Wii! (1 Viewer)

[THRILLHO]

US:
November 19th
$250
Comes with an in-pack copy of Wii Sports
Games will be around the $50 mark

Virtual games:
Nes - 3EUR
SNES - 5EUR
N64 - 7EUR
30 games at launch, including Mario and Zelda!

And details of the European launch today!

I'm in nerd heaven.

 

[Theseus Mock]

you beat me.

 

[Stan Bowles]

Virtual games:
Nes - 3EUR
SNES - 5EUR
N64 - 7EUR

But it doesn't come with a HDD so you have to splash out for a big memory card!

 

[Wilbert]

Wii not being released in Japan until December. No news about Europe yet.

 

[THRILLHO]

Videos of (part of) its interface are up on nintendo.co.jp!

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/presentation/06.html

 

[THRILLHO]

But it doesn't come with a HDD so you have to splash out for a big memory card!

It'll take SD cards which is a good move, since loads of people already have those lying around. And as well as that, the devkits have USB ports and the final hardware is rumoured to allow external USB storage. Which is also nice.

 

[the strange guy]

So who's put in their pre-orders?
What games?
How many controllers?

 

[Johnnyc]

I'm still undecided. Sometimes I'm thinking "Yep! I'm definately getting one of these beauties!" other times I'm thinking "Meh...!"

I'm excited and also unsure about the whole motion detection element. It could be absolutely fantastic, or could just be a gimmick. The whole thing about downloading old games doesn't really do it for me either. There's certainly some classic old games worth looking up, but more often than not, once the nostalgia factor fades away you're left with a horribly dated game.

Wilbert, you're the Dominic Diamond of Thumped, so you're sure to be getting one, right? What you reckon?

The main attraction for me at the moment is imagining my parents waving controllers about their living room on Christmas morning if I decide to pick one up. I just don't see the Wii holding my attention for too long. I got pretty bored of the Eye Toy quick sharp.

 

[THRILLHO]

Pre-ordered this just to be able to play the new zelda. Didn't actually pre-order Zelda.. I'm guessing (hoping!) they won't sell out of games.

 

[1000smurfs]

I can't wait to try Wii sports.
Such a kinky thing to say...

i think hmv are opening at midnight, on the day its released,
will probably end up getting Zelda and Red Steel

I reckon anything first party done by nintendo will be amazing
and it will take awhile for the others to get the knack

 

[Phil]

Is there going to be any difference in the actual game instead of just the controls and graphics between Twilight Princess on the Wii and the Gamecube?

 

[the strange guy]

Nope, both versions have identical gameplay.

 

[dudley]

not quite true, i think, as far as i know the wiimote thing opens up features in the game not on the gamecube version.

like on the n64 zelda, if you had the rumbe pak you would find out about areas of the game that people without wouldn't.
graphically they're supposedly markedly different

can't bleedin wait for me wii. deposit is down!

 

[Phil]

If it's minor stuff like the rumble pack thing then it's not a selling point for me. I'm not into buying a new console just so I can find cows down a hole in a field.

 

[Theseus Mock]

If it's minor stuff like the rumble pack thing then it's not a selling point for me. I'm not into buying a new console just so I can find cows down a hole in a field.

but you could buy the Wii for it's awesome revolutionary & innovative fan-dangled controller!

 

[Phil]

But I only want to play Zelda. Ever.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Any game that involves finding cows down a hole in a field is gotta be worth payin money for.

 

[Johnnyc]

Actually the controls on the Wii version are a LOT different. There's lotsa messing about with fishing, sword fighting, firing your bow and arrow...

Stuff like that.

 

[Phil]

It's not the controls I'm asking about though, it's the game.

 

[the strange guy]

Good luck finding it Phil. In Japan and the US the GC Zelda is only available by ordering on their website and Australia is only getting one shipment. Having said that, I haven't heard there being upcoming problems for Europe.

As far as I know the only gameplay addition to the Wii is fishing. The weirdest difference I heard of is that the Wii and GC versions are mirrors of each other, as in the maps (and graphics) have been flipped horizontally. This is because Link has always been left handed but they've changed that for the Wii because most people will be using their right hand to slash the sword. The easiest way to accomodate this was to flip everything, for some reason.

Yup, I'm way too excited about all of this.