Filed under: Gaming, Storage
We didn’t wake up today hoping to hate on Nintendo, but they’re making it a bit too easy. Granted, the Nintendo WiFi router could certainly find a place in the homes of the tech illiterate, but Nintendo keeps hiding behind the apron strings of its casual gamer fanbase, and we don’t have to sit around and take it. Two months after Nintendo finally admitted it had a problem with Wii storage and claimed to be “working on a solution,” Reggie’s still playing that line — to diminishing effects — in Club Nintendo, the official Nintendo mag of Latin America. He went on to say that “we have never said that it will be a hard drive nor have we mentioned how we will fix this issue, but we are going to deliver a better way to store the games.” Weak. Nintendo could easily create a backup solution for SD cards or the ubiquitous thumbstick, but instead the company is letting its most active users suffer with the mere 512MB of built-in storage, requiring them to re-download games from the Wii Shop, and making few promises about when or what the storage solution will be — not cool, Nintendo. Phew, good to get that off our chests. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have some “High School Musical: Sing It!” to attend to.
[Via GameDaily]
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Filed under: Gaming, Wireless, Networking
Nintendo just announced a 5,800 Yen (about $54 US) WiFi router, built to take that pesky wired Ethernet internet and blast it across your home in a palatable WiFi fashion for use by your Wii or DS. Just like every other router ever. Only this one is cheap, cute and built by Nintendo, so watch out Linksys / Netgear / everybody. The “Nintendo WiFi Network Adapter,” meant to supplement 2005’s WiFi USB Connector, looks to be Japan-only at the moment, and is due for a September 18th release.
[Thanks, Sanimir]
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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Some dedicated hackers have finally managed to get the PSP and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Chatpad typing. There are still a few kinks to smooth out, but the hard part seems over, with l0rdnic0 managing a tiny bit of soldiering using a PSP remote cable and some software from the Open Keyboard Project. It’s all still pretty nerdy at the moment, and we’re still miffed at that Logic 3 getting cancelled way back when, but we suppose this will have to do.
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Filed under: Gaming, Laptops
Let’s see, we’ve got tons of black, a semi-gothic dragon thing, a “Z” in the brand name and a mythological creature in the product name. Yup, Zepto’s new Hydra A17 is exactly what gamers need. Sure, the P9500 Core 2 Duo processor, 1920 x 1200 17-inch screen and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX with 1GB of VRAM don’t hurt. There’s even a subwoofer and 4GB of RAM, yours for a mere £2,029 (about $3,585 US). Luckily, you can strip this one down to £1,420 (about $2,510 US) but you’ll have to sign over your gamer cred at the door — we might not even let you thread safety pins through your eyebrows.
[Via PC Launches]
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Evidently fearing some outbreak of freedom and excitement, Sony has notoriously guarded its PSP’s WiFi access closely, adding features such as Remote Play at a snail’s pace, and keeping such obvious adds as “ad-hoc” over the internet at bay. But no longer(ish). Sony is bringing ad-hoc online multiplayer to the PSP this fall, with a firmware update to allow the portable to network over the PS3. You’ll also be able to get social during gameplay, with text and voice chat in the new online mode. Additionally, the PSP is finally barging on to the PlayStation Store via WiFi, and Sony’s going to kick things off with a free downloadable game, “Mainichi Issyo Portable.” The best news is that this is compatible with all three PSP generations, so just because you can’t afford The Screen of Awesomeness doesn’t mean you’re out in the cold.
[Via Joystiq]
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It’s hard to tell if those awesome consoles up above are artists renditions or very real pieces of gaming technology that will shake the industry at its core. So hard to tell. We won’t humor Piicron enough to actually describe their ideas (okay, just one: Ubercron, a $500 console that can play “any game ever released to any console” with its 3.2GHz quad-core processor) but we do recommend clicking on over to the website, where you can easily squander an afternoon reading through all this insanity. To be honest, we’re almost a little disappointed none of this is grounded in reality, or even vaguely aware of reality: at least Phantom was trying.
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div style=text-align center;a href=httpblog.eu.playstation.com20090828exclusive-behind-the-scenes-with-scea-research-development-part-1img vspace=4 hspace=4 border=1 alt= src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908ps3-motion-rd-1.jpg adivnWell, it’s no a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090829gamegun-going-to-be-ready-for-retail-by-christmas-will-be-consoGameGuna, but we hear this a href=httpwww.engadget.comtagmotioncontrollerPlayStation motion controllera thing from Sony is going to be kind of a big deal. The SCEA R&D team was kind enough to put together some behind the scenes footage detailing a bit of the genesis of the controller and some of its technical prowess, and according to Sony this should be just enough of a calculated tease to get us excited for TGS in late September. We feel so manipulated. Video is after the break.br nbr n[Via a href=httpes.engadget.com20090829sony-muestra-un-nuevo-video-del-motion-controllerEngadget Spanisha]br nbr pa href=httpwww.engadget.com20090830sony-randd-explains-some-background-on-the-playstation-motion-cont rel=bookmarkContinue reading emSony R&D explains some background on the PlayStation motion controlleremappFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGaminga, a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategoryperipherals rel=tagPeripheralsapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090830sony-randd-explains-some-background-on-the-playstation-motion-contSony R&D explains some background on the PlayStation motion controllera originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 091400 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpblog.eu.playstation.com20090828exclusive-behind-the-scenes-with-scea-research-development-part-1Reada a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090830sony-randd-explains-some-background-on-the-playstation-motion-cont rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19145081 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090830sony-randd-explains-some-background-on-the-playstation-motion-cont#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
div style=text-align center;a href=httpwww.blackhall.netGameGun.htmimg vspace=4 hspace=4 border=1 src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908gamegun-vid-new-1-1.jpg alt= adivnRemember that RedneckTechie and his a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090621diy-vr-game-gun-packs-built-in-motion-tracking-optional-mulletinsanely great GameGun ideaa Well, he’s back with another slick demo video, along with some news for us he’s putting together a retail version that will be ready by Christmas. The gun will also be compatible with Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and Windows and a plug-and-play device. We’re incredibly short on details, and the pre-order page isn’t live just yet, but if Mr. Redneck can pull this off, we’re gonna fall all over ourselves to nab one no matter what the price is. New vid is after the break.br pa href=httpwww.engadget.com20090829gamegun-going-to-be-ready-for-retail-by-christmas-will-be-conso rel=bookmarkContinue reading emGameGun going to be ready for retail by Christmas, will be console compatibleemappFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorydisplays rel=tagDisplaysa, a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGaminga, a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategoryperipherals rel=tagPeripheralsapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090829gamegun-going-to-be-ready-for-retail-by-christmas-will-be-consoGameGun going to be ready for retail by Christmas, will be console compatiblea originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Sat, 29 Aug 2009 223700 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpwww.blackhall.netGameGun.htmReada a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090829gamegun-going-to-be-ready-for-retail-by-christmas-will-be-conso rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19144933 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090829gamegun-going-to-be-ready-for-retail-by-christmas-will-be-conso#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
div style=text-align center;a href=httpwww.gamespot.comnews6216290.htmlimg vspace=4 hspace=4 border=1 src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908ps3-on-sale-1.jpg alt= adivnThe fine folks at emGameSpotem called around in San Francisco to find that many of their local GameStops and Best Buys have been selling the PS3 Slim, but some have already sold out of their first shipments. Our own calls to a few New York GameStops showed that they’d sold out of their first shipments as well (so much for that September 1 ship date, huh) and were expecting their next shipment early next week. We also know plenty of folks who’ve had no trouble a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090821ps3-slim-shipping-on-august-26th-says-amazonscoring one onlinea, but who knows how long that supply will last. How about you, any luck tracking down this not-so-elusive console Personally, we’re still waiting on the go-ahead from our main man a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090827sonys-new-ps3-slim-ads-prove-it-gets-the-internetKevin Butlera to believe emanyem of this is true.br nbr n[Via a href=httpwww.pcworld.comarticle171023ps3_slim_sells_out_quickly.htmltk=rss_newsPC Worlda]br npa href=httpwww.engadget.com20090828ps3-slim-already-sold-out-at-many-a-retail-store#poll33865View Pollapbr pFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGamingapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090828ps3-slim-already-sold-out-at-many-a-retail-storePS3 Slim already sold out at many a retail storea originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 114800 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpwww.gamespot.comnews6216290.htmlReada a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090828ps3-slim-already-sold-out-at-many-a-retail-store rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19143866 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090828ps3-slim-already-sold-out-at-many-a-retail-store#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
div style=text-align center;a href=httpwww.engadget.comphotosnew-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wildimg vspace=4 hspace=4 border=1 src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908new-xbox-boxes-001.jpg alt= adivnCome on Microsoft, just fess up. a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090825xbox-360-pro-and-elite-price-cuts-confirmed-in-target-ad-for-nexWe know you’re killing off your middle Xbox SKUa, you know you’re killing off your middle SKU, so let’s drop this pretense of secrecy, alright The latest in this overwhelming heap of proof comes from tipster David R., whose local Best Buy had the two new Xbox 360 Arcade and Xbox 360 Elite SKUs in stock. He brought home the Arcade SKU and snapped some shots, while that new white-boxed Elite is still out there in his Reno store, confusing customers and blue shirts alike. Interestingly, Microsoft’s announcement pattern was quite similar when the Arcade was originally introduced — we actually had an a href=httpwww.engadget.com20071014xbox-360-arcade-unboxedunboxing of a store-bought systema before it became official — and most other 360 price cuts have been widely publicized before Microsoft gives in. At what point will this company just admit it’s licked this time around and drop the official word on us alreadybr ndiv class=postgallerypstrongGallery a href=httpwww.engadget.comphotosnew-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wildNew Xbox 360 Arcade and Elite boxes shot once again in the wildastrongpa href=httpwww.engadget.comphotosnew-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wild2233001img src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908new-xbox-boxes-002_thumbnail.jpg alt=new-xbox-boxes-002 aa href=httpwww.engadget.comphotosnew-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wild2233000img src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908new-xbox-boxes-003_thumbnail.jpg alt=new-xbox-boxes-003 aa href=httpwww.engadget.comphotosnew-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wild2232999img src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908new-xbox-boxes-004_thumbnail.jpg alt=new-xbox-boxes-004 aa href=httpwww.engadget.comphotosnew-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wild2232998img src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908new-xbox-boxes-005_thumbnail.jpg alt=new-xbox-boxes-005 aa href=httpwww.engadget.comphotosnew-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wild2232997img src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia200908new-xbox-boxes-006_thumbnail.jpg alt=new-xbox-boxes-006 adivbr pFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGamingapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090825new-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wildNew Xbox 360 Arcade and Elite boxes shot once again in the wild, spelling doom for the middle siblinga originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 100500 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090825new-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wild rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19139744 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090825new-xbox-360-arcade-and-elite-boxes-shot-once-again-in-the-wild#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
