Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:29 pm 0

Well, my local Gayme reckoned they'd have component cables in Monday or Tuesday and I should just come by and pick one up. Remains to be seen if that's true (I hope they didn't get "component" and "composite" mixed up)...

anyway I'll have a looksie Tues.

They are also going to open at 7am on Wii-E day so we'll go along and take some pics

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HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:58 pm 0

I think I'll ring the Boro Game tomorrow and see what they say.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:00 pm 0

Here's a preview of SSX Blur

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

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:29 pm 0

Any advice yet on:

a) Monkey Ball or Rayman ?

b) Wiiplay or not Wiiplay? (is it worth Â£10, as I am getting a spare controller)

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:47 pm 0

Yay, page 300!

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:16 pm 0

Another Wario Ware video:

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

fog · Post by **fog** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:44 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:Any advice yet on:

a) Monkey Ball or Rayman ?

I was sold on Monkey Ball but it looks like you can only play the main game with the controller pointed forward and that just seems wrong to me. Mini-game wise Rayman looks like it shades it on account of it's sense of humour

Darkflame wrote:b) Wiiplay or not Wiiplay? (is it worth Â£10, as I am getting a spare controller)

Most reviews agree that as a set of training mini games it works (even the GamesTM review that gave it 3) but gameplay is somewhat lacking and has little lastability.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:45 pm 0

fog wrote: Most reviews agree that as a set of training mini games it works (even the GamesTM review that gave it 3) but gameplay is somewhat lacking and has little lastability.

But it does have COW RACING and that alone makes it well worth a tenner

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Gokou-Dragonspirit · Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:47 pm 0

My Gamestation in Swansea said they will definately have 57 units for launch, and I'm No.6 in the queue, so barring some horrible act of god, I should be getting one midnight thursday...of course I'm still waiting for the phone call to invite me to the midnight launch, untill I get that I'm still going to assume that my order has got lost somehow

They also said they'll be getting 70 more, either over the next week or before xmas, I wasn't really listening after they said they had enough for me to have one

I guess I'll check the Gayme here tommorow and see if they have a demo unit.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:15 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:Any advice yet on:

a) Monkey Ball or Rayman ?

b) Wiiplay or not Wiiplay? (is it worth Â£10, as I am getting a spare controller)

a) Monkey Ball

b) Wii Play, it's totally excellent multiplayer fun. Is it worth a Â£10? You're kidding right? Let's put it this way, if it's not, I'll buy you a new shiny controller.

Here's me playing Laser Hockey, I'd buy it alone for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrnAZkwk09Q

Oh, and fog, don't worry about the controls in Monkey Ball, try it out yourself, everyone is saying it works absolutely great, even the SMB enthusiasts:

Super Monkey Ball: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread. ... onkey+ball

Oh what the hell, here's more hands-on impressions:

Legend of Zelda: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128357

Trauma Center: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128916

Wii Sports: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129765

Red Steel: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread. ... =red+steel

Excite Truck: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131451

fog · Post by **fog** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:42 pm 0

Samus wrote: Oh, and fog, don't worry about the controls in Monkey Ball, try it out yourself, everyone is saying it works absolutely great, even the SMB enthusiasts:

Super Monkey Ball: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread. ... onkey+ball

Cheers Samus. Good writeup that. Guess I'll keep my Monkey Ball order in

Haven't seen this posted yet so...

Every Monday starting Dec. 4, Nintendo will add classic games to the popular new Wiiâ„¢ video game console's Wii Shop Channel.
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This week you can re-buy Donkey Kong Jr. for the NES, Victory Run for the TurboGrafx 16, and Ristar and Columns for the Sega Genesis.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/nintendo/w ... 218844.php

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:48 pm 0

Cow racing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LjdOkKG ... ed&search=

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:44 pm 0

Ok, Wii play and monkey ball I guess it is

Skah T · Post by **Skah T** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:11 am 0

I wouldn't be too diappointed settling for S-Vid cables myself. I always found the biggest visual boost going from Composite to S-Vid. I did a comparison a while back between S-Vid and component and couldn't tell much difference. *shrug*

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:19 am 0

Heck, From my sofa I cant even tell the difference between 480p and 720p.
I got 20/20 vision, but then, thats actualy quite a crude messurement...probably some people with better eyesite can instantly spot these things.