Waiting on line for the Nintendo Wii [Archive]

giannidesk

11-18-2006, 05:07 PM

I drive by my local Circuit City about an hour ago and saw 3 geeks waiting on line (that's on line not on-line) to buy a Nintendo Wii.Unless I read the sign wrong, it does not come out until next Friday.Math tells me they will be standing there for 6 days. Does Nintendo have the same supply shortage problem as the PS3? Or are these bozos just trying to get on the news?

Hottub

11-18-2006, 05:10 PM

Tomorrow morning. 8 am.Not nearly the shortage of PS3.And 1/2 the cost.

mikeyboy

11-18-2006, 05:17 PM

I was at the Times Square Toys R Us today, which was a mob scene.  They were having a big countdown thing for the Wii starting at 8:00, and they were going to start selling them at midnight.

ChrisTheCop

11-19-2006, 05:03 AM

I'm not gonna buy either one til the prices come down, but from the news stories, it looks like the cheaper one, the Nintendo Wii, is the better gaming experience. More interactive.What do the nerds think?

Hottub

11-19-2006, 01:38 PM

My brother in law bought it at 8am this morning. Him and my son are playing Zelda right now.

mdr55

11-19-2006, 01:45 PM

I'm thinking of getting one. How are the sports games? And what are the best 3 games for the system so far???

OGC

11-19-2006, 02:43 PM

I started my kids out with my old Nintendo NES a few years ago. A  few months after I brought the Sega Genesis up from storage. By the time they had gotten tired of those, the Game Cube had been out for a while and the price had started dropping.The point is that we are a year or more behind the trend so that when we buy them, the prices have dropped and there are tons of games available.It was a good plan until this year when we decided to get them each a Nintendo DS lite.

Hottub

11-19-2006, 03:06 PM

The new Zelda is miles ahead of Windwaker. Which was basically an N64 game they had in the can, and released it on the XBox.The remote takes some getting used to though.

HBox

11-19-2006, 08:58 PM

If anyone has a Wii and wants to add me to their address book my friend code is 7881 2224 8832 5913. And you'll have to post your code too since it doesn't work if we don't both add each other. 

This message was edited by HBox on 11-20-06 @ 1:10 AM

Kevin

11-19-2006, 09:00 PM

what about the games for it. can you get most of the games that you can get for 360 or ps3?

HBox

11-19-2006, 09:09 PM

It seems so. Madden 07, Need for Speed Carbon, and Call of Duty 3 are already out. A Far Cry game and the new Splinter Cell game are coming out. In the future that may be different. The Wii is not nearly capable of the graphics of PS3 and 360. Whether or not they conitnue depends on how well the Wii sells since the graphical handicap and new control scheme will probably require separate development teams. But I'd imagine the huge titles like Madden and such will always be there.

JustJon

11-20-2006, 09:32 AM

Alot of the same titles are coming for Wii that are on the other systems, but with different control schemes using the Wii controller. I went to the Times Square TRU yesterday and picked up my Wii.  Played some sports and Zelda last night.If anyone is looking for a Wii, I picked up 2 and still have the second one :)

ChimneyFish

11-20-2006, 01:08 PM

How is the new Zelda????I think I might go out and pick up a Gamecube just to play it.(when it comes out for that)

Hottub

11-20-2006, 01:15 PM

As I said earlier, the new Wii Zelda is miles ahead graphically. I don't know if the Xbox has enough horsepower to do it justice. I'm not even sure it will be on XBox. It is controller specific.

JustJon

11-20-2006, 01:23 PM

Hottub wrote: As I said earlier, the new Wii Zelda is miles ahead graphically. I don't know if the Xbox has enough horsepower to do it justice. I'm not even sure it will be on XBox. It is controller specific. A first party Nintendo game will never be on Microsoft or Sony hardware as long as they are making hardware.

ChimneyFish

11-20-2006, 01:25 PM

Hottub wrote: As I said earlier, the new Wii Zelda is miles ahead graphically. I don't know if the Xbox has enough horsepower to do it justice. I'm not even sure it will be on XBox. It is controller specific. Do you mean Gamecube????I can't see a Nintendo game coming out for the XBOX.I know it's coming out for the Gamecube. I think it might be sometime in December.

Hottub

11-20-2006, 01:28 PM

Yes, sorry. I did mean Gamecube. Brain fart.I have been enjoying madden on the XBox lately.

Hottub

11-20-2006, 01:31 PM

Anyway, JustJon, were you enjoying the swordplay with the new controller? My kid banged it into the wall, and my Bro in law almost gave me a black eye.It seemed to me to be Fat Zelda.Just like N64 Zelda only much prettier.

This message was edited by Hottub on 11-20-06 @ 5:32 PM

ChimneyFish

11-20-2006, 01:32 PM

360 I'm guessing????I've seen it on the demo 360 in the store, and it looks amazing.I won't be getting a next gen system for awhile, until I see some games (besides sports games) that aren't first person. I can not stand first person. It gives me a headache everytime.

JustJon

11-20-2006, 01:33 PM

ChimneyFish wrote: Hottub wrote: As I said earlier, the new Wii Zelda is miles ahead graphically. I don't know if the Xbox has enough horsepower to do it justice. I'm not even sure it will be on XBox. It is controller specific. Do you mean Gamecube????I can't see a Nintendo game coming out for the XBOX.I know it's coming out for the Gamecube. I think it might be sometime in December.<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/thelegendofzelda/index.html" target="_blank"> Dec 13, 2006</a>

Hottub

11-20-2006, 01:34 PM

Nope. Plain 'ol XBox. I don't have the dough for a new sytem right now. Currently running Gamecube and XBox upstairs, and 64 in the basement. Just yesterday we were playing Pekachu, Smash Mario, and Goldeneye.

ChimneyFish

11-20-2006, 01:41 PM

Thanks Jon.I sold my XBOX  a couple months back because it kept freezing up on me.I'm now just on PS2 and GBA now. And I think I'll pick up the Gamecube soon for the new Zelda, plus I've never played Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask or the Wind Waker, and I just saw a pack where it had all three.I think out of all the new systems, the Wii looks the most interesting, but it'll be awhile until I can spare the cash.

Hottub

11-20-2006, 01:56 PM

When I picked up my GameCube, I got the "Special Edition" Zelda Cube. Along with Windwaker, it came with a bonus disk.  The origional "Legend of Zelda", "Zelda II The Adventures of Link", "Ocarina of Time" (my personal favorite), and "Majora's Mask".

HBox

11-20-2006, 02:02 PM

If you have a Wii and you want to see something cool, do this: First, make sure you have WiiConnect247 turned on. Then, go to your address book and add your email address. Then, turn your Wii off. Check your email on your computer and reply to the email. Wait about 20 minutes and then look at your Wii.

JustJon

11-21-2006, 09:46 AM

I've gotten about 2 hours into Zelda so far and it is rockin' pretty hard.  I also have my Physical Age on Wii Sports at 55 (out of the box, it was 72)

EffMeBoobs

11-21-2006, 10:04 AM

We got ours at Nintendo World yesterday.  Lou waited in line for 20 minutes.  I love bowling the best!

yomudder21

11-21-2006, 10:20 AM

I'm getting in line in two weeks.  The Neo Geo 2 makes its comeback and I am going to be the first one to get one!

JustJon

11-21-2006, 01:09 PM

EffMeBoobs wrote: We got ours at Nintendo World yesterday. Lou waited in line for 20 minutes. I love bowling the best!  Yeah, my only complaint is no online games yet.  I'd love to play Sports against ppl.

Wallower

11-21-2006, 01:27 PM

My friends and I waited outside for about ten hours for the midnight release this past weekend. I'm really pleased with Zelda, Call of Duty 3, and the sports game pack that shipped with the Wii.I'm less pleased with Red Steel and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Red Steel was just built to show off the controller and it doesnt look like much thought was put into the graphics or the fun factor. Marvel Alliance is hard as shit to control. The movement is fine but I need to strap the Wiimote to a monkey and shock it's balls to get any attacks going. I hope they include dual control schemes for games like this in the future.As long as the controls don't become more important than the games I think the Wii will be a great system.

EffMeBoobs

11-21-2006, 04:21 PM

Wallower wrote: My friends and I waited outside for about ten hours for the midnight release this past weekend. I'm really pleased with Zelda, Call of Duty 3, and the sports game pack that shipped with the Wii.I'm less pleased with Red Steel and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Red Steel was just built to show off the controller and it doesnt look like much thought was put into the graphics or the fun factor. Marvel Alliance is hard as shit to control. The movement is fine but I need to strap the Wiimote to a monkey and shock it's balls to get any attacks going. I hope they include dual control schemes for games like this in the future.As long as the controls don't become more important than the games I think the Wii will be a great system. I agree with Red Steel.  It's graphics are kinda sucky and it gets boring fast.

Tenbatsuzen

11-21-2006, 04:38 PM

I'm not mocking other people, but I think I personally would feel incredibly toolish doing pantomime to play a video game....  The call of duty Wii commercial gave me the douche chills....

Wallower

11-21-2006, 04:45 PM

hbox I added you. To anyone who wants it, my code is 0831 9178 9824 3735.

Tenbatsuzen

11-21-2006, 05:31 PM

Wallower wrote: hbox I added you. To anyone who wants it, my code is 0831 9178 9824 3735. I just punched that code in, and now all the missles in Kansas have launched.

HBox

11-21-2006, 05:40 PM

Wallower wrote: hbox I added you. To anyone who wants it, my code is 0831 9178 9824 3735. I just added you so we'll see how long it all takes to go through.As an aside when I went to add you I saw that my messabe board was full of 11 messages. Apparently when i was going through Wii Sports training this afternoon and winning a bunch of medals the game spammed my own inbox telling me every award I won. That was annoying.

HBox

11-21-2006, 05:47 PM

Tenbatsuzen wrote: I'm not mocking other people, but I think I personally would feel incredibly toolish doing pantomime to play a video game.... The call of duty Wii commercial gave me the douche chills....  I look incredibly gay playing it but its fun. And the whole deal is more potential than anything else. The Wii controls were obviously slapped onto Zelda at the last minute to provide a big launch title. Red Steel's controls need a lot of tweaking, its almost worse than using regular controller controls for a FPS at the moment. Wii Sports is fun as hell but very simple. When playing it you can see how in the future developers can make tennis games that takes into account how hard you swing and what rotation you want to put on the ball. In Wii Sports baseball it's only based on timing but you can see how in the future you will be able to swing and aim the ball, go the other way with it or turn on a fastball. It all depends on how developers can implement everything, but this console has potential to go far beyond anything the 360 or PS3 can do.And if the DS is any indication they will come up with fun shit we can't even imagine.

EffMeBoobs

11-21-2006, 06:33 PM

My friend code is 5642 6173 5095 0445

JustJon

11-22-2006, 09:45 AM

HBox wrote: Wallower wrote: hbox I added you. To anyone who wants it, my code is 0831 9178 9824 3735. I just added you so we'll see how long it all takes to go through.As an aside when I went to add you I saw that my messabe board was full of 11 messages. Apparently when i was going through Wii Sports training this afternoon and winning a bunch of medals the game spammed my own inbox telling me every award I won. That was annoying. So it's ok that you get a message for every game you play and for how long, but as soon as you get them in the middle of the game it isn't?And on day 3 of the Wii Fitness, the system teased me.  It made me think I scored a 20, then dropped me down to 28.  Bastid.

HBox

11-22-2006, 05:21 PM

JustJon wrote: HBox wrote: Wallower wrote: hbox I added you. To anyone who wants it, my code is 0831 9178 9824 3735. I just added you so we'll see how long it all takes to go through.As an aside when I went to add you I saw that my messabe board was full of 11 messages. Apparently when i was going through Wii Sports training this afternoon and winning a bunch of medals the game spammed my own inbox telling me every award I won. That was annoying. So it's ok that you get a message for every game you play and for how long, but as soon as you get them in the middle of the game it isn't?And on day 3 of the Wii Fitness, the system teased me. It made me think I scored a 20, then dropped me down to 28. Bastid.  Well, at least the game time played stuff is contained in one email. I had 11 other emails and the message board was a mess.

JustJon

11-27-2006, 07:33 PM

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Doctor Z

11-27-2006, 07:38 PM

These look like credit card numbers.

This message was edited by Doctor_Z on 11-27-06 @ 11:38 PM

Tenbatsuzen

11-27-2006, 08:19 PM

Was the new Wii commercial with the two Japanese guys and the two American guys in middle america with Shigeru Miyamoto?  <h1 class="firstHeading"> </h1>

Skellington

11-28-2006, 06:48 AM

My BF pre-ordered and got it less than a week after it came out.  Rayman's raving Rabbids is like crack.  <img src="http://images.p-nintendo.com/jeux/wii/rayman4/images/01.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="300" />

JustJon

11-29-2006, 09:48 AM

I finally remembered to go to the message section and add stuff to my wii's mail area.  Even sent a little message to HBox's Wii last night before I went to bed  <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/bye.gif" border="0" />

CofyCrakCocaine

12-03-2006, 10:49 PM

Wii sounds very nice, but I need to try it out before I think of buying it. Hopefully will be able to rent it sometime soon.

BYOBKenobi

12-03-2006, 10:54 PM

My chick loves harry potter and told me yesterday that they are talking about a harry potter game on the wii where you have to actually use the controller like the wand to cast spells.  I've been getting more and more into harry potter just watching the movies and I think that would be a wonderful use of the wiimote.  If anyone tries out the game, let me know how it is.

JustJon

12-04-2006, 09:45 AM

BYOBKenobi wrote: My chick loves harry potter and told me yesterday that they are talking about a harry potter game on the wii where you have to actually use the controller like the wand to cast spells. I've been getting more and more into harry potter just watching the movies and I think that would be a wonderful use of the wiimote. If anyone tries out the game, let me know how it is. ask us next summer when the next harry potter movie comes out