You know, I came up with the idea for those singing fish about a year before they hit stores. I’ll even show you the note in my high school notebook (”singing fish would be hella awesome”) to prove it. But well, someone came up with the idea too - and they had the money to make it. Same story here with Xbox Avatars, which everyone has called ripoffs of Nintendo’s Mii idea, but which Rare is claiming they came up with in the first place. Says Rare’s Lee Musgrave:

It was an idea that we had before Miis were a part of the gaming scene

Turns out Rare had been playing with the idea for a long time, and only when the revamped 360 Dashboard came into existence was there a place for it. Oh well. You’ll get the jump on them next time.

Source: Eurogamer via Shacknews

Nintendo has announced a partnership with Fujifilm, allowing the company to offer an online photo service to its Wii customer base. What will this service do? Well, Nintendo says that you will be able to upload photos, create albums, and even — are you ready for this — order business cards that proudly display your in-game Mii character.

This is exactly what the hardcore gamers have been waiting for! Let’s not all rush out and do this at once now.

Source: news.yahoo.com

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