The mastermind behind the experiment wrote: “I outlined a 6 week game plan for myself, the idea being that I would continue ALL normal activity and eating habits, and simply add 30 minutes of Wii Sports to my day. For the past month and a half, I’ve stuck to these guidelines very strictly.”

Interested in finding out if you can lose a few pounds and still avoid showering at the gym? Look at the results.

As the Wii continues to sell out around the world, game publishers are getting over any trepidation they may have had in publishing games for the new system. The latest to announce a new title for the console is Namco Bandai, who today revealed that a game based on its Tamagotchi license is in the works.

IGN Wii’s editorial team has provided readers with its Top 10 picks for the 2006 year.

One of the games that made it into the Top 10 is Elebits. Konami’s off-the-wall Wii action game may not have the most gorgeous graphics I’ve ever seen, but the game compensates for any visual drawbacks with innovative controls and design that really capitalizes on the strengths of Nintendo’s console. Exploring the title’s city neighborhood-style environments and manipulating objects, which have a realistic sense of weight and physics, with a gravity gun, is really a lot of fun. Elebits happens to be one of the few first wave Wii games that really shows off how Nintendo’s controller can make new gameplay scenarios possible. The offering is also the first to utilize WiiConnect24 so that you can trade created world maps with friends.

After a full month of Wii Sports in Australia, gamers around the nation have had plenty of time to hone their tennis skills and master the art of the backhand.

Now Nintendo want to put those skills to the test against two of Australia’s finest tennis players of yesteryear.

One of the best iterations of the early series, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System’s Super Castlevania IV, is now available on the Wii’s Virtual Console service. For your 800 Wii points, you get a sequence of visually interesting levels in which to battle a whole bunch of monsters in your quest to vanquish evil. It’s a tough but satisfying action game that will probably make you remember how tough games used to be, which made up for their relatively short durations.