New Zelda Vids @ Wii.com

New Wii Experience clips have been uploaded to the Wii Software page for Twilight Princess: HERE

They depict the Horseback Battles on Hyrule Field..Enjoy!

Stylish Disc Art

Wii may not come out the winner of the hardware battle with PS360, but its software is just plain lovely. As media receive their copies of games, boxart and game-discs for Wii have surfaced. Here are two examples [courtesy: IGN & IGN]:

KOTAKU even located a video of the Wii assembly lines. In my opinion, its manages to be more boring in motion than the pictures above. The only thing gained by watching is the knowledge that Wii Remotes ship WITH batteries. There.

Now, you’ve no reason to watch the clip at all..

ESRB Confirms More Nintendo Classics

Standouts in reverse-chrono order:

Mario Kart 64
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Metroid
Pilotwings
Punch-Out
Kid Icarus

FULL LIST
OF “NEW”
CLASSICS
[ via PGC ]

PS3 Japanese Launch Nears

PS3 launches in Nippon-landia in 2 days. You wouldn’t know it from this picture:

This line is for Wii preorders which began today:

And, as confirmation that the Blue Ocean will yield countless fish, this is the queue for a new shipment of DSLites:

SOURCE: IGN

Wii gets BOWN

Wii came away with a crown in the annual awards issue of Popular Science magazine.

Specifically, they won the Home Entertainment category, notably beating out Sony’s PS3 [which didn’t even grab an Honorable Mention].

To put this feat in historical perspective, I dusted off some old BOWN issues [yes i kept them] and the results were thought provoking:

Past Honorable Mentions included Apple’s iPod and HUMMER’s first H2.
Past Category Winners include the 1st Samsung DLP, Nissan’s 350Z, and the original BOSE Wave Radio.

Those names mentioned above are successful products and household names NOW but that was not always the case. Sales jumped after POPSCI placed a BOWN crown on their head, figuratively knighting them for the success which was sure to follow. That fact alone could prompt a “NEWS FROM THE FUTURE” type headline about the resounding success Wii will enjoy. Gimmicky toy it is not.

Head over to the BOWN 2006 website for the scoop on the other 8 category winners. Don’t forget to check the winner in General Innovation. That’s the real champ..