Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:09 pm 0

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

Yeah the GAYME I went into yesterday asking if they knew how many Wii component cables they might be getting for launch, told me that they'd had CoD3 in and were selling it.

As for the whole AR/Freeloader thing, I've tested my AR and it WORKS. I've booted Japanese and PAL games and they are fine, even tetchy ones like UK Donkey Konga. I believe the Freeloader on my AR though is version 1.06B which seems then a bit strange that they are saying the standalone Freeloader of that version does not work.

I do have a separate Freeloader disc of version 1.06b somewhere and I'll see if I can dig that out for a test in due course.

One thing I did find, the Wii didn't like trying to boot it when you insert with the power on. I found I could only get the AR to boot when it was already in the slot and I turned the Wii on. I'll see if that's the same with the Freeloader disc.

Oh and finally, I've have not done the online update yet. I will be trying to go online this weekend to get that and make sure my flashRAM isn't borked. Fingers crossed my Wii is still working after that! Maybe the update could in some way interfere with it, can't say for sure.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:12 pm 0

Mayhem wrote:
Alarm wrote:Call of Duty 3 is on sale now in some UK shops:
Yeah the GAYME I went into yesterday asking if they knew how many Wii component cables they might be getting for launch

Do they know yet? They couldn't tell me when I preordered a few weeks back.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:19 pm 0

Nope! They still had no idea how many of their own brand or Nintendo's they would be getting yet. I figure I'll go back Wednesday or something, they might have a clue by then

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:00 pm 0

Are there any good Wii accessories about? I'm looking for a small leather carrying case that opens out on to a padded, velveted interior with a recessed spaces to house a Wii controller, and optionally a small cigar.

fog · Post by **fog** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:27 pm 0

Crikey...

While Gameshop's website is in Dutch, Grannd manage to give us the gist of the issue. Nintendo seems to have promised the Gameshop stores 600 units, and around 400 pre-orders were made by people based on that assumption.

The problem comes when, as Grannd tells us, "a week ahead of the release, Nintendo told Gameshop that they could only deliver 10 (!) Wiis". Since Gameshop has three stores, that means three units per store, and 390 customers feeling very annoyed, not to mention the folks at Gameshop who'll have to work with the customer service nightmare this might entail.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:28 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:Are there any good Wii accessories about? I'm looking for a small leather carrying case that opens out on to a padded, velveted interior with a recessed spaces to house a Wii controller, and optionally a small cigar.

Not leather, but:

http://www.ciao.co.uk/x__Review_5614376

oxo · Post by **oxo** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:30 pm 0

Spoke to the manager in the Gayme I go to yesterday.

He reakoned the Component Cable are a big no no for day of
release which is a real pisser, but he wasn't 100%.

Also they had been allocated more units for day of release but
he said that would be it until end of Jan!

supermonkeyworld · Post by **supermonkeyworld** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:35 pm 0

I read once that the RGB-Scart lead for the GC also works on the N64 and SNES, I just assumed it could also be used for the Wii?

fog · Post by **fog** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:39 pm 0

supermonkeyworld wrote:I read once that the RGB-Scart lead for the GC also works on the N64 and SNES, I just assumed it could also be used for the Wii?

Nope. Totally different connection on the Wii.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:54 pm 0

Yep, no previous cables will work. There is a rumour the Americans are getting our first batch of component cables that were due in Europe because there's a mass shortage over there, but that's still only unconfirmed. Thing is, US eBay sellers have turned up flogging cables that are in our packaging type rather than the usually blister stuff they get...

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:02 pm 0

No component cables for the UK you say? NoE giving us the shaft once again? Colour me unsurprised if its true.

How fucking hard is it to make cables for christ's sake?

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:29 pm 0

From http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7651/52/

Nintendo has launched the revolutionary Wii on a chilly morning in Japan, with many hardy souls who waited in line, now able to warm up by jumping around their living rooms waving the Wii-mote.

400,000 units shipped, 400,000 units now in the homes of happy Japanese citizens, or at least until they get sold again on eBay. Some retailers reporting their stock sold after only an hours trading.

This compares with around 100,000 that Sony were able to bring to launch for the PS3 - Still both Sony and Microsoft (who produce the Xbox 360) acknowledge the attraction of the Wii, stating that it would make a fine "second" console in the home next to their own respective units.

Along with the 600,000 units sold in the U.S, this puts the Wii over the Million sold mark in just on two weeks.

grue · Post by **grue** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:51 pm 0

Sony & Microsoft wrote: ...[the Wii] would make a fine "second" console in the home next to their own respective units.

Oh yeah?

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:07 pm 0

SSX Wii video, looks nice to me. I really enjoyed 1080 on the N64, looking forward to hearing more about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOkZUioh6Us

oxo · Post by **oxo** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:19 pm 0

well a quick look on Ebay.com seems to reveal the US does indeed
have our comp cables