The Nintendo Wii remote has inspired many companies, scientists and copycats to emulate its simple yet sophisticated interactive element but no such gadget has gained as much popularity as the original. A Finnish company aims to replace the Wii remote with its product called Ball-it.

Ball-it is a tiny ball with wireless sensors that can communicate with phones and computers via Bluetooth. You can even squeeze the ball to make it behave like a joystick.

Additionally, you can even squeeze the ball — effectively making it as effective as a joy stick — letting you do things like shoot guns, hit a tennis ball, or zoom in and out on maps (depending on the game or application, the squeeze function can be interpreted in different ways). The ball senses geomagnetic field, orientation, direction, speed, air pressure and acceleration — letting it do a bunch of things I haven’t seen its competitors able to do.

Besides gaming, Ball-it can serve other useful purposes such as a virtual car key, pedometer, compass and a measuring tape. The ball has raised $1.5 million so far and is going to retail for about $20 when it hits the market.

The future looks promising for this ball.

Image & Via: VentureBeat

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Fatal Frame IV: The Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse will be released in Europe with a 6th February tentative date. Information in the Official Nintendo Magazine has confirmed the European debut but a North American release looks promising.

Shooting ghosts with camera is still very popular.

Image: Tecmo | Via Go Nintendo

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Space Invaders Get Even, a WiiWare title from Taito and Square Enix, will be hitting your Wii on 1st December. You get to fill the role of the Space Invaders in an attempt to crush the measly Earth’s defense. The price of the four-mission version is not known yet but future 3-mission games will be at 500 Wii Points each.

Earth has never been so safe before.

Image: Square Enix | Via: Kotaku

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Games crossovers are more than common these days. You got Capcom vs Marvel, DC vs MK or Super Smash Bros Brawl that features a lot of quirky characters who are fighting for hell of a good time.

How about getting a Link in Resident Evil 4 Wii version? Not Leon or Ada, it’s Link from Zelda: Twilight Princess. Personally, I think he aims better.

Via: Daily Nintendo

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If you are always on the losing end in Mario Kart Wii races, maybe you are able to make a comeback with these non-virtual, matchbox-sized RC Mario Karts which are endorsed by Nintendo. A set even comes with 1 banana, 1 shell shock and a couple of spare tires. Mario, Luigi, Koopa and Yoshi are lining up to do your bidding. Is a pity the makers have forgotten about Princess Peach but we are contented to hold real Mario Kart Wii matches with these male racers in our office. $24 for a set.

Where To Buy:

Brando {MatchBox Size Rechargeable RC Wii Mario Kart - Mario set (Official by Nintendo)}

Image: Brando | Via: Slipperybrick

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The Wii will be the medium for a new video distribution service that will commence as early as Spring 2009 in Japan. Major media and advertising companies such as Fuji Television and Nippon Television will invest in a company called SkillUpJapan to distribute copyrighted content and put money back into the investors. Details of the video service are still fuzzy in this stage. But can it be connected to the rumored HD Wii?

Via Go Nintendo

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A few days after Valentine’s, couples and broken hearted singles in Japan can get their hands on Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop retailing at 7340 yen ($73) in Japan.

We hope it will hit the Western shores no more later than April’s Fool.

Via Watch Impress

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Now you can play Wii backups without buying, installing and fussing over a modchip. With the power of a SD card and some homebrew knowledge, it’s time to play some Wii games you and I really like.

Where To Mod:

instructables {Run Backups on any Wii Without a Modchip}

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Yes, Okami Obama has made history but what if he possesses divine powers, holds a mighty celestial paintbrush or erm, a Wii Remote.

Image: *spacecoyote

Via Kotaku

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You, a budding mad scientist, has to stop the evil Baron Mharti and his Monster creations. You start as an understudy under 3 nutty mentors who will empower you with the necessary skills to create your own Mad Monster and go outside your cozy lab to fight.

As an action RPG, your creation will go out exploring and fight other monsters to gain their parts such as heads, arms, legs and torsos. You can customize these nifty body parts to upgrade your monster and become more powerful. There are over 150 million different monster combinations for you to try (until you die, literally). There’s also a multiplayer option to have your monstey pwning your friend’s monstey.

If monster is your cup of tea (kewl), Monster Lab from Eidos is already out in stores.

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