Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

MegaZoid. · Post by **MegaZoid.** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:28 pm 0

Thought Red Steel looked amazing , definatly gonna be my first purchase with the Wii.

Post by **Snakey** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:34 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:
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.

Nooo! MJPEG is shite! Use something else!

Even normal MPEG is better

toxibunny · Post by **toxibunny** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:48 pm 0

If you put MP3 files in your SD Card, you can have your favourite songs as background music to your Slide show.

It does play MP3s then. presumably not just during a photo slide show. I remember someone wondering...

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:53 pm 0

The Red Steel engine does look rather nice (good detail on things, nice lighting and fire effects, control scheme looks pretty good, etc.) but I have to agree with TFO. Something about it is just rather uninspiring - everything seems pretty solid, but even with the japanese locales/sword fighting thing (which still looks rather dull) it all just leaves me cold - it just comes across as a bit tedious, somehow.

I definately want to play it for myself, but I'm still not convinced that it's worth shelling out for.

jrc313 · Post by **jrc313** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:00 pm 0

The environments and effects in Red Steel look okay, but the characters look bloody awful. The lighting just seems to be wrong and it gives them a cardboard cutout look.

The start of that first video looked more like a popup shooting gallery than a FPS.

juice · Post by **juice** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:23 pm 0

Snakey wrote:
Darkflame wrote:
At present, we plan to make the Channel compatible with the MotionJPEG format.
Good, but hopefully there will be more then that.
Nooo! MJPEG is shite! Use something else!

Even normal MPEG is better

To be fair, they're giving it the ability to play MJPEG as it's what most cameras record their movies in (smeg knows why: it is pretty pish) Wonder if it'll be able to handle the quicktime MOV container, too?

Nintendo being Nintendo (aka complete control freaks), they're very unlikely to provide you with MPEG4 playback

fog · Post by **fog** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:38 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?

No it's certainly not just you. I've said all along it looks just like another formulaic, uninspired FPS with crap controls to me.

If true I'm really pleased to hear they have improved the controls though as it means a decent FPS will be possible on the Wii.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:42 pm 0

200 GLORIOUS PAGES!!!!!

Skah T · Post by **Skah T** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:45 pm 0

SiN wrote:Skah, you'll have better luck at GameStop/EBGames. I find it odd they haven't announced anything about their pre-order policy yet.

I was in a bookstore this morning to nab the mag with the Guitar Hero II demo and wandered into the adjoining Gamestop. There were four people in line at the cashier. Each one asked to be put on a list to register interest for PS3. I was last and think I surprised her when I asked about the Wii instead.

I looked at the lists. There were maybe 10-15 people on the PS3 list. I was first for a Wii

Of course she might start a new list every day. Still, I'm struck by how many people want a PS3 despite its price.

She didn't know if they would be bundling Wii's with games, but guessed not since it already comes with one. They'll be calling me once they know their pre-order policy.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:53 pm 0

What PS2 fanboy (and there are a couple knocking about) isn't going to register intrest in a PS3????

You know, even if they are worried it might suck balls?

I mean, come on - these are the same people you see valiantly trying to have fun playing 'EA Boxing' on the train, or, as most seem to - listening to MP3s on a player the size of three iPods. They'd buy paedophile flavoured ice cream if Sony put their label on it and charged Â£100 too much.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:55 pm 0

goatboy wrote:They'd buy paedophile flavoured ice cream if Sony put their label on it and charged Â£100 too much.

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:58 pm 0

goatboy wrote:200 GLORIOUS PAGES!!!!!

170 GLORIOUS PAGES!!! Plus 30 pages of dull, tedious and pointless fuck-wittery by people who really should know better. But still, at least we're celebrating the 200 mark by talking about games again. Woohoo!

Post by **Snakey** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:04 pm 0

goatboy wrote:What PS2 fanboy (and there are a couple knocking about)

I can only think of one

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:09 pm 0

Samus wrote:
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.

I've been very sceptical to Red Steel in the past, but that last vid almost had me convinced

But I'm not too fond of the arm with the weapon jumping around the screen...very distracting.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:15 pm 0

fog wrote:
If true I'm really pleased to hear they have improved the controls though as it means a decent FPS will be possible on the Wii.

This should be clear even without that vid...