[Definitive] Nintendo Wii Thread

[Gamenews]

i watched the video and i don't know if i like the overall revolution concept or not. :(

heres my problem with it.

i have this huge collection of NES games. I like to keep playing them. but i would not like to re-buy these titles.

this summer i spent $150 at EB Games buying N64 accessories and games. I enjoy the N64 very much so.

now.. i just spent that much on N64 equipment and have so huge of a collection. They just expect me to cough up the cash to buy their games online. I'm sorry but that is innapropriate.

What I believe they should do is have a promotion where we can mail in our N64/NES games and they will add all these great titles to a Nintendo online account. We log in via Revolution Live and we can start playing our NES / N64 games.

I do not want to re-buy all my great titles. I do not want to keep all my old systems (they take too much room). But this idea confuses me.

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Well I sold all my old nintendo consoles and the games, and I love the idea. It's not nintendo's fault that you kept the old games. If you have the old games, then surely you have the old console too, play them on that!

[macrosslover]

Sony and Nintendo are trying to catch up to what?? A console that lost billions, has medicore sales, and never even got its foot in the door in Japan?? What its online service that has like 2 million suscribers out of 20 million consoles?? Yea Sony and Nintendo are sure falling behind to a successful console.

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Yeah that's 2 million more than Nintendo has. You mention that xbox has virtually no market in Japan, yet it still leads Gamecube in overall worldwide sales. It amazes me Nintendo fans are quick to quote that but don't look on that flip side that proves how pathetic a showing Gamecube has had this generation. Your closest competitor only has 2 out of the 3 markets yet you still can't surpass them in sales.

[Dacracka]

I believe that it's too early in the race to decide on what system is going to dominate and what system is going to be left in the dust. Yet, watching the Press Confrence this morning, Nintendo seemed to be lagging a bit. All the "Revolution" was, was a black box with a blue LED. On the PS3 and XBOX 360 front, they had technical demos, games, ect. announced for the system. Nintendo only showed this black box prototype. And thats it. I DID however find it awsome that over 20 years of Nintendo content downloadable (i.e. Super Mario RPG on my Revolution = sweet). Yet then I think, big whoop. I can do that right now on my PC or spend a few bucks on an XBOX modchip and do that right now and not have to wait until 2006. Now don't get me wrong, I love Nintendo and it's hardware but they really blew it on the Press Confrence showing. That's great that we've seen SOMETHING, but it's still too early to get excited about it. Also, do we REALLY need another revamp of the GBA? I bought a GBA, I don't need another hash of a now outdated handheld. I'd rather spend the money on DS or PSP software. I know it seems like im just bashing on a company that revolutionized the Video Game Industry to begin with, but I'm not. I guess Nintendo is perhaps keeping quiet on everything. Or do they really have nothing to show at this E3? But like they said on G4, are we really going to care when they FINALLY show us what the controller and finished product looks like in the later months? I dont think so, NOW was the time to get the consumer excited. I believe in a couple months it might just be too late.

[IK47]

I said it's absurd not to support wireless connectivity standard.

I correct myself on the PS3 front.  The specs thread says that PS3 will have the ability to connect to a wireless network.  I suppose now someone will come by and tell me that the Xbox360 has wireless too  :blush:

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It does. look at the ourcolony video. they mention the radio bay for wifi.

[Am_I_Evil]

Japan Console Sales, Week by Week....most current sales at last page (obviously)

http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=8272

[macrosslover]

I believe that it's too early in the race to decide on what system is going to dominate and what system is going to be left in the dust. Yet, watching the Press Confrence this morning, Nintendo seemed to be lagging a bit. All the "Revolution" was, was a black box with a blue LED. On the PS3 and XBOX 360 front, they had technical demos, games, ect. announced for the system. Nintendo only showed this black box prototype. And thats it. I DID however find it awsome that over 20 years of Nintendo content downloadable (i.e. Super Mario RPG on my Revolution = sweet). Yet then I think, big whoop. I can do that right now on my PC or spend a few bucks on an XBOX modchip and do that right now and not have to wait until 2006. Now don't get me wrong, I love Nintendo and it's hardware but they really blew it on the Press Confrence showing. That's great that we've seen SOMETHING, but it's still too early to get excited about it. Also, do we REALLY need another revamp of the GBA? I bought a GBA, I don't need another hash of a now outdated handheld. I'd rather spend the money on DS or PSP software. I know it seems like im just bashing on a company that revolutionized the Video Game Industry to begin with, but I'm not. I guess Nintendo is perhaps keeping quiet on everything. Or do they really have nothing to show at this E3? But like they said on G4, are we really going to care when they FINALLY show us what the controller and finished product looks like in the later months? I dont think so, NOW was the time to get the consumer excited. I believe in a couple months it might just be too late.

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i agree, Nintendo had a golden opportunity to grab people by the balls this time around and frankly they blew it. Maybe they can wait till later in the year before they reveal theif full hand, but why would you even risk that when you know the eyes of the industry and consumers are exclusively on this event, it's just crazy.

[Gamenews]

i agree, Nintendo had a golden opportunity to grab people by the balls this time around and frankly they blew it.  Maybe they can wait till later in the year before they reveal theif full hand, but why would you even risk that when you know the eyes of the industry and consumers are exclusively on this event, it's just crazy.

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Nintendo has another game convention in japan, called Spaceworld. I think that is when they will reveal everything.

The biggest problem with nintendo is not its hardware, its not its software, its not their financial status. It's that Nintendo of America is so overly dependant on Nintendo of Japan. This is not the way how it suppose to be. Both branches should have certain amount of autonomy. US gamers are not Japanese gamers and vice versa. Nintendo of America has to appeal and prioritize their marketing of games SOLEY for US market.

[Laughing-Man]

Yeah that's 2 million more than Nintendo has. You mention that xbox has virtually no market in Japan, yet it still leads Gamecube in overall worldwide sales.  It amazes me Nintendo fans are quick to quote that but don't look on that flip side that proves how pathetic a showing Gamecube has had this generation.  Your closest competitor only has 2 out of the 3 markets yet you still can't surpass them in sales.

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Xbox is almost equally as pathetic as GameCube I guess, except it didn't lose billions:

Worldwide

PlayStation 2 - 81.39 million

Xbox - 19.9 million

GameCube - 18.03 million

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i agree, Nintendo had a golden opportunity to grab people by the balls this time around and frankly they blew it.  Maybe they can wait till later in the year before they reveal theif full hand, but why would you even risk that when you know the eyes of the industry and consumers are exclusively on this event, it's just crazy.

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Nintendo didn't intend showing much of the Revolution this year. They said so last year. But on E3 2006 they will reveal all the jucy stuff ;)

[Laughing-Man]

You nayers we'll be owned by this console.

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Oh it is going to be much more worse then that. They are going to be pwned by Shiggy himself!

[Dacracka]

i agree, Nintendo had a golden opportunity to grab people by the balls this time around and frankly they blew it.  Maybe they can wait till later in the year before they reveal theif full hand, but why would you even risk that when you know the eyes of the industry and consumers are exclusively on this event, it's just crazy.

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Exactly. Even though Microsoft had a not-so-sturdy Press Confrence, with all kinds of marketing mistakes, they still had SOMETHING to show us. They had footage of what they were planning to bring and basically saying "Here it is, GO for it.". After watching the Nintendo Press Confrence, I basically said to myself "Okay you're saying this and this is comming, and that you plan to do this and that, but you have nothing for me to run up to my friends and go crazy for." And why should I trust their apparently "HUGE" online front when a couple years ago, Nintendo was firm about believing in the "Neighborhood" experiance? I'm afraid that unfortunately, Nintendo may become the next SEGA, and I'll see Mario on my PS3. I just want Nintendo "Revolutionize" me to the point where I choose their system over the other two.

EDIT: [X]-bYtE you may be right. Yet by E3 2006, I should have my hands on XBOX 360 and PS3

[Am_I_Evil]

Nintendo didn't intend showing much of the Revolution this year. They said so last year. But on E3 2006 they will reveal all the jucy stuff ;)

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exactly....Revolution isn't coming out until late next year....why in the hell should they lay all their cards on the table this early....

Microsoft just released 360 info...and its coming out this year....and Sony just released all this info to try and compete with Microsoft....i think Nintendo is being smart in waiting...

sure it sucks for us to possibly have to wait a year for more information, but in the long run Nintendo is making a smart move by not revealing everything this early....

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I just want Nintendo "Revolutionize" me to the point where I choose their system over the other two.

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That's what E3 2006 is for...

[Laughing-Man]

Exactly. Even though Microsoft had a not-so-sturdy Press Confrence, with all kinds of marketing mistakes, they still had SOMETHING to show us. They had footage of what they were planning to bring and basically saying "Here it is, GO for it.". After watching the Nintendo Press Confrence, I basically said to myself "Okay you're saying this and this is comming, and that you plan to do this and that, but you have nothing for me to run up to my friends and go crazy for." And why should I trust their apparently "HUGE" online front when a couple years ago, Nintendo was firm about believing in the "Neighborhood" experiance? I'm afraid that unfortunately, Nintendo may become the next SEGA, and I'll see Mario on my PS3. I just want Nintendo "Revolutionize" me to the point where I choose their system over the other two.

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If you are suprised that Nintendo didn't show much you have must have had amnesia for the last 20 years. They are the most tight lipped company in existance and they randomly release information when they feel like it. And I didn't realize the E3 is over yet...

[SonComet]

I believe that it's too early in the race to decide on what system is going to dominate and what system is going to be left in the dust. Yet, watching the Press Confrence this morning, Nintendo seemed to be lagging a bit. All the "Revolution" was, was a black box with a blue LED. On the PS3 and XBOX 360 front, they had technical demos, games, ect. announced for the system. Nintendo only showed this black box prototype. And thats it. I DID however find it awsome that over 20 years of Nintendo content downloadable (i.e. Super Mario RPG on my Revolution = sweet). Yet then I think, big whoop. I can do that right now on my PC or spend a few bucks on an XBOX modchip and do that right now and not have to wait until 2006. Now don't get me wrong, I love Nintendo and it's hardware but they really blew it on the Press Confrence showing. That's great that we've seen SOMETHING, but it's still too early to get excited about it. Also, do we REALLY need another revamp of the GBA? I bought a GBA, I don't need another hash of a now outdated handheld. I'd rather spend the money on DS or PSP software. I know it seems like im just bashing on a company that revolutionized the Video Game Industry to begin with, but I'm not. I guess Nintendo is perhaps keeping quiet on everything. Or do they really have nothing to show at this E3? But like they said on G4, are we really going to care when they FINALLY show us what the controller and finished product looks like in the later months? I dont think so, NOW was the time to get the consumer excited. I believe in a couple months it might just be too late.

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Wow, I agree completely. I was cringing when he pulled out that gba micro. I just thought to myself "how out of touch are they?" Everyone there was probably waiting and hoping for the true next-gen gameboy, but we got a microscopic zilch. Owell, as sad as that was the revolution made me even more angry. They pretty much showed us absolutely nothing, nothing at all. The console wasn't even final, it was a prototype that was going to get smaller before release. I liked how it looked, but since it's a prototype like the first DS was then its probably gonna look different at next year's E3 anyways. So now I have to ask "Why did they even bother?" If they are truly going to do something revolutionary with there games that only their hardware could support then there is absolutely NO reason to not show it now. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are basically finalized and therefore if the revolution is on the hardware level, then I highly doubt that they could copy nintendo. As far as I'm concerned the revolution at this point is a major heart-breaking fizzle. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are offering numerous revolutionary changes to consoles and the games appearing on them. Nintendo seems more like a backwards compatible bleh at this point. I am just so angry at them (since I truly want nintendo to do well) that if they don't show us some games/demos/the final design (I don't care if nothing is in the plastic shell just reveal the real smaller non-prototype design already)/the controller then if it weren't for my unnatural obsession with the Zelda franchise I would avoid the console out of sheer disgust for there business practices. I skipped 2 classes to watch the press conference and quite frankly sleeping in class would have been less of a waste of my time, lol. Sorry, I was just at work all day and I needed to vent some built up frustration with nintendo and their "We keep even boring things secrets so that people don't copy our horrible innovations (like the water pack in mario sunshine that they feared was so brilliant it would be copied)"

So here's hoping that at next years E3 we get some tech specs that are on par with the other two consoles and maybe some tech demoes, and I pray game footage before the games come out (or would that reveal all of the games' precious secrets?). Maybe I should just not know anything about the console until I buy it? (If they revealed the tech specs or anything while I was at work then I take back that gripe, but I am still a mad once nintendo fanboy that likes nintendo even though he plays both other consoles much more, lol.

Edit: I knew that they were going to show us next to nothing. BUT... BUT if you remember the gcn debut they showed next to nothing aswell. Although that next to nothing revealed detailed specs and a reel of demo footage, and the real and not prototype design for the console.

[TmasterT]

Power has nothing to do with gameplay. Personally, I hate 20 minute cut-scenes. Let me play the damn game! :p

People said the GC was inferior also, and IMO it wasn't at all. Games still looked great and played great.

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i kind of agree. graphics dont matter, to a certain extent, as long as the game play is excelleng. some GC games are really fun. but the again, some arent.

[Am_I_Evil]

Exactly. Even though Microsoft had a not-so-sturdy Press Confrence, with all kinds of marketing mistakes, they still had SOMETHING to show us. They had footage of what they were planning to bring and basically saying "Here it is, GO for it.". After watching the Nintendo Press Confrence, I basically said to myself "Okay you're saying this and this is comming, and that you plan to do this and that, but you have nothing for me to run up to my friends and go crazy for." And why should I trust their apparently "HUGE" online front when a couple years ago, Nintendo was firm about believing in the "Neighborhood" experiance? I'm afraid that unfortunately, Nintendo may become the next SEGA, and I'll see Mario on my PS3. I just want Nintendo "Revolutionize" me to the point where I choose their system over the other two.

EDIT: [X]-bYtE you may be right. Yet by E3 2006, I should have my hands on XBOX 360 and PS3

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of course Microsoft showed something....their console is being released this year....

Nintendo's isn't released until next year....IMO it was smart to hold most info on Revolution back until a later point....

EDIT: isn't the PS3 also coming out next year....most likely around Christmas if they were smart....so why would you have that by the next E3....they only showed so much info. to show their huge E-Penis and talk about how much better than the 360 it will be....

[Laughing-Man]

of course Microsoft showed something....their console is being released this year....

Nintendo's isn't released until next year....IMO it was smart to hold most info on Revolution back until a later point....

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Exactly, let Sony and MS fight over who has the bigger package at this E3 show. Then next year before the release, "wow" everyone with whatever they are hiding. Why share the spotlight with two other systems when they can have it for themselves next year? The information about Zelda today was even enough for me, they could have ended it right there for all I care.

[SonComet]

of course Microsoft showed something....their console is being released this year....

Nintendo's isn't released until next year....IMO it was smart to hold most info on Revolution back until a later point....

EDIT: isn't the PS3 also coming out next year....most likely around Christmas if they were smart....so why would you have that by the next E3....they only showed so much info. to show their huge E-Penis and talk about how much better than the 360 it will be....

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I disagree. They needed to show us something. Maybe they were afraid that the revolution wouldn't receive enough time in the lime light if they showed us everything in the same week as the PS3 and Xbox 360 appeared. But I feel that by not showing us enough now, not even as much as they showed of the gcn, that people are just going to lose interest in it. Next year sony and microsoft are gonna pull out the big guns again, and I am betting a barrage of 2nd gen 360 and PS3 games that truly begin to take advantage of what each console offers will prove to be much more competition for nintendo than some launch titles and graphics demos.

[x-byte]

So here's hoping that at next years E3 we get some tech specs that are on par with the other two consoles and maybe some tech demoes, and I pray game footage before the games come out (or would that reveal all of the games' precious secrets?).? Maybe I should just not know anything about the console until I buy it?? (If they revealed the tech specs or anything while I was at work then I take back that gripe, but I am still a mad once nintendo fanboy that likes nintendo even though he plays both other consoles much more, lol.

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All specs will most curtanly be shown at E3 2006. Next year the next next gen console war starts! Iwata said that when we see the graphics, we'll say: wow!. That's enough for me anyway. Revolution will get great titles and offer great entertainment for sure.

[Dacracka]

of course Microsoft showed something....their console is being released this year....

Nintendo's isn't released until next year....IMO it was smart to hold most info on Revolution back until a later point....

EDIT: isn't the PS3 also coming out next year....most likely around Christmas if they were smart....so why would you have that by the next E3....they only showed so much info. to show their huge E-Penis and talk about how much better than the 360 it will be....

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Im not saying that Nintendo is trying to compete with Sony and Microsoft. I don't believe that the power of the PS3 or XBOX 360 can fit into a console that is "3 DVD cases" tall. Nintendo has ALWAYS been about innovation. And thats what they're sticking to. Sony said "Spring 2006". By E3 2006, the tech demos and early demos of the new games that are comming to the Revolution will be stomped by the released consoles. You guys are getting me wrong, I WANT Nintendo to do it right. Im sure that's exactly what they are doing, but by next year, Im afraid the hype and anticipation wont be there for Nintendo. I believe next year, the consumer focus will be on software and not hardware. THIS was the year to wow us.

[SonComet]

Im not saying that Nintendo is trying to compete with Sony and Microsoft. I don't believe that the power of the PS3 or XBOX 360 can fit into a console that is "3 DVD cases" tall. Nintendo has ALWAYS been about innovation. And thats what they're sticking to. Sony said "Spring 2006". By E3 2006, the tech demos and early demos of the new games that are comming to the Revolution will be stomped by the released consoles. You guys are getting me wrong, I WANT Nintendo to do it right. Im sure that's exactly what they are doing, but by next year, Im afraid the hype and anticipation wont be there for Nintendo. I believe next year, the consumer focus will be on software and not hardware. THIS was the year to wow us.

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Someone who thinks like me :). Hopefully nintendo sees some of what people are saying in all of these threads and decides to debut something over the next couple of days, heh.

[Dark_INk]

the new Zelda game is a GC game....

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thank god! *whew* thx :)

worrinessing over.

(it was a real disappointment when rare's dino planet was pushed to the gc and titled starfox adventures. - just wondering if they were about to pull a similar stunt.)

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People.. E3 hasn't even startet. Who knows, mabye Nintendo have a few surprises for us yet... But don't get your hopes up ;)

[Acezo]

Exactly. Even though Microsoft had a not-so-sturdy Press Confrence, with all kinds of marketing mistakes, they still had SOMETHING to show us. They had footage of what they were planning to bring and basically saying "Here it is, GO for it.". After watching the Nintendo Press Confrence, I basically said to myself "Okay you're saying this and this is comming, and that you plan to do this and that, but you have nothing for me to run up to my friends and go crazy for."...

EDIT: [X]-bYtE you may be right. Yet by E3 2006, I should have my hands on XBOX 360 and PS3

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I agree, but that's how I feel about each company. All 3's press conferences have severely disappointed me, and I was hoping this year to be the best (yeah I know, the real show hasn't even started yet). Sony showed basically jack crap when it came to real PS3 games, Microsoft didn't show us anything we didn't know about 5 nights ago, and I was expecting Nintendo to show me a revolution, not just THE revolution.

Next year should be a good one though, as Nintendo will be geared up for launch, and Sony might already be launched and we'll see what's to come (Y)