Previews: April 2007 Archives

Recently we asked how the upcoming Wii exclusive title Boogie from EA will allow players to 'sing and dance', considering that the Wii currently doesn't have a dance mat or a microphone built into the remote.

EA have explained that the term was merely descriptive of what the game character will do during the game in that he will dance and sing, controlled by you (the gamer).
The Wii's innovative remote responding to tilts and movements within 3D space should provide some interesting, beat related controlling. So far, the control interface seems to imply that the game will play in a way slightly similar to B-Boy (PS2, PSP), using timing and directional elements.

Music is at the heart of the latest 'leak' from overseas.

Several games news web sites pointed this week to a possible leak about a game that will allow players to conduct an orchestra and control many instruments. One site (Next-Gen) quoted Nintendo with the following, "We have no information about this, so we can't comment on rumour."

That's interesting ... especially since in London before the Wii launched, I scored 85 per cent (which I was told was a rather good score) playing an un-named orchestra game using rhythm and timing to conduct to of all things, the Legend of Zelda theme tune!

Now all we need is a trouser press for the suit and tails and we'll be well away when this 'rumour' reaches game status and we get our grubby mitts on it!

Ever spent an entire evening sitting around in your living room with friends, watching YouTube videos on your Wii browser? Perhaps spinning the Weather globe therapeutically is more your thing, or thinking of questions to suggest on the Everybody Votes channel. Us? We watched ferrets. For hours.

Yet now it seems your viewing pleasure is to be improved, and the best part is that it's all for free! At least, until June 30th 2007.

Once you're used to the service and can't remember what life was really like before you had it, Ninty will be asking you to shell out 500 Wii points - enough to purchase a NES game on the Virtual Console (£3.75p). Once you have paid however, it's yours for the life of the machine. Considering the DS browser retails for around £25-£29, it doesn't seem so bad.

Manual as well as automatic zoom control is included, as well as scrolling (using the B button or the D pad). There's parental control over access to the Internet, and apparently all the Wii remotes currently in use will have their cursors showing on screen. It would seem though that only player one can actually select anything, which we will be testing thoroughly.

Yahoo and Google get the thumbs up from Mario, being set as standardised search engines. All in all, it's a smoother, easier to use system. If you were using the trial version and liking it, then this is going to improve your experiences.

At the end of the day, you may think twice before paying to browse if you have an online PC in the same room as your Wii.