[Definitive] Nintendo Wii Thread

[Amnesia]

people are just having fun and getting excited.

bless them.

i feel people think it's kiddy just because they heard someone else say it is.

It's a nice console. just needs a bit better backing.

I want my revolution!

[glitch409]

Maby we should just get this topic moved to Area 51 already :laugh:

If the rumors are true, I personally am on the edge on this one, it would be the best PR move ever. Even blowing ilovebees away.

[Erich]

If it's just an xbox with some funky controller, I doubt I'll get it.

[Erich]

lol just found this http://www.iloveflees.com/

EDIT: looks like some fanboy something or other, but it made me laugh.

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This happens at every nintendo console launch... Sometimes its fun, sometimes its annoying. Either case, it seems nintendo fanboys lose 80% of their IQ during this season.

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Sign me up on that list :happy:

Seriously, but Aries predictions have come through (most of it). There could be something to it. It's easy to belive it, but many takes it to far. It would be great if Nintendo have tricked us all.

[Lqv2015]

Either way, they have to get a great Mario game on their release debut. Don't let it happen again with Cube where a Mario wasn't seen for a year or so. And a great Mario game have to be something spectacular like a SMW or SM3 in 3D. It has to have a Dark world with Bowser & his 7 kids. Unlike Sunshine where even a few characters looked stupid. I admit I've never played Sunshine, cuz I was turned away from the cheezy theme of it. Let's hope they get the next Mario game right.

[glitch409]

lol just found this http://www.iloveflees.com/

EDIT: looks like some fanboy something or other, but it made me laugh.

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thats old, back when nintendo was releasing metriod prime around the time of halo 2. theres a bunch of domains out there like that

[Destian]

-bYtE,May 18 2005, 19:20]Sign me up on that list  :happy:

Seriously, but Aries predictions have come through (most of it). There could be something to it. It's easy to belive it, but many takes it to far. It would be great if Nintendo have tricked us all.

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Aries lost me when he said the controller would get "hot. Very hot." when walking through toxic gas.

Edit: http://iloveknees.com

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Who's "Aries"?

[Gamenews]

-bYtE,May 18 2005, 20:20]Sign me up on that list?:happy::

Seriously, but Aries predictions have come through (most of it). There could be something to it. It's easy to belive it, but many takes it to far. It would be great if Nintendo have tricked us all.

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https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=294044&hl=

Look at the date of this post, this was even before GDC Revolution information and all my predictions came true, with the exception of the unrevealed controller.

Does that make me an insider of the gaming industry? Or just a damn good guesser?

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https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=294044&hl=

Look at the date of this post, this was even before GDC Revolution information and all my predictions came true, with the exception of the unrevealed controller.

Does that make me an insider of the gaming industry? Or just a damn good guesser?

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No, that makes you someone who got banned and then rejoined. :rofl:

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https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=294044&hl=

Look at the date of this post, this was even before GDC Revolution information and all my predictions came true, with the exception of the unrevealed controller.

Does that make me an insider of the gaming industry? Or just a damn good guesser?

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Aries predictions where many times more precise than that though..

Anyway.. anyone seen this on Gamespots list?

12pm"A Man Called Reggie"

Jak X, Ratchet: Deadlocked,

& Our Favorite Nintendo VIP

Do Reggie have something for us? :)

[Gamenews]

No, that makes you someone who got banned and then rejoined.  :rofl:

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That too :D

[Destian]

what was that other nintendo thing a while back, "magaton" ??? or something people made up :laugh:

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This is nothing compared to the way people were acting over the "megaton." We all seriously lost our minds back then. I think a few people died.

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This is nothing compared to the way people were acting over the "megaton." We all seriously lost our minds back then. I think a few people died.

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I've heard stories about that :laugh:

[black.ops]

Possible Revolution titles:

http://img209.echo.cx/my.php?image=revgamese3df8bn.jpg

and

http://www.groups4u.com/T00440105773811.sync

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Notice the Nexus in the title? Most likely fake.

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Notice the Nexus in the title? Most likely fake.

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Notice the possible word in my post ;)

[Gamenews]

Notice the possible word in my post ;)

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Actually Nexus is a great name for the console. Like a virtual hub for everything. Remember that Iwata said, Flash onboard memory, internet and games =? Make your games? Edit your on games? Downloadable levels?

We already know you can download old nintendo games.

I like it, Nintendo Nexus. Sounds right. I know there was a fake concept art before with the Nexus title.

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Nintendo Nexus was a fake concept model.

[Gamenews]

Nintendo Nexus was a fake concept model.

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I just said that. Don't you read?

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Ok, here's a good roundup of Aries predictions and more.. Many interesting points here..

Yes, it's a long read, but it's worth your time. check it out.

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As the last words were spoken today at the Nintendo Press Conference, only one question was left in our mind…. So where’s the ‘Revolution’? Sure, the actual console was shown in physical form and some minor details were released, but was there anything truly revolutionary about what was shared. In the opinion of many conference attendees, the idea of being able to download 20 years of Nintendo content sounded utterly amazing. However, this new feature in no way creates the paradigm shift in gameplay that Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, had claimed there would be upon the introduction of the Revolution.

So what does this mean and how does it relate to this article? Well, as it now stands, there have been multiple rumors and speculations about what it is that makes the revolution so revolutionary. In this feature article, some of these topics are going to be discussed and dissected. Why you ask?... There has to be a reason why Nintendo hasn’t blown the cover on their Revolution and we at NintendoNow are here to uncover that; Nintendo isn’t going to simply watch as Sony and Microsoft spill the beans - there has to be something more!

While much of what is going to be discussed from here on out is complete speculation (so don’t take it as fact), some of it is just completely unexplainable! So let’s get down to business…

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About two weeks ago, a blog appeared on brokensaints.com that was meant to be a speculative posting about what Brooke Burgess, an industry insider, felt would be included in the Nintendo Revolution. Our forums began discussing this blog and many were convinced that what he said was true. It wasn’t until a few days later when a person on the blog going by the name of Aries, a man claiming to be a former Nintendo Employee, began posting everything he knew. At this point, the blog exploded with excited Nintendo fans hoping and dreaming that all of what Aires said would become fact. If you’d like to read these postings for yourself, head to our forums

So that’s all good and dandy, right? Some guy claims to be a former Nintendo Employee and everyone believes him...but doesn’t it seem odd that his credibility went undisputed? Well, it actually was. In fact, Matt Casamassina of cube.ign.com had a lot to say about why he felt Aries was completely bogus. He claimed that nobody but people as high up in the Nintendo company rank as Reggie himself could have access to information such as what Aries provided. Nonetheless, GameSpot had a quite different take on what was said. In their conclusion to one of their rumor related assessments, it was said that only E3 could let us know for sure; they weren’t even able to disprove anything that Aries said. The more interesting part about GameSpot’s article, however, is that it linked to our forums here at NintendoNow (link shown above). Many people were going to the actual Broken Saints blog to see Aries’ prophecies, but somehow, NintendoNow truly put it on the map and GameSpot noticed this.

Do I smell a Nintendo/IGN conspiracy? IGN/GameSpy did just become Nintendo’s online provider just days ago. Could this mean Matt was doing a little cover-up, or just playing along in an elaborate scheme of elusive Nintendo advertising?

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And here’s where it gets interesting!

The following are excerpts from actual Aries posts:

“Another thing I forgot to mention was on the backward compatibility;

apparently the Nintendo’s new console will be able to play the games

from past consoles such as GC, N64, SNES, and yes NES. I believe this

feature shall intrigue many people out there and could possibly lead to

what I call “New Classics” so look forward to that. For now I have to

seriously catch some shut eye E3 will be here soon enough.” -Aries

Is this not EXACTLY what was talked about today in Nintendo’s Press Conference? How could some random individual know about Nintendo’s 20 year content plan for backwards compatibility 2 weeks prior to the actual Nintendo Conference?

This wasn’t the only piece of information Aries stated would happen and actually did. For one, he got the wireless controllers, Super Smash Revolution Online, and more. He even mentioned Square-Enix and their strong liking of what Nintendo had in store for us in the near future, and a little over a week later, a quote from Youichi Wada, president of Square-Enix said this: (The original article can be found here)

“It gives the image of taking the real world seamlessly into the virtual world," he said. "the means of building a community will be completely different, and support and services will also change." -Wada

"What increased our interest further, is that the next step is already being prepared for Revolution. [Nintendo's networking plan is] not just a portable, not just a console -- it's exactly what we wanted in that it's the birth of a completely new platform." -Wada

"From here on, we'll have to challenge ourselves with content in response to what Nintendo offers. We would like to give strong support." –Wada

Again, an Aries Prediction came true…but here is what is most intriguing:

“I’m not going to give out the secret. It’s going to be very fun; wait

until E3. Nintendo is going to roll out a trojan horse: something that

looks innocent and weak and them bam, it will be unveiled. Just don’t

make up your mind on the first day of E3.

My credibility will be proven on May 19th. I have already given you a

hint about what will happen in the next few weeks. Pay close attention

to some of the Nintendo related stories that will begin to pop up. So

far, many have already been reported. Pay attention. And on the 19th,

don’t automatically try to write me off. There is a big suprise in

store for everyone. I’ve said that 100 times, but I can’t stress it

enough.” -Aries

What does this mean? If you believe that Aries is telling the truth, then it means we’ve got much more to be excited about coming up on the 19th.

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Not satisfied yet, NintendoNow did a little more searching and one of our Execs here at E-mpire created a thread about his conspiracy theories. He had this to say:

“I mean, not to get too much hopes up or anything, but just about EVERYTHING the real Aries was claiming, has come true up to this point. Ok, there were some things that didn’t fit in exactly, but hey…don’t forget he only worked for Nintendo till 2004 (IF in fact he did). Even the disappointment right now was predicted by him. He also mentioned the prank Nintendo would pull on us this E3 and that we’d all get punk’d just like in the movie “The Game”.

But that’s not all of it. Right before the press conference, there were four short clips on the Nintendo.com website which would be activated when trying to click on something. It showed some people in discussion on how they would fill in their E3 showing. So they got to talk about the press conference on tuesday and some party on wednesday, and then they still got something planned for thursday and friday which they wouldn’t elaborate about, saying we “have to wait”. One of the clips also showed Reggie saying: “don’t make me do it! I’ll take your name.” and the last one showing a frowning WT F?!-like face.” –Mach (E-mpire Exec)

To view this thread, click here.

So wait. Now Nintendo themselves are doing some crazy stuff? It would seem so, apparently.

Nintendo has said themselves many times now that they would be showcasing something about Mario 128. Have they yet?... NO!

And now, a short clip is posted on the main Nintendo website claiming there to be something more to come on Thursday and Friday (19th anyone), but it’s suddenly taken down? Seems fishy if you ask me.

There’s even more, though! Look on the Nintendo main website and on the front page you will see an image with a sign including, in bold letters, “Nintendo Now”. The image doesn’t link to anything (as they wouldn’t technically be able to link to us) and has no explanation. This makes us here at NintendoNow quite intrigued and puzzled to be honest. Is Nintendo trying to pull an advertisement campaign akin to recent viral campaigns? Are they trying to direct their readers to our forums because of our putting the Aries issue on the map?

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While the Aries and Nintendo main site rumors are interesting, everyone is talking about the latest Revolution Mock-Up Video. (What's funny is that IGN was the only main site to host it... coincidence?) If you have yet to see this masterpiece, below is a link to the video:

Mock-Up Video From IGN

Initially, many people were astounded by the professionalism that went in to creating such an amazing video; the huge Mario Castle created out of thousands of tiny Mario castles alone was a technical feat only a skilled professional could pull off. Eventually, however, it was brushed off as a fake and merely a cool watch for Nintendo fans to hopelessly ponder. But is there more to the video than most people think?

Just this last week, Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs, Perrin Kaplan released a few details before the actual E3 conference stating that the console would be “very, very sleek.” While this may be a coincidence, does it not seem odd that in this Mock-Up video appears the words “the most sleek”?

Today at the Nintendo Press Conference was something even more astonishing. Reggie Fils-Aime mentioned multiple times that we all need to think with our “Right Brain”. A comment such as this isn’t very common, but for some reason also appears in the video as the name of the headset: “The Brain”.

Does this mean that the video may be a part of a possible elaborate marketing plan? Who knows…we’ll just have to wait!

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While I must reiterate the fact that all of the previous comments are based on speculation, one can only wonder how all of these tidbits of information seem to come together quite comprehensively. Only time will tell the truth, but be rest assured that NintendoNow will be sticking around the Nintendo booth quite religiously come this Thursday.

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Here is some more from the site:

Earlier today we posted our Damage Control rumor article, which took a deep look at the pre-E3 rumblings produced by the enigmatic forum character Aries. Many of his prophecies concerning Nintendo's next-generation system came to fruition, and this sparked the interest of the staff here at Nintendo Now.

Now, the investigative reporters here at NNOW have stumbled onto something else. While earlier we proposed that the Revolution could indeed be playable at E3 this year, we've sniffed out and dug up further evidence that corroborates this assumption. Check out the exerpt below, taken from the end of a Nintendo Power E3 column posted on Nintendo's own website:

"Word has it a secret alcove can be found deeper within the creature which houses the precious Nintendo Revolution. But gaining access to the Shangri-la of tomorrow’s video game generation is to remain an electronic dream." (source)

The above quote refers to a purported secret area deep within the official Nintendo E3 booth. Is this just a joke issued by the Nintendo Power staff, or is it an outright confirmation that Revolution will be playable come...well, perhaps the 19th, which was the date of a special Nintendo event/unveiling originally prophesized by Aries?

Perhaps most intriguing of all: Why is the domain www.nintendoon.com registered, when "Nintendo On" was supposedly just the name of a disingenious mock-up of Nintendo's new system, featured in an "entirely fake" video released days before E3?

Why does the domain redirect visitors to IGN's article on the Nintendo On video?

And why is the domain registered to a Reginald F.??

Keep in mind that all this is in no way confirmed news, and is still but speculation. Is this all someone's idea of a joke? Stay with NNOW for more.

Source:

http://nintendonow.com/index.ph p?categoryid=27&m_articles_start=&m_articles_articleid=2635&com_action

=displaycomments#comments

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-}x0{- reveals next generation Samus game.

Iwata says:

-attachable Small movie and !OTHER DVD CONTENT! player

-wireless technology on controllers. Controllers VERY unique and will be shared LATER (date

unspecified!)

-The game EXPERIENCE will most seperate Rev from any other system.

-In new Metroid, Samus will TAKE YOU places you NEVER seen before

-THE KEY: not what you'll be playing, but HOW you'll be playing

-Just like the game elektroplankton on DS, the REV will spawn many new ideas and establish

many new genres/ types of games

I say:

If you combine the idea of one of Nintendo's patents (capturing an image from a digital camera and automatically putting it in the game as a model) and combine it with that information and the picture below, I am thinking the new Metroid game will be Samus training YOU as a sidekick. Since the controllers will be SO immersive it will feel like shes actually taking YOU to different worlds.

The ghost head represents the head that will be replaced with your image.

I really think Nintendo is gonna make the games incorporate the USER as a character in the story rather than controlling a random main character.

http://corral.elrellano.com/Nintendo_On-05.jpg

Edited May 19, 2005 by Joel

[Gamenews]

I didnt see any posts with dates, I just saw a sum up of a liar that could be well be itself fabricated.

Show me the actual posts.

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Also I believe the CD drives in the "Brain" in the Nintendo ON system is only symbolic. Look how the visor rests on the brain. There is a left side, and a right side. This symbolizes the human head. There are even humps for the visor to rest on (ears).

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Resize the image man...