Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Wii Street U gets emotional, adds Miiverse support]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/10/wii-street-u-gets-emotional-adds-miiverse-support/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/10/wii-street-u-gets-emotional-adds-miiverse-support/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/10/wii-street-u-gets-emotional-adds-miiverse-support/#comments
Wii Street U gets emotional, adds Miiverse support
The Wii U's Google-powered maps app, Wii Street U, has just received an update, allowing users to take pictures of places and upload them to the Miiverse. The Wii Street U app launched in February as a free download on the Nintendo eShop.

Once uploaded, you can add emotional tags to your images, to better describe the place in question. Phrases like "amazing," "fun" and "scary" can be used - the latter coming in especially handy the next time you upload a pic of the robot band at Chuck E. Cheese's, we imagine.

JoystiqWii Street U gets emotional, adds Miiverse support originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 10 May 2013 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>googlegoogle-mapsnintendoupdatewii-street-uwii-uFri, 10 May 2013 21:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii Street U now available, free for a limited time]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/14/wii-street-u-now-available-free-for-a-limited-time/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/14/wii-street-u-now-available-free-for-a-limited-time/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/14/wii-street-u-now-available-free-for-a-limited-time/#comments Wii Street U now available, free for a limited timeWii Street U, the console's stylized, augmented version of Google Maps, is now available for the system. As was previously announced, the app allows users to navigate to a location on Google Maps, and then use the GamePad (and its various motion sensors) to view the Street View data for said location in a semi-realistic, one-to-one fashion.

JoystiqWii Street U now available, free for a limited time originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>google-mapsnintendonintendo-directnintendo-direct-2013street-viewwii-street-uwii-uThu, 14 Feb 2013 09:34:00 EST<![CDATA[Google Maps and Panorama View coming to Wii U in Japan next year [Update: US Maps date]]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/google-maps-and-panorama-view-coming-to-wii-u-in-japan-early-201/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/google-maps-and-panorama-view-coming-to-wii-u-in-japan-early-201/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/google-maps-and-panorama-view-coming-to-wii-u-in-japan-early-201/#comments Google Maps and Panorama View coming to Wii U in Japan early 2013Google Maps and Panorama View are coming to the Japanese Wii U eShop next year, the former in January and the latter in Spring. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata showcased the apps during this morning's Nintendo Direct for Japan, including giving us a helmet-cam angle of Panorama View with the above very stylish setup.

Nintendo first unveiled Panorama View at this year's E3. As shown by the post-break vid by our Engadget pals, the app plays pre-recorded videos set in various environments, such as a London bus tour or a scuba dive. The added twist is you can view the environments in all 360 of their degrees, this done by pointing the GamePad around like a camera. Panorama View is scheduled for Spring 2013 in Japan, and is expected to head West too.

Iwata also unveiled Google Maps for Wii U, showing how its Street View functionality works with the GamePad in much the same way as Panorama View. The app is coming to Japan's eShop in late January, and will be free until the end of March.

Update: Google Maps will hit the US eShop in Q1 of 2013.

Continue reading Google Maps and Panorama View coming to Wii U in Japan next year [Update: US Maps date]

JoystiqGoogle Maps and Panorama View coming to Wii U in Japan next year [Update: US Maps date] originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>google-mapsnintendopanorama-viewsatoru-iwatawii-uWed, 05 Dec 2012 07:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Google Maps comes to ... the NES?! [April Fools!]]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/google-maps-comes-to-the-nes/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/google-maps-comes-to-the-nes/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/google-maps-comes-to-the-nes/#comments
In a move that is as surprising as it is whimsically delightful, Google has decided to bring its globally renowned and often essential Google Maps service to one of the best-selling home computing solutions of all time: The Nintendo Entertainment System.

As demonstrated in the video above, using Google Maps on your NES/Famicom is just as easy as using it on your desktop, smartphone or tablet. Simply insert the cartridge into the system, remove it, blow into it, reinsert it back into the system, attach a phone line and you're ready to go. Google's cloud of servers compensate for the NES's lack of processing prowess, allowing for a quick, seamless experience.

While Google Maps for NES has yet to begin shipping, a demo version is available at the web-based Google Maps portal -- just click on the Quest button on the top right to begin your adventure.

Update: Rather than play along with these gags as they happen, we've decided instead to tag each April Fools' Day prank as such in the headline, in order to avoid as many dashed hopes as possible. For what its worth, we want this to be real as much as you do.

JoystiqGoogle Maps comes to ... the NES?! [April Fools!] originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>april-fools-12april-fools-2012april-fools-dayfamicomGoogleGoogle-MapsGoogle-Maps-NESits-already-april-1-in-JapanNESnintendonintendo-entertainment-systemSat, 31 Mar 2012 12:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Grand Theft Auto 4's Liberty City mapped in Google Street View]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/30/grand-theft-auto-4s-liberty-city-mapped-in-google-street-view/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/30/grand-theft-auto-4s-liberty-city-mapped-in-google-street-view/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/30/grand-theft-auto-4s-liberty-city-mapped-in-google-street-view/#comments We know that most of you have probably memorized every square inch of Grand Theft Auto 4's massive metropolitan playground, but for the less cartographically inclined, GTA4.net has created an invaluable resource. Using the Google Maps API and over 80,000 screenshots, the site has created an interactive, near-complete map of Rockstar's virtual New York City.

The map's coolest feature is, hands down, its ability to look through each and every avenue of Liberty City using Street View, which makes locating each and every Burger Shot an absolute breeze. In fact, this feature is so neat, we hope they somehow find a way to put a map together for L.A. Noire's setting! Oh, wait.

JoystiqGrand Theft Auto 4's Liberty City mapped in Google Street View originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 May 2011 21:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>google-mapsGrand-Theft-Auto-4GTA4mapmicrosoftpcplaystationps3rockstar-gamesrockstar-northxboxMon, 30 May 2011 21:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Google map to the Fallout 3 Wasteland]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/19/google-map-to-the-fallout-3-wasteland/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/19/google-map-to-the-fallout-3-wasteland/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/19/google-map-to-the-fallout-3-wasteland/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Oh, Google, whatever would we do without you? Well, for one, we wouldn't have the exhaustively annotated map that Planet Fallout has created for the Capital Wasteland from Fallout 3. Or, more aptly, the site's users have created.

A constant work-in-progress, the fully interactive map displays major locations, quest objectives, and plenty of other spoiler-rific goodies - so be warned. We're especially fond of the potential for players to contribute interesting miscellany and Easter Eggs. Plus, if you do, you get credit for it. As a Vault-Tec recording might say, "That's just swell!"

[Via ars technica]

JoystiqGoogle map to the Fallout 3 Wasteland originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bethesdaBethesda-Game-StudiosBethesda-Softworksfalloutfallout-3google-mapsmapsPCPS3RPGXbox-360Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:30:00 EST