New Wii info

Originally Posted by PsychoJosh

If I had this I wouldn't buy a Nintendo console. This has so many more practical uses.

Yeah? Well what if the Nintendo-brand-shrinking-ray's effects automaticaly wore off right as soon as you try to do something other than to play with or use the ultra small Nintendo handheld? What then "Mr. I see the bigger picture" ?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Forgive me if this has already been stated, but has Nintendo confirmed if Wii will have LAN capabilities or not?

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Yeah it's not a very common feature but it's still nice to have. I think that the newer, inevitable versions Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart, and Mario Party would be pretty sweet if they supported LAN on Wii. Yes online is nice, but getting a bunch of people together to play such frantic games with the wiimote seems like really good times. (Especialy if you throw a little alcohol into the mix)

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

This still isn't officiially confirmed, and even if it was, it's only the Japanese retail price.

I'm getting kind of annoyed at this point. They really need to freaking hurry up and anounce the worldwide launch date and price point.

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Oooh I can't wait for this! Hopefuly they'll finally anounce the freaking price point and release date!
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Ok, wow, that was very lame. They confirmed Battalion Wars 2 (or BWii, ha! clever!) and a sequel to Mario Strikers and that's it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Hopefully they'll reveal everything we ever wanted to know at Sep. 14th. Seriously, I'm looking for price point, release date, packaging info, etc. It needs to be a giant Wii extravaganza!

If they hold off on the real info past Sep 14th, then I think i'm gonna lose interest all together in the console.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by deadally

Would you quit whining about the price point and release date?

Christ, we've waited so long for scraps of info. I'm ready to just wait and see what they offer. You'd preserve your sanity if you do the same

You have to admit it's kind of frustrating to have almost no new info given at these conferences. Especially when they go on and name their show something that sounds so promising. Shrouding the console in secrecy is hype building and all, but there comes a point where it starts getting annoying, and they're getting close to it.

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That's pretty freaking awsome. I've never really heared of a deal like this before. I could only hope that they'll do something like this in the states.

How ya doing, buddy?

Remember guys with the exception of 360, every console released made it's owners wait a while before a successful online component really kicked in. It's normal. Even though it's kind of a let down to know that Red Steel, Crystal Chronicals, and Super Monkey Ball won't have online capabilities, above all, I'm just glad that Super Smash won't be affected by this issue.

I'm not even an avid online gamer anyway, so even though it was a nice extra feature to have right away, it's not that big of an issue. I guess this mostly hurts fans of sports and racing games...

How ya doing, buddy?

Some more Wii factoids! Mostly great, but two very alarming things:

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Confirmation on Spore: “Release: Spring 2007″
Plus: “EA have confirmed that link-up play with the DS is on the cards, so you can deform your species on the fly.”
“Everything you need to know for the impending launch of the mighty Wii”.
Under the section on ‘DS Connectivity’, they say “EA’s spore is one upcoming title that will allow you to transfer data from little console to big in a flash.”
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Sensor bar is “50% smaller”, “little bigger than a couple of pencils glued together.”
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Wii-mote’s 6kb of internal memory “personalises your remote - potentially storing things like sensitivity, y-axis settings for FPSs, and even scores and saves.”
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Wii-mote runs on two AA batteries, offering around 60 hours of gameplay. That amount’s reduced to half (around 30 hours) if using the sensor bar though.

That's all fine and great. Especially Wii Spore!

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[Talking about SD cards] “these tiny cards can be used to store game saves and virtual console games, but Digital Right Management features mean you can’t play your games on someone else’s Wii.”

Um, What?! I hope this is only regarding your Virtual Console games and not your actual game saves.
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Is the fact that the Wii has no rumble old news? Is it news at all? I have to admit, when I played with the Wiimote in Leipzig, I did notice that it didn't vibrate steadily in my hands in response to my movements... giving the entire thing a frictionless air that made me think of trying to play a light-gun game while holding the controller upside down. Still, I just sort of assumed it hadn't been programmed in yet.

Nevertheless, according to this scan from the UK magazine NGame, Rumble is entirely out in the Wii. The much tiny speaker has replaced it in the design and they even quote Shigeru Miyamoto.

If true, that's disappointing. Personally, I'd rather have rumble than a speaker, if I can't have both. Thanks to Kotakuite George for the tip!

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Ok, what the hell is this? Nintendo's been getting everything right so far. It seemed like they really learned from all their past mistakes. But now they're taking vibration out? Talk about taking a major step back! (Especialy from a console that's poised to be so gaming-forward). I have to agree with site editor. The speaker's great and all but not if it means that it's gonna replace vibration. I'm hoping this'll turn out to be some false info.

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Also: This is still kind of a Rumor, but Super Paper Mario is said to be moved to Wii now, and Wii's apperantly lost DVD playback

Meh, none of this really bothers me. SPM on Wii will be great. As for the DVD playback, I never really cared for it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Good to know it was just a case of bad journalism. I guess Nintendo would have taken everything about rumble off this site too if the "no rumble" crap was true. (Should have thought of checking their site earlier.) I can now breath a sigh of reliefe.

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

If anyone's still not convinced by IGN's damage-control post and still worried 'bout the rumble, here's an article from the very same site that posted the magazine's inaccurate story, stating that the same magazine is admitting they made a mistake .

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Those Sonic screens look gorgeous. It just goes to show that you don't need ABSOLUTE TOP OF THE LINE technology in order to create visually compelling worlds so long as you have the skill and talent.

I was speaking idiomatically.