Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

fog · Post by **fog** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:30 pm 0

Always good to read some hands on reports.
http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/boa ... id=2065592
Overall very very positive. The only two negatives are that the sensor bar doesn't work in sunlight (not that you're likely to have sunlight shining on your TV anyway) and Metroid Prime cursor still doesn't work at times (which was nothing new as we've already seen that on a video).

Also an in depth C&VG controller hands on.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=147354
Which answers one of my earlier questions about how it handles different screen sizes and why the Wiimote often doesn't look like it's pointing at the on screen pointer/target. That's because it's not. At least I know I'm not going mad now

We realised that the controller's pointer function is not direct - as in the icon you're controlling does NOT appear on screen exactly where you're aiming the controller like it would with a lightgun.

It works more like a mouse. With a PC, for example, if you have a 17" monitor you don't have to slide your mouse 17 inches across to move the pointer from one side of the screen to the next. The Wii works the same - your movements are scaled up.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:11 am 0

But doesn't the sun always shine on TV?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:56 am 0

Ban request Marius

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:31 am 0

FAP FAP FAP!

http://www.destructoid.com/snk-making-c ... m-game.htm

skip · Post by **skip** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:48 am 0

Marius wrote:But doesn't the sun always shine on TV?

That DS game looks....interesting....

and having been to Tokyo last year, I can honestly predict that it'll sell by the bucketload

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:25 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Ban request Marius

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:58 pm 0

Rod_S wrote:FAP FAP FAP!

http://www.destructoid.com/snk-making-c ... m-game.htm

As much as they sale those sorts of games, Im calling fake.
The "presentation" picture looks very familer.

xav · Post by **xav** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:21 pm 0

Iwata asks, volume 3 parts 5 & 6 are up:

http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/wii/?site ... d=3&l=enGB

http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/wii/?site ... d=3&l=enGB

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:32 pm 0

10 mins of new gameplay footage of Red Steel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGZDTdxtWwU

YouTube pic quality, but the controls and movement look fast and great!

Nice!

Edit:

more:

Video #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Xkazx99S0

Video #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weCnmgKFDfY

Video #4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ciCVDYta1g

Video #5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdiSMtOdlms

Thanks to JF and GAF.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:54 pm 0

I thought from the outset that we would have to make it possible to watch videos. Almost all digital cameras now can record videos, so we needed to accomodate that. Another major motivation was that I wanted to watch clips of my own children babbling on Wii! (laughs) At present, we plan to make the Channel compatible with the MotionJPEG format.

Good, but hopefully there will be more then that.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:13 pm 0

Kawamoto Well, there was the smooth enlarging and reduction of text size, and the pointing out of places that appear in the news.

Iwata Using that globe again! (laughs)

So it links news storys to locations on the globe?
Thats neat.

Google started something simerla with their earth thing.

I'm expecting that playful spirit of yours to show itself in new Channels and software! (laughs) Hopefully people will soon feel that 48 Channels just aren't enough. Thank you all for coming today.

Well, 48 isnt enough :-/
Not if the VC games are linked directly as a channel on the front screen.
I'm all for them being accessible at the front, rather then in a catalogue, but the limit of 48 is worrying.
Hopefully thats just 48 as a max for the "shortcuts" and you can switch them around elsewhere.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:34 pm 0

The first vid shows the developer playing the game with personal sensitivity settings, the turning looks very fast and everything looks great. The second vid was the usual sluggish mode with someone playing probably for the first time. Check.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:38 pm 0

This job is different from software design: there are no staff credits. I know this can't be helped but for the first time, with Wii, I can't help but feel slightly sad about that.

Iwata You're that enthusiastic about it, that confident!

Kuroume Yes...maybe I'll stick the staff credits in there somewhere!

Iwata ...I'll pretend I didn't hear that!

Kawamoto He's serious! (laughs)

"We proudly present for your viewing pleasure, the Nintendo Wii Channel Product Production Team" Eh?

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:54 pm 0

Still don't know what to make of Red Steel - I keep hearing reports of the gameplay and visuals being improved again and again - and yet the game still doesn't necessarily seem any more exciting.

Is this just me?

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:20 pm 0

TFO wrote:Still don't know what to make of Red Steel - I keep hearing reports of the gameplay and visuals being improved again and again - and yet the game still doesn't necessarily seem any more exciting.

Is this just me?

Did you watch the first vid? Of course, the game itself could be crap for all we know, but the controls look spot on. Muchos potential.