Literal Barrage

That's right, the Wii arrived back, safe and sound. Turns out my "main circuit board" needed replacing. I'm unsure as to what was specifically wrong, but the solution was really the best I could have hoped for. All my Miis and saved games were preserved, which is excellent.
The only downside is that [...]

Curse and blast! Above is the screen that I am now resigned to staring at each day until my Wii returns from the Nintendo service depot.
It started exhibiting "visual tearing" (little black shimmery spots) artifacts a few months ago, particularly in Zack & Wiki and Super Mario Galaxy, so much so that Z&W almost [...]

Okay, this just looks ridiculously fun.
Nintendo released their "WiiWare" channel today, allowing original, direct-download gaming on the Wii in exchange for Wii points. Nintendo Wii Fanboy has posted their review of Defend Your Castle, one of the launch titles for the channel. The game is hard to describe, so I'll let their video [...]

Good idea: Defending your intellectual property via every means necessary.
Bad idea: Defending your intellectual property via every means necessary by threatening to sue a competitor whose president is a former lawyer and who has the law on their side.
Good idea: Reading Dave Barry's Tax Day column.
Bad idea: Reading Dave Barry's Tax [...]

So, uhhh, Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People is coming out in episodic form for the Wii via Nintendo's WiiWare downloadable content service. It is official: there is now no good reason for you not to own a Wii and, like, 40 gazillion good reasons to do so (30-35 gazillion of which are [...]

GamePro got their grubby mitts on an advance copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Wii and, well, call me jealous. Their impressions of this early build are enough to make this Star Wars fan's drool glands activate:

Having had extensive hands-on time with The Force Unleashed for Wii, we can indeed confirm [...]

Super Smash Brothers Brawl for teh Weeee!the Wii. Now that looks like some good fun. Vinny and I will have to be hooking up the online VS. play, I tell you whut.