Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

fog · Post by **fog** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:25 pm 0

Samus wrote:
fog wrote:
Are there any hidden gems in that list that might be worth checking out? Only a few games are getting hyped up and there's probably only a couple of those that really appeal.
Yes.

# Kororinpa (Hudson)
Check.

Cheers. Just searched for that up and it's looking lovely. I had convinced myself I didn't want another Monkeyball so that would make a great alternative. Now having watched Atty's footage I'm getting monkey urges again.

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:28 pm 0

NPD September US sales figures are in, and it's another great month for the DS, with a strong surge from Pokemon sales.

Hardware
NDS - 403,435
PS2 - 306,517
360 - 259,458
GBA - 177,145
PSP - 153,353
GCN - 42,286
XBX - 6,495

Top Software (by Units)
1. PS2 Madden NFL 07 - 506,000
2. 360 Saints Row - 455,000
3. PS2 LEGO Star Wars II - 349,000
4. NDS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue - 285,000
5. GBA Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red - 219,000
6. 360 Madden NFL 07 - 218,000
7. GCN LEGO Star Wars II - 170,000
8. XBX Madden NFL 07 - 166,000
9. NDS Star Fox Command - 137,000
10. NDS New Super Mario Bros. - 134,000

360 Dead Rising - 89,000

PS2 LEGO Star Wars II - 349,000
GCN LEGO Star Wars II - 170,000
360 LEGO Star Wars II - 113,000
XBX LEGO Star Wars II - 109,000

360 NBA 2K7 - 81,000
PS2 NBA 2K7 - 41,000
XBX NBA 2K7 - 16,000

Total Revenue = $777 million (+38% over September 2005)

Vertical red lines indicate DS Lite launch

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:51 pm 0

Unconfirmed Wii interface pics:

For more go to Go Nintendo.

grue · Post by **grue** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:54 pm 0

I prefered it white.

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:01 pm 0

grue wrote:I prefered it white.

Better?

grue · Post by **grue** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:05 pm 0

Lovely, thanks.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:49 pm 0

Atty wrote: Once again, sorry for the shit quality, but after last nights upload stoppage, Stage6 does nothing but crash safari. I assume the Mac software isn't quite there yet, as per ususal.

Arg..thats a real shame because the quality is lovely.
Basicaly tv-quality, imo.

Did you try the mac version of the divx player:
http://labs.divx.com/MacOS
The windows version has a publish feature...so i assume the mac one does too.....only, unlike DrDivx, the files have to already be in the right format.

Tanatoes · Post by **Tanatoes** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:53 pm 0

Reserved my Wii this morning at my local EB. The clerks said they were allotted an initial shipment of 20 units and there were about 15 people in the line with me at 10 AM when the doors opened. Sounds like even with the greater stock numbers the Wii is still going to sell out on launch day (at least at the specialty stores. Remains to be seen what happens at the Wallmarts of the world.)

Counting the days now until Nov. 19.

Skah T · Post by **Skah T** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:18 pm 0

I stopped by GameStop this morning and there was a biggish line. They were getting 32 systems and they had already passed out tickets to the first 32 people. The rest had already left (followed by me as soon as I learned that). Guess I'll be hitting Target on release day. I'm not holding out hope, but that's okay. I'll have Guitar Hero 2 and Elite Beat Agents to tide me over for a while.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:58 pm 0

I emailed Eurogamer to ask why nobody was asking what wireless encryption Nintendo were using with the Wii (Since obviously if they use only WEP it makes the idea of leaving your Wii net connected 24/7 a bit of a fucking joke) and I got this response

Nintendo has told us that the Wii will allow people to connect using
the DS' existing USB dongle, which suggests that WEP encryption is as
far as it will go.

It's a good question though, and I'll put it to them first thing on
Monday. It may not be worth writing about, but I'll let you know what
they say nonetheless.

grue · Post by **grue** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:04 pm 0

Lucky me, I have a dongle

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:07 pm 0

The doggle is just like a wireless card though, surely its the software side that would determain what security it supports?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:20 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:The doggle is just like a wireless card though, surely its the software side that would determain what security it supports?

The DS dongle comes with software. It's not a hardware only solution

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:50 pm 0

The dongle is nice when my PC is on, but I'm one of those weirdos who turns the PC off at the end of the day. I'm worried that the nighttime download thing (which is when I do most of my gaming anyway) will be useless if the computer isn't running when using the dongle. Time for a combo wired/wireless router, I think.

James

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:06 pm 0

Very positive impressions from a non gaming site in UK:

http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?id=23483