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Zack and Wiki isn't even listed on Best Buy's website yet.... still.

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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin

I had no idea. Looks like, from wiki, that the NES version was a very loose version of the Arcade game while the Lynx version was basically a port with minor differences.

Never played the NES version. (never even owned an NES! I was a TurboGrafx/Duo/Express guy.) Did play the arcade version and I still have the Lynx version.

Thank goodness for Capcom...pretty much the only third party developer that's delivering on the Wii.

RE4
Zack and Wiki
Okami (so glad I waited :banana: )
RE: Umbrella Chronicles

I suppose you could make a case for Ubisoft or EA too...but I don't really think so.

My copy of Guitar Hero III shipped yesterday, but it doesn't look like I will get it until Monday.

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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin

from where?

Red Octane.

Mine shipped this morning.
I should also get it by monday.

Well, I came into a little bit of money this past week, and an early morning trip to Target to get some stuff for my Halloween costume ended with me walking of the store with a brand new Wii under my arm!

I'm going to pick up an extra controller, Zelda and Metroid tomorrow. Can't believe I finally bit the bullet! And here I was going to get a new iPod instead...

I haven't turned my Wii on in several months (probably June), and forgive my laziness, but I didn't want to go back through hundreds of pages of posts.

What have I missed? Are there any important updates? Will my Wii know which are missing, or will I have to know which ones I need to download? I think it's about time to fire it back up and see what happens.

Just go to the WiiWare section of the store. There has been a browser update, a system update and a third one that is escaping me at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin

Just go to the WiiWare section of the store. There has been a browser update, a system update and a third one that is escaping me at the moment.

Thanks!

The third update was something about the Everybody Votes Channel, which in my opinion, is one of the most useless thing ever put on a video game console.

They also added the ability to use a keyboard.

Didn't see this posted yet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21488284/

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Nintendo rules out price cut for Wii console
New feature allows users to send each other games over the Internet
A model demonstrates Nintendo's "Wii Fit" game, due out later this year in Japan, which allows players to weigh themselves, check their balance and play fitness games. Profits at Nintendo have surged on the runaway success of the Wii.
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By Hiroko Tabuchi

Updated: 10:07 a.m. CT Oct 26, 2007
TOKYO - Fresh off bumper earnings, Nintendo ruled out a price cut for its smash-hit Wii video game console Friday and announced the company will being selling the Wii in China next year.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata also unveiled a gift-giving feature that will allow users to send each other games over the Internet, boosting the Wii's network offerings.

Profits at Nintendo have surged on the runaway success of the Wii and the portable Nintendo DS machine in North America, Europe and Japan, forcing Sony and Microsoft to slash console prices in a desperate catch-up bid ahead of the holiday season.

Iwata said the company was struggling to meet demand of the Wii and a price cut was out of the question. The Wii sells for $249.99 in North America, 249 euros in Europe and 25,000 yen in Japan — all less than Sony's PlayStation 3 or Microsoft's XBox 360.

"We're still focusing on how to meet booming demand," Iwata said Friday. "We're absolutely not considering a price cut." He said Nintendo was ramping out 1.8 million Wii consoles per month but that a supply crunch was inevitable during the Christmas sales.

A three-way battle
Nintendo's confidence ahead of the critical Christmas shopping season reflects the Wii's strength in a three-way battle of current generation video game consoles against the PS3 and Xbox 360, as well as the continued popularity of the handheld DS console.

The maker of Pokemon and Super Mario games has chosen a different strategy from Sony and Microsoft, wooing novices with low-cost and user-friendly machines unlike the more expensive consoles of its rivals.

With its wandlike remote control for fishing, golfing, tennis and other video games, Nintendo's Wii console has won over fans from young children to rehab patients.

Sony's top-line PlayStation model, with an 80 gigabyte hard drive, now costs $499 in the U.S., down from $599. A new low-end model with a 40-gigabyte drive will go on sale Nov. 2 for $399.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 costs $350 in the United States.

Nintendo has also won a following for the DS console — which stands for "dual screen" — with a lineup of low-cost, casual software like "Nintendogs," "Brain Age" and "Nintendo Cooking."

Nintendo shipped about 3.9 million Wii units around the world in the last three months, bringing the total since its launch last year to 13.2 million units. The company has sold 53.6 million DS consoles.

Iwata said it was banking on the "Wii Fit" game due out later this year in Japan to buoy future sales. The game allows players to weigh themselves, check their balance and play fitness games like yoga, hula hoops and ski jumping.

Sending games as gifts
Nintendo also unveiled a function Friday that allows users to send each other games over the Internet using the Wii's shopping channel.

With a few clicks, a user will be able to select a game to send as a gift to another user online, Iwata said. When the recipient accepts, the Wii automatically launches the shopping channel and begins the download.

"We think this will be a breakthrough in encouraging customers to spread news of fun games word of mouth," Iwata said. "We also hope to spur more users to connect their Wiis to the Internet," he said.

Looking ahead, Iwata said the company would start selling Wiis in China next year, opening up a previously untapped market for the Kyoto-based company.

"We barely have enough Wiis to meet global demand this year. But next year, we can bring the Wii to China," Iwata said.

Nintendo still needed to work with Chinese games developers to craft games suited to the market there, Iwata said.

He declined to give a sales target, but said Nintendo's "future potential there is huge."

I guess that's kinda cool, me being able to buy someone else a VC or WiiWare game instead of giving them points to buy it themselves. Now if only they'd let you buy exactly how many points you want at a time...

What would be nice is the ability to give away games you bought. Have it deactivated on your account and sent to someone else. We all buy games we end up not liking, but it sucks with digital content because you are stuck with it. I would love the option to give the game to someone else that might like it.

No doubt, or even resell for $2-$3. I guess there would be no restriction though on them giving it back. Like if we all went in on a community copy of Super Mario 3 for 27-cents a piece or something. We'd just have to work out visitation rights :lol:

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Originally Posted by pinata242

I could see maybe limiting the moving of the file to only one time to prevent abuse, but I should have the right to give somebody something.

Can someone help me out here.

Any info on the Wii Zapper? I know itll come with Zelda but will it be sold sepratley? I dont want to have to buy 2 zeldas! Maybe a 3rd party will release a cheaper one or something?

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Originally Posted by Ravenous

I think you're confused. It comes with a special shooting type game specifically made for use with the Wii zapper using the Zelda setting. It's not the same Zelda game that's already been out since launch.

Isn't that new Resident Evil game one that uses the Zapper?

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Originally Posted by Giantrobo

Isn't that new Resident Evil game one that uses the Zapper?

I suppose it does, but then again the zapper is nothing more than a $20 shell for the wii-mote and nunchuck. So, really you could play any of those games without the zapper.

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Originally Posted by SteelgearX

I suppose it does, but then again the zapper is nothing more than a $20 shell for the wii-mote and nunchuck. So, really you could play any of those games without the zapper.

I know that's been a common criticism, but I've actually heard quite a few people who had hands-on with it, liked it. And it's not quite $20, because it comes with a game thats probably worth $10 or more itself -- though you are forced to buy the whole package.

But you're right.. any game that uses the Zapper can be played without it as well.

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Originally Posted by Giantrobo

Isn't that new Resident Evil game one that uses the Zapper?

The Wii Zapper is one control option for some upcoming games like Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles', 'Ghost Squad' and 'Medal of Honor Heroes 2'.

MoH2 even has a special Arcade mode, that was specifically designed for Wii Zapper control.

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Originally Posted by SteelgearX

No not confused, I just didnt specify that I knew it was Links Crossbow Training that was the freebie I just call all those games "Zelda"

I dont want to have to own 2 copies of that Link game so I can have 2 zappers! Thats my concern.