The Thread of Wii

[DZComposer]

I dub thee, official Nintendo Wii (http://revolution.nintendo.com) discussion thread.

[Axem]

Woo?

[Jonathan_S47]

:wtf:

I can just imagine all the demented jokes this will cause.

[Kaid]

And yet, once the childish commentary dies down, Wii will rock you. Why? Wii got games.

Smash Rev
Mario 128
Metroid Prime 3
Red Steel
LoZ: Twilight Princess bonus gameplay
NES Virtual Console
SNES Virtual Console
Genisis Virtual Console
Turbographics System Virtual Console
N64 Virtual Console


I expect this list to double (including ALL the VCs) in 2 weeks.

[strike911]

weeeeeeeeeeeeee!
When I first heard about it earlier today, I was like, oh noez. but now I love the name. Go figure. How quickly things change in 20 minutes. hehe. ^_^

yeah, E3 is going to ROCK. I wonder what surprises Nintendo is cooking up!!

[Arcthoudor]

"I'm going to play with my wii mom!"

*Gasp* "Wash your filthy mouth!"

I lol'ed

[strike911]

"I'm going to play with my wii mom!"

*Gasp* "Wash your filthy mouth!"

I lol'ed

hahahaha. Quoted for emphasis. lol.

[AqueousShadow]

Wah?

[DaBrain]

Didn't Nintendo do this with the N64 too?

When it came closer to the release, they changed the name. I think it was supposed to be named Reality in the first place.


Anyway, the Revolution will rock. I hope they'll work on Starfox title. And I hope Square will release some RPGs for it again.

[Kaid]

Dont put too much hope for square on rev. they've been nursing a grudge ever since nintendo micromanaged them on Super Mario RPG. According to my source, (square's lead american Beta tester) they made FF:CC bad-but-pretty on purpose, because Nintendo offered them a fat wad if they made a game that made use of the Cube's graphics.

[DaBrain]

I think it's the big part of Square that belongs to Sony...

Just think about the multitude of Square games for the Playstation(s).

[Kaid]

They're with Sony because they are still feeling their way with Microsoft, and Sony is the only alternitive.

[Kaid]

Defendin Wii, not as a name, but as a theme. (http://blog.wired.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1467976)

[Grug]

I read this thread title and couldn't help but think.
"We are the knights of Wii!"
Wii! Wii!

[FusionStorm]

I really find it funny with all the mocking that is going on. It's nearly crystal clear that they haven't released entirely what the name really means, and just before E3 as well.

I'm really thinking the Big N is gonna make alot of people look like idoits at E3.

[strike911]

wii

[Kaid]

IGN Wii's newest podcast confirms that all of these games will be shown at E3:

Nintendo 2nd Wii FPS (NST)
Harvest Moon Wii
Trauma Center Wii
Sonic The Hedgehog Wii
Super Monkey Ball Wii
Nintendo Cooking Wii
Metroid Prime 3 Playable
Super Smash Bros Playable
New Nintendo Project (Retro)
Several New Nintendo IPs

...And that this is NOT a complete list.

[DaBrain]

Well, a name like 'Wii' is pretty uncommon. Makes the X-Box (pseudo-cool name) and the Playstation (old, functional name) looks pretty mainstream.


I think Nintendo wants to stand out with their new console. Calling games somewhting with 'wii' sounds not as good though.


"Wow, they're going to release 'Starfox wii'! Weeee!!!" :nervous:

[Taristin]

'Starfox wii'! Weeee!!!"

Quoted for no reason in particular.

[ngtm1r]

I really find it funny with all the mocking that is going on. It's nearly crystal clear that they haven't released entirely what the name really means, and just before E3 as well.

What it means doesn't matter so much...it's still a Wii.

[hoshikitsuneomega]

"Wow, they're going to release 'Starfox wii'! Weeee!!!" :nervous:

Sadly, that will be my only reason for buying one at this point...

My game playing has taken an all time low... I still haven't finished Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams.... >.>

[Kaid]

Starfox Wii is probably a feew years away still. But the control options with a flight stick grip on the Wiimote are intreiging as hell.

But the Virtual Console is all the reason you need to buy the Wii anyway. Smash Bros is also all the reason you need. And Red Steel and Metroid Prime 3 are each system-sellers in their own right.

7 days, and counting.

[strike911]

mmm e3. mmm smash bros.

I'm just looking forward to the games at E3 that will surprise us by the way you use the controller! ! ! There's so many possilbilites.

And hell, just a simple sword fighting game makes me happy!

I'd be hella happy with like a First Person bushido blade style gamE!

[Kaid]

Strike, do a search for "Red Steel."

[strike911]

yeah, red steel looks cool. i like the fact that its a shooter based on precision and respect. It seems like a breath of fresh air.

oh and...

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8674/11463040076557af.gif

[Arcthoudor]

That...

...Just made my day. ^^

[karajorma]

Poor dog! :lol:

[Ransom Arceihn]

Sadness alone is enough reason for me to buy the Wii. It actually sounds like a real horror game rather than the zombie infested garbage populating the genre at the moment.

[sheep]

LOL!! that was sweet, i love the way the lass in the background doesnt even flinch!

[Kaid]

How could I have forgotten Sadness!?


http://revolutionmedia.ign.com/revolution/image/article/704/704985/sadness-20060504033205729.jpg
http://revolutionmedia.ign.com/revolution/image/article/704/704985/sadness-20060504112612027.jpg

[Atalhlla]

Sadness... Um, wow... O.o

I'll prolly wait, as usual, for my older bro to buy a Revolution. He always buys the consoles. Then maybe sometime I'll grab Assault. <.<

By the way, on a more FS2 core note, I've basically figured out what the hades the Moment of Inertia thing is, and will be posting my findings to the FS2 Modding (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=8.0) forum on HLP later today.

Oh. And that dog cracks me up. Do a barrel roll!!

[ngtm1r]

No, no, you've got it all wrong. It's actually named Nintendo Waaiii!

Prepare for the invasion of cute.

[DaBrain]

Woah... "Sadness", is that a game?

Looks nice.


Edit: Is that the in-game engine?!?

[Kaid]

DaBrain- These questions and more, Answered at E3!

It's a real game, and these are leaked images from the trailer that will be shown at E3.

If I had to guess, I'd say that the rats look like they're being done with a game engine. The shot with the stabbing the zombie with a crutch looks more like a FMV. I could be wrong, though.

[Kaid]

Starfox DS! annouced at E3!

[strike911]

ign has anamazing trailer of red steel. The player shoots a gun out of the bad guys hands and he surrenders, and by motioning the gun to the left the enemy recognizes that and runs away in the direction motioned with the gun. NOT to mention how amazing it looks to point your gun like that. its awesome! ! ! I love e3.

I feel like kid again getting ready to see Mario 64 for the first time, all over again. ^_^ I'm more exciting for this E3 that any other in recent memory!! ^_^

[DaBrain]

Starfox DS! annouced at E3!

Nice. One more reason to buy a DS. I couldn't find any detailed info on this. What kind of game is this going to be?

[strike911]

i heard that you use the stylus to move the arwing... i think on either IGN, GoNintendo, or N-sider.

[strike911]

Love me, fellas. It looks like a hybrid of StarFox 2 and StarFox 64. That looks awesome! ! ! eh?! Link to a video is below at Nintendo's Official Website.

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/NTR_StarFoxDS_ss01.JPG
http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/NTR_StarFoxDS_ss02.JPG
http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/NTR_StarFoxDS_ss03.JPG

I imagine BulFlog is Engrish for Bull Frog. Look at that thing! It's like an Arwing on steroids... I just saw a video and it is the new submarine... its an underwater craft.

Lylat needs help. Players hop into their Arwing fighter and fight through a unique branching storyline of missions, all rendered in gorgeous 3-D.
Star Fox DS brings a whole new strategic element to the series with a commander's view of the mission. Using the touch screen, players can draw the routes they and their teammates will take, then battle the enemies they encounter as they take over bases and strategically advance across the map.
Players can blow their friends out of the sky as they dogfight with up to eight players over a local wireless connection or take on up to four players from around the world on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Nintendo's OFFICIAL site has more info and the movie that I viewed on it!!
http://e3.nintendo.com/games/ds/star_fox_ds/

Nintendo says that "StarFox is going back to its roots." So for those of us that felt Assault was a letdown I think this will be a HUGE breath of fresh air.

The movie shows you flying in Bill's ship (I think, might be a cornerian fighter), Katt's ship, and an Arwing. The arwing looks like the old N64 one. ^_^ They're also flying something like the Wolfen or something, its weird looking. The Bull Frog I think can fly and also go underwater because that same craft is flying at times and then is underwater at others.

After watching the gameplay, you'll have to agree that it almost looks like StarFox 64 just with some better looking graphics and more ships. AWESOME! That said all the movie shows looks like All Range Mode... and none of those classic rail missions, which I loved personally. I guess we'll find out tomorrow how it is. ^_^

[Taristin]

Oh yeah... blue marine >.'.< I forgot all about it.

[hoshikitsuneomega]

This makes me extreamly happy... especially the online gameplay part....

It's really, REALLY hard to find people that are *good* at StarFox enough to be a challange. The mix of SF2 and SF64 is also a very nice touch, since they cancelled SF2 for SF64 it seems suiting....

[strike911]

OMG!!! SOLID SNAKE IN SMASH BROS BRAWL ON WII!

METAL GEAR AND SMASH BROS ARE MY TWO MOST FAVORITESTESTSETSET GAMES EVER! I'M SO HAPPY! !!

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707504p1.html
http://media.revolution.ign.com/media/748/748545/imgs_1.html

PICTURES!!! IN SECOND LINK!! OMG!!! SMASH BROS BRAWL ... *HEART ATTACK *CONVULSIONS* *DEATH*

EDIT: THERES A MOVIE NOW! OMG!!!! I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!11 THIS IS AWESOME!

[FusionStorm]

WOOOT!! Meta-Knight!!

[Axem]

Metroid Prime 3? Twilight Princess? Smash Bros 3? Wario Ware?

I do believe I am sold for this humourously designated game playing contraption.

[ngtm1r]

I really won't be able to respect Snake ever again if he gets beat up by Pikachu.

[Kaid]

http://zodiak-lucien.sitesled.com/Mock%20up%20character%20select%20screen3.jpg
A friend of mine made this.

What do you people think?

[Blink]

By far the most accurate/possible Smash Bros Brawl menu screen to date. Looks good enough to be real...but it's missing the "Nintendo feel" with the menus.

[XG Fox]

Dude... that's AWESOME...

If Wolf, Krystal, Deathborn, Isaac, and Sonic are really in it... OMFG I'll be in heaven. ^_^

[Arcthoudor]

ew, no sonic or megaman thankyouverymuch..

[strike911]

pretty cool, my guess is that the Fonts aren't 'Smash Brothers' enough, they look like PC fonts...

pretty nifty though. I'm personally hoping for quite a few more characters than that though... i mean, SSB had 12 right? then SSBM had 25 (26 if you count one more for Shiek/Zelda), hopefully we'll get doubled again, up to 50 in Smash Brawl. ^^ That's my hope.

[Ransom Arceihn]

That would just be silly and unmanageable. Besides, Nintendo have already confirmed they're taking out a few characters to make room for some of the new ones. Hopefully that means there won't be any clones.

[strike911]

what would be silly and unmanageable?

[Ransom Arceihn]

50 playable characters.

[strike911]

I'm going to have to disagree with you there. I don't think it would be unmanageable by any means, simply by the fact that there are plenty of games that have go far and beyond the complexity of a 50 character fighting game....

That said, I don't necessarily believe the character number will hit the 50 mark. My guess is that it will be squarely between 40 and 50, honestly.... but hell, here's hoping for more.

[SleepyM]

nice pic! only...no roy! arrrgh its just not a game without roy!

jk

from wat ive seen in screenies so far, it looks as though they are keeping the key characters, mario, link, yoshi, blah blah blah. But no screens of Fox and co

If theres no Fox Mcloud im gunn be very dissapointed!

[Dark Hunter]

I hope they have like 40 characters. Another fighting game I have has.... 52, and I still wish they had more! It's not unmanageable!

[strike911]

I preordered my Wii. Anyone else?

[DaBrain]

First the DS. I'll wait a bit before I buy the Wii. My TV is big, but old. I guess the Wii will be more fun on HD screens.

[Ransom Arceihn]

But the Wii doesn't support HD.

[DaBrain]

Oh, are you sure about that?

I read a few times that the Wii might be the most powerful console when it's released. I personally don't care about that. I'm looking for innovative games more than technical stuff, but I never even thought about the Wii might not support HD...

[strike911]

nah, the Wii doesn't have HD. It's weakest when compared with Xbox360 and PS3. Its about the equivalent of a suped up Xbox 1. Except it has all of Nintendo's technologies in it, which probably makes it a little more efficient than that. :)

If you're looking for innovation though, the sheer idea of the system REQUIRES new thoughts and game designs for the systems survival. Hopefully atleast.

[DZComposer]

FACTS:
Wii is actually just an improved Gamecube, not counting the controller, from the programmer's perspective. This allows it to run Cube games natively.

Wii will not support High Def, but will be able to do 16:9 @ 480p.

Built-in Wi-Fi

512MB internal solid-state flash storage.

Ability to use Secure Digital flash memory cards for additional storage.

2 USB 2.0 ports

available component video cables

available 10/100 USB NIC in case of no Wi-Fi access

Will be on the internet 24/7 so long as it is plugged in and in range of a wi-fi network or cabled through the USB NIC.

RUMORS:
Available external HDD in Japan
Runs Linux as an OS with a proprietary GUI (which could mean a way could come to make Wii use non-Nintendo USB HDDs)

[Ransom Arceihn]

Oh, are you sure about that?

I read a few times that the Wii might be the most powerful console when it's released.
I'm not sure where you could have read that -- for months now it's been quite clear the Wii will be the least technically powerful of this generation. As if that was ever actually an important factor.

HD is vastly overrated, anyway.

[Atalhlla]

I'm not getting a wii or DS. I have a bunch of computer/audio stuff that'll insure that. Valve/HL2 aside...

[Evil Duck]

Im going to have a white wii on christmas, I had my Heart set on a yellow one, But Im growing up, So I should learn to deal with it.. :)

[strike911]

I've had my wii since launch day and I have had a lot of fun with it. Zelda is great and WiiSports is amazingly fun and addictive.

EDIT :: hahahah!! check this out! Its a video from warioWare on Nintendo Wii. IT IS StarFox related... watch it! You'll lawl. Its crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE1Uk__eyss

[Evil Duck]

Aww, Its so frustrating to see things like

"The official TP help thread"

When It hasn't even been released in england!

[strike911]

Aww, Its so frustrating to see things like

"The official TP help thread"

When It hasn't even been released in england!

hehe, TP is amazing. I was sad when I finished it last weekend. When does the game come out in England?

[Evil Duck]

Well 8th of december, same as the releasedate for the wii,

Im guessing TP is quite easy if you finished it,
I get sad when I finish games, Yet We all strive to complete them

Hmm.... maybe there can be an on going game in shadows of lylat,
Like animal crossing but with corneria and talking to the civillians and saving people from constant threats! :naughty:

[strike911]

Well 8th of december, same as the releasedate for the wii,

Im guessing TP is quite easy if you finished it,
I get sad when I finish games, yet We all strive to complete them

The dungeons from Twilght Princess are much harder!! But the bosses do seem way easier when compared to how difficult the dungeons were, but all the bosses are a blast to play against (Especially the final boss imo). The game itself is a good size, took me about 40 - 50 hours to finish it all the way. I'm at about hour 60 trying to finish a few sidequests. It wasn't easy by any means, but it wasn't too hard either. It was good medium imo.

The game is amazing. The game can get pretty dark at times, especially in the beginning. I mean, it doesn't have Xbox360 or PS3 graphics, but the game is fun and the story is the best Zelda story in the series. Great game.

*I could rant on and on about how great it is, but I'll stop myself*

[takashi]

i envy the one who got a wii

[Syphe D. Mar]

But the bosses do seem way easier when compared to how difficult the dungeons were, but all the bosses are a blast to play against (Especially the final boss imo).
You know that you can actually kill *last boss* with a fishing rod? Apparently, it stuns him. :lol:

[DaBrain]

I had the chance to play a bit on a Wii a few weeks ago.

The Wii is the fun platform. While Wii Sports looks a bit weird, it's pretty fun.

It's interesting how Nintendo choose to go a completely different way than MS and Sony

Although I think playing most Wii games is only fun in Mutliplayer.
I'm really looking forward to the mini games of the next Mario Party game. I bet there'll be much room for crazy games with the new controller.

[strike911]

Mario Party will be amazing. BUT so will Wario Ware which should come out in a few weeks. ^_^

AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FISHING ROD. ZOMG!!!!1 *runs to play Zelda again*

I'm also having fun with Trauma Center, which is also pretty cool!! :)

[StarSlayer]

Wii got a big frakking screen: http://break.com/index/life_sized_wii_sports.html

[DaBrain]

*Bump*

Damn I want Warioware!

I still love the SNES Starfox... Imho it's still the best. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5HK_g4Kng8

[Star Yoshi]

lulz, I can't wait for Brawl w/ Sonic.

[Syphe D. Mar]

Mario Galaxy looks interesting. Fire Emblem too. Why hasn't anybody talked about those? :p

[Adretator]

More importantly, what about Mario Kart? Double Dash!! was a let down, but I think DS proved that Nintendo still has it.

[Brockenstein]

Double Dash wasn't really a let down to me I had lots of fun with my friends. Mario Kart DS was alot better brought it back to its roots really it was fun.

Mario Galaxy looks interesting but I duno... I am sure I will still have fun either way! lol