The GameShadow Blog

  Like many, I’m altogether rather chuffed that Okami is coming to Wii. It was clearly always going to find a home on the platform’s motion sensing controls, but the fact that it’s finally arrived in the US, and is on its way to Europe is still a cause for celebration – perhaps not least [...]

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Tam Fry, exec of the National Obesity Forum in the UK, has lashed out at Nintendo for branding perfectly healthy children as fat in Wii Fit. The game uses the (obviously inappropriate and archaic) Body Mass Index system for calculating physical health. It compares your height and weight, [...]

Hardly shocking – but I’m for once going to remain non-cynical on this one. I may even be slightly positive about it. Yes, plainly EA has identified Nintendo’s inventive and astounding success with Wii Fit and the Balance Board, and has a case of the Me-Toos. It wouldn’t be EA if it hadn’t. However, as [...]

Pretty straight forward, real (if very cool). The BBC launched its iPlayer download service on the Wii internet channel. The iPlayer allows users to stream selected BBC programmes up to 7 days after they’ve been broadcast – it seems unlikely the PC’s ability to download programmes will be present, given the Wii’s lack of storage. [...]

8Bit Joystick is reporting that the joypad (codenamed Newton) rumoured to revolve around Wiimote-copying motion sensing functionality is indeed in development at Microsoft. They also helpfully point out it’s named after some guy who invented gravity, so give yourselves a pat on the back for not being as ignorant as the 8Bit audience in needing [...]

No More Heroes, the Japanese assassin game from Killer 7 devs Grasshopper Manufacture, is to be censored in the UK, but not in the US. This is old news, but since No More Heroes is due here in Blighty March 7th, it’s making me want to spit blood all over again. This completely over the [...]

This is deeply cool stuff. Let’s get those boring targets replaced with Nazis and we’re away!

According to the People, Her Majesty is a fan of Nintendo’s new console. Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton bought him the console for Christmas, and now can’t get her away from it. The People says she saw William playing ten-pin bowling, begged to have a go and “by all accounts was a natural.” Will we [...]

Call it opportunist, call it cynical exploitation, call it downright cheeky or just call it a good marketing idea – we’ve just discovered that The Carphone Warehouse have managed to get hold of some Nintendo Wiis (which as most gamers are aware are currently harder to get hold of than a decent English football manager) and they’re offering [...]

Recent announcements from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have shown the differing costs of launching a console: Microsoft’s shares rose more than 10% yesterday after their quarterly results announcement showed strong results in the Vista and Office divisions, while sales of Halo 3 pushed the consumer division, which includes the Xbox 360, into profit. Nintendo announced it has [...]