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Trouble in Lego Indiana Jones

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:03:46 +0000

Spoiler Alert

You might not want to read this unless you have encountered the crash in the chapter, “Trouble in the Sky” in The Last Crusade in Lego Indiana Jones for Nintendo Wii. Then again, you might want to read this to prevent the game freezing at the point that it froze for me.

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Cheaters in Mario Kart Wii

Thu Tu Koelling — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:22:36 +0000

I’m having trouble winning trophies in the 150cc engine class of Mario Kart Wii. I went to check to the Mario Kart Channel Rankings to see how the #1 ranked racer did in the Time Trial. In two of the tracks, the #1 racer didn’t even drive off from the starting line. I had read [...]

My Workout Routine with Dance Dance Revolution

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:03:38 +0000

Last week, I had my physical examination where my doctor asked me what I did for exercise. I told him Dance Dance Revolution for the Wii. He asked some additional questions and said that that’s fine to use DDR for my exercise routine as long as it got my heart beat up and I sweated.

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Wii Firmware 3.1 Enables USB Keyboard Compatibility in Internet Channel

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:36:13 +0000

Last night, I read that there was a firmware upgrade for the Wii. In installed it and went to the internet channel to see if I could use my keyboard to enter in urls but it didn’t work. Bummer.

This morning, I got the pretty blue light notification on my Wii. There were three messages [...]

Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party Tips

Thu Tu Koelling — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:48:06 +0000

Although I’ve played DDR years ago on my friend’s Playstation (2?) and in the arcade at Dave & Buster’s, I considered myself a newbie when I got my own copy of the game to play on my Wii console. If you’re an expert, this post probably wouldn’t be helpful to you, but if you’d like [...]

Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party on the Wii

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:17:10 +0000

I stopped by Toys R Us tonight to see if they had Dance Dance Revolution in stock yet. I called on release day, yesterday, and they still didn’t have it. I checked on the website and did not see the DDR Bundle (which has the game and dance pad) for the Wii. I just saw [...]

Toys R Us: Buy two get one free game; Wii available 9/23/2007

Thu Tu Koelling — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:28:19 +0000

I dropped by Toys R Us to see if they had a GameCube Wavebird I could buy (they didn’t). I did find that they had a sale on all video games: buy two get one free (of equal or lesser value). If there are at least two games you would have liked to buy, this [...]

Wii Firmware 3.0 Enables USB Keyboard Compatibility

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:54:39 +0000

OMG, I was checking out my Wii feed in my iGoogle and read Wii USB Ports Now Compatible With Keyboard! I had to try it out for myself.

I have a wireless Logitech keyboard for my desktop. It was more of a hassle to get everything disconnected and then reconnected than it was to actually [...]

Wii Firmware Update Version 3

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:48:07 +0000

On Monday, Nintendo made available an upgrade with a few minor and medium changes to the Wii’s functionality and appearance. I won’t add to all the places that provide a list of changes, but if you want to know more info, you can check out the Wii board in Nintendo forums.

I will write about [...]

Gamestop Super Mario Galaxy Pre-order Delayed until 12/31/2007

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 24 May 2007 05:00:41 +0000

I just got this email from Gamestop regarding my pre-order of Super Mario Galaxy for Nintendo Wii:Dear Customer,

You have signed up to receive release date changes for:

Super Mario Galaxy

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=T000513

Old Release Date – 11/30/2007 New Release Date – 12/31/2007

When I made the order back in January, the release date was [...]

Virtual Console Graphics Look Much Better Than the Original

Thu Tu Koelling — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:50:27 +0000

I have a Nintendo 64 system (formerly my brother’s) where I started playing Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Then I got my Wii and played Twilight Princess instead. Once done with that, I went back to OoT. Wow, the difference in graphics was huge. Everything looked so fuzzy. I was playing but then got [...]

Huge Quality Difference in Wii Graphics in HD vs Standard TV

Thu Tu Koelling — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:19:04 +0000

I brought my Wii with me on my trip to my parents’ place this weekend. To minimize stuff I’d have to disconnect and pack I left the component cable at home and brought the composite cable.

It turned out the 13 year old tv couldn’t have handled the component input anyway. The difference in graphic [...]

Super Paper Mario is Fun and Funny

Thu Tu Koelling — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:03:51 +0000

After my ups and downs and then up again with getting Super Paper Mario as a birthday gift to myself, I should provide an update after playing it for a few days.

SPM is one of the funnest video games that I have ever played. Its 2-D / 3-D mechanism is a refreshing change of [...]

Final Wii Browser Available

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:25:40 +0000

Last night, my Nintendo Wii greeted me with its pretty blue light. I turned it on to see what awaited me. I honestly had no idea. I clicked on the Message icon and it showed that Nintendo had sent a message announcing the Final Wii Browser was available. Yipee!

I did the system update in [...]

Happier with Amazon’s Handling of Disappointing Handling of Pre-Order

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:44:58 +0000

Earlier this morning, I wrote about how I was disappointed with how Amazon handled my Super Paper Mario Pre-Order. After I published my post, I saw that it was possible to order the game right then and there, and get it delivered before my pre-order would even arrive. However, my order was in progress so [...]