Official Wii Thread Part 4.
10-11-06, 12:38 PM
#51
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
Gamers are just a whiny lot and want everything right now at the price they want to pay.
Originally Posted by PixyJunket
Good Christ. Some people won't be happy unless Nintendo hand-delivers their entire body of work in solid gold casings to them.
Face it, not everyone has the same opinion as you. Even if you are fine with something doesn't mean everyone else is and doesn't mean that the other person's opinion is any worse than yours. If someone has a history of only berating the negatives, then fine, but for everyone else, lay off the auto-posting of hyperbolic rants.
10-11-06, 12:39 PM
#52
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I was leaping to that on your comment. Just tons of little comments like that on this and other boards about EVERY system.
Hell, I'm as guilty as anyone with all the bitching I did about the wii price/one controllers/no s-video etc.
We all just need to shut the fuck up and enjoy playing games.
Hell, I'm as guilty as anyone with all the bitching I did about the wii price/one controllers/no s-video etc.
We all just need to shut the fuck up and enjoy playing games.
10-11-06, 12:45 PM
#53
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
I was leaping to that on your comment. Just tons of little comments like that on this and other boards about EVERY system.
Visit the TV forum and you'll find complaints about just about every episode of every show. Same with the Movie Talk and the In the Theaters threads, DVDTalk new release threads, etc. It really shouldn't be too hard, though, to differentiate between the blitz6speeds of the world and the rest.
10-11-06, 12:49 PM
#54
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I agree. I guess I'm just to the point of getting sick of message boards in general after several years.
It's all bitch bitch bitch. Especially on video game boards. There's hardly any discussion of actually playing games. Just bitching about what people don't like about consoles and games etc.
People like to complain, and the socially disenfranchised internet lot concentrates the worst and most negative of humanity in one place.
It's all bitch bitch bitch. Especially on video game boards. There's hardly any discussion of actually playing games. Just bitching about what people don't like about consoles and games etc.
People like to complain, and the socially disenfranchised internet lot concentrates the worst and most negative of humanity in one place.
10-11-06, 12:51 PM
#55
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
I agree. I guess I'm just to the point of getting sick of message boards in general after several years.
It's all bitch bitch bitch. Especially on video game boards. There's hardly any discussion of actually playing games. Just bitching about what people don't like about consoles and games etc.
People like to complain, and the socially disenfranchised internet lot concentrates the worst and most negative of humanity in one place.
It's all bitch bitch bitch. Especially on video game boards. There's hardly any discussion of actually playing games. Just bitching about what people don't like about consoles and games etc.
People like to complain, and the socially disenfranchised internet lot concentrates the worst and most negative of humanity in one place.
So my hats off to this site and it's mods for keeping the place tidy.
10-11-06, 12:53 PM
#56
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Originally Posted by Jeremy517
I've written an NES emulator; it is.
They already have a working NES emulator too. Just port it and add new mappers, if necessary.
They already have a working NES emulator too. Just port it and add new mappers, if necessary.
10-11-06, 12:54 PM
#57
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Originally Posted by sracer
Have you written your NES emulator from scratch or did you use the open source toolkits that are floating around the 'net? Unless you did the hard work of writing that code from scratch, then your NES emulator development accomplishments are nothing more than "standing on the shoulders of giants".
10-11-06, 12:57 PM
#58
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
These boards of fucking golden compared to every other child infested unmoderated sites out there.
10-11-06, 12:58 PM
#59
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Yes but you know what? These boards of fucking golden compared to every other child infested unmoderated sites out there. Not to mention, during this gen this place is 10x better than the flamewars that went on when the PS2/GC/Xbox launched.
So my hats off to this site and it's mods for keeping the place tidy.
So my hats off to this site and it's mods for keeping the place tidy.
Oh I agree, this is the only VG board I read regularily.
And it is better than the last launch for sure. I think a lot of that is due to all of us being 5 years older, and a lot of the more trollish members being banned or simply dissapearing in the interim.
10-11-06, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
Oh I agree, this is the only VG board I read regularily.
And it is better than the last launch for sure. I think a lot of that is due to all of us being 5 years older, and a lot of the more trollish members being banned or simply dissapearing in the interim.
And it is better than the last launch for sure. I think a lot of that is due to all of us being 5 years older, and a lot of the more trollish members being banned or simply dissapearing in the interim.
10-11-06, 03:31 PM
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Just over 38 days to go!
Here are some amusing videos of people trying out the Wii controller for the first time:
http://us.wii.com/experience_gallery.jsp
Here are some amusing videos of people trying out the Wii controller for the first time:
http://us.wii.com/experience_gallery.jsp
10-11-06, 04:45 PM
#64
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Looks like the rumor about the Wii kiosks only being in Gamestop this fall are false.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/noa...top-206903.php
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/noa...top-206903.php
10-11-06, 04:47 PM
#65
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Originally Posted by MaxF
Just over 38 days to go!
Here are some amusing videos of people trying out the Wii controller for the first time:
http://us.wii.com/experience_gallery.jsp
Here are some amusing videos of people trying out the Wii controller for the first time:
http://us.wii.com/experience_gallery.jsp
10-11-06, 05:00 PM
#66
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Twilight Princess got a Teen rating. Think it's teh only Zelda game to not get an E.
http://gonintendo.com/?p=6632
http://gonintendo.com/?p=6632
10-11-06, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MaxF
Just over 38 days to go!
Here are some amusing videos of people trying out the Wii controller for the first time:
http://us.wii.com/experience_gallery.jsp
Here are some amusing videos of people trying out the Wii controller for the first time:
http://us.wii.com/experience_gallery.jsp
I was discussing this with my friend, she was commenting that the Wii is the first new system he's seen where they actually show the people playing the games which made it more appealing to her than all those other commercials that just the game and thought it was really interesting that it looks really cool too.Spoiler:
10-11-06, 07:00 PM
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It seems like a lot of places are pre-ordering for the Wii bundle with an extra controller, Wii Sports, Excite Truck and Rayman. I've had a pre-order in at Toys 'R Us, but they told me that I would PROBABLY get to pick my games. Is this the bundle that is being sold everywhere, or...?
10-11-06, 08:01 PM
#69
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Check out the Family Video deal:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=480364
You can get some pretty good deals on a lot of Wii games (the following are shipped prices):
-Call of Duty 3 = $39.98
-Excite Truck = $39.49
-Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess = $40.98
-Nickelodeon Barnyard = $15.98
-Rampage: Total Destruction = $23.63
-Rapala Trophies = $34.45
-Red Steel = $38.96
-Shrek: Smash and Crash = $34.45
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=480364
You can get some pretty good deals on a lot of Wii games (the following are shipped prices):
-Call of Duty 3 = $39.98
-Excite Truck = $39.49
-Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess = $40.98
-Nickelodeon Barnyard = $15.98
-Rampage: Total Destruction = $23.63
-Rapala Trophies = $34.45
-Red Steel = $38.96
-Shrek: Smash and Crash = $34.45
10-12-06, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by BrentLumkin
Check out the Family Video deal:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=480364
You can get some pretty good deals on a lot of Wii games (the following are shipped prices):
-Call of Duty 3 = $39.98
-Excite Truck = $39.49
-Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess = $40.98
-Nickelodeon Barnyard = $15.98
-Rampage: Total Destruction = $23.63
-Rapala Trophies = $34.45
-Red Steel = $38.96
-Shrek: Smash and Crash = $34.45
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=480364
You can get some pretty good deals on a lot of Wii games (the following are shipped prices):
-Call of Duty 3 = $39.98
-Excite Truck = $39.49
-Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess = $40.98
-Nickelodeon Barnyard = $15.98
-Rampage: Total Destruction = $23.63
-Rapala Trophies = $34.45
-Red Steel = $38.96
-Shrek: Smash and Crash = $34.45
10-12-06, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
Looks like the rumor about the Wii kiosks only being in Gamestop this fall are false.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/noa...top-206903.php
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/noa...top-206903.php
Well, that Reggie dude told us personally at our conference that Gamestop/EB were the only ones getting it, as did our Nintendo Rep today....odd. I like how that article blames us.
10-12-06, 08:26 AM
#73
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Monkey Ball has been on my "watch" list, I was leaning toward waiting for a price drop (ya know, looks like more of the same, not worth $50 bones) kind-of stance, but this blog post has definitely piqued my interest a bit.
From Matt Casamassina's blog, his hands on preview:
From Matt Casamassina's blog, his hands on preview:
Bozie and I drove up to SF today and we're doing a bit of a Wii tour. First stop: Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz.
After two dedicated hours, I can tell you that the game is pretty awesome and I want every person who even remotely liked the previous titles -- excluding the terrible Super Monkey Ball Adventure, that is -- to go now and pre-order it. You will simply not be disappointed.
Look for my impressions -- and amazing new movies -- very soon. But in the meantime, dream of the monkey goodness, for it is vast and beautiful.
By the way, people who still say that the old games look better -- and I'm talking about visuals here -- you are blind. Banana Blitz is in a graphic league well beyond its predecessors.
After two dedicated hours, I can tell you that the game is pretty awesome and I want every person who even remotely liked the previous titles -- excluding the terrible Super Monkey Ball Adventure, that is -- to go now and pre-order it. You will simply not be disappointed.
Look for my impressions -- and amazing new movies -- very soon. But in the meantime, dream of the monkey goodness, for it is vast and beautiful.
By the way, people who still say that the old games look better -- and I'm talking about visuals here -- you are blind. Banana Blitz is in a graphic league well beyond its predecessors.
10-12-06, 08:33 AM
#74
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
but this blog post has definitely piqued my interest a bit.
Oh and Monkey Ball.. two of my friends are getting it at launch.
10-12-06, 08:38 AM
#75
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I knew how to spell it from reading but i always thought it was pronounced "picked" not "peeked." I know this comment is out of the blue but just a couple weeks ago i finally broke down and looked it up because i wasn't sure if it was me or someone else mispronouncing it.