I think it's game specific. Excite Truck lets you do it via the SD card slot. I go about it that way and it's pretty nice.

5/14/2007 10:09:03 PM

It was said earlier, but I must reiterate.

A Wii specific Zelda has to be in the works or I will start a riot. I just finished Zelda: TP and thought it was one of the top 5 games I've ever played. If the graphics and controls were customized for the Wii, then there would be no doubt it is the best.

COME ON NINTENDO!

I want more MARIO KART and ZELDA. NOW!

Also I dont know how many fans of the "Worms" series there are in here, but a WormsWii would also be an amazing multiplayer experience using the Wiimote.... In fact I will add that to my list of demands while Im at it...

[Edited on May 15, 2007 at 4:09 PM. Reason : gramma]

5/15/2007 4:08:06 PM

just gimme SSBB and i will be happy

5/15/2007 5:58:22 PM

I just want Katamari.

5/15/2007 6:06:18 PM

There should be a thread that lists when somewhere has a Wii

I've been lookin for a while and seems i just miss the shipment everywhere. Anyone know a good place? my friend suggested blockbuster

kinda need it by this weekend

5/15/2007 6:09:15 PM

I would say that if you want it now buy one on ebay. I got mine by total chance, and this was last month. I do know that target and I believe Best buy gets their new shipments on Sunday morning. Just show up at opening and you should be fine.

5/15/2007 8:10:57 PM

^^ I"m not sure how close you are to Rocky Mount (and I'd call before driving if you're not). But the last time I was at the mall (last Friday), there were multiple Wii consoles at both EB Games and Best Buy.

5/16/2007 8:18:02 AM

Everyone I know that has one has gotten it at Best Buy on a Sunday and was there before they opened. I got mine this way as well.

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 8:32 AM. Reason : ]

5/16/2007 8:31:46 AM

damn.. I'm gonna be on the road at 2am sunday.. lol

5/16/2007 8:52:39 AM

Just when it looked like prices were trending downward, and profits were next to nothing on ebay, prices have shot back up another 40-50 bucks. People are getting 350-400 for a wii again. Amazing to me. Does, "nunchuck" and "wii remote" fool people, is it the fact that "5" Games come with the system, and people list it as if you get 5 new games. Are people that stupid, or is there just a panic every time they are out of stores for 5-6 days. Not sure, but summer is here, kids should be outdoors, and there have not been any games of not since Paper Mario. Also have not seen any big adverts, stock updates from the major stores, so maybe there is a bit of a drought. We shall see, but this is an economic case study in the making!

5/16/2007 11:40:45 AM

Quote :

"I just want Katamari."

Yes. Katamari with Wiimote control would be tiiiiight!

5/16/2007 1:52:22 PM

^oddly enough, the Katamari that was recently announced (Beautiful Katamari, I think) was not coming to the Wii; 360 and PS3 only.


^^The simple fact is that Nintendo ships these over in HUGE container ships. It takes a while for them to get here, but once that shipment is gone (read: instantly), it's a "drought" for another 2-3 weeks AT LEAST. And that's exactly what's happening. When they show up in stores, prices drop on eBay because it seems like they is huge supply. Once they're gone, they become impossible to find again and people drive the price up.

The majority of my buyers are moms buying it for their kids' birthdays or summer breaks.

I just want to personally thank Nintendo for sponsoring all my frivolous spending since Nov '06.

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 2:34 PM. Reason : d]

5/16/2007 2:33:39 PM

^i am guessing you have sold a few then?

5/16/2007 3:43:44 PM

boatloads of 'em

5/16/2007 3:46:19 PM

^ I'd rather not have known that. It's almost like aborting babies...

Don't you care about the children (and the other ppl who still cant find one) ?????


P.S. no Katamari port for the Wii is totally weak

5/16/2007 4:05:28 PM

Quote :

"Katamari that was recently announced (Beautiful Katamari, I think) was not coming to the Wii; 360 and PS3 only."

I hear it's still possible it'll be on the Wii, if they can get the controls figured out.

5/16/2007 4:09:45 PM

Quote :

"^^ I"m not sure how close you are to Rocky Mount (and I'd call before driving if you're not). But the last time I was at the mall (last Friday), there were multiple Wii consoles at both EB Games and Best Buy."

i live in RM and i've seen a couple at both walmart and target on the shelves lately. sam's club has had a bunch recently too.

5/16/2007 5:13:51 PM

On other news, my g/f is playing Super Paper Mario and it looks awesome. plays great too, she's at the 5th Pure Heart.

however i can only give 2 thumbs up as a bystander. i just get to watch the Mario goodness

5/16/2007 9:34:55 PM

I'm strongly considering buying a wii, what are some of the best games? I will probably get Zelda and Paper Mario, any other suggestions?

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 11:15 PM. Reason : asdf]

5/16/2007 11:01:46 PM

^ I highly recommend Rayman Raving Rabbids. This game is really fun and extremely funny.

5/16/2007 11:13:55 PM

best advice: rent games before you buy them.

you can beat mario in the rental period.

saves you like $43

5/17/2007 10:14:25 AM

^ actually, I think my rental period timed out while I was still waiting for the characters to stop talking in the opening sequence so I could actually play the game.

Way too much talking/reading in that game. It was fun though, til I got tired of switching characters/pixls every 3 steps.

5/17/2007 1:26:28 PM

Yeah, I must agree that the SPM is a bit of a dissappointment so far (I just found the 2nd heart). Taking away the RPG aspect left it kinda shallow for substance. Too bad the RPG dialogue (that you put up with in an RPG in order to get the secret RPG goodies and really experience the depth of the game) wasnt taken out along with the rest of the RPG traits. You can feel that they left something out when they released this game....

My suggestion to new Wii owners : play SPM before Zelda, at least you will be impressed with both because Zelda is a very tough (and long / in-depth / complete ) act to follow...

5/17/2007 1:34:02 PM

i <3<3 SPM, but hate the dialog. i like the switch around thing and only in 2 areas has that gotten a little out of hand and annoying. i'm really glad it's so different than the thousand yr door. that game sucks.

can't wait for sm galaxy though

[Edited on May 17, 2007 at 1:43 PM. Reason : one post away from 7777]

5/17/2007 1:42:53 PM

http://www.smashbros.com/

Apparently a wealth of knowledge on Super Smash Brothers Brawl will be here in 4 days.

5/17/2007 2:20:19 PM

^damn, good...it's about time!

5/18/2007 9:59:16 AM

^^^ the 1000 year door was genius. How can you possibly hate that game?

[Edited on May 18, 2007 at 1:48 PM. Reason : ^]

5/18/2007 1:47:55 PM

1000 Year Door was okay, but I didn't like it as much as the original Paper Mario or SMRPG.

I think the good points of 1000 Year Door were seriously outweighed by the parts where the game forced you to take long, slow walks back to places you had already been--it felt like a very cheap way to lengthen the gameplay artificially.

5/18/2007 4:59:10 PM

god dammit not a single wii in all of greenville, checked Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, EB Games, Toys R' Us and Wal*Mart.

does anyone know about how often they come in?

5/18/2007 6:45:15 PM

sunday mornings are your best bet.

5/18/2007 8:06:15 PM

coolio

5/18/2007 9:59:10 PM

actually, Amazon is probably your best bet.

Wiis went in/out of stock 5 times yesterday alone.

5/19/2007 2:05:03 PM

they seem to be $350 for no reason at amazon...

5/19/2007 11:49:54 PM

thats 350 from other vendors, amazon sells them at retail when they have them.

5/20/2007 10:43:14 AM

I just saw the new Mario Party commercial. Actually looks pretty sweet!

5/20/2007 3:16:41 PM

Quote :

"Wii July 30 Mario Strikers Charged Nintendo Aug. 20 Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Nintendo September Battalion Wars 2 Nintendo Aug. 14 High School Musical: Sing It! Disney Interactive Studios Aug. 14 Madden NFL '08 EA August Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08 EA August Space Station Tycoon Namco Bandai August Brunswick Pro Bowling Crave August Dave Mirra BMX Challenge Crave August Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection Crave September Brothers in Arms Ubisoft September Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal Warner Bros. September George of the Jungle Crave Fall Boogie EA"

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=12200

I guess we'll be waiting another three months for Metroid Prime 3. Mario Party 8 drops in a few weeks though.

5/21/2007 12:33:26 PM

Quote :

"Smash Brothers Dojo Starting Today!"

grrrr stop taunting me!

5/21/2007 12:55:34 PM

Kinda sad, the only games worth 1/2 a shit on that list are:

July 30 Mario Strikers Charged Nintendo
Aug. 20 Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Nintendo


other than that, i guess we get Mario Party 8 (yay! more mini games!) and Brain Brain Academy (yay! more mini games!) later in the Spring (June?)

If I didn't know any better, I'd say they are on the same track as they were with the Gamecube...

5/21/2007 1:25:07 PM

^^yeah, i need more info

5/21/2007 2:07:25 PM

Anyone see any wii's around raleigh? I checked a ton of places today with no luck.

5/21/2007 2:20:23 PM

Ya gotta work hard for a Wii still or pay $$ to someone else who will put in the work to get one for you... crazy man...

Yeah Im sure Nintendo wants to squeeze all the value out of their current titles that they can, but that release list is depressing... I want at least another RPG... We can only hope that the extra time it is taking them to put these titles together will translate into higher quality games...

5/21/2007 2:41:32 PM

I just hope all this talk about 3rd parties making the Wii a stronger priority materializes into some really good exclusive games.

5/21/2007 2:42:49 PM

Quote :

"August Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08 EA"

Wow. I wonder if they will be changing the gameplay for TWoods at all. Odd that they would release 07 and 08 within 6 months of each other as well...

5/21/2007 2:43:20 PM

...and for the 3rd party developers: less mini-game collections, less shitty ports/remakes with Wiimote functionality tacked-on (I'm looking at you RE4, Prince of Persia, etc etc), and more ORIGINAL content like Kororinpa or Elebits.

I mean, here you've got this potentially revolutionary way to control games... and 99% of what's come out for it is pure SHIT. Disappointing...

5/21/2007 2:45:21 PM

Quote :

"Odd that they would release 07 and 08 within 6 months of each other as well..."

You do realize you're talking about an EA game, right??

5/21/2007 2:46:17 PM

^ haha true dat.... but even EA will need to come through with at least a few big hitters for the Wii if it is to be a success, they make so many of the sports games and have a huge contract with nintendo... Not to mention Twoods is one of my fav game series' of all time and should have been perfect for the Wiimote...

5/21/2007 2:49:41 PM

WTF the smashbros site still isnt up

5/21/2007 3:46:00 PM

Quote :

"Super Smash Bros. Brawl: * Players will be able to choose from multiple control options. Main focus is on GC controller, and Nintendo is currently considering redistribution of them. (Good, I can't find wavebirds anywhere. I hope this means I can just use the remote and nunchuck, he wouldn't say.) * No motion-sensitive controls in main game. (Does that mean mini-games etc. will?) * Game will feature no more than 50 characters. (Gee, thanks a lot. I didn't know that already ) * "Since there's a huge fan-demand for online play, the game will almost definitely feature it. That's the plan. We pay a lot more attention to the fans than you would think, and we think it would be pretty dumb to ignore it. What's funny is if we had never addressed the rumor, people wouldn't be so expectant of it as they are." (Thank god, hopefully an end to the "This better be online or I'm not buying it" stuff.) * They wouldn't tell me any new specific characters. (Just thought I'd get that in there.) * "Fans will be extremely pleased with the quality and number of characters we've brought around, as we made this very much a fan-desire project. There won't be anymore 'clones' (just thought I should mention, he did the finger quote thing, and I literally lol'd) either. There are definitely characters that will be huge surprises too, one of which happens to be my absolute favorite." (Thanks for the cliffhanger. Wait…so no more clones? What about…) * Not all characters will return. The original smash bros. will. (Oh…bye Roy (one of my mains.)) * Alternate Costumes/Color Schemes will be included. (Hot sauce. I'll take white Zora Link please.) * No comment on third parties. (Damn you.) * The game has been made "more balanced". (Cool. No more tiers? Ummm…idk if I like this yet.) * No comment on N64 like intros. (lol) * No comment on "advanced techniques". (I'm mediocre at that stuff anyway, so, I'm neutral on this.) * There will be new items, and some have been taken out. (Bob-ombs confirmed, don't worry.) * Super Smash Attacks are not immediately activated, can be reserved. (Well, now that I think about it…duh.) * Adventure mode will be much larger, classic mode will be featured. (No word on if chars. Would have individual stories) * Will include more game modes, some from N64 will return. (Due to popular demand, apparently.) * Events will be included. (I love those things, so to me it's awesome.) * This game is scheduled to release this year. (My guess is Fall.) * No comment on shoot the credits."

[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 4:10 PM. Reason : http://www.wiiliving.com/]

5/21/2007 4:08:19 PM

Quote :

"Main focus is on GC controller, and Nintendo is currently considering redistribution of them. (Good, I can't find wavebirds anywhere. I hope this means I can just use the remote and nunchuck, he wouldn't say.)"

Ugh. Back to wires! I'm not buying Wavebirds just for SSB Wii.... I think that if they ramp up production of GC controllers because of this then they are in for an unpleasant surprise (unless Wavebirds start selling for like $15).... Im not happy with this, but then again I know you will probably need more buttons than the current Wiimote + nunchuck setup already has...

5/21/2007 4:37:57 PM

Classic controller support seems like a logical step, unless they need the GC's analog shoulder buttons.

5/21/2007 4:41:47 PM