Pre-Pre-E3 Wii thread

You're pushing my patience here, guy. I have stated that I will quell any faggotry in this thread from the get go. Read the first post.

You can post in this thread. Just make it worth our time.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Here's an article with three marketing concepts for Wii. (with one concept commercial). They're pretty cool ideas, even though the author seems to still hate the name "Wii".

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Those advertisements were better than I thought they'd be. I could see Nintendo making something similar to it.

But, as long as it's not like the PSP commercials, then I'm satisfied.

Sometimes I wonder if any Nintendo advertisements can ever reel in the mainstream crowd. I know a lot of people who took notice of the 'It's like a nut you can play outside' PSP advertisements but I never heard of anyone talking about Nintendo commercials.

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Metal Slug Anthology

Originally Posted by text from a website

SNK revealed exclusively to IGN today that after a long absence from Nintendo's home consoles it has signed up to develop games for Wii, the platform formerly code-named Revolution. SNK's first title for Wii is Metal Slug Anthology, a compilation of classic Metal Slug projects. Best of all, these games have been enhanced to take full advantage of Wii's innovative free-hand style controller, which translates gestures made by players into on-screen movement.

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Metal Slug Anthology will feature such classics as Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4 and Metal Slug 5. SNK has not yet confirmed if Metal Slug 6 will be on the compilation, but that is a very real possibility. The publisher would only officially state: "This will be a full arcade collection including many additional surprises."

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Further specifics about the Wii version of Metal Slug Anthology will be made available at E3 2006, where the game is expected to be playable in some form. Official screenshots will be released at that time.

SNK support for a Nintendo console? Is it 1994 again?

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

^Best series ever comes to Wii. No reason to not buy one now.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Fucking AMAZING. Hopefully they allow you to flip the controller around and use the traditional gameplay method along with the newfangled Wii control scheme. I don't see how you could control a 2D game with a 3D controller, but we'll see soon!

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Originally Posted by sprouticus

Fucking AMAZING. Hopefully they allow you to flip the controller around and use the traditional gameplay method along with the newfangled Wii control scheme. I don't see how you could control a 2D game with a 3D controller, but we'll see soon!

I'm not really all that familiar with the Metal Slug series. I just know that the franchise is very popular and it's a side-scrolling shooter(?) [correct me if I'm wrong here]

However because of the very same reason you stated above, I'm very curious about the game now. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

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

Hell, yeah!! Now gimme a King of Fighters collection to put that "shell" design to use.

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I could see some sort of "Joystick emulation" going on with the stick.

You know, like you hold it vertically and tilt it back and forth, and use the trigger/side buttons to shoot.

Of course, there could be some crappy "point at the screen where you want your character to move," but that seems too laggy to work.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I thought SNK died. Can someone enlighten me on details of their return of WTF.

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Didn't know I was in the majority here. Figured most would go for Sony.

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Kick ass, honestly, what could Sony show us that would be at all exciting at E3? OMG LOOK AT TEH GRAPHICS LOLZ. Only Sony things I'm looking forward to are the new PS3 controller, God of War 2, and MGS4.

Nintendo is gonna OWN this year's show, unquestionably.

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

Those polls are always plagued by Nintendo fanboys, they always sway towards Nintendo. I wouldn't read that much into a Internet poll where Nintendo is involved.

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what qualifies as other?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

PC...either that or some kind of new N-Gage portable.

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

I would have thought more people would have voted for "other", I mean Spore is looking awesome. Other would have definately been my second choice because of it.

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Spore? I've been looking at that game, and I doubt that I'll even play it when it comes out. It's more of a life simulator than a game in the traditional sense. For some reason I can see that game attracting a large mormon crowd.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Spore looks incredible, but it's a different type of game. It's like a digital (and very advanced) form of Legos.
And it's awesome.

But it's not the game I'm looking forward to most. Twilight Princess and Wii information are going to be taking the top spots.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

I thought SNK died. Can someone enlighten me on details of their return of WTF.

SNK got bought up by a dodgy company called Playmore. I think they're French, but I'm not sure. Ever since, they've been releasing titles in their various franchises that can charitably be described as "inferior".

Nevertheless, support for the Wii is cool. Especially since it's a collection of Metal Slug games, which all kick booty!

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Wii? Seems like I missed something during my absence of the Internet. Well, even so, it's not like I love the name, but I guess it's okay. However, those kids around here should probably butcher Nintendo more after this name change.

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

whooa! freaking Metal Slug for the Wii - now that was unexpected! I can only speak for myself but now every doubt is gone - I´m gonna get one of those things for sure. What would be even cooler would be an online mode but I think that´s unlikely.

I´m also eager to know what SNK (or what´s left of them) thought out for the controls with the Wiimote.

And I agree that polls concerning the 3 next-gen consoles on the Internet are pretty biased, but someone made a poll with developers and the ones who were most interested in Nintendo´s E3 presentation this year were still in the majority. (I think the poll was on Joystiq too, I´m not sure..)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Here's an article suggesting that Wii's last major secret may be the fact that it uses "Augmented Reality". I don't really understand how it's working. In the video, it looks like the demonstrator just generates holograms within his hand outta thin air. (It's also worth noting that this video is old and has been around before. However, I don't think it was linked to Nintendo until now). A bit farfetched (Then again what about Wii isn't farfetched), but an interesting read.

too good to be true?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I can see that definitely being possible. Using the wiimote to simulate objects in someone's hand that you can then manipulate on screen is pretty much a given due to the nature of the controller. It's literally like a 3D mouse.

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

Originally Posted by Technophile

Here's an article suggesting that Wii's last major secret may be the fact that it uses "Augmented Reality". I don't really understand how it's working. In the video, it looks like the demonstrator just generates holograms within his hand outta thin air. (It's also worth noting that this video is old and has been around before. However, I don't think it was linked to Nintendo until now). A bit farfetched (Then again what about Wii isn't farfetched), but an interesting read.

too good to be true?

If that became so, I'd almost be ready to say that Nintendo has this generation.

I've been looking forward to a low price tag, but I don't know how much I'd pay for THAT. One realisation that I had was that whether the secret was this or not, it's probably just as impressive, considering what has been said.

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Originally Posted by 1UP Blog

And that's where the Revolution comes in. It's Nintendo's big effort to get rid of that barrier and to create something that everyone can enjoy. Microsoft's been talking about how the industry needs to reach 1 billion gamers, and as far as I can see their best efforts have been Bejewled and Zuma on Xbox Live Arcade. Sure, not everything companies do on the Revolution will be great (honestly, I've tried playing an FPS on it and I don't find it an improvement over today's controllers), but there will be some games that really show the universal appeal of the console. Friends of mine tell me Pilotwings is absolutely perfect - it's something anyone can pick up and enjoy. Nintendo's changing all of the rules - they've created an experience anyone can enjoy. They've created a system for everyone.

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Pilotwings?! Now I am pumped!

I was speaking idiomatically.