Dash Kappei said:Seems to me you guys are setting youselves up for disappointment: only thing I know is that a couple of days ago, together with the Classic Controller Pro, Nintendo JPN presented the Official Nintendo Wii SD Card: I hope it has to do with this firmware update we're all hoping for instead of being just a cocktease and what Matt/Bozon has mistaken for the actual ability to load from SD cards.
kottila said:You mean first party SD's as opposed to these?
Dan said:Why can't we rearrange channels on the Wii menu? I've always wondered this. If I'm forced to delete games, I end up with blank spaces, and it'd be nice to move what I'm currently playing to the first page. It seems so silly.
I wish we could swap the channels though. You can only move a channel to an empty space, not above another one so they change places.PuppetSlave said:Uhh, you can rearrange channels? Drag and drop. Can't remember which buttons to hold in. A+B?
You can move them to other pages also. Just drag them to the right/left side symbol and wait for a second to change page and then drop.
Really? Well then I only hate that I wasn't made aware of this a year ago.PuppetSlave said:Uhh, you can rearrange channels? Drag and drop. Can't remember which buttons to hold in. A+B?
You can move them to other pages also. Just drag them to the right/left side symbol and wait for a second to change page and then drop.
VideoMan said:Amazon just added the new North American Nintendo Points Card.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TOQ8KC/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I hope this doesn't signal a change in the cost of points in NA - becauseKulock said:2000 points for... $24.99?
It says the list price for the old one is $24.99 too. Are they adding a surcharge to their point cards now?
Amazon has always overcharged on Wii Points for some reason. Everywhere else it'll still be $1 = 100 points.Kulock said:2000 points for... $24.99?
It says the list price for the old one is $24.99 too. Are they adding a surcharge to their point cards now?
Dash Kappei said:Seems to me you guys are setting youselves up for disappointment: only thing I know is that a couple of days ago, together with the Classic Controller Pro, Nintendo JPN presented the Official Nintendo Wii SD Card: I hope it has to do with this firmware update we're all hoping for instead of being just a cocktease and what Matt/Bozon has mistaken for the actual ability to load from SD cards.
Capndrake said:EU VC update of "Let's take advantage of our bi-weekly update by releasing a game which is already available on VC on another system":
-Clu Clu Land (NES)
-Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (MD)
Agent Unknown said:Thanks for the stats and dates on past FW updates, Wiirevolution1.
My ideal version of the update would be a small SD card button on the bottom of the dashboard. Clicking the button would bring up a separate dashboard representing your SD card with virtually endless channel slots limited only by how much space is on the card. Regardless of what it ends up being, they need to ditch the 48 channel limit for the card. Otherwise there'd still eventually be a need for re-shuffling content between the system and the Shop.
WiiRevolution1 said:Games played straight of the SD Card?!
YES!!!
That is all.
PS: Nintendo released updates at midnight pacific or 6PM Pacific. So always check at those times. I know I will.
Also: Since I"m bored I'll post when Nintendo usually released firmware updates for the heck of it...lol
Mondays: They usually only release firmware updates on Mondays if theres a WiiShop update to go with it (Gifts, Complete redisign)
Tuesdays: They have released FW on tuesdays but not many.
Wendsdays: This seems to be a great day for FW updates.
Thursdays: They usually never release them on Thursdays.
Fridays: About the same chance as Wendsdays.
Saturdays: Same as Thursdays.
Sundays: Same as Tuesday.
I hope that the channel icons stay on the WiiMenu and when you click it loads from the SD Card. This would mean that I could actually fill all 48 slots! AT LONG LAST!
Seems like Monday would be the day...a Monday that is.
Spy said:There are a couple much needed SNES Virtual Console games missing!
Earthbound
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Punch-Out!!
What gives Nintendo?
Ranger X said:This would be pure awesomeness. Nintendo can't pull this off this good i'm sure.
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Spy said:There are a couple much needed SNES Virtual Console games missing!
What gives Nintendo?
Not likely to come anytime soon, it will have to be an import, and 7 other imports are already rated. Each Hanabi Festival has exactly 6 imports, so it'll take at least two more of them for it to appear.farnham said:damn i was hoping for ogre battle this week
Not only Amazon. Toys R Us sued to charge $22.99 for them as a standard price. Nobody ever bought them so they had that sale last year to clear some out. We need another sale like that!VideoMan said:Amazon has always overcharged on Wii Points for some reason. Everywhere else it'll still be $1 = 100 points.
...we are facing the challenge to comply with users who are demanding more data storage capacity beyond the existing internal memory.
Recently, SD memory cards have become inexpensive. However, how SD memory cards can be used when there is not enough room in Wii's internal memory is not convenient (no kidding, thanks for finally admitting that).
We've been listening to the customers, and we have been trying to come up with the solution that will not sacrifice the security nature of Wii but will cater to our customers' convenience. We will need more time to tackle it. But the basic direction has been decided, so I would like to update you on this today.
We will make it so that, when there is not enough room on the Wii's internal memory, you will be able to purchase and download Virtual Console and WiiWare software directly from the Shopping Channel to an SD memory card. We will also make it so that you will need to go through just one process in order to transfer Virtual Console or WiiWare software stored on an SD card to the Wii console and then be able to play it. (Whatever this is, grain 'o salt 'n all, it may not be actual launch-from-card per se, but it sounds good-decent at worst and seems to partially confirm the IGN prediction)
We would like to deal with this issue utilizing two methods. Since the updates to realize this will require significant revisions to the Wii system, and these changes need to be made by taking care of a variety of different angles (meaning tons 'o DRM and file watermarking of some sort no doubt), this method will become effective beginning next spring (pleeeaaase sometime this month). For some of you, this may be considered late (OHHHHHH-YEAH! We're talking, shoulda been broad minded enough to have had something like this available at launch or in an update the same month as the launch). But please know that we really appreciate your cooperation and understanding. We are working hard so we can begin the service as soon as possible.
That sale was so good that six VC purchases and seven VC gifts later I still have 14,900 points remaining. <3 We really do need another one.VeritasVierge said:Not only Amazon. Toys R Us used to charge $22.99 for them as a standard price. Nobody ever bought them so they had that sale last year to clear some out. We need another sale like that!
leroy hacker said:Holy crap! I don't remember ever seeing that mentioned in this thread, or the earlier one. I completely stopped buying TG-16 games on account of the blur. One question though-are you talking about NTSC?
Dash Kappei said:Have anybody tried to download "old" TG16 games again just to see if they contain the updated TG16 emulator sans blur filter?
marcan said:As a specific example, lets look at the much-discussed future ability to load Virtual Console and WiiWare titles from an SD card (seriously, what the hell were they thinking with 512MB of internal storage and no sane infrastructure to ever expand it externally?) There are three possible solutions to get this to work:
1. Add FAT filesystem code to IOS retroactively, disabling any SD access for titles that launch from SD
2. Add FAT filesystem code to IOS retroactively and push title updates for everything that uses SD, to remove the in-title FAT code and replace it with a new interface to IOS
3. Just fake it and transparently copy titles to the Wii system memory when you want to launch them, causing more Flash wear and tear and longer launching times
Chances are theyre going to go for number 3. And the only reason 1. and 2. exist is because downloadable content access is implemented through a unified application security subsystem, which forced them to define a sort-of-standard interface for it. They wouldnt have done it otherwise.
Dragona Akehi said:I think anyone thinking that Nintendo will somehow not fuck up the supposed SD implementation needs to sit down and read this (then cry).
If it makes you feel any better, they're planning on having other games released this month (unless Nintendo pulls the rug out from under them again like with Ys I & II and Star Parodier, of course):LiveFromKyoto said:What are the odds of Ys III showing up? Hudson hasn't released anything in forever.
excellent game.. Unfortunately it will be impossible to get nostalgic about this without Godzilla, Batman and Rambo still being in the game... likely the 1.02 version.Capndrake said:-The Revenge of Shinobi (MD)
wha wha-- what????? I thought Hudson was done with VC? KICK ASS!Jiggy said:If it makes you feel any better, they're planning on having other games released this month (unless Nintendo pulls the rug out from under them again like with Ys I & II and Star Parodier, of course):
http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html
borghe said:wha wha-- what????? I thought Hudson was done with VC? KICK ASS!
Capndrake said:Not likely to come anytime soon, it will have to be an import, and 7 other imports are already rated. Each Hanabi Festival has exactly 6 imports, so it'll take at least two more of them for it to appear.
The first level of Kid Icarus is arguably the hardest since you won't have any health or strength upgrades yet, so don't worry.cooljeanius said:Kid Icarus is hard. I haven't managed to beat the first level yet.
Jiggy said:I hope for Detana!! Twinbee but expect Super Smash Bros. (Now With Superior Controller) in eight hours.
No, it's expectful thinking.Regulus Tera said:Is this hopeful thinking or...?
There's been three. September 2007, May 2008, August/September 2008.mclem said:Are we not talking of "each of the *two* Hanabi festivals has..."?
It seems like there's not all that many data points to work with.