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64% of Japanese Gamers Have Quit Using Wii Fit Already (516 diggs) Rather than a game, Wii Fit is more comparable to an exercise program. More specifically, it ’s something that most people would consider playing in short bursts each day. A recent poll, however, shows that close to two-thirds of Japanese gamers are already giving up on the product. ITMedia in Japan took poll data from 1000 gamers and a. . .

An Elegant DS Stylus For A More Civilized Age (1,130 diggs) Say what you will about the quality of recent Star Wars games, you'll be hard pressed finding a bad word to say about these. They're official Nintendo DS styli, only with a bonus Star Wars license thrown in, meaning, yes, these are proper DS lightsabers.

Retro Gaming in Real Life (773 diggs) I can recognize some of these games. It's cool how they blend into the background it makes them look like they're interacting with the environment.

A Typical Bo Jackson Run On Tecmo Bowl [Video] (1,546 diggs) I can recall playing this game for hours on end. Christian Okoye of the Chiefs was just as raw.

Analyst: Wii Might Not Be A Fad (722 diggs) DFC Intelligence has a theory. David Cole, analyst at the firm, says that the Wii "does not appear to be a fad and it has the chance to be one of the best selling systems of all-time" according to new report.

Chrono Trigger officially coming to the DS (2,149 diggs) A new page on publisher Square Enix's Japanese web site reveals that the company is planning to port its acclaimed SNES RPG Chrono Trigger to the Nintendo DS.

Super Mario Marathon Raises over $11,100 for Child's Play (1,113 diggs) This weekend, from 3pm on Friday until 12:30am on Monday, three guys played 7 Mario games to completion broadcasting the entire event live on the Internet to a sustained audience of over 2000, and raised over $11,100 for the Child's Play Charity from over 600 contributors. It's great to see a positive story about the video games and the community.

Super Mario Marathon For Child's Play - LIVE ON USTREAM :) (1,226 diggs) Three gamers, seven games, fifty-five hours, all for the sake of the children. The trio is broadcasting their Super Mario Marathon live all weekend via UStreamTV, kicking off at 3PM Eastern and going until all the games are completed or they go crazy and turn on each other.

Six ways that Pokémon really bothers me. (1,436 diggs) Jim Sterling takes on the world of Pokémon.

Can you imagine having THIS on your walls? I can! (3,841 diggs) My wife would kill me, but I can imagine it. Everytime I came to the hole though I'd probably try to jump over it. I'd be injured within the first week it was in the house.

Super Mario Bros. Finally Makes Sense [PIC] (4,814 diggs)

New Wii update hacked, homebrew lives on (1,293 diggs) Earlier this week, Nintendo released firmware version 3.3 for the Wii in the hopes of deterring some of the homebrew work being done for the console. The update nixed the commonly-used "Twilight Hack," which made use of a modified save file to launch homebrew applications. It didn't take long for the community to respond, however...

Mario’s Worst Spore Nightmare: Bowser (1,500 diggs) It seems that you can create almost anyone as a Spore. King Bowser is no exception. Check out Mario ’s arch nemesis, Bowser, grow his own ‘Baby Bowser’s’ from the ground up, literally.

Nintendo kills Twilight Hack with Wii Menu Update 3.3 (1,204 diggs) Say goodbye to homebrew (at least for now, until they figure out how to exploit something else).

5 LEGO Video Games That Will Never Happen (1,195 diggs) With the recent success of LEGO video games, we at the-minusworld decided to come up with five movies we want to see get the LEGO treatment. Enjoy, because these are definitely never going to happen.

Nintendo Wii Fit women and the $41m damage bill (1,160 diggs) Women working out on Nintendo Wii Fit are helping to cause millions of dollars worth of damage to their homes. In Britain alone, it has been reported that bungling fitness fiends have contributed to a STG 20 million living room repair bill.

Playboy model does Wii Fit (5,173 diggs) look at this!

Hacker makes Wii-friendly NES, SNES, N64 controllers (1,027 diggs) The RetroUSB NES/SNES controller adapters enable gamers to easily attain a more genuine Virtual Console experience through the ability to use original controllers. Some hackers have gone even further, building custom circuitry into old equipment. Custom Nintendo themselves have contributed the Super Famicom Classic Controller to the cause of authen

The Best N64 Games That Still Matter Today (1,873 diggs) I thought it would be a good idea to develop a list of games that are still relevant in today ’s market because of their unique gameplay that has not been improved upon on other systems. Our basic rule of thumb for this list is to determine which games are still worth playing today, even if you have a Gamecube and/or a Wii.