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Skinning, from sports to little green pups
Wii Warm Up: Matched set
We actually think the Manhunt 2 Wii is pretty cool. It looks fairly realistically bloody, and in general reminds us of Silent Hill. We like it in a "we can appreciate it on the Internet" kind of way. Similarly, we've seen amazing custom jobs from Morpheon Mods, made in Zelda and Metroid themes, and appreciated them on the Internet (though we passed mostly for financial reasons in those cases).
The proliferation of such game-specific mods leads us to a two-part thought question for today: what game theme would you want for your Wii, and how would that look? Painted a certain color? Lights? 3D elements? For some of you, that white side panel must look like an empty canvas.
The proliferation of such game-specific mods leads us to a two-part thought question for today: what game theme would you want for your Wii, and how would that look? Painted a certain color? Lights? 3D elements? For some of you, that white side panel must look like an empty canvas.
Wii Warm Up: Skinning
Have you slapped a skin on your Wii, or thought about it? We found ourselves browsing some skinning sites and wondering if we might want to cover up the pure, smooth whiteness of the new console and finally decided against it ... at least, for now. But that's just us. This sweet set of controller skins could get us to change our minds, though -- especially at the low price of five dollars. What about you?Classic Controller gets skinned
You've been able to cover your Wiimote and Nunchuk with a colorful silicone shell for some time now. But your poor Classic Controller has remained-- shamefully-- nude.
Cyber Gadget is offering a solution to this indecent situation with Classic Controller skins in six colors: blue, pink, white, black, clear, and clear black. They even come with little coordinating analog stick covers!
Cyber Gadget has yet to put these up on their own site, so it seems that they aren't available for sale yet. We're sure someone will offer them to non-Japanese markets once they're released.
Fancy Wii skins
We like the white. It's classy, Apple-like, and pleasing to the eyes. Still, many fans were quite perturbed at the lack of color options at launch, and without varying color schemes for at least the Wiimotes, it can become difficult to differentiate consoles and controllers if you ever get some friends over with their own controllers.We know you cheated by reading the headline, so yes, there are fancy skins available for your Wii! (For the portably minded, they also have quite a few DS Lite skins.) There are currently 99 designs available, made of a thin material designed to cover as much of the console as possible. Moreover, for a few extra bucks (the console skin itself costs $14.99), you can get matching skins for your Wiimotes and nunchucks. Awesome? We think so.
Also, after contacting the company, we've learned that they plan to open up the floor to custom designs sometime in December. So you can, you know, put a picture of your hot girlfriend on the Wii, or something. Whatever.
