You REALLY think that Nintendo will release a controller that doesn't work?


BTW: The super monkey ball screenshot made me drool. Our favorite SMB party game is Monkey Target.

Not only that, but if you read ProfessorLesser's very own replies (there is a lot of more information in the replies other than the initial thoughts in that first post), he starts to ease up on all of the bad stuff that he said, to the point where it starts to sound positive. Give the entire thing a read, and if not the entire thing then at least all of his replies.

using touchpad for mario64ds was frustrating. and wii zelda experiences haven't been glowing.

like i said, i'm interested in wii but i'll wait for reviews.

After working 2 years previously in walmart electronics, I can understand why they're not getting Wii Kiosks, if its timing. It took my store -which was a super- a year to get the proper PSP with LCD case. Modulars and plans are done so far in advance, and getting cases, supplies, etc from suppliers and game companies was like pulling teeth.

And you know, some kid will take a wii mote to the head, then its all over

That got me thinking. Everyone says there are NO 4-player launch titles, but surely Monkey Ball is. What gives?

Monkey Target is the fave here as well.

A new company called Compile Heart (yet ANOTHER company formed from the ashes of Compile, yay!) announced that they'll be porting their arcade game, Takoron, to the Wii. The original company Compile are famous for the Puyo Puyo series which is pretty much the foundation of versus style "puzzle" games.

Here's a link to information on the arcade release:
http://www.compileheart.com/tako/ron.html

Isn't Raving Rabbids a Mario Party-esque game? That should be a 4-player game. And Wii sports has to be 4 players for the doubles tennis. And like you said, surely Monkey Ball is. So, no 4-player games? I can't see that happening.

Someone at work said they're making a new Metal Slug for the Wii. Not the anthology, but a brand new Metal Slug title.

I can't wait to buy it! Are they taking preorders now or do they have to wait?

Very long but very interesting about Nintendo's disruption strategy: Article link

It is on a Wii site, so it is obviously going to be slanted, but it is well articulated and references many sources and books. A great read if you have time.

That's an interesting article, but some of the points were stretching a bit just to be pro-Nintendo. Especially this:

This answer basically turns into a semantics debate about 'platform vs service' that doesn't even address the real issue of the point they are countering - the cost. It goes on about how costs should be low because there's no need for alteration but this doesn't address why these items are in fact just the same cost as the Live Arcade games which not only did require alteration, they are often new games built form the ground up. But he covers that issue with:

Here's the problem with that... we as gamers KNOW these games. We are familiar with these games and in most cases have already played these games. So this "we're going to think the product is crap" argument doesn't fly. And while I personally think the VC games should be a buck or two cheaper, I'm not even saying this to question Nintendo but to point out the contradiction in the article. Using the "costs will be low" argument followed by the "purposely jacking up the price" argument does nothing to help the consumer appeal of the VC 'platform'.

And the author could be a politician... he changes his stance on each issue as to when it best suits his argument.

First he seemingly argues that Live Arcade is hindering itself in costs by offering new content, but then uses it as a plus that VC will also be offering new content! And then he quotes about development costs... wouldn't a new title for VC also incur these costs? Even if is a NES-based title, a quality title will cost some money to design/program/test.

These .gifs are hysterical.

Free Opera for all!

Can you guys guess which part of this cover has me the most excited?

Pretty funny. I wonder if someone has made a porno wii gif like that

The IGN Logo?

Just a heads up. The 9/15 episode of the 1up Show is nearly entirely about the Wii announcment and has some good commentary and footage (though nothing new in that department).

One less thing for people to bitch about...

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking.

...until July.

Hey, at least Opera finally found a way to get people to pay for their browser.

No kidding. I'm kinda surprised about all the complaining I've seen since the launch details announcement, especially since most people seemed pretty positive about the Wii up until then. It seems like an overreaction to me, but to each their own.

Nintendo just didn't do enough spin control to debunk rumors between E3 and the announcement. Thus people (myself included) got their expectations too high, and expected more at a lower price.

My problem with the price is just that I'm a cheap bastard and consoles have suddenly gone from $100-150 items to $250-700 items. I was planning on getting one at launch, but now I'm not so sure. I could easily end up spending $400, which is four times what I paid for my Cube plus Metroid Prime. That's a healthy chunk of a mortgage payment.

People got pissed when they found out they had to pay for one.

What console was $100-$150 on launch?