Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:11 pm 0

The little suitcase fella is great in PiT I thought. Really enjoyed the game on the whole.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:38 pm 0

Tepic wrote:I will be getting a Wii on Friday as long as they aren't all sold out again! I can't decide between RE 4 Wii and Zelda. Or should I think about something else?

Excite Truck is my killer app, but read up on it extensively as it is very much its own game and not the automatic classic for everyone that some expected. But yeah, Wii sports for your quick fix and Zelda/RE4 for some in-depth play is a good idea. If you can stretch to a second remote with Wii Play I'd recommend doing so on the basis of it being a good way to try out lots of different remote uses, and for all that it is a fun tech demo at heart, it's good value for a fiver over the price of the remote by itself. Good for showing off console to mates and easier game mechanics than Wii Sports.

I got the Wii from Gamestation with one game in the bundle and they let me have Wii Play with remote as the bundle game, while my (cheaper) copy of Excite Truck I paid for directly. Nice chaps in Gamestation.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:10 pm 0

Tepic wrote:I will be getting a Wii on Friday as long as they aren't all sold out again! I can't decide between RE 4 Wii and Zelda. Or should I think about something else?

Yes,

EXCITE TRUCK, it's a classic.

toxibunny · Post by **toxibunny** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:58 pm 0

Paper Mario available on Wii this week. anyone not interested?

fog · Post by **fog** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:22 pm 0

Samus wrote:
Tepic wrote:I will be getting a Wii on Friday as long as they aren't all sold out again! I can't decide between RE 4 Wii and Zelda. Or should I think about something else?
Yes,

EXCITE TRUCK, it's a classic.

It's great fun but far too short IMO.

dom · Post by **dom** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:15 pm 0

Tentaclesex just pasted this on IRC, I wonder if it plays on the Wii?

http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=6435

Interesting idea for a game: slap people about a bit, with an accurate sweep from the mouse/touchpad... I imagine it would be quite fun with a Wiimote...

Dom

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:28 pm 0

toxibunny wrote:Paper Mario available on Wii this week. anyone not interested?

Me... only because I played it to death on the N64

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:06 pm 0

fog wrote:
Samus wrote:
Tepic wrote:I will be getting a Wii on Friday as long as they aren't all sold out again! I can't decide between RE 4 Wii and Zelda. Or should I think about something else?
Yes,

EXCITE TRUCK, it's a classic.
It's great fun but far too short IMO.

The fun for me (and, tbh, the whole idea of the game) comes from S-ranking the levels (understanding and taking advantage of the brilliant and flexible track design and gameplay mechanics), for me that offers a great challenge, maybe you stopped where the fun started for others?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:12 pm 0

*Sigh* It's not easy is it? Here I am wanting to buy a legal copy of Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga for the GBA and all I can find are dodgy looking ebay auctions and dodgy looking Amazon sellers.

All that shite still available for the GBA and one of the best games I've played for the platform gets deleted. Where's the sense?

fog · Post by **fog** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:42 pm 0

Samus wrote:
fog wrote:
Samus wrote:
Tepic wrote:I will be getting a Wii on Friday as long as they aren't all sold out again! I can't decide between RE 4 Wii and Zelda. Or should I think about something else?
Yes,

EXCITE TRUCK, it's a classic.
It's great fun but far too short IMO.
The fun for me (and, tbh, the whole idea of the game) comes from S-ranking the levels (understanding and taking advantage of the brilliant and flexible track design and gameplay mechanics), for me that offers a great challenge, maybe you stopped where the fun started for others?

TBH I don't normally go in for those type of completest tasks (collect all stars etc) but I have to admit I enjoyed getting the S-Ranks in ET. Even so, I don't consider myself anything other than an average gamer and I still got all but 4 of them in "Super Excite" over a single weekend and have little compulsion to play it again. Good fun while it lasted though.

I'm just hoping that blatant ET copy motorbike game offers a longer lasting and more varied challenge. I'd pray for an ET2 but as this is Nintendo it'll probably be another 5 years before that happens.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:08 pm 0

fog wrote: TBH I don't normally go in for those type of completest tasks (collect all stars etc) but I have to admit I enjoyed getting the S-Ranks in ET. Even so, I don't consider myself anything other than an average gamer and I still got all but 4 of them in "Super Excite" over a single weekend and have little compulsion to play it again. Good fun while it lasted though.

Yeah, the whole point of the game is in replaying the courses, the stars are just there for people to gradually learn the nuances and develop the required skills to get the most out of the game. In that sense it's fundamentally different from games where stuff like that is just a small addition once you've completed the main game. I enjoy just playing it over and over, the mirror mode feels nice, and beating my own scores keeps it fresh and exciting. Nice to hear that you enjoyed getting S-ranks, a bit surprised you're not into getting personal high scores or just enjoying the ride. But yeah, people are different. Strong recommendation from me.

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:18 pm 0

HGFB wrote:*Sigh* It's not easy is it? Here I am wanting to buy a legal copy of Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga for the GBA and all I can find are dodgy looking ebay auctions and dodgy looking Amazon sellers.

All that shite still available for the GBA and one of the best games I've played for the platform gets deleted. Where's the sense?

http://www.softuk.com/Nintendo_Gameboy_ ... UK76129111

Mario RPG is good. Don't let the fanboys deter you. It's got some great minigames, some very good characters, and a pretty good soundtrack. It really doesn't feel like a Square game.

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:29 pm 0

If you can stretch to a second remote with Wii Play I'd recommend doing so

That was the plan. The 4 year old is getting excited at the videos of the fishing game!

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:57 pm 0

Tepic wrote:
If you can stretch to a second remote with Wii Play I'd recommend doing so
That was the plan. The 4 year old is getting excited at the videos of the fishing game!

2 player Table Tennis on Wii Play is a wonderful test of skill, nerves and reaction, everybody spend some time with it if you haven't already, excellent fun. Totally different from the single player experience where you can't affect the direction of the shots.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:01 pm 0

Is there yet any way to connect a PAL Wii to a VGA monitor?

I remember being able to connect my GameCube to my VGA monitor but it only worked with games capable of outputting progressive scan (such as Wind Waker) and needed a modified cable.