[Wii] Official Nintendo Wii thread

While I love most of it, someone please tell me this is the Japanese release list only:

Quote:

• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Wii Sports (including boxing and bowling to round out tennis, golf, and baseball)
• WarioWare
• Wii Play
• Red Steel
• SD Gundam Revolution
• Tamagotchi
• Ennichi no Tastsujin (a drum game, along the lines of Taiko Drum Master)
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion
• Elebits
• Necro-nesia
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
• Super Swing Golf Pangya
• Wing Island (demoed at E3 2006, the "plane game")
• Kororinpa (a Marble Madness-type game of some sort)
• Machariku Domino (a domino game)

Sausage.
They'll be getting no Raving Rabbits, or the chance to roam around with big damn trucks?


Well, put Wii Play on my Must Have List for release! Duckhaaaawnd!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

No black at launch? Nooo no no no no NONONO! TURN THIS SHIP AROUND RIGHT AWAY! Please omg ;___;

So my preorder was in vain, guess I'll just read about others having fun, until N get their shit rolling for real.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by HazelGuy

I give it two weeks till you see everyone with theirs and give in.

Haha watch me

When it comes to these kind of things I'm stubborn beond comprehension.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

Forever Blue

Steve Irwin WATCH OUT =o

Originally Posted by HazelGuy

Thats a lot of sleek black awesomeness.

Thanks =)


I wasn't sure if I'd really want to get Excite Truck, but I must say there's no return by now.

I'm getting slightly more interested in Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
Anyone else having an eye on this title, and why?
The play-style seems like that of Raving Rabbits - only more serious, with less humor and no mini-games, no?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I'm with BM on this one, the price is pretty fair.

While they might recycle the some bits from the GameCube it is, as far as I'm concerned, because they already exceeded the time and cost of a new system.
Who knows just how much development that's gone into this technology?
It really doesn't matter if it costs them only a cent to produce the system now - they must harvest for the profitless lost hours of making a system also.
I don't know ofcause how much effort has gone into this, but I think it's worth taking into consideration, before stating that they are also vampires besides them being a company that must make profit to survive.

As for packing Wii Sports with the bundle? It maybe cheap, but I believe it might also a stunt to get more people's attention. Now that it will actually be out there, it will also be played.
This might gain more general interest than from the kid who only bought "Zelda".


But yeah, they should totally sell the Wiimote and nunchuck together for a 50, as many games will use this combination =/

I was speaking idiomatically.

Wii will land on Dec 7th at $399.99 AUD?

Bacon bits?

This could very well be the same date for Europe.


EDIT: NYYYAAAAAAH INFERNAL =O

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Why is the cursor so shaky and seemingly hard to control? Will it really not be as easy as using a mouse to use the interface?

It will be near impossible to casually steady the cursor to the likeness of a mouse.
If you've got a laserpointer, try fixing it perfectly on a spot 6-10 feet from the wall.

Cramping fun coming like what!


Dec. 8? Just in time for black commaaaawn .___.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Prime Blue

Nintendo's just retarded.

Japan: 25000 Yen = 167 €
USA: 250 USD = 196 €
Europe: 250 € = 37300 Yen = 320 USD

Huh, anyone?

Yeah, you can thank the EU taxes for this. Nintendo will probably be gaining the same amount of profit pr. console.
Damn, I can't even remember when I've bought a game in Europe last. It's just cheaper from the US, adding shipping costs and all =/

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I'd still like some official word if it's still possible too hook the damn thing up to a monitor though.

Ah hell, there'll be enough time to save up for a TV anyway, while I wait for the black Wii to get its fat ass up on the shelves...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Slayer X

If you want to hook it into your monitor, just run your input (in this case your Wii) into a capture card on your PC (like $50-60) and then out from your video card into your monitor (obviously).

I'm not going to. This console is either going to support it, or I'll buy a TV.

Been there done that - I even had several vga-boxes, and they're not worth it unless you get up in prices where I'd rather buy a TV anyway.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Slayer X

Malmer: Alright then man, just thought I'd throw it out there for ya.

Thanks - it wasn't supposed to be read so harsh. I must have been in a somewhat complaining mood.


Now that I've been looking around for TV's, I never thought so much about how important size might be for the Wii.
Yeah, they say it works with all types and all sizes, but imagine playing Wii Sports, that require some amount of space, five feet from the TV - to be able to see anything on a small screen.
Also, some of the dudes from either IGN or Gamespot said that it felt better playing Wii at some distance.

Now I'm trying to figure out if 26" is enough - as I don't have much room for anything bigger.
Has this crossed anyone's mind?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Kilroy

If judged by Red Steel at the press conference in London, friday, then the answer is no. Pretty horrible controls. Elebits, on the other hand, had all the FPS control I'd want from a Wii game. Red Steel was jumbled, erratic and so on...

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

I don't know if it is true or not, but I've heard several times that the Red Steel controls are perfectly fine from far away, but don't work for crap when up close.

Kilroy, at what distance were you playing from the TV?

If you need some amount of space between you and the screen for some games to feel good, I think it's essential information for choosing the right size of TV.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Kilroy

Hmm, I dunno 1.5 meters? Incidently about the same distance between my chair and my tv in my room. But surely distance shouldn't play a role when playing console games? That blows in any case...

Yeah, kinda sucks if so - but maybe it's just personal preference.
In IGN Weekly Episode 23 he says he's more comfortable from farther away.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Cobalt Katze

Wii Version


Xbox Version

But look! They've updated the handles! They now consists of 3350 polygons each, spiced up with multitexture, bumpmapping shaders and whatnot! At the cost of the rest of the game, but you'll never be impressed by another in-game handle again!

In other news I'll be buying the white one at launch, and maybe sell it later in favor of the black one.
I've just bought a 2gb SD card and found the TV I want anyway so...

I'm your bitch

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Yeah that's what I suggested to do since I believe Perrin Kaplin said that you could move your account over to a new Wii if you wanted for virtual console games.
Oh how much for the 2gb SD card and what TV and how much? =o

I remember, and I've pondered reluctantly back and forth. =D


I chose the cheapest Kingston 2gb I could find because speed isn't much of an issue to me.
So ~ $37, which is pretty cheap over here. Done deal.

My TV adventure was a whole other story though, but I think I found what I've been looking for.
- I wanted HD, since yeah... future.
- I decided for 32" so distance won't be an issue.
- I wanted none of the contrast issues on most LCD's.

All of this in one package? Could this possibly be expensive

No.

I found out that Philips and Samsung has made a CRT alternative. <3 CRT for all of the obvious reasons.
The Philips 32PW9551 is the better of the two, and is labeled "HD prepared" which means absolutely dick, but the dot pitch and geometry is so fine that the resulting picture of a HD source (through the TV's HDMI port, yeah!), can can actually compete with the clarity and detail of some of the better HD-TV's out there.

Obvious cons: Big as hell (about 50cm deep). The picture will never be as fine as LCD ofcause, only damn close.

But the pros: The depth of CRT + only ~ $853.

I think it might have another product number than 32PW9551 outside of Europe, as most of the googles I get are German/French/Spanish.
But you can read a more in-depth test here, for all the things I have failed to say/understand.
Just remember to babelfish it. German -> English

FELIPE NO

Well Mr. Left Dipshit says it's reflection.


OBJECTION?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

New Red Steel screens:







Origin of indulgence.

Seriously, I'm going to put a wiimote through the clerks throat if the component cable isn't available at EU launch.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

...and Elebits to add another.

Originally Posted by Omnislash124

If you're looking for 4 player deathmatch in Red Steel or something, You're on the wrong console. That's in XBox 360 territory.

Gods noooo, you're not implying that fps works better with a regular controller?

I shiver every single time someone types the common delusional lie onto the internet, that fps's on consoles got playable after Halo.
That game was playable only once it was portet to PC.
The controls in Golden Eye sucked too. Best game ever. Controls still sucked.

If the wiimote can't muster fps, the mouse is still the only usable device for this genre.


Oh, all this wasn't aimed at you, Omni, just had to let loose some rant while I was at it =P

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I want this to be Red Steel retail Box.



Not that horrific "Kill Bill" one. Yeah, I know I'm alone in this. =(

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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Solis

Just a heads up: if you were planning on getting the Component cable for the Wii, looks like you'll only find them online, at the price of $29.99 (plus shipping plus tax).

Yeah, just read that somewhere. What the fuck is wrong with these people?
There's been nothing but trouble with getting the GameCube component, and I'm not even sure you can get one here EU at all without ebay.
Now they will force the consumers to face the same problem all over again, what the hell?

They better have a solution for Europe this time around.

How ya doing, buddy?

When regular Joe gets home and gets his Wii up and running, he will wonder why it's not widescreen like the one in the store, and he will want it to. He will return to the store and get "hurr, order something somewhat somewhere on them intarwebs", and he won't.

Point is, if N had them hanging right there in the store, they would sell.
Consumer: What's this do then?
Store: Better pic.
Consumer: $

This seems more like N has to prove some point or something. YOU NOT CARE. THIS NOT NEW ERA!
Though I don't think it's even possible to get a 4:3 TV over here, if you can even get a widescreen without HD anymore...

I was speaking idiomatically.

Aw that sucks Infernal, that was your nr. 1 launch game =(

I'm at a loss regarding what to pick too. The TV I wanted is out of stock for an indefinite period of time, so I'll have to double the dough to get the same quality in a LCD.
I was originally going to get Wii Play, Excite Trucks, Red Steel, Twilight Princess and Elebits + essentially 3 extra complete remotes.

Now I think it's down to Wii Play (for instant multiplayer fun). If I'm really really lucky, I'll sneak in Red Steel too =o
Hell, that ought to be sufficient for December anyway...


The B0mb, bring a camera on sunday, we'll love to see how that evolves ='D

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

We've just recieved the official release list from Nintendo of Denmark.
(I guess it should be the same for the rest of Europe).

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8. Dec 2006
The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess
Wii Play (inklusive en Wii Remote)
Call of Duty® 3 (Activision)
MarvelTM: Ultimate AllianceTM (Activision)
Tony Hawk's Downhill JamTM(Activision)
Madden NFL 07 (EA)
Need For SpeedTM Carbon (EA)
Happy FeetTM (Midway Games)
Rampage: Total Destruction (Midway Games)
Super Monkey BallTM: Banana Blitz (Sega)
Gottlieb Pinball Classics (System 3)
Super Fruit Fall (System 3)
Disney/ Pixar Cars (THQ)
Barnyard (THQ)
Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (THQ)
Blazing AngelsTM Squadrons of WW II (Ubisoft)
Far Cry Vengeance (Ubisoft)
GT Pro Series (Ubisoft)
Monster 4x4 World Circuit (Ubisoft)
Open SeasonTM (Ubisoft)
Rayman Raving RabbidsTM (Ubisoft)
Red SteelTM (Ubisoft)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft)
Impossible Mission (System 3)

Dec 2006
Leaderboard Golf (System 3)
Tennis Masters (System 3)

Januar 2007
WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Februar 2007
Excite Truck

No Excite Truck till 2007, I figured as much.

BUT WHERE'S ELEBITS?!

Well launch is definitely Wii Play and Red Steel for me now anyway I see.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Krelian

Free Wii Play with a remote? How's that work - Is a copy bundled with every remote, or what...?

...Or does that say free remote with Wii Play? :P

It says "Wii Play (including a Wii Remote)".
I think Wii Play will be bundled with a wiimote in the US too?


Our VC list:

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NES
Baseball, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Ice Hockey, Mario Bros., Pinball, Soccer, Solomon's Key, Tennis, The Legend of Zelda, Urban Champion, Wario's Woods

SNES
Donkey Kong Country, F-Zero, Sim
City

N64
Super Mario 64

SEGA MEGA DRIVE
Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Columns, Gunstar Heroes, Ecco the Dolphin, Space Harrier II, Toe Jam & Earl, Ristar, Dr. Robotonik's Mean Bean Machine

Turbografx (PC Engine)
Bonk's Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman'93, Dungeon Explorer

A little different, but why? :eyebrow:
Yay we got Donkey Kong Country.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Fear not, you’ll soon be playing GBA games on the TV with your future crappy DS to TV adapter.


Now sell that Cube, I double dare ya =D
No more cube wii GET.


Still 17 days to Wii here .__.

Jam it back in, in the dark.