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  • poster
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    • Nov 2003
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    #16
    Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

    I haven't followed this too much so if this is a stupid question forgive me. Will all the games have the weird controller movement to it like Madden. Can you play games like Zelda normally or do you have to swing the controller all the time to do the things you need to do? Thanks.

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    • p2xgamers
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      • Jul 2002
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      Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

      Originally posted by poster
      I haven't followed this too much so if this is a stupid question forgive me. Will all the games have the weird controller movement to it like Madden. Can you play games like Zelda normally or do you have to swing the controller all the time to do the things you need to do? Thanks.
      They haven't mentioned anything about a normal controller yet.
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      • Rodster
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        • Mar 2003
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        #18
        Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

        Originally posted by p2xgamers
        They haven't mentioned anything about a normal controller yet.
        There's a rumor that you'll be able to use a GC controller on the Revolution. I'm assuming the Wavebird controller since it's Wireless.

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        • Admiral50
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          • Aug 2002
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          Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

          Originally posted by Rodster
          There's a rumor that you'll be able to use a GC controller on the Revolution. I'm assuming the Wavebird controller since it's Wireless.
          Official Nintendo Wii regular controller!! I love it!!

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          • Rodster
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            • Mar 2003
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            #20
            Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

            Originally posted by Admiral50
            Official Nintendo Wii regular controller!! I love it!!

            It does look very cool. Matches the DS Lite look.

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            • Admiral50
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              • Aug 2002
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              #21
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              I'm in love with this system!!

              Red Steel looks awesome! The graphics are fine, cool animations and exciting looking gameplay in the official trailer!!

              Zelda will be special!! Having the Wii remote secret (rumble feature with a speaker for sound) work for fishing, bow and arrow etc is genius!!!!!

              I have been playing games since the first Atari and I have never been so excited for a new console!!!!!!

              YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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              • Skyboxer
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                • Jul 2002
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                #22
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                Yep the Wii will sit proudly next to the 360. I'm really looking forward to this system!
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                • bryan_05
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                  • Jul 2002
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                  #23
                  Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

                  Originally posted by Admiral50
                  Official Nintendo Wii regular controller!! I love it!!


                  eeeeeek!!!!!!!!!! My poor thumbs. Looks like SNES controller with 2 badly placed joysticks.
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                  • Skyboxer
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                    • Jul 2002
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                    Originally posted by bryan_05
                    eeeeeek!!!!!!!!!! My poor thumbs. Looks like SNES controller with 2 badly placed joysticks.
                    The controllerm (above) is something I don't particularly like but the system is going to be pretty fun IMO.
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                    • bryan_05
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                      • Jul 2002
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                      #25
                      Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

                      Originally posted by Skyboxer
                      The controllerm (above) is something I don't particularly like but the system is going to be pretty fun IMO.
                      I agree. But after seeing the controller if the game does not utilize the IR stuff (or whatever its called) I won't be getting it.
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                      • thelwig14
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                        • Jul 2002
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                        Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

                        I apologize for my ignorance. I swore off Nintendo after the Gamecube but it appears there is a lot of love brewing for them. Is there anywhere on the net where I can look at fact sheet of a FAQ for this new system (ie price, release date, what is this controller thing people are talking about, backwards compatibility, online aspects, etc.)? Thanks!

                        On a side note, is the PS3 going to be backwards compatible to PS2 and PS1 out of the box? Thanks!

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                        • rudyjuly2
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                          • Aug 2002
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                          #27
                          Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

                          Originally posted by thelwig14
                          I apologize for my ignorance. I swore off Nintendo after the Gamecube but it appears there is a lot of love brewing for them. Is there anywhere on the net where I can look at fact sheet of a FAQ for this new system (ie price, release date, what is this controller thing people are talking about, backwards compatibility, online aspects, etc.)? Thanks!

                          On a side note, is the PS3 going to be backwards compatible to PS2 and PS1 out of the box? Thanks!
                          I'm pretty sure the PS3 is completely backwards compatible. As for the specs on the Wii, it does not come close to the 360 or PS3 but that wasn't their goal. They are only marketing it as a gaming system and are cutting corners to have the price the cheapest. They have said they don't want to get in a tech war with MS and Sony and its a good strategy I think. However, that controller looks like an SNES controller and if the sports games don't match up and get supported not only by EA and roster creators, I'd most likely pass. They at least have me thinking about the thing.

                          Here is a good site that breaks the numbers down (speculating still):


                          More Specs that are speculated:
                          System 1 Modified
                          CPU:
                          1 IBM Custom PowerPC 2.5 GHz with 256 KB L1 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache (an L3 cache is rumored). It’s Dual Threaded

                          13 billion dot product operations per second

                          Revolution GPU:

                          ATI Custom based RN520 core.

                          GPU core at 600 MHz. Will support up to 2048x1268 resolution, HD support is still being decided. Will have 256 MB’s of 1T-SRAM

                          32 parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines.

                          Polygon Performance: 500 million triangles per second theoretical, average in game would be around <100 Million/sec>

                          Shader Performance: ~50 billion shader operations per second

                          Revolution memory: 512 MB of 700 MHz 1T-SRAM

                          Source: http://forum.lik-sang.com/showthread.php?t=8013

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                          • thelwig14
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                            • Jul 2002
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                            #28
                            Re: *** The All Nintendo Wii Price and Features Thread***

                            Originally posted by rudyjuly2
                            I'm pretty sure the PS3 is completely backwards compatible. As for the specs on the Wii, it does not come close to the 360 or PS3 but that wasn't their goal. They are only marketing it as a gaming system and are cutting corners to have the price the cheapest. They have said they don't want to get in a tech war with MS and Sony and its a good strategy I think. However, that controller looks like an SNES controller and if the sports games don't match up and get supported not only by EA and roster creators, I'd most likely pass. They at least have me thinking about the thing.

                            Here is a good site that breaks the numbers down (speculating still):


                            More Specs that are speculated:
                            System 1 Modified
                            CPU:
                            1 IBM Custom PowerPC 2.5 GHz with 256 KB L1 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache (an L3 cache is rumored). It’s Dual Threaded

                            13 billion dot product operations per second

                            Revolution GPU:

                            ATI Custom based RN520 core.

                            GPU core at 600 MHz. Will support up to 2048x1268 resolution, HD support is still being decided. Will have 256 MB’s of 1T-SRAM

                            32 parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines.

                            Polygon Performance: 500 million triangles per second theoretical, average in game would be around <100 Million/sec>

                            Shader Performance: ~50 billion shader operations per second

                            Revolution memory: 512 MB of 700 MHz 1T-SRAM

                            Source: http://forum.lik-sang.com/showthread.php?t=8013


                            Appreciated. Few quick questions. Does Nintendo own all the rights to previous games on their systems? Is Goldeneye and Super Dodge Ball and such realistic to expect as downloads? Or will it just be first party Nintendo games? Any word on this? And are we guessing the $200 range? And $5-10 per downloadable game? Thanks!

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                            • TheMatrix31
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                              • Jul 2002
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                              #29
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                              I bet it'll be around 249 when all is said and done. The download prices seem to change depending on the system/games. Some will be for 99 cents, others probably around 5 bucks. I doubt it'll be anything more than that.

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                              • goh
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                                • Aug 2003
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                                #30
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                                Well I've got 4 games on my list to be intrested in now. Red Steel,Sengoku,Disaster and Necro. Not enough to buy the system yet but it's better than the 0 it was last week. More games will be annouced tomorrow though. Graphics on the golf and baseball look pretty silly so I'm not intrested.

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