Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

CharlieF · Post by **CharlieF** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:50 pm 0

disciple wrote:BA : Mercury Meltdown Â£18

http://www.play.com/Games/Wii/4-/3350015/-/Product.html

Not any more it's not

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:57 pm 0

Bastards.

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:59 pm 0

Not sure if this has been posted, but it seems LucasArts has confirmed (at least as an internal project) a Wii LightSaber game.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=14500

I don't own a Wii yet, but if this works out, that would be the killer app for me

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:10 pm 0

Didnt quite realise how far the pirates have come on the Wii - http://www.games4play.com/acatalog/Nint ... i.html#a25

Half tempted just so I can play imports

merman · Post by **merman** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:18 am 0

RageMatrix wrote:Not sure if this has been posted, but it seems LucasArts has confirmed (at least as an internal project) a Wii LightSaber game.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=14500

I don't own a Wii yet, but if this works out, that would be the killer app for me

Seems to be some disagreement whether this is
a) a completely new Star Wars game with lightsabers
b) the Wii-controlled version of Lego Star Wars

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:00 am 0

Deckard wrote:Didnt quite realise how far the pirates have come on the Wii - http://www.games4play.com/acatalog/Nint ... i.html#a25

Half tempted just so I can play imports

I've got a Wiikey. It works beautifully with imports - got Super Paper Mario working like a charm... eventually!

It was a bugger to install - it looks like a quicksolder chip (as in plonk it on and dab some solder over it to fix it to the points) but don't be fooled - it isn't as the points don't even remotely line up. I fixed mine on with wires which worked for a few days only to then stop. Cue repeated attempts to solder / re-solder it back only for it not to work. Managed to lift a pad or two on the drive in all of this, so had to solder directly to the legs of the drive chip (not for the faint of heart!). Eventually decided that the chip itself must be faulty, so got on to DealExtreme where I got it from who popped another in the post. Swapped the new one in and lo and behold it now seems to be working perfectly!

All my old Gamecube imports seem to work fine too, which is a definite bonus. As long as you've got someone who is competent at soldering to fit the mod chip, and a healthy supply of imported games, then you're good to go!

Don't bother with the cheaper Wiinja chip though, the extra features make the Wiikey worth the extra few pounds.

Cheers

Bubba

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:35 am 0

merman wrote:
RageMatrix wrote:Not sure if this has been posted, but it seems LucasArts has confirmed (at least as an internal project) a Wii LightSaber game.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=14500

I don't own a Wii yet, but if this works out, that would be the killer app for me
Seems to be some disagreement whether this is
a) a completely new Star Wars game with lightsabers
b) the Wii-controlled version of Lego Star Wars

Either is fine by me.

However, I'm very skeptical Lucas Arts has made investments enough to pull of a decent wii-baseball style controlled game this quickly.

I think we are more likely to see Red Steal style controll with lightsabers.

MegaZoid. · Post by **MegaZoid.** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:12 am 0

My Wiinja chip works fine , was easy to install and has never gone wrong.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:55 pm 0

So we get online leaderboards for our Geometry Wars: Galaxies then

http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/800/800251p1.html - hooray.

And anyone got the Wii's Resident ? Any good, do the graphics look any better thru component and hows the controls as might buy it tomorrow.

Perkunas · Post by **Perkunas** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:42 pm 0

Japan has Paper Mario and WaveRace 64 planned for July.

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:42 am 0

Is this true?-

Mom gets game pulled.

Not so much one complaint getting a game pulled but rather the word "spastic". Does it really have negative connotations beyond a silly, near-harmless little insult for

Every time I think I've gotten a handle on the differences between UK and American english, something new pops up.

James

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:31 am 0

Well, if she weren't a damn spaz she never would have seen it.

[Yes, poor taste, I know...]

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:53 am 0

Does anyone else see it as a bit odd that a younger brain age is seen as better?

Fuck that, my 34 year old brain is more powerful than your 20 year old one!

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:36 am 0

Jamesac wrote:Not so much one complaint getting a game pulled but rather the word "spastic". Does it really have negative connotations beyond a silly, near-harmless little insult for

"Spastic" was originally used as a term for Cerebral Palsy here. There was a charity called The Spastics Society that got renamed to Scope after kids started using it as an insult. By acting like a spaz the implication was that they were acting as though they had a degeneration of cerebral or motor functions.

Mongs.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:44 am 0

The game most likely carries the 3+ PEGI rating. Hence the problem. If it was carrying something higher like maybe the 12+ then there'd be no issue here.