Awesome Wii

Shank Mods made an impressive portable handheld console using the brains of a Nintendo Wii. This allows the PiiWii to play any Wii and GameCube game. It also works with Virtual Console, WiiWare and Homebrew apps. Games are loaded on a microSD card.

The appropriately-named Ska Tune Network presents a wonderfully upbeat cover version of the background music found in the Mii Channel on the Nintendo Wii. We’re pretty sure its impossible not to move and groove while listening to this.

The next-gen Wii hits sometime in 2012, and it’ll play with a wireless motion controller with 6.2″ touchscreen, offer 1080p HD graphics. Plus, it’s backwards compatible with the original Wii.

After a woman has her house broken into, she invites two officers into her home to help identify the perp. Thanks to the skills of their sketch artist, one more baddie could be off the street soon.

Give your video game controller a bold new look with these clear-shelled controllers, backlit with bright LEDs. PDP offers Xbox 360, PS3, and Nintendo Wii versions. No Kinect models, though.

Got a Nintendo Wii, but want to get your FPS on? With tons of weapons, huge environments, and online multiplayer, SEGA’s upcoming Conduit sequel looks like it has serious potential.

The developers behind the Wii’s upcoming GoldenEye 007 reboot show off the games’ retro four-player split-screen, including over 200 unique custom gameplay modes.

In this launch trailer we learn about all the main characters in the game, plus some new gameplay footage. You could watch this, or you could just play the game, which ships today (8/31/10).

The classic arcade B-Ball game is back, with the same over-the-top dunks, blocks – even the same commentator. And lots of fire. BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA! It’s a shame it’s Wii-exclusive.

Those pesky Rabbids are back, and now, they’re messing with the space-time continuum. That can’t be good. Rabbids probably do much more damage than a butterfly could. Coming to Wii 11/2010.

Disney and PDP are working on TRON-inspired controllers for the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360. They feature the iconic neon blue glowing “circuit” design from the films, and hit stores this Fall.

Perfect for the upcoming Wii remake of GoldenEye, dreamGEAR’s dual-trigger light gun for the Wii-mote controller really turns you into The Man with the Golden Gun. License to kill not included.

Despite the language barrier, this 6-minute trailer has us excited about this new action RPG coming from Monolith for the Nintendo Wii. We like glowing swords that can dissect mechs.

Shattered Dimensions is a beat-em-up with web-slinging and melee combat, in which Spidey bounces between multiple parallel worlds, including a 1930s-inspired Spider-Man Noir universe.

Get ready for the latest in the Metroid series for the Nintendo Wii. In Metroid: Other M, Samus is back in prime form, with seamless transitions between 3D and side-scrolling gameplay using the Wii-mote.

Watch what happens when master hunter Ironbeard McCullough from the Wii game Monster Hunter Tri tries to find a place to cook up his monster catch into a delicious monster burger.

Its name is a bit bland, but CTA Digital’s Soft-football for Wii lets you get into the game (and, possibly your TV if you forget the wrist-strap) with a foam attachment for your Wii Remote.

Samurai cowboys out for vengeance need look no further than this Enemies trailer for Red Steel 2; it’s packed with psychopaths, swordslingers, butchers, warlords, and of course, ninjas.

If you’ve been itching for more gameplay from Red Steel 2, GT’s preview has you covered; it compares the sequel to the original while showing plenty of runnin’, gunnin’, and slashin’.

It’s been awhile since Metroid: Other M’s first trailer, but we’re happy to glimpse Samus even if she’s a bit emo in this Nintendo Summit Cinematic trailer; it’s due out in NA 6/27/10.

Available 4/20/10, Nintendo Magic should be required reading for both fanboys and business majors; it focuses on Nintendo’s surprisingly successful 2006 comeback thanks to the Wii.

Stuffed with planet drills, snaky Yoshi-dragons and epic music, we admit getting ridiculously giddy over this second trailer for Super Mario Galaxy 2; it’s due out 5/23/10 in the US.

Egon would drool over this fan-made Nintendo Wii Proton Pack, which features power and player LEDs plus sound effects; wireless Thrower holds the Wii-mote and Nunchuck.