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Wii3: Apocalypse Redux
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radioheadrule83 said:I'm very happy with everything so far.
The US conference didn't add much ontop of what we already gathered from the Japan conference (aside from confirmation of the price, MP3 delay ;_. I'm still really really happy with the GUI being so slick. The "channel" set up is also really a surprising idea coming from Nintendo - and I'm impressed with it. Zelda and a tonne of other games have my interest.
Now for the European conference to see how much this is gonna cost me.
Yeah roll on tomorrow. As long as it comes out this year I'm very happy.
Would like more WiiConnect 24 info though!
TekunoRobby
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Jeez man, not a lot of great news. The console is $250 which is a big mistake when you're trying to be sanely priced system out of the three plus they're launching after the PS3? Way to kill hype for the system when PS3 madness will be in full swing. I guess the Wii Sports pack lessens the blow since I was planning on picking that up anyways but the absurd $40 price for the Wiimotes is a shock, even when you ignore the $20 Nunchuk attachment. The VC prices expected though I hoped for far less. The whole "starting at" price structure means we'll be seeing the games we really want possibly retailing for $15 and up. Screw that, reminds me of Ebay price gougers, I just want a suitably priced game. So that leaves me with only purchasing one other Wii game at launch, which is Zelda, and not being too terribly excited for the system's launch. :|
fly high ~ayunite~
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Why is everyone acting like the Wii is the only games console to require that you have multiple controllers for multiplayer games?
f_elz said:
Not just slide shows, movies too
Go here
5th movie down watch it until the end
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/presentation/07.html
radioheadrule83
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kpop100 said:
You also get the Nunchuck attachment. Thats not in the Japanese one is it?
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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fly high ~ayunite~ said:
Because everyone assumed Nintendo would pull a page out of their past and offer two controllers with a pack-in game instead of one controller with a pack-in game (and this is NA only, if I'm not mistaken).
Oldschoolgamer
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I can't stand Capcom for doing this shit. Why must it always be a two second clip.
ZOMFG!! RESIDENT EVIL!!!!! HOLY HELL ITS A................****ing door....
ZOMFG!! RESIDENT EVIL!!!!! HOLY HELL ITS A................****ing door....
Wii US SITE OPEN
http://wii.com/en_US/
http://wii.com/en_US/
plagiarize said:
We're not talking about Sony here; Sony, like MS, overcharges for their accessories. Not so much in the latter half of PS2 - $25 is fine for a DS2 but $25 is INSANE for an 8mb Memory Card.
(I fully expect the PS3 controller to come in at $49.99, which will still seem a bit overpriced. It does have a built-in rechargeable battery, but it still stings a little bit. If it comes in over that, I'll be surprised, but not shocked given their history of pricing their controllers higher at launch.)
$60 for a complete Wiimotepackage is just completely out of character with Nintendo's history and message. It's messing with my head.
While I think some of this news is disappointing as far as what people were expecting (and some people were expecting way too damn much), it's still mostly good when you consider it stand alone. $250 with a pack in game is not bad (unless you didn't want Wii Sports). The only thing that's crappy is the controller prices and MP3 getting pushed back. Also huge :lol at Zelda GC. I'm definetely there for launch.
I have to agree. While the Wii may do well, and while there have been some high points, this has been an overall disaster. I really thought we'd either get no news or good news -- certainly not bad news in ay form. Even for people who weren't expecting a whole lot, this has been a downhill tumble.TekunoRobby said:
I'm just hoping that Nintendo is still holding out, especially on launch titles. I'm hoping there's something big still not revealed for launch, but I'm seriously doubting it at this point.
Pureauthor
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fly high ~ayunite~ said:
I believe it has something to do with the sheer volume of quirky 'party' games coming out for it.
TheGreatDave
Banned
How does that power connection compare to Gamecube? Any chance I can just stick my Gamecube supply in it?
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daegan said:
i thought the GC was sold at cost when released? and i bet you that if nintendo sold the wiimote at $25 they would be losing money.. again. unreasonable expectations.
Mithos Yggdrasill
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Super Mario Galaxy looks amazing.
ConsumerSquare
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So this thing is $250? And it comes with Wii sports and one controller? That's it? I'm not reading 54 pages of this shit.
PepsimanVsJoe
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TheGreatDave said:
Why not make them dirt cheap? People will see 99 cent games and be all "oooooooooooooh" next thing you know they bought 100 games, 99 of them they probably hate but hey 99 cents right? whoo!
On the other hand for $5 you can definitely expect buyers to be more "oh" and just buy the games they know they like(in this case..the 1 game, not the 99 others)
Like the pussy, people are putting Nintendo's backlog on a pedestal.
Pac-man and the rest of the old old old games on XBLA? I'm not giving them a free pass either. I'm more interested in the XBLA exclusive content than a bunch of old arcade games I've played to death anyway. Hopefully the VC exclusives are hope to snuff as I'm really interested what Sega/Nintendo/Hudson/??? have in store for that.
My apologies but afterall we live in an emulation-spoiled world. I've kind of moved past the point where "playing old games" is a big deal.
EDIT: oh yeah going back to the controller issue. It'd be one thing but Nintendo kept advertising a bunch of people getting together for some wii-swinging fun all in the same room. Most if not all of the essential multiplayer PS360 games are playable online anyway.
Mithos Yggdrasill
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TheGreatDave said:
How does that power connection compare to Gamecube? Any chance I can just stick my Gamecube supply in it?
Say me please that this is a Component Cable.
Shogmaster
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Sure I can afford $250, but I don't feel like paying $250 for it. I'll pass Nintendo.
Just wanted to post in another legendary thread.
You guys have probably noticed, but IGN's list of games announced in Japan has updated from a few hours ago:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732678p1.html
The big add I saw is 2 "Action/Adventure" games from Konami (Castlevania and Kojima's game?) and a RPG
Bunch of other stuff... looks like pretty strong Japanese support from everyone except Capcom.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732678p1.html
The big add I saw is 2 "Action/Adventure" games from Konami (Castlevania and Kojima's game?) and a RPG
Bunch of other stuff... looks like pretty strong Japanese support from everyone except Capcom.
Price came on the high end of the scale Nintendo themselves gave us so I'm not really sure if this is unexpected, but judging from the reaction it has surprised/disappointed some people.
I had predicted a 2 SKU set-up at E3, with a $199 bare bones model and a $250 model with a free game and extras. So only the $250 sku came true. If someone can dig up those E3 threads It would be great.
Japan has traditionally received console launches with very few extras and Nintendo pricing the Wii at 25,000 en with a slightly different package than the NA package is not unexpected. So using the JP sku as a basis for a complaint was probably premature.
Biggest surprise for me is the Dec launch date in Japan.
I had predicted a 2 SKU set-up at E3, with a $199 bare bones model and a $250 model with a free game and extras. So only the $250 sku came true. If someone can dig up those E3 threads It would be great.
Japan has traditionally received console launches with very few extras and Nintendo pricing the Wii at 25,000 en with a slightly different package than the NA package is not unexpected. So using the JP sku as a basis for a complaint was probably premature.
Biggest surprise for me is the Dec launch date in Japan.
Because 90% of the games Nintendo has demoed as great uses of the new Wiimote involves multiplayer. How fun will they be flailing about on your own against CPU competition? Not nearly as much fun as if you could play with/against a friend. Enjoying Wii to its full capacity will require 1. friends and 2. extra controllers. Otherwise you got Gamecube 1.2 with an interface that will make you look like a crazy.fly high ~ayunite~ said:
Avutta1978
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Beezy said:
make sense as first us online game, considering pokemon is first jp online game
Mithos Yggdrasill
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Beezy said:
Graphical & gameplay improvement. I prefer wait for a good game, then have it with a lot of appüroximated things.
Pureauthor
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PepsimanVsJoe said:
Hey, no biggie. It's just that you're a thief, and other aren't.