The **Official** Nintendo Wii Thread

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: mugs
This is ATOT, not the official Care Bears forums

Yep. I got singed on a thread I posted earlier.
Grow some thick skin would be my advice.

 

[MercenaryYoureFired]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: MercenaryYoureFired

Yeah I'll give you the first part, I meant last paragraph, obviously not last sentence.

I was not bashing the Wii in my OP, the "Wii-tarded" was a joke (You guys make jokes here right?). In my OP I was just simply asking questions that needed to be asked, were they not serious questions that could arise after the "wow" factor of the Wii is over?

My OP was not meant to sound biased, it was just my opinion on the potential problems with the Wii in the future, and like I said before, if Nintendo can keep the interest of the people, I will buy one.

See, now you're showing some thought and some promise.

I am new member here and I don't appreciate the name calling, especially if it's uncalled for. Thanks again for the warm welcome. =/

-MYF

This is ATOT, not the official Care Bears forums

Eh, do all new guys (because I certainly don't mean girls) go through this "hazing" before they're welcomed? =)


Anyways back to the topic......The Wii SUCKS!!!!



LoL j/k.

-MYF

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: MercenaryYoureFired

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: MercenaryYoureFired

Yeah I'll give you the first part, I meant last paragraph, obviously not last sentence.

I was not bashing the Wii in my OP, the "Wii-tarded" was a joke (You guys make jokes here right?). In my OP I was just simply asking questions that needed to be asked, were they not serious questions that could arise after the "wow" factor of the Wii is over?

My OP was not meant to sound biased, it was just my opinion on the potential problems with the Wii in the future, and like I said before, if Nintendo can keep the interest of the people, I will buy one.

See, now you're showing some thought and some promise.

I am new member here and I don't appreciate the name calling, especially if it's uncalled for. Thanks again for the warm welcome. =/

-MYF

This is ATOT, not the official Care Bears forums

Eh, do all new guys (because I certainly don't mean girls) go through this "hazing" before they're welcomed? =)


Anyways back to the topic......The Wii SUCKS!!!!



LoL j/k.

-MYF

Yeah, you're not new.

 

[randay]

Isnt callout threads bad? So wouldn't a callout account be even worse? Anyway, I'm sure he is in for endless flames and trolling in his (hopefully shortlived) ATOT career.

WWYBYWB?

 

[BillyBatson]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
here are some pics of my wii
i took them for a buddy of mine to show him the overall size and the controllers

o ok cool some good pics of the Wii and where all the ports are at, do you have any rear pics? i was wondering where the gamecube controller ports were and that explains it all

yeah when i first heard you could use GC memory and controllers i wondered too up until i bought it, actually for the first few hours i didn't think about it and i didn't realize you could open the top until i looked in the manual to find our about something else LOL
i knwo i forgot to take ear and bottom pics (cuz the bottom has a fan um either exhaust or intake i dunno what it does lol



here, same pics, pics #10 and #11 are of the rear and bottom

 

[BillyBatson]

I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION!
is there any way of turning off or lowering the volume on the wiimote!?

 

[iamaelephant]

Okay first of all, MYF and mugs, tkae your BS to another thread and stop cluttering this one up. No one cares so fvck off.

Now, more importantly, WiiConnect Update appears to be bricking consoles. This does not bode well from Nintendo, and the fix is just an absolute pain in the ass.

 

[bucwylde23]

Wow, I played the Wii for the first time last night. I was a bit skeptical about whether I would like it or not, but it turns out to be pretty fun.
but we spent entirely too much time trying to figure out how to get the cradle from the monkey in zelda...
I may get one soon, I think it would be a great way to switch things up from playing on the 360 once in a while.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: chrisg22
Wow, I played the Wii for the first time last night. I was a bit skeptical about whether I would like it or not, but it turns out to be pretty fun.
but we spent entirely too much time trying to figure out how to get the cradle from the monkey...
I may get one soon, I think it would be a great way to switch things up from playing on the 360 once in a while.

I think that they made the initial puzzles difficult so you get used to the controls, because you get thrown right into it later on.

I don't like Midna :|

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION!
is there any way of turning off or lowering the volume on the wiimote!?

Press home, and go down to the controller settings. The entire bottom of the screen is a button, which isnt obvious at first.

 

[Slew Foot]

Holy crap, you want to make a profit on ebay off the Wii? Try selling the Nintendo brand component cables, theyre going for over $150!!!!!

 

[FoBoT]

so, is the "word on the street" still that more shipments are coming?
i went into my costco and didn't see anything, it didn't look like they got any and already sold them or anything

are there still going to be plenty before x-mas?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
so, is the "word on the street" still that more shipments are coming?
i went into my costco and didn't see anything, it didn't look like they got any and already sold them or anything

are there still going to be plenty before x-mas?

i was told by eb games that they would ahve more on friday.

i'm wondering how many they will get and will they sell out again right away? i'd like to go after work friday or on saturday morning, but if they are gonna sell out again, i won't even bother.

 

[BD2003]

Is it just me, or are the virtual console games WAY too expensive? I just can't pay 5 bucks for a NES game, 8 bucks for snes/genesis, and 10 for an n64 game. They should be half that.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: BD2003
Is it just me, or are the virtual console games WAY too expensive? I just can't pay 5 bucks for a NES game, 8 bucks for snes/genesis, and 10 for an n64 game. They should be half that.

agreed. however, at the same time, I never bought Ocarina, so $10 would be worth it... granted... I have to buy a controller on top of that. But there are plenty of games I never played.

Regardless, I agree they should be around half of what they are now, and I wish the gamecube controller worked for all the games.

we also have broken tv #2 to report. While I think people should maybe drop it down a notch, I had a feeling this would happen from the early videos that showed off the wiimote. The wrist strap really is pretty weak. It should have been more elastic, and possibly a bit thicker.

 

[iamwiz82]

My guess is that these people are smashing their TVs from bowling. I figured that out when I frist got it and now play about 1ft to the left of the TV, so if I launch it, all I'll destroy is drywall or speaker

 

[bucwylde23]

my brother was told by ebgames that they would be getting more Wii's in tuesday/wednesday along with, in his words: "a heck of a lot of accessories"

 

[imported_Goo]

Ok, opened the box last night and spend about 10min hooking everything up and download update. Man, this thing rock. I have never see my gf play 4hrs of TV games, even w/ only one controller and one game we still have lot of fun. And now I know why people sore the next day because I am too.

BTW, anyone got redsteel yet? how was it?

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: BD2003
Is it just me, or are the virtual console games WAY too expensive? I just can't pay 5 bucks for a NES game, 8 bucks for snes/genesis, and 10 for an n64 game. They should be half that.

agreed. however, at the same time, I never bought Ocarina, so $10 would be worth it... granted... I have to buy a controller on top of that. But there are plenty of games I never played.

Regardless, I agree they should be around half of what they are now, and I wish the gamecube controller worked for all the games.

we also have broken tv #2 to report. While I think people should maybe drop it down a notch, I had a feeling this would happen from the early videos that showed off the wiimote. The wrist strap really is pretty weak. It should have been more elastic, and possibly a bit thicker.

Ya...a bit tighter too. But people need to recognize that the strap isnt going to save them. They need to hold onto the controller tightly...the strap is only a safety net.

If anything, perhaps they'll have the price of VC games after they've been out for a little while...a few weeks/months. I guess that would be a decent compromise.

It might be worth it to the people who've never played them before...but theres a lot of people that have. It's more of a collection/nostalgia thing to us. Id drop 2.50 to get old school zelda and solomons key, but not $5. I'd pay $5 for a n64 game I've never played, but no way I'd pay 10 for any old game that I dont even get a physical copy of.

Or at least upgrade the game with high res, better gfx/snd, online mutli etc...SOMETHING to make it worth the price.

 

[tw1164]

LOL, My wife(who doesn't play video games) called me today at work. She told me she had just seen a commercial for the wii and we need to buy one.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BD2003
Is it just me, or are the virtual console games WAY too expensive? I just can't pay 5 bucks for a NES game, 8 bucks for snes/genesis, and 10 for an n64 game. They should be half that.

I'd pay that for my all time favorites, but not any old game. I wish they'd gone with a Napster-like subscription model. I'd pay a monthly fee for access to the entire library.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: BD2003
Is it just me, or are the virtual console games WAY too expensive? I just can't pay 5 bucks for a NES game, 8 bucks for snes/genesis, and 10 for an n64 game. They should be half that.

I'd pay that for my all time favorites, but not any old game. I wish they'd gone with a Napster-like subscription model. I'd pay a monthly fee for access to the entire library.

that's an interesting idea. granted, the library sucks right now

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: BD2003
Is it just me, or are the virtual console games WAY too expensive? I just can't pay 5 bucks for a NES game, 8 bucks for snes/genesis, and 10 for an n64 game. They should be half that.

I'd pay that for my all time favorites, but not any old game. I wish they'd gone with a Napster-like subscription model. I'd pay a monthly fee for access to the entire library.

Me too, It would be nice to have a subscription plan, w/ the option to buy games.

 

[amish]

any new news on shipments?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
that's an interesting idea. granted, the library sucks right now

My guess is they're holding a lot of the games back because they figure people won't look through a list of thousands of games. By releasing them weekly or monthly they'll probably sell more.

But if they only do 10 a month I'll be REALLY disappointed.