Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

namor7 · Post by **namor7** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:00 am 0

I wish I could say the same. I've ended up neglecting AC for weeks at a time...I always come back, though. My wife, on the other hand, never goes a day without playing it

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:07 am 0

Mayhem wrote:Phoenix Wright... well it depends on how good you are at solving stuff

I'm sure you could do it in half the time, but it's like speed reading a novel or blasting through Zelda. A game like that deserves a zen-like approach.

I like to savour the experience and fully cross-examine the witnesses, talk to everyone, visit and revisit locations and check out everything. I'm the sort of person that makes it all worthwhile for the developers to put in those nice little touches off the beaten track. Things like if you check out the hotel opposite the office later on in the story, you see how their trade picks up and the bellboy gets a promotion, or how the poster on the wall in the office gets changed, and the health of the plant is commented on

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:16 am 0

Looks like Phoenix is a must get then
~sigh~
too many games, not enough time.

Especialy as a won a copy of "Secret Files Tunguska" recently, which looks to be a nice advanture game.

namor7 · Post by **namor7** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:54 am 0

Roobarb wrote:
Mayhem wrote:Phoenix Wright... well it depends on how good you are at solving stuff
I'm sure you could do it in half the time, but it's like speed reading a novel or blasting through Zelda. A game like that deserves a zen-like approach.

I like to savour the experience and fully cross-examine the witnesses, talk to everyone, visit and revisit locations and check out everything. I'm the sort of person that makes it all worthwhile for the developers to put in those nice little touches off the beaten track. Things like if you check out the hotel opposite the office later on in the story, you see how their trade picks up and the bellboy gets a promotion, or how the poster on the wall in the office gets changed, and the health of the plant is commented on

Right on, I plan on playing Twilight Princess for at least six months...Wind Waker and Ocarina took me nearly a year each to beat.

Zelda games are best enjoyed slowly but steadily, an hour or two a day

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:11 am 0

Does anyone know if GC games on the Wii will run in 480P when you're using component?

PurpleChair · Post by **PurpleChair** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:23 am 0

I would imagine so... my (limited) understanding is that it's a hardware thing rather than a software thing. Forren cubes could output in 480p.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:39 am 0

Will a TV that supports 720p automatically support 480p? It's my new samsung 32" HDTV...

swith · Post by **swith** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:40 am 0

Does anyone know if it has the good old Nintendo AV out socket, you know, the same shape as the SNES/N64/GC? Only I think i'll be scartting that bad boy up rather than any of this component stuff.

Oh, and HMV rang me yesterday (incidentally while I was being dumped on the street!) to tell me that my Pre-order was successful and i can get the mutha on the 8th as planned. Every cloud

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:29 am 0

HGFB wrote:Does anyone know if GC games on the Wii will run in 480P when you're using component?

For GC it depends on the game. I very much doubt the Wii will improve that situation. See here for a list of NTSC and PAL games that are 480p capable: http://forums.maxconsole.net/archive/in ... -6328.html

Marius wrote:Will a TV that supports 720p automatically support 480p? It's my new samsung 32" HDTV...

Depends on the TV. RTFM

swith wrote:Does anyone know if it has the good old Nintendo AV out socket, you know, the same shape as the SNES/N64/GC? Only I think i'll be scartting that bad boy up rather than any of this component stuff.

My understanding is that it is different, as there is just a single AV out socket on the Wii which combines both analogue and digital (for progressive scan) ports on the cube. I'm sure enough about it that i've pre-ordered a new RGB scart cable for the Wii. If you're just after scart rather than RGB scart, there's a composite scart adapter in the Wii box already i believe.

swith wrote:Oh, and HMV rang me yesterday (incidentally while I was being dumped on the street!) to tell me that my Pre-order was successful and i can get the mutha on the 8th as planned. Every cloud

Nice timing

I face a choice on the 8th - pick up the Wii or pick up the missus from the airport. Maybe i should toss a coin*

* This would obviously be a very bad idea.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:28 pm 0

Anyone had a mail like this from HMV :

From: orders@hmv.co.uk
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:14:00 GMT

Dear xxxxxxxxx,

Just a quick e-mail to let you know we've despatched the following items in your order no xxxxxxxxxx, on: 2006-11-23

1 DEP NINTENDO WII CONSOLE NINTENDO WII CONSOLE: INC REMO GBP 179.99

SubTotal: GBP 179.99
Shipping & Handling: GBP 00.00

Total: GBP 179.99

All amounts are in UK pounds.

This order has been billed to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

...and will be shipped to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

...by the shipping option you chose, which was UK FREE DELIVERY .

Any remaining items are on order with our suppliers, or are in the process of being shipped out to you. And of course, you won?t be charged for any item you have ordered until it is actually on its way to you.

You can check on the progress of your order at any time in the My Account section of our website.

We are happy to exchange unwanted items that are returned to us within 21 days, provided they are in perfect condition. Please check the web site for full details on our returns policy. If you have any questions, please don't reply to this e-mail as the address doesn't accept incoming mail. Instead, you can contact us here: http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayMailUs.do with your enquiry - we're always happy to help out.

Customer Service Department
http://www.hmv.co.uk

All prices at http://www.hmv.co.uk apply to online purchases only and are not applicable to any HMV UK retail locations. Please note that it is not possible to return goods purchased via http://www.hmv.co.uk to HMV Stores.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:32 pm 0

Hehe. That would be one hell of a broken street date if it wasn't just a mistake

fog · Post by **fog** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:48 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Hehe. That would be one hell of a broken street date if it wasn't just a mistake

Hey you never know. They'll be getting their supplies in around now and someone at the warehouse could have cocked up

gamesTM scores:
Wii Sports - 6
Red Steel - 5
Zelda:TP - 9
Wii Play - 3
Monkey Ball - 7

tufty · Post by **tufty** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:51 pm 0

Roobarb wrote:I face a choice on the 8th - pick up the Wii or pick up the missus from the airport. Maybe i should toss a coin* :P
* This would obviously be a very bad idea.

Damn right it would. You might not get your Wii.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:32 pm 0

Right , started a fresh game of Zelda OOT last night and hope to get thru at least that and Majora's Mask before the new one hits - havent played OOT in a while and there was a bit of head scratching about Dampe and the hookshot

Took a while to get used to the Gamecube controls though as flogged my 64 ages ago.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:09 pm 0

I replayed Majora last winter, loved every second of it and managed to collect all the masks this time around. Unfortunately, having all the masks made the final battle a walkover.