To Wii or not to Wii

*straycat* · 7th-November-2006, 01:12 PM

As any self-respecting games-loving geek knows, the latest round of Console Wars is just starting to hot up. The 360's been out for a while, the PS3 is speeding its way towards release, and ... the Nintendo Wii is due for release (in the UK) on December the 8th.

For those not in the know, Nintendo have always had a reputation for doing things... a little differently. This time, while their rivals are concerned mostly with producing the most powerful games consoles known to man with the most incredible graphics, sound blah blah blah blah, Nintendo have smugly announced that everyone else has got it wrong, that what's really needed is some original thinking about the way we play games, and how to evolve things in a more useful and entertainment-oriented fashion.... and are trying something quite radically different. And then giving it a truly silly name. (yes, it's pronounced 'wee')**

Anyway - if I actually described what they've done, it'd take all day, and there's lots of places to read about it on the web if, like me, you're geeky enough to be interested. (and if you are, you probably already have. Why am I writing all this? Must be self-indulgence

)

Oh yeah. That's it. I thought that in the true spirit of the forum, I'd make a poll to see if anyone else is as sad as me

Needless to say.... I'm getting one.

**Unless you live near Newcastle, when you can call it the Nintendo Wye-aye.***
***Or Scotland, when you can legitimately go into a shop and order a 'Wee Nintendo'

azande · 7th-November-2006, 01:26 PM

I'm thinking about it, very undecided between Xbox 360 and this one. PS3 is definitely too expensive

**Will** · 7th-November-2006, 01:27 PM

Definately going to get the PS3 (with the built in Blu-Ray player), so I cannot justify buying the Wii as well.

David Franklin · 7th-November-2006, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Will

Definately going to get the PS3 (with the built in Blu-Ray player), so I cannot justify buying the Wii as well.

Thanks for the update. Because you know, I was wondering whether Will will Wii...

I'll get me coat...

**Jamie** · 7th-November-2006, 01:45 PM

I think the Wii is the best idea the gaming industries had since "Alex the Kid" it'll put the fun back into games.

I unlike many others, actually like playing with LESS spectacular graphics for a better game, I don't think graphics is what makes a game at all. Unless you're an 8 year old with an over active imagination we're never going to think games are "real", unless we delve into the V-R things but let's not go there right now.. Gettin back to the point, games aren't real, so why try to make them real? Games are just that, entertainment value, I think it's much more important to enjoy the game because of a good plot line, or just because it's fun.. Not because we sit and go.. oooh, pretty graphics..

I love the idea of the controllers, absolute gaming genious, I have a feeling that if anyone gets a Wii, they wont go back to "ordinary" gaming, because it'll be so different.

I'm planning on getting a Wii because they look so much fun! PS3's and XBox's just don't do it for me!

P.S. Geekiness ftw!!

*straycat* · 7th-November-2006, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Franklin

Thanks for the update. Because you know, I was wondering whether Will will Wii...

We will muster the concentration, and we will will Will to Wii, which will make Will Wii, whether Will will Wii or no...

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Franklin

I'll get me coat...

Can you nab mine, while you're at it?

BobbyA · 7th-November-2006, 02:59 PM

I've put my name down for a wii too! It looks like a right bunch of fun!!

I think Graphics are just getting over hyped. Yeah its nice to have nice graphics but at the end of they day its all about fun! The Wii looks like it will deliver on that!

Side thought: Imagine if you could strap on 2 Wii Controllers to your knees, another 2 to your Upper Arm and attach 2 nunchucks in each hand! You could make some sort of dance game out of that! I dunno i'm just having wacky ideas now!

**Jamie** · 7th-November-2006, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobbyA

I've put my name down for a wii too! It looks like a right bunch of fun!!

I think Graphics are just getting over hyped. Yeah its nice to have nice graphics but at the end of they day its all about fun! The Wii looks like it will deliver on that!

Side thought: Imagine if you could strap on 2 Wii Controllers to your knees, another 2 to your Upper Arm and attach 2 nunchucks in each hand! You could make some sort of dance game out of that! I dunno i'm just having wacky ideas now!

It's those kinds of ideas that made the Wii possible tbh.

**Beowulf** · 8th-November-2006, 08:41 AM

erm.. nope.

not really a games console type of guy. I have my old Xbox and that rarely gets used. I'm monumentally bad at computer games

killingtime · 8th-November-2006, 04:33 PM

I won't get one initially. I also don't plan on getting one at all but inevitably a game will come out for it that draws me to it and so I'll buy it. I own all the other recent consoles (just got a DS on Sunday) and PC and in many of those cases I've thought "I shan't bother with that console" and then Eternal Darkness comes out on the Cube and off I go to the shops.

Oblivion was my draw to the XBox 360, I figured I'd get out of the PC upgrade race... but now I want to upgrade my PC anyway.

Groovemeister · 8th-November-2006, 05:05 PM

Wii is on order. I play games on my PC mainly but I am so board with them the lack of imagination does my head in and I loose interest in the games. Just bought Star wars empire at war and have played it about 4 times and turned it off every time because it's nothing new.

I can see the Wii becoming the new boardgame because of the interaction required I hope for me it will make me want to get back into enjoying computer games again.

Xbox is great but only just matches my PC's performance anyway and PS3 is just going to be to exspensive.

azande · 8th-November-2006, 06:24 PM

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess trailer and review

*straycat* · 8th-November-2006, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azande

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess trailer and review

Mmmmm. That was the review which prompted me to post this poll....

The two N64 Zeldas were among the best games I've ever played - and this one looks set to beat 'em hands down...

It's too bad they're releasing this a month late (late being 'later than suits me') - a new console and copy of Twilight Princess would be the perfect convalescing tool. Oh well. Have to think of a new excuse for December...

knightengale · 10th-November-2006, 02:10 PM

The Wii looks amazing fun. Games like Wario Ware , Monkey ball, Wii Sports, Zelda all try and make games fun again.

Another good thing is the price. Nintendo have already said they will be making almost no lose on the wii.. where as you ahve Sony with the extremely expensive ps3 and are still making a huge lose on each one.

Also the fact that Nintendo have make it so the cost of developming for the console is alot cheaper an not the £20 million & 5 years needed for each game.

Long live the Nintendo Revolution

Also azande thanks for the linke to the review of zelda not read that one

(My first post completed

)

killingtime · 10th-November-2006, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knightengale

The Wii looks amazing fun. Games like Wario Ware , Monkey ball, Wii Sports, Zelda all try and make games fun again.

Well for me games never stopped being fun. I enjoyed the squabbling that went with a lot of the party games I had for the GameCube, I'm sure I'll look forward to that as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by knightengale

Another good thing is the price. Nintendo have already said they will be making almost no lose on the wii.. where as you ahve Sony with the extremely expensive ps3 and are still making a huge lose on each one.

Well that's not really a good thing for us (unless you are worried about the company going bust) but I remember an outcry when gamers were told that Nintendo were selling the Wii at profit and people were saying it was showing that they had a lack of commitment to the console. It just sounds like good business practice to me.

However I'm not convinced about the attached for the Wiimote but then, unlike the original suggests, it looks the they probably won't be as required as first thought (ok I couldn't resist linking to that).

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Originally Posted by knightengale

(My first post completed

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Welcome to the forum

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azande · 10th-November-2006, 08:07 PM

Because we are in the geek corner... unpacking the Wii!

*straycat* · 10th-November-2006, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azande

Because we are in the geek corner... unpacking the Wii!

(although that may just be the drugs talking)

azande · 11th-November-2006, 11:37 PM

And part two, Interface and Games

azande · 12th-November-2006, 11:58 PM

Part three, Zelda in-depth
and
Part four, Excite Truck in-depth

**ducasi** · 14th-November-2006, 02:39 PM

I'm still wondering whether to get a PS2...

View Poll Results: Will you be buying a Nintendo Wii when they come out?
Yes! I want one NOW!!!! Gimme gimme gimme!	8	27.59%
Yes, but it's just for the kids. Honest!	0	0%
I might think about it.	4	13.79%
I like games, but I'm not buying this.	6	20.69%
No. I don't like games.	3	10.34%
No thanks - I'm put off by the name	0	0%
Huh?	8	27.59%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll \| Withdraw Vote

7th-November-2006, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
straycat Commercial Operator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northeastern Parts Posts: 3,782 Status: busy Rep Power: 4 Rep.: 1725	To Wii or not to Wii As any self-respecting games-loving geek knows, the latest round of Console Wars is just starting to hot up. The 360's been out for a while, the PS3 is speeding its way towards release, and ... the Nintendo Wii is due for release (in the UK) on December the 8th. For those not in the know, Nintendo have always had a reputation for doing things... a little differently. This time, while their rivals are concerned mostly with producing the most powerful games consoles known to man with the most incredible graphics, sound blah blah blah blah, Nintendo have smugly announced that everyone else has got it wrong, that what's really needed is some original thinking about the way we play games, and how to evolve things in a more useful and entertainment-oriented fashion.... and are trying something quite radically different. And then giving it a truly silly name. (yes, it's pronounced 'wee') Anyway - if I actually described what they've done, it'd take all day, and there's lots of places to read about it on the web if, like me, you're geeky enough to be interested. (and if you are, you probably already have. Why am I writing all this? Must be self-indulgence ) Oh yeah. That's it. I thought that in the true spirit of the forum, I'd make a poll to see if anyone else is as sad as me Needless to say.... I'm getting one. Unless you live near Newcastle, when you can call it the Nintendo Wye-aye.* Or Scotland, when you can legitimately go into a shop and order a 'Wee Nintendo' __________________ Straycat* Cheap, but not as cheap as your girlfriend...

7th-November-2006, 01:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
azande Meglio del Cioccolato Demo Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,484 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 811	Re: To Wii or not to Wii I'm thinking about it, very undecided between Xbox 360 and this one. PS3 is definitely too expensive

7th-November-2006, 01:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Will Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,422 Status: No Status Rep Power: 4 Rep.: 557	Re: To Wii or not to Wii Definately going to get the PS3 (with the built in Blu-Ray player), so I cannot justify buying the Wii as well.

7th-November-2006, 01:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jamie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Disneyland Paris Posts: 1,530 Status: No Status Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 483	Re: To Wii or not to Wii I think the Wii is the best idea the gaming industries had since "Alex the Kid" it'll put the fun back into games. I unlike many others, actually like playing with LESS spectacular graphics for a better game, I don't think graphics is what makes a game at all. Unless you're an 8 year old with an over active imagination we're never going to think games are "real", unless we delve into the V-R things but let's not go there right now.. Gettin back to the point, games aren't real, so why try to make them real? Games are just that, entertainment value, I think it's much more important to enjoy the game because of a good plot line, or just because it's fun.. Not because we sit and go.. oooh, pretty graphics.. I love the idea of the controllers, absolute gaming genious, I have a feeling that if anyone gets a Wii, they wont go back to "ordinary" gaming, because it'll be so different. I'm planning on getting a Wii because they look so much fun! PS3's and XBox's just don't do it for me! P.S. Geekiness ftw!!

7th-November-2006, 02:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
BobbyA Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cardiff Posts: 101 Status: No Status Rep Power: 2 Rep.: 29	Re: To Wii or not to Wii I've put my name down for a wii too! It looks like a right bunch of fun!! I think Graphics are just getting over hyped. Yeah its nice to have nice graphics but at the end of they day its all about fun! The Wii looks like it will deliver on that! Side thought: Imagine if you could strap on 2 Wii Controllers to your knees, another 2 to your Upper Arm and attach 2 nunchucks in each hand! You could make some sort of dance game out of that! I dunno i'm just having wacky ideas now!

8th-November-2006, 08:41 AM	#9 (permalink)
Beowulf Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 7,178 Status: Sans PC Rep Power: 5 Rep.: 1809	Re: To Wii or not to Wii erm.. nope. not really a games console type of guy. I have my old Xbox and that rarely gets used. I'm monumentally bad at computer games __________________ "Makes a soft mint look hard" - Twirly

8th-November-2006, 04:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
killingtime Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 2,346 Status: No Status Rep Power: 2 Rep.: 1053	Re: To Wii or not to Wii I won't get one initially. I also don't plan on getting one at all but inevitably a game will come out for it that draws me to it and so I'll buy it. I own all the other recent consoles (just got a DS on Sunday) and PC and in many of those cases I've thought "I shan't bother with that console" and then Eternal Darkness comes out on the Cube and off I go to the shops. Oblivion was my draw to the XBox 360, I figured I'd get out of the PC upgrade race... but now I want to upgrade my PC anyway.

8th-November-2006, 05:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
Groovemeister Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: St. Neots Posts: 153 Status: No Status Rep Power: 0 Rep.: 57	Re: To Wii or not to Wii Wii is on order. I play games on my PC mainly but I am so board with them the lack of imagination does my head in and I loose interest in the games. Just bought Star wars empire at war and have played it about 4 times and turned it off every time because it's nothing new. I can see the Wii becoming the new boardgame because of the interaction required I hope for me it will make me want to get back into enjoying computer games again. Xbox is great but only just matches my PC's performance anyway and PS3 is just going to be to exspensive.

8th-November-2006, 06:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
azande Meglio del Cioccolato Demo Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,484 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 811	Re: To Wii or not to Wii Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess trailer and review

10th-November-2006, 02:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
knightengale Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: aberdeen Posts: 507 Status: No Status Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 41	Re: To Wii or not to Wii The Wii looks amazing fun. Games like Wario Ware , Monkey ball, Wii Sports, Zelda all try and make games fun again. Another good thing is the price. Nintendo have already said they will be making almost no lose on the wii.. where as you ahve Sony with the extremely expensive ps3 and are still making a huge lose on each one. Also the fact that Nintendo have make it so the cost of developming for the console is alot cheaper an not the £20 million & 5 years needed for each game. Long live the Nintendo Revolution Also azande thanks for the linke to the review of zelda not read that one (My first post completed )

10th-November-2006, 08:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
azande Meglio del Cioccolato Demo Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,484 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 811	Re: To Wii or not to Wii Because we are in the geek corner... unpacking the Wii!

11th-November-2006, 11:37 PM	#18 (permalink)
azande Meglio del Cioccolato Demo Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,484 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 811	Re: To Wii or not to Wii And part two, Interface and Games

12th-November-2006, 11:58 PM	#19 (permalink)
azande Meglio del Cioccolato Demo Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,484 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 811	Re: To Wii or not to Wii Part three, Zelda in-depth and Part four, Excite Truck in-depth

14th-November-2006, 02:39 PM	#20 (permalink)
ducasi Lovely Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 9,653 Status: Looking forward to driving to Dundee! Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 6 Rep.: 3290	Re: To Wii or not to Wii I'm still wondering whether to get a PS2... __________________ Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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