Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

xav · Post by **xav** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:39 pm 0

Samus wrote:Eurogamer being very positive about Wii Sports:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=70561

What I'm loving about the Wii sports reviews in general is that everyone seems to love or hate a different game. In one review you get "tennis is the best, whereas golf is quite dull"; in another it's "there's a lot of depth to golf which is unfortunately lacking in baseball"; another brings "there's a huge amount of satisfaction to be had while swinging the remote in baseball, but boxing doesn't seem to be as responsive"; or there's always "boxing is great fun, especiallt with the Mii system, as you get to punch your friends - it's just a shame that tennis isn't as good".

This tells me that Wii sports is just about spot on. Not everyone likes the same sports, in the same way that not everyone likes the same Wii Sports. There's not one single game in the pack that has been universally hailed as better than all the others, nor one that's universally worse. We'll all have our favourites, but we won't all have the same favourite. I like that

Mele · Post by **Mele** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:05 pm 0

Dont let me down argos next friday. Has anyone got a phone call from them about delivery?

marf · Post by **marf** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:09 pm 0

xav wrote: What I'm loving about the Wii sports reviews in general is that everyone seems to love or hate a different game. In one review you get "tennis is the best, whereas golf is quite dull"; in another it's "there's a lot of depth to golf which is unfortunately lacking in baseball"; another brings "there's a huge amount of satisfaction to be had while swinging the remote in baseball, but boxing doesn't seem to be as responsive"; or there's always "boxing is great fun, especiallt with the Mii system, as you get to punch your friends - it's just a shame that tennis isn't as good".

This tells me that Wii sports is just about spot on. Not everyone likes the same sports, in the same way that not everyone likes the same Wii Sports. There's not one single game in the pack that has been universally hailed as better than all the others, nor one that's universally worse. We'll all have our favourites, but we won't all have the same favourite. I like that

I don't have a wii just yet, but my brother does and to his great satisfaction and at the same time, deception, his non-gamer wife beats him at all of the wii sport games and seems to be enjoying games for the first time. Part of why I believe Nintendo's on to something here.

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:19 pm 0

oxo wrote:I had a wierd experience with my Wii last night.

The remote lost communication with the console and all 4 leds
were flashing continuously. Batteries I thought seeing as it had
been used for over 30 hours. So I put some new batteries in it and it
still wouldn't recognise/pick it up. Tried resyncing it according to
the destructions, no joy, then after about 3 or 4 minutes of trying
and having a minor heartattack it suddenly started working again.

Anyone else experienced this??

Yes, once so far and it just came back to life again. Agree that the manual doesn't really go into any depth about the machine and troubleshooting. Those instructions you posted look useful though.

And that WiiSports review is *finally* one that has got the point. At last.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:35 pm 0

My Game in portsmouth had a Wii-demo pod today.

Only staff playing it, but it was still cool to see it IRL.
Wii sports looks great fun, the guy seemed to enjoy tennis and golf a lot more then bowling.
Apperently he loved boxing best, but they had lost the nunchuck needed to play it

Visualy it looked fine to me, crisp and refined looking. Dunno what tv's they are using to demo it, but even when its in eyeshot of the Xbox360 stand it didnt look blury or anything. Cant see if it was progressive or not, as no cables could be seen.

They should all be playable over the next few days apperently, as Game stores get the Nintendo-approved staff in for them.

oh, one thing I didnt mention:
It was drawing a huge crowd constantly, people were comeing of the street to watch the guy play.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:39 pm 0

Samus wrote:Oh, and IGN reviews Wii Play, gameplay 9.5:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/748/748607p1.html

hehe.
GAMES gave it 3/10

The shear dissagreement with the Wii scores is fun.

I love that style.
Give me Paper Mario Wii please

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Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:15 pm 0

http://wii.ign.com/articles/748/748011p1.html

That long, thin wire - it only plugs into Wii for power. And as it turns out, if you're crafty and imaginative, you don't even need it. You can buy IR sources at your local Radio Shack and create your own makeshift sensor bar. Or, you can alternatively set two candles on your mantle, light them, and have fun. No, really. The flames on the candles output a similar IR imprint that the Wii remote can read. We know because we recently tested whether or not using lit candles as a replacement for the sensor bar was a viable alternative and after extensive play, we can state that they perform very well. In fact, in our tests two lit candles - spaced about a foot apart - offer nearly the same accuracy and range as the sensor bar itself. Larger IR sources, such as bigger flashlights, will get your even more accuracy and range.

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:55 am 0

Nintendo stock at an all-time high again.

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:57 am 0

Call of Duty 3 is on sale now in some UK shops:

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:51 am 0

Who's got the import Wii? Time to test the region locking theories once and for all...

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:54 am 0

Guru-Meditation wrote:offer nearly the same accuracy and range as the sensor bar itself.[/b] Larger IR sources, such as bigger flashlights, will get your even more accuracy and range.

Brighter of course helps, but not larger?
Larger would let you sit further away, but at normal distances surely it would be less accurate?

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:28 am 0

goatboy wrote:Who's got the import Wii? Time to test the region locking theories once and for all...

Freeloaders work.
Been confirmed in a few places now.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:12 am 0

goatboy wrote:Who's got the import Wii? Time to test the region locking theories once and for all...

I do believe it was Mayhem that got an import one.

Al · Post by Al » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:21 am 0

Darkflame wrote:Freeloaders work.
Been confirmed in a few places now.

It's been deconfirmed in a few places too.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/01/freel ... n-our-wii/

Play-Asia are reporting that they haven't got Freeloader working, but Action Replay (which does the same thing as well as the cheaty stuff) works fine.

Al · Post by Al » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:30 am 0

Ah, in fact it appears:

1.04 = needs to be verified
1.06b = works
1.06B = doesn't work
Action replay = works

I think I have 1.06B