Nintendo Wii Information, hardware, games discussion

[Heelfan71]

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Looks like the Wii might come in at under $200.

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/top/nintendo-wii-for-less-than-200-173935.php

[SoMiss2000]

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If this thing is 199 i'm preordering the minute I can. I hope the regular old school control pad comes out with it.

[CaptainZombie]

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If this thing is 199 i'm preordering the minute I can. I hope the regular old school control pad comes out with it.

At $199 it's a steal. I just wish Mario was a launch title.

[Spongedaddy]

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Have they given any hints about when we will get a price and exact date? At $199 it might be the steal of the season.

[CaptainZombie]

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Have they given any hints about when we will get a price and exact date? At $199 it might be the steal of the season.

My money is on the Tokyo Game Show.

[Flawless]

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Interview: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

We talk with Retro Studios about the Wii-controlled finale to the Prime trilogy. Everything from game difficulty to visors and beams revealed.

Nintendo Now: Some people have felt that the sensitivity makes it kind of hard to do things. Do you think that you’ll include adjustable sensitivity?

Bryan Walker: Yes.

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/708/708948p1.html

Plus 20 minute demo.

http://media.revolution.ign.com/media/748/748547/vids_1.html

[CaptainZombie]

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From IGN.com

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/708/708962p1.html

[Flawless]

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Third Parties Failing Wii Opportunity

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter tells Next-Gen.Biz that he doubts third-party publishers outside of Sega and Ubisoft are well-positioned to take advantage of any early Wii success.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3014&Itemid=2

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[CaptainZombie]

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Third Parties Failing Wii Opportunity

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter tells Next-Gen.Biz that he doubts third-party publishers outside of Sega and Ubisoft are well-positioned to take advantage of any early Wii success.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3014&Itemid=2

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It saddens me to read these kinds of articles. Same thing happened with the N64 and Gamecube where 3rd parties didn't capitalize on the hardware. I can understand with the N64 since it was rather expensive to develop games on there, but the Cube had potential.

[jmood88]

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It saddens me to read these kinds of articles. Same thing happened with the N64 and Gamecube where 3rd parties didn't capitalize on the hardware. I can understand with the N64 since it was rather expensive to develop games on there, but the Cube had potential.

The gamecube is a pretty powerful system but the controller is the worst thing ever created.

[Admiral50]

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I actually loved the GC controller. Felt great and was an almost perfect shape. Best triggers ever also.

And I don't think it's any surprise that 3rd party developers won't be rushing to support the Wii.

Afterall, it's less powerful than the 360 and PS3 and with the different control system, I assume games (Say Splinter Cell, EA Sports, Prince of Persia etc) that usually appear on all consoles will not be simply ported over.

Developers can have their own reasons for not creating Wii games but I think one reason will be that some devs simply aren't up for the innovation. Especially since they can't just throw out a basic game with new fancy graphics like many companies have done for the 360 so far.

[jmood88]

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I actually loved the GC controller. Felt great and was an almost perfect shape. Best triggers ever also.

And I don't think it's any surprise that 3rd party developers won't be rushing to support the Wii.

Afterall, it's less powerful than the 360 and PS3 and with the different control system, I assume games (Say Splinter Cell, EA Sports, Prince of Persia etc) that usually appear on all consoles will not be simply ported over.

Developers can have their own reasons for not creating Wii games but I think one reason will be that some devs simply aren't up for the innovation. Especially since they can't just throw out a basic game with new fancy graphics like many companies have done for the 360 so far.

The wii itself does not promote innovation, all it does is force developers to use a new control scheme. You act like the current systems stifle creativity and innovation which is not the case at all.

[Admiral50]

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Couldn't disagree more.

I own a 360 and 5 games. Have also rented or played demo's of another 15 or so. Pretty much everything there has been done before. So what we have is an expensive bunch of 'been there done that' games that are being hyped simply because of high definition and fancy graphics.

The Wii does promote innovation. I could write paragraphs and paragraphs why, but it's obvious fanboys either can't acknowledge it, or simply won't. Publicly at least.

[ExtremeGamer]

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The gamecube is a pretty powerful system but the controller is the worst thing ever created.

Agreed 100%. The Cube's controller was garbage.

[jmood88]

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Couldn't disagree more.

I own a 360 and 5 games. Have also rented or played demo's of another 15 or so. Pretty much everything there has been done before. So what we have is an expensive bunch of 'been there done that' games that are being hyped simply because of high definition and fancy graphics.

The Wii does promote innovation. I could write paragraphs and paragraphs why, but it's obvious fanboys either can't acknowledge it, or simply won't. Publicly at least.

So how is it the system's fault for the developers not making innovative games?