ANYONE FOR WII!!!!

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:57 pm

buuts wrote:$400 bucks brand new its insane!
This has got to be Nintendos big break here!
Any news on whether RARE* games are still in operation?
a new Donkey Kong/goldeneye and I would be sold.

Rare was bought by Microsoft so they can develop games on a proper console.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:04 pm

cha_chaos wrote: well halo is for people who enjoy killing and most likely simulates a similar experience to war. yay. more wars. so if you're a guy and play halo does that mean that you're a "man"?

That doesn't make sense. HALO is about exploding people and aliens and cyborgs with heaps of guns and running them over with cars and making bombs stick to them or running after them if you have a bomb stuck to you.

Thats something we can ALL enjoy. Its non-gender specific. Like re-runs of "Are you being served?". Or volleyball.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:31 pm

mecka wrote: ... it looks a hell of a lot appealing to me than the previous Zelda games, and I'm even contemplating picking up a copy for myself at release.

OMG!!! YOU ZELDA LOVING GIRLYMAN!!!!! I BET YOU WISH YOU WERE PRINCESS ZELDA YOU LITTLE ELF BITCH!!!

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:32 pm

shepherd wrote:i'm going out to nintendo HQ on friday afternoon to have a play with one. Score!

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please take me with you!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:23 am

Hardy wrote:
mecka wrote: ... it looks a hell of a lot appealing to me than the previous Zelda games, and I'm even contemplating picking up a copy for myself at release.
OMG!!! YOU ZELDA LOVING GIRLYMAN!!!!! I BET YOU WISH YOU WERE PRINCESS ZELDA YOU LITTLE ELF BITCH!!!

I am Princess Zelda.

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:30 am

Ive still got a map i drew up playin Zelda on the old system!!
Its about 16 A4 pages stuck together with tape..
ZELDA or STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:30 am

Is the performance on par with Sony & the XBOX 360 ... or is this going to be another Gamecube situation ??

either way... would be cool to buy just for the controller!

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:33 am

Its a task and all to beat the 360..
That shit is the bomb, i cant get enough..

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:38 am

T I C K A wrote:Is the performance on par with Sony & the XBOX 360 ... or is this going to be another Gamecube situation ??

either way... would be cool to buy just for the controller!

The system itself is a beefed up Gamecube and won't have nearly as many bells and whistles as the 360 or PS3.

They were forced to remove DVD playback in order to ensure that every Wii and every Wii game sold makes a profit. Smart move on nintendo's part seeings as both MS and Sony will both be losing money per unit they sell.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:48 am

mecka wrote:
T I C K A wrote:Is the performance on par with Sony & the XBOX 360 ... or is this going to be another Gamecube situation ??

either way... would be cool to buy just for the controller!
The system itself is a beefed up Gamecube and won't have nearly as many bells and whistles as the 360 or PS3.

They were forced to remove DVD playback in order to ensure that every Wii and every Wii game sold makes a profit. Smart move on nintendo's part seeings as both MS and Sony will both be losing money per unit they sell.

I reckon that was a great move. I'd say most peeps have a DVD player in some capacity alread, so why shell out more for another one when it aint necessary?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:50 am

damn straight.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:52 am

T I C K A wrote:Is the performance on par with Sony & the XBOX 360 ... or is this going to be another Gamecube situation ??

either way... would be cool to buy just for the controller!

The console is roughly twice as powerful as a GameCube, putting it in horsepower territory beyond Xbox, but well shy of Xbox 360.

HERE is everything you need to know.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:57 am

I actually like the name Wii now, I wasn't sold at first.
It works well with the wii-mote and the mii avatars... but did they have to name the included game wii sports??

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:21 am

Stray wrote:
T I C K A wrote:Is the performance on par with Sony & the XBOX 360 ... or is this going to be another Gamecube situation ??

either way... would be cool to buy just for the controller!
The console is roughly twice as powerful as a GameCube, putting it in horsepower territory beyond Xbox, but well shy of Xbox 360.

HERE is everything you need to know.

cheers Stray

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:48 am

mrj wrote:
cha_chaos wrote: well halo is for people who enjoy killing and most likely simulates a similar experience to war. yay. more wars. so if you're a guy and play halo does that mean that you're a "man"?
That doesn't make sense. HALO is about exploding people and aliens and cyborgs with heaps of guns and running them over with cars and making bombs stick to them or running after them if you have a bomb stuck to you.

Thats something we can ALL enjoy. Its non-gender specific. Like re-runs of "Are you being served?". Or volleyball.

I LOOOOVE Halo.

I love the co-operative play mode, sniping while a friend runs in and slams the covenant with a brute rifle, or playing as an elite and swooshing at stuff with my sword.

And when I am not playing halo, I spend most of my spare time encouraging conflict in some of the world's poorest regions by applying the occasional trade embargo or supplying militia with warheads....

:Shudders:

.... sorry... was channeling George W. Bush for a bit there... when he possesses me I get all insecure because he has a small penis.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:50 am

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:15 am

Grey Son wrote:Its a task and all to beat the 360..
That shit is the bomb, i cant get enough..

they're not trying to go head to head with xbox360 - those consoles (inc. ps3) are more about convergence and creative a 'media centre' whereas the nintendo console is trying to do what nintendo do well - make good family games for the everyman.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:32 am

@ wii sports

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:14 pm

T I C K A wrote:

lol!

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:25 pm

wish we still had the nintendo account. we used to have gamecubes all over our office!

woulda had the wii for sure. boos

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:38 pm

Wii sports are an absoloute piss take

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:45 pm

We have a couple of wii development kits at work.. but no games as yet.
Well, except the ones we are working on that is. But they aren't playable as yet.

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:53 pm

u at infogrames?

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:06 pm

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:wish we still had the nintendo account. we used to have gamecubes all over our office!

woulda had the wii for sure. boos

you guys would kill it with nintendo

- i'm not a massive fan of their current creative

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:19 pm

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:u at infogrames?

No at IR Gurus

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:58 pm

so i just got back from trialling this beast at nintendo HQ

played

- wii sports
- wii play
- zelda twilight princess
- metroid prime 3 corruption
- super mario galaxy
- warioware
- a driving game

nintendo had 7 plasmas set up in a room ... all with different games. Controller was awesome and the games are very addictive. Really liked the tennis adn baseball from Wii Sports and the Super Mario Galaxy game.

The unit was so fun to play ... the 2.5 hours flew by.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:35 pm

shepherd wrote:so i just got back from trialling this beast at nintendo HQ

played

- wii sports
- wii play
- zelda twilight princess
- metroid prime 3 corruption
- super mario galaxy
- warioware
- a driving game

nintendo had 7 plasmas set up in a room ... all with different games. Controller was awesome and the games are very addictive. Really liked the tennis adn baseball from Wii Sports and the Super Mario Galaxy game.

The unit was so fun to play ... the 2.5 hours flew by.

Lucky fucker!

How was Zelda?

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:48 am

zelda was good - they (nintendo) were saying they think it will be the best game of all time.

i've never really played zelda so didn't really know what to compare it to tho

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:23 pm

shepherd wrote:zelda was good - they (nintendo) were saying they think it will be the best game of all time.

i've never really played zelda so didn't really know what to compare it to tho

I don't doubt them. I'm a Zelda freak, and from what i've seen, it prolly WILL be the best game ever.
Was the control system sweet? Did it take much effort or getting used to?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:36 pm

I'm probably going to put my deposit down on one today. Big, big day for gaming spending coming up.

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:52 pm

Hardy wrote:
shepherd wrote:zelda was good - they (nintendo) were saying they think it will be the best game of all time.

i've never really played zelda so didn't really know what to compare it to tho
I don't doubt them. I'm a Zelda freak, and from what i've seen, it prolly WILL be the best game ever.
Was the control system sweet? Did it take much effort or getting used to?

i really liked the controller .. i played mario for about 30 mins and that really uses the nunchuck system ... and it's very intuitive ... it was very responsive for the tennis and baseball on wii sports and it was great on the driving game ... i liked it!

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:24 pm

shepherd wrote:
Hardy wrote:
shepherd wrote:zelda was good - they (nintendo) were saying they think it will be the best game of all time.

i've never really played zelda so didn't really know what to compare it to tho
I don't doubt them. I'm a Zelda freak, and from what i've seen, it prolly WILL be the best game ever.
Was the control system sweet? Did it take much effort or getting used to?
i really liked the controller .. i played mario for about 30 mins and that really uses the nunchuck system ... and it's very intuitive ... it was very responsive for the tennis and baseball on wii sports and it was great on the driving game ... i liked it!

Ya reckon there better for kids??
Mine cant seem to be able to get there head around ya normal playstation/ nintendo control!!

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:18 pm

good q grey son ... i think kids would find it a lot easier than button mashing the normal PS/xbox controllers/

factory worker · Post by **factory worker** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:02 pm

Sony Corp says it will cut the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console by 20 per cent, heating up the competition in the next-generation gaming war against rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.

The announcement comes just days after Microsoft announced that it would roll out an external high definition DVD player for its Xbox 360 in an effort to match the PlayStation 3, which is due to be released later this year with its own Blu-ray DVD technology.

Sony will cut the price of its basic PlayStation 3 model in Japan to 47,600 yen ($US410), from an originally planned 59,800 yen ($US515).

cha_chaos · Post by **cha_chaos** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:04 pm

^^^ all this competition is silly... cant they just combine them all into a monopoly? then the worth while little guys would get a chance blah blah blah

factory worker · Post by **factory worker** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:13 pm

cha_chaos wrote:^^^ all this competition is silly... cant they just combine them all into a monopoly? then the worth while little guys would get a chance blah blah blah

But Zelda might not be able to buy Park Lane.

cha_chaos · Post by **cha_chaos** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:24 pm

oh hah-di-hah-di-haaahhh

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:41 pm

Has anyone seen this?

It's actually been made out of Carlton draught beer coasters from a pub that have been painted and stuck on the wall. Found near Swanston Street, near RMIT university in Melbourne, Australia.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/zelda/melb ... 203295.php

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:44 pm

dopest

Post by **lynt** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:55 pm

Stray wrote:Has anyone seen this?

It's actually been made out of Carlton draught beer coasters from a pub that have been painted and stuck on the wall. Found near Swanston Street, near RMIT university in Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/zelda/melb ... 203295.php

Trippers:

The Amazing Mr. Pee â€” a Wildeian wit â€” sent us this shot of some graffiti in Melbourne, New Zealand. That's not just any Link you're seeing there: that's Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap!

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:02 pm

lol

fukin cool though

aspekt · Post by **aspekt** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:24 pm

lynt wrote: Trippers:

The Amazing Mr. Pee â€” a Wildeian wit â€” sent us this shot of some graffiti in Melbourne, New Zealand. That's not just any Link you're seeing there: that's Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap!
maybe tounge in cheek given the 200,000 odd kiwis in melbourne?

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:35 pm

goatsio

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:54 pm

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:54 pm

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:goatsio

BAN!!

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:54 pm

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:

ROFL ... that's an awesome track

Lauer · Post by **Lauer** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:51 am

deviant wrote:
Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:goatsio

BAN!!

HAHAHAHA!

yenks · Post by **yenks** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:28 pm

Man some of these games look nuts..

Wii Games

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:54 pm

Wii Sports

/giggles.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:58 pm

where did u guys go to prerorder?