Pre-E3 Wii thread

Wow Acer, such formal transitions! Correct me if I'm wrong but I think so far, Wii's the only next-gen console that's getting this sort of treatment around here at GFF.

Anyway, has it been officialy clarified as to what those pictures are of from the Sadness trailer? Is it safe to say that, that's just a person demonstrating how to play?

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Sigh...make way for the latest rumor. Wii for FREE

I don't know if I really believe this. I remember Sega did this for a while with Dreamcast when they were desperately trying to save it. If it is indeed true, I'm not sure how I'd feel about it. It might backfire.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

That would be quite the steal. It would be mighty awesome for my wallet and entertainment value if that rumor were true.

Yeah it would be but it just seems more and more unlikely as I think about it. (And it's not like it seemed beliveble at first)

See, even if we ignore how much of a loss this would cause Nintendo and entertain the idea, how would they enforce it? We all know how major retailers LOVE to create their own super-bargainprofit induced, stupid bundles. SUPER XXXTREME OMEGA 360 bundle anyone?

At least when Sega did this with DC, you had to sighn up for 2 years worth of DC-online service so it made some sense. Now had the rumor suggested that you had to purchase an X amount of Nintendo games for the Virtual Console feature, it would have seemed more plausable.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by sprouticus

I think the Wii and PS3 price will be revealed at E3. They should be anyway, it's getting closer and closer to launch for both systems.

They'll probably start with DSLite stuff to make everyone salivate for Wii, and then when the Wii stuff is revealed, jaws will drop/unhinge.

Um yeah, I'll be royally pissed if the prices and all the super nitty, gritty details for these consoles aren't revealed during this E3. I mean, they already kinda coped out during last year's E3. All both companies did was show the shell for their systems and that was pretty much it.

Oh and if Nintendo knows what it's doing, it'll definately reveal all the DS and GC (OK, Twilight Princess) info before they reveal anything about Wii. Otherwise, Wii will just overshadow everything else they have to say.

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Wow the news just keeps on coming and E3 hasn't even started yet!

Ok so Kojima has stated that he's working on a brand new IP just for Wii! Here's the questionable part: It's geared towards girls. Eh? How girly are we talking? Cause I can take Animal Crossing/Nintendogs "girly" but if it's more like Barbie's Horse Adventures, then I'm a bit worried.


Oh and if anyone was still hoping that Wii's some sort of a prank, faux-name, give it up. The trademark has just surfaced. Wii's here to stay .:biggrin:

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

Originally Posted by Prime Blue

This makes me all but sad:

Slowly but surely I'm getting excited about this game. If Nibris keeps what it promises that'll be one hell of a game. Somehow I've got confidence in that company. And I'm sure Nintendo helps them a lot during development.

That picture kinda worries me. Either Wii's specs and power were severly underestimated, or that's a real-life human being, meaning that the game uses a mixture of cheesy live-action and CG graphics.

If it's the latter then I'm gonna be on the brink of ruling the game out. Using live-action for videogames never turns out to be a good thing. (With the exception of maybe the fighters in the Mortal Kombat series during it's early days).


As for people hating the name Wii, it's getting annoying. I mean, yeah I can understand not everyone loving it, but seriously how old are these people? 7? Making a piss or penis joke with the name was mildly amusing the first five times, but now it's just retarded. OK we get it, they like SERIOUS consoles with SERIOUS and BADASS sounding names. Because they want a system that has MATURE and BLOODY games for their MATURE taste. Games that let them play as a badass riding a motorcycle where he shoots out chainsaws on fire out of machine-guns. OK. =/

(Oh it's also really annoying when people writing articles on Wii write Wii's name like this: revolutionWii. What the hell? People need to get over it already.)

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by RushJet1

this could easily be an in-game shot. the shading's more simple-looking than llive-action shots would look, though it does look completely kickass.

The guy looks pretty cool. But it bothers me how it looks like he was just copied and pasted against some background. It's like a really bad green-screen scene in a movie.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

You guys, Sony just stole Wii's main feature. . Their controler has some sort of movement sensor. I wonder how this'll effect Wii.

FELIPE NO

I just hope Wii's last big secret is something huge now that Sony ripped them off. Again.

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

Originally Posted by Shonos

I know the Nintendo Wii has to sell alot just because of the low price. There's no way I can afford the PS3, no matter how much I want it. The 360 is still expensive too. So I'll end up getting the Nintendo Wii first. =/ I assume this will probably be the same for alot of people..

Yeah, also, none of the MAJOR games seemed to support PS3's controler's motion sensing capabilities. It definately doesn't seem like something they'll genuinly follow up on.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by NoWittyComment

Things are looking better for the Wii, true. I'm definitely pleased about the two new FF:CC games! Dragon Quest coming to the system is an interesting move, but I don't see it staying there, to be honest.

The Wii could win on price point alone, but where are the games? Outside of it's horrid price point, the PS3 still has FF, VF, Tekken, and MGS - games that, unlike Dragon Quest, sell in big numbers all over the world. I wonder what the third parties are going to show tomorrow?

Well that's what tommorow's press conference is for. It seems like Wii's definately atracting a lot more 3rd parties than the GC though. I think it'll be treated by the 3rd party companies just like the DS is. Which is just great. Also, don't forget the AAA 1st party titles.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by sprouticus

Anyway, viva la revolution. Tomorrow is gonna be a good day!

Yeah I can't wait. I'll be able to catch some of the conference at school, but won't be able to post anything here! I'll be itching till I get home! Damn is it exciting in here or what though?

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