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Postby Shindy » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:12 am

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/live ... -new-york/

if ur looking to get one of these, heres a Wii finder.
http://wii.discretecorp.com/

heres a FAQ for the Wii
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/wii- ... questions/

anyone getting? i cant even hope to get it since my mom wont buy and the price is like $300 lowest i can get on ebay... lots of em look fake on ebay.
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Postby EmperorJeramyu » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:55 am

Something fun I whipped up for comparison...

PS3 Launch:
"More robberies plague PS3 launch"
"PS3 launch sees multiple thefts"
"PS3 eBay prices soar"
"Report: Sony losing hundreds on each PS3"
"PS3 launch rewards few"

Wii lanch:
"Wii: Hello to Hollywood"
"Wii warriors fill streets of Manhattan"
"Wii, Reggie take Manhattan" (The Reggielution is HERE!)
"West coast launch: Gone with the Wii"
"Virtual Console up and running"

[00:14] <Jeramyu> lol, I love this. PS3 launch: shootings and riots. Wii launch: people bringing their NESes and playing together, Nintendo reps manning demo stations erected on the sidewalk.
[00:25] <Jeramyu> if being a "kiddy" console means not being shot in line by some GTA obssesed lunatic, then I guess I should go back to elementary school.
[00:26] <Jeramyu> It also means being $350 richer

I love it.
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Postby Sling » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:56 pm

The only good thing about PS3 (apart from MGS4 and FFXIII) was the Blu-Ray Drive, which is going to be obsolete soon because of this. Not to mention it'll probably lose to HD-DVD anyway.
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Postby Sage Of The Wise » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:12 pm

Doesnt change the fact that I waited outside a store all night and didnt get one...
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Postby Shindy » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:08 pm

erm... the FAQ says this:

Does the Wii have HD capabilities?

If you define HD as being 720p or higher, then no. The best we could do was get ours going with extended def, 480p.


dontknowwhatthatmeans.

And sling, that disc is insane lol. but i dont think we'll see it for decades in the consumer hvd movie sales. i hope big huge companies such as samsung sony and intel joins that list so we dont have to wait long.
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Postby Teenr0cker » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:26 pm

Sling wrote:The only good thing about PS3 (apart from MGS4 and FFXIII) was the Blu-Ray Drive, which is going to be obsolete soon because of this. Not to mention it'll probably lose to HD-DVD anyway.



Which fucking games have blue ray right now? So people are getting shot because they want to able to play games on blue ray discs that are scarcely on the market? Nice.

God bless Nintendo.
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Postby EmperorJeramyu » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:43 pm

Just got back from long visit to the local Gamestop. Got a chance to play both the PS3 and the Wii.

PS3:
The menu system was really weird. It came off as very impersonal. Selecting a game was easy enough.

The first game I played was NBA 07. The first thing I saw after the uncomfortably long load time was a control explanation with about 90000 button explanations. The controls were different for both offense and defense, and given the 2000 buttons on the controller, it was really much too complicated. Once I started up the game, I had to sit through an unskippable and boring introduction. Finally, the game started. As I mashed on the buttons, I came to a realization: I wasn't actually playing. Yes, after trying to memorize all those buttons, and sitting through the introduction, I was treated to watching two computers play against each other.

This did give me a time to check out the graphics. They were really good, TOO GOOD. Seriously, every player in this game is permanently drenched in glistening sweat (despite only having had played for 3 seconds), and their uniforms are apparently made of water, since they were constantly shaking and waving around in a COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC MANNER. So much for realistic graphics.

Eventually the game decided to let me play, but I couldn't remember all of the controls, so it was kind of a struggle. Also, the game apparently hid from me that I was playing two player, so my brother had to pick up the other controller. In his words "I think the shoulder buttons give you penalties".

Ok, so that was only one game. I decided to give the other one a shot. Some racing game called "Motostorm" or something. After the long load times, I selected from the "Massive Damage" race category, as opposed to the other one, which was like "Vehicular homicide" or something. As I pushed on the accelerator at the start of the race, I couldn't help but notice "Wow, this game uses a LOT of motion blur. Yeah... a lot... Ok... Yeah, real life ISN'T THIS BLURRY.". The car was kinda sluggish, but I sorta got used to it. Then I crashed my car, which is SUPER AWESOME. Your car literally breaks into a billion distinct pieces, and it's even better if you overheat your turbo, because then your car just explodes. Sadly, crashing is probably the only really fun part of the game.

As I was flying over a jump, I saw a sign with an arrow on it. I slammed on the breaks , and curved. The back of my car BARELY scraped the bottom of the sign. Then my car blew up. Another realization dawned on my: the environments in this game aren't destructible in any way at all. Not even the smallest, flimsiest looking piece of scenery would even MOVE if you slammed into it at a billion miles per hour. Just... wow. The graphics were good, but the game was just poop, except for the crashes. I also ended up driving a dirt bike too, and wouldn't you know it, the driver was female, wearing a skin-tight suit with a very distinct line for her ass crack.

Finally, the two guys who were whoring the Wii for like an hour left, and I got my chance.

Nintendo Wii:
The controller was nice and comfy in my hand. The menu screen was vibrant and very descriptive of what I could select. Navigating the menus was easy enough, and I booted up the game they had there: Excite truck.

This game is a blast. It's super fun, even if all you're doing is crashing like every 4 seconds like I was at first. It took me a few races to get used to the control, but after awhile it seemed totally natural. The steering was responsive and intuitive, and the game was just fun. Soon I was racking up tons of points for doing ridiculous jumps, driving through the forests, and crashing into other drivers. It's definitely tricky to hit jumps at the right angles to get through all the rings in the air, but doing turbo jumps is just awesome. I raced along with some other guy, and it was great. It may have felt a little like a tech demo, but for as cheap as it was, I'd say it's worth it for a launch game. Unfortunately, the store closed just as I was really getting into it. The graphics were not astounding, but who cares? It's fun!

Conclusion: Playing the Playstation 3 felt very dull and too familiar. The Wii was new and interesting, and the mechanics (as far as I could test them) of the controller work great. I think I'm going to be spending a lot of time at Gamestop from now on...
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Postby Impossible » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:59 pm

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...

I'm only here because I clicked on the bookmark by accident.

Two more weeks until I get mine. Pre-orders FTW.
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Postby Flibbo » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:55 am

Impossible wrote:Two more weeks until I get mine. Pre-orders FTW.


2 weeks for me too. I can't wait.
Luckily i'm good freinds with 2 of the guys running the midnight opening at the shop i'm buying it from, so i'm guarenteed a copy of all the games i want. I might even be able to wait inside the store away from the cold unforgiving nature.
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Postby Fitz Tayo » Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:14 pm

While I think that PS3 review was a bit biased and was probably worsed due to terrible games (by the sounds of it) and that with some game the PS3 will be excellent. But I'll still be getting a Wii because it's just amazing. And the expected games! I mean, it's like sex in machine form (Not to be mistaken for those sick things you see on those pop-ups you get when you disable your pop-up blocker and go to a dogey website, or those documentaries on TV that are really cheap excuses for porn (Not that I watch them or anything...))
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Postby Greatchickenman » Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:04 pm

You must be thinking HBO's Real Sex, Fitz.


It's amazing that they have people with engineering degrees and such simply to make... well, I guess the only word would be sex machines...
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Postby Teenr0cker » Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:20 am

We already have a sex machine, and I think we called him "James Brown", but that's another story.




So I tried the Wii tonight. An odd coincidence....both my friend and I tied in every single Wii Sports game until we played the Tennis. W(e/ii) played golf and bowling and ended up tied for most of the games, then I finally won in Tennis. But yeah, then we tried Zelda. My god, I've never had so much fun herding goats on Epona....or as I named her, Dave. And GODDAMN I love the combat.


Oh yeah, I did boxing, but that was pure luck too.


I seriously want to rip of these old folks I'm doing "Tech Support" for on Sunday so I can get money for a Wii. They think normal amature techies get 25 bucks an hour! I'm thinking "jackpot", though I do have some difficulty taking money from honest people, so as soon as I find Hax, Romz, or Pron on their comp, I will have no problem charging them waaaay too much.

But thats a non-awesome/non-wii topic that I will beat you with a Wii-Chuck if you indulge too heavily upon.


The wii rules!
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Postby Flibbo » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:38 am

Lucky Americans. I had to take a train down to brimingham to catch the Wii move you tour nintendo are doing to play the Wii before December.

Inccidentally, i got my ass handed to me on Tennis and kicked some ass at billards. It was a good day.
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Postby Sage Of The Wise » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:04 pm

The only store in town that has a Wii on display is Gamestop, and after waiting an hour to play, the guy in front of me bought the wii remote for $80. Right in front of me. The guy working there just pocketed the money and went back to work (AKA watching Clerks). So now the only store in town with a Wii is gamestop, but you cant play it.

I waited 4 hours in line to get a Wii, not get one, then found out the store lied about how many Wiis they had to begin with, because the manager's a Sony fanatic or somthing.

And no matter how much you try, Twilight Princess will not run in your CD drive.

But I still try.
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Postby EmperorJeramyu » Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:38 pm

Did you have to give them collateral before they'd give you the Wii-mote? Where I was you had to give them your driver's license before they'd lend you the wii-mote to play the demo machine with. Kinda weird, but I guess it makes sense.
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