[Wii] Official Nintendo Wii thread

It's covercat ALL OVER AGAIN.

Too bad the Wii isn't region free, because some of those look fun. I own one of the SD Gundam Famicom games, it's neat.

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Just watched the first quarter of Gamespot aquiring a Wii and playing it, I'm up to the part where they're trying Super Monkey Ball's different multiplayer options.

I can't see myself using the Mii very much, because I probably won't be all that interested in Wii Sports in general. But yeah, I'm going to continue to watch until they get up to Twilight Princess, which is last like they said.

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This Zelda segment is pretty slow. The graphics look great on the other hand, but they aren't really doing anything.

In fact, all they're doing is getting Link to do different chores around the town. I haven't seen any real story yet.

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Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

Haha, some New Zealand news show 'Nightline' did a segment on Wii, getting three people to play it, a kid, some late 20's guy and a 78 year old woman who'd never played a video game before. You'd think they'd get her to play something simple like Wii Sports but nup, Zelda. None of them really seemed that excited about the system in the end. =)

I must have missed this. There was a Wii at the Armageddon Expo in Auckland (which is basically a mini-E3 for consoles, music, gadgets and stuff.) where you could play different games.

I went there in 2002 (or 03, I can't remember) when the Gamecube was being released. There was an entire room called "The Cube Room" with SSBM and Gamecubes comin' up the hell right now. Of course I didn't get a turn, because nobody was sharing.

I don't think I'll get a Wii on December 7th. After watching the Gamespot Wii parade, it looks fun, but there just isn't enough launch titles to keep me satisfied. The true test of the console will be the games released in '07.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Why would they receive demonstration Wii remotes and mix them up with retail ones? Or, for that matter, why would there be demonstration Wii remotes so close to the launch? They switched players often so I doubt they were.

This just strengthens my point of waiting and not rushing in at launch.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

http://www.tv3.co.nz/ShowsAZ/Newsand...7/Default.aspx

Nightline Wii clip.

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Originally Posted by Miles

You will rob an old lady of her purse and buy Zelda if you have to. Do it NOW!

I don't think lurker will appreciate your suggestion. =[

Anyway, Wii component cables. Neat. Now if only they would get off their asses and start making Gamecube component cables, I wouldn't still be looking for ones to purchase. (Or rather, I still wouldn't be looking at ones on different sites selling them for $60US+ a piece.)

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Originally Posted by GALM-2

You don't have to spend a lot to get an HDTV display, they do make CRT HDTVs, which cost far less than an LCD or Plasma display.

I have never, ever seen a CRT HDTV here. They can't be very popular.

Having a HDTV for a Wii is pointless. Nintendo said they're focusing on games, not HDTV bullshit. It isn't essential for the next generation and that's exactly why nobody needs one.

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Originally Posted by Cheezeman3000

Then you are a fool, according to Matt Cassamassina of IGN. The Wii version has better gameplay because of the controls, hands-down, and it also supports a widescreen mode.

IGN are calling people fools? Haha, oh wow.

Of course the Wii version is better, that doesn't necessarily mean the Gamecube version isn't worth purchasing though. Gamecube owners have been waiting for years for this game to be released, I think they deserve it.

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Just bought this from Best Buy.

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

I forgot to ask, but can the Wii do 720p and 1080i, or just 480p?

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Freeloader works with the Wii

From GameFAQs:

"By now everyone knows that the Wii is not region free, but fret not. I imported all of the Naruto games on gamecube and had to order a boot disk (Freeloader) to get them to with my gamecube. Got my Wii tonight (I am loving this system so far) and decided to test out my import games. The didnt work using them alone, but I used freeloader and now my import games work on my Wii as if they were on my Gamecube.

Word of caution: I inserted the freeloader disk, and selected it from the disc channel, the system read it and restarted. Went back to the disc channel again, selected the freeloader and the system took me to the normal freeloader screen and asked me to swap the disk like normal. I am assuming that the freeloader disc needs to be in the system from the start, or it may restart after the first read. Either way it works, and I will be trading in my gamecube tomorrow."

This is excellent, especially for myself, as my entire Gamecube collection (five games, oh wow) is american and I'm living in a PAL location.

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A local store here just emailed me asking if I'd be interested in a midnight launch.

I said yes, but if it's going to be insane like the ones stateside, forget it.

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If they're released by country, this means america won't see Terranigma.

I can't think of any other PAL specific SNES games at the moment.

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So. Wii is released at midnight here.

I dunno, I have this feeling that the Freeloader won't work and I'll shit bricks. All of my GC games are non-PAL.

No websites have confirmed that the PAL Wii actually supports everything the american one does, which sucks.

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Originally Posted by DjMeas

Wait, so the European Wii has Classic Controller Support for GC games but the USA one DOES NOT?

IS THIS TRUE!?! I haven't tried a Classic Controller on my Wii yet.

Quote:

Turns out Europe gets Classic Controller support for playing Gamecube games instead of requiring an actual GC controller

Or something.

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Originally Posted by Amayirot Akago

I won't need any component cables seeing how I don't own an HDTV anyways

Uh, you don't need a HDTV to get better quality out of component cables.

If that were the case, they wouldn't be selling so much.

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So I take it the Freeloader works, right Infernal?

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Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

It sure DOESN'T.
I don't know my exact Freeloader version number because I can't be arsed to get the GC back out and plug it in (it's a very early one from 2002), but it doesn't work on my Wii. It just sits there trying to read the disc forever like a goon. ;__;

On a less depressing note, I downloaded DKC and F-Zero today, both run in full screen. No huge SNES PAL borders. And the classic controller is fucking nice!

Do you still have the Freeloader box, because I think it says what the version number is on there. Or in the instruction manual.

I've heard the 1.00 freeloader doesn't work, but the 1.06 one does. Beep.

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Originally Posted by Generic Badass

I really don't think busting out progressive scan on an old Dreamcast port is such a good idea.

Uh, almost every single Dreamcast game supports 480p (and automatically upscales, too.)

Actually it'd be nice to see Dreamcast games being released on the Virtual Console, but I just don't see it happening.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

Anyway hey, my camera's terrible and Photobucket made it even worse, but this is what it's like trying to navigate the menu. No matter where I stand, where the sensor bar is, or where the Wii itself is in the house. It can either get worse than this or slightly better at random!

If it's flickering like how I'm seeing I think you'd better call your store or email them that or something.

I'm thinking it's the Wii remote. It could be faulty, and my guess is it's just skipping full recognition.

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Well there was always this:

Originally Posted by SomethingAwful Forums

You should add to the OP that even if you get a new Wii, there is a way to transfer your virtual console games. I had to do an advanced replacement (they send you a new unit, you send old broken one back within 21 days) and asked them what they could do about my virtual console games. They asked for the serial number on my Wii and said they could link it to the one they were shipping out. When my new unit was shipped out, the first time I accessed the Wii shop channel it deleted the games I had already downloaded. When the new system got here, I went into the shopping channel and it had all the games I got before as "downloaded," had my existing points left, and was still linked to my nintendo.com account.

Since your country ACTUALLY HAS a Nintendo holding, you should phone them and tell them about this. Ask them if it applies to Australia and what would happen if you exchange it.

Or you could just uhh, reset everything to defaults or something. I dunno, this is exactly why I don't have one (actually, I was waiting until component cables were available here) because launch consoles are pretty sus.

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Got my Wii. I'd post pictures but it's been bragged about into infinitum already so it isn't really necessary.

How does the Ethernet -> USB cable work for getting the Wii online? It isn't wireless, I know, but it's a lot cheaper than to turn around and buy a wifi dongle. Which I suspect I'll just have to do anyway.

Which sucks, because I have like, 1 DS game out of 17 that actually uses wifi. But I'm not too worried about that. I'm worried that my regular shitbrick router won't let anything connect because it's known for having it's problems.

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It isn't, but there's an unofficial one I heard of. Oh, here it is:

Quote:

Someone on the Nsider forums discovered a working USB Ethernet adapter for those who wish to use a Wired Connection rather than a Wireless one. The adapter is a: KINAMAX USB 2.0 to RJ45 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-T Network Adapter which can be founded at newegg.com for roughly $20-25. Read more for the video!

Video's here, watching now.

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Does this apply to Wii games only, or will they make a PAL Freeloader which allows imported Gamecube games to work on PAL Wii's?

Because, you know, the PAL Wii doesn't support the 1.06b Freeloader. I've just tried it and I can confirm.

Edit: Oh, apparently they made a new Freeloader and released it somewhere early December. I'll have to pick that up.

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