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Who's NOT getting a Wii?

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Not me!

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 12 May 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Count me out!

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 12 May 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

not not interested.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

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― JW (ex machina), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

NINE

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

I'm probably not because my wife won't let me.

― Dan (;_;) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

I am not not getting a Wii.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

oh what, you can either have a t-shirt that says UH or you can have a game console called WII? I guess that makes sense.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

SHE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THE T-SHIRT

― Dan (...Yet) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not thinking about not non-getting not a Wii.

― Will M. (Will M.), Friday, 12 May 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not! It'd be redundant!

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Friday, 12 May 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'll buy all of yours. At discount prices.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 12 May 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

Not-Melton-Mowbray to thread,

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Friday, 12 May 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://mattbcomic.com/familycircus/images/07.gif

― JW (ex machina), Friday, 12 May 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

i am soooo getting one.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Sunday, 14 May 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, I'll definitely be buying one on launch day, cos both the GC and the DS had amazing launch line-ups and I'm sure this will be the same. And there's bound to be a good steady stream of triple A titles, it's not like nintendo are the kind of company who'll only release one game a month for the first 12 months, then one every two months for the next 12. And I'm sure every nintendo published title will be fantastic, rather than just one in three being properly great and the other two being souped up tech demos! And they'll be nice and long too, there's no way I'll have clocked them all in 2-5 days each. So yeah, there's really no reason to wait a year then buy a console for half the price with a decent selection of cheap games. I'd much rather pay a lot more, and have the console in constant use for the first year, and not collect dust at all, oh no.

(jeez, this saying-the-opposite-of-what-you-mean schtick gets tricky!)

― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 14 May 2006 11:11 (nineteen years ago)

This thread, which made perfect sense to me yesterday, has now become a colossal mindfuck.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Sunday, 14 May 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

To respond to Jim's post, I'll be not getting a Wii because, just like the DS, I've found all the titles that it will be backwards-compatible with to be of no interest to me whatsoever - I've owned every console by every manufacturer for the past 20 years and have played all of the popular games through to completion, so it seems just plain silly to me for them to think that this "Virtual Console" and "GC Compatibility" are a big draw - certainly not to a guy like me who has a practically monastic fascination with this stuff, why would I want to play Fire Emblem and Paper Mario AGAIN?

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Sunday, 14 May 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

(ok, reverse speak off, it's not worth it)

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting about the virtual console thing. But the problem there is pricing, I think. It looks like it's going to cost me more to download the old games than it is to pick up 2nd hand copies. Which doesn't really make sense, to me.

I mean, it's not that I don't want a wii. I do, and eventually I'm sure I'll get one, becuase there's no way I'm missing Super Mario Galaxy, apart from anything else. But I paid over-the-odds early adopter prices for both my GC and my DS, and in retrospect I didn't get much out of it. I could have had exactly the same amount of fun for a lot less money, if I'd been a bit less eager. So I'm going to wait, this time round.

― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 14 May 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

I think my decision as to whether or not I'm getting the Wii ASAP or waiting will depend on Zelda mostly. I mean, I'm really eager to get ahold of Zelda, so if there's a bundle of Wii+Zelda that when subtracting the price of Zelda means the Wii works out as less than buying it on it's own, I'll probably do it. Of course I might be skint when it comes out and have to wait a few months anyway.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Monday, 15 May 2006 08:32 (nineteen years ago)

Zelda is a launch title = there won't be any bundle pricing.

― JimD (JimD), Monday, 15 May 2006 09:20 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not sure yet, but the Smash Bros and Mario Galaxy footage went a long way toward convincing me.

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 15 May 2006 11:58 (nineteen years ago)

Merrill Lynch predicts $200 price point which is of course a gigantic leap of faith considering that every Nintendo console ever has debuted at $200. $250! Perish the thought. That $50 is for Twilight Princess.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:53 (nineteen years ago)

I liked the way the microsoft guys at E3 were making a big deal of the fact you could get a 360 and a Wii for the price of a PS3. It had a nice "Let's all team up and fight 'em!" feel to it.

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

It's genius in the sense of "if you hadn't thought of this already, let me explain to you how you can have your cake and eat it too as long as you don't mind the possibility of missing out on Killzone 2: Dank Warfare or FFXIII: Gayballs Of The Scheisse Legend. I like the folks who've been posting how MGS4 is going to be a "must-rent."

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

Moore should put his money where his mouth is and try to sell a bundle for $480. Call it the Wii60. Oh I'm a genius.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

FFXIII: Gayballs Of The Scheisse Legend

― Dan (ROFFLE) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

can we stop for a second and talk abt how amazing this graphic is

http://images.forbes.com/media/2006/05/E3ColorLogo.gif

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

that ginger kid is having hella fun.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Thursday, 18 May 2006 02:26 (nineteen years ago)

Hey I'd rather pay $300 for a Wii than $1000 for a PS3 wtfbbq! :/

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 18 May 2006 03:43 (nineteen years ago)

if the ps3 comes with a bbq i'd pay $1000

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 18 May 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

It seems like between the PS3, the root kit fiasco and the bluray (w/ REMOTE KILL capability if they detect you doing anything they don't like to your player), Sony is beginning to eclipse M$ as the most loathed company.

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 18 May 2006 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

Only because Microsoft isn't doing anything for the forseeable future.

I'd still buy a PS3 before a 360, though Kameo looks sweet.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 18 May 2006 13:30 (nineteen years ago)

Kameo was disappointing, I thought. Pretty, but the gameplay is pure 1992. And not in a good way.

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 18 May 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

Only because Microsoft isn't doing anything for the forseeable future.

VISTA (TENTATIVE)

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 18 May 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

hahahaha yeah Sony laying down kernel hooks for DRM purposes is BAD, because that's like, HACKING, but MSFT writing the DRM into the OS is OK, because - hey - feature not bug!!! Fuck 'em both. You do have to try pretty hard to get /. to hate you more than Microsoft, though. And then have the Economist write a sidebar calling you a "follower." BLU-RAY is the new PETS.COM!!!

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 18 May 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

To be fair, the amount of evil in 30 megs of Sony rootkit vs. the amount of the evil in 2 gigs of WinXP.

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 18 May 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

the difference, as Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt can tell you, is in strapping value-added user experience TO your evil, which is how MSFT gets by mostly okay and Sony totally fails, like a guy who wears wolf shirts at the hygiene competition.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 18 May 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

why are people always so dowwwwwn on Microsoft?? I love them, because they infuriate people who aren't me.

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 18 May 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

Everyone shut the hell uyp

― Egyptian Genie (blastocyst), Thursday, 18 May 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

Eh, Microsoft isn't so bad until something goes HORRIBLY WRONG

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 18 May 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

I gotta admit, Vista looks kind of creepy on a surface assesment.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 19 May 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

I can't wait until I have to deal with someone getting locked out of their machine thanks to DRM bs.

― JW (ex machina), Friday, 19 May 2006 03:07 (nineteen years ago)

So, it turns out the company I work for makes the Accelerometer that's going in the Wii contoller.

But we charge over $5 per unit for bulk buys. Couldn't that potentially make replacing/buying extra Wii controllers a pretty expensive affair for us poor consumers? After all, we already pay enough for extra controllers without fancy accelerometers in them...

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:39 (nineteen years ago)

I take it back, apparently it's Less than $2 for high volume customers. No excuse for expensive controllers then Nintendo!

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Friday, 19 May 2006 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

wavebird = $45, wii-wand = $45

I should be working for morgan stanley or something, obv.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

I make the Wii hand signal all the time now.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 19 May 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

This is going to be a definite birthday/Christmas present. Do I have to call it the Wii, though? I still keep using the name Revolution because it's about 5 million times less lame.

― Laurah (laurah), Saturday, 20 May 2006 12:25 (nineteen years ago)

SLASHDOT:

Nintendo has revealed to Famitsu.com, at the company's recent press conference unveiling its financial results, that Wii would arrive in Japanese stores with a maximum price tag of 25,000 yen. After taking in account various factors, the conversion to other currencies comes down to a launch price of: 225 dollars, 225 euros, and 150 pounds." Update: 05/25 13:45 GMT by Z : GamesIndustry.biz points out they hope to ship 6 million units by next March, and an Opera exec has said you can browse the internets with the wiimote.

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

maximum price tag

!!!!

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

an Opera exec has said you can browse the internets with the wiimote.

― Dan (ALL OF THEM AT ONCE???) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

Someone needs to do a Worth1000 of Wii ads done in the style of really cheesy Nintendo ads from the 80s

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:31 (nineteen years ago)

heh and Sony will limply respond with weak aproximtions of those old Sega ads: "Playstation does what Wii Won't!"

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 25 May 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

plays BLU-RAY

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

DO RAY-BAN SUNGLASSES BLOCK BLU-RAY?

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.kiteshop.com/_derived/seacreatures.htm_txt_44345_GIANT-BLUE-RAY.gif

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 25 May 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

those things always had those creepy eyes, only i remember the kites being more orange...

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 26 May 2006 00:16 (nineteen years ago)

dunno if I can be bothered with home consoles any more, so i MAY NOT get a wii.

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Friday, 26 May 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.defoged.dk/pebble/images/2005/Michelle%20Wie/MichelleWie4.jpg

― c(''c) (Leee), Friday, 26 May 2006 05:06 (nineteen years ago)

"Do you come with the console?"

"Oh, you!" *giggles

next dude in line:

"Do you come with the console?"

"Oh, you!" *giggles

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 26 May 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...
Wild speculation at a possible early release. Maybe.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Thursday, 6 July 2006 10:19 (nineteen years ago)

late september would be schweet!

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Thursday, 6 July 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

homeless people

― Arial Pink (account), Thursday, 6 July 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

poor people

― Arial Pink (account), Thursday, 6 July 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

elderly retardeds

― Arial Pink (account), Thursday, 6 July 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

this will more than likely be the first console i've ever pre-ordered.

― jeffrey (johnson), Thursday, 6 July 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder how much it would cost to get that replica case that has all the different controllers. Now that would be sweetness. I hope the Saturn rumor is true. And the 3d projection.

― christopherscottknudsen (christopherscottknudsen), Monday, 10 July 2006 08:45 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...
See the Wii version of the new Zelda game will be wiimote control only.
Interesting move that.

― treefell (treefell), Friday, 18 August 2006 10:52 (nineteen years ago)

Well, by the time I can afford one, the Saturn and maybe PS2 will be effectively emulated on moderate-level desktops.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 18 August 2006 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

Is there still no release date? Don't tell me they're pushing this wondrous goddamned contraption back to next year...

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Friday, 18 August 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

So is this bastard backwards compatible? Can you play Goldeneye or Killer 7 with the remote?

I mean, yeah, Nintendo fanboys are becoming the Apple dorks of the console world, but I got an iPod so hey.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Saturday, 19 August 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

(obv. I know the games themselves will be backwards compatible but I'm wondering if the remote can act as sort of a pseudo-analog but with more precision or something; it'd make FPS/shooters a lot better. Hopefully Nintendo will give us something more substantial than Mario Quake or whatever.)

― nate p. (natepatrin), Saturday, 19 August 2006 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

Nintendo fanboys are becoming the Apple dorks of the console world

So otm!

― JimD (JimD), Saturday, 19 August 2006 07:15 (nineteen years ago)

Is there still no release date? Don't tell me they're pushing this wondrous goddamned contraption back to next year...

There's no release date yet, but one of the Nintendo dudes said at a recent press conference that they will be making an announcement "in September" in which they are going to confirm the release date and release price. They also confirmed they're gonna be selling the console at a loss, which I think is a first for Nintendo. Dunno if that means the price will be lower than has been hinted at so far...

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Saturday, 19 August 2006 08:16 (nineteen years ago)

The price [of the Wii] has not been decided yet, but I expect it to be ... less than 250 euros

As usual, it hardly seems fair when they've said it will be no more than $250 in the US.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Thursday, 24 August 2006 11:42 (nineteen years ago)

Nintendo fanboys have BEEN the apple fanboys of the console world ever since Nintendo went from dominating the industry with great hardware and software to becoming a distant third-place competitor. Playstation = Windows!! Boo!! Nintendo DS = iPod!! Yayy!! etc.

I wonder if they're actually going to stick to releasing different colors of the system or go with the new Apple thing and only make iWhite and iBlack versions.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 24 August 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

they're going to announce the price and release date on sept. 14th

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 25 August 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, the release date release date?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 25 August 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

this is probably fake.

http://i.i.com.com/cnet.g2/images/2006/235/Wii-Party890_screen.jpg

from gamespot.com
"The latest bit of quasi-information on the system's launch comes via the message boards over at Gaming-Age. Melissa from Web show GameLife posted an e-mail (pictured--click to enlarge) she received from Nintendo that invited her to a Wii launch party in Los Angeles...on November 17"

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 25 August 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

Is the Japanese version already out over there?

― def zep (calstars), Saturday, 26 August 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

Nope.
Nothing released.

I'll get one used with they come out with the Yuu or Uhs or whatever.
It plays other systems stuff, it'll have a big catologue of games...
tadaa.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Sunday, 27 August 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...
Red steel does look like a ot of fun

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5481335368476915030

― Merrini (Mezza), Sunday, 10 September 2006 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

After looking really seriously at the system and the alternatives, I'll probably get one out of spite.
The PS3 is the stupidest thing I've ever seen.
The 360 was until I saw that monstrosity's specs.
BLUE RAY??
54 gig video games?
Are you SERIOUS? Even if someone DID make one that big, who could afford it? I mean, it's GOING to cost a ton to make up for production!

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Monday, 11 September 2006 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

Potential list of Virtual Console games?
(from http://www.play-nintendo.com/news/06090902.html)

Bonk's Adventure
Castlevania
Duck Hunt
Excitebike
F-Zero
Kid Icarus
Legend of Zelda, The
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mario Kart 64
Metroid
Mortal Kombat
New Adventure Island
Ninja Gaiden
OutRun
Pac-Man
Prince of Persia
Punch-Out!!
R-Type
Rayman 2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Star Fox
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Tecmo Bowl

Goddamn but I want one of these right now.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Monday, 11 September 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

The ability to use YOUR OWN USB HARD DRIVE.
That + VC Time Stamp Hack=forget your PC emulators.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Monday, 11 September 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

Also, someone said the virtual console was dumb because it cost less to buy the games used.
I can't find ANYWHERE that will sell a cartridge of ANYTHING for under $5.
That's local, go on ebay, and they'd need to sell them for under $1 to get lower than VC prices shipped.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Monday, 11 September 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Also, someone said the virtual console was dumb because it cost less to buy the games used.

I will personally give an unlimited lifetime supply of handjobs to the first person who can actually find a copy of the original Legend of Zelda for sale anywhere. For Adventures of Link I will throw in a couple teabags.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 12:05 (nineteen years ago)

a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar

(hahaha)

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

I'd throw a couple bags of tea AT some who tried to GIVE me Adventures of Link!

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 12:48 (nineteen years ago)

I will personally give an unlimited lifetime supply of handjobs to the first person who can actually find a copy of the original Legend of Zelda for sale anywhere.

The local game shop I pop into on the way to work has this, and I don't think it costs very much because it's sans box! As for the handjobs, I rubbed one out minutes ago so best not. Do you deal in xbox points?

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

He may be looking for an NTSC copy, they're harder to find. PAL ones pop up on eBay all the time.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 09:21 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not sure I want a handjob from a PAL.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 09:56 (nineteen years ago)

Never Twice Same Cock

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:00 (nineteen years ago)

Why are we talking about sex and nintendo games? Was this meant to be . . . ?

― This is My Way.... (blastocyst), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Why would anyone HAVE XBox points to sell?
You'd need something to SPEND them on anyway...

You should be able to spend them on the emulation profile R&D. So someday it might work.
At all.

Microsoft is aweful, and their system will not be very successful.
Sony might just nearly go out of business because of the PS3.

I think the only reason they haven't pulled out, thrown their hands up in defeat and apologised is they have SEVERE financial commitments to IBM, the laser makers who've now most likely offered a discount, and various other suppliers.
EVERY press release now is just Sony trying to keep their stock from plummeting further.
I bet the Execs are selling what they can, stateside at least.

I'm so glad to see them going down.
Hated that company since '98. EVERY discman I bought died.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

Should I sell that Zelda compilation I got with my Gamecube ASAP?

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

Never.
I mean, HELL! you can USE IT WITH THE Wii!!

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

November 19th for the USA, at $250:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/14/nintendo-wii-november-19th-250/

You get the remote and the nunchuck with it! Woo!

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Thursday, 14 September 2006 11:17 (nineteen years ago)

Prices announced seem reasonable:

Console: $250 (for Wii console, Wii remote (w/ strap), nunchuck attachment, Wii AC adaptor, Wii A/V cable, Wii console stand(?), sensor bar, sensor bar stand and two AA batteries.

Classic Controller: $13
Nunchuck: $13
Remote: $35

Wii Games: $40-$60

VC Games:
NES: $4.50
SNES: $7
N64: $9

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Thursday, 14 September 2006 11:37 (nineteen years ago)

Though all this is from the Japanese lauch I guess, so prices will probably all change to being more expensive for USA, and especially us in the U.K.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Thursday, 14 September 2006 11:39 (nineteen years ago)

new promo video
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/movie/lineup.html

also as well as photo/weather/news stuff, this
"WiiConnect24 will feature a BBS-like message board system that can cross-post to and from cell phones, computers and other Wii consoles."

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 14 September 2006 11:48 (nineteen years ago)

Note: all those prices are MAXIMUMS and MSRP.
They will be lower.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 14 September 2006 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

For the US/Japanese market maybe. For the UK I would be surprised if the prices even reflect a modest exchange rate of $1.50:£1.00. I hope to be surprised though.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

no wii for uk until march according to argos
:((((

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 14 September 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

First time a Zelda game has been available at system release. Also I know no one but me cares but holy crap there is an AVATAR TEH LAST AIRBENDER launch title as well.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Thursday, 14 September 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

It's already a set max at 250e.
I don't remember the pounds Sterling price, but that was announced.
Check the Wiki.
it's STILL the cheapest by FAR.

And the MOST FUN.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 15 September 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

argos have changed their banner ads! the teases!

― zappi (joni), Friday, 15 September 2006 06:37 (nineteen years ago)

They haven't announced a UK price, only said that it will "be in line with the US and Japanese prices announced". Which should be good news provided to Dollar and Yen stay weak against the pound.

The Euro price, after all, currently equates to nearly £170, whereas the US price comes out at less than £135, which is a game-price of a difference.

But you're right, it does look like being damned good fun, and that's all that matters.

Also, I've never heard of Avatar The Last Airbender, but it looks good! Might even try and see the cartoons...

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Friday, 15 September 2006 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I just got an email from PC world. Can't find any news articles to confirm, but:

"Nintendo have officially announced the launch date and price of the eagerly awaited Wii. The Wii launch has been confirmed as the 8th December 2006, just in time to fill those Christmas stockings. At a price of only £179.99 it's the must have console of the year."

So, £45, or around $85 more expensive for the UK market, GZeus.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Friday, 15 September 2006 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

The avatar cartoons are mediocre.
An american cartoon apeing Japanese animation style that takes place in China....

In regards to the UK price....OK.
I would imagine so. THe UK has Big Tarrifs. That must get annoying. Do you guys have many electronics manufacturers?

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 15 September 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

It doesn't take place in China, there is an entire fictional planet w/ separate nations, North and South poles, etc. FWIW.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Friday, 15 September 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Of course, this thread is about the WII, not about cartoons.

Is there a confirmed release date for DRAGON QUEST yet!?

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Friday, 15 September 2006 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

wtf @ region locking and no DVD playback?

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)

I heard a nasty rumor that Gamestop will only take used game trades in exchange for pre-order. Will confirm this afternoon.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 19 September 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

http://aklemai.com/albums/lj_septendo/wii_bomb.gif

― Songbirds of Darker Florida (cprek), Thursday, 21 September 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

region locking has been on virtually every system since the famicom, in one form or another.
The DVD dongle is apparantly cheap.
Why not build it in? To avoid licensing costs.
DVD-enabled devices require a licensing fee to the designers of the format.
That's why GD-ROM existed. SEGA couldn't afford the licensing fee at the time the Dreamcast was made.
So, they save people that want to use a DVD player to watch DVDs with good quality and for people who care more about space and number of hookups, THEY can pay the licensing fee.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 22 September 2006 01:47 (nineteen years ago)

Last week's excitement over Sony dropping the price of the PS3 in Japan may prove to be short lived with news coming out of the Tokyo Game Show that some PS3 games may cost nearly $100. Sources indicate that several PS3 games will retail for around $76 to $84, well above the current generation's $40 to $50; the price increase can be chalked up to increased development costs. Sony seems to have a knack for shooting themselves in the foot, no? – Nicholas Deleon

― rock u like a § (ex machina), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

wrong thread jon

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

Hey any of you guys that heard the rumor that Gamestop will only do Wii pre-orders in exchange for trade-ins, I have confirmed with them that this is BOGUS. It was an experiment they tried in Hawaii that apparently failed miserably. They still aren't taking pre-orders yet though.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Friday, 29 September 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe because I'm getting old and haven't been gaming much anymore, but when the only launch titles that I'd want to play are Twilight Princess and World Series of Poker, I think I'm going to pass!

― c('°c) (Leee), Friday, 29 September 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

COMMODORE 64 EMULATION

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11060

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 29 September 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

WTF did Gamestop want for trade-in, yr old gamecube or somesuch? That's a silly and greedy.

― Abbott (Abbott), Friday, 29 September 2006 23:16 (nineteen years ago)

The launch titles are also Sonic the Hedgehow, mario 64........
The list could go on and on with little work for developers.
I personally feel I get more fun out of titles I've actually worked for.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 29 September 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

the work comment was regarding roms etc.
VC vs rom

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Saturday, 30 September 2006 04:07 (nineteen years ago)

Is it worth the hassle of standing in line to pre-order tomorrow morning?

― Dionne Warrick Dunn football psychic hotline (Matt Chesnut), Thursday, 12 October 2006 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

No. It never is.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 13 October 2006 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

Never has been, never will be.
Will has never been.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 13 October 2006 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

i know i'll be able to get one without pre-ordering tomorrow, but i'm gonna have to anyway. just to make sure and whatever. got my trade-in's lined up already.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 13 October 2006 03:43 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I called about it and it is just bad news. Only something like a dozen pre-orders? Fuck that, naptime plz.

― Dionne Warrick Dunn football psychic hotline (Matt Chesnut), Friday, 13 October 2006 05:17 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah I'm just gonna have Amazon e-mail me when everything is in place or whatever. I'm not freaking out about having one on ship day. Plenty of material to work through on the PS2 still anyway!

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 13 October 2006 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to buy a PS2 after the PS3 launch just to play shit I've missed out on. :D oh... and a Wii

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Friday, 13 October 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe I should try to preorder at nintendo store?

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Friday, 13 October 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

Yes I'm sure you will really enjoy that, especially picking it up when it arrives, that neighborhood is so lovely after next month

― SOME LOW END BRO (TOMBOT), Friday, 13 October 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, Trauma Center for Wii. IMAGINE.

― Abbott (Abbott), Friday, 13 October 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

it seems like if you weren't at gamestop at 6:00AM you aren't getting a pre-order. i managed to find one store that still had 2 empty slots. by the time i got there there was only 1 left, which i filled. hooray for me.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 13 October 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

Not to piss on your parade roc, but I think the PS2 will go UP in price after the PS3 comes out.
Why?
Because the PS3 isn't compatible with ALOT of PS/PS2 games, and Sony will likely stop PS2 production to catch up on the PS3s they won't have ready for spring.
Thus making the 'smartest' move by a video game company since Sega dropped all systems but the saturn.
OR they could do the smart thing and not discontinue the PS2 for most of the life of the PS3.

But what IS certain is the PS3's release won't drop PS2 prices much.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 13 October 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...
^ more great insights from this douchebag! Why isn't mhe/she banned?


Anyway, it's almost NOVEMBER guys!

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

Which launch titles do you want to have your babies jon

― SOME LOW END BRO (TOMBOT), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

i'm biding my time.

― teh_kit returns! (g-kit), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/735/735577/wii-box-art-20061005095422534-000.jpg

― SOME LOW END BRO (TOMBOT), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

I figure Zelda will eat my life PLENTY while I wait to see how reviews pan out on possible less than stellar titles 3rd party titles

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Monday, 30 October 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

What the fuck, roc?

No bad blood until you got personal.
I'm very angry with you right now.

I mean, if you like Sony and see things differently for whatever reason, that's your perogative, but you DON'T have the right to insult me for speaking my mind.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Monday, 30 October 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

It's your prerogative.
It's the way that you wanna live.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 04:04 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I didn't use that word for years after that came out.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 05:44 (nineteen years ago)

You're the one that started a comment w/ "not to piss on yr parade" and then made a startlingly nonsensical proclamation that you expect to see consumer electronics INFLATE before being discontinued, which would be a first for the history of our species and possibly violate natural laws.

Seriously, this is the lol internet, chill out.

― SOME LOW END BRO (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:07 (nineteen years ago)

Also this thread is for talking about launch titles we want to play on the new Nintendo, not fites.

― SOME LOW END BRO (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

I have no idea what Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz is about but it seems like a brilliant idea just for having that name.

― SOME LOW END BRO (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz

haha this 'name' is exactly why i don't like nintendo games

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

Ever play Super Monkey Ball? It's, um, a racing game where monkeys in balls race against each other! It is my nephew's favorite game.

I'm excited enough just for Wii Sports.

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

I AM SO PSYCHED.

i need a sign for when i get zelda saying "TAKE YOUR TIME! Do all the fun stuff along the way this time". i get too wrapped up in getting on with the central adventure proper

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to try to do it without reading anything about the game. Second time, I'll read the internets and try to find all the goodness.

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, tell me it's not for fights after you INSULT ME...
And I said the prices would inflate after the introduction of the PS3. You've misstated a paraphrase, so I'm forced to repeat.
The PS3 does not play many PSX titles.
They will likely discontinue the PS2 to make up for lack of PS3 production.
The resulting lack of systems that can play many games means the used prices will go up.

Nintendo discontinued the NGC with the digital port=prices for models with it shot skyward.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/canwaters-eauxcan/bbb-lgb/img/card_e.jpg

The PS3 does not play many PSX titles.
Reference? Even so, I'd see this as a non-issue. TWO GENERATIONS AGO!!!
They will likely discontinue the PS2 to make up for lack of PS3 production.
LIKE HOW THEY STOPPED MAKING THE PSXPSONE????
The resulting lack of systems that can play many games means the used prices will go up.
NOT FOR A FEW YEARS, NUMBNUTS.... ever try to buy a N64 AT GAMESTOP? SHIT IS MAD CHEAP


Nintendo discontinued the NGC with the digital port=prices for models with it shot skyward.

IT WAS A CURRENT SYSTEM YOU STUPID MOUTHBREATHING CHOAD.


please to ban!!! I CANT TAKE THE STUPID

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

mod req to at least lock gzeus out of threads where his singular obsession is getting shouty and trying to hijack for no reason?

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

How do I deal with stupid :(((

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

At the very least, start another thread to talk about PS3, because THIS thread is about how AWESOME the Wii is not NOT going to be.

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

There's been a thread for that since before I started this one. Gzeus doesn't know how to use internets.

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not trying to Hijack anything.
Someone mentioned prices dropping, and I stated why I think that won't happen.
I'm not the one spewing insults and venom.
They stopped making GOOD psOnes, and by PSX I mean PS and PS2. X meaning 'unknown number.'
Look at Wikipedia. They can barely make their already late production run of too few units.
People will likely sell alot of PS2s to buy their PS3. Prices drop for used if the PS2 stays in production.
However, many of the uninformed will find that half their games won't run on the system, and then rush to 'buy them back.' in someway, causing prices to go back to their current state(close to new, really).
This is all basic economics, really. And since when is 100-150 bucks for a (currently) working system with controllers 'mad cheap'?

Whereas the Wii(because I DOO want to stay on topic, but people keep DRAGGING THIS OUT AND INSULTING ME) has full backward compatability with 4 generations and at least 5 branches of gaming.

The Wii will own, the 360 will keep American gamers dazzled, and the PS3 will go down as the system that came too early or the Neo Geo of this generation(if Sony stays solvent).
I can hardly wait for the Wii. It's everything that gamers like me and my friends have been waiting for a system that puts GAMES back in video games.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

THE ONLY THING YOU ARE HIJACKING ARE THE BASIC RULES OF TEXT FORMATTING. NOT REPLYING. BAN THIS FUCKER, NOW.

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

What?
Dude, you need to chill. I'd ovver you whiskey, but, you know...it's the internet.
Ban me for what? Giving my opinion that buying a PS2 BEFORE the PS3 comes out is a better idea?

Dude, I don't know why you're so upset. I WANT to talk about the Wii. You're the one who won't let this go. I've clarofied myself twice now. I'm not doing it any more because you SEEM(I emphasize 'seem' because I have NO IDEA what's going through your head) to be trying to get me banned....because you feel like it.
I can see no other reason why you'd start this witch hunt.

CAN WE PLEASE GO BACK TO TALKING ABOUT THE WII?!!?!?
SHEESH.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

ovver=offer. Because people with nothing to argue about attack typos.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

http://wizardishungry.com/lol/facepunch.jpg

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

I'ma have u both bannnnnnd if you don't start talking about how cool Excite Truck and Elebits are going to be RIGHT NOW

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

HELL YEAH!
Excite ANYTHING rules.
I'm a bit unfamiliar, I'm afraid. Could you link me/just tell me if you can make your own tracks ala Old School Excite bike?

Elebits looks neat, but I was never into Lemmings et al. Nothing against them, they just never excited me.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

I don't even know what elebits is supposed to be. I'm sort of excited by the number of Wii launch titles that I cannot for the life of me figure out how they're supposed to be played.

excite truck hands-on
http://www.pro-g.co.uk/wii/excite_truck/preview-278.html

yeah track design is in there. whoo!

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

I hope they let you import tracks from EXCITEBIKE like SimCity 2000 did for SimCity ;)

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

So has there only been the one momentary pre-order, or have there been/will there be others? I want a Wii powerful bad, but I'm not really looking forward to spending a whole night outside with a bunch of other VG dorkz.

Also: is Zelda looking like it's going to sell out, or will ample copies be available?

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

I'm waiting for Amazon to have it for preorder... failing that I can wait a week or two

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

yeah I'm waiting on Amazon. I can handle several months of downtime really since my big plan for 2007/post-MS/post-NFL season is to start all over again with DQ8

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

Virtual Console lineup released!

NES Games (500 Wii Points)

* Mario Bros.: Mario and Luigi punch turtles.
* The Legend of Zelda: The original Hyrulean adventure.
* Donkey Kong: The game that put Nintendo on the map.
* Donkey Kong Jr.: Not quite a classic, but its cameo in Yoshi's Island DS is pretty boss.
* Ice Hockey: Fat guy, normal guy and skinny guy hit the ice.
* Pinball: Mario moonlights as a paddle in this one.
* Soccer: Another early NES sports title. About soccer!
* Tennis: Simple but effective volley action.
* Urban Champion: An early, and not particularly good, brawler.
* Wario's Woods: A falling-block puzzle game starring Wario.
* Baseball: Yet another early NES sports game.
* Solomon's Key: A surprisingly difficult puzzle-action game.

SNES Games (800 Wii Points)

* F-Zero: A futuristic racer that reinvented the genre.
* SimCity: Make your city awesome and you'll get a statue of Mario!

N64 Games (1000 Wii Points)

* Super Mario 64: The template for 3D platform gaming.

Genesis Games (800 Wii Points)

* Sonic the Hedgehog: Spiky guy, attitude, goes fast. You know this one.
* Altered Beast: This bestial brawler will make you wise fwom your gwave!
* Golden Axe: One of the best multiplayer brawlers ever made.
* Columns: Before Bejeweled, there was Columns.
* Ecco the Dolphin: Save the ocean in this beautiful (but difficult) adventure.
* Gunstar Heroes: The action/shooter/platformer/brawler that made Treasure a hardcore fave.
* Space Harrier II: A fast-paced shooter featuring super-scaler action!
* Toe Jam & Earl: A funky and oddly mellow adventure.
* Ristar: Sega's less popular 16-bit mascot.
* Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

TurboGrafx 16 Games (600 Wii Points)

* Bonk's Adventure: Carnivorous caveman antics.
* Super Star Soldier: Superlative space shooting.
* Victory Run: Slick racing action.
* Bomberman '93: Explosive multiplayer mayhem.
* Dungeon Explorer: Classic RPG combat.

FZERO!

TOEJAM AND EARL!!

GUNSTAR HEROES!!!!!!!

http://www.planetemu.net/screenshots/goodgen/Gunstar%20Heroes.png


Stoked!

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

1986: The Legend Of Zelda
2006: The Legend Of Zelda

There is the theory of the Moebius, etc.

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 22:34 (nineteen years ago)

Woah hold up, games from non-Nintendo consoles available on VC!?! Didn't see that coming.

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/10/silverps2.jpg

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 22:51 (nineteen years ago)

Do you read blogs ever? xpost

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

Not really!

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

I hope they keep making more 'rare' games available. The used prices right now are insane. Some Genesis/Megadrive games are over $100.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

They really should just port EVERY nintendo and sega 8/16 bit game and make $$$ off the longtail.

I'm surprised at the poor quality of NES titles available. I mean, take Zelda and DK from the list and what is left? Pinball? Urban champion??
There is a general public without emulators who haven't played NES Super Mario since Ever, and they will pay money for it! Don't try selling them 10 sports games and a crap tetris. nintendo fools!

HOWEVER every genesis game is pure gold (except maybe, er, Ristar (Ristar??)). I guess someone else chose these. Someone with Class.

Again: Gunstar heroes! i would buy a Wii just for this. And i own it anyway!!

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 23:24 (nineteen years ago)

HOWEVER every genesis game is pure gold (except maybe, er, Ristar (Ristar??)). I guess someone else chose these. Someone with Class.

Ristar's got some great music though! So does every Megadrive game in that list though. Was that the deciding factor?

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Thursday, 2 November 2006 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

I think Sega chose to give the nod(that's really all that's needed from them for a 3rd party title. The tech was licensed from them, but the code is the 3rd party's, I think) to games they knew would be sucessful for one reason or another, and threw in some games like Columns and Ristar(Hey I like puzzle games, but they get old) to see if anyone bites.

Like taking your 4 favorite lures fishing, but a hook and that weird live bait you saw at the shop to see if anything bites.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 2 November 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

"you DON'T have the right to insult me for speaking my mind."

SURE WE DO, FAAAAGGGGG

WHO IS THIS DUDE WHY IS HE NOT BANNED YET

JESUS CHRIST KINGFISH

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 2 November 2006 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://nefariouslabs.r30.net/Dead%20Horse.jpg

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 2 November 2006 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

so, who saw south park tonight?

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 2 November 2006 05:47 (nineteen years ago)

GZ, you might wanna chill. We got Squirrel Police to do so for a little while, as good as it was...

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 2 November 2006 05:48 (nineteen years ago)

So, I've just seen the huge Edge feature on Zelda and the screenshots from Twilight Princess - am I the only person who looks it looks like a load of overwrought GOTH GUFF?

In fact, I am yet to decide if there's a killer MUST HAVE game to justify me buying one immediately - both Trauma Centre and Cooking Mama I have on the DS, I'm still happy with Animal Crossing on the GC, bothrd re racing/stealth/war games, Elebits looks cool but not £200 worth of cool. And there's always Pokémon, but am more happy with that on the old handheld anyway. Downloading games of course looks great, but it's depressing they're region specific unless you get round it by buying an American wii, connecting to the US shops and so on (I guess - and I'm not dorky enough to go through all the BOTHER). AND AND there's no dvd playback for the first consoles released...

So I don't think I will be getting one unless I come into some money. Why not send me some!

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Thursday, 2 November 2006 10:42 (nineteen years ago)

Article about the Wii on the BBC news site by a non-gamer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6088914.stm

― treefell (treefell), Thursday, 2 November 2006 11:08 (nineteen years ago)

The idea of a Squirrel Police frightens me.
I'd be arrested for 5 counts of murder.

There's DVD playback, it just costs ~$20.
Basicaly, they're making you pay the DVD Movie licence fee.
Me, i'll stick with the higher video quality of a real DVD player.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 2 November 2006 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

HA!
I KNEW it!

A big reason the NES was a success it got non-gamers to game(remember it came out after the crash). The controllers were the best at the time, the light gun game(ONE GAME that I know of, but EVERYONE has it) was fun, and if you were rich(by my standards at the time) you even had the mat that you ran in place on and looked like a jackass then lost the olympics.
All while smiling.

The Wiimote shall do two things for non-gamers.
One, get them to think "What's this?" and pick it up.
Two, get them moving around. I find many non-gamers think gaming is lame because it's non-physical(yeah, burning all the sugar in my brain, and getting forearm strain trying to control the guy in Lords of Thunder at Hard level on the second to last level isn't physical...). now they'll (just like that silly mat or DDR) see and feel that games are indeed fun. Some people need physical motion to get their blood and adrenaline pumping.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 2 November 2006 13:52 (nineteen years ago)

I want to like it, and I want to buy one for myself for christmas. but this physical activity you speak of scares the spunk out of me.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 2 November 2006 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

I am so not NOT looking forward to turning that goofy stick dealie in the air like it's a steering wheel and jumping a ginormous fucking truck hundreds of feet over a hill. I am also so not NOT looking forward to turning off all the lights in my house, moving all the furniture out of my living room, and jumping around blasting the shit out of whatever kind of enemies there are in Metroid Prime 3. I am so not NOT looking forward to it.

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 November 2006 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

other downloadable old games that are going to be available by the time it launches in Japan:

* Five-in-a-Row (Go-moku Narabe)
* Gradius
* Legend of Kage
* Ninja Jajamaru-kun
* Xevious
* Contra III
* Donkey Kong Country
* Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo
* The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
* R-Type III
* Street Fighter II
* Super Castlevania IV
* Super Mario Picross
* Super Mario World
* Shadow Dancer
* Adventure Island
* Bomberman '94
* Necromancer


1. OK seriously I'd almost forgotten about backwards compatibility with the Gamecube in the midst of everything else. I forgot that that is a feature that rules.

2. If Square/Enix/Taito do not sign off on the rights to let Nintendo have their classics for the virtual console, I am going to compare them unfavorably to Paul Bremer.

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Thursday, 2 November 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

UTTERLY UNFAIR.
MUST GET JAPANESEY WIIZEY.
SHOOTERS!
BOMBERMAN!!!

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 2 November 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'm surprised at the poor quality of NES titles available. I mean, take Zelda and DK from the list and what is left? Pinball? Urban champion??
There is a general public without emulators who haven't played NES Super Mario since Ever, and they will pay money for it! Don't try selling them 10 sports games and a crap tetris. nintendo fools!

They're going to put out a bunch more old games each month, IIRC.

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Thursday, 2 November 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

10 a month according to Iwata, I think. 80 for Japan by January. Which means probably about 50 for the rest us by then, maybe more, but at that rate, and with the GC option, I cannot possible imagine that there will be a dearth of content, by any reasonable standard.

I wonder if they'll let the USA have Terranigma this time?

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Thursday, 2 November 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

Are there any TG16 games even worth $6?

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 2 November 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

Dungeon Explorer is definitely worth $6. It might as well be called Gauntlet 2.0 though.

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 November 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

Any word on Wii microtransactions?

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 2 November 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

"Are there any TG16 games even worth $6?"
Ummm...99% of them?
They cost $30 when they came out, and if it's half as fun as it should be, you're till getting $9 worth of fun for free.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 3 November 2006 02:14 (nineteen years ago)

so a point equals a penny, is that the case?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 November 2006 02:34 (nineteen years ago)

That would be bad, because I'm the high score master.


*insert rimshot and disclaimer stating I mean in my room only*

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Friday, 3 November 2006 03:07 (nineteen years ago)

Ummm...99% of them?
They cost $30 when they came out, and if it's half as fun as it should be, you're till getting $9 worth of fun for free.

No, they suck. That's my point.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Friday, 3 November 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

Bonk was a pretty fun platformer as I recall. there was also some moonbase Advance Wars-type turnbasedtactics game I enjoyed quite a bit.

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Friday, 3 November 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

what was that one with all the masks? the Alex Kidd one?

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 3 November 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

SLAUGHTERHOUSE

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 November 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

I think you mean Kid Chameleon. That's not an Alex Kidd, it's independantly awesome.

And the TG-16 is great if you like FUN games like action and Shmups.

If you want RPGs and fancy deep gameplay, you have to go to Turbo Duo/CD or CDROM2. Even then it's really just awesome action games.

I love Shmups. Thus, I'll be getting a full-on PC-Engine and CD setup when I get to Japan, and loading up on cheap HuCards and CDs.
not to mention Mega CDs...


In any case, I'm excited about these games.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Saturday, 4 November 2006 01:39 (nineteen years ago)

Cartman's not getting a Wii.

― Darramouss (Darramouss ftw), Monday, 6 November 2006 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

HOW DO I GET A WII? ARE THEY ALL RESERVED? PLEASE PLEASE HELP

― turbogirlwc8ko3.jpg (blastocyst), Monday, 6 November 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

Guide to finding a Nintendo Wii at Launch

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Monday, 6 November 2006 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

awesome -- thanks tom :)

― turbogirlwc8ko3.jpg (blastocyst), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 07:32 (nineteen years ago)

what about the UK tho. wha dec 8th. perhaps i will cryogenically freeze myself til then cartman style.

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not getting a Wii. Not on release day anyway, unless by a miracle I find a back-alley shop with one shiny Wii waiting for me. Pl4y.com just told me they wont be getting me a unit on launch day. I pre-ordered it the day after pre-orders started so I wasn't even that slow! :(

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

I don't understand why some sites are telling me that Amazon is doing pre-orders, but when I go to Amazon, they are not doing pre-orders. Waht? INTERNET?

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

THEY ARE DOING PRE-ORDERS! JUST NOT YET DUDE

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

been playing Wii all afternoon. Excite Truck.

― M@tt He1geson: Sassy and I Don't Care Who Knows It (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 10 November 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

sounds like amazon might not do preorders at all. also, they've sold out of zelda.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Friday, 10 November 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

All this stalking of videogame systems makes me so fucking glad I dont have kids, where theres consequences and pouting involved if you fail in your mission to procure all the newest shit before xmas.

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Friday, 10 November 2006 23:34 (nineteen years ago)

So Matt, how is it?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 November 2006 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

He's too much in love with it to tell.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Saturday, 11 November 2006 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

Class of 3000 is EXCELLENT.

It's full of both clever and stupid jokes at all times.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Saturday, 11 November 2006 04:25 (nineteen years ago)


AHAHAHAH WRONG THREAD OOOPS!

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Saturday, 11 November 2006 04:25 (nineteen years ago)

it's fun. insane jumps and well designed tracks.

the controller works well.

it's all very easy to set up and the motion sensing tracks very well, even when we were trading off every other race, etc.

― M@tt He1geson: Sassy and I Don't Care Who Knows It (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 11 November 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

How's the sports packin thingy?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 November 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

to place to plug it in in my car. no home sux!

― rems (x Jeremy), Saturday, 11 November 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

So has anyone ever lined up for a console before? I want a Wii something powerful and the WiiFinder (http://wii.clambert.org/) says that most of the Targets in my area are going to be getting between 60 and 150 units each (living in Los Angeles occasionally pays off in small ways), but the idea of spending a night out in the cold surrounded by a bunch of hardcore videogame dogmatists does not exactly tempt me.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Saturday, 11 November 2006 23:40 (nineteen years ago)

lure 'em off with pg13 .jpgs?

― rems (x Jeremy), Sunday, 12 November 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

Considering the lengths people seem to go to for them, why stop at PG-13?

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Sunday, 12 November 2006 03:16 (nineteen years ago)

I will be trying the Wii tonight. Very excited.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 12 November 2006 03:52 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm, it wasn't that great. I mean, obviously the system will thrive or fail based on the games, but Wii Sports was roughly as fun/innovative as Eyetoy Play 2; Exitetruck and the new Monkey Ball are garbage. The Zelda was pretty nice but in the early stages of the game, I haven't seen anything you couldn't see on the PS2 or XBOX, and the control doesn't add a whole lot to the equation. I'm also not that into the art style of this one, but I imagine I'd get over that as the game progresses.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 12 November 2006 10:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://brent78-b.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/e2/e21cdddb32e5a36e15d7bdfbd6825a04008d7085.gif

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 12 November 2006 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

powerglove...the system

― latebloomer: not to be confused with the dolphin from Seaquest DSV (latebloomer), Sunday, 12 November 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

How does the Wii hardware compared to the Gamecube? i'm thinking this is just gamecube+gimmicks

― a.b. (alanbanana), Sunday, 12 November 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

There's not greater resolution in regards to pixels, but there's no need for that anyway.
Why market to the massively in debt? They'd just sell the system when the forclosure happens!(if you don't get the joke, ignore t until you do)

There's greater amount of video ram and overall processing power, but it's compatibl with the GC games(obviously).

And the ability to control a FPS without fiddling with three directional controls and 10 buttons isn't a gimmick.
It's brilliant.

I can't wait untl someone makes a Shmup that's controlled with the Wiimote.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Sunday, 12 November 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

GZeus is a master of satire and I'd love to stroke his knee :)

― Darramouss :D (Darramouss ftw), Sunday, 12 November 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.stuffmag.co.uk/NonProducts/3116653854big.jpg

― Abbott (Abbott), Sunday, 12 November 2006 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

aaaaaaaAAAAAAAWWWWWWW DAMNS:

Excite Truck allows you to listen to your personal MP3 music files during the game. By inserting an SD Card into your Wii console, you can choose the music you want to hear.

How to Select Music Tracks
1. Insert your SD Card into the Wii console.

2. Begin or continue a game and enter any race. Before the race begins, press + on the Wii Remote to access the Sound Options screen.

3. Select the "SD Card" option.

4. Any MP3 files available on your SD Card will be displayed (100 songs maximum). To choose a specific song for the race you are about to enter, highlight that song. You can also choose to randomize all songs shown for that course. Highlighting "Default" will play the standard in-game music.

5. Press 1 to return to the Sound Options menu, then 1 again to return to the pre-race screen. You can also use the "Sound" command at any point during the race to change the current song.

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Monday, 13 November 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Someone on the DevTeam owns SanDisk stock!

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Monday, 13 November 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

The whole design and marketing of the system, particularly the outboard, computer-compatible storage options and the(initial) decision to have it be region-free shows me that Nintendo is the only company to 'get it.'

Gamers want choices, they want to play older games, they want FUN, they don't want to wait forever just so a game came come to the USA watered down and poorly translated, then sold at a higher price to pay for those 'additions.'

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Monday, 13 November 2006 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

For uk'ers Amazon won't be taking pre-orders for the Wii until November 21

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 09:24 (nineteen years ago)

that's next Tuesday fact fans

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 09:25 (nineteen years ago)

do we know what any uk gameshops are up to? i don't trust amazon.

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

teh_kat says we don't have room for a Wii in our little flat. One HUGE hissy fit later, and I'm still getting a Wii.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 11:57 (nineteen years ago)

put a bag over her head!

― ONIMO ph34rz teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 12:10 (nineteen years ago)

She'd "break" my "rocks", dude.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 12:22 (nineteen years ago)

Tell her every time you win at tennis on Wii Sports she'll get a fish biscuit.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

I ordered one from ebuyer, as they seem to have some decent deals going. Plus, there's an admin type dude for the site who's been talking a lot on the forum, so he seems to be keeping people pretty well informed as to what's actually happening with their Wii pre-orders. Of course, not clear enough that I know if I'm getting one or not...

I'll probably still also try to pre-order one on Amazon, if I get more than one I'm sure I can find a home for any spare(s).

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

decision to have it be region-free

Dude this matters to like 8 people.

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

count me as one of the 8 then

games i love that i would never have got to play if the DS/GBA were not region-free :
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Rhythm Tengoku
Dotstream
Orbital

+ living in europe where games can come out 6+ months later than anywhere else grumble grumble

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

"Dude this matters to like 8 people. "
You like in a bubble on your own planet.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

Who doesn't like bubbles?

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

(ps: best pot calling kettle black ever)

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

Any of you uk-ers that haven't pre-ordered a Wii, I would definitely recommend eBuyer now. The Admin dude I mentioned previously posted on their forum this morning saying that he'll make sure that any Wii's pre-ordered now will arrive on the 8th, and that's while the current stocks last. So it looks like they have plenty available at the moment.

Of course, that's only really helpful if you are willing to buy a £300 pre-set bundle. Still, anyone that's interested, go Here

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 08:45 (nineteen years ago)

those bundles are whack.

what i'll be getting extra for def: 2nd wiimote+nunchuck, component cables, zelda
thinking about: red steel
def not: classic controller

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 10:39 (nineteen years ago)

Wii only pushes 480i though, right? So S-video should be satisfactory? Or fuck it, just the one old reliable yellow RCA.

(after wrangling with my new HD satellite receiver and LVD TV last night I have determined that Nintendo is absolutely correct, simple is best and the format wars are completely against the interests of the consumers at this point)

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

component > s-video > composite

or so the reviews and general theory would imply. and composite is what you get in the box. not s-video.

also thinking about despite not being mad for FPS/shootin' games: far cry

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I went for the package on ebuyer that has Zelda, Red Steel and Far Cry. I really want Zelda and Red Steel, Far Cry looks a'right from what I've looked at since ordering it.

Not fussed about the classic controller, but I seem to recall reading that Sega VC Games will need the classic controller (i.e. not Wiimote compatible), so I guess it might come in handy.

Only about three weeks for the UK now...

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.infendo.com/uploaded_images/controllermatrix2.gif

The idea seems to be that if you do not currently own at least two wavebirds, you may end up SOL at some point.

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

Personally I think I'd kind of hate that classic controller based on where the analog sticks are. Where does the base of yr thumb go?

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

Wii only pushes 480i though, right?

also does 480p, hence component cables
apparently makes a big difference from the reviews i've read

― zappi (joni), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

ok so I just checked my specs and I guess yeah, going to need more component cables. Jeez.

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.nwiizone.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/wii-classic-controller.JPG

There is no longer a reason for there not to be a Nintendo Katamari.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus that's big, sorry guys!

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

the motion sensor controller will be better

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

i need to murder someone for one of these

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

I look forward to flipping omelettes and whipping pokemon into submission

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

do you think they will let players whip each other using the wi-fi connection?

― LISTEN U TURBO CROUTON (TOMBOT), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

amazon orders on 19th

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Thursday, 16 November 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

I saw a Wii kiosk running Excite Truck yesterday and it looked pretty bad. I know that the graphics aren't really the point, but it looked worse than a Gamecube game. It was really odd.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 16 November 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

was it using component cables?

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Thursday, 16 November 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

One thing I noticed is that the effectiveness of the Wii Remote works a lot better for some games than others. On Zelda, the pointer moves effortlessly across the screen, much more smoothly than it does for Wii Sports.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 November 2006 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

(xp) No idea. I would hope not, as I want to believe that the system is great... but I figured that since it was a kiosk, some effort would have been made to make it look as nice as possible. Maybe that's not the case...

I also played a bit of NBA 07 on the PS3. Players were a bit too sweaty for my liking but at least it looked really, really great.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 16 November 2006 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

Getting excited now; happy to wait till after the christmas rush, but this is SO going to be my new year's gift for me and the girl.
I have to assume graphics will improve after the second round of titles as they have for every system since dawn of time, yadda yadda.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 November 2006 07:43 (nineteen years ago)

Also the ads are awesome.
Anybody able to name that shamisen tune? Sounds a lot like Tomoyasu Hotei to me...

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 November 2006 07:45 (nineteen years ago)

My get up at 5AM, get a Wii, go to work, go home, play Zelda plan was defeated by people who apparently camped in front of Wal-Mart all fucking night. New, more sensible plan: wait til after Christmas, order from Amazon, play Gears of War until then.

― adam (adam), Sunday, 19 November 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

Though I really thought all the OCD camper neckbeard types got their kicks with the PS3 launch and leave the Wii to us sane people.

― adam (adam), Sunday, 19 November 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

And would.

― adam (adam), Sunday, 19 November 2006 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

I just thought of the bestest plan... GO TO AN AREA THAT HAS A CURFEW FOR UNDER 21/18/WHATEVER

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Sunday, 19 November 2006 13:59 (nineteen years ago)

60 units at Target, number 63 in line

;_;

― Dionne Warrick Dunn football psychic hotline (Matt Chesnut), Sunday, 19 November 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

post WDYLL W/ WII pix

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 19 November 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

none of you are getting wiis, apparently

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 19 November 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

we are not worthy

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Sunday, 19 November 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

I wait for cheap.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Sunday, 19 November 2006 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

i never get new systems w/in a month of launch

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 20 November 2006 00:04 (nineteen years ago)

Got one last night at a midnight launch - at the risk of self-shilling, I actually ended up writing it up because it was such a ridiculous experience. Lining up for game systems for 12+ hours = NOT ANY GOOD.

http://www.greenpeaness.org/2006/11/non-musical-aside-so-i-got-wii.html

The system, of course, is idiotically great. More as situation develops.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Monday, 20 November 2006 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

listen im sure this console is a peach but when are nintendo going to get past making games based on donkey kong? i cant even think about going the nintendo way until they give that 20 year old shit up.

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Monday, 20 November 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

i mean it reeks of macintosh. great machine but hardly anything runs on it. if you can find anything good that will run on it you can be pretty sure it'll have the same limited features that program had when you ran it on your pc 5 years ago. whats the point?

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Monday, 20 November 2006 13:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://critical-hits.net.nyud.net:8080/ryan-david/amazon-wii-launch-estimated-arrival-wtf

(note danger of tabbed browsing + shotting screen)

― ONIMO feels teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Monday, 20 November 2006 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

"great machine but hardly anything runs on it."
It was launched yesterday...

"it'll have the same limited features that program had when you ran it on your pc 5 years ago."
you talking gamecube compatability?

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Monday, 20 November 2006 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

i hope it has some decent FPS games for it, for this wow controller. another resident evil game would be top. i don't want to buy it for just more fucking mario kart bollocks.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 20 November 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

you guys should seriously look at just the official site.
FWIW there are no actual donkey kong games as of yet on anybody's radar.
And if you hate the Mario or Zelda franchises then yr loss!

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Monday, 20 November 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

Roffle at the sex toy fiasco!

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Monday, 20 November 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

OCD camper neckbeard

LOL you know my brother in law?

He got Zelda but didn't get a Wii haha. He said it is whispering, taunting him.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Monday, 20 November 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

i'm going to let it slip til xmo i reckon. i asked at GAME about pre-orders and they were taking deposits and orders, but the initial shipment was already bagsiesed, so it would be a matter of waiting for more stock to come in. screw that.

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 20 November 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

Katharine is being "purposely obtuse"

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Monday, 20 November 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

dont fuck with me GZeus. you know i mean nintendo in general.

tombot, isnt mario the guy jumping the barrels in DK? i always assumed it was the same guy.

jon is my newest myspace friend and spells my name correctly = JW ist PEACHY

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Monday, 20 November 2006 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

I suspect the Wii controller will get its share of racin' and skatin' titles from third parties soon enough. Developers make more money per title for less capital outlay up front plus they're saying 4 million units in households by 2007. The math says any smart publishing house should be backing AAA titles on Nintendo first for some easy money.

Inasmuch as FPS are concerned, I am looking forward to Metroid Prime: Corruption being the first one I try out since I last got roped into playing goldeneye nearly a decade ago.

people spell yr name wrong? It's right there!!!

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Monday, 20 November 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

I KNOW! retarded amirite? fuck an E

im going

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

to wait and see what happens. im betting we'll be forced out of the ps2 soon

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 00:01 (nineteen years ago)

There's any plans for shmups yet? or will that be handled in the short term by all the emulation?

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 00:01 (nineteen years ago)

WIIKARUGA?

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 01:09 (nineteen years ago)

Shmup+Wiimote=Orgasm X-Mas.

Oh, and sunnywhatever.
I have no idea what you mean, i can only base what you mean on what you way, thus I asked.
There are many things I'd have said to you, but I do realise that most people that act like that only do it on the internet.
Myself, I try to act like myself no matter what means I'm using to communicate.

In short, don't say things that you wouldn't say to my face.
That was uncalled for, so don't do it.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 03:23 (nineteen years ago)

How precise is the motion detection?

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

How precise is the motion detection?

It took about a day to get used to it in ExciteTruck and about two seconds to get used to it (and about four seconds to get frustrated with it) in Wii Sports Boxing. I'm starting to fuck around with Wii Sports Baseball now and it feels REALLY precise. ExciteTruck is getting there too - if you're into games with a Eureaka moment, get this one ASAP because the moment you figure out just how to control the truck is a big one. I haven't even played Zelda yet!

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 09:19 (nineteen years ago)

i just preordered mine via amazon. excited!

Delivery estimate: 14 Dec 2006 - 20 Dec 2006
BOO!

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 09:41 (nineteen years ago)

how do you manage that? they're saying the date for pre ordering is still unknown, on uk sites anyway. amazon u suck

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 10:18 (nineteen years ago)

any release dates for the new metroid?

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 10:48 (nineteen years ago)

how do you manage that?

they had their first batch of preorders this morning on amazon.uk
they sold out in about ten minutes
i'm fully expecting an email from them to say "oops we overestimated, sorry"

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 11:17 (nineteen years ago)

on amazon.co.uk right now: "We've just sold out of our initial allocation of the Nintendo Wii console. However, we hope to have more stock available soon. Read our FAQs to find out more"

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

OiC

cheers!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

oh GZeus. it was all said in mock anger. you're about 10 years too late to catch me being actually angry at random people.

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

There's no tone of voice in the internet.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, but yours is pretty easy to imagine.

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

i sound like darth vadar, fwiw

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

haha. on NuILG, we should try to figure out how we can have animated graphical smileys in all our posts.

xp

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

people spell yr name wrong? It's right there!!!

some people are too dumb to use the setting page?

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe the settings page is too dumb for people to use!!!

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

We should develop a mental model based on surveys of experts and see how that matches up against laypersons' understanding of the problem, then redesign the methods by which we present information to address those gaps.

To keep this on topic, perhaps we can come up with an ILX UI that can be operated entirely with a simulated fishing rod.

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

I am seriously looking forward to fly-fishing in Wii Animal Crossing, how lame is that

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

Is it going to be fly fishing or regular fishing? Holy shit!

I'm looking forward to chopping trees in Harvest Moon! YAAAY

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

I really HOPE it's fly fishing, or that you can opt for it as opposed to just hurling it out there.

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_26.gif

from here

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

"Oh, but yours is pretty easy to imagine."
Monotone?
Because that's how I sound usually.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

The math says any smart publishing house should be backing AAA titles on Nintendo first for some easy money.

we'll see, but seriously don't underestimate how bad publishers feel burned by their experiences w/n64 and GameCube.

― M@tt He1geson: Sassy and I Don't Care Who Knows It (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

I probably won't have the money to buy one of these things until December (had stupid priorities, like a new winter jacket) but once I do I figure Zelda and a small handful of GameCube titles should tide me over in that period between "Have grown tired of/realized I'm not very good at Gears of War" and "preorder came in for Forza Motorsport 2".

I am sad that Red Steel is apparently shitty, though. Even sadder that apparently GC games (specifically Killer7 and RE4) are not Wiimote-compatible.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

Red Steel is getting "mixed" not "shitty" reviews, but I'm waiting. How much are GC controllers now anyway? You need them to play Virtual Console shit anyway

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

Probably $20, which is what I paid at Target for a new XBox controller. (And yeah maybe "shitty" is overstating things, says the dude who likes Killer7)

― nate p. (natepatrin), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

(and is boggling at the dudes flipping out over Z:TP getting "only" 8.8)

― nate p. (natepatrin), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

(from GameSpot, and I haven't trusted their ratings in a while anyways)

― nate p. (natepatrin), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Wavebird's like $35 or so

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

AND COMPLETELY WORTH IT. Fuck a wired controller now and forever.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

http://intendo.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/wii-wavebird-fugly/

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

Does Gamestop sell cheapo GC controllers?

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

I want 4 for mario kart

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

the flap is fucking removable. games bloggers < bacteria

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

if you're going to the nintendo store they're going to be the same price as at gamestop!

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

Right but I mean.... are there stores that sell used / crappy 3rd party clones / lower priced WIRED GC controllers?

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

SELL YOUR PSP WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL MAKING GAMES FOR IT

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

anyway I went and checked for you:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=nintendo+gamecube+controller&hl=en&btnG=Search

― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

kudos

(my psp is long gone... hello cash)

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

how much did you get for it? i need to sell mine

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah think I'll shift mine too. Has only been gathering dust for the last uh six months.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

who needs virtual console?
wii already hacked

― zappi (joni), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 09:39 (nineteen years ago)

I find it funny that people are STILL saying VC games are expensive.
LOOK FOR THEM CHEAPER AND YOUR ROMS ARE LEGAL.
It's not like used XBoxs are EXPENSIVE....

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

maybe i won't run out for that component cable. the difference isn't all that great as seen here: http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6162297/p-2.html?sid=6162297&page=2

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Thursday, 23 November 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

Does it come with svideo

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Thursday, 23 November 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

no

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 23 November 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

<a href="http://dol.dengeki.com/movie/asx/081226fragile.asx";>nice</a>

― smooth challoperator (cozwn), Friday, 26 December 2008 13:32 (seventeen years ago)

bbcode

― smooth challoperator (cozwn), Friday, 26 December 2008 13:32 (seventeen years ago)

no word of a localization yet (or for lots of other interesting looking wii games)

― zappi, Friday, 26 December 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)

I have to admit, my inner 14-year-old LOVES that trailer.

― Nhex, Friday, 26 December 2008 22:06 (seventeen years ago)

youtube cos the last link was a bit slow

― FLEETWOOD COZWN (cozwn), Saturday, 27 December 2008 03:14 (seventeen years ago)

no word of a localization yet

the tales game for the wii was released in NA like six months after it was japan so i wouldn't count it out. also i think all the tri-Crescendo have been released in NA, i'd be a little surprised if this one wasn't

― delicate mouse tune, crash of cat chords (Lamp), Saturday, 27 December 2008 03:26 (seventeen years ago)

WHY ARE THERE ONLY 3 FUCKING GOOD GAMES FOR THE WII

I HATE YOU WII I WANT AN XBOX, never buying nintendo again.

― Local Garda, Saturday, 27 December 2008 14:58 (seventeen years ago)

haha what are your three

― El Tomboto, Sunday, 28 December 2008 03:18 (seventeen years ago)

1. twilight princess
2. super mario galaxy
3. excite truck

honorable mentions:
wii sports
wii fit
fire emblem
boom blox

― El Tomboto, Sunday, 28 December 2008 03:19 (seventeen years ago)

nancy drew game is pretty dope imo

― delicate mouse tune, crash of cat chords (Lamp), Sunday, 28 December 2008 03:33 (seventeen years ago)

also...

Castle of Shikigami III
Mario Kart wii
Geometry Wars Galaxies
Resident Evil 4
Wario Land Shake It (haven't actually played it yet, but it's on my shelf - I'm hopeful)

― Jeff LeVine, Sunday, 28 December 2008 03:33 (seventeen years ago)

don't forget Zack & Wiki and PES 2008.

― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 28 December 2008 03:37 (seventeen years ago)

have to say that mario kart wii is really terrible compared to classic mario kart the wheel is such a waste of time and it exposes the shitty wii-mote controls which make the game 1000% less fun and the maps are just jacks of classics. total nintendo cash grab fuck mario kart wii

not counting amazing PS2 ports like RE4 and dokapon kingdom would rep for zelda, super paper mario and ghost squad

― delicate mouse tune, crash of cat chords (Lamp), Sunday, 28 December 2008 03:40 (seventeen years ago)

I don't totally get what people are complaining about with Mario Kart Wii, but then I tried the Wiimote/Wheel controls for like 5 minutes before switching back to the Gamecube pad. What did people want more out of it? Better/more stages and old style boosting?

Same questions for Brawl, which was also fun. They're both pretty much iterative versions of the old games, which were good to begin with, plus some halfassed online additions (though I'd give Brawl some more credit overall).

― Nhex, Sunday, 28 December 2008 04:37 (seventeen years ago)

The online part of mario kart is about all I play / HUGE plus for me. Endless challenge and fun. Just went back last night and played some Mario Kart 64, which I used to love, and it's still great, but people are looking back at that stuff with rose colored glasses - the game has come a looong way. Never played the gamecube or ds version, so I can't compare to those, but compared to 64 the track design is amazing, especially the remade tracks like rainbow road - going back to play those old ones feels so incredibly plain now. There's just so much more variety to the races now, that's what I like about it, more strategy and action. I also don't use the wheel, but do use the wii remote + nunchuck, which works quite well for me.

― Jeff LeVine, Sunday, 28 December 2008 04:55 (seventeen years ago)

i was goofily semi-trolling earlier which fell flat, obv. i'm not a huge mario kart wii fan although playing with the classic controller is a good tip and i appreciate the online play. only problem there is that half the time ppl want to play rainbow road which is my least favorite course. part of it is that kart and brawl aren't games i'd play by myself, even online, and i'm probably not as attuned to the improvements from the 64 versions

― delicate mouse tune, crash of cat chords (Lamp), Sunday, 28 December 2008 05:25 (seventeen years ago)

Loving the Wii versh of Bully right now. Will continue to plough a lonely furrow for Endless Ocean, too.

― I Was a Teenage Armchair Hongro Fan (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 28 December 2008 10:20 (seventeen years ago)

Wii Sports, Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy (tho I think I've realised I don't enjoy the tweeness of Zelda games much anymore)

Honourable mentions: Twilight Princess, Tiger Woods.

But seriously judging by what I've played to date the Xbox 360 has limitless amounts of good games, like the PS1 or PS2, more than you could ever have the time to buy/play. And you aren't forced to play ultra twee cuddlestein mountain games.

― Local Garda, Sunday, 28 December 2008 18:29 (seventeen years ago)

Serious Games for Serious Gamers that play Serious Games!

I on the other hand am on Galaxy, Wii Fit, Princess, Metroid (is anyone else playing this at all? It's kind of amazingly beautiful and satisfying 24/7), and looking forward to No More Heroes.

― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 1 January 2009 17:34 (seventeen years ago)

Metroid really is pretty awesome, although the boss battles drag like a Fassbinder movie. it's totally worth it just for how amazingly well the game itself controls, though.

― jamescobo, Thursday, 1 January 2009 20:02 (seventeen years ago)

Got stuck on some boss battle about half way through and never went back to it. Couldn't stand how many times you had to shoot those guys.

― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 1 January 2009 20:09 (seventeen years ago)

^^^ on my list of games i should finish before i buy a new one but i'm at the point where advancement isn't worth the frustration. it does have great controls and looks fantastic

― Lamp, Thursday, 1 January 2009 20:29 (seventeen years ago)

Got stuck on some boss battle about half way through and never went back to it. Couldn't stand how many times you had to shoot those guys.

this is exactly what happened to me. I loved the environments though.

― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 January 2009 21:04 (seventeen years ago)

It was this fucker, wasn't it, Jeff?
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/241/reviews/928517_20070830_embed020.jpg
Fuck that guy.

― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 January 2009 21:12 (seventeen years ago)

Yup, that's the one. I had to put the game back in to check, its been so long. Saw I was only 20% in. Sad, really.

― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 1 January 2009 22:19 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/333583/whats-in-a-name-nintendo-considering-wii-u-rebrand-sources-claim/

Nintendo is considering changing the name of its next-generation console, Wii U, sources close to the platform holder have suggested.

good

― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 27 January 2012 22:48 (fourteen years ago)

'Wii On U'

― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Friday, 27 January 2012 22:52 (fourteen years ago)

Wii U changes its name to Wii Polytechnic

― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 28 January 2012 08:12 (fourteen years ago)

'Wii-ll U STFU'

― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Saturday, 28 January 2012 08:49 (fourteen years ago)

Wii U changes its name to Wii Polytechnic

― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:12 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

maybe iTunes U got litigious

― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 28 January 2012 09:18 (fourteen years ago)

I downloaded a bunch of itunes U stuff last year and still haven't gotten around to actually learning anything from it

― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:22 (fourteen years ago)

wii u sounds like a hillbilly smelling a fart

― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:22 (fourteen years ago)


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