Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

andy · Post by **andy** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:58 am 0

fihu wrote:...or must I let her finish it first... ?

That's a good general rule in life, isn't it?

I'm sorry, it's been a long night. I don't even have a DS. I'll get my coat!

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:35 am 0

Such a gentlemen, andy

I have the US version of Phoenix Wright and it only has one savegame unfortunately, fihu. It's a great little game though, well worth buying.

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:57 am 0

teamonkey wrote:
fog wrote:Wii Sims.

Looks like they've taken the Mii idea and ran with it
That's pretty cool. Can you stick your own Mii in it?

They don't look particularly like Mii's (more anime and less neutral cartoony looking), but it would be nice if you could somehow import your system Mii character and it would generate an approximation of them as your SiiM (see what I did there?) using the ingame graphics.

At the moment it kind of looks more like Animal Crossing than the Sims, and I'm not sure I 100% like the style, but considering that pretty much all the other console Sims games have sucked vast amounts of arse it might well be a step in the right direction.

I'd love to see Miis used a lot more. They have a lot of potential and the caricature nature of them means you could probably get away with a lot more without worried parents lobbies shitting the bed that it will turn us all into psychotic fiends.

When the online component of the Wii properly launches next year, a great way of instantly meeting demand for different online stuff without having to rush out more complex games like Mario Kart would be to make a Wii Sports/Play-style Online pack in of maybe 4 or 5 games like a simple FPS (could make it paintball or nerf something), Mii Kart, A simple 2D beat 'em up, a simple online puzzler, etc. so people have lots of online games to play straight from the get go, but are still hungry for deeper 1st and 3rd party online titles like the Mario Karts and Unreal tournaments.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:48 pm 0

Snakey wrote: Too right he is. When half the games require you to wave the thing around - and it doesn't matter how, where or why you wave it around, as long as you do - "intuitive" is definately not a word I'd use to describe it

Think I'll wait for Mario.

So, does the smiley mean that your post was a joke?

Post by **Snakey** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:08 pm 0

Go on, tell me it's wrong.

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:11 pm 0

I still think it'd be aces for fencing games.

Post by **Snakey** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:25 pm 0

Absolutely, theres probably tons of good uses for this thing. But it has to be said that a lot of the current software is rather gimicky. Which was to be expected really.

As for "intuitive" - yeah. Ok. So people who've never seen or heard of it before know exactly what to do without being told? I don't think so. People are not used to waving remotes around to get them to do stuff. Pressing buttons they are used to. Given that the three remotes I have here all have something resembling a D-Pad for menu access, I'd say they're used to that too.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:27 pm 0

Gimicky and fun rather than shit and expensive (looks towards another thread)

(This is our thread after all)

fog · Post by **fog** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:30 pm 0

Atty wrote:
teamonkey wrote:
fog wrote:Wii Sims.

Looks like they've taken the Mii idea and ran with it
That's pretty cool. Can you stick your own Mii in it?
They don't look particularly like Mii's (more anime and less neutral cartoony looking), but it would be nice if you could somehow import your system Mii character and it would generate an approximation of them as your SiiM (see what I did there?) using the ingame graphics.

That's what I'm hoping. Take the basic Mii data and interpret it using each games own graphical style.

I wonder if there are any RPG style stats, abilities or objects you could attach to the Mii that you could take from game to game?

namor7 · Post by **namor7** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:32 pm 0

Snakey, serious question:

You still think Wii's really gonna come a distant third?

Post by **Snakey** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:35 pm 0

Very difficult to tell what the hell is going to happen at this point. I hope not.

namor7 · Post by **namor7** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:38 pm 0

Snakey wrote:Very difficult to tell what the hell is going to happen at this point. I hope not.

Good answer. I'd say 360 and Wii are safe from here on out. PS3, though, I just don't know. Could be huge, could be the next GC. Or PSP, for that matter.

Really curious to see how it all turns out.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:42 pm 0

I hope they all do well as frankly this time next year i will have the lot I reckon

Ands I bet a lot of you will have at least 2 as well

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:45 pm 0

namor7 wrote:I'd say 360 and Wii are safe from here on out.

Really? Wii seems to me to be something of an adventure into the unknown, even with the positive vibe it's enjoying right now (Gamecube got off to a good start too). As for 360, Microsoft have played it textbook and put a lot of effort into trying to crack Japan, but even so, a year after launch it's sold less well than the Xbox. I'd say there's still everything to play for, for everyone.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:02 pm 0

Blue Dragon is the real clincher as far as Japan goes. If they can get them buying 360's for that, then they'll stick around and buy a few other games too.