Wii Discussion Thread: Lukage is a whiny prat
 

So there's this thing called the Wii. I hear rumor that it has new games and old games from your Intellivision.

At night it'll glow blue and turn into some sort of gay Transformer that does jumping jacks and only jumping jacks. But that's okay because it only costs a penny to make so it's like a million times profit even sold at $10.99 on Amazon.com.

You use some sort of piece of chalk and a dog leash to perform light saber battles, so it's alot like MacGyver meets Muppet Babies imagination time. Gonzo still doesn't get Piggy, and really why does a toddler have such a sexual attraction to a piglet anyway? That can't be healthy.

Speaking of healthy there's a game coming out that comes with plastic pom-poms that connect to the bottom of that piece of chalk which are also made of chalk even though I just said they're plastic. Nintendo is pretty amazing like that. Right, so apparently this wonder chalk material cures cancer and brings people back from the dead but since this cheerleader game has even more chalk it'll also give you an instant six pack and a boner. "It's a really great boner too!" said an inside source who wishes to remain nameless.

Yeah, so given this exciting information the Wii is what this thread is about. Discuss. Discuss.



Hey, look, I found Donkey Kong. :revolution:

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A... A Wii Discussion thread? Why... what a rare occasion! Well since no one's reported this in the forums (I'm guessing everyone has read it on the internet), I shall do the honors of posting some new Wii news to add to this promising (and hopefully long-lasting) Wii thread!

---Photo Channel Updates in December---
"Official Nintendo Schmizzles and Shebangs"

For the lazy:
1) Apparently Nintendo will be taking out MP3 compatibility for AAC files (aka MP4 or .m4a files). Now while that's awesome for audiophiles, who the hell uses MP4/AAC? Oh wait, iTunes. In any case, it shouldn't be a problem. Perhaps if you'd want, there's probably a MP3 to MP4/AAC converter out there anyways.
2) Audio playback can now be in random order (wondering why they didn't do it in the first place :P).
3) You can customize the Photo Channel icon with your own photo on the Wii Menu.
4) Wii's sold from early December onwards will have AAC compatibility from the start. Those who have it before will be able to download it.

So pretty minor stuff really, but they're updates nonetheless!



*edit* Now the Check Mii Out Channel has it's own thread :p *edit*

So what exactly is the point for console discussion threads?

Updates to the console, such as yesterday's Check Mii Out channel and the inevitable bitching about how there won't be real storage support for things like the recently-announced 40MB WiiWare games.

<3 Acer

My Wii got fried, so I can't check out the new Mii channel yet, or Mario Galaxy. Another sad week for the Virtual Console, so I'm not too heartbroken.

Actually last week Super Mario 3 came out.

So everyone can hide in them and make snide comments about other people in the office.

"Did you see Three Sixty from accounting? Woooow puttin' on some weight!"
"I can't believe you went there! Oh you. Oh, oh, man. Neo Geo Pocket hasn't done anything all day, what a SLACKER"
"I haven't seen him do anything for a while now actually.. oh God he's dead!"
"Probably because he was so fat LAUGH OUT LOUD"
"You're in the zone! Let's furiously masturbate over totally useless things!"

Here's some news! America gets screwed over with cardboard cases for Link's Crossbow Training while PAL regions get a proper case. It's Wii Sports round two ahuauhauhahuaHUAUHAUHWUHAUHAHUWHUAHUA

America isn't even told yet when the game is coming out, not that we can reserve it or anything.

GameStop says "Well, we were told it might be available a few days after Resident Evil. Resident Evil comes out tomorrow."

I'm taking that you were writing at the same time I did, so you missed an example of what these threads are for :p. Firmware updates, channel updates and other system related news goes here, if I'm correct.

As for the Photo Channel update, I'm a little disappointed for taking the MP3 compatibility away but I'm betting there a way to convert MP3s into MP4/AAC files. Of course, a simple Google/GFF search is all to do this I need but having to convert my library of MP3s is going to be a hassle (though I probably don't need to convert all of it... just the ones good for photo slide-shows. No whining for me then).

Actually, does anyone on GFF use the photo channel apart from me? :eagletear:

I don't really get why Nintendo is replacing mp3 with aac. They should just use both formats. Options = better.

Another reason to hate the Japanese. :(

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/11/sneswii.jpg

That would be optimal, but does anybody actually use the photo channel to listen to music? If I wanted to listen to music, I'd be lazy enough to just use Orb streaming or something, which works VERY well, from my experience.

I suppose if you used slide shows, then this might be an important feature, but converting to AAC is quick and painless.

But I do agree, Having the option is always better than using just one.

That's pretty badass, unfortunately, I'm not in Japan. -_-

That's beautiful.

Oh, motherfuck. I've been waiting for info on those controller replicas. Hopefully this means they're on their way AND they'll eventually release them in Europe as well :(

Club Nintendo only. NOA and NOE hate you and the money you give them for games.

Again, iTunes will do it for you. I know winamp plays AAC, so I'd guess that can too. I actually highly recomend you convert your whole library. I did last year or so, selected all more music that was stored as mp3 and have iTunes compress them all to 128kb aac. You wont beleive this but despite most of my library already being AAC, I actually saved around 2 gigabytes of space, which is handy for a laptop user like myself. I have about 3000 songs currently as AAC, they clock in at 10.3 gig.

I find it bizarre that they would REMOVE support for mp3s altogethor. I mean, adding m4a support is a big plus for me as it saves me having to convert to mp3 but actually removing mp3? Stupid. And what is this going to mean for the handful of games that allow custom soundtracks?

I don't know if this will affect Excite Truck or any other game that plays MP3s off the SD card since it may not be relying on the Wii's firmware. It will be affecting the Photo Channel for sure which is pretty retarded.

RAB, you transcoded your ENTIRE mp3 library? Ugh quality loss.

Just posting to remind everyone about the Toys R Us "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" deal on Wii games from today until Wednesday (11/21). IT WORKS ONLINE, TOO, IF YOU DON'T SEE GAMES YOU WANT IN-STORE (but then you pay shipping).

I picked up quite a haul, since the games come out to $33.33 each plus tax, and I used the $25 gift card I got from buying Super Mario Galaxy there last week.

Super Mario Strikers: Charged
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Fire Emblem
Battalion Wars 2
Excite Truck
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

There might be some good games left if you go check.

NoE releasing stuff? Tee hee! You could always get one of these! =')

That is fucking disgusting. I hope you never in a million years share that shit with anyone.

Just tossing out that the B2G1 deal also works (online) on pre-orders as well, so you could toss in SSBB or whatever the heck you want. Better hurry though, since the website is already out of stock on some popular games (Super Paper Mario, Zak and Wiki, etc) and there's no guarantee it'll be back in stock by deal's end.

Also, for some curious reason, Assassin's Creed on the 360 works with this deal.

Yeah, last night I ordered Metroid Prime 3, Trauma Center: New Blood, and SSBB.

Hopefully, they'll ship separately without charging me more each time. If they ship together, this will royally suck.

Can anyone recommend me another two games?

I wanna get Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, but what else is good out there?

Given that Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles is in stores tomorrow, I might pick that up along with it... Maybe Fire Emblem, but I dunno.

Zelda ocarina of tiem.