Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

fog · Post by **fog** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:13 pm 0

KidQuaalude wrote:
disciple wrote:Guys NitroBike is out soon, can be pre-ordered here for Â£18.

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstor/prod ... ode=NW0166

RRP seems to be Â£40 elsewhere but I am not sure if that is correct, either way I think you'll be hard pushed to find it cheaper than Â£18.

Here's a gameplay vid.

http://wiinintendo.net/2008/01/08/nitro ... lay-video/

I think it's looking quite promising, I think the fun to be had from this will revolve around good turbo use.

first review i've found :

Nintendo Power - 35%

The makers of Excitebike 64 return to the motocross circuit with a disappointing wreck of a Wii game.

[Feb 2008, p.89]

ouch. personally i'm waiting for excite truck 2.

Ah crap. And I was looking forward to that probably more than any other Wii game.

What's the story with ET2 then? I assumed there wouldn't be another for a long time as that's the normal Nintendo way.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:34 pm 0

Excite Truck 2 was (unfortunately) a false rumour/hoax wasn't it?

KidQuaalude · Post by **KidQuaalude** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:03 am 0

sorry, didnt mean to get you guys excited over a possible excite truck sequel!

what i meant to say was i'd rather wait until excite truck 2 (if there ever is one) rather than buy nitrobike simply because it has online multiplayer (sadly missing from excite truck)

fog · Post by **fog** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:30 pm 0

Ah right. And there was me getting all moist at the prospect of ET2.

Still, my Wii copy of Geometry Wars Galaxies has just arrived so that's some compensation

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:37 pm 0

Nights is out tomorrow as well. I think I'll be getting Geo Wars first though, as I'm now convinced Sega should have released a Wii version of Afterburner: Black Falcon instead.

fog · Post by **fog** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:49 pm 0

Goatboy wrote:Nights is out tomorrow as well. I think I'll be getting Geo Wars first though, as I'm now convinced Sega should have released a Wii version of Afterburner: Black Falcon instead.

The Nights reviews I've read haven't been too complimentary.

GW:Galaxies is very nice so far though with a surprising amount of variety in the levels. I found the default controls totally unusable mind and switched to the Classic controller as I thought I would have to. Only then did I realise how poorly designed that was for using both analogues, with nothing for the palms of your hands to grip. Instant hand cramps. Agh!

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:04 am 0

You get used to the Classic controller. Eventually. I was hand-cramp-free by the time I beat Galaxies with 100% gold.

James

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:49 am 0

Oh cool, I'd forgotten, Zak & Wiki should be arriving today.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:52 am 0

Shit, actually I think I forgot to order it.

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:49 am 0

Got Z+W yesterday - a day early.
Unfortunately I was out last night and hadn't even managed to get it out of the plastic wrapper before my 2 year old decided to chew the box.

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:04 pm 0

I'm well up for a bit of Zak and Wiki. And Ghost Squad. But due to having loads of other games I've bought to play first, I'll not be buying them yet. Oh no. No way.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:18 pm 0

Ghost squad is three levels only

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:30 pm 0

Any incentives to play after that?

merman · Post by **merman** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:38 pm 0

Nintendo tops US video games sales in 2007

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:54 pm 0

GW:G & ZW coming my way today and next week