Official Wii Discussion

[Skyboxer]

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I did the same thing but got there only about a half hour before they went on sale. I can't decide if I want to keep the thing or sell it though. I have a 360 as my main console but I am drawn to the quirkiness of this system. What games should I look to play if I decide to keep it?

Zelda.

Mario party 8, Mario Galaxy and Paper Mario when they come out.

Also don't forget abouth the downlaodable games and stuff.

[Heelfan71]

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I like Excite Truck. Virtual Console is the best thing though.

[bergie56]

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What is Paper Mario? And are the VC titles about $5? How often are VC titles made available?

[Rodster]

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What is Paper Mario? And are the VC titles about $5? How often are VC titles made available?

You've never played a Super Mario game?? Hey what kind of gamer are you?

http://wii.ign.com/articles/771/771359p1.html

April cannot come soon enough. Hands-on impressions of Nintendo's spectacular Wii platformer/RPG

March 7, 2007 - Nintendo of America was on-hand at the Game Developers Conference 2007 with a handful of playable Wii titles, including the anticipated platformer/RPG Super Paper Mario. We took the gorgeously stylized sleeper for a spin and walked away completely dazzled. The title, which was originally planned for GameCube before it made the jump to Wii, is a sequel to the hit GCN game Paper Mario and bears many similarities to its predecessor. For one, it is brought to life with a quasi-2D style made possible with cardboard cut-out visuals. Mario is literally paper thin as he walks through colorful storyboarded environments complete with blocky clouds and skinny enemies. In addition, the title is neither a dedicated platformer nor RPG, but a combination of the two.

That being said, in our experience Super Paper Mario leans closer to the former than the latter, as some of the turn-based battles of previous games have been thrown to the wind in favor or new real-time action. But the commonalities seem to end there because Super Paper Mario takes the 2D/3D relationship several steps farther and really bathes itself in new and improved play mechanics, which are deeper and more engaging than ever before, even as it oozes enough style to satiate any desire for nostalgic presentation

[TJdaSportsGuy]

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What is Paper Mario? And are the VC titles about $5? How often are VC titles made available?

Paper Mario is an RPG/Platform combo game featuring the characters of Super Mario Bros. I've never played a Paper Mario game myself but people seem to really like it.

The VC prices break down like this:

• NES Games - $5
• Turbo Grafx Games - $6
• SNES Games - $8
• Genesis Games - $8
• Nintendo 64 Games - $10

[bergie56]

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I have decided to keep my Wii. Sorry for all of the questions. Has anyone bought or had luck with the generic component cables available on eBay?

[caseyd]

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I have decided to keep my Wii. Sorry for all of the questions. Has anyone bought or had luck with the generic component cables available on eBay?

Nope, but I have the Psyclone cables from Walmart (as some others do) and they work fine. They were only $19.99.

[dbeth]

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I'll vouch for the Psyclone cables as well. Picked them up with my Wii back in january and they've worked fine. No complaints here.

[RobUofM]

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So is the Wii still almost impossible to track down? I was thinking about going out today and trying to find one for my girlfriend. I live in Grand Rapids, MI. Is it even worth going around the city? I know the other day when I was at Meijers they didnt even have any controllers left.

[RockyTop1]

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So is the Wii still almost impossible to track down? I was thinking about going out today and trying to find one for my girlfriend. I live in Grand Rapids, MI. Is it even worth going around the city? I know the other day when I was at Meijers they didnt even have any controllers left.

according to the guy over at CAG that always gets sunday inserts early, circuit city is going to have them Sunday the 22nd.

Is there some sort of website that you can go to and look at all the VC games?

[TJdaSportsGuy]

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Is there some sort of website that you can go to and look at all the VC games?

http://wii.nintendo.com/virtualconsole.jsp

[Dez]

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So is the Wii still almost impossible to track down? I was thinking about going out today and trying to find one for my girlfriend. I live in Grand Rapids, MI. Is it even worth going around the city? I know the other day when I was at Meijers they didnt even have any controllers left.

Try TRU on Sunday, I got mine 2 weeks ago on a Sunday morning.

[RockyTop1]

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http://wii.nintendo.com/virtualconsole.jsp

wow i could spend a lot of money on those in a hurry.

[TheMatrix31]

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wow i could spend a lot of money on those in a hurry.

That's why I'm holding off until they lower the prices. Those games will make a huge dent in my college-sized wallet.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Question, has anyone had the Wii take a long time to load something? For example, the Wii Shop, you click it and stare at a black screen for a little bit, it may eventually go to what you clicked or you have to reset? Last night I had it happen with Mario Strikers. I put it in, clicked it, and stared at a black screen for a bit. Reset, repeat, same thing, after a minute it loaded up. It's done that before with like I said the Shop or maybe clicking into Mii's before. Just curious if it's happened to anyone else.