Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

DocDaneeka · Post by **DocDaneeka** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:32 pm 0

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

Heh I hope Snakey doesn't spot that.

swith · Post by **swith** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:34 pm 0

DocDaneeka wrote:
Darkflame wrote:They should have dumped the improved textures back from the DS version that would have been a fairly easy improvement.
Heh I hope Snakey doesn't spot that.

The DS version had higher poly models too.

D.J.Fudge · Post by **D.J.Fudge** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:13 pm 0

Wireless Wii sensor bar

http://www.wirelesssensorbar.com/

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:34 pm 0

D.J.Fudge wrote:Wireless Wii sensor bar

http://www.wirelesssensorbar.com/

There was a thread here somewhere soon after the US launch on how to make one. It's just a couple of LEDs powered by a battery.

All the cable does from the Wii is power the LEDs.

Edit: http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=59865

grue · Post by **grue** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:08 pm 0

Ok, I love my Wii.
Just that really.

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:24 pm 0

No Wii for me, but I shall buy the Cube version of Zelda in about 60 minutes. It might just be my last non-portable Nintendo purchase.

fog · Post by **fog** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:45 pm 0

Wii Video 9 for all your movie conversion needs. The PSP version was decent so although I haven't tried this yet it should do exactly what it says on the tin. The BitTorrent integration sounds useful.

Wii Video 9 is a free video conversion application developed by Red Kawa. It allows you to convert your computer video files (like avi, divx, mpeg, etc.) into the specific video formats that are playable on the Wii.

Wii Video 9 can also be combined with Videora, another software application, and together they can let you automatically download and convert video for your Wii using BitTorrent and RSS technology.

http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/wiivideo9/

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:02 pm 0

The Wii can play video?! Didn't realise that!

Cheers

Bubba

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:05 pm 0

Barely.

swith wrote:
DocDaneeka wrote:
Darkflame wrote:They should have dumped the improved textures back from the DS version that would have been a fairly easy improvement.
Heh I hope Snakey doesn't spot that.
The DS version had higher poly models too.

True, but not as easy to change.
Also, some polys were changed for non-visual reasons, so youd have to be more carefull when replacing them.

My point was they have higher res textures for M64 now, so they might as well have used them.

Youd have the res of the DS version with the texture filtering of the 64 version.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:16 pm 0

Remember MacSaber, the fun utility that used a MacBook or MacBook Pro's hard drive movement sensor to trigger Jedi lightsabre sounds? Well, now you can do the same thing with the much more sword hilt-like Nintendo Wii Remote.

The new app, WiiSaber, comes from Isnoop, the guy who developed MacSaber earlier this year. It's currently available as a pre-release, testing version here.

You'll still need a Mac, to play the sounds, but the two hardware gadgets work smoothly together thanks to code developed by Japanese coder Hiroaky to pair Mac to Remote and share data between them.

Isnoop says he's working on the ability to support multiple Remotes, allowing players to engage in battles. Locate each Remote, extrapolate a metre-long cylinder from the end and check for collisions. All we need then, will be a way to get green, blue, purple or red lights to spring forth from the Remote... Impressive, most impressive... Â®

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12/12 ... ght_sabre/

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:28 pm 0

Flojomojo wrote:No Wii for me, but I shall buy the Cube version of Zelda in about 60 minutes. It might just be my last non-portable Nintendo purchase.

your mistake to make i guess.

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:50 pm 0

A quick question because I can't find anything on this anywhere...

When I insert an SD card into my Wii, there doesn't seem to be an eject mechanism to remove it again. Is this the norm?

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:05 pm 0

Mat T wrote:

Is this the norm?

For SD cards it is, if you mean no button to push to eject the card. The socket is usually spring loaded, you have to push the card in to get it out, or you can just pull it out with a finger nail. Practice makes it easier, I'm not good at it myself. I don't have a Wii, so i have no idea about the peculiarities of that system.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:19 pm 0

you push it in to eject.

phattslagg · Post by **phattslagg** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:46 am 0

I've found a Toshiba 2Gb SD card for Â£15.99 here - any reason I should spend more on a SanDisk?