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wallinbl · Dec 5, 2006, 09:01 AM

Just release Super Mario Brothers already! What's the freaking holdup (and what are some of these lame ass games you're releasing instead)?

starman · Dec 5, 2006, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a

Man, even the staunchest opponents of Nintendo have purchased this thing! crazy.

2 days to go here in Australia.....

You still don't get it, do you?

Dakar² · Dec 5, 2006, 09:30 AM

He can't. That would make him the fanboy.

starman · Dec 5, 2006, 09:35 AM

I have a stalker. Now you're stealing my sig

. Did you know it updates with Xbox Live?

Dakar² · Dec 5, 2006, 09:39 AM

Hehehe, naw, I'm just a little dry on sig ideas right now, so I might as well do some variants. I think it's kinda funny. I've got at least one more homage left in me.

If you can't tell, where your sig has Stars, I put 'Kars' in mine.

Hawkeye_a · 10:18 AM

Heh yeah im a fanboy. at least im not an idiot who buys something i spend months arguing about how crappy it is. thats just a conscious consumer.

starman · Dec 5, 2006, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a

Heh yeah im a fanboy. at least im not an idiot why buys something i spend months arguing about how crappy it is. thats just a conscious consumer.

You still just don't get it, do you?

Hawkeye_a · Dec 5, 2006, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by starman

You still just don't get it, do you?

I guess not. your an enigma apparently.

I cant stand the taste of liver .....so why on earth did i goto the grocery store and buy some ? *twilight zone music*.... do you get it ? cause i friggon dont. lol

Ciao

Millennium · Dec 5, 2006, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by goMac

Yeah. You probably won't get hooked until the 3rd dungeon at least. (Water Temple FTW!)

When it really gets going is after you get the last set of twilight bugs (just before the third dungeon). This is where things really start to pick up, and it's also where the game starts to get REALLY FRICKIN DISTURBING.

starman · Dec 5, 2006, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a

I guess not. your an enigma apparently.

I cant stand the taste of liver .....so why on earth did i goto the grocery store and buy some ? *twilight zone music*.... do you get it ? cause i friggon dont. lol

Ciao

There's a big difference between what I said and your poor analogy.

Chuckit · Dec 5, 2006, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Millennium

When it really gets going is after you get the last set of twilight bugs (just before the third dungeon). This is where things really start to pick up, and it's also where the game starts to get REALLY FRICKIN DISTURBING.

Heh, I'm already enjoying it, but now I can't wait until I get there.

Gamoe · Dec 5, 2006, 11:38 AM

Odd. I bought TimeSplitters for the GameCube and while I was playing it on my Wii it froze with a very annoying continuous tone. Is this normal? Does this happen on the GameCube/Wii often or one in a while? The game is new.

Also, when I plugged my Wii back in after two days of having it unplugged (I'm rearranging the electronics) I heard a noise I hadn't heard from it before. It stopped after a while. Actually, it might have been doing some behind the scenes crunching, as the sound was not dissimilar to that of when a Mac crunching away. has anybody else noticed this? Otherwise it is pretty quiet except for the low hum of the fan.

Millennium · Dec 5, 2006, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by Gabriel Morales

Odd. I bought TimeSplitters for the GameCube and while I was playing it on my Wii it froze with a very annoying continuous tone. Is this normal? Does this happen on the GameCube/Wii often or one in a while? The game is new.

I've not heard of this happenning on the Wii before, but I've seen it on my DS with certain GBA games. The tone you're hearing is probably whatever frequency the speakers were putting out before the crash.

Also, when I plugged my Wii back in after two days of having it unplugged (I'm rearranging the electronics) I heard a noise I hadn't heard from it before. It stopped after a while. Actually, it might have been doing some behind the scenes crunching, as the sound was not dissimilar to that of when a Mac crunching away. has anybody else noticed this? Otherwise it is pretty quiet except for the low hum of the fan.

Was a disc in the Wii at the time? I ask because if there's no disc, then the only thing inside the Wii that should be moving at all is its fan, and fans aren't known for making that type of noise.

Dark Helmet · Dec 5, 2006, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Millennium

When it really gets going is after you get the last set of twilight bugs (just before the third dungeon). This is where things really start to pick up, and it's also where the game starts to get REALLY FRICKIN DISTURBING.

Good, I haven't played it in a few days as I absolutely hate collecting those bugs and it just feels like busywork to extend the gameplay. The game is also very PG now so i hope it gets darker.

Minor spoiler:

I did play the flying part which is controlled by the Wiimote by pointing. Definitely beyond a doubt it wasn't better or more accurate than an old school controller probably because it was using IR and not motion controls.

goMac · Dec 5, 2006, 01:14 PM

Perhaps the most damning game cancelation yet for the Wii:
http://www.play-nintendo.com/playnin...content_id=330

starman · Dec 5, 2006, 01:16 PM

That would have been a damn nice app.

Dark Helmet · Dec 5, 2006, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by goMac

Perhaps the most damning game cancelation yet for the Wii:
http://www.play-nintendo.com/playnin...content_id=330

Aw damn it could have been the next Mario Paint!

Calimus · Dec 5, 2006, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by goMac

Perhaps the most damning game cancelation yet for the Wii:
http://www.play-nintendo.com/playnin...content_id=330

As the voices of thousands of happy little trees cry out in sadness.

Dakar² · Dec 5, 2006, 01:18 PM

Hey Mario Paint was fun. I remember staying up till 3 am making pornographic animations with friends.

Dark Helmet · Dec 5, 2006, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar²

Hey Mario Paint was fun. I remember staying up till 3 am making pornographic animations with friends.

Ya same thing happened with my friend but his mom caught him and through a hissy over the animated on screen cock.

Dakar² · Dec 5, 2006, 01:34 PM

I love that it was like 3-5 frames long too. Made for some interesting maneuvers.

Edit: I know this is out of bounds, but god knows what mojoab would say if he saw what we 'youth' did back in the day.

Gamoe · Dec 5, 2006, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Millennium

I've not heard of this happenning on the Wii before, but I've seen it on my DS with certain GBA games. The tone you're hearing is probably whatever frequency the speakers were putting out before the crash.

Yes, that would seem to be the case. I hope this won't be a common occurrence, however.

Originally Posted by Millennium

Was a disc in the Wii at the time? I ask because if there's no disc, then the only thing inside the Wii that should be moving at all is its fan, and fans aren't known for making that type of noise.

There was a disc in, but it really didn't sound like the disc drive to me. It sounded more like the sound a computer makes when it is crunching numbers (that is, when the processor is pretty busy)-- which is what I meant by "crunching", as I now realize that that might have led itself to misinterpretation.

Calimus · Dec 5, 2006, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Gabriel Morales

Yes, that would seem to be the case. I hope this won't be a common occurrence, however.

There was a disc in, but it really didn't sound like the disc drive to me. It sounded more like the sound a computer makes when it is crunching numbers (that is, when the processor is pretty busy)-- which is what I meant by "crunching", as I now realize that that might have led itself to misinterpretation.

Computers make no noise when they are "crunching". The only thing in a computer that makes noise are the fans, cdrom drive, and the harddrive(s). If something is loading, you might hear the cdrom or harddrive spinning, but the cpu or "computing" components make no sound. Or, if the system is doing extra work, the fans may spin faster making a noise.

icruise · Dec 5, 2006, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Gabriel Morales

Odd. I bought TimeSplitters for the GameCube and while I was playing it on my Wii it froze with a very annoying continuous tone. Is this normal? Does this happen on the GameCube/Wii often or one in a while? The game is new.

Never had anything like that happen on the cube, but I did read a blog article about a Wii kiosk that had frozen up with exactly this symptom (a continuous tone, which was probably whatever sound was in memory when the system froze). Hopefully not a common occurrence.

Also, when I plugged my Wii back in after two days of having it unplugged (I'm rearranging the electronics) I heard a noise I hadn't heard from it before. It stopped after a while. Actually, it might have been doing some behind the scenes crunching, as the sound was not dissimilar to that of when a Mac crunching away. has anybody else noticed this? Otherwise it is pretty quiet except for the low hum of the fan.

No idea what you mean by this. What sound does a computer make when it is "crunching"?

ink · Dec 5, 2006, 04:34 PM

LiveLeak.com - PS3 vs Wii

Kinda NSFW, if you're boss is antsy.

RAILhead · Dec 5, 2006, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by ink

LiveLeak.com - PS3 vs Wii

Kinda NSFW, if you're boss is antsy.

That's the best face they could get? The body I like, but that face? Keeeee-RIPES!

itai195 · Dec 5, 2006, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by icruise

No idea what you mean by this. What sound does a computer make when it is "crunching"?

Think he's referring to hard disk noise and by crunching he means thrashing... but the Wii doesn't have a hard disk so... ?

Dark Helmet · Dec 5, 2006, 06:05 PM

Hilarious:

http://www.gamesajare.com/e107_image.../wiibarbu8.gif

MindFad · Dec 5, 2006, 06:15 PM

^
Hahaha, nice.

Originally Posted by Dakar²

Hey Mario Paint was fun. I remember staying up till 3 am making pornographic animations with friends.

I like the little nod to Mario Paint that Nintendo has in the picture channel on the Wii. When you erase doodles you've done, you get the little rocket that flies up and clears the image, Mario Paint style.

I freakin' love Mario Paint.

goMac · Dec 5, 2006, 07:51 PM

Software to use the Wiimote with OS X:

http://blog.hiroaki.jp/2006/12/000433.html

MindFad · Dec 5, 2006, 08:17 PM

Ooooh, cool.

Hawkeye_a · Dec 5, 2006, 08:44 PM

There's a video floating around that shows the Wiimote being used to control Half Life 2, on a MacBook Pro. it isnt using the pointing function (IR), just the accelerometers. and it's friggonnn sweeeett. the controls havent been thought through, but just to see that it is possible is quite cool. And since there is no "pointing" involved , and the cursor movement is all relative, it pretty much handles like a mouse.

I think i saw it on Go Nintendo - What are you waiting for?

Cheers

goMac · Dec 5, 2006, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by ink

LiveLeak.com - PS3 vs Wii

Kinda NSFW, if you're boss is antsy.

I'm sorry, but that's a horribly dumb video.

zerostar · Dec 5, 2006, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by goMac

Software to use the Wiimote with OS X:

http://blog.hiroaki.jp/2006/12/000433.html

Sweet so front row control is possible with this?

goMac · Dec 5, 2006, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by zerostar

Sweet so front row control is possible with this?

I think so. I haven't tried it yet, but I know the software bound Wii button presses with keys, so it should work.

Chuckit · Dec 5, 2006, 10:19 PM

Evidently so. He has an "Activate Front Row" button.

I wonder if it would work well as a mouse. How sweet would that be?

JHromadka · Dec 6, 2006, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

I wish you the ability to move the camera around (I keep missing clues on the ground just because they don't appear on the screen), but otherwise, I like the controls a lot too. It's much easier to pull off, for example, the spin attack by shaking the nunchuck than it was to do a 360 and swipe or whatever it was in the last game.

Press the C button (top one on nunchuck) to go into a freeform camera mode. There's an item that works very well with this feature.

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Minor spoiler:

I did play the flying part which is controlled by the Wiimote by pointing. Definitely beyond a doubt it wasn't better or more accurate than an old school controller probably because it was using IR and not motion controls.

Funny thing is that I was wishing the swimming mode would have let me use that feature. It's fun once you get the hang of it.

Hawkeye_a · Dec 6, 2006, 03:19 AM

Just tried the Wii out for the first time. holy-friggon-crap it actually works. i just played Red Steel for 5 minutes...first impressions:

graphics = GCN X 1.5
controls:
will take about 30 minutes to get used to....but they work almost exactly the way a mouse does. having never actully used a "remote" as a gamepad, it's a little weird finding the buttons on there.... but im not a "hardcore" gamer anyway.

The ergonomics are awesome.

more to come later...

Cheers

goMac · Dec 6, 2006, 03:25 AM

Sony is trying to patent the Wiimote apparently:

MAXCONSOLE - Playstation 3 - Sony Files Patent for Wii Remote Type Device

Good luck on that Sony. Nintendo has already beaten you to the patent office.

brokenjago · Dec 6, 2006, 04:19 AM

Even if Nintendo hadn't filed for patents, they'd still be eligible for royalties because they were clearly first to market with this device.

Gamoe · Dec 6, 2006, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by itai195

Think he's referring to hard disk noise and by crunching he means thrashing... but the Wii doesn't have a hard disk so... ?

I'm not sure that that's the right word. Perhaps it was the optical disc drive. But it just really didn't seem like it.

As far as the sound... Are the only working sound from a computer from the fans, hard drive and disc drive? Where does the mechanical sound a PC(/Mac) makes while it's processing something come from? Is this just the hard drive, or does accessing RAM or the CPU make any kind of audible sound?

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Hilarious:

http://www.gamesajare.com/e107_image.../wiibarbu8.gif

Very funny! That genuinely made me laugh out loud-- Thanks for the link!

Originally Posted by goMac

Software to use the Wiimote with OS X:

DarwiinRemote is released! (Hirolog)

Very cool-- I'm going to have to try this out, particularly because if it works well, I could use it to control my "media center" Mac mini!

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 09:34 AM

Ok Wii owners.... how do you back up the Mii's you've made? I don't see a way to transfer them to an SD card.

jokell82 · Dec 6, 2006, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Gabriel Morales

As far as the sound... Are the only working sound from a computer from the fans, hard drive and disc drive? Where does the mechanical sound a PC(/Mac) makes while it's processing something come from? Is this just the hard drive, or does accessing RAM or the CPU make any kind of audible sound?

No, they don't make any sound at all. They have no moving parts at all. The only sounds come from hard drives, optical drives, and fans.

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Ok Wii owners.... how do you back up the Mii's you've made? I don't see a way to transfer them to an SD card.

You can back up 10 of them to your Wiimote. Other than that I'm not sure you can...

zro · Dec 6, 2006, 10:48 AM

The Wii has crap for file management. Even the GCN was better at showing you game save info.

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 10:54 AM

Anyone know where to get an extra controller from?

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by jokell82

You can back up 10 of them to your Wiimote. Other than that I'm not sure you can...

Sorta. I backed mine up to my Wiimote because I wanted to transfer them to the new Wii to replace the defective one.

Anywho, on the new system I transfered them back to the new Wii but at the same time it deletes them off the Wiimote which makes no sense.

The bad part is when I went to edit my Mii on the new Wii it said "You cannot edit a Mii you did not create".

So I am pretty much ****ed right?

If this is the only way to back up a Mii that is a stupid, stupid, stupid mistake.

icruise · Dec 6, 2006, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by starman

Anyone know where to get an extra controller from?

Try Circuitcity.com. They had some earlier.

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 11:25 AM

None online. One about 10 miles from work has some, but it's not worth it, not with the lunchtime traffic around here.

MaxPower2k3 · Dec 6, 2006, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by starman

None online. One about 10 miles from work has some, but it's not worth it, not with the lunchtime traffic around here.

If you need nun chucks, Toys R Us in Times Square had a huge bin of them as of Monday night. No controllers (or Wiis) though.

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by MaxPower2k3

If you need nun chucks, Toys R Us in Times Square had a huge bin of them as of Monday night. No controllers (or Wiis) though.

Yeah, I got one from there when I picked up my Wii. They were all out of extra controllers, though.