Nintendo have approved the BBC's plans to provide a dedicated iPlayer Channel for the UK market.

According to the BBC, the plan is to release a fully functional channel around Q2 2009, and with the increasing traffic to the iPlayer website there has been even more incentive to getting out a dedicated plugin.

The next version of iPlayer is set to launch on April 7th 2009 with HD streaming and downloads capped at 2GB, however, the Wii version will be using more mobile, regular quality streams due to limitations in hardware but improvements are penned in with iPlayer 3.0.

Sonic and the Black Knight: Disappointing...

I have been reading reviews about Sonic and the Black Knight, expecting a good review. The trailers looked amazing. The reviewers agreed with me. They all said the graphics are pretty good, and the cutscenes are "well choreographed". Unfortunately, many went on to say that the actual gameplay is extremely disappointing. They say Sonic "moves like a tank" which is true. Look in a proper gameplay video and he is really slow. He moves only left, right and forward in a restrictive way - he's always facing forward. To move backwards it is very awkward as well. Also, you can't zoom through a stage like in the old games (or even Sonic Unleashed). You're constantly confronted with annoying enemies which can be defeated with a simple "waggle" of the Wii remote. No, you can't do any special move in this game. Suddenly the werehog levels of Sonic Unleashed seem so much better...