Who knew the Nintendo Wii had a trivia game on it? It was released a few weeks ago from EA’s Casual Entertainment label. Who knew EA had a casual entertainment label? You all might know I’m a trivia fanatic after reading my Scene It? review and joining in on my Scene It? party so there should be no surprise that I’m going to force my uncle or brother to buy this game. They both have a Wii so through them I shall put this game to the test.
It has 20,000 trivia questions in multiple categories all filtered by age which makes it easy for the kids to at least have a chance against me. And it has content that spans North America, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. Yep, it has some trivia for seemingly all walks of life. You can take a quick Smarty Pants Trivia Challenge and find more media on the game at EA’s Smarty Pants site. I watched one of the videos and they have a spin-the-wheel mode that looks fun.
I know quite a few of you have Wii’s so I figured I’d toss this up in the ’In Other News’ feature of U360. I hope to display my smarts in Smarty Pants soon so I can give you guys and girls the 411.
I’m finally home in Dallas and because I’m so happy about being here, I wanted to share something that gave me a good laugh while at the Penny Arcade Expo. This is some gameplay I captured of Sega’s Bleach: Shattered Blade for the Nintendo Wii. I sat there both amazed and afraid of what I saw. Someone please tell me that we don’t really want the developers and publishers in the gaming industry to adopt a “port from the Wii” attitude.
Enjoy the video below and also the last few photos from PAX. Stay tuned for more from my PAX escapade.
It’s been a while since I gave you the GameFly Top 10 so here she is. Surprisingly, the Xbox 360 is dominating the cross-platform list well after the launches of both the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3. These lists include what gamers have in their queue and may include unreleased titles. It’s interesting though to see the top requested and rented titles.
There are quite a few people who subscribe to GameFly’s rental service. I was one of them for a brief time in order to get some history and hand’s on before conducting an interview with one of its founders, Sean Spector. There have been a few things from the interview that have come to fruition so I may try to get Sean back on the show.
Until then, check out the GameFly Top 10. This is for the week ending June 18.
Most Popular Games Cross-Platform
1 The Darkness Xbox 360 Take Two
2 DiRT Xbox 360 Codemasters
3 Call of Juarez Xbox 360 Ubisoft
4 Overlord Xbox 360 Codemasters
5 Shadowrun Xbox 360 Microsoft
6 Tenchu Z Xbox 360 Microsoft
7 Forza Motorsport 2 Xbox 360 Microsoft
8 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Nintendo
9 Resident Evil 4 Wii Capcom
10 Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer Xbox 360 Take Two
Xbox 360 Most Popular Games
1 The Darkness Take Two
2 DiRT Codemasters
3 Call of Juarez Ubisoft
4 Overlord Codemasters
5 Shadowrun Microsoft
6 Tenchu Z Microsoft
7 Forza Motorsport 2 Microsoft
8 Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer Take Two
9 Transformers: The Game Activision
10 Halo 3 Microsoft
The NPD Group released its holiday sales numbers yesterday and the Xbox 360 outsold both the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii combined during the holiday season. In the month of December alone, the Xbox 360 outpaced them both selling 1.1 million units while the Wii sold 604,200 and the PS3 tuned in with 490,700. This marks a 51% market share for the 360 in December.
Also, the NPD has the top five (5) titles in the month of December with Gears of War at numero uno.
1. Gears of War - Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
2. Guitar Hero 2 Bundle- PS2 (Activision)
3. Madden NFL 07 - PS2 (Electronic Arts)
4. Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess - GCN (Nintendo)
5. Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Wii (Nintendo)
Overall it was a good holiday season across the board for the Xbox 360. I can see those bonuses rolling in right about now for the Xbox team.
Ooops Wii did it again. News has come down from Japan that the Nintendo Wii will continue Nintendo’s trend of being priced as the lowest $ alternative amongst consoles. The price? 25,000 yen ($212 US equivalent) for Japan customers. It will go on sale December 2 there.
As for the North American price…the Wii will retail at $249.99 and go on sale November 19 across 25,000 retail stores. Personally, I think that’s $50 too much for a console that has made it clear it’s not that much more technically advanced than the Gamecube or Xbox. Still, the gameplay and Wiimote seem to be its biggest draw and what most people are clammoring to try. At least the Wii is bringing back the old school tradition of consoles being packaged with games as Wii Sports will be included along with the Wiimote, Nunchuk, Wiistand and A/V cables.
Wii games will retail at $49.99 in stores.
Why is this important? Well because it’s Wii60 for the win right?
What say you?
