British Snap Up Nintendo’s Wii Fit Video Game from news.yahoo.com by Frederick Lane

“For a nation perhaps better known for a fitness regimen of darts and a pint, the news from Elspa Ltd.’s Chart-Track was particularly startling. The data-compilation service, which among other things tallies the sale of software titles, announced that last week Nintendo’s Wii Fit was the top-selling title in the United Kingdom. The company’s Mario Kart Wii dropped to the number-two position.”

“Chart-Track said Wii Fit had the sixth-fastest-selling launch of any software title, recording more than $32 million in sales in its first seven days. Approximately one in 10 Wii owners in the United Kingdom purchased Wii Fit, the company said. Only games from the industry’s major franchises — Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto and Halo — did better than Wii Fit in their opening weeks.”

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Winamp Remote, powered by Orb, is a new beta service that allows you to stream your music and videos to any device that has an Internet connection. Specifically, if you connect your Wii to your home wireless network, spend $5 and buy the Internet channel and the Opera Browser, and install Winamp Remote on any Windows computer running Winamp you can stream any files in the Winamp library to your Wii.

From Winamp.com:

“Access and Share Your Music and Videos On the Go

Winamp Remote turns your home computer into a streaming server and play your music and videos on the go from any PC web browser, compatible cell phones, and TVs with a connected Wii, Xbox 360, or PlayStation 3. Also, share and discover (more…)

If you have connected your Wii to your home wireless network you can play against friends in various games marked for Nintendo Wi Fi, share Miis, and send messages to your friends. To do this you need to know your Wii code and the Wii code of your online buddies. Wiibadge.com helps you easily display your Wii code on your website or blog.

the following was copied from wiibadge.com:

What is a Wii Badge?

A Wii badge makes it easy to share your Wii Code with your friends. You can use a Wii badge to publish your Wii Code on your blog, your MySpace page, or in your message board signature file.

Click here to create your Wii badge. It’s easy and free!

What is a Wii Code?

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If you have a Nintendo Wii then you know all about creating Mii characters to play in the games like Wii Sports, Wii Play, and even other titles like Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Miieditor.com is a website that lets you create or edit a Mii and save it to a .jpg. So you could create your own avatar for other applications, for example. With some additional software and a bluetooth connection to a computer, you can even transfer the Mii you made on-line to your WiiRemote.

Try it for yourself here.

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