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The **Official** Nintendo Wii Thread

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I'll post some more thoughts too.

First I think this is a good/great step forward in video gaming.

My sister who is blind is managing to play certain games....such as Baseball and Bowling...she even managed tennis as long as i told her when to swing.

Secondly The Wiimote is amazing. it can be a pain when trying to type in letters but again once you get used to it being about the sensor bar...not the screen....it's much easier.

About the games....the graphics do look a little dated at times, but nothing that horrid, the gameplay tends to take over after a few minutes.

With Red Steel/COD3 I've noticed it's a little difficult at first to move/aim around, but once you get your coordination down you are set. I'm having no problems with Red Steel now...and its not a bad game. Little cheesy but good.

COD3 is really kinda fun, it's all the action of the previous games but with the wiimote which really makes it a blast to play.

I've yet to fire up Zelda or Marvel Ultimate Alliance, those will come later on today.
 
Originally posted by: Cattlegod
are you kidding, it doesn't ship with composite cables? man that sucks.

It ships with composite, but not component.

Has anyone dled a virtual console game yet?
 
Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Anyone try aborting the update while it's halfway through? Is it going to brick the system?

I doubt it'll brick it, but don't take my word on it. Its probably just not fully downloaded. Only took me about 5 mins.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
is 480p THAT much better than 480i?

480p is much better on the Gamecube than 480i. Night and day difference to me when using my projector and Gamecube component cable.
 
Originally posted by: Slew Foot
OK, so I turned off the machine and turned it back on, it resumed without brickage, whew.....

Well it doesn't have a $ony logo on the front so what did you expect? (blatant fanboi trollage!)
 
Anyone elase have a hard time finding another nunchuck controller? I drove around for 2 hours and I still have not got an extra one🙁 They only had a round 20 at Toys R Us🙁
 
I'm also wondering if anyone has downloaded a virtual console game yet.. I still have had no luck but I figured it wouldn't be able to for a couple days until everyone gets the update done and atleast the nintendo servers get back online. 🙂
 
Got mine today at Sam's Club. Got there at 9:00am and they had 6 systems. I was number 5 and got mine with zero wait. No bundle. Just the system. They only had 2 Zelda so I picked a copy at Target along with another pink DS and couple games.

I need another controller! My wife and my 3 year old daughter love Wii Sports.
 
Originally posted by: Naustica
Got mine today at Sam's Club. Got there at 9:00am and they had 6 systems. I was number 5 and got mine with zero wait. No bundle. Just the system. They only had 2 Zelda so I picked a copy at Target along with another pink DS and couple games.

I need another controller! My wife and my 3 year old daughter love Wii Sports.

Hey man, I also had trouble finding another controller. I went to 10 stores before I got one. I had a half tank this morning, now it's close to empty.....
 
Tried this morning at toys r us, best buy, AND costco

Sold out before opening at all 3 locations (they were next to each other)
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Originally posted by: Naustica
Got mine today at Sam's Club. Got there at 9:00am and they had 6 systems. I was number 5 and got mine with zero wait. No bundle. Just the system. They only had 2 Zelda so I picked a copy at Target along with another pink DS and couple games.

I need another controller! My wife and my 3 year old daughter love Wii Sports.

Hey man, I also had trouble finding another controller. I went to 10 stores before I got one. I had a half tank this morning, now it's close to empty.....

Tell me about it. I hit like 6 stores and all were sold out.

I need another controller and component cables. Anyone know if Gamecube component cable work with Wii?
 
Well, seems like we've seen all sides this weekend. It's all 'profit' in the PS3 thread, all fun playing here. Anyways, hope the Wii rocks, really feel like snagging one...
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Huh. I guess there is enough of a demand to resell these. 😛

- M4H

You bet....just do not sell it on craigslist b/c they will just flag the thing down in about 10 seconds.
 
Ok. Gamecube component cable won't work with Wii. 🙁 I ordered Wii component cable along with another remote controller directly from Nintendo. Should be here sometime next week!

B&M stores won't have component cables until sometime in December.
 
Originally posted by: Naustica
Tell me about it. I hit like 6 stores and all were sold out.

I need another controller and component cables. Anyone know if Gamecube component cable work with Wii?

Yeah, Nintendo did well at the launch, but they certainly could have done better. The lack of accessories to purchase (Wiimotes, cables, etc) was kind of weird. I thought they would have done better than that.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: Naustica
Tell me about it. I hit like 6 stores and all were sold out.

I need another controller and component cables. Anyone know if Gamecube component cable work with Wii?

Yeah, Nintendo did well at the launch, but they certainly could have done better. The lack of accessories to purchase (Wiimotes, cables, etc) was kind of weird. I thought they would have done better than that.

The Target I went to had 196 Wiimotes + nunchuk, 196 copies of Zelda and 210 Wiis and an unknown amount of classic controllers....thats not too shabby. I think it was luck of the draw honestly
 
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