Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Tuur · Post by **Tuur** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:35 pm 0

The new 1up show has a lot of Zelda in it. And they really like the controls.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3155167

I want it...

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:57 pm 0

Using Gamecube discs + controller + Wavebird on the Wii.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3gxufhbgLjY

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:06 pm 0

Wii online showing enforced updates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZfX5wIt_n4&NR

Pwned Darkflame!

Cheers

Bubba

swith · Post by **swith** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:14 pm 0

fog wrote: In fact the only Wii Sports title they got to grips with straight away was the bowling.

To be honest dudes, Wii Sports Bowling is the only reason I've pre-ordered the Wii. I couldn't actually give a toss *just yet* about any of the other games, apart from that Plasma Pong thingy on Wii Play.

All the rest look great fun and that, and i'm sure we'll all enjoy arguing about how much more fun we're having than everyone else on our new Wii's soon enough but Bowling and that pongy thing look like what i'll be spending any serious time on for a bit.

Zelda looks great and that, but kinda familiar territory. I like the look of excite truck, but again it can wait.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:18 pm 0

Bubba wrote:Wii online showing enforced updates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZfX5wIt_n4&NR

Pwned Darkflame!

Cheers

Bubba

But didn't that video just mean it was updating the weather information? as opposed to some kind of firmware upgrade?

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:19 pm 0

Also, that Pong-thing on Wii-Play - Can you play it online? over t'internet?

Stevo · Post by **Stevo** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:22 pm 0

Wiiplay and Zelda for me when I pick up
my preorder....and some Wiipoints for the
virtual console.

Seeing as the VC will include C64 games are
we going to see RotMC or Sheep in Space ?

phattslagg · Post by **phattslagg** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:48 pm 0

THE HELL WITH YOU, WII SPORTS GOLF!

Golf is hard. HARD. That controller is lucky it has a wrist strap because it almost went out the window. Sure, Wii Sports Golf is simple to understand, but it requires some serious precision on your part.

There's a power meter for your shot, see. But if you swing too hard, the power meter goes all out of whack and you will either hook, or slice, or hit the ball out of bounds, or not enough. So you've got to do practice swings to find out exactly how hard to hit the ball, then -- here's the tricky part -- do it "for real" and replicate exactly that motion, exactly that speed, or you're 100% fucked.

I finished with a +13 score. After three holes.

So - it's like a proper game, then? One that requires a certain amount of practice to get any good at it?

Sheesh - seems to me that the only thing that'll make some of these people happy is if they make them all so damned easy that you can hit a hole-in-one on your 3rd attempt, or get a Strike every other turn in Bowling within five minutes of opening the box.

Surely, the whole point of the controller isn't to make games easy - it's to make them more accessible to those who don't like having to wrestle with meaningless button/thumbstick combos.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:08 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Also, that Pong-thing on Wii-Play - Can you play it online? over t'internet?

Nope.

Oh and btw. Swith, unfortunately Excite Truck is not a launch game in EU.

fog · Post by **fog** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:01 pm 0

disciple wrote:Using Gamecube discs + controller + Wavebird on the Wii.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3gxufhbgLjY

Confirmation Wavebird fits

I knew it would be a tight fit.

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Also, that Pong-thing on Wii-Play - Can you play it online? over t'internet?

Is there online multiplayer in anything at launch? I read 3rd parties can't do online multiplayer until next year some time but I'm not sure about Nintendo titles.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:33 pm 0

Another glowing review -

http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2006/11/11-26

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:46 pm 0

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:36 am 0

Nice hi res Zelda footage

http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/media/748/7 ... ids_1.html

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:41 am 0

Hmm I quite fancy Zelda to go with Wiiplay. But then again, I also want Viva Pinata for the 360 which is out on 1st december. Guess I'll have to raid the credit card again!

Cheers

Bubba

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:42 am 0

I love the wings on the boomerang and the fact you can get it to multi target and take bombs all over the place

And no one does dungeons like Nintendo.
Hyrule Field and the Goron Mines at 480p in that video look truly beautiful