[Wii] Official Nintendo Wii thread

Well, I'd think that firmware for the DS isn't as easy to update as the firmware for Wii. Perhaps it'll be easier once you own a Wii though since the DS can connect to the Wii easily and since the Wii has much better Internet connectivity.

Also the WPA support is something that would have to be built into the DS games. The NWC interface isn't something built into the system itself. It's in the game cartridges.

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No, but the way the games interact with WiFi is built into the game's code. If the NWC interface was built into the system itself I don't think this would be such a big deal. I kind of wish the DS had a certain amount of flash memory in it reserved for such things. That way you could keep 3 or so WiFi settings in your DS without having to set up the connection in each new NWC-enabled game you get.

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I think sprout was just having fun there. I've heard nothing that Wii uses Linux of any form. I'm pretty sure it has its own custom-built OS. I've heard that PS3 uses Linux though.

But they've managed to get Linux to run on just about anything regardless so it's probably inevitable regardless if the Wii is running Linux or not.

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There's a possiblity of them selling a gba pack to store snes and nes games you dl from the virtual console but they probably wouldn't do it b/c it'd be sure to be exploited. So they may offer it for NES games for RAM play but don't expect anything big. I don't.

I was speaking idiomatically.

In ur base exploding 3s. ='D

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That's in the launch period. At the launch date I'm not sure how many will be available. It may just be a million. It's not going to be hell like getting a PS3 but I just want to make sure I can get one the launch day.

I'm actually more worried about controller shortages like last time.

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That looks quite awesome. Unfortunately I doubt we'll get that. Reminds me of all my lovely HK anime dvd packages. It really works well. I don't understand why noone else in the dvd industry gets it. Oh well.

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You know what? Fuck it, I'd rather sleep. I had no problems getting my DS lite even a day or so after the launch date. I'm not going to sit outside Gamestop. Hell, worse comes to worse I can just bug Mo0 to set aside one at Toys R Us or something.

Good night, guys.

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I called 5 EB/GameStops that I know around here at around 5 PM just for shits and giggles. All of them had sold out of preorders immediatly by 10:30 AM. I lol'd and said thanks to all the guys on the phone. We had a bag of laughs. Anyway I'll just hang outside a Best Buy or Walmart on launch day. It'll be fun.

Well, unless I can get Mo0 to set me one aside that is. =)

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Well, the USB dongle for the DS was an online-only purchase as well. Perhaps if the component cables also get enough sales they'll start moving component cables to retail stores too.

Also, it's not just Nintendo that will be selling component cables online this time. Best Buy and other stores will have the component cables for purchase.

It's not that big of a deal as you're making it. True, I'd rather it be retail as well but it doesn't bother me that much.

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Along with 60 dollars your going to be forking over for a second controller so you can play with friend A and then an additional $60 dollars or two so you can play with friend B and C. What's your fucking point? Videogames and their systems are costly no matter how you look at it. Sony isn't including high-end HDMI cables in their system either so you'll be forking over anywhere from 7 bucks if you're smart and SHOP ONLINE or if you go over to retail anywhere from 30 bucks (if you're lucky) to 100 bucks.

The DS dongle is very helpful for people who can't use wireless routers in their living spaces such as myself or just don't want to use wireless routers. It's obviously gotten enough interest to be put from online-only to being a retail store item.

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Guh, I'm only defending against the stupid wah wah it's an additional 30 bucks argument. You're going to have to spend that much anyway whether it's the PS3 or the Wii so shut up. Both systems only come with composite cables.

I wish they'd include a cable like that with each system too, Skills, but they didn't. Probably cheaper not to or some bullshit. You know how frugal Nintendo is. Plus they want to make some cash off of you as much as they can. Not having a second controller included in the system that comes packed in with a MULTIPLAYER GAME is proof enough. Nintendo is run by Japanese Jews. Not going to deny this.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah, Japanese Jews. Those 5 cents mean EVERYTHING in the world, Skills. EVERYTHING.

Anyway, for the most part agreed. However, there are many more this generation with TVs with at least component inputs. I have a feeling that the cables will be in retail stores eventually.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well, I'll conceed to that. But you never know. With the whole high definition marketing blitz that is sure to be coming you might find people scrambling for component and HDMI cables. Last week at Best Buy I saw some old lady looking at HDMI cables saying that she needed it for the new tv her son bought her. I think that was the story. Anyway, details aside besides being weirded out at the prospect of an elderly woman looking for cabling it's just one example. Example of what exactly? Not sure how that helps my case but the I guess the uneducated are becoming slightly aware. I really think that once PS3 launches you'll be seeing a big push for high def sets and wiring is bound to come up in that whole tangle of new ideas for the technologically ungifted.

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lol to the layman component cabling if knowing it delivers better picture is component cabling is component cabling. The only thing they'll know from 480p to 720p to 1080p is that numbers is biggaaar. Really though, the big difference that component cabling will allow for the Wii is 16:9 and if consumers see that next to a Wii on 4:3 they'll see the difference immediatly. Widescreen is <3.

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True, and I totally forgot about the whole component thing only being offered online right now. So yes assuming they were sold retail you bring up a good point. However, remember that whole high definition marketing blitz. If mister oblivious sees an awesome high definition tv and is told it looks that awesome because of better cables like hdmi and component then he'll probably assume (and be correct) that it makes everything else look better too. In the off chance that he's also buying a Wii then he'll most likely pick up component cables for it if he sees them being offered. Just my thoughts.

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Yeah, you're probably right. But man you'll have to agree with me that if you see a Wii using composite cables running on someone's TV that has the option of component you'll just shake your head, now won't you? Hell, I don't think they demo the Wii without component cables. It's almost like lying to people when they composite cables in the box. That's of course going on the assumption that they'll be using component cables on the demo units at retail outlets which seems like the smart thing to do, but watch them screw that up.

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I think Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all send them displays and cabling and stuff for retailers to use. It differs from place to place. For some they won't give a total setup with clear plastic encasing but just the console and others they'll go all out. I really hope they do a good job.

And yeah, I fucking hate retailers that won't replace their demo equipment be it scratched DS screens or messed up controllers. The PSP at my Best Buy has L and R buttons that don't work so I couldn't try out Loco Roco. ;__;

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You never know. They may sell component cables before the console launches.

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Yeah, I heard it was a fun movie. I guess the guy who wrote the article didn't like it or something.

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Heh, the Toys R Us that I went to this morning was in Kotaku

http://kotaku.com/gaming/wii/toys-r-...-up-210893.php

Quote:

While shopping tonight at the Fair Lakes Shopping Center in northern Virginia, my wife and I happened upon ten determined gamers (or related parties) camping outside the local Toys R' Us. We decided to interview them, for the sake of science, journalism, and the American way.

All ten gamers showed up near-simultaneously at approximately 1:00 pm. Our interview took place at 10:00 pm, nine hours into their 22 hour wait. Temperatures had already dropped to fourty degrees F, and had hopefully plateaued.

The first order of interview-business was to establish who was waiting for the PS3 and who was waiting for the Wii. Of the ten campers, seven were waiting for both consoles. Another couple was waiting for a PS3 and a Wii, only one each between the two of them, while the final Wii had a lone claimant. If you have been following along with me on the math, that is 8 PS3's and 9 Wii's, among 10 people. You will know it is time to turn the page when you hear the chimes ring, like this... We were surprised to learn that not one of the soon-to-be-reserved consoles was headed for a resale.

Sony and Nintendo were already present at the campout. While observing the campers, we spotted one PSP, whose owner thought he had heard of Kotaku before. One of the campers plead guilty to possession of, but not intent to use, a Nintendo DS. As far as we could tell, it was buried in a blanket fold or a coat pocket somewhere.

My wife got really immersed in the interviewing process and plied the campers with additional questions. Three of the campers intended to pass the time gambling and pursuing a state of comfortable numbness through the business end of a bottle. Connect Four and Uno kept another handful of campers occupied. Two campers claimed to have books handy, and the kid with the PSP was thoroughly engrossed in his digital distraction.

If I were a journalist or a blogger, I would return in the morning for a body count or an update, but instead I will presume that they all get their consoles, and game happily ever after.

And then another person at Kotaku had an update and a video on Youtube of the line:

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Hahaha... that Fairlakes shopping plaza in No VA was the one that I video'd and put on Youtube! I was talking to the first person in line at about 5 pm, and the kid told me that he and his mom were going to get a Wii and PS3 each... then sell one of each on ebay... the liars.

BAD weather, cold, wind, and rain was coming in (very big trees knocked down just outside that mall in the roads to get to toysrus ) I think it fizzled.

The manager was saying that they were allowing BOTH a PS3 and a Wii for each person who waited in line.

I think when they finally did the preorders today, though, they said one or the other, NOT getting both.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6SPBz8YXYQ

I went there this morning, well yesterday morning at 8:05 AM, and the line was pretty huge. There were about 20-30 people there with a lot of them being couples or groups that would take turns being warm in their cars and waiting in line so it was hard to judge the total number. But yeah like the commenter stated those first 8 people were lying to whoever first interviewed them to save face. The only reasons they'd stay out there that early, 1 PM the previous day, were that they were die-hard Sony fans and they were getting that 2nd PS3 and Wii for family members or the fucking obvious - for selling on Ebay. I refuse to believe that the excess numbers that they took are being used personally. Two PS3s per household is a bit much and for that many people.

The policy got changed last night from buy a PS3 or Wii but not both to that you could buy both and it wasn't limited one per household. So all these couples in the front got 2 PS3s and 2 Wiis. It was kind of ridiculous. If they had only gotten PS3s I probably would have gotten a Wii preorder. I was like 5 away from the cut-off start.

The lady at the start of cut-off was really pissed. I don't know how long this lady wrapped in blankets had been standing outside but the lady in front of her and her son decided they'd both get a Wii so the blanket lady lost her chance just b/c those two were greedy.

But I only went there because I woke up early by chance and was bored. I basically went there to observe and talk with people in line and it was fun, and hey if I got a pre-order then a bonus. But holy crap those people in front were territorial and grumpy. They were telling people to go back home all the time. Didn't want noone to get near their ebay money bone.

After the whole small drama with the cut-off people left. Most of the people who'd been there only 3 or 4 hours at most were real good about it. We all just kind shrugged and gave the blanket lady small condolences. I then asked the manager if they were taking preorders for the games and stuff and he said yes even though they actually didn't. It wasn't really the info I wanted anyway and basically I asked when it was best to come back after the TRX Elmo madness died and he was like 30 minutes and I was like k. I then went across the street to Burger King and sat down with some people who were also line rejects. We talked about games and launches and stuff. It was all anonymous like the Internet and that was fun.

I went back to Toys R Us and surprised Mo0 who works there. He can tell you about the stragglers calling in for Wii/PS3 and customers asking the same thing. It was kind of fun being there and talking to customers first hand about not getting one and how the preorder line was and availablity of both systems this holiday season. Just talking to folks on a busy Sunday and talking with Mo0 - I wasn't bored.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by GRUN-1

Mo0 had better post!

Yes, he better post his story in here. =O

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lol my head was all googy and I read that as "Mo0 had a better post" and I was all o no u dident and then i thought wait... what post and furthermore why should I be all childish and care and then I was like ohhhhhh I just can't read.

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Yeah, I remember for episode one my friend and I being there like 45 minutes early for a showing or something and the line being crazy long. This reminded me of it. It was cold that day too.

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I'd go with Canadians for the most part are pretty chill while people in general are assholes when put in extremes. Besides the very first people who had been there since the afternoon before, everyone else was pretty cool and we just stood there and talked about stuff. Really, I went there for the experience and the off chance that I might get a Wii and I wasn't really disappointed. The look on people's faces as they passed by in their cars was totally worth it.

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Yeah, the anime design characters are just there for story and dialogue. Beyond that it's all awesome gameplay.

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