Everything Wii want to know about Nintendo Wii

[shivadee]

360 power brick not shorting out no more...we in 2nd Generation of the 360.

[disciple]

 

360 power brick not shorting out no more...we in 2nd Generation of the 360.

yeh i know it got sorted out, but i was referrin to nintendo's track record of having great quality control with their first gen systems, as compared to other companies

[pHats]

yeah srry for the multiple posts fellas i didn't realise i could mod it

[shivadee]

360 power brick not shorting out no more...we in 2nd Generation of the 360.

yeh i know it got sorted out, but i was referrin to nintendo's track record of having great quality control with their first gen systems, as compared to other companies

The first gen cube had some serioous lens problems. Thats the reason for the platinum cube. The black and purple cubes (of course not all) had a lens read issue and used to have trouble reading discs..talking about this first had. Bought a black gamecube and it gave out the first day.....good thing i could have returned it and I got a Platinum....those are just fine.

[EmpireKing]

[Bought a black gamecube and it gave out the first day.....good thing i could have returned it and I got a Platinum....those are just fine.

NOw imagine if u had no warranty.....thats scary

[disciple]

wasn't aware of the lens problem  ( as i said, was open to correction)

boy warranty does save yuh life yes ( or the life of a sales clerk , if yuh had to beat him on his head with the cube..lol)

[pHats]

thank you empire king see fellas i tell ya the cube had it's first gen problems and ppl i won't call names was bashing me for talkin the truth.

[Kaizen]

everyone is free to there opinion here eh

but sigh ..

[shivadee]

for real. "people say..." and "everybody say....." and "my padna tell me that the 360/Wii/PS3 is crap...." dont mean jack $hit. Is n00b fanboy talk and dont feel the industry knows this..the systems STILL going to sell.

[Arcmanov]

Only a man who never own ANY Nintendo could talk tha mess.  I've had better gaming moments on Nintendo's consoles than any other.   Goldeneye 64 anyone?

[TrinireturnofGamez]

Square defined the turn based RPG on the snes and nintendo bought FPS to the masses with Goldeneye . Nintendo was the one that broke the atari monopoly so long ago and killed the company almost single handedly ... who is you to say nintendo is sh!t ?
    The only major bad decisions nintendo made were with the media on the N64 and gamecube,  the N64 was probably more than three times as fast as the PSX cpu and graphics wise , and had a little more ram , but it couldn't put that power to use with only 64mb of storage on catridges  vs 600mbs on a Sony cd . Sony kept up just fine with pre rendered 2d and 3d images and cinematics...
     The second bad decision was pushing the gamecube as a ''games only'' machine with no support for DVD or music cd playback .. Of course this helped prevent piracy , but imo it lost nintendo alot of their market to the Xbox and PS2 which were bieng pushed as all-in-one media centres ...

[shivadee]

Yep for certain. I hope they learned from that. Of course allot of the games that Nintendo make sell VERY well in Japan as well. Dont forget you RENT games in Japan....its illegal. you HAVE to buy them. Their anti piracy measure was to ensure this. Thye have few games compared to Playstation but they are QUALITY titles. I hope they learned from that though...they could have done better if the system was easier to modify...lets face it, How much ppl you know have a modded PS2 compared to those that dont?

[W1nTry]

Maybe an early launch for the Wii (rejoice all ye who believe in innovation):

Nintendo may have an early Wii

Up at dawn


By Nick Farrell: Thursday 06 July 2006, 07:58

 NINTENDO is considering releasing its Wii console a bit earlier to steal a march on the PlayStation 3.
CNN claims that Nintendo has not made any formal announcements about the launch date for the Wii, but most expected a date around November 17 which is when the PS3 will hit the shops.

Now it seems that deep throats inside Nintendo are hinting that the machine will see the light of day in September.

PJ McNealy of American Technology Research claims that the outfit appears to be already manufacturing final retail units of the Wii.

If this is the case, then it could be bad news for the PS3. Although the Wii might come out with less functionality, it will be released a heck of a lot cheaper than the PS3.

If it makes the shops first, it could kill off any potential inroads the PS3 might make. Both of them have to compete with a now entrenched XBox 360.

Releasing the gear in October will also make sure that Nintendo will have enough machines in the shops in time for Yule as any weaknesses in its distribution will have had more time to be found and fixed.

[EmpireKing]

thats bummy.......August wud be just fine for me

[SPK]

Grr....Wii...or...laptop.....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Guess I really have to do some solid teaching soon .

[W1nTry]

I don't think this will help, but he needs all the help he can get:

Nintendo gives George W. Bush brain training

You will think our way


By Nick Farrell: Friday 07 July 2006, 08:06

 GAMES CONSOLE outfit Nintendo is sending President Bush a copy of its brain training software Brain Age and a DS Lite to play it on for his birthday.
According to the gaming blog, Freeplay, the gift has been sent to the President to celebrate his 60th Birthday. The pres for the prez comes with a note which says that like many baby boomers Bush might be looking for ways to keep his mind sharp.

"You now join millions of people around the world who have fun challenging themselves with Brain Age. If you have never played a video game before, don't worry. Brain Age is part of our new Touch Generations brand, which includes games that are easy for people of any age - regardless of their video game experience - to pick up and start playing immediately."

The letter claims that just a few minutes a day with more than 15 daily training tests will help keep Bush's mind sharp.

[Jdcrys_Shinkuu]

imagine this scenario he is given a choice to join foreign allies n stop all war vs kill bin / saddam

lol

[W1nTry]

They said to keep him sharp NOT distract and confuse him :p

[Falener]

This defines awesome! Defintely an experience I want to have with my Wii

Very wierd that there is no plans yet for a PC version since many people play it online.

[Spazosaurus]

Yeah, but as we all know a pc is not the only way you can get to play online, however....COD got famous on the pc how they gonna drop the pc ball like that. Besides, its a FPS damn it this should be on the pc FIRST before any console.