OMG!!!! Got to play a Wii with EvilYoda tonight!

[TraumaRN]

So me and EvilYoda met up tonight and went to the Nintendo Fusion Tour because supposively they had playable Wii demos in the lobbies of the concert venue! The rumor was true so after 10 bucks for parking, 7 bucks for a pitcher of Labatt Blue, and 20 bucks each for a ticket we spent about half an hour of play time on the Wii!!!!!!!!!!

It was freaking amazing. We both played Wii Baseball, Yoda played the shooting range/duck hunt game, and I played ExciteTruck.

Overall impressions- We both loved it. The controller is very touchy and responses to even minor movements. Especially the baseball game. How you hold your arm determines how you pitch, how you swing the bat etc. ExciteTruck is crazy hard but fun. Shooting Range was good. Just have to be slow and controlled.

We also got to watch people play Wii Tennis, Wii Bowling, Wario Ware, and Metroid Prime. Everything was awesome looking and everyone seemed to be getting into it. Crowds of people were flocking just to watch.

Anyways onto the pictures! Pardon the quality Yoda has his SLVR and I had my Samsung A950 so quality is poor in some pics....Oh and 56K warning as some of the pics are 1280x960

Fusion Tour Bus
The lineup...
Lineup pt2
Up close!
Up close a little better quality
PLay Ball
Baseball but overexposed
Wii Tennis
Yoda's hands playing the shooting game
Wii controller up close in Death's hand
excite truck
Metroid Prime
Random wii pic

Enjoy and feel free to be jealous and ask questions

EDIT:Since some people have commented on the ugliness/comfort of the controller. I would say and I think Yoda would agree that it's actually very comfortable and easy to use. It's powered by 2 AA batteries so it's got some weight to it. Example in the baseball game you use the controller just like a baseball bat. Harder you swing, the harder your player onscreen swings. Same thing with pitching.

 

[91TTZ]

What are screenshots supposed to do for us?

 

[mpitts]

Go Tigers!

 

[Aimster]

so would you say this is going to be better than 360 and PS3

 

[buck]

That controller just looks awful.

 

[CraKaJaX]

That controller is hideous.

 

[EvilYoda]

LOL, haters.

I got top score on Duck Hunt, beating the next person by 1 point

You tell me the controller is awful...and I look at the xbox and say much of the same.

 

[XZeroII]

The controller really doesn't look very comfortable. Looks like an old NES controller rotated 90 degrees. Can you comment?

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: buck
That controller just looks awful.

It's not as awful as it looks. It's very flexible in it's use. You can use it vertical or horizontal. It feels weighty enough in your hands and it's very very simplistic and easy to use.

Originally posted by: Aimster
so would you say this is going to be better than 360 and PS3

By the way me and Yoda and everyone else who played were smiling, laughing and gushing over it. Definitely. At times there would be like 100-200 people just watching people play and all the reaction was positive from what I heard.

 

[Aimster]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
LOL, haters.

I got top score on Duck Hunt, beating the next person by 1 point

You tell me the controller is awful...and I look at the xbox and say much of the same.

so is wii a winner?

 

[imported_LoKe]

Is that a remote control?

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
LOL, haters.

I got top score on Duck Hunt, beating the next person by 1 point

You tell me the controller is awful...and I look at the xbox and say much of the same.

so is wii a winner?

YES. No doubt in my mind. My credit card is already burning a hole in my wallet.

 

[KingGheedora]

I don't really get why people are in love with Wii. I have nothing against it. But what's the big deal? Seeing pictures of the controller doesn't get me hyped up.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Is that a remote control?

Hi. This is the internet, by the way. Have you been here long?

 

[EvilYoda]

meh, I figured it would go this way. There are fanboys and haters, big deal.

We had fun, regardless.

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
meh, I figured it would go this way. There are fanboys and haters, big deal.

We had fun, regardless.

Dang straight. And the booth babes were easy on the eyes

 

[Aimster]

how were the graphics?

 

[Quasmo]

I so cant wait

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: Aimster
how were the graphics?

What they had playing. On par or slightly better than Gamecube. Metroid looked REAL good. They had a time looped demo of Red Steel(nonplayable) and that looked really sharp, probably as good as HL2:Episode 1 I'm sure it'll look better on the finalized versions of the games and once you get past first round of games.

But I definitely think the focus on gameplay was best. I didnt even care how the graphics looked I was having too much fun

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA

Originally posted by: Aimster
how were the graphics?

What they had playing. On par or slightly better than Gamecube. Metroid looked REAL good. They had a time looped demo of Red Steel(nonplayable) and that looked really sharp, probably as good as HL2:Episode 1 I'm sure it'll look better on the finalized versions of the games and once you get past first round of games.

But I definitely think the focus on gameplay was best. I didnt even care how the graphics looked I was having too much fun

That's always been Nintendo's "thing" anyway, hasn't it?

Gameplay trumps technical superiority

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
meh, I figured it would go this way. There are fanboys and haters, big deal.

We had fun, regardless.

Dang straight. And the booth babes were easy on the eyes

pics?

 

[everman]

Were you able to adjust the controller sensitivity? Supposedly you can do this.

 

[EvilYoda]

Well one of them was an old friend of mine that I haven't seen in a few years, so maybe a pic after we have drinks

 

[Coquito]

For a minute there, with the balcony, & a red carpet, I thought you were in Roseland. Then I checked your profile.

How is exite truck? What is it comparable to?

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: everman
Were you able to adjust the controller sensitivity? Supposedly you can do this.

I'm sure you can, but we weren't in the menus at all, unless they had to restart a system (batteries died in the controller, etc)