and are trying to cash in on the Fitness market.
The game is actually a sequel to Nintendo’s NES family trainer series, so this is really, nothing new.
Family Trainer features a plug-in mat, as opposed to Wii Fits wireless balance board, and is more akin to a dance mat than anything else.
The interaction between mat and game is all to do with timing of your steps and the challenges are more like rhythm-action games than a serious exercise program.
It’s obviously aimed at being more fun than serious, there are multiplayer modes and a large collection of mini-games to play including boarding, canoeing, skating and others.
This is due for a UK release later this year, so keep your eyes peeled.

In a largely desperate and predictable move, Micorsoft Corp., the wolrd’s largest software maker has cut the price of its XBox 360 console to compete with Nintendo Co. - the market leader.

XBox 360 Arcade has had $80 slashed off its price, making it $50 cheaper than the top selling Wii. Other versions of the console have had $50 price cuts.

XBox sales in the United States have lagged behind the Wii and PS3 in June and July 2008.

Nintendo won’t feel immediate pressure to cut the price of the Wii, it hasn’t changed since the console was introduced in 2006.

In July, U.S. stores sold 555,000 Wii consoles. PlayStation 3 was second at 224,000 and Xbox 360 was third with 204,800, according to NPD.

Research carried out by women-only insurers Sheila’s Wheels has shown that nearly a fifth of women interviewed admitted having accidents in their living rooms after getting carried away playing Wii Fit.

Broken furniture, vases, banged heads, pulled muscles are but a few of the incidents reported, some incidents even had pets involved.

I can testify to the dangers of the Wii after cracking my pooches head during a vigourous bout of Wii bowling.

It was meant to get the nation back in shape in the comfort of our own homes - but women working out on the Nintendo Wii Fit video game have helped cause around £20 million of damage to their own living rooms.

Still - they’re saving on gym membership.

A music rhythm game where you move your arms to the music! Groove to 26 different songs with 3 difficulties!

Helix is a WiiWare release which you can download from the WiiWare channel at a cost of 500 points. It’s innovative, exciting, and damn hard work for couch potatoes like me.

I recommend playing the game with 2 Wii Remotes for the best experience. You can perform dozens of moves, including punches, circles, back fists, hooks and more. The visuals are basic as it’s the music and the interaction that is the main focus of the game. The game contains 26 songs and 3 difficulty levels with unlockable songs as you play.

This game is great for exercise plus having fun. It’s easy for anyone to pick up and play but difficult for even the best players to master.

The latest Firmware Update by Nintendo has very few changes for Wii owners, but there are 1 or 2 serious effects.

You will have the ability to move your Mii creations from your regular 100-max storage to the Mii parade. You will lose some key features if you do this, such as the name of its Creator and birthday details.

Behind the scenes, the update kills the Wii Freeloader, the Datel disc used to play imported Wii games.
Freeloader users beware!

The infamous Twilight Hack, a save game glitch available only in Zelda: Twilight Princess that allows the Wii Homebrew Channel to be installed, has also been blocked. Anyone who has already installed the Homebrew Channel will be unaffected but the primary method of installing the channel is now gone.
It won’t be long before this is reversed!

Announced eons ago…..Samba de Amigo is the revival of the Dreamcast classic.

The first shots of the Maracas attachments have just been posted.

Spicy red, just like the Dreamcast ones.

They’re pre-selling for $15 with a Sept. 23 release. If you’re getting the game, you should definitely pick up an extra pair for some multiplayer action.

Developed by acclaimed developer, Gearbox Software, Samba De Amigo will be exclusively available for the Wii in Spring 2008.

EA Sports has confirmed its EA Canada studio (Vancouver) is currently hard at work on a brand new tennis franchise for the Wii.

EA Sports is promising “innovative ways to play” as or against the best players the tennis world has to offer.

“As we look to expand the EA Sports brand and captivate sports fans from around the world with rich new interactive experiences, it was obvious that the renaissance we’re seeing in the sport of tennis provides us with a big opportunity.”

“Our new tennis franchise, coming first to the Wii, will put fans right into the action and provide the excitement, tension and drama that true champions feel in legendary matches - like the classic from Wimbledon just last month.” commented Peter Moore, president of EA Sports.

The first Wii title is set to be released in 2009 and will be the first EA Sports title to use the recently unveiled Wii MotionPlus accessory.

Great news for all you Wimbledon buffs, as EA Sports has also snapped up the exclusive rights to All England Lawn Tennis Club, home of the Wimbledon Championships.

Other console releases will follow after the game debuts on the Wii.

More news to follow, in the meantime, get practising your backhand.

Latest Chart-Track data shows Mario surging back to the front of the pack in the UK All-Formats Top 40.

Wii Fit was pushed down to a credible 2nd place after a 24 percent slump.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 did not finish and reports have it Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was seen crying in some bushes Mika Hakkinen style.

Full chart details are available at Chart Track.

According to a new Top Global Markets Report, which is compiled by Japanese, US, and UK chart specialists.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl broke 5 million sales to take second, followed by fellow Wii exclusives Mario Kart Wii with over 4.5 million and and Wii Fit with over 3.5 million.

Rounding off the top five was Guitar Hero III, coming in with just under 3.5 million sales.

TOKYO — Videogame maker Nintendo Co. Friday raised its profit and sales forecasts for the current financial year on a better outlook for its gaming devices as well as a weaker yen, sending its shares sharply higher.

The Kyoto-based game machine maker said it now expects net profit to climb to 410 billion yen ($3.78 billion) for the year ending March. That’s 26% higher than the 325 billion yen it previously forecast, and nearly 60% higher than its net profit for the last fiscal year.

Nintendo predicts sales of 30.50 million units of its Nintendo DS handheld devices, in addition to 26.5 million Wii gaming consoles during the current financial year. This compares to its earlier forecast of 28 million handheld devices and 25 million gaming consoles.