Apparently, getting to play as Ozzy Osbourne in Guitar Hero: World Tour wasn't cool enough for Activision. As an exclusive (for obvious reasons) to the Wii console, there'll be an additional mode called Mii Freestyle in which you can actually play as your very own Mii avatar.

In the long run, whether or not the Wii is a fad really doesn't matter since it's still selling like hotcakes and still has the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 eating its dust. Peter Moore, former Microsoft exec and now head of EA Sports, believes that the Wii will win the console war. Details in the full article.

Microsoft has been asked some intriguing questions about their online service strategy involving Avatars and more. The software giant said that they're not taking ideas from Nintendo and they're not threatened by Sony's PlayStation Home. David Gosen speaks for the boys in green after the jump.

Animal Crossing, which has been confirmed earlier this month for the Wii, received a major update from Nintendo's E3 press conference today. According to the game's director, the game will have a new microphone peripheral called WiiSpeak. You know what that means? Yep, voice chat on the Wii! That and more announcements for the game in the full article.

Not much by way of choices this week on the US Wii Shop Channel. From the WiiWare service we get Magnetica Twist, and from the Virtual Console we get Fatal Fury 2. Details in the full article.

The Wii has the Mii, and the PlayStation 3 has Home. The Xbox 360 has... Avatars? Word has it that Microsoft will be introducing its own version of Miis (Yoo?) this holiday. More in the full article.

Wii homebrew developer waninkoko has released the latest versions of the Mii Extractor and Mii Installer programs. In case you missed the first release, these two programs allow your Mii to move back and forth from your console to your SD card. Details in the full article.

Download: Mii Extractor v1.1
Download: Mii Installer v1.1

After safely storing away your precious Mii avatars using waninkoko's Mii Extractor v1.0, the homebrew developer has recently released a new application which allows you to install them back in your console once again using the Mii Installer v1.0. More details about this program in our full article.

Download: Mii Installer v1.0

Coder waninkoko is on a roll for the Nintendo Wii homebrew scene. After working on the Wii Duplicated Channel Remover version 2.1 just a few days back, dev waninkoko is back with Mii Extractor version 1.0. If you're feeling particularly attached to your Mii avatar, this one's for you. More details after the jump.

Download: Mii Extractor v1.0

More of the same? Hardly - Nintendo's Wii-bound entry in the Mario Kart franchise will be carrying some admittedly cool new tweaks that put it in a class of its own. Now if you want to know exactly what sort of goodies Mario Kart Wii has under its hood, you can check them out in the full article.