The nintendo Wii

[ManicMatt]

I'm thinking, ProgZ, that PS2 and Xbox can emulate if you go to the fuss of fixing them to do this, correct? Whereas I'm thinking the wii will emulate straight out of the box. Most people haven't been emulating on their PS2/Xbox. Heck, I wouldn't know where to begin! (Nor am I going to look into it)

EDIT: (With acceptance to PSone games, obviously.)

[Domino]

Sorry about being a bit off topic here, but i was just checking out EBay to see what kind of prices people are willing to spend on a PS3. I cannot believe that people are willing to spend almost 2 thousand dollars just for a console.

I am not in the market for one right now, maybe next year, and i definitely wouldn't spend that kind of money on a game system. But it is kind of neat to see some of those crazy PS3 auctions. I just feel bad for anybody who gets conned by some corrupt seller though.

I bought my Xbox 360 on Ebay back in March and i payed about 150 dollars over retail for it. (About 580 US dollars for a premium) I didn't want to resort to this method, but i did, and thank heavens it still works.

Let the Console wars begin. 

edit: I hope to have a Nintendo Wii before the end of this year. I think it has a lot of potential.

[LGM]

I will probably be going to the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio this year. Last year, the gave the teams XBox 360s. I am hoping they will give us Wii Consoles this year!

[MrColossal]

Woop, my order is confirmed, hopefully it'll come before thanksgiving and I can do something with my family that doesn't involve sitting in a stony silence wishing the memories would die like the hobo hidden in the basement.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

wishing the memories would die

What horrible, disturbing memories lurk in your past?

[Snake]

It's me, isn't it, Eric?!
Just because the sex was horrible doesn't mean you must dig up that particular skeleton from our closet infront of a group of people!!

People that I happen to love, btw...

People that I'd like to fondle... they'd appreciate me..

I'll go a cry now, you... you... you LAMPER HEAD!!1


--Snake

[Kweepa]

Yay! I got my hands on my Wii last night.
I went over to a friend's house and we played some Resistance on his PS3, some Gears of War on his 360, and then some Wii Sports, on his 42" 1080p TV. The next generation is here.
The game we spent most time playing was Wii Sports. Tennis and bowling are pretty sweet. It could be the novelty, but Nintendo seem to have a hit on their hands!

[Domino]

Hey Steve, how does the Wii controller work with the bowling game. Do you actually use it like you were throwing a ball down the lane. I am curious about this because it sounds like alot of fun.  Do you swing the controller back and then bring it down in a pendulum swing as in real bowling.

Oh, i finally got my hands on Viva Pinata for the 360 today. Great game so far.

[timlump]

Not to rain on the Wii's parade but so far it looks rather GIMICKY,
a launch title got only 6.8 on gamespot and i can't see how such an INVOLVED control system will work for serious gaming.
For example with halo 2 on xbox you can safely have 14 people participating a rather heated and violent battle in a room the size
10 feet by 10 feet (very cramped though) but say with red steel on the wii by the end of the night everyone will be exhausted and there might be a broken nose or two.

While I have played system link with xbox for about 14 hours before i cant imagine anything like that with the wii the controller isnt very accommodating

[Kweepa]

Hey Steve, how does the Wii controller work with the bowling game. Do you actually use it like you were throwing a ball down the lane. I am curious about this because it sounds like alot of fun.  Do you swing the controller back and then bring it down in a pendulum swing as in real bowling.

Yup. First you choose the direction to throw with the D pad, then you hold the controller like a ball against your chest, hold the trigger button, and swing the ball [EDIT] controller! [/EDIT] back and then forward, releasing the trigger at the bottom of the swing to release the ball. I'm not quite sure how spin works, but it seems to be twisting the controller as you release the button.

Oh, i finally got my hands on Viva Pinata for the 360 today. Great game so far.

That does look awesome. And it would be a perfect fit with the Wii controller!

[LGM]

I am interested in playing Call of Duty 3 on the Wii. If you've seen the commercials, it looks quite involving and awesome.

[Vince Twelve]

Timlump:  A gimmick (notice the two 'm's in there) is when something is made different just for the sake of being different.  If you think that Nintendo decided to risk their business by making a new interface just to be different instead of making a new interface as the result of millions of dollars of research and development, tons of indepth market studies, and hours upon hours of business strategy and game development meetings, you're fooling yourself.  They made the new interface because it's going to attract new gamers, please the old gamers, and most of all, be fun.

And having a few bad games (out of a stellar line up of 30ish games not counting the classic downloadables) out on launch day does not mean the console sucks.  I don't know how you made that leap in logic, but it's one of the dumbest comments in a thread of dumb comments.  EVERY system has launched with a mixture of shit and greatness.  The one game that I've played on the PS3 on a demo unit at my local Best Denki was the new Gundam Game which sucks all sorts of balls.  This doesn't mean that the system is bad.  It just means one game is bad.  Go to your local gamestore and tell me that more than half of the games there look interesting.

i can't see how such an INVOLVED control system will work for serious gaming.

Because serious gamers aren't involved in their gaming?  I have no idea what you're getting at here.

As for not being able to play it with lots of people in one small room.  You might be able to if you realize that you don't need to flail around like a maniac to play the game.  But you probably haven't bothered to read anything about the system.

Don't dismiss something that you haven't played yet.  Especially when every major magazine and internet gaming site is saying almost nothing but positive things about it.  You just make yourself look ignorant.  As has been mentioned in this thread somewhere, picking a console isn't like picking a football team.  You don't have to root for all the rest to fail just because they're not your team.  You can buy more than one console, you know.

[timlump]

Two words - Virtual Boy

[TheYak]

To have tried the thing and disliked it - that's one thing.  To make an uninformed opinion about it - quite another.  It's still more ridiculous to bring up an example that is so easily contradicted by another: Nintendo DS.  Seemingly gimmicky as hell, but the games are fun and sales have been steady for some time now (both of top titles and the consoles).

[timlump]

i actually hate the DS and i have played it and i was originally rooting for it.

Nintendo i admit do make fun games but they dont cater for everyone,
they've isolated the market who want online multiplayer and violent games.

i personally think the greatest advancement in gaming is online gaming and Nintendo doesnt seem to have embraced it.

[Meowster]

TimLump, you keep saying these things that are utterly uniformed... I think it may be best for you to PLAY the Wii before you pass any more judgement on it

Or at least read up about it and how it works, because then at least you can make a fairer judgement without sounding so uniformed. So far you've said things like, "it's gimmicky" "what about my disabled mate!?" "It's nothing but a slightly better gamecube"... You've called the nun chucks 'thumb chucks', you've claimed that the Wii "reeks of laziness", and you've let us know that you've read a bit of shakespeare.

If you're so determined to hate the Wii... then please get your facts straight.

[Helm]

Excuse me for interrupting: I find it really odd not so much that some people make uninformed statements about consoles sucking, but with the vehemence that others refute them. Of course, ignorance annoys. But it's a bit too much, if you consider you're backing up a huge company, on the internet, on your own free time, acting as a marketer without being on their payroll.

[Meowster]

Not really. If somebody started making uniformed and arguably 'stupid' comments about something you are passionate about or looking forward to... I hope you would either defend that thing, or ask that person to reconsider their argument.

If timlump was saying that he wasn't going to buy the Wii for some reasonable... er, reason... that would be fine. However, he keeps listing ridiculous reasons for disliking the Wii. Furthermore, he's extremely vocal about it.

I'm not "backing up a huge company, on the internet, in my free time, acting as a marketer without being on their payroll". You're looking into this far too much. I'm asking timlump to stop making uniformed comments about something, because it's annoying. If he was doing the same about a book or a film or another console or something else I felt passionately about, then I would do the same. Hopefully so would you.

I don't see how you're comparing marketing with defending uneducated comments about the Wii, in a thread about the Wii, on a forum mostly about games.

[Helm]

I agree if someone said something ignorant about something I cared a lot about I'd probably comment. But these consoles are hardly even out. It's like somebody is saying 'The Wii is made from butter' and the other person is saying 'no stupid, it's made from plastic, silicone and metal bits, gosh, get your facts straight!'.

[LimpingFish]

To make a statement, or form an opinion, about something (a sentient being, an event, or an inanimate object regardless), without having previously bothered to take the time to actually check the facts, can be infuriating. Yes, pointing this out can be pointless, just as pointing out how pointless pointing it out was in the first place can be equally pointless. As can...etc, etc.

I love my DS, and have gotten far more enjoyment out of it than I have my PSP. Not because of the control system, per se, but because of the games.

If Nintendo can pull off the same deal with the Wii, then that's where my money will be.

Hey, that rhymed.