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Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Photos

Victor — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:06:22 +0000

Since, I’ve just completed the game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, I was searching for Wind Waker photos online and came across the interesting photos below from flickr.

Wow! A Wind Waker Cake. What a wonderful work of art!

Pinball Hall of Fame: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Victor — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:18:23 +0000

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection for the Nintendo Wii brought back childhood memories of my dad playing pinball in an arcade. I was too short to see the pinball table, so my mum had to carry me. My dad, he was pretty good in pinball. He would show me his skill in bumping the pinball table without tilting it and what to shoot to get the extra ball. As a kid, I was totally in awe of his pinball prowess.

With Pinball of Hall of Fame, I get to play the same pinball tables that my dad used to play. The Williams Collection is a collection of ten pinball tables from the past three decades. You get to play classic pinball tables like Taxi, Black Knight, Firepower, Funhouse, Gorgar, Pin*Bot, Space Shuttle, Whirlwind, Jive Time and Sorcerer. The action of flicking the nunchuk’s analog stick to shoot the ball and pressing the B and Z button for flipper control gives the game an authentic pinball feel. You shake the Wii remote or nunchuk to bump the pinball table. Don’t shake too hard or you’ll tilt the table. All in all, Pinball Hall of Fame is an excellent pinball simulation for the Nintendo Wii and great trip down memory lane.

Here is a photo of an actual Taxi Pinball Machine.

Below is a screen shot from the game. It looks exactly like the actual pinball table.

How To Get Your Free Nintendo Wii Remote Jacket Accessory

Victor — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:43:20 +0000

This is the story of how I got 4 Wii Remote Jackets from Nintendo.

Nintendo is currently running a Free Wii Remote Jacket offer for the Nintendo Wii Controller. If you bought an earlier set of Nintendo Wii set which did not include the Wii Remote Jacket, you may request for the Wii Remote Jacket to be sent to you. All you need to do is submit your request at Nintendo’s Wii Remote Jacket Accessory web page.

The problem with this offer is that Nintendo only sends the jackets to US and Canada addresses. Since I’m in Malaysia, Nintendo can’t send the jackets to me directly. So, how do I get my hands on these free items from Nintendo? I need someone staying in the US or Canada who will send me the jackets after the jackets are sent to this person.

It’s great to have a sister studying in the US. I submitted my request for 4 free Wii Remote Jackets (You can request for 1 to 4 jackets) to be sent to her in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She in turn sent it to my office in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Postage cost = USD8.65. She sent it out on 4th February 2008.

Today (20th February 2008), I received my free Wii Remote Jackets. Woohoo!

Troubleshooting Nintendo Wii Wifi Connection with Error Code 52030 and 52130

Victor — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:32:01 +0000

My Nintendo Wii suddenly stopped being able to go online last week. The problem persisted for a few days with the Wii getting a System Error code 52030 or 52130. After two frustrating days of troubleshooting and wondering if I should replace my LinkSys WRT54Gv2 wireless router, the Wii was able to connect online again one morning.

What did I learn from this experience? If nothing was changed in your router or Wii settings and they are working fine (except with each other), just leave things be. I suspect the problem is with the website that the Wii connects to for the connection testing. Once the problem with the test connection site was resolved, the Wii was able to go online again. If a similar problem occurs again in the future, I will just leave things be for a while and don’t start thinking about replacing the wireless router.

For those who wants some information on how to troubleshoot problems with a Nintendo Wii Wireless Internet Connection; Nintendo Support has the following articles:

Swimming with Manta Rays in Endless Ocean

Victor — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:11:34 +0000

Here’s a photo of a real diver with a manta ray.

Here’s a screenshot of a computer generated diver with manta ray in Endless Ocean.

The screenshot looks better.

For a lot of us, the closest we ever get to swim with a manta ray is in Endless Ocean on the Nintendo Wii. Endless Ocean gives you an underwater adventure with realistic graphics and soothing music. It is a totally different gaming experience unlike any other Wii game. There are no enemies to defeat or kill. No frantic waving of the Wii Remote and Nunchuck in this game. What you get is an opportunity to explore and dive into the world of fishes, sea animals and corals near the fictional island of Manoa Lai. You sail around in your ship, the Gabbiano (meaning seagull in Italian) while penguins wander around the ship’s deck. There is a 40 page encyclopedia of the sea creatures that you can discover in the game.

So, how do you win in this game? After spending some time with the game, there’s no mention about how to complete this game. You can dive to discover and interact with the sea creatures, train your dolphin and bring divers along with you on your dive. There is no way to lose or get killed in this game. It’s all very open ended. The closest thing to completing this game that I can think off; is to fill up the 40 page encyclopedia of sea animals in the game. The game begins with the encyclopedia containing only outlines of various sea creatures. As you interact with the different sea creatures, the outlines get replaced with pictures of the actual sea creature. The encyclopedia contains a wide variety of sea creatures from the tiny clown fish to giant whales. There is definitely plenty to see and do in this game. I would recommend this game for anyone looking for a relaxing and stress-free gaming experience.