Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:40 am 0

The Caffeine Kid wrote:Hopefully that might mean sub-Â£30 some places online if we are lucky.

Â£24.70 with code VMD123.

http://www.virginmegastores.co.uk/produ ... laxy/s.jsf

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:57 am 0

Don't you need a Virgin credit card for that though?

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:06 pm 0

GeeZa wrote: Think about R*TT. You have to "swing upwards" to hit the back of the table and "swing downwards" to hit the bottom net area. You then have a left or right or "central" swing to dictate direction. This alone, imho, is a reasonably complex interface. If you then add a subtle twist forward for top-spin, and a subtle twist backwards for back-spin, my guess is that it could become unwieldy and difficult to pull off consistently. I've just had a two-player sess tonight and I think they got the balance about right, I'm feeling much more comfortable with the Wiimote-only system now. Apart from anything else it's very enjoyable.

Sorry if I'm alone of this one.

I don't think you are alone on this.

I've not played TT on the Wii yet, but I do know I suck quite badly at real table tennis and if they made the control too real then I'm pretty sure I'd suck quite badly at the game too and never get anywhere in it!

There has to be a trade off between fun and realism.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:30 pm 0

Misfit wrote: There has to be a trade off between fun and realism.

Yeah, but I hope some future teams will at least try and give some of us the option to choose.

Anyways, PES Wii looks to be the first game to really try something more than a positive evolution (which of course is a very good thing as well).

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:57 pm 0

Samus wrote:
Misfit wrote: There has to be a trade off between fun and realism.
Yeah, but I hope some future teams will at least try and give some of us the option to choose.

Anyways, PES Wii looks to be the first game to really try something more than a positive evolution (which of course is a very good thing as well).

The video looked fantastic, although I must admit I wondered if my brain would be able to cope!

I had been getting very tired of all the yearly updates to the sports games, adding more and more features to the buttons and sticks (Madden has gone mental) and for someone like me who no longer can invest the kind of time to master those systems it's all got kinda dull.

But this at last looks like some decent innovation and worth learning.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:34 pm 0

so 38/40 for SMG from Famitsu and a decent amount of play time too

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=174255

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:41 pm 0

Zack & Wiki is getting surprisingly consistent scores for a 1) Wii game 2) of this kind:

NP: 90%
IGN: 9 / 10
1UP: 9 / 10
GameSpot: 8.5 / 10
GameTrailers: 8.4 / 10

1UP wrote:"Thankfully, Zack & Wiki is far more than the sum of its pieces, and it absolutely succeeds despite any minor problems. It's a huge world of wonderful puzzles to solve, with creative approaches to even the most mundane solutions; it's also a big game, and it goes on far longer than even the story would imply (though some people may never beat the last couple stages without assistance). Its biggest hurdle will be finding its audience, as it's the kind of game you don't know you're dying for until you play it (and its youthful aesthetic doesn't do it any favors). But it's worth looking into for every Wii owner, and if it isn't the best game for the system, it's at least the most "must-play" Wii experience next to Wii Sports. It's unmatched as a cognitively and creatively challenging experience, and just about anyone can pick it up and enjoy and appreciate it for what it does...even if they won't get very far."

1UP and GameSpot have generally missed many Wii-games by a large margin, but even these guys seem to like Z&W. Nice!

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:13 pm 0

Oh God another game to get before Xmas....

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:38 pm 0

MP3. In my hands. Now. See you later

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:29 pm 0

Deckard wrote:Oh God another game to get before Xmas....

May just pick it up when I'm in the US next month then...!

marf · Post by **marf** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:38 pm 0

Samus wrote:Zack & Wiki is getting surprisingly consistent scores for a 1) Wii game 2) of this kind:

NP: 90%
IGN: 9 / 10
1UP: 9 / 10
GameSpot: 8.5 / 10
GameTrailers: 8.4 / 10

1UP and GameSpot have generally missed many Wii-games by a large margin, but even these guys seem to like Z&W. Nice!

I've got it here in front of me, but haven't played yet. Once the baby's asleep, I'll dig into it with the wife...

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:29 am 0

marf wrote:
Samus wrote:Zack & Wiki is getting surprisingly consistent scores for a 1) Wii game 2) of this kind:

NP: 90%
IGN: 9 / 10
1UP: 9 / 10
GameSpot: 8.5 / 10
GameTrailers: 8.4 / 10

1UP and GameSpot have generally missed many Wii-games by a large margin, but even these guys seem to like Z&W. Nice!
I've got it here in front of me, but haven't played yet. Once the baby's asleep, I'll dig into it with the wife...

So, then, when will you find time for Zack & Wiki...?

I've always wanted to give that emoticon a shot.

James

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:09 pm 0

Animal Crossing goes MMO.

Also, official DS flashcard for Gameboy stuff.

marf · Post by **marf** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:09 pm 0

Jamesac wrote:
I've got it here in front of me, but haven't played yet. Once the baby's asleep, I'll dig into it with the wife...

So, then, when will you find time for Zack & Wiki...?

I've always wanted to give that emoticon a shot.

James

Baby slept, we played through the intro which is well long and well done too. Very much like a cartoon film intro. Only one puzzle in, so, too early to tell but I think it'll be fun. I'll return with updates if wanted.

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:50 pm 0

Goatboy wrote:Animal Crossing goes MMO.

More info, pls.