Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:40 pm 0

Nintendodragon wrote:I just checked a energy calculator, it the Wii uses 87kW per year, thats works out at Â£6.19

Bastards. I'm going to be putting in a bill for my costs right now.

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:22 pm 0

TFO wrote:
Nintendodragon wrote:I just checked a energy calculator, it the Wii uses 87kW per year, thats works out at Â£6.19
Bastards. I'm going to be putting in a bill for my costs right now.

More importantly in the UK that is about 40Kg of CO2 per Wii each year for something you are not even using most of the time.

Does Wiiconnect24 (?) have to be on for you to get messages from other people?

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:35 pm 0

Id guess its the same as any other email or text system, keeps bouncing for a time period, and then if if dosnt get though in a few days it gives up.

Nintendodragon · Post by **Nintendodragon** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:43 pm 0

matt303 wrote:
More importantly in the UK that is about 40Kg of CO2 per Wii each year for something you are not even using most of the time.

Pffft, i make more than that just by breathing

and i hardly do any exerscise.

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:51 pm 0

I just hate the waste of something you are not using being left taking power it's waste plain and simple. Anyone that leaves stuff in standby has NO right to complain about energy prices, you are responsible for your actions. (This seems to be a sore point in this find something other than ourselves to blame world we've made)

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:27 pm 0

yes, its also not really true that its ok to leave a small device on just because your also leaving a bigger one on

(much like the argument "its ok for us to pollute, because the americas are whether we stop or not anyway")

fog · Post by **fog** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:37 pm 0

Roobarb wrote:I do, even though it's a pain in the neck to do so with where the wall socket is located.

I just put it into normal standby mode (red light) as opposed to Wiiconnect24 mode (orange). Easier and saves that energy if you're bothered.

Other than the Mii parade there's no real reason to have it in Wiiconnect24 mode now anyway. You still get your messages when you switch on.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:28 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:Im hopeing someone at some stages hacks the Wii to be a generic downloader. Then it would save me quite a bit

USB Hard-drive and "Torrent Channel"? Yes please!

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:39 pm 0

Excite Truck in Europe on February 16th.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:43 pm 0

More importantly, Wario Ware on Jan 12th...

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:36 pm 0

The Caffeine Kid wrote:
Darkflame wrote:Im hopeing someone at some stages hacks the Wii to be a generic downloader. Then it would save me quite a bit
USB Hard-drive and "Torrent Channel"? Yes please!

Absolutely!

I read somewhere that channels can be stored on SD cards.
So in theory i guess it can be done, depending how harsh the security is.

Maybe it would work the other way, for that mater, and Opera-channel has an exploit to allow saving.
(eg, code on a website acts as a torrent app....java torrent prog?)

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:40 pm 0

Won't happen. Especially not through a Java applet

Cheers

Bubba

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:57 pm 0

Alarm wrote:Excite Truck in Europe on February 16th.

Nice

Btw. just finished Red Steel. Great game, but with three problems: unstable frame rate, a small dead zone in the cursor so the smallest of movements are not registered (it's definitely adjustable and works ok, but never feels as immediate or precise as something like Metroid Prime 3, or the cursor in Zelda, for example), unskippable cut-scenes, they're not at all long by todays standards, but sometimes they're placed right after a checkpoint so you're forced to watch them everytime you die and want to restart. Unskippable cut-scenes also hurt the re-playability of different levels. Shame they had to rush it to the market.

Otherwise it's a VERY enjoyable game with strong personality and interesting action. The Wiimote really adds to the FEEL of aiming, especially when you start to master head shots using the pistol. I hardly ever finish games these days, so that must tell you something about how much I liked it. Strong recommendation, but only if you're willing to give it a good chance, after 30-60 mins people (including me) usually "get" it. If you have any questions, shoot ;P

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:04 pm 0

In an interview with an American television station, Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, said that Nintendo has done all it can to persuade Take-Two Interactive Software to bring the Grand Theft Auto franchise to Nintendo consoles, and it is now up to the third party publisher to decide whether Rockstar Games' immensely popular series will appear on Wii. We should know more later in 2007 regarding this issue.

http://planetgrandtheftauto.gamespy.com ... ?id=108810

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:09 pm 0

I suppose Zelda shows that you can do a third-person action game on the Wii, but I'm still not thrilled by the lack of total camera control I'm not really sure how a game like GTA would translate over without it, although I could probably find out quickly by playing the PSP versions.

Not that I wouldn't by GTAWii in a heartbeat.

James