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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #90 on: September 14, 2007, 06:07:03 pm »
The ladyfriend and I played Warioware with StripWii rules.

It was awesome.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #91 on: September 14, 2007, 08:37:14 pm »
Ahh sweet!  As JL and Jough already know, I got the SO a Wii for his birthday, exactly a week ago.  It's been hella' fun.  I rented Mario Party 8 and Elebits last week (other suggestions have been made, but it's really hard to find Wii games for rent near us).  We have WarioWare and Paper Mario sitting downstairs waiting to be played tonight. 

JL - how do you play YouTube videos with your Wii?

smick - what are the rules of StripWii?

You know what?  When or if Katamari comes out on Wii, I'm going to take a vacation from work.  Or maybe I'll just quit.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #92 on: September 14, 2007, 08:41:13 pm »
Download the Opera browser from the Wii Console.  You can access the Internets if it's networked. 

You could even post here. 
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #93 on: September 14, 2007, 08:46:40 pm »
Quote from: jldunston on September 14, 2007, 08:41:13 pm
Download the Opera browser from the Wii Console.  You can access the Internets if it's networked. 

You could even post here. 

Something about going online and accessing porn the Wiimote just seems ... right.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #94 on: September 14, 2007, 08:58:32 pm »
Quote from: jldunston on September 14, 2007, 05:06:41 pm
We don't get to play a lot of games that we wouldn't want him to watch us playing, so Mario and sports games are taking a front seat right now.  Our xbox, on the other hand, hasn't even been plugged in since we moved. 

This is and has long been one of Nintendo's big market strengths: the platform's most popular/signature games are all-ages-friendly without compromising gameplay quality. In the old days this often led to a significant amount of third-party-game censoring, but franchises like Mario, Zelda and Kirby consistently produce system-defining games that a parent doesn't have to worry about their child playing. (Although I still haven't played Twilight Princess, so I don't know if the "darker" feel there goes beyond character designs.)

Whether this is good or bad for "serious gamers" is something that can be debated (I personally like these games quite well) but it's one of the reasons Nintendo's market share, while not gigantic, is tenacious.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #95 on: September 14, 2007, 09:03:59 pm »
Quote from: side_show on September 14, 2007, 08:37:14 pm
smick - what are the rules of StripWii?

Wario Ware is a straight on head to head game where you do little activities that last for maybe 12 seconds.   If you succeed, you pass the wiimote.  If you fail, you remove clothes.   If there are no clothes, there are 30 second "Favors".
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #96 on: December 19, 2007, 06:03:21 am »
ZOMBI THREAD!!!

Nnnn'kay.  Mrs. West got up at 5 am and stood in line at Target with the enviable result that we are now proud owner of a Wii (which we can't use for a week).  Can't wait.

Anyway, I'd like an expert critique of my purchases thus far.

I got Wii Games (mainly for the extra controller), Mario Galaxies, Madden '07 and a cheap Billy and Mandy game I found online.  Also 2 Nunchuks.

Questions:

How big a memory card should I get?  Is a 1 Gig sufficient?

What can I do with Wii points?  Can I go online without them? 

Knowledge me up, imaginary internet friends.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #97 on: December 19, 2007, 07:38:47 am »

Madden '07hardest Madden ever

Questions:

How big a memory card should I get?  Is a 1 Gig sufficient?  Never needed one.  There is probably sufficient memory for you to be able to see how big of one you think you will use before/if you buy one.
What can I do with Wii points? One thing you can do with them is buy old games.  Actually easier to do through a computer then download to Wii, sometimes the system Wii store is buggy.
Can I go online without them?  Yeah, you just download a browser on the Wii somewhere, haven't done it since I got it, but it was real obvious.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #98 on: December 19, 2007, 07:41:18 am »
Memory card, if you're talking SD card (like you might use for a digital camera), you don't need one unless you end up buying hell of virtual console games. If you mean big grey game-cube memory card, you only need that if you want to access old gamecube saves, so again you don't need one for wii games.

Wii comes with 512 gig built in memory and that's generally sufficient for save games etc. if it runs out you can transfer to an sd card.

Wii points you buy for money online and you use them to buy software (like an internet browser) and games (virtual console, classic nintendo, sega etc. stuff) so you don't need them to go online. There's no real multiplayer community for the wii like there is for xbox or pc so the few games that have online multi don't charge for it.
Wii games I'm not familiar with, unless it is the one called wii play over here.
Wii sports is the bizeldy (I think the console comes with it? not sure).
I am yet to play galaxies (waiting till after christmas) but I've heard it's fantastic, if you liked ocarina of time on the n64 you should check out the new zelda and I'm playing through metroid at the moment and it's been a blast too. I also got to play some elebits the other day and a part (possibly because) of the terrible voice acting it was some quality stuff.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #99 on: December 19, 2007, 07:50:57 am »
Wait, so was your browser free, because I could swear mine was?
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #100 on: December 19, 2007, 08:20:14 am »
It was free when I got it but it was in beta then so I got it for free but I think it costs something now, I could be wrong.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #101 on: December 19, 2007, 02:13:36 pm »
Yeah Aug, I agree no memory card needed.

Mario Galaxies is really fun.

Wario Ware is great for learning all the functions of the Wii remote and is lots of fun as a game too - definitely worth the rent.

We've yet to connect ours to the net because we don't have a wireless router yet, so all this other info is useful.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #102 on: December 19, 2007, 05:00:44 pm »
Quote from: AugustWest on December 19, 2007, 06:03:21 am
Questions:

How big a memory card should I get?  Is a 1 Gig sufficient?

What can I do with Wii points?  Can I go online without them? 

Knowledge me up, imaginary internet friends.

May as well throw in my two cents. I've actually been using the same 1 gig SD card from my digital camera, and it holds all my pictures Wii shit with plenty of room to spare. I don't imagine you'll be needing much more than a gig. SD cards are pretty cheap now anyways.

Wii points are for buying stuff from the Wii store. Classic games and whatnot. You can also buy a version of Opera (which was free when it was in beta, but now costs money) that you can use on the Wii for web-browsing. It's pretty cool if you want to watch Youtube on the TV.

As far as games you, you've already got far and away the best game available in Mario Galaxy. I'm not the Madden guy I used to be, so I can't really say much about that one. Sorry. But! There are plenty of other cool games like Wario Ware, Twilight Princess, Resident Evil 4, Paper Mario, Trauma Center, etc. There is a lot of crap on the Wii, though, so you've got to be careful not to stumble into any licensed shovelware.

And yet Wii Sports still manages to be my favorite game on the system. Go figure!
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #103 on: December 19, 2007, 11:47:47 pm »
I bought the cheapest memory card they had, like 256megs for 14 bucks or something.  I knew I would never use it, I just wanted the enjoyment of putting into the slot.  A little bit sexy.
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Re: Nintendo Wii
« Reply #104 on: December 19, 2007, 11:59:54 pm »
dang, dude, you payed 14 dollars to do a sexy act to a piece of hardware.
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