WTF? I certainly hope my TV lets me change the TV ratio in component mode. I can't remember ever checking with the 360.Games played on widescreen TVs automatically stretch to fit, which looks pretty bad. Link was always a tubby little guy on NES, but this is ridiculous.
Correct. I've imported hardware and software for the last 15 years or more, so I'm very much used to it. US Wii games = cheaper, earlier, definitely 60Hz, definitely support prog scan. The VC doesn't interest me hugely as I own most of the games already, so most of my online will be for playing against other people. And there's the small matter of my US Gamecube collection (500+) to play tooMarius wrote:A US machine? But they are region locked, right?
Yeah Nintendo have confirmed they will be available in store here at launch instead of the rather weird online only arrangement in the US.@HGFB - components cables for Wii are out there, just impossible to find. They've been going for $150+ on eBay. Rather silly when they are BACK IN STOCK at Nintendo's US store! For $30 I think. Anyone in the US could make a killing buying from online and reselling them
Personally I'll be grabbing one on the Wii release here cos I'm assuming they should be out. If not, I'll just order one from the US store and have Kris send it over.
I have about 40 and thought they were many.Mayhem wrote:And there's the small matter of my US Gamecube collection (500+) to play too
There was a video in this thread of someone changing the Wii to 4:3 in the settings menu. My Dreamcast displays a 4:3 box on my widescreen LCD, its the TVs fault if it stretches a 4:3 signal.HGFB wrote:http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3155418
Nice roundup of the VC stuff. 480p support too
I didn't like this bit though
WTF? I certainly hope my TV lets me change the TV ratio in component mode. I can't remember ever checking with the 360.Games played on widescreen TVs automatically stretch to fit, which looks pretty bad. Link was always a tubby little guy on NES, but this is ridiculous.
Surely the Wii should only output widescreen if the game is capable of doing it regardless of the Wii display settings? Otherwise changing it to play VC games is going to get tiresome very quickly.HGFB wrote:The problem you have Puma is if your Wii is set to widescreen (Because your TV is widescreen) and you go to play a 4:3 game. According to the reports the Wii stretches it to widescreen (Not the TV). So before you play a 4:3 VC game you'd have to go into the wii setting and change it to 4:3 which quite frankly is a pain in the fucking arse.
All the other reports have said plain DVD and not HD DVD so I'm calling bollocks to that.Absolute_Zero wrote:HD-DVD planned rumour.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35919
Sorry if this has already been posted, this thread churns too fast for a non-devotee.
I guess we'll find out soon enough. Even if true it's not a huge pain I suppose. Maybe Nintendo will firmware patch later so we can select our aspect ratio for VC games seperately (I'm guessing it'l be rare for a VC game to be widescreen)fog wrote:Surely the Wii should only output widescreen if the game is capable of doing it regardless of the Wii display settings? Otherwise changing it to play VC games is going to get tiresome very quickly.
Its been said that HD-DVD decoding uses a lot of processing power - so I'm calling bollocks.fog wrote:All the other reports have said plain DVD and not HD DVD so I'm calling bollocks to that.Absolute_Zero wrote:HD-DVD planned rumour.
Sorry if this has already been posted, this thread churns too fast for a non-devotee.
This would truly suck a fat one, and the first Gnnnnngh why did they do that thing i've read about the Wii. When something is in the wrong aspect ratio it really really infuriates me.HGFB wrote: I didn't like this bit though
Games played on widescreen TVs automatically stretch to fit, which looks pretty bad. Link was always a tubby little guy on NES, but this is ridiculous.
