Martin Lihs and Frank Matuse’s WiiSpray, the art project that combines a projector, a custom Flash interface and a Wiimote inside a spray can-shaped enclosure, now has documented proof that it is awesome. Over the weekend, International Forum Design awarded the creators of the WiiSpray project its iF Communication Design Award in the category of product interfaces.

In August, International Forum Design will announce “gold award” winners from within the group of iF winners. Even if WiiSpray doesn’t get that, it’s already noteworthy enough to see a Wiimote-based homebrew project win a design award. And it’s quite an achievement for a couple of students!

[Via GameSpot]

WiiSpray tagged with design award originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We stopped by Ubisoft’s San Francisco offices late last week to spend more time with its upcoming Nintendo platform lineup. Although we’d played many of the same games — at the same stage of development — during E3, now was the time to really focus on details. So, first up was Red Steel 2, a game that initially had us smitten with its manga-esque East-meets-West visual style, but failed to impress once we took hold of its controls.

So, once again, we were faced with the extremely short demo / gameplay primer Ubisoft had created for last month’s trade show. This second look didn’t leave us any more enamored with the mix of sword slashing and pistol shooting, but we were able to get a better idea of exactly what didn’t feel right. At the same time, we came away even more impressed by the game from a visual standpoint than when we’d first seen it in action.

Continue reading Hands-on: Red Steel 2

Hands-on: Red Steel 2 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up doesn’t just remind of another famous Nintendo franchise with the word Smash in the cover, now it’s got the same style of cameos going on. The Tanooki took note of two different Rabbids that will make an appearance in the melee brawler.

The first Rabbid appears to be a standard insanitus bunnykin, while the other is a Sam Fisher Rabbid. The characters surely have their own fighting styles and special moves. Check out the video after the break.

Continue reading Rabbids ready to ‘smash up’ with TMNT

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The controversial “Demo Play” feature devised by Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo won’t just be limited to New Super Mario Bros. Wii and other console-based adventures. A blurb in Japan’s Nikkei newspaper notes that the feature, which allows players to skip difficult areas and watch them played automatically, will also be used in portable games in the future. Nikkei referred to it as a “skip functionality” or “skip feature.”

Nikkei notes that this feature is designed for “high-speed action games,” so presumably you won’t be able to let Dr. Kawashima step in and count the number of people who just ran out of the house (we hate that one), nor will you be able to make the Pokémon start choosing themselves mid-battle.

[Via Kotaku]

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This week, Japan finally gets Super Punch-Out!! on the Virtual Console. The Wii game, for which this SNES release has served as a promotional tool in other territories, isn’t out until July 23 in Japan, so Super Punch-Out!! will have to tide over the crowd of Japanese gamers hungry for cartoon violence.

Also available on the Virtual Console: cartoon violence of a different variety and an older vintage, in the form of Namco’s 1985 horizontal shooter Sky Kid. And on WiiWare this week: nothing at all.

Virtual Console:

• Super Punch-Out!! (Super Famicom, 800 Wii Points)
• Sky Kid (Arcade, 800 Wii Points)

Continue reading VC Tuesday: Flying, boxing, and no WiiWare

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Yes, people are cheating online in The Conduit already

Ian, Mike and Andrew put down their Wii Remotes for this week’s podcast, and talk about online cheating (gasp!) in The Conduit, EA Sports Active, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (again), a crazy story about a mother selling a stolen Wii, and an even crazier story about Nintendo buying an entire TV show. Plus, Miyamoto says the next Zelda game won’t be “that radically different”, No More Heroes jumps platforms, and SEGA makes a commitment to mature titles on Wii. Listen to this episode today!

Topics covered in this week’s episode:

• (02:57) Currently Playing
• (12:58) Online Cheating in The Conduit
• (21:12) EA Sports Active Review
• (22:17)
  

  

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