The Nintendo Wii

[sv650s]

in my twisted little mind the only good nintendo console was the 64........but till i can find one and every single james bond game that came out for it i'm just gonna stick with my ps2

[Mr Wiggl3s]

Originally Posted by quteasabutten

i don't think that! i was more referring to the newest consoles (systems?) being white. isn't the xbox360 white too? they come in black and grey too. right? they should come in pink...cuz pink is the best color ever.

360 is greyish i think
And im not sure but i think it does come in a pink, the Wii itself does, but not he controller.

And its mostly sweaty neards who are going to play it (right?) Its going to get juicy, not dirty

[Damien]

^making white a bunch better color. blends in.

half naked animated babes

[Rally Sport]

Ive only seen the new Xbox's in the classic white/grey.. Ps3 ive seen it in 3 colors (White, Grey, Black) and the Wii has about 5 colors.. (Dont remember which) Anyway.. this happend last month.. I think they got crazy, Revolution sounded way better..

[l_eclipse_l]

Way to go Nintendo, it almost seems like your trying to drive yourself into the ground. Is "Wii" even a word, or does it stand for something?

Originally Posted by eversio11

It has a motion or gyro or something sensor in it. For first person shooter games, you can hold the controller like a gun and aim and shoot. For (American) football games, you can "throw" the controller to throw a pass.

I can see a lot of TV screens getting damaged when it slips out...

[Whumbachumba]

Originally Posted by Rally Sport

Ive only seen the new Xbox's in the classic white/grey.. Ps3 ive seen it in 3 colors (White, Grey, Black) and the Wii has about 5 colors.. (Dont remember which) Anyway.. this happend last month.. I think they got crazy, Revolution sounded way better..

I think they said red, black, white, silver, and blue a few months ago. If anything, I'm getting the red one if they make it. I have a black gamecube and it's pretty cool. I like the semi-gloss/satin colors more than these new shiny high gloss ones.

This was also posted yesterday on another forum. It is from Nintendo's E3 conference.

High-quality direct feed videos for Wii here:
http://press.nintendo.com/e32k6/index.html (golin/harris)

Conference video:
http://www.vgpro.com/file/15549_e320..._800k.wmv.html

Wii™ CONSOLE DETAILS
Launch Date and MSRP: Q4 2006 ($TBA)

Controls: Intuitive control for anyone using the physical motion of the main Wii Remote, which resembles a television remote control. Up to four Wii Remotes can be connected at once using wireless Bluetooth technology. The wireless signal can be detected within 10 meters of the console. Both the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers include a three-axis motion sensor. The Wii Remote also includes a speaker, rumble feature and expansion port, and can be used as a pointer within 5 meters of the screen. The Wii Remote has a power switch, plus pad, A, B, Minus, Home, 1 and 2 buttons. The Nunchuk controller includes an analog control stick and C and Z buttons.

The Look: Wii features a compact design that will make it a natural addition to any television setup. It can be displayed either vertically or horizontally.

Color: TBA

Media: A single self-loading media bay will play single- or double-layered 12-centimeter optical discs for Wii, as well as 8-centimeter Nintendo GameCube™ discs.

Communication: Wii can communicate with the Internet even when the power is turned off. This “WiiConnect24” service delivers a new surprise or game update, even if users do not play with Wii. Users can connect wirelessly using IEEE802.11b/g, or with a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor. Wii also can communicate wirelessly with Nintendo DS™.

Virtual Console: Wii will have downloadable access to 20 years of fan-favorite titles originally released for Nintendo® 64, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System® (SNES) and even the Nintendo Entertainment System® (NES). The Virtual Console also will feature a “best of” selection from Sega Genesis titles and games from the TurboGrafx console (a system jointly developed by NEC and Hudson). It also will be home to new games conceived by indie developers whose creativity is larger than their budgets.

The Specs: Wii has 512 megabytes of internal flash memory, two USB 2.0 ports and built-in Wi-Fi capability. A bay for an SD memory card will let players expand the internal flash memory. Design was optimized with state-of-the-art processing technologies that minimize power consumption, keep the console compact and enable the “sleepless” WiiConnect24 mode.

CPU: PowerPC CPU (code-named “Broadway”)
Made with a 90 nm SOI CMOS process, jointly developed with and manufactured by IBM.
Graphics Processing Unit: Being developed with ATI

Other Features: Four ports for classic Nintendo GameCube controllers. Two slots for Nintendo GameCube Memory Cards. An AV Multi-output port for component, composite or S-video.

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NINTENDO Wii GAMES

Activision
Tony Hawk’s Downhill
Marvel™: Ultimate Alliance
Call of Duty® 3

AQ Interactive
Boxing Action

Atari
Dragon Ball Z Budokai: Tenkaichi 2

Atlus
Trauma Center: Second Opinion

BANPRESTO
Family Action Game

Buena Vista Games
Disney’s Chicken Little: Ace in Action
Disney’s Meet the Robinsons

Capcom
Resident Evil series

D3Publisher
SIMPLE series
Original Action Game

Eidos
Title TBD

Electronic Arts
Madden NFL ’07
Medal of Honor Airborne

EPOCH
Title TBD

From Software
Action Game

Genki
Title TBD

HUDSON SOFT
BOMBERMAN LAND
Flight Game

JALECO
Title TBD

KOEI
Sengoku Action

Konami Digital Entertainment
Elebits
Soccer Game

Majesco
Bust-A-Move Revolution

Marvelous Interactive
BOKUJO MONOGATARI
Heroes
KAWA NO NUsh*tSURI
Original Simulation

Mastiff
Mr. D. Goes to Town (working title)

Midway Games
The Ant Bully
Happy Feet

MILESTONE
New Vertical Scroll Shooting Game
New Action Game

MTO
Character Action Game
SAN-X All-star Revolution

NAMCO BANDAI Games
FINAL FURLONG
Mobile Suit GUNDAM
SD GUNDAM G BREAKER
DIGIMON
ONE PIECE UNLIMITED ADVENTURE
New Action Game
New RPG
TAMAGOTCHI
Title TBD

Natsume (developed by Marvelous)
Harvest Moon

Nintendo
Disaster: Day of Crisis™
Excite Truck™
Fire Emblem™
Metroid® Prime 3: Corruption
Project H.A.M.M.E.R. ™
Super Mario® Galaxy
The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess
WarioWare™: Smooth Moves
Wii Sports

SEGA
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
SONIC WILD FIRE

SNK
Metal Slug Anthology

Spike
Necro-Nesia
Jawa

SQUARE ENIX
CODENAME: FINAL FANTASY® CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: Crystal Bearers™
DRAGON QUEST SWORDS™: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

TAITO
Turn IT around!!
Let’s go by train!
Cooking Mama -Cooking with International Friends-

TECMO
Super Swing Golf PANGYA

The Game Factory
Title TBD

THQ
Avatar: The Last Airbender
SpongeBob SquarePants:
Creature from the Krusty Krab
Disney/Pixar Cars

TOMY
Action Game
Battle Action

Ubisoft
Open Season
Rayman Raving Rabbids
RED STEEL

Vivendi Universal Games
Title TBD

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Title TBD


((((THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST)))
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FIRST-PARTY NINTENDO GAMES
Nintendo EAD
WII - Super Mario Galaxy
WII - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
WII - Wii Sports
WII - Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
WII - Symphony Conductor
WII - King Chef (Not Shown)
NDS - Brain-Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
NDS - Big Brain Academy
NDS - New Super Mario Bros.
NDS - Yoshi's Island 2
NDS - DS Air
NDS - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
GCN - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Nintendo Software Technology Corp.
WII - Project H.A.M.M.E.R
NDS - Mario VS Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis

Intelligent Systems
WII - Fire Emblem 10
GCN - Super Paper Mario

HAL Laboratory Inc
NDS - Kirby's Adventure
NDS - Pokemon Ranger

Brownie Brown
NDS - Magical Vacation 2
GBA - Mother 3 (Not Shown)

Retro Studios Inc
WII - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
WII - Nintendo Title (Not Shown)

Nintendo Software Production & Publishing
WII Excite Truck (Monster Games)
WII Disaster: Day of Crisis (Monolith Inc)
GCN Donkey Kong: Bong Blast (Paon)
GCN Baten Kaitos Origins (Monolith Soft / Tri-Crescendo)
NDS Star Fox DS (Q-Games)
NDS Elite Beat Agents (Inis)
NDS Sudoken Gridmaster (Hudson Soft)
NDS Clubhouse Games (Agenda)
NDS Donkey Kong: King of Swing DS (Paon)
NDS Magnetica (Mitchel Corp)
NDS Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (Cing)
NDS Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (Chunsoft)
NDS Custom Robo Arenas (Noise)
NDS Chibi Robo: Park Patrol (Skip)
NDS Mario Hoops: 3 on 3 (Square-Enix)

[Muscletang]

I'm getting a good laugh though because Sony turned around at their E3 event and put the motion sensor control thing from the Wii controler into their PS3 controler. So now it's funny watching all the gaming forums argue over who stole what and so on.

[Rally Sport]

Anybody else notice how long the Square Enix game names are getting?

[stone_mound_camaro]

Originally Posted by Rally Sport

Anybody else notice how long the Square Enix game names are getting?

no

[TexasF355F1]

I think after this catastrophic failure Nintendo will finally realize they now only belong in the handheld system world. The NES was IT, they grasped onto something great and then let it slide by, falling behind in making good consoles that attract the masses. Just look at Sega and their demise.

[goat_launcher]

Originally Posted by Damien

and why the hell Wii???

Have you ever heard an asian try to say the word "Revolution"?


I think the Gyro Idea for the controller should have come out a long time ago. I think Nintendo did the right thing by going for mass appeal, not strictly gamers. That said, I'll never buy one. I'm ready to drop 600 bones on the Black PS3 come Fall. I would only get the Fagbox 360 for Halo 3, Gears of War, or Quake Wars.

[quteasabutton]

Originally Posted by sv650s

in my twisted little mind the only good nintendo console was the 64........but till i can find one and every single james bond game that came out for it i'm just gonna stick with my ps2

i agree except the best games were mariokart and perfect dark. other good ones were 1080 snowboarding and Rush. partly cuz those are the only video games i've ever learned to play but oh well.

[Whumbachumba]

The N64 games will be available for download on the Wii, so you can play all your favorite classics.

As far as the gyro controller goes, it's been used in the arcades for years.

[Rally Sport]

Originally Posted by goat_launcher

That said, I'll never buy one. I'm ready to drop 600 bones on the Black PS3 come Fall. I would only get the Fagbox 360 for Halo 3, Gears of War, or Quake Wars.

Yeah im definetly getting the Ps3.. black one as well, i'd get a 360 for the same games, but I bet/hope that one of my other friends will pick one up instead.

[MonsterBengt]

Originally Posted by quteasabutten

i don't think that! i was more referring to the newest consoles (systems?) being white. isn't the xbox360 white too? they come in black and grey too. right? they should come in pink...cuz pink is the best color ever.

Pink's not a color.. its the first sign of the Fjortis- epedemic.


Nevermind.