Cheapest Wii Games Online?

Here's a challenge for anyone who's interested in finding a Wii bargain online. What are the cheapest online sources for Wii stuff - games, wiimotes, nunchucks etc.? In Europe, I've found some quite nice locations which may be of interest:

Amazon UK

First off, Amazon UK will only deliver games and hardware to you if your address is in the UK or Northern Ireland. That said, at £34.99 for the majority their games, they are some of the cheapest online. If you like this blog, get your Wii stuff through my Amazon Store. You won't get it any cheaper, but I have everything Wii nicely arranged for easy browsing!

And as an exclusive bonus, the first 10 people to buy through my Amazon store and sent me a copy of their email invoice get a link to their site in the Our Friends section over to the right (your site cannot have racist, pornographic, abusive, or illegal content. Thanks!). Remember, you can buy any product you like from Amazon using the search feature, it doesn't have to be Wii related. Your link will stay up for 30 days after you submit it. Anyone who doesn't make the first 10 will be added when the links expire. So get buying!

Blah DVD

The folks over at BlahDVD.com have the cheapest Wii games in Europe as far as I'm concerned. €50.99 with free shipping to any EU country.

eBay.com / eBay.co.uk

It's something of a crapshoot. but if you look hard enough you may find a bargain.

I'll be adding all released Wii games to my eBay tracker soon so that finding a bargain is a little easier!

If you find a cheaper store, leave a comment and I'll add them to this post.

Online Browsing on Wii

Happy New Year Wii fans! As the New Year rolls in, I can't help notice in that it has become acceptable to say "I have to have a Wii" in a conversation without fear of a barrage of urine-related attempts at humour!

I've just installed the Beta Opera Browser on my Wii and I must say I'm quite impressed with the result. Not only does it take two minutes to set up if you have a wireless network in place but Flash and Ajax sites render perfectly too. Navigation is straightforward - you can zoom in on the page with + and scroll with B if your TV is too low res (which it probably will be). Nintendo really need to bring out a keyboard though as even typing in web addresses with the Wiimote/onscreen keyboard is a challenge! It seems that regular keyboards will not plug and play with the console so it would appear that Nintendo want to release a first party keyboard of its own or it will release drivers at a later date. If you own a Wii-related website look out for the user agent:

Opera/9.00 (Nintendo Wii; U; ; 1309-9; en)

in your logs to see if anyone has navigated to your site with a Wii.

So what sites are worth browsing on the Wii? Well, the blogosphere seems packed with posts along the lines of - "wow, surfing porn on my Hi-Def TV through my Wii is so much better than before." (I won't be so foolish as to debate the merits of that argument here) Indeed Google Blog Search for Wii Porn yields over 10,000 results suggesting that this is a popular point of discussion, much of it related to a rather exaggerated story decrying the Wii as a "porn gateway" for kids.

Here's an interesting site I stumbled across during my online adventures - Wiicade.com. The premise is simple - a collection of mouse-only flash games to play on the Wii. My personal favourite is Tactical Assault. While it isn't Red Steel, its a stylish, fun flash shoot-em-up. Check it out.

SmashMyWii.com - Interesting Social Experiment or Just Plain Silly?

I've gotta hand it to the folks over at smashmywii.com. They sure know how to get attention. In their own words:

We will be one of the first people to get our hands on the Nintendo Wii. After we do, we will destroy it in front of all the Nintendo fanboys waiting in line to get theirs, on the launch day. This is only a social experiment, for the entertainment of the donors, and visitors of this sit.

Hmmmm. Well, their video is certainly amusing but it does leave you with a slightly sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. These guys decided to dress up as Mario and Luigi and smash the Wii with a large mallet. I must say I choked up with laughter when some dude they interview on the video suggests these guys are seriously in need of getting laid!

Watch it below in all its glory (the guy smashing the Wii, not getting laid):