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9. November 2006 @ 14:09 |
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That is a nice (More than) double dose of info, great stuff!
Any chance that you might be convinced to put a complete(I know it changes fast, but just a best effort) list of Wii Virtual Console titles. I'm epsecially interested in n64 titles, personally.
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9. November 2006 @ 20:04 |
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The only N64 game that is confirmed to be on the virtual console here in the states is Mario 64.
However, ESRB recently rated Mario Kart 64, Starfox 64, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, meaning that they were submitted by Nintendo to ESRB for possible release on the Virtual Console at a later date.
Here are the confirmed VC titles:
NES
Mario Bros. (not Super)
The Legend of Zelda
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Ice Hockey
Pinball
Soccer
Tennis
Urban Champion
Wario's Woods
Baseball
Solomon's Key
Super NES
F-Zero
SimCity
Nintendo 64
Super Mario 64
Sega Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog
Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Columns
Ecco the Dolphin
Gunstar Heroes
Space Harrier II
Toe Jam & Earl
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
TurboGrafx-16
Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run
Bomberman '93
Dungeon Explorer
And the recent update regarding new titles (including the previously mentioned n64 titles.)
http://wii.ign.com/articles/744/744751p1.html
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10. November 2006 @ 02:15 |
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Nintendo Wii will hit stores on the following regions after this amount of days:
European Union/New Zealand-28 Days
Australia-27 Days
North America-9 Days
Spain-29 Days
Japan-22 Days
*First Videos Of Call of Duty 3 for Wii avalible on Ign and you tube the graphics of the game MATCH!! the ones in the XBOX 360 version as reviewers say but i didnt belive that until I watched 2 videos one a wii and one a 360 video of the same level proof that it wasnt the same video played over?? They zoom out and you watch the guy play with the wii-mote and its still the same game and looks same who said that the wii wasnt capable of producing great visuals the game looks better then Red Steel
*Eb,Gamestop sell out of pre-orders
*Elebits due to hit stores late december announced today.
*It has been annoounced that some wii bundles that include games are being up to $120us overpriced but some are great value too like gamestops deal.
*Gamestop deal:The $694-dollar package will get you 6 games (Zelda: Twilight Princess, Trauma Center, Red Steel, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, etc), a 1GB SD Wii memory card, a second Wii controller, the console, and Wii Sports.
*Bust A move announced for the wii and is due January "07"
*Wii rayman raving rabbids fotage and review online on gamespot i dont know if its a review or preview LOL it has like a review but no scores but anywayz its on gamespot.com
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10. November 2006 @ 05:22 |
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I've read (as most of you have too, probably) that Walmart is doing a midnight release, but you have to get a ticket to stand in line that night. At 10:00pm Nov 18th, Walmart will start handing out tickets for the midnight release that night. There are only going to be 50 tickets per store, but that's not to say everyone who has a ticket will get a system. When you get your ticket on Nov 18th, show up at midnight and pick up and pay for your goods.
It's in this article on joystiq.com, another great source for gaming information.
http://httwww.joystiq.com/2006/11/04/rum...d-midnight-lau/
And if you don't get one at midnight, show up at your local Target an hour before it opens and you should find one there.
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11. November 2006 @ 12:25 |
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25 days till wii comes out in australia and im excited! But then who would not be?:)
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11. November 2006 @ 21:14 |
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In case anyone wanted to know how many Wiis will be available in their area, I found this map
Just type in your zipcode at the top. I found out that the Best Buy near
me will be getting 96!
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11. November 2006 @ 21:41 |
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Nintendo Wii will hit stores on the following regions after this amount of days:
European Union/New Zealand-26 Days
Australia-25 Days
North America-7 Days
Spain-27 Days
Japan-23 Days
*Regie Fils-Aime says that Things couldnt be looking any better for the wii and everything is running smooth with only 7 days to go there have been no problems.
*EB games Manager says if you havent Pre-Orderd By Now (The PS3 or WII) There is no need to show up on launch day as there will be none left.
*Wii Will not feature the Rumble when Playing a Virtual N64 game.
*This is what I ofund out today it is not posted anywhere In the Austrlain Xbox 360 magazine about halfway through they critisize the Wii and PS3 but Wii mostly how?
"We are very happy that this isnt us" And they have a pic of a ps3 but saying Xbox 360 and microsoft instead of Sony and PS3.
"Nintendo Wii is just Nothing compared to the 360 it does not have HD or DVD playback and teh controler isnt inovative its not even smart the price tag is 399.95 add a game to that and you could buy a 360 core system instaed."the games are much easier to and cheaper to make for the 360 and PS3" yeah when Dogs turn into cats.
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11. November 2006 @ 23:49 |
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The Biggest news for me so far have been that the Wii can match the 360's graphics in Call Of Duty 3 which I think is amazing and has proved to everyone that says the Wii cant perform that they are WRONG the only difference is that the Wii version runs at 480 and 360 at 1080 but so far in the videos theres no difference
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12. November 2006 @ 12:45 |
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Nintendo Wii will hit stores on the following regions after this amount of days:
European Union/New Zealand-25 Days
Australia-24 Days
North America-6 Days Dam Time is going fast.
Spain-26 Days
Japan-22 Days
*The Wii will be compatible of Quicktime Videos in any duration and at any quality as long as you have the memory to store it Via SD or USB MASS SOTRAGE device which means you can have a DVD quality Video with a running time of up to whatever you want 99.99.99 this is great for me this is better then the DVD player option I think alot would agree its much simpler and easier to use just converting and pasting to the Device rather then Copying DVD's.
*Nintendo Wii will be the world's quitest Optical Media based console ever made. Thank God the gamecube was pretty loud.
*Excite Truck will support custom soundtracks up to 100 songs can be played back in the game of the USB or SD.
*The Wii Mote will use the Time out system in which if you leave the controler inactive for 5-10min uit will disconect and when you push A it will connect and you are of again playing the game.
*Wii Sports in the Console package will come in a Cardboard sleve not a box.-The Horible news ive been waiting for.
*To fight back with Nintendo chossing to give a free game to show the controlers power the PS3 will include a copy of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby in Blu-ray format to show of Blu ray capabilities.
*Opera answers Wii browser questions in an interview HERE: http://www.nintendorevolution.ca/1112200...ndo_wii_browser
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12. November 2006 @ 17:28 |
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quicktime ,that is a nice little feature pretty cool ,oh and that time out feature sound good . I also think that was wrong about what that mag stated I think the Ps3 and Wii are more innovative then the 360 at least they have new controller styles (motion),the only thing that they changed was graphics ,style and shape , and on of button on the controller and a better xbox live . I think the Wii is gone make alot of people eat there words
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12. November 2006 @ 19:09 |
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I think thats why there doing it cause they are too worried that people are going to Ditch the 360 thats what they deserve for being smart asses and ealeasing it 1 1/2 years earlier.
That quicktime feature to me makes up for the Dvd lack and more than that alot more people are going to want to play Movies without discs at 480 or 576p.
But you know whats gay the Cardboard Wii sport box the could have given a proper dvd case now its going to stand out in my other cases except the 250 Backed up games LOL!
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13. November 2006 @ 00:57 |
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UPDATE FOR TODAY!!!
*It has been anounced that the Wii will be compatible with AVI format aswell as Quicktime WHOHO! @ 848x480 pixels which means I wont even convert for 95% of my videos how cool! If it were a choice between this or the DVD player i'd say this for sure.
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13. November 2006 @ 04:24 |
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13. November 2006 @ 10:51 |
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Can it read avi/quicktime from a cd/dvd disc, or only from a removable media source like SD or USB?
I'd rather be able to use DVD-R's for it, because the media is just so much cheaper, even if it isn't re-writable. Removable temporary storage just doesn't meet my personal needs.
Anyone know anything on this?
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13. November 2006 @ 18:34 |
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Only removable but i reckin rem storage is better well at leasrt for me I have 120gb extrernal hd
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14. November 2006 @ 15:52 |
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Interestingly enough, it seems Nintendo still has to say whether they're going to support usb drives. Please understand, I'm not talking about USB pen drives, I'm talking about an external drive enclosure with a usb cable. The reason it's different is because the external drive enclosure situation would require actual DRIVERS, unlike a simple USB pen drive or an SD card.
So far Nintendo hasn't actually stated support for this, unless I'm mistaken?
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14. November 2006 @ 23:01 |
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But isnt usb mass sotrage device all mass sotrage like in max media player ps2 i can use my Hardrive as a USB Mass storage to run music off it and put ps2 saves on it.
P.S. I will put news up in the next 3 hours
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14. November 2006 @ 23:26 |
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Nintendo Wii will hit stores on the following regions after this amount of days:
European Union/New Zealand-23 Days
Australia-22 Days
North America-4 Days Aprx. 82 hours Left.
Spain-24 Days
Japan-20 Days
*Nintendo Wii reviews are avalible with scores I will post some Ign ones for any one interests anyone.
Super Monkey Bannana Blitz
8.4/10.0
Zelda Twiglight Princess-still no Ign score but avearge press score is sorta crappy but anyways
7.6/10.0
Wii sports
7.5/10.0
If anyone wants others I just say the name and I will post.
*Excite Truck not hittig shelves ever in Australia-Bullcrap im importing for sure even if m the 1st one to test a modchip LOL I loved excite bike
*Nintendo wastes 200million us dollars on marketing.
*Nintendo Wii comercial to air tonight or tommorow in the US showing off the Wii-mote capabilites and media capabillities it runs for aprx.40sec
*Super Mario galaxy JAP release date- 31/12/2007 US-TBA LOL quite a while to wait im dissapointed there isnt a merio launch game every nintendo console I got had a mario game as its first game.
SNES-It came with it
N64-Super Mario 64 still my fave game of all time.
Gamecube-Mario Party 4 and 2 weeks later super mario sunshine
GBA-Super Mario advance 1
DS-Super Mario 64 DS
Wii-Wii Sport,Zelda,Redsteel ouuuuuu no mario LOL
*Ign says every Wii sport game besides bolwing,Golf needs polishing
*Nintendo Shares as of tonight have hit the highest in the history of the company because of the Wii and only 4 days before launch.
*First Line of Wii's areive at most US stores that ordered it for Sundays Launch.
*400,000 Wii units areive in japan-Im thinking its being manufactured in china now not japan cause it wouldnt have to arrive oh no LOL.
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15. November 2006 @ 02:59 |
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15. November 2006 @ 22:46 |
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Nintendo Wii will hit stores on the following regions after this amount of days:
European Union/New Zealand-22 Days
Australia-21 Days
North America-3 Days
Spain-23 Days
Japan-19 Days
*Nintendo Wows as they close no.1 share holder in the nikkei thanks to the Wii.
*Wii V 2.0 confirmed for Q2 2007 with dvd playback in all regions.
*Ad Reviewers in the US say that the Wii add is 3 times as good as the PS3 ad and that the Wii ad actually shows the Wii capabilites unlike sony's ad for the Playstation 3.
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16. November 2006 @ 08:40 |
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17. November 2006 @ 14:05 |
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Nintendo Wii will hit stores on the following regions after this amount of days/Hours:
European Union/New Zealand-20 Days
Australia-19 Days
North America-22 Hours
Spain-21 Days
Japan-17 Days
*Nintendo Wii ad Becomes You Tubes most watced video ever with 900,000 views over the past 48 hours.
*Miyamoto wanted to have the Wii sell at $100us from launch
*Wii Reviewers say that the Wii is far from being a kiddie toy maybe even so far that kids will be confused with how many menus it has and all the things you can do on it.
*Wii bets on exanding the gaming comunity by 2x what its now.
*Wii chanels to no launch until aprx a week or 2 after console that includes News,Weather,Chat,Web surfing as Nintendo needs time to set up their network.
*Excite Truck recives a Mediocore review from gamespot a 6.8 and said that its like excite bike and playing the game on Components makes the game look way to sharp.
*Nintendo lauching their officialy licsened Mp3 player for the DS on the same day that the Wii launches in the U.S
*Super Smash Bros Brwal suspected to launch in May 2007
*SanDisk will be producing the Wii Logoed SD cards saying that they are on different to normal ones but licssecnd by Nintendo Sizes Include 512mb,1gb,2gb prices start at $34.95 U.S for the 512mb.
P.S This might be my last update in this thread as the Wii launches Tommorow and everything will be known if anyone does want more news please post here saying it before Sunday in which ever region you live in.
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17. November 2006 @ 14:23 |
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Tomorrow? Tomorrow is Saturday, and it launches in the US Sunday, when does it launch in Japan?
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17. November 2006 @ 15:58 |
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You all can work it out stupid timezones how many hours is the US behind Australia Here its 1pm saturday
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18. November 2006 @ 01:14 |
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UPDATE!!!!
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Game Reviews!!
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1)
The Legend Of Zelda:Twighlight Princess 8.8 Great
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Ubisoft's Redsteel 5.5 Mediocre
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Trauma Center 2nd opinion 8.0 Great
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Super Monkey Ball Bannana Blitz 8.3 Great
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Excite Truck 6.8 Fair
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Rampage Total Destruction 5.1 Mediocre
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Overall The games are rated Correctly to me I am suprised at red Steel one of the most anticipated tittle getting 5.5 and I was dissapointed to find out that Zelda is text only no speech and no ochestra composed music but its been said that it will run in Dolby Pro Logic II so a bit relived at least it will sound alrightish I think rampage deserved 2.1 those games are gay and are getting on my nerves what people even play them??
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