Break it Down Blog

For all the Wii fans out there that love driving coconut shells and using turtles to solve problems, you aren’t going to care about this. But for the rest of the readers (like me) that bought a Wii at launch and have turned it on a total of 8 times before every single damn game [...]

NOTE: This article may invoke feelings of “No Shit Sherlock” in some of you, I’d encourage you to post those feelings as comments… maybe even a “You are a FAG!” would help… those are always appreciated and helpful to everyone reading.
This tip is a little obscure, but it’s one that has driven me crazy for [...]

Chris Hunkele sends in the scoop that Red Octane has the Wii Guitar Hero III standalone guitars up for sale, grab one if you need it!

Brad Agdern sent in news that Activision has offered a complete $132 refund for Guitar Hero III for the Wii or a remastered replacement disk for folks that were put out by the audio on the Guitar Hero III not being Dolby Surround even though it was advertised as such.
A pretty nice move considering the [...]

Suh-weet.
For the folks out there <cough>me</cough> that had a NEO GEO and fell in love with the arcade stick that it had, you can rejoice in knowing it will be coming to the Wii shortly.
I’m not sure there are fighters on the Wii and VC that are so badass that the NEO GEO stick is [...]

Johnny Lee is at it again. We blogged about his first invention (using the IR-sensing capabilities of the Bluetooth Nintendo Wii controller), which was a Minority Report-esque multi-touch display that you could manipulate with your fingers.
Now it looks like he’s refined his ideas a bit further. Modifying a typical Bic Pen to include a power [...]

Johnny Lee is hardcore. Using the LED-detecting ability of the Wiimote, combined with some reflective tape on his fingertips along with a LED panel, he was able to create an interactive field that he can manipulate with his two fingers. It’s simple, but really damn smart and could lead to some interesting commercialized applications (e.g. [...]

Ted Regulski just sent along this smoking link to the NeoGAF forums for a Kmart coupon of 20% off any purchase that basically brings all the major consoles down to the following prices:

Playstation 3: $320
XBox 360: $280
Wii: $199

Apparently the coupons are fine to print out and use, take note of the dates on the coupons [...]

IGN posted the sales numbers so far this year for the XBox 360, Wii and PS3… the result? Jesus Sony, get on the ball here.
It’s funny to look at these numbers and think “price has nothing to do with it”, unfortunately Sony launched with too high of a price point and no games that were [...]

Rockstar is using the above, custom-styled Wii to try and entice folks to enter their Radio Rebellion Sweepstakes. A limited time offering that includes the above Wii along with a 50″ Plasma for the winner.
The official Radio Rebellion page is here, but it looks like you signup at the previous link page after making your [...]

Looks like Prince, long-time manufacturer of real tennis racquets has gotten in the Wii accessory game. These new Wii racquets will go on sale come November and be around $15. Not too shabby for a plastic frame.

This is cool as hell, looks like Nintendo is going to be giving out free Wiimote Anti-Slip jackets for your Wiimotes; all you have to is go to their website (wii.com, nintendo.com) or call them (866-431-8367). They will start shipping October 15th.