General Wii discussion thread. I'm just in a punny mood right now.

So, my latest paycheque prior to the system's launch has come in, and provided that the stores have more units than there are preorders, I should be able to get one at launch. (I'd put in a preorder, but it turns out they were doing that for one day only.) I was hoping to get Twilight Princess right off the bat too, but I guess I'll have to settle for Wii Sports for a while. :p

Anyone else? What launch titles interest you the most? This can include Virtual Console stuff too.

I would really enjoy getting one as soon as it comes out, but this fun thing called "debt" and it's best friend "bills" like to hang out with me. They steal all my money. :(
I need to get new friends/job. Then I might be able to get it.

I'm going to ask for it for christmas. Give them some time to work the kinks out.
Though that's more of a problem with Sony's products, but it's still a good idea.

Twilight Princess is good, but I'm also immensely attracted to the Metal Slug anthology.

It'll also be nice to finally play SNES games without the guilt that comes with using a ROM.
And I really hope that Jeopardy and Family Feud are included in the virtual console. Probably not, but those are easily my favorite SNES games. Mostly just because Je... err... GnomeMan makes them so hilarious every time.

I would really enjoy getting one as soon as it comes out, but this fun thing called "debt" and it's best friend "bills" like to hang out with me. They steal all my money. :(
I need to get new friends/job. Then I might be able to get it.

Look at it this way: if you're lucky, you can hold out until it drops in price at least a little. I was planning to do that myself, actually, and I kind of resent my inability to hold out. :p

Edit: Assembly line footage. (http://media.wii.ign.com/articles/745/745181/vids_1.html) Hoopy.

I'm going to wait until they release the red Wii.

I want it bad.

Honestly, I don't really have much of a reason to get it right away, being that neither Twilight Princess nor SSBB are going to be launch titles. I'm gonna hang onto what I have for a while -- it's not like I don't have enough games -- and Vader's mention of a red one intrigues me.

I'm going to ask for it for christmas. Give them some time to work the kinks out.

How many kinks wll they work out in two weeks? Bearing in mind yours won't be bought on Christmas Day.

Twilight Princess [not] launch title

Beg (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/wii/data/928519.html) pardon (http://wii.ign.com/objects/748/748589.html), sirrah (http://wii.nintendo.com/software_zelda.html)?

Also it's been revealed that the Wii version will feature downloadable content in future. Like extra dungeons or new tools to screw around with. (And plenty of alternate outfits, I'm guessing. Ganondorf in a "Kiss the Cook" apron, anyone?)

Not to mention it'll likely be a while before they start releasing the alternate Wii colours (read: at LEAST something like eight months). I recall back when they promised like six different colours for launch. Then just white and black. Then I'm not sure when that changed, but apparently only white now. Damn them. :p

Well, if they're going to cut back on the launch, better they do so in a purely cosmetic way than by delaying the launch indefinitely to subsidise Japan.

Hell, the price of a Wii you could buy the white one at launch and the coloured one when it's released and still have spent less money than you would buying one PS3. ;)

And plenty of alternate outfits, I'm guessing.

...Why do you guess that?

Vader's mention of a red one intrigues me.

http://media.revolutionreport.com/image/revofficial%204.jpg

Obviously it's an old render, but it looks lovely.

How many kinks wll they work out in two weeks? Bearing in mind yours won't be bought on Christmas Day.
Enough time to work out anything serious.
Maybe.

After all the reviews, I don't see what serious issues the Wii could have. Possibly some tweaks for the motion sensing.

I've had my preorder ticket a good month now, roll on Dec 8th.

I'm gonna get Twilight Princess with it, and i'm looking forward to Super Swing Golf Pangya, which is Albatross 18 (http://www.albatross18.com) for the Wii (good game, completely free on PC). Not to mention playing all my old favourite SNES RPG's on VC.

I heard today that the Classic pad won't work with SNES game on Virtual Thingy.

:(

Well it appears I was gonna be bought one tomorrow, except it doesn't come out tomorrow :p
My aunt is going to US tomorrow, so my mom was gonna have her buy it for me(for me to pay it afterwards obviously), and I wasn't even told about the scheme until about half an hour ago, when I had to break it to her that it doesn't come out until the 19th. :p

What my mom doesn't know is I'm getting them to buy and Ipod for her, it was her birthday yesterday y'know :D

Well it appears I was gonna be bought one tomorrow, except it doesn't come out tomorrow :p
My aunt is going to US tomorrow, so my mom was gonna have her buy it for me(for me to pay it afterwards obviously), and I wasn't even told about the scheme until about half an hour ago, when I had to break it to her that it doesn't come out until the 19th. :p

What my mom doesn't know is I'm getting them to buy and Ipod for her, it was her birthday yesterday y'know :D

You are aware of region lockouts, yes? European games not working on a North American console or vice versa?

You are aware of region lockouts, yes? European games not working on a North American console or vice versa?
Where's the problem then? Ocixem IS in North America.

You are aware of region lockouts, yes? European games not working on a North American console or vice versa?
Well, Mexico is right bellow US so I think it should work fine.

Okay, from what you were saying it made it sound like you lived in Europe.

I'm looking forward to having a Wii.

:D

However, looking at Game's online store and converting the price of the bundle with Twilight Princess...

€320?! Yipes! I don't even have €100! And I'm unhireable!

Well, I just called around to all the stores in my area to find out what time they'd be opening on the launch date, and in the process I've found out that they don't have any units left un-preordered anywhere. So I was hearing all about these abundant shipments of the console and stuff, right? Guess how many units there are per store?

15.

THAT DOES NOT EQUATE WITH "ABUNDANT" TO ME. Seriously, I asked, and there are an equal number of PS3 units in each store. When the **** did this happen?

Weird.

Very very weird.

Well, I just called around to all the stores in my area to find out what time they'd be opening on the launch date, and in the process I've found out that they don't have any units left un-preordered anywhere. So I was hearing all about these abundant shipments of the console and stuff, right? Guess how many units there are per store?

15.

THAT DOES NOT EQUATE WITH "ABUNDANT" TO ME. Seriously, I asked, and there are an equal number of PS3 units in each store. When the **** did this happen?
How many of each console do you expect each store to sell? There are a lot of stores. It'd be nice if there were more, but more will come, in time. Worry ye not. You might even save some money this way.

Wow, by comparison, the Wii looks tiny: http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/11/playstation-3-vs-xbox-360-vs-wii/

Going by those photos, the Wii does not look that much bigger than my external floppy drive, although I imagine that's an optical illusion.

Heck, why don't Nintendo do what Sony did with the PSOne and PSTwo and market a flip-up screen for it? That would make me about four times as likely to buy one (As I've said before, if I do buy a next-gen console, it will be a Wii... but I have no major motivation to buy a next-gen console). I guess it wouldn't work so well with the Wiimote...

EDIT: For some bizarre reason the PS3 reminds me of my grandad's record/tape deck.

They've said from the beginning that the Wii is as small as a few CD cases.

Yeah, you can judge it by the size of the slot for the game discs, which are the size of a DVD. The whole unit is about the size of a DVD-ROM drive. There is a stand that it sits in (not in the photos) that adds another inch or so to its height though.

I heard today that the Classic pad won't work with SNES game on Virtual Thingy.

:(

You heard wrong. The classic pad will work fine with SNES games.

It's the gamecube games that'll give it trouble.

The PS3 is ENORMOUS!

I saw a PS3 at walmart, as it was suppost to be showing off it's awesome graphics and what not. But not to my surprise the screen was frozen the whole time.
It's not even out and I can tell it's a peice of crap.

Wow, the disc slot on the Wii actually looks kinda big and ugly without the eerie blue glow coming out of it. System itself is pretty sexy, though. Is it still coming with that little stand to allow it to rest on one side more easily?

Yeah, it looks a lot bigger than before.

Also, I posted this in OO, but here it is again...
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7497/wiitargetgiftcarddu7.jpg
GLOWING GIFT CARDS.

Yeah, it looks a lot bigger than before.

Also, I posted this in OO, but here it is again...
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7497/wiitargetgiftcarddu7.jpg
GLOWING GIFT CARDS.
Wow, that is red-hot.

I touched a Wii yesterday. :)

No Wii for me. 3 people too late in line. No more units until January. Why is the US going to be getting shipments once a week? :mad:

I did pick up Twilight Princess so I'll know I won't be looking around desperately for it whenever I do get the system, though.

It's gotta be torture to have the game and not be able to play it. :p
I would stare at it all day.

For those of you who have an EBgames nearby:
I'm not sure if they are doing it everywhere, but if you give them your drivers license, they'll let you play the wii. They do that because they don't have the wiimote attached to anything.
Tommarow I might head up there again and play some more excite truck.

They don't even have any spots for demo stations in any of the stores around me (EB, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart). Mind you, I want to play the Wii for the first time in my own home hooked up to my own TV, and nowhere else.

I sent a polite letter to Nintendo recently:
Dear Nintendo.

How are you? I am fine. You are launching the Wii in the States on November 19th, very closely followed by a December 8th launch for the UK. This puts me in somewhat of a bind, as I intend to move to Los Angeles in Marhc of next year. As much as I would love to be involved in the Launch hullubulloo that wull inevitably take place, sadly my money is better spent on immigration forms. And, to be frank, if I bought the console now I would have to buy another one come March when I've moved.

If you don't mind, I'd appreciate it if you could nudge the Wii launch date back by a couple of months. That way I can enjoy the Glowii (see what I did there?) that is a Nintendo home console launch. Do consider it.

Many thanks,
Ben Paddon

PS - If you wanted to send me a Wii for Fwii (see, I did it again!) I would find myself reluctantly accepting it.

I don't think I'd be getting my hopes up too high about that. :p

I wouldn't be suprised if they reply, though.

RaAAAAUGH

Online ad: WE ARE GETTING WIIS THIS FRIDAY
Phone call: THERE'S PRACTICALLY NO CHANCE OF US GETTING ANY THIS FRIDAY, BUT HOPEFULLY SOON

EB: maybe thursday, maybe friday, maybe next week

Toys R Us: not until January

Wal-Mart: :eek: HURRRR WHAT

It's been two days, and I'm going out of my head already. What makes it worse is that all the stores open right when my shift starts, so while I could easily get away with coming in an hour or so late once if I'd chosen to camp out for the system and knew for sure the store would have it, I can't start coming in late multiple times per week trying to check here and there and everywhere for new shipments.

Suggestion: Relax. :p

It's not like you've run out of games.

Hey, it's not every year a new Zelda game comes out, much less one that is hailed as an OoT-beater. Besides that, the launch lineup really doesn't particularly interest me. :p

Edit: Wal-Mart got some in Tuesday morning, and whoever it was I talked to on Tuesday said nothing about it.

RAGE

I must be one of the 3 people who liked Majora's Mask better than Ocarina of Time.

Hmm I wonder if Kjatte got one, haven't seen him around here in a while.

It's not out in Europe yet.

Annnd Future Shop got them in for opening today and sold out within a half-hour. You know what kills me?

I would have been there if my shift didn't start at the exact time as they opened.

[insert gratuitous violence/self-mutilation here]

My sister and her boyfriend waited in line 12 hours to get a Wii.

Their EB Games got in 1000 units for opening day. They were 910th.

I haven't played theirs yet, but I so want to.

It's not out in Europe yet.
Oh yeah, forgot about that.

I still don't know wheter to get a Wii or a PS3. D:
In any case, it seems almost impossible to get any of them, particularly the ps3...

For us Europeans it's easier to decide, since the Wii will come out in December while the PS3 will come out in gawd knows when. :p

The Sims Wii teaser: WMV (http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15256&type=wmv)/MOV (http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15256&type=mov)

:-/ :eek: :confused:

For us Europeans it's easier to decide, since the Wii will come out in December while the PS3 will come out in gawd knows when. :p

That's a deliberate marketing move by Sony: if you get a job the day the Wii is released, then by the time the PS3 is released you'll be able to afford the extra cost.

The Sims Wii teaser: WMV (http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15256&type=wmv)/MOV (http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15256&type=mov)

:-/ :eek: :confused:
I hate Japan

The Sims Wii teaser: WMV (http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15256&type=wmv)/MOV (http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15256&type=mov)

:-/ :eek: :confused:As creepy and weird that is, it still looks more fun than the current The Sims. :p

Japan: We refuse to allow The Sims to be on our new system unless it looks like Animal Crossing.

Japan: We refuse to allow The Sims to be on our new system unless it looks like Animal Crossing.

Where do you think the PS2 comes from?

Ah, but the PS2 is not their new system now is it?

Oh what the hell?

If Muzer comes into this thread I will have to give up completely.

There was an article in the New Yorker that gave me a surprise.

While Nintendo is 3rd in sales, behind Sony and Microsoft, they're actually #1 in profits.
It's pretty much because Sony and Microsoft are both obsessed with being #1 in sales, so they got themselves into a kind of arms race, where both sides continue to slash prices to the point at which they're losing money.

Nintendo just goes in it's own direction, and they aren't obsessed with being #1. As a result, they're actually doing the best out of all 3 companies.
Nintendo has a better business strategy than both Sony and Microsoft. :eek:

I think that's heavily weighted by their dedicated fans. I don't think anyone truly believes that Nintendo are rubbish but almost everyone thinks either MS or Sony are rubbish.

I think that's true of most things in gaming, though. There are a lot of people who won't even look at the consoles and will just automatically buy the one by their favourite company.

People tend now to look at it more in a "beating the spread" kind of way, I think. The DS and the PSP had roughly equal sales for a while, and that was heralded as a DS voctory because the PSP was supposed to pummel it into the ground. Much the same with the Wii -- the market share it's gained is so much more than what was expected before the new consoles were announced that it's going to be seen as a victory whatever the raw figures say.

Similarly, the original PlayStation came out of nowhere and the fact that it actually broke into the market in the first place probably shifted a lot of units on its own.

There was an article in the New Yorker that gave me a surprise.

While Nintendo is 3rd in sales, behind Sony and Microsoft, they're actually #1 in profits.
It's pretty much because Sony and Microsoft are both obsessed with being #1 in sales, so they got themselves into a kind of arms race, where both sides continue to slash prices to the point at which they're losing money.

Nintendo just goes in it's own direction, and they aren't obsessed with being #1. As a result, they're actually doing the best out of all 3 companies.
Nintendo has a better business strategy than both Sony and Microsoft. :eek:Yeah, I saw that too. It didn't surprise me, because I'd kinda heard it before from somewhere, but it is illuminating.

The DS and the PSP had roughly equal sales for a while, and that was heralded as a DS voctory because the PSP was supposed to pummel it into the ground.You get very used to that feeling when you're a Sega fan.

And, apparently, the Wii's online thingy is doing better than Sony's and MS's.

Woo Wii!

My SciFi Soc are getting a Wii. To go with their Gamecube, PS2 and various other consoles.

The Gamers can't because we have lax security. Last consoles in there were stolen by people with the key to the room over summer. When Goldsmith Hall is closed to students.

My SciFi Soc are getting a Wii. To go with their Gamecube, PS2 and various other consoles.


Given that the Wii is directly backwards compatible with pretty much everything GC-related, you guys might as well hock off the GC for some extra cash while it's still worth something. That is, unless you have a Game Boy Player you're particularly attached to.

I think that's true of most things in gaming, though. There are a lot of people who won't even look at the consoles and will just automatically buy the one by their favourite company.

Kind of like how you will automaticly trash anything that Sony makes?

Talking of, I got a hands-on with a coworker's PSP today, specifically with Need For Speed Carbon. Verdict:

Portability: the DS Lite sure as hell has it beat
Overall feel: not bad, in fact I'd even go so far as to say pretty good
Screen clarity: I'll admit, the DS, particularly on the lower screen, is pathetic by most standards, particularly when this is the alternative
Square button: didn't have any use for it, so I dunno how broken it really is
Analogue nub: you're actually meant to somehow use this thing?

Kind of like how you will automaticly trash anything that Sony makes?
You can't really blame him for having so much where to pick arguments against them :p

Kind of like how you will automaticly trash anything that Sony makes?
It's not automatic at all.

I happen to have in my pocket at this moment one of Sony's mobile phones. I bought it because for the price it was by far and away the best thing on the market.

Granted it doesn't ****ing work, but that's by the bye. I support whichever I like best and I trash whichever I consider worst. The PS1 I didn't care for. The PS2 I didn't like at all because it was just the PS1 again -- right down to it's two missing controller ports. The PS3 I loathe with a passion because... well, let's not have The List again.

Talking of, I got a hands-on with a coworker's PSP today, specifically with Need For Speed Carbon. Verdict:

Portability: the DS Lite sure as hell has it beatWell lah-de-dah. :p Can you lift it and carry it around? Does it fit in your pocket? It's portable. My only gripe is that I'd be careful about carrying it around without something to protect the screen -- I got a fairly nifty third-party guard thingy for it that also swivels around onto the back while you're playing.
Overall feel: not bad, in fact I'd even go so far as to say pretty goodIronically, I think this is my least favorite part so far. It feels a lot like the classic GBA. In other words, prone to causing cramping of the hands. It's not terrible, but it could be better.
Screen clarity: I'll admit, the DS, particularly on the lower screen, is pathetic by most standards, particularly when this is the alternativeI dunno how you can see the screen as anything other than beautiful. Unless it's all covered in scratches or something or has dead pixels.
Square button: didn't have any use for it, so I dunno how broken it really isIt's bitten me a couple of times. There are a couple of combos in Tekken that are nigh impossible to pull off efficiently (specifically, the ones that require pressing Square multiple times really quickly) and if I'm charging my X-Buster, it's fairly easy to accidentally let off the shot early.
Analogue nub: you're actually meant to somehow use this thing?Yeah, that's taking more than a little getting used to. GTA isn't quite the same on the PSP as it is on the big console.

Edit: Actually, on the GTA front at least, I'm not doing too badly with it. I've more or less gotten the hang of driving, anyway.

It's bitten me a couple of times. There are a couple of combos in Tekken that are nigh impossible to pull off efficiently (specifically, the ones that require pressing Square multiple times really quickly) and if I'm charging my X-Buster, it's fairly easy to accidentally let off the shot early.

How bad is the square-button thing? I've not played a PSP yet, but as far as I'm concerned if the input system is unreliable the entire machine is practically worthless as a result. It's all well and good it being able to run amazing games, but if I can't control them then that's just teasing me.

If it just fails very occasionally then that's probably tolerable, but it would still drive me completely insane whenever it happened: I don't mind losing at games when it's my fault, but when the hardware fails on me I question why I spent so much money on it.

(Perhaps this is why most of the PSPs I see on the train sit on the table with headphones plugged into them and almost never get touched.)

If it just fails very occasionally then that's probably tolerable...Very occasionally is probably how I would describe it. It really hasn't bothered me much at all, except in the Tekken instance I mentioned.

I agree that the PSP controlls can be bad, in some games. Guilty Gear XX #Reloaded and no doubt Tekken, all fighters that require high speed button mashing is tough. But most games arn't like that and work nicely, like the racing and puzzle games.

But like all consoles, practice will make any controller nice after a while.

But like all consoles, practice will make any controller nice after a while.

No, holding something uncomfortable that only works if you press on hard will injure you. How is that nice?

On another note, I still pronounce the name of this thread "weiner."

Analogue nub: you're actually meant to somehow use this thing?
It works a lot better when you get one of those bigger replacement nubs. Anyway, I've played GTA on my friend's PSP and it has created much techno-lust within me.

Does it fit in your pocket?

In my case, because I have annoyingly small pockets, even the DS barely fits. The PSP would protrude like a sore thumb.

On another note, I still pronounce the name of this thread "weiner."

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h121/Glombus79/1597.jpg

I'm a wiinner, I'm a wiinner!

I can fit entire CD cases in my pockets. Or even entire DVD boxes if I use my coat's pockets.

Angry Beavers!!! :D

Have you ever got a book that proclaims itself to be "pocket-sized", then turns out to be about the size of the Encyclopedia Brittanica (Volume 3)?

Happened to me so many times. I'm guessing they assume that backpack == pocket.