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GaMeZrUlE
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16. June 2006 @ 07:27 |
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Will they have little discs again like the gamecube because the said something about no regular dvd's playable
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16. June 2006 @ 10:47 |
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not sure but personally i hope they go with dvd's as surley u can get more data on a dvd than those little discs, plus u wud be able to watch films as well which wud be a bonus
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16. June 2006 @ 12:08 |
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Believe it or not those are dvdrs
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16. June 2006 @ 12:47 |
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lol didnt know that, cud u fit 4.7gig of data on them like norm dvd's as well
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16. June 2006 @ 16:05 |
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For the Wii games they will be regular DVDs but you can also play the Mini-DVD Gamecube games in the same drive.
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16. June 2006 @ 16:19 |
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cool the wii sounds better an better all the time
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16. June 2006 @ 18:52 |
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since the Wii's games are going to be on regulaer sized DVDs, and also play GC games on mini DVD's, do you think the Wii will be able to load backup copies of GC games? Since backups are on DVDs (regular or mini), the Wii shouldnt have a problem reading them, correct?
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17. June 2006 @ 03:28 |
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hmm not sure aba the wii loadin gc backups surley it wud need sum kind of mod be4 thats possible, but maybe wen that point comes then it shud be possible
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Nelson419
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17. June 2006 @ 07:25 |
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cool the wii sounds better an better all the time
The Wii is sounding better and better because it plays regular dvd's? You must not have high expectations, the PS2 has been doing this for what, 6-7 years now??
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17. June 2006 @ 07:31 |
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yeah but nintendo have always been cartridge or those little discs, so its an improvement for them, so it is soundin better
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17. June 2006 @ 09:26 |
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The Wii is sounding better and better because it plays regular dvd's? You must not have high expectations, the PS2 has been doing this for what, 6-7 years now??
Yes, true. But the Wii will play 2 different types of discs ( DVD vs. Mini-DVD ) in the same optical drive. This is a first in console history.
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17. June 2006 @ 17:59 |
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sully_2u : The ps3 will play blu-ray and dvd's.So I wouldn't say it's a first if they are coming out the same time.Besides that xbox 360 and ps2 are backwards compatible without having to play 2 different formats.
shauntay : hi,Didn't the gamecube have a dvd drive add on?I mean that wouldn't help for games but for movies it was available.
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17. June 2006 @ 19:22 |
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sully_2u : The ps3 will play Blu-ray and dvd's.So I wouldn't say it's a first if they are coming out the same time.Besides that xbox 360 and ps2 are backwards compatible without having to play 2 different formats
I meant the diffeerent Discs. DVD are 12cm right? and the Mini Dvd's are 8cm. Wii will beable to handle both of these different discs with one drive. You cannot stick a Mini Disc in a xbox or ps2 and expect it to play it.
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17. June 2006 @ 19:29 |
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I suggested over in the GameCube forums that maybe the Max Drive Pro trick would work with the Nintendo Wii to boot backup GameCube games. They thought I was crazy, but I believe if the Wii boots GameCube games and has GameCube memory card ports, there is a chance that this same trick will work, booting GCOS 1.5 or whatever and launching the backup game.
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17. June 2006 @ 20:33 |
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"You cannot stick a Mini Disc in a xbox or ps2 and expect it to play it."
hi, sully well a mini-disc would fit in an xbox or ps2 it's just they didn't use them That's why it won't work.You can't stick any game from a console into a different console and expect it to work.Your right about the sizes of coarse.
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17. June 2006 @ 21:14 |
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Well, even if you did put a ps2 game on one of the mini-discs, i don't think the ps2 would read it right. ( I could be wrong, plz tell me if i am ). Otherwise Nintendo would be lying to us, and Nintendo doesn't seem like the company that would do that to it's consumers.
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17. June 2006 @ 23:07 |
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oh I got ya now.You mean the position of the lazer eye in the optical drive would not read a mini disc because of it's smaller size.Well I dunno.But again it's just cause sony and ms didn't use em.From a hardware standpoint I know it could read em if sony and ms wanted that from the beginning.
No no no... Nintendo is a great company as you know.They never lie purposely to deceive people.Why did nintendo say it couldn't be done?Just wandering why you say "Otherwise nintendo would be lying to us."
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18. June 2006 @ 04:06 |
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btw isnt the 360 only backwards compatible wen u buy the more exspensive version with the hard drive, also didnt know aba the dvd add on for the gamecube
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18. June 2006 @ 04:33 |
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"btw isnt the 360 only backwards compatible wen u buy the more exspensive version with the hard drive"
I think so...I should have clarified which 360 I was talking about.
"also didnt know aba the dvd add on for the gamecube"
Come to think about your right this old crusty link shows the hybrid but dunno about an add on.I could have sworn I heard about a gcs dvd add on though.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2808796.html?sid=2808796&sid=2808796
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18. June 2006 @ 04:39 |
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18. June 2006 @ 05:56 |
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yeah I remember that I don't even have to look at the link It was being touted as ps 2.5 but your right it flopped.I think that was the case with the gamecube hydrid too.
I think japanese are more technically oriented and that there the only folks that would buy this stuff.That said it did look cool.The price was probably the reason it flopped I remember that psx was like 600 bucks back then.Thanks for the insight glad you corrected me back there.
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18. June 2006 @ 08:15 |
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I meant that Nintendo must be telling the truth about being the Wii being the first console to play 2 different sizes of discs in one optical drive
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19. June 2006 @ 05:23 |
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@Shauntay The mini-DVDs are sort of like a dvd with the outer 2cm cut off, so they can only hold around 1.4GB (just a little info since the question was asked earlier)
As for playing DVD video on the Wii, I believe Nintendo said that you would have to buy an accessory to play DVD video (probably a hardware piece with the dvd video codecs on it)
It's pretty neat that the Wii will be able to play GCN games. I didn't buy a Game Cube, but there were a few games I saw that I would have liked to play. Now maybe I'll be able to buy them cheap and play them on my Wii ^_^
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19. June 2006 @ 06:44 |
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@Cantide thanks for the info, im glad there usin full dvd's as they will have more space for data so shud help with the quality of the games
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19. June 2006 @ 14:29 |
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"As for playing DVD video on the Wii, I believe Nintendo said that you would have to buy an accessory to play DVD video (probably a hardware piece with the dvd video codecs on it) "
So you remember that too.I knew I wasn't crazy lol.To bad ya can't find it anywhere I think there wern't many of em so there rare.
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