Nintendo Wii Thread

[Fried Gold]

I pre-ordered one from Argos at the weekend. They're the only shop telling you exactly what package you'll get for your money.

Comet/Currys/Toysrus/Game still seem unsure of what to expect and yet charge you for pre-ordering.

[ThisIsTheGirl]

I eventually decided to pre-order through GAME - even though I hate that shop and it seems to be exclusively staffed by fuckwits. Even though they do ask for a £20 deposit (which is fully refundable if you change your mind), I didn't mind so much, because I bought a GAME gift card, which lets me chuck money on it whenever it takes my fancy. So for the last couple of paydays I've been loading at least £60 onto it, and now I've saved enough to buy the console, and I've hardly even noticed the money disappearing, because I've been able to do it gradually.

The latest issue of Edge has a Wii guide in it - doesn't tell us much new info, but it did mention that the Wii Shopping Channel won't be available to UK users at launch, which is a bit of a pisser for those of us interested in buying Virtual Console games. It also says that VC games will only be available if they were also sold in the host country on the original format – so no Chrono Trigger for us UKers . I'm hoping that they'll eventually see sense and make all VC games available in all territories. I'm a bit peeved that there will be no online titles for a few months after launch – that seems like a stunning oversight on Nintendo's part, but as long as they get a few out there before the launch of PS3, I'll be happy enough. I'm patient, I can bide my time on that *taps foot so furiously that he makes a hole in the carpet*

Too bad none of you play Pokémon….


Anyway, here's a promo image for the Virtual Console, for anyone interested!

[tfactor]

Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess new trailer is over on youtube, better check it out before it gets removed.

looks aboslutely brilliant! I love that they went with something closer to the 64 version of the game versus that Windwaker version I just couldn't get into. And I think I remember reading that this is not being released for gamecube anymore but rather only for Wii.

[ThisIsTheGirl]

Aaargh - curse my stoopid work PC that won't let me watch youtube vids!

I'll check it out this evening. I hadn't heard that about the game no longer being available for the GC. It seems unlikely, but then again, a lot of fanboy purists were saying that they were going to buy the GC version because that was the original destination for the game. I don't really care. I'm definitely gonna buy the game, but not for a month or two after it comes out - I can't flash the cash around too much, and there are other games which I want more for the multiplayer experience. WarioWare is probably top of my list, followed by Trauma Centre. Fortunately, at least one of my friends is also getting it on launch day, so we are going to pool our games collection at first. But he wants Red Steel or Project Hammer, so looks like we'll be biding our time over Zelda.

Still pissed off that I won't be battling other Zoners online for a few months.

Even more pissed off that you USA-ers will get the damned console THIS MONTH. You fuckers.

[colonel_lugz]

OH ITS GOOD OH ITS GOOD OH ITS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!

[Chairman Kaga]

Nope the GC version of Zelda was merely pushed back till after the Wii release not cancelled outright.

[tfactor]

well I thought I was pretty sure on the game only being for Wii, but my brain doesn't always work right so I suppose I could have read that wrong. Or maybe this was just wishful thinking on my part

Sorry about that! I guess I should stick to movie trailers

[MasterWhedon]

So, I've just been told that all my Gamecube games can now be played on a the Wii!! Absolutely ZERO reasons for me not to buy one now!!

[doglips]

Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess new trailer is over on youtube, better check it out before it gets removed.

looks aboslutely brilliant! I love that they went with something closer to the 64 version of the game versus that Windwaker version I just couldn't get into. And I think I remember reading that this is not being released for gamecube anymore but rather only for Wii.

FUCK YEAH! Can't wait to get my paws on that.

[Fried Gold]

I've pre-ordered GT Pro with my Wii. It comes with a steering wheel shell for the remote control. And I'm a sucker for peripherals.

[Chairman Kaga]

So, I've just been told that all my Gamecube games can now be played on a the Wii!! Absolutely ZERO reasons for me not to buy one now!!

On top of that (unless they scrapped it) te Wii has 4 GC ports on it to use the old GC controllers.

[MonkeyM666]

Hey Guys,

Quick question. Does anyone know if there's a official launch in London the day the Wii comes out???

[ThisIsTheGirl]

I've been trying to find that out myself.

The person in my local GAME store said they were considering a midnight opening on the night of the 7th, but I dunno if that's what you're asking about or not

[doglips]

Hopefully I will get to test drive a Wii in a couple of weeks time. My friend, who is a game developer, has one already and is coming to visit. Just as well as there is no way I will be able to afford one on launch day. Christmas funds are more pressing. Why can't free range turkeys be cheaper?

[ThisIsTheGirl]

Damn, that is a good friend to have, Dog! I'm hoping to sample one in the next month too - apparently, they will be setting up demos all over the place. There is one at the Good Food Show this weekend, I'm wondering how I can blag my way into that. Anyway, there's a list of promotional displays coming up here - but there will also be plenty of demos in places like GAME and HMV, so keep your eyes peeled!

Some other details about the launch are here

[MonkeyM666]

Yeah, I'm kinda surprised that there isn't a red carpet launch kinda thing. Projectors showing gamers doing there thing on the new machine, no lines to play; lovely ladies with plush Mario and Yoshi heads, wearing bikinis and heals; champagne served to me by Hugh Heffner...... <ahem>... sorry I just faded out there for a minute. Yeah…. Anything would be great!

[ThisIsTheGirl]

Projectors showing gamers doing there thing on the new machine, no lines to play; lovely ladies with plush Mario and Yoshi heads, wearing bikinis and heels;

I think the big N are trying to consciously move away from that sort of thing. Their Wii promo will be all about how "real" people can pick up and play its games. At the recent industry demo in the Docklands, they apparently had people doing game demos who had never played a console before that day. 60 year old mothers and stuff like that.

Their strategy has been impeccable this time around; let Sony and Microsoft fight over the specs-obsessed "hardcore" gamers (who think good graphics are a sign of a "grown-up" machine), while the Wii will be bought by everybody else: women, older people, younger people, and adult males with jobs and relationships who don't have 6 hours a day to devote to gaming

[silentbobafett]

TiTG! I was only thining of you yesterday.... wondering where you have been you crazy mofo! Or wondering where I have been! I know not the answer to neither!

[MonkeyM666]

He's been reading every press release that Nintendo has eversent out!

And that's why they'll keep going strong. Inovation is Key these days... I'm glad the new CEO gets that.

very nice comments by the way Girl, you seem to know heaps about it.

[MonkeyM666]

does anyone know if Katamari will be coming to the Wii??????? Now that would be mum slaping fun!!

[ThisIsTheGirl]

Even though the format of the game seems tailor-made for the Wii, it's unlikely, since they announced that Me and My Katamari was to be the last ever title in the series.

The Japanese website now only carries a farewell message.....

However, if (when) the Wii replicates the runaway success of the DS, Namco might have a rethink.

[MonkeyM666]

arrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggg NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but we Katamari.... I'll have to get a PSP now.

[papalazeru]

Just seen my first televised trailer for the wii.

I'm selling a kidney then having myself frozen in ice until it comes out, I can't be bothered with waiting outside the store.

[MonkeyM666]

I know, I take great pleasure in telling people about it.... the expression on there faces is always priceless.

[colonel_lugz]

just in case you weren't convinced enough

Call Of Duty on WII

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6nIIb7aYH8U

[MonkeyM666]

Don't tease!!! Oh why don't I own a TV.... damn stupid London. That'll teach me for moving over here and living in a squat. Doh!

[MonkeyM666]

Anyone know if there'll be a demo Wii's set up in ol' London town for loosers like my self to play?

[colonel_lugz]

Im sure there wiill be, TiTg is usually pretty resouceful on that stuff

Where bouts in London are you?

You coming to the meet up next weekend?

[MonkeyM666]

Elephant & Castle.... in an old clapped out pub.

The movies? I want to but I am yet to be paid.... it's been a few months. I think I was asking questions the other day. it's like £9 yeah?

[silentbobafett]

DUDE! I used to live in Elephant and Castle! The E&C baby! Moved out in 2004, I think, could have been 2003 - best move I ever did! However it was agreat experience! And I didn't find E&C to be all that scummy... well....

[AtomicHyperbole]

I used to have to go through there to an ex's of mine back near ten years ago... is it as still as fucking scary now as it was then?

[ThisIsTheGirl]

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iii!

3 weeks tomorrow!

[colonel_lugz]

BOO-YA!!

[MonkeyM666]

It's not really that Scary... the Tube stop is the worst bit I can see but what train station doesn't attract dodge.

[MonkeyM666]

The place I live is the dodge one. An old pub that's due to be demolished in Feb. Imagine Shawn of the Dead but a crappier pub and you'll be the vibe.

[silentbobafett]

Ohhh is it the one with the playing cards as its pub sign?

The "rat run" underneath the E&C is the scariest bit!

But I didn't mind it there!

I went to a dodgy shaun of teh dead meets Nil By Mouth pub when Iw as there, right round the corner from my house... last time I visited it was shut down - is that where you are squatting?

[MonkeyM666]

If it was called the Arch Duke Charles then yes.

[MonkeyM666]

And I bloody hate doing through those underground walkways. The colourful painings on the walls just make it that much more creepy when your stumbling home late one night.

THE BUMS>>>THE BUMS ARE ATTACKING ME WITH THERE SHOES!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.......... ........

[tfactor]

So anyone else packing their car to camp out in front of Best Buy this weekend?

I just called my local store and they said clsoe to a hundred people are already in line for the PS3 which is being released tomorrow morning. And people started lining up for the PS3 yesterday afternoon.

So tomorrow immediately after work, we are heading to best buy and the waiting game begins.

to be continued...

[ThisIsTheGirl]

T - words cannot express how jealous I am at this moment......

I can't wait till the first online games start coming out - then, the true Zone War shall begin!!!!

[ONeillSG1]

just in case you weren't convinced enough

Call Of Duty on WII

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6nIIb7aYH8U

My head just exploded from the coolness. I only have a few seconds before my hands loose . . .

<collapses on the ground, dead>

[bastard_robo]

I divert you to this artical!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_on_hi_te/nintendo_s_wii_challenge

The wii will wii all over both systems.

[so sorry]

just in case you weren't convinced enough

Call Of Duty on WII

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6nIIb7aYH8U

My head just exploded from the coolness. I only have a few seconds before my hands loose . . .

<collapses on the ground, dead>

ugh.
that controller for te Wee looks too hard to use. I mean physically hard! All you guys are going to hav Popeye forearms after a year.

[Bob Samonkey]

So anyone else packing their car to camp out in front of Best Buy this weekend?

I just called my local store and they said clsoe to a hundred people are already in line for the PS3 which is being released tomorrow morning. And people started lining up for the PS3 yesterday afternoon.

So tomorrow immediately after work, we are heading to best buy and the waiting game begins.

to be continued...

I know someone that works a Walmart. Wii are soooo getting one. See you online Trev...

[tfactor]

T - words cannot express how jealous I am at this moment......

I can't wait till the first online games start coming out - then, the true Zone War shall begin!!!!

Thanks! But I don't know how envious my position will be by saturday night around 3-4am but I'll try to get some good pictures & a video or two. The best part about this little weekend adventure is; it was all Athena's idea! seriously I'm married to the coolest chick on the planet ever EVER!

I can't freaking wait! We're packing the portable DVD player and the full box of civil war comics we need to ketchup on. can't even focus on work, too excited!

So are you guys going to get the heavily active Warioware: Smooth Move? That Zelda and Wii Sports are the main games we're talking about getting, what are you guys planning on getting?

[Fried Gold]

just in case you weren't convinced enough

Call Of Duty on WII

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6nIIb7aYH8U

My god.

You get to e-choke Germans....and row yourself onto the beaches.....and e-punch Germans.....and......my god.

[Pacino86845]

I'm sure you guys've already said it in one form or another, but how awesome would the eventual Star Wars Jedi game be using those controls to swing a lightsaber and performing force moves on Storm Trooper bitches?!

[Pacino86845]

just in case you weren't convinced enough

Call Of Duty on WII

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6nIIb7aYH8U

My head just exploded from the coolness. I only have a few seconds before my hands loose . . .

<collapses on the ground, dead>

ugh.
that controller for te Wee looks too hard to use. I mean physically hard! All you guys are going to hav Popeye forearms after a year.

Dude, most of us spend a good part of the day on the internet... we already HAVE popeye forearms.

[The Garbage Man]

Just got a Wii this afternoon. It's good to have a roommate who's press.

If I get a chance to play it/watch it being played, which is looking doubtful at this point, I'll try to post some thoughts later tonight.

[wonkabar]

Death to Sony