Wow, does this marketing picture look fimiliar? Nope, this is not another ad for the Nintendo Wii, but for the Chinese Wii rip-off “Vii”. Not only does the “Vii” steal the Wii’s ideal but they also rip off of Nintendo’s marketing and ad campaign as well. When will this crap end?
I was digging around on the internet and found this pathetic website. This place actually has “Vii” crap that you can buy. They have a clothing line for “Vii”, they have “Vii” remote faceplates… And they even have a logo.. “We’re proud to say Vii are Chinese”
I am waiting for the TV commercial where two Chinese guys to ride around in a very small car promoting this Vii crap, saying “We’re proud to say Vii are Chinese”… Now that would be original would’nt it…
The Japanese press report on the chines pile of feces called the “Vii”… You know, that horrible rip-off of the Nintendo Wii in Japan… I guess they could not get “James” on the phone. Last I heard he was still on the lam running from Reggie Fils-Aime.
I do not know Japanese, but it does not take a rocket scientist to see that in this video the Japanese Press as well as the average people on the street in Japan are laughing about this steaming pile of dog turds. If anybody can translate this please write a comment. I’d love to hear what the fool is saying on the phone. (from what I understand he is somebody from Vii (James?) saying the Vii is not a rip-off of the Wii, it just looks like it.)
Oh… this pile of donkey piss is $200 (US)! What a friggin joke! Every time I see a Vii video I want to kick my PC monitor out the window. This is just pure BS.
This is a really crazy story. It shows even in places that you would never think that there is still good and bad in this world we live in today. Some a-hole decided to jack a Wii system from a retirement community. These folks saved up to buy a Wii for the home and a month later someone stole it. The guy over at GoNintendo says he is going to buy them a new system, which shows that people still have a heart. People also commented on the story and wanted to set up a sort of Paypal fund for these poor folks but it looks like .
I have to give huge props to Go Nintendo’s RawMeatCowboy if he does in fact buy them a new one. I’ll keep you guys posted on this story… but check out the details at the link below.
This is the firstof what I guess you could call a end of week thought. Hell, every blog seems to have one now. Everybody has a “end of day thought” or whatever… So here are my thoughts of this weeks gaming news…
Looks like Activision is going to fix that little mono problem that the Nintendo Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has. Too bad it could not be fixed through some online patch. Look out for a re-mastered disc in 2008…
“We recently became aware that some consumers have not been able to enjoy the full audio output in the Nintendo Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. We are currently working with Nintendo and are planning to issue an improved audio experience in future versions of the game. We expect to have re-mastered discs available by early 2008 and we will be offering consumers replacement discs at no cost once they become available. We thank all of our customers for their support and patience.” – Activision spokeswoman Rhy-Ming Poon
Activision, Inc. and Vivendi today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi’s interactive entertainment business — which includes Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft, the world’s #1 multi-player online role-playing game franchise — with Activision, creating the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher. The new company, Activision Blizzard, is expected to have approximately $3.8 billion in pro forma combined calendar 2007 revenues and the highest operating margins of any major third-party video game publisher. On closing of the transaction, Activision will be renamed Activision Blizzard and will continue to operate as a public company traded on NASDAQ under the ticker ATVI.
GGRRR!!! Damn it, this is a game that I have been waiting a loooong time for. baseball Stars 2 for the NeoGeo ROCKS!!! I am still trying to figure out how Europe (a country that does not even celebrate baseball as a national sport) got this game before the USA… Whats with that SNK? Hopefully Monday the Wii US Shop Channel will have Baseball Stars 2.
I am really tired of reading every other day that “The Nintendo Wii is just a gimmick and will lose the system war” or “Sony will be in last place with the Playstation 3″ or “The Xbox 360 is doomed”. I just read a story on a everyday typical Gaming Blog that was talking about how the Nintendo Wii will not last against the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3. So I thought I would throw out there my personal take on this system war.
The Energizer Top 10
1.) Hi-Definition TV/Plasma
2.) Nintendo Wii
3.) Laptop Mac/PC
4.) Satellite navigation system
5.) Digital camera
6.) Nintendo DS Lite
7.) Sony PS3
8.) iPod/MP3
9.) Mobile phone
10.) Digital radio
VGChartz has just released a list of sales for systems and games. Looks like Super Mario Galaxy has gone over the million mark. Below are the hardware sales for Black Friday week as compared to the previous week for the current platforms (PS3, 360, Wii, PSP, and DS).
Hardware Sales, 24th Nov 2007
Japan America Others Total DS – 120,031 684,202 521,085 1,325,318 Wii – 47,497 421,419 174,503 643,419 PSP – 90,034 194,723 82,915 367,672 PS3 – 56,211 174,045 102,631 332,887 360 – 6,006 254,680 71,785 332,471
It seems like Greenpeace did not even do their research on that pathetic little story they did on electronic companies and how green they are. In this article they gave Nintendo a big, fat Zero. Microsoft did not fair too well either. ARS Technica did some great research of their own, and it looks like Greenpeace did minimal research… Read the rest of this entry »
Nintendo Co. sold more Wii game consoles last week than in any week since the popular gadget launched in late 2006, but executives warned Tuesday that Wiis would be scarce through the end of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
Yahoo Green praises Wii on their Yahoo Green website (while Greebnpeace gave Nintendo a big fat zero). Personally I thought the whole Greenpeace deal is a big joke. I mean.. WHO CARES!!! Don’t you Greenpeace guys need to worry about more important things like sog, pollution in the rivers, etc…
From Yahoo Green… The Wii is up to 10 times more efficient than the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3. The downside is that the Wii is designed to be constantly plugged-in and online, using power while you’re not playing.
In the first week of the 2007 holiday shopping season, Nintendo of America has sold more Nintendo products than at any other time in its history. This includes more than 653,000 Nintendo DS portable video game systems, 350,000 Wii home systems and millions of games and accessories throughout the United States – and the season is just getting started.
Wii owners in Japan got a nice surprise today with the Wii Download Channel. This new channel allows you to watch game trailers, interviews, etc as well as being able to use your Nintendo Wii as a hub to download Nintendo DS demo’s right to your DS system. Very cool… But no word on as to when this channel will hit other parts of the world (US and UK).
Those Greenpeace hippies are at it again. This time they are rating big electronic companies. I honestly thing this report is a big joke. But this is news about the “Big Three” so here is the link to this rubbish. LOL… Nintendo scored a big fat “Zero”? Um… er… ok… Read the rest of this entry »
