Nintendo Wii

NYR · November 20th, 2006, 10:22 PM

Anyone pick it up?

Was # 87 of 91 in line @ Best Buy. Went @ 5:00 AM on launch day. Well over 115 people in line when they handed out the tickets.

Wii Sports is FANTASTIC! What a great way to sell a system.

Picked up Zelda and Truma Center as well. Zelda looks like crap on my HDTV. I won't touch it until I pick up my component cables. Truma Center is a great game...I have it for the DS, but I wanted it for the Wii.

Also rented Red Steel. What a pile of crap. Keep away @ all costs.

Having a Wii party tomorrow with 8 people coming over...should be fun!

Cochise22 · November 21st, 2006, 04:07 PM

I absolutely can not wait until I can afford one of these. Darn college and it sucking all funds whatsoever out of me.

JFromSeattle · November 21st, 2006, 10:19 PM

A bunch of my friends got early copies due to their connections and rubbed it in my faceover dinner a few nights back.

One of them works at the XBox support center and was joking that they might replace the 360 in the media center with a Wii

I'll get one as soon as I know I have the money for it.

Downloadable old school games? Backwards GameCube compatibility? Yes, please.

NYR · November 22nd, 2006, 02:07 PM

One thing I don't like is you can't save Gamecube games to the Wii...you need a memory card.

MuffinMcFluffin · November 22nd, 2006, 02:46 PM

Wait, is the Wii backward-compatible?

I didn't even know that they used the same discs. Talk about compact.

AndrewB · November 22nd, 2006, 09:27 PM

Yeah you can play GC games on it. You need the GC controller though.

Hellwig · November 23rd, 2006, 01:16 AM

I am so torn on if I should buy this or not. I am a pretty big Sony fanboy but I like what Nintendo has done with the Wii and I don’t see myself getting a PS3 until summer at the earliest.

Pretty funny thing I heard on G4 the other day. A guy was playing a bowling game on the Wii and when his arm went forward to complete the bowling motion the Wii controller flew out of his hand and right into I think a 40 some inch HDTV and cracked the screen. lol I wonder how many similar incidents to this we will hear about.

bedir than average · November 23rd, 2006, 11:24 AM

Why didn't he put the wrist tether on?

RangerFan09 · November 23rd, 2006, 11:51 AM

LOL!

Funny thing is i was just thinking about this the other day. I was saying that i would expect MANY tv to be cracked or broken because of people letting go of the controller and not havin the wrist tether on.

NYR · November 23rd, 2006, 01:47 PM

Yeah, the guy posted pics on Somethingawful.com. The tether ripped....

AndrewB · November 23rd, 2006, 08:02 PM

I'm still holding out. I am determined to be an excited little boy again in 33 sleeps.

RangerFan09 · November 23rd, 2006, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by NYR

Yeah, the guy posted pics on Somethingawful.com. The tether ripped....

Ouch then that sucks...I guess that is why you should make sure your hanging on to the controller really tight when your doing it in front of a huge tv like that. What really sucks, is the fact that he now has to replace such an expensive tv set.

Prime Time · November 25th, 2006, 07:11 PM

I was listening to the news to day on my way to the store and the anchor was saying that one man broke his wife’s nose while playing some Wii Tennis game. He swung too hard on his backswing and, pop, right into his wife’s nose. Also while playing the same game, another man let go of his controller and it flew into the wall, breaking the controller and dented the wall. Some Wii owners are even calling Nintendo to complain about shoulder stiffness.

MuffinMcFluffin · November 25th, 2006, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Prime Time

I was listening to the news to day on my way to the store and the anchor was saying that one man broke his wife’s nose while playing some Wii Tennis game. He swung too hard on his backswing and, pop, right into his wife’s nose. Also while playing the same game, another man let go of his controller and it flew into the wall, breaking the controller and dented the wall. Some Wii owners are even calling Nintendo to complain about shoulder stiffness.

This kind of stuff is outrageous! The system may not have any bugs, but it most certainly is flawed (and probably child-proof).

TheAJx · November 25th, 2006, 10:40 PM

Apparently, this machine was not made dumbass proof. There's no reason for you to swing your arm like some kind of an animal, even in the tennis game. Yes the controller recognize relative difference in the speed of your swing, but doing it at max speed is not more effective than a quicker, more composed one.

November 20th, 2006, 10:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
NYR Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 41	Nintendo Wii Anyone pick it up? Was # 87 of 91 in line @ Best Buy. Went @ 5:00 AM on launch day. Well over 115 people in line when they handed out the tickets. Wii Sports is FANTASTIC! What a great way to sell a system. Picked up Zelda and Truma Center as well. Zelda looks like crap on my HDTV. I won't touch it until I pick up my component cables. Truma Center is a great game...I have it for the DS, but I wanted it for the Wii. Also rented Red Steel. What a pile of crap. Keep away @ all costs. Having a Wii party tomorrow with 8 people coming over...should be fun!

November 22nd, 2006, 02:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
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November 23rd, 2006, 01:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
Hellwig Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,708	I am so torn on if I should buy this or not. I am a pretty big Sony fanboy but I like what Nintendo has done with the Wii and I don’t see myself getting a PS3 until summer at the earliest. Pretty funny thing I heard on G4 the other day. A guy was playing a bowling game on the Wii and when his arm went forward to complete the bowling motion the Wii controller flew out of his hand and right into I think a 40 some inch HDTV and cracked the screen. lol I wonder how many similar incidents to this we will hear about. Last edited by Hellwig; November 23rd, 2006 at 01:19 AM.

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Prime Time Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 168	I was listening to the news to day on my way to the store and the anchor was saying that one man broke his wife’s nose while playing some Wii Tennis game. He swung too hard on his backswing and, pop, right into his wife’s nose. Also while playing the same game, another man let go of his controller and it flew into the wall, breaking the controller and dented the wall. Some Wii owners are even calling Nintendo to complain about shoulder stiffness. __________________ Packers \| Giants Run on the track like Jesse Owens Broke the record flowin’, without any knowin’

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Cochise22 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 206	I absolutely can not wait until I can afford one of these. Darn college and it sucking all funds whatsoever out of me.

November 21st, 2006, 10:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
JFromSeattle Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11	A bunch of my friends got early copies due to their connections and rubbed it in my faceover dinner a few nights back. One of them works at the XBox support center and was joking that they might replace the 360 in the media center with a Wii I'll get one as soon as I know I have the money for it. Downloadable old school games? Backwards GameCube compatibility? Yes, please.

November 22nd, 2006, 02:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
NYR Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 41	One thing I don't like is you can't save Gamecube games to the Wii...you need a memory card.

November 22nd, 2006, 09:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
AndrewB Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Saskatoon, SK Posts: 32	Yeah you can play GC games on it. You need the GC controller though.

November 23rd, 2006, 11:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
RangerFan09 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 157	LOL! Funny thing is i was just thinking about this the other day. I was saying that i would expect MANY tv to be cracked or broken because of people letting go of the controller and not havin the wrist tether on.

November 23rd, 2006, 01:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
NYR Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 41	Yeah, the guy posted pics on Somethingawful.com. The tether ripped....

November 23rd, 2006, 08:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
AndrewB Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Saskatoon, SK Posts: 32	I'm still holding out. I am determined to be an excited little boy again in 33 sleeps.

November 25th, 2006, 10:40 PM	#15 (permalink)
TheAJx Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 898	Apparently, this machine was not made dumbass proof. There's no reason for you to swing your arm like some kind of an animal, even in the tennis game. Yes the controller recognize relative difference in the speed of your swing, but doing it at max speed is not more effective than a quicker, more composed one.