The “Break it Down” Blog

Mario Kart (Wii) Review

Summary [8 out of 10] Mario Kart Wii is the 6th Mario Kart game in the racing series, but it is the first to add motorcycles and 12 player support online. Introduction In my quest to justify buying a Nintendo Wii by finding fun games for it finally let me to playing Mario Kart.  The last Mario Kart [...]

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Wii Rock Band Store Now Open

The DLC Music store in Rock Band 2 for the Wii is finally open for business.  It opened today with 50 songs of which 20 are frees.  All tracks , other than the free ones, are 200 points.  Harmonix  has stated they will be releasing other songs from the back catalog available on other patforms [...]

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Rock Band 2 – Guitar Hero World Tour Instrument Compatibility

With the gift giving season upon us I’ve noticed a lot people with questions about which music game peripherals are compatible with each other.  With three different gaming consoles and two major new music games released recently there are a lot of possible game to instrument combinations available. Fortunatley Joystiq.com jas put together a Compatibility [...]

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EA Busted for Misleading Ads

While most hardcore gamers probably recognize that Wii games’ graphics are not as high quality as the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3.  However, the average consumer is probably not aware of that. So, when EA decided to use Xbox 360 graphics in their ads for Wii versions of their games Advertising Standards Authority caught them [...]

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Looking For A Wii This Holiday Season? Try Walmart

So your nephew/daughter/significant other/best friend wants a Wii for Christmas, but every store is already sold out and probably will not have anymore in stock before you need it for that gift?  You might try Walmart.com.  Reuters is reporting that starting today Wamart.com will have thousands of Wiis in stock and available to be shipped [...]

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Official October 2008 NPD Results

Hardware Sales PlayStation 2 136K PlayStation 3 190K PSP 193K Xbox 360 371K Wii 803K Nintendo DS 491K Top 10 Software 360 FABLE II MICROSOFT (CORP) Oct-08 1 790K WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 2 487K 360 FALLOUT 3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS Oct-08 3 375K WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 4 290K WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 5 282K 360 SAINTS ROW 2 THQ (CORP) Oct-08 6 270K PS3 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS CONFRONTATION SONY (CORP) Oct-08 7 231K PS3 LITTLE BIG [...]

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