Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

phattslagg · Post by **phattslagg** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:59 am 0

I have absolutely no doubt that Nintendo will succeed with the Wii.

Every indication so far is that they have pitched it perfectly to attract those who would never normally consider purchasing a games console, and loads of people will buy it as a second console, simply because it offers a completely different experience to anything else. I'm beginning to think that the price is pretty much irrelevant, and if Ninty make a decent profit by pitching higher than many had hoped they would, then good luck to 'em.

Dave_M · Post by **Dave_M** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:16 pm 0

phattslagg wrote:I'm beginning to think that the price is pretty much irrelevant

Actually I was speaking to someone yesterday that was thinking about getting her son a new console for Christmas. She wanted to get him a Wii because it looked like fun and was 'reasonably priced'. I guess she saw the price in relative terms.

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:19 pm 0

Bubba wrote:...Zelda... a very, very good adventure game ...

A Zelda with Miyamoto involved hands-on: it was never going to anything other than very, very good

It's a very fine swan-song for the Gamecube, which is definitely its spritual home. Rumour has it a Wii specific Zelda has been in development for over a year now. I 'm already looking forward to finding out what Wiitastic loveliness they're going to put together for us with that version.

Alarm wrote:With each day that passes, I start to feel more and more confident that the Wii will definitely do much better than the Cube

Early days yet. It'll all depend on the flow of games. Certainly comparing a Christmas Wii launch with a late spring Gamecube launch isn't going to tell you much...

fog · Post by **fog** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:51 pm 0

VC titles for the UK (from IGN):

UK Virtual Console releases (December 15)
Urban Champion (NES)
Solomon's Keys (NES)
Pinball (NES)
Columns (Mega Drive)
Gunstar Heroes (Mega Drive)
Ristar (Mega Drive)
Dr. Robotonik's Mean Bean Machine(Mega Drive)
Alien Crush (Turbografx)

UK Virtual Console releases (December 22)
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES)
Soccer (NES)
Tennis (NES)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive)
Toe Jam & Earl (Mega Drive)
Military Madness (Turbografx)

UK Virtual Console releases (December 29)
Baseball (NES)
Ice Hockey (NES)
SimCity (SNES)
Super Probotector (SNES)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
R-TYPE (Turbografx)

What's happened to all the N64 stuff?

amanset · Post by **amanset** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:10 pm 0

fog wrote: What's happened to all the N64 stuff?

Maybe they are making the effort to enhance them like the Zeldas were on the GC and how allegedly SM64 on the VC is.

PumaG · Post by **PumaG** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:20 pm 0

Dave_M wrote:
phattslagg wrote:I'm beginning to think that the price is pretty much irrelevant
Actually I was speaking to someone yesterday that was thinking about getting her son a new console for Christmas. She wanted to get him a Wii because it looked like fun and was 'reasonably priced'. I guess she saw the price in relative terms.

Relative to a couple of pairs of the latest trainers/sneakers

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:21 pm 0

Is the VC Super Mario 64 improved then ?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:21 pm 0

Improved in what way? It's just SMB64.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:58 pm 0

Not sure if people are still having problems, but Amazon have stock of Wii Play and Nunchucks...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000 ... 75-6071154

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000 ... 75-6071154

amanset · Post by **amanset** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:11 pm 0

Deckard wrote:Is the VC Super Mario 64 improved then ?

I've heard rumours of smaller borders and a higher resolution.

I've already got it on the N64 and on the DS so I don't think I'll be getting it for a third time.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:21 pm 0

Awesome! Nunchuk get!

Cheers

Bubba

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:50 pm 0

amanset wrote:
Deckard wrote:Is the VC Super Mario 64 improved then ?
I've heard rumours of smaller borders and a higher resolution.

I've already got it on the N64 and on the DS so I don't think I'll be getting it for a third time.

The UK version was already well optimised wasn't it? The resolution is certainly no higher.

swith · Post by **swith** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:53 pm 0

The original PAL version of Mario64 had borders top and bottom, full-on DeVito mode. The VC version seems lacking in the borders but running at 50Hz. Looks very nice, mind. It was a relief to see that it wasn't going to look as shit as the original PAL N64 version did.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:25 pm 0

They should have dumped the improved textures back from the DS version that would have been a fairly easy improvement.

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:31 pm 0

Toe Jam and Earl? Mean Bean machine? Get in!

Ahem. Of course, they won't be online and hence not worth a lick anyway, but...