Have you guys listened to the new audio track posted on the smash bros site? They are taking all the ocarina songs from OoT and putting them into one track. It sounds pretty nice.

[Edited on June 26, 2007 at 12:04 PM. Reason : 84]

6/26/2007 12:03:56 PM

Quote :

"or would rather not deal with outputting the pc to the tv?"

6/27/2007 7:29:13 AM

http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20070628/nintendo_unveils_wiiware_download_service-id-105476.html

Homebrew games for the wii!!!

6/29/2007 5:54:04 AM

Hahaha I hate to sound like a fanboy but I bet Nintendo is laughing there asses off now after everyone thought the Gamecube would bring about their demise. Whichever one of their employees thought of the idea for the Wii controller probably got a pretty good promotion.

6/29/2007 8:27:07 AM

Yay Wii... Woo-frickin-hoo....

If Tiger Woods Wii wasnt so much tougher and realistic (not to mention hard as hell to figure out the quirks of the interface) with the Wiimote, I'd be pretty damn bored with it right now...

6/29/2007 1:09:11 PM

^^Nintendo is definitely not out of the woods yet.

There's still an extreme lack of good games for the system. Metroid Prime 3 and Mario Galaxy are promising for later this year, but we still haven't seen any really solid new 3rd-party games.

Nintendo needs to get some quality titles on the shelves before the PS3 drops in price if they want to stay in the competition.

6/29/2007 1:14:07 PM

No sensible person thought Nintendo would actually fail in the hardware biz. They've been turning a profit for god knows how long (except for one quarter IIRC). Even when their systems don't fly off the shelves, their games do.

On the subject of 3rd party stuff, more is definitely on the way.

http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1595/53/

Quote :

"Japan's Big Three vidgame makers plan to launch more titles and ship more units for Nintendo's game systems, including its smash hit Wii console, than for the PlayStation 3 and other competing Sony products in fiscal 2007, according to a Nikkei newspaper survey. Namco Bandai will up its Nintendo titles by 109% to 115; Sega by 96% to 49; and Capcom by 5% to 20. Meanwhile, the three majors intend to cut shipments of titles for Sony machines by 30%-40%. "

Of course, this article doesn't clarify what the split between the Wii and DS are.

6/29/2007 1:28:35 PM

5^ i would definately look into creating a game for the wii...

once they come up with a better typing interface

(replying from the wii now)

6/30/2007 11:35:11 AM

why the fuck does a wii need a typing interface???

6/30/2007 12:17:37 PM

BTW, as of 10:30 this morning there was a boxed up, available for sale, wii sitting at the Target in cary crossroads

6/30/2007 1:25:24 PM

When will the wii surpass the x-box 360 sales?

6/30/2007 2:44:29 PM

^^it was gone shortly thereafter. I was there around that time and some 8-year old kid bought it. I have no idea how he had access to $250 in his velcro wallet

6/30/2007 3:59:49 PM

I saw one at the Target in Brier Creek, but someone bought while I was there . . . I'm glad to see these still don't stay on the shelves long.

6/30/2007 4:07:41 PM

WTF they're still sold out? that's ridiculous

7/1/2007 1:01:42 AM

grabbed re4 the other day although i have the gc version. so far i really like the aiming but i cant sidestep which irritates me

7/1/2007 3:08:03 AM

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the stationary shooting thing either, but I'm loving it so far.

7/1/2007 3:10:22 AM

this rayman rabbids game is incredibly fun

7/1/2007 3:39:05 AM

We got Medal of Honor: Vanguard yesterday. I am QUITE thoroughly enjoying it. The multi-player games would be best with 4 people, not two. Two of the four games are so similar as to almost be the same game.

For the first time since we got the wii, my bf and I are fighting like kids over getting to play the wii

My only bone to pick is that even after turning off some of the controller gestures, it still sometimes registers them and uses them

7/1/2007 11:42:01 AM

warioware smooth moves for $25 shipped
http://slickdeals.net/?permadeal=9791#direct_deal_9791

7/2/2007 9:14:02 AM

^ I tried to get it yesterday morning around 8:30, and before I could get my info in, it expired.
I bought Big Brain Academy over the weekend ... I think I regret it already.

7/3/2007 1:04:20 PM

does anyone here have their wii hooked up to an hdtv and experience lag issues? i'm trying to find out if buying the hd cables will reduce this problem at all, it's making me hate playing and i really don't want to have to move the wii to the upstairs tv

7/3/2007 2:19:06 PM

i dont have any problems and im hooked up to an LCD.

im just using the regular cables that came with the system....eventually i want to buy some component cables though.

7/3/2007 2:34:10 PM

I hear HDTVs have a 'Game' setting that somehow speeds the processing of the image and reduces the lag.

7/3/2007 4:10:11 PM

i read about such a setting but ours doesn't have one

7/3/2007 4:32:33 PM

our sharp TV has that option. and i bought the component cables.

it works real well

7/3/2007 9:30:47 PM

man, i still haven't been able to find one.

of course i haven't been looking very hard, but ya know.

[Edited on July 4, 2007 at 11:07 AM. Reason : you bastards keep buying them.]

7/4/2007 11:02:05 AM

At Circuit City yesterday I saw that Niko (and I imagine other 3rd parties) is now selling a wireless sensor bar. I've seen people hack their own but it would be cool to have one of these for a big projector set up.

7/4/2007 11:33:01 AM

I think i've seen a total of 3

I keep having to talk myself out of it every time I see it, because I keep buying 360 games as well...i definitely don't need 2 systems to be buying games for

7/4/2007 11:47:25 AM

i just saw one sitting in the case at the North Hills Target

7/4/2007 2:05:50 PM

SMB 2 came out on the VC Monday, and its still awesome

7/4/2007 3:37:33 PM

good fucking call nacho!

http://wiifanboy.com/

7/4/2007 4:55:06 PM

I'll take my props 83 pages later.

7/4/2007 6:10:25 PM

hahah all you bitches were making fun of the name now you love it, sheep

7/4/2007 6:32:49 PM

yeah! what he ^ said!

[Edited on July 4, 2007 at 6:34 PM. Reason : d]

7/4/2007 6:33:52 PM

it being fun and having a stupid name are not mutually exclusive.

7/4/2007 7:18:35 PM

true... but the people saying they wouldn't buy it after the name came out and who now love it...

7/5/2007 12:21:37 AM

that is funny to reread the first few pages of the thread

we certainly did hate on this thing

and then foot was inserted into mouth

7/5/2007 11:49:12 AM

I mean, I still think it's a pretty horrible name. But I was never in the camp of saying I wouldn't like the product because of a dumb name. There's a difference in accepting something you can't change and liking it. You people are acting like buying one means we all drank the kool-aid or something.

7/5/2007 11:59:27 AM

question:

would you purchase another controller for $37 or wii play for $49?

wii play does come with 9 games, but each game = ~$1.

who has it and was it worth it?

do i really need another nunchuck?

also:

does anyone have the nyko rechargeable batteries and charging stand?

any issues?

[Edited on July 9, 2007 at 2:02 AM. Reason : eh]

7/9/2007 1:54:33 AM

get wii play, the tank game is fun

7/9/2007 1:55:48 AM

just use regular rechargeable batteries... no need for a stand and battery pack imo (cost-wise).


get wii play for another controller, some of the games can be to your liking and worth it.

7/9/2007 7:52:58 AM

Quote :

"does anyone have the nyko rechargeable batteries and charging stand? any issues? "

i do....it works great. i havent had any problems with it. i have rechargable batteries, but im so forgetful about charging them that I never have a good set onhand...so this works best for me. I just pop in back in the charger after I'm done and its fully charged next time I want to play.

im fine with paying a little extra for the convenience. thats why i work.

[Edited on July 9, 2007 at 8:19 AM. Reason : d]

7/9/2007 8:18:27 AM

my friends and i play wiiplay all the time. laser hockey, pool, and battle tanks are fun. i only have one nunchuck at the moment but a lot of times i find myself wishing i had another one (mainly because it makes battle tanks way easier).

7/9/2007 8:25:23 AM

I would suggest owning at least two wiimotes and two nunchuks. I would also recommend at least one classic controller (maybe two) and one or two gamecube controllers (if those are even still sold).

[Edited on July 9, 2007 at 6:34 PM. Reason : Why not four cube controllers?]

7/9/2007 6:10:16 PM

Gamecube controller > classic controller

And it works on the virtual system.

Wavebird ftw.

7/9/2007 7:31:53 PM

yeah, ive got 2 wiimotes, 2 nunchucks, and one classic controller.

its a great combo

and the nyko recharchable station. with backupt batteries in my wii bag.

the charger station is awesome. $30 is def. worth it.

7/10/2007 2:12:03 PM

anyone else a big enough nerd to be watching the nintendo press conference live? They just showed a first party nunchuk+wiimote zapper cradle, looked pretty sweet

They are also making a first party game for it and will come packaged with it for 19.99

[Edited on July 11, 2007 at 12:21 PM. Reason : a]

7/11/2007 12:20:36 PM

this one?

7/11/2007 12:21:35 PM

no this was way better looking then that one.
It was similar but it had a forehand grip and looked overall more polished then that one

[Edited on July 11, 2007 at 12:23 PM. Reason : s]

7/11/2007 12:22:10 PM

so i have sonic for VC, ive got the classic controller also.

but i cant get sonic to do his charge up spin. sega had 3 buttons.

will the gamecube controller work?

7/11/2007 12:34:40 PM