I used to use the palm of my hand to rotate the analog stick in those games. I actually ended up ripping off about 4 square inches of skin off my hand and it wrapped around the stick. Then I had to explain to everyone in my classes why my palm was bandaged up. You can imagine what they assumed. It was not my finest moment and I don't think I've played MP since.

Ouch!!

Guess I'm glad I've never got into the MP games. :D

I think there are a lot of people out there that this happened to. I am one of them but I still continued to play MP.

Well, in my case I was about to graduate college and my wife and I moved away. Didn't really have anyone to make it a Party. So it is largely coincidental that I stopped playing after that incident.

Yep. Same here. Tore your palm to smithereens. If one person used that method everyone would have to because you didn't stand a chance against the palm method.

Coincidentally all those games were the favorites among my group of friends, especially the 4 player ones. The fishing for treasure game was tops. The Tug of War was an absolute bitch. It would feel like that timer would never reach zero. :lol: We still loved it though.

This is a pretty cool read:

http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/samiljan/13

Hands-on with Nintendo Wii

Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:06PM EDT



Nintendo of America recently unveiled the essential details on its goofily-named next-generation Wii (pronounced "We").The console will be available November 19th in the U.S., with a price tag of $249. This includes two controllers (the wireless Wii remote and the wired Nunchuck), and the five-in-one Wii Sports title. The Company also unveiled Wii Channels (essentially, the system's interface, which also incorporates some cool entertainment features) and two other first-party titles available at launch (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Excite Truck). At the launch in New York last week, I was able to get a few hours of hands-on time with previously unseen game levels, new titles, and, of course, the hardware.

What I liked

Innovative controllers: What seemed goofy at first turns out to be pretty ingenious. In the Wii Sports Boxing game, for example, you use the Nunchuk and the Wireless Controller (one in each hand) to punch at the screen, making the whole experience more realistic. It's also nifty in a game like Zelda, where the Nunchuk in the left hand moves the character around, while the Controller in the right serves as a sword controller.

Pick up and play: Many of the Wii titles on display were of the no-previous-experience-necessary puzzle (Wario Ware:Smooth Moves, Big Brain Academy) variety. And the motions you make using the controllers on Wii Sports so mimic the actual sports (you literally swing the controller like a tennis racket) that even "uncoordinated" types who have grade-school-gym-class-enforced familiarity with, say, baseball, would be able to pick up and play. Even well-established franchises such as Madden NFL 07 offer user-friendly tutorials for the uninitiated. Lapsed gamers intimidated by complicated Xbox 360 controllers may flock to the Wii.

Cool interface: I liked the Wii Channels, particularly the appropriately named Mii Channel that lets you create a cartoonish avatar of yourself. Like a version of you if you were a Gorillaz band member, this character can then be inserted into any number of games, including Wii Sports and Wario Ware. With more than six pages of facial hair (two alone for eyebrows) and other physical attributes, this feature is a personalization freak's dream.


What I didn't like

HD or not HD: I couldn't find anyone at Nintendo to give me a straight answer on whether games would be in 480p (same quality as DVDs) or 720p (HD-quality). The component video output—there's no state-of-the-art HDMI—indicates it could go either way. 480p would be nice to view pictures and videos stored on an SD card (which is what is offered on the Wii Photo Channel). And though games might look nice on a TV up to, say 50 inches, Wii titles might suffer if projected onto a wall in 100 inches or on a fat 65-inch rear-projection set.

Thin launch lineup: Nintendo announced more than 40 first- and third-party titles due out by March 31st, but it was not specific about exactly how many titles would be out at launch. If it's games you want, you're better off with an Xbox 360.

Boy, do my arms hurt: Whether "casting" a fishing rod to catch virtual bass in Zelda or tossing a bowling ball in Wii Sports, I nearly dislocated my shoulder using the wireless controller. Shoulder pain may be the gamers' new carpal tunnel syndrome as far as Wii's motion-based gameplay is concerned.

Bottom Line (for now)

At $250, the Wii isn't cheap, but it's still a bargain compared to the $599 PlayStation 3 and the $399 Xbox 360 Premium system. And unlike Sony, which is only making 400,000 PS3s available at launch, Nintendo says it will ship four million Wii units by December 31st. So it's likely you'll actually be able to get one. But it's also likely that you'll be just as able to get an Xbox 360 with its more than 100 available titles by year's end. For now, only one thing's for sure: Until Sony gives us a compelling reason to buy the PS3 beyond it being an incredibly affordable Blu-ray disc player, either of these other choices is a winner.

Some tech guy from Yahoo has a mini review of the system up: http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/samiljan/13

Outscooped by a minute! :lol:

I win!

At being a net nerd. Congratulations! I'm just jealous I didn't find it first :(

Exactly! :p

Wow, great hands-on impressions for Madden Wii. Nice to see that EA is putting some effort into the Wii. :)

http://wii.ign.com/articles/736/736278p1.html

Looks like another game to be added to my "buy" list! :D

Sounds really good, but I wish they could have included online play.

Check out these Madden Wii videos, once again thanks to guys at GAF:

Direct Feed 1
Direct Feed 2
Direct Feed 3

AGREED. Everyone seems to think this will be like playing DDR. Please. They've said time and time again you don't have to make crazy large motions for it to work.

You don't see anyone sweating to use a mouse, do you? :D

480p Gamecube looks great on my 100" projection screen. Nothing like 4-player Mario Kart and everyone gets a 25" screen :D

No kidding. A friend of mine works for an A/V company. He brought one home for the Super Bowl years ago. Needless to say it was a killer Mario Kart and Goldeneye weekend. :)

No matter how many videos and articles I read I'm still not convinced. This system is going to be something you have to play to know whether or not you like.

Yup, I totally agree!

i'm sure this has probably been addressed before, but i frankly don't have the time to wade thru 28 pages of posts. Will the Wii have a port or some other way to use saved games from the Gamecube memory cards? Thanks

yes

The Wii has Gamecube memory card ports so no hassle for anyone.

I'm not too impressed if the use of the Wiimote in reduced to replacing buttons. That is, it looked a bit like passes using a flick could just as easily, or even more easily, been accomplished by pressing a button. I guess time will tell.

From what I've read it's a bit more intricate than that, with the speed you move it determining the speed of the pass. i.e. fast is a bullet, slower is a lob, in between is a normal pass.

But still nothing ground breaking.

I don't have very high hopes for it. EA is the last company I expect to make good use of the Wii.

Of course for some of that stuff you could use a button. I guess it just depends if you feel that acting out the motion would put you more into the game, or if it's just a hassle. If done right, I'm pretty sure I would rather perform some kind of motion.

Those Red Steel shots Brent posted look impressive IMO :)