The nintendo Wii

Vince Twelve · Mon 09/10/2006 07:50:41

If you prefer, the thread could spiral into some X-rated Phoenix Wright slash-fiction.

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"Ssshhh," hissed Edgeworth as his cold hands caressed Mia's inner thigh. "It's just you and me, now."

"I object!" shouted Phoenix, whose muscled frame was silhouetted in the light of the doorway.

Mia's breathing hastened as Phoenix pulled out the gavel that he had stolen from the judge...

Yeah, I don't know where this post is going...

EagerMind · Mon 09/10/2006 15:51:56

Quote from: skyfire1 on Mon 09/10/2006 05:58:01LOL! You make me laugh Sylpher. I like you. Invite me to your eighth birthday party.

This from a 15-year old? :

Now that's good comedy!

Helm · Mon 09/10/2006 16:07:12

Wow, you guys feel really strongly about gaming companies, consoles and all that.

veryweirdguy · Mon 09/10/2006 16:08:12

This thread is upsetting, and frankly there is only one way to cheer it up:

LASERS!

Can we have a laser show at your party, Sylph?

EagerMind · Mon 09/10/2006 16:47:15

Yeah, let's see the Wii do that!

"Cover your eyes folks! Them's lasers!"

deFineLicht · Mon 09/10/2006 16:51:44

As a relativly old nintendo player, I'm begining to see the, what do you call it? a pattern?
Every time nintendo invents a new thing who takes the gaming to a new level, everybody goes like: "That is such a bad idea " or "that's ridiculous". Almost everytime, the invention is a great succes and it always ends up with that Sony and
the other companies copies nintendos idea. The psp and the playstations controller is good examples of that.

Without Nintendo the game industry never would go anywhere, it would just be a boring competition of who got the best graphics and that stuff. I don't buy my gaming console because it got a big harddrive(thats what the computer is for), I buy it for the gaming experience. And about the the Wii name, well at least nintendo dares to take a chance. The boring Sony company simply put a 1 or a 2 or a 3 etc... behind playstation. Wow that sounds..fun. And wooa, microsoft was the brave this year, they put three numbers behind their old name.

Alot of my friends do have the other consoles, so I belive that I can make a good opinion.

Pew, that felt good, and now I'm going to sit down and enjoy a bit of Zelda, the best game in the world.

Steel Drummer · Mon 09/10/2006 17:21:04

True, true. Very true. Did I mention it was true?

Haddas · Mon 09/10/2006 18:23:23

Blah blah blah. You've all forgotten a very important thing about the DS. There's a [urk=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5acbejNrig]TRACKER[/url] for it!

skyfire2 · Mon 09/10/2006 18:55:12

Quote from: deFineLicht on Mon 09/10/2006 16:51:44
As a relativly old nintendo player, I'm begining to see the, what do you call it? a pattern?
Every time nintendo invents a new thing who takes the gaming to a new level, everybody goes like: "That is such a bad idea " or "that's ridiculous". Almost everytime, the invention is a great succes and it always ends up with that Sony and
the other companies copies nintendos idea. The psp and the playstations controller is good examples of that.

I know. Remember When Sony copied E-cards and made their own E-reader for the psp? Or how about the Infrared technology from the GBC the Xbox used? And lets not the virtual boy ripoff that sega made.

timlump · Mon 09/10/2006 21:21:09

in response to maniac matts comment
ease of programing is very important for a console take the SEGA DREAMCAST,
it was superior to all consoles at the time, had the first ever built in multiplayer but it was killed by the difficulty coding for it resulting in rather poor third party support and a limited range of Home games,
it was downhill from there and SEGA was forced to leave the console industry for good after 15 years.

If is easy to program for, it wins FULL STOP.

And on another note
Sony has said that because of the difference in the systems that they don't even consider NINTENDO a competitor, and we all know how awful they are at marketing.

In Ireland its difficult to even find Gamecube games since most stores have practically pulled them from their shelves.

Wii will never have a hold on the serious or competative aspect of gaming thus we should let it do its thing because its never gonna threaten xbox or ps3 it never did and never will, it will only survive on its blindly loyal fanbase who would walk off a cliff if NINTENDO said it was original and innovative, it may be but its stupid.

LimpingFish · Mon 09/10/2006 21:45:50

LimpingFish makes hot, sweaty man-love to his Nintendo DS while his Sony PSP looks on, forlorn and forgotten.

Sylpher · Mon 09/10/2006 21:46:52

Acctually the Dreamcast was very successful. The damage from the Saturn was too much for Sega to bare.

LimpingFish · Mon 09/10/2006 21:49:20

Especially after the Mega CD and 32X.

Helm · Mon 09/10/2006 21:50:51

I bought the 32x and all I got was this lousy version of Doom.

(no I didn't, of course)

m0ds · Mon 09/10/2006 21:57:36

QuoteI know. Remember When Sony copied E-cards and made their own E-reader for the psp? Or how about the Infrared technology from the GBC the Xbox used? And lets not the virtual boy ripoff that sega made.

Comments like this make me wonder if anyone actually remembers a little thing called "post-modernism". Did you not notice how most video games learn from each other? How most movies somehow relate to previous ones of their genre? How car manufacturers take the best parts and create an even better car? Of course consoles are going to steal ideas! And I'm sure if Nintendo ever reached the forefront of technology it would be because they're using things other consoles have developed. But they ain't. HA!

PS, I do love Nintendos - but mostly the old ones

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Mon 09/10/2006 22:02:11

QuoteAcctually the Dreamcast was very successful. The damage from the Saturn was too much for Sega to bare.

This is true, except for the nudity part. They were selling the Saturn hardware at such a loss it all but destroyed them, and despite good sales the Dreamcast couldn't bring them out of the hole they dug. It's a shame, really, the first system made by SEGA I actually liked and it was their last.

Tolka · Mon 09/10/2006 22:06:03

Lets seeâ€¦

I look at the 360 and I seeâ€¦. Let's make a pretty graphics box with a hard drive and rush it out on market before anyone else is ready.

I look at the ps3 and see. Oh crap, Microsoft is releasing a new prettier box, we have to beat them at the pretty and power. So there rushing there system to market.

Both of which's key selling point is high def graphics and higher Polly counts. Which has negligible impact when you don't actually have a high deaf tv to play them on.

Then there's Nintendo. There not even trying to compete for the pretty prize. There going with a whole new control system. And a much lower price point. Hoping that it will grab the pore gamers attention.

Will it work? Who knows. Is there new control system actually a good thing? Who knows. But it definitely has people looking. Whether they think it's a good thing or a bad thing people are paying attention right now. Same thing with the name change. I guarantee if the Wii had stayed the Revolution, and they used the same old controller no one would be talking about it right now.

I'm probably going to get a Wii, mostly for Zelda, metroid, and cause it's actually affordable and not making me want to buy a 500 dollar system 150 dollars in games, 40 for an extra controller, 20 a month for there online service, and a 1000 dollar tv so it's actually worthwhile.

that and the intagrated emulation stuff.

Helm · Mon 09/10/2006 22:39:45

I don't see what post-modernism has to do with what you're describing, m0ds.

m0ds · Mon 09/10/2006 22:55:15

In terms of the media, where I studied the word, it describes the way in which old ideas are re-invented, older practices are refreshed or added onto. Basically it suggests there is little originality these days & so new ideas are just old ones being re-invented. The way I tried to relate it to my post is that consoles - though they may do new things, will always do old things too and try and do them better than their predecessors, rivals or counterparts.

Actually, after reading the dictionary, I guess post-modernism doesn't really account for technical entities like consoles.

QuoteOf or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes

timlump · Mon 09/10/2006 23:08:44

this form is getting out of hand i dont really have too much against the wii but it just reaks of laziness why didnt they go the extra mile and try to appeal to graphic loving gamers as well instead theyve forced publishers to waste time optimising games they ok frame rates at least other consoles have planned ahead allowing games to continue to improve , remember Nintendo were against in game video saying that it ruined gameplay.Anyway I really the Ps3