Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Gokou-Dragonspirit · Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:03 pm 0

Gah, now I have to go down into the quiet bowels of this library and do some serious work on my disertertation on Augustine's City of God, but all I can think of is Wii and Zelda!!! Damn you people

God I hope being 6th in line at Swansea gamestation is enough....I'm even more excited about the Wii than I was about the N64, and that's saying something...

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:29 pm 0

Gokou-Dragonspirit wrote:Gah, now I have to go down into the quiet bowels of this library and do some serious work on my disertertation on Augustine's City of God, but all I can think of is Wii and Zelda!!! Damn you people

He had a bit of a thing about pears.
Always on about the pears, he was.
Pears this, pears that. Pears pears pears.

Tuur · Post by **Tuur** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:37 pm 0

Random Zelda fact:

GP: What sorts of differences are there between the Wii and GameCube versions?

Harrison: There is very little difference in the graphics, although the Wii version supports 16:9 displays. In the GameCube version Link is a lefty, as he has traditionally been. All the fighting and puzzles are reversed because of this, and the game basically mirrors the Wii version -- even the cinemas are flipped.

The story is the same and it's basically the same game, except for the big difference in control schemes.

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=85328

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:47 pm 0

Yes, thats ok and has been known.

One thing that worrys me is did they remember the unflip the text?
Or are they going to make life hard for those that read Hyrule script ? :p

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:22 pm 0

Mele wrote:

Please forgive me after reading ign http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/744/744044p1.html

I'm now officially gagging for December the 8th , the controls sound perfect and game play epic.
How wrong I was to doubt

That pic deserves another viewing. Anyone still doubting the art direction?

Tuur · Post by **Tuur** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:24 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:Yes, thats ok and has been known.

I'm clearly out of the loop then.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:14 pm 0

Gokou-Dragonspirit wrote:Gah, now I have to go down into the quiet bowels of this library and do some serious work on my disertertation on Augustine's City of God, but all I can think of is Wii and Zelda!!! Damn you people

God I hope being 6th in line at Swansea gamestation is enough....I'm even more excited about the Wii than I was about the N64, and that's saying something...

Back when I first saw Mario64 in action in a store window I borrowed 500 quid from a mate to buy it right there and then. Mario 64 and Zelda Oot were reasons enough to own the N64. And now it seems history will repeat itself, because no other console has ever had me sold simply over one or two games except the N64...and now the Wii.

December cannot come soon enough

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:18 pm 0

I bought a N64 purely for SM64. Cost me 300 quid (And the price went down the very next month). I'll certainly be buying it on the Wii VC. It'll save me having to drag out the N64 every now and again.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:39 pm 0

[img]http://krytie_tv.tripod.com/pics/kry_close.jpg[/img]

Ahhhhh. Smug Mode.

Nixie · Post by **Nixie** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:58 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:Yes, thats ok and has been known.

One thing that worrys me is did they remember the unflip the text?
Or are they going to make life hard for those that read Hyrule script ? :p

thats a good point, but isnt it based loosly on kanji? so therefore for our jap friends they would make sure it was the right way round??

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:02 pm 0

Yak wrote:[img]http://krytie_tv.tripod.com/pics/kry_close.jpg[/img]

Ahhhhh. Smug Mode.

I hate my local post office.

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:03 pm 0

phattslagg wrote:So.. Pong Wii, then?

Yeah, and you will understand the point after playing it

The other Wii Play games were great as well. Must buy at launch.

Disciple wrote:Samus, any idea about the calibration on the Wii, on some of the demos it looks like you have to point at the sensor rather than the screen so that when your pointing directly at the sensor the pointer is centered on the screen, implying there is no calibration as such for where that bar is placed relative to your telly.

The Nintendo rep told me that there's a calibration for the sensitivity in the OS, don't know anything else about that. I have to say that even when it was at default and the sensor bar was on top of the TV, the controls worked great. I do hope that some games give me the chance of calibrating, it can only be a plus. The Zelda calibration options look excellent.

Bubba wrote:What's the deal with the temperature gauge in excite truck? That looks decidedly uncool (pun not intended!)

It balances out the use of turbo, I doubt you'll even notice it in-game. Damn, ET was fun.....shame that we have to wait a few months to get it, the Nintendo guy told me they're localizing it right now.

Roobarb wrote:Good report back, Samus, and glad to hear the games lived up to what you were hoping for (and more). You could have smiled a bit more for the camera though

Hey, look at the Laser Hockey vid

Anyways, I did a lot of grinning in there, which I'm sure you all know ;P

Marius wrote: Back when I first saw Mario64 in action in a store window I borrowed 500 quid from a mate to buy it right there and then. Mario 64 and Zelda Oot were reasons enough to own the N64. And now it seems history will repeat itself, because no other console has ever had me sold simply over one or two games except the N64...and now the Wii.

December cannot come soon enough

I think you'll be happy in Dec

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:39 pm 0

Dude, I know I'll be happy

fog · Post by **fog** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:08 pm 0

Samus wrote:
Disciple wrote:Samus, any idea about the calibration on the Wii, on some of the demos it looks like you have to point at the sensor rather than the screen so that when your pointing directly at the sensor the pointer is centered on the screen, implying there is no calibration as such for where that bar is placed relative to your telly.
The Nintendo rep told me that there's a calibration for the sensitivity in the OS, don't know anything else about that. I have to say that even when it was at default and the sensor bar was on top of the TV, the controls worked great. I do hope that some games give me the chance of calibrating, it can only be a plus. The Zelda calibration options look excellent.

It's such a simple thing I'll still be amazed if the calibration isn't built into the OS.

Loved the videos though.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:35 am 0

Yak wrote:

[img]http://krytie_tv.tripod.com/pics/kry_close.jpg[/img]

Ahhhhh. Smug Mode.

That from Game?

Dosnt that mean someone knows launch numbers for uk?