Post by trog @ 01:23pm 07/12/06 | 114 Comments
The Nintendo Wii has landed! Over 30,000 pre-orders in Australia alone is some indication as to how many people have been looking forward to Nintendo's latest puppy landing. We managed to pick one up for the office, but if you don't hurry and don't have a pre-order you might want to try and head out before the masses if you want to secure one.
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Posted 01:52pm 07/12/06
Any word on where we can get component cables in Australia? Is it only direct through Nintendo?
Posted 02:33pm 07/12/06
TRU deducted the full price cost of the NFS game because it wasn't available (he hadn't pre ordered) and then added on most of the zelda pack. the guy next in line who had preordered said 'i want that too' and got it.
why am I never that lucky?
Posted 02:40pm 07/12/06
Posted 02:51pm 07/12/06
how do I get a transfer to where you work trog?
Posted 03:00pm 07/12/06
Posted 03:04pm 07/12/06
but how do you actually line up the ball to hit it?
how much control do you have as to where you hit the ball when hitting it?
i need to know
Posted 03:20pm 07/12/06
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Posted 03:58pm 07/12/06
got mine
and zelda
target had them on shelf. no preorder.
then i impulse bought a ds :(
Posted 04:00pm 07/12/06
Posted 04:18pm 07/12/06
Quoted.. you know - for the truth & all that :(
Hate having real life responsibilities that prevent me from indulging on things like this.
Posted 04:29pm 07/12/06
Posted 04:45pm 07/12/06
From my brief read of the manual, I think you control the shot direction based on what time you swing your racket. Consider a right handed player's forehand shot:
Swing early, your racket is almost through your swing and the ball goes left
Swing on time, the ball goes straight.
Swing late, the ball goes right.
Course whether it actually works like that I dont know, been too busy playing Wii Bowling!
Posted 04:51pm 07/12/06
Posted 04:53pm 07/12/06
ill try Wii Play and Zelda tonight when i get home :)
Posted 05:26pm 07/12/06
I've got Rayman and Monkey Ball as 'party' games but I have yet to play them for longer than 5 minutes each.
I've been hearing reports of shortages of pretty much everything now - it took me a while to find another nunchuck this morning.
Posted 06:07pm 07/12/06
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Posted 08:15pm 07/12/06
V fun!
Posted 08:18pm 07/12/06
Posted 08:34pm 07/12/06
Posted 09:21pm 07/12/06
I am fighting all urges to get this thing.
Sounds great. Only problem is I'll never get the bastards of fit and they'll all turn out like fat nerdy losers.
Posted 09:34pm 07/12/06
Although it probably won't be that good, the game that comes with the Wii Console (Wii Sports) has an in-built fitness tester in it. I haven't been bothered to check it out. I was mucking around on Wii Sports for an hour or so, and I did get a tiny bit fatigued after a little while...this is the case only if you're going hard out swinging and crap.
It's alot better than the other consoles with normal controllers, at least this one is getting you off your seat and moving around.
Onto my view. I'm loving it atm. Boxing and Tennis are alot of fun. A bit disapointed with the Wii Play, but hey, it was basically only $10, so it's better than nothing.
Been playing Zelda for about 1 hour atm. It seems pretty good atm, I can see it's definately going to get better later into the game.
Best thing i've spent my money on in a long time =D
Also, with the SD cards, can you buy just any standard SD card and it will be compatible? I read somewhere that the SD card can only be a maximum size of 2GB?
Posted 10:53pm 07/12/06
Then the dude wouldn't price match k-mart's Wii Play, he said that no other shops in the mall had any in stock. We found it in K-Mart like, 2 minutes later. So no more business for mr. arrogant lamer.
On top of that, I almost ended up paying for the thing twice because you can void a credit transaction, but you can't void it using savings. I was swiping and it was saying insufficient funds, so lucky I only had enough in there for the one buy.
I was surprised at how hefty the actual console is, but like Dr. Nick says, it's whisper quite. A bit odd to use first off, but it's pretty slick. I like the motion blurring on the cursors. :)
Haven't picked up Zelda, not enough cash... but it'll most likely be the next purchase if I can find it.
You can use any SD cards, including ?MiniSD? and MicroSD provided you have an adapter to put it in a regular sized SD slot. There's a notice paper in the Wii box that mentions about SD cards and the SD use needing to be activated using a Wii game disc I think, I didn't look at it too hard. I remember seeing that the max size is 2GB, haven't read the manual in detail, so I can't confirm that.
Posted 11:16pm 07/12/06
Posted 11:17pm 07/12/06
The training for bowling is awesome where they just keep piling more pins on.. Highest score so far is 501 with 2/8 strikes. Only gave me a silver so will try for better tomorrow.
Posted 11:27pm 07/12/06
thinking the wii after watching a podcast of it.
Posted 12:23am 08/12/06
Posted 12:53am 08/12/06
F*** buying an Xbox. Get something that's completely different to all the s*** that's out at the moment.
Posted 01:12am 08/12/06
what do you actually get in the box for your $388?
What is Wii-play?
What are the other accessories to buy?
What size screens are you guys playing it on.... i'd assume they'd need to be fairly big to be any good?
How many games are available for Wii? What games come with it?
Posted 01:29am 08/12/06
Posted 01:38am 08/12/06
The Wii Console, 1 Wii Remote, 1 Nunchuck and Wii Sports.
A collection of fun games that utilise the Wii's unique controller fuctions, it also comes bundled with another Wii Remote, but no Nunchuck.
Another nunchuck for the Wii remote that comes with WiiPlay.
More wii remotes to play 4 player tennis doubles.
An SD card to backup any games you download via the WiiShop for the Virtual console.
A Composite Cable for 480p support.
40" TFT. looks awesome but really need the composite cable.
Only comes with Wiisports.
There are a few but only a couple of really big name ones, namely Zelda and Redsteel.
There is a lot of negative reviews about red steel having bugs and such. I just picked up Zelda for nwo, but i am really hanging for the new Mario, Super Smash Brothers. MarioKart is sure to come out at some stage but i haven't heard or seen anything about it.
last edited by ara at 01:38:55 08/Dec/06
Posted 03:28am 08/12/06
I got it at midnight and played 4 player wii sports (tennis and bowling ftw, boxing is also pretty cool and a good workout lol) and played for a few hours then made mii's (very addictive). Went to bed at 4.30am.
Got up at 9.30, mate made me breakfast and been playing Zelda most the day (It wasn't until 8pm I realised I had forgotten to eat all day). A mate popped round cos he was in the area at about midday. Another mate was in the area a few hours later, and another mate (who also purchased at midnight) came around about 6pm. We were all playing till 11pm tonight. And the first 2 had only dropped round to say hi.
Sports and Play are sweet, Play is pretty shallow, but damn addictive, best games are the shooting, laser hockey, and that cow riding game is hilarious!
Zelda is downright awesome, and after 6 hours I've only just entered the 1st dungeon and seen half of the first level of multiple. I haven't even seen Hyrule Field yet. Epic game ftw. Midna is hilarious also.
I have had some excellent fun over the past week with Gears of War and Viva Pinata, but the play sessions haven't been this dangerously long...13 hours today :| I don't think I have ever done that before. It is just such a great system to play with friends - hence, you, me, Wii!
Zelda <3. Very pretty for a GCN port. Great art design.
last edited by PHATm at 03:28:02 08/Dec/06
Posted 08:51am 08/12/06
If your diveice is limited to reading FAT16, then yes the largest card you can use is 2gb. However I assume the Wii would be able to read FAT32, so you should be able to use the 4 or 8gb SD cards.
Edit: One of my flatmates got a Wii at the midnight launch. At first the controllers were innacurate and sluggish, but you learn to cope with it and it turns out ok. Laser hokey, bowling, billiards and find Mii rule.
Getting a net connection happening though is another thing. I've got one of those Nintendo USB dongle thingies for DS, and the bastard Wii just doesn't want to connect. Tried software updates, driverhacks, stealing neighbour's wireless networks, no luck :(
last edited by Crizane Tribal at 08:51:12 08/Dec/06
Posted 10:04am 08/12/06
1. The pointer was really inaccurate and sluggish. Same console, same controls, same sensor bar, but it just didn't work right. I think the problem may have been that I was sitting much further back, so perhaps the resolution of the pointer lens is very low. Crizane, try and play again a bit closer [if you were far away], like maybe only 1.5-2 metres away from the sensor bar.
2. Her mum, who despises video games, was nice enough to humour me and have a go. She got a real kick out of Tennis, and was having heaps of fun. Chuck in a game of bowling, and she thought it was awesome. That woman was a gun, those pins never knew what hit them. In her first go, she almost bowled 200. Afterwards, she said to me, "I think I'm going to go buy one. I don't think I'd play it very often, but it's just really fun."
Posted 10:28am 08/12/06
Posted 10:42am 08/12/06
lol
Posted 11:13am 08/12/06
also adjusting the sensitivity helps a lot, i quite like mine on the lowest setting so you use your arm more
Posted 11:13am 08/12/06
N-Dude, try changing the sensitivity calibration in the Wii menu.
I was sitting further back at one time and it was a bit wierd and disappearing, but since adjusting it, it works perfectly and much smoother than the default in all areas of our lounge.
Posted 11:15am 08/12/06
If you're having trouble with innacuracy or sluggishness, make sure you dive into the sensor bar sensitivity settings... they have an explanation when you run it, but I'll be damned if I understood it, the dots you get on display move in the opposite direction to what the remote does... but it's pretty easy just to fiddle with.
Cow racing! TAKE THAT YOU SCARECROWS! :D
Posted 11:18am 08/12/06
Posted 11:32am 08/12/06
Posted 12:09pm 08/12/06
I called nintendo and they said the composite cable is due 1week after launch, so the 14th.
that appears consistant with a few websites out there that are selling the cables online.
http://www.gpstore.com.au/Games/1526187.html
Posted 12:38pm 08/12/06
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Posted 03:39pm 08/12/06
yeah, JB's around syndey got them yesterday but they sold out quick.
Posted 04:27pm 08/12/06
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Posted 11:58pm 08/12/06
then sold them before I got there (40mins after they called) not overly impressed with that
:(
damn lack of component cables
Posted 11:00am 09/12/06
i got it for the games, baby. and my computer.
Posted 12:13pm 09/12/06
That would give me a f*****g rage blackout.
Posted 04:26am 13/12/06
Posted 09:41am 13/12/06
...about 9 hours into Zelda (in the mines right now) & having a ball.
I'm going to try & pick up Rayman asap - everyone seems to have sold out though :(
Posted 10:05am 13/12/06
Posted 10:09am 13/12/06
makes a difference when using them from dvd/foxtel to a decent tele
Posted 10:18am 13/12/06
Posted 10:46am 13/12/06
Posted 10:49am 13/12/06
Nah, was the Indro store
Managed to get one of the last 2 cables from JB in the city yesterday tho :)
Picked up RedSteel for the hell of it too, im actually enjoying it, took maybe an hour (first 2 levels) to get used to the controls but after that its good fun.
Posted 01:28pm 13/12/06
Posted 01:34pm 13/12/06
apparently most places @ garbo had them yesterday so going to check it out later today.
Posted 01:48pm 13/12/06
I asked if they had more so I could let yas know but he reckons that was their only one
Posted 11:30pm 15/12/06
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Posted 11:57am 16/12/06
then went to EB in queens plaza and got them to price match JB for wiiplay at $64.95. JB's were out of stock, but noone there was picking up the phone so EB dude could verify the price match. EB dude did it anyway :)
Posted 04:18pm 16/12/06
Been playing Zelda... it's a good thing I had two remotes because the batteries just ran out in one the other day so I was able to just switch remotes and continue on... but they're almost dead now too. 40 hours in Zelda. It's pretty awesome, but it would be nice if the later dungeons/areas made more use of the other items... I feel like I'm relying on 1 or 2 items most of the time and the others were just handy for a few places.
On a zelda related tangent, it's good to read that they've already started on building a Wii Zelda from the ground up. :D
Posted 05:02pm 16/12/06
No, there's not a setting to do that. The Wiimote isn't a lightgun, it's not supposed to be used like a lightgun. Think of it more as a mouse.
Posted 05:41pm 16/12/06
Also
Posted 07:52pm 16/12/06
I'm looking at getting the standard bundle with wii sports. How does this work in terms of 2 player? Is it turn based as in only requiring one controller or should i look at getting another one? If i get another one should i get a nunchuck and a wiimote or just the wiimote (i'm assumiung they're sold seperately?).
I'm also going to get zelda (if i can find it).
Posted 08:10pm 16/12/06
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Posted 09:02pm 16/12/06
I'm pretty sure that zapper shell that attaches to the remote also has a trigger in the usual trigger position, but it's pretty hard to tell from that picture, but it's not unlikely to think so... they could add in any number of buttons/sticks/whatever that they want using the extension slot in the end of the remote.
As for Wii Sports multiplayer, I think you can share remotes for golf and bowling, but you're better off getting an extra remote. Best bet is to pick up Wii Play, as it has a bunch of fun games and bonus remote and it's not too much more than a remote by itself. You'll also want to pick up a nunchuck if you plan on two player boxing or two player tanks in Wii Play (If you end up getting that) though you can play tanks without a nunchuck, it's a bit fiddly.
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Posted 08:03pm 19/12/06
ive been looking at 2 particularly the rayman one with all the bunnies, and the monkey one. they got a lot of little mini games that look good multiplayer.
what do u guys recommend?
Posted 09:27pm 19/12/06
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Posted 09:49pm 19/12/06
i was looking for something that like 2 players can play at once
Posted 10:25pm 19/12/06
Yeah, they're all multiplayer, up to 4 players. Some of them you play at the same time, some you take it in turns.
Also, I hired Red Steel, its worth a hire imo, but not worth a purchase. The story is s***, and the cutscenes and the dialogue are really bad, the graphics alternate between nice and ugly as sin, and I found the selection of guns to be pretty boring as well. The sword fighting is fun at first, until you realise every single person you fight has a canned sequence of moves they do over and over and over, and then the sword fighting just becomes repetitive and annoying. You learn all these fancy katas and sword combos, but you never actually need to use them, every single enemy in the game, even bosses, can be beaten just using the simple parry and dodge moves you learn right at the start, then counter-attacking.
In the end, its an interesting concept, but it turned out being an incredibly average/boring game. Worth a hire, just to see the interesting ways they used the controls if nothing else, but after a night with the game I was thoroughly over it, so I can't imagine it being worth a purchase. I hear Call of Duty 3 is a much better example of an FPS on the Wii, but I haven't played it myself. After seeing how sexy it looks in HD on the 360, I dont think I could bring myself to go play it on the Wii :P
Posted 12:23am 20/12/06
where do u hire the games anyway?
Posted 01:04am 20/12/06
Posted 04:38am 20/12/06
Both the Blockbuster and the Video Ezy at Browns Plains have them for hire, so I'd assume other Blockbusters and Video Ezys would have them too.
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Posted 07:16pm 17/4/07
I did this with Zelda from one Wii to another;) Seemed pretty easy to do without an explanation though:P
Posted 01:09am 18/4/07
I'll just go elsewhere where people aren't pricks....
Posted 09:25am 18/4/07
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Well that was easy.
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Posted 04:15pm 18/4/07
Tucker, You do still get google on dial-up don't you?? If so try entering wii update sd card and have a browse on the results...
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