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Who's getting a Wii?

Post by Obfleur » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:31 am

I pre-ordered mine last monday.
So hopefully I'll get one on release day.

Will somebody be my Wii-friend? :(
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Post by snarl » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:52 am

Think I'm going to get a 360 any day now...

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/32 ... oduct.html

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That was £20 ******* cheaper yesterday...

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Post by Metal Vendetta » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:53 am

PS3 PS3 PS3
I would have waited a ******* eternity for this!!!!
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Post by Eline » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:54 am

I am still quite happy with my boyfriend's DS. And I have too much other hobbies to spend much time on computer games.

The wii looks pretty interesting though! :)

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Post by Hound » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:49 pm

I had my preorder for my Wii confirmed today. I shall be spending all of next weekend in Hyrule :)
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Post by Predabot » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:15 pm

I will. :) If I ever get it hooked to the net, I'll be your Wii-friend.

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Post by Shanti418 » Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:18 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:PS3 PS3 PS3
NOOOOO!!!
Best First wrote:I thought we could just meander between making well thought out points, being needlessly immature, provocative and generalist, then veer into caring about constructive debate and make a few valid points, act civil for a bit, then lower the tone again, then act offended when we get called on it, then dictate what it is and isn't worth debating, reinterpret a few of my own posts through a less offensive lens, then jaunt down whatever other path our seemingly volatile mood took us in.

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Post by IronHide » Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:09 pm

Penny Arcade on the Wii.....

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/13

Had a fried who just got one and was doing the exact same thing while playin Zelda.

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Post by Shanti418 » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:47 pm

I can't wait to get mine, but I have no idea when that will be.

Hey, speaking of console wars, it just doesn't seem like a proper Wii thread without Impy's doom n' gloom bashing. Where is he these days? I don't recall seeing him since he got peeved at BF in the current religion thread (Aargh!). Someone should tell him that BF is on vacation, and that Shanti is saying the PS3 isn't good enough to be used as a bedpan. That should get his attention.
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Post by Hound » Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:36 pm

Shanti418 wrote:I can't wait to get mine, but I have no idea when that will be.

Hey, speaking of console wars, it just doesn't seem like a proper Wii thread without Impy's doom n' gloom bashing. Where is he these days? I don't recall seeing him since he got peeved at BF in the current religion thread (Aargh!). Someone should tell him that BF is on vacation, and that Shanti is saying the PS3 isn't good enough to be used as a bedpan. That should get his attention.
I think Impy is actually quite positive about Wii
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Post by Obfleur » Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:51 pm

Too bad the controllers are so expensive :(
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:04 am

Hur-rah

Sorry ive been away doing more work then I should ever take on!

I am positive about wii, i think its a great bit of design and deff a break from the norm of PS3 and 360, which IMO, bar a few tech diffrences offer exactly the same kind of experience as every other console ever has.

I came to this conclusion whilst playing Gears of War the other weekend, whilst its all amazing in everything it does, and at the top of its respective tree, I suddenly lost interest in games again, I thought, is it my age? or am I just bored of gaming?

When I play games now I tend to disect them like some review critic, I fail to see them for the joy they once brought me, and i can almost pre-empt anything a game is about do as i pass it through my knowledge base of previous games.

Its almost like playing video-games on a formula or somthing.

wii has me interested and like every other nity console ill be playing it, yet at the same time its like I almost know what to expect - personally for myself, im finding gaming a bit stale in all departments, wii looks exciting from a controll point of view but im not sure if its going to excite me in pure gaming terms, Zelda for instance is still just zelda (ok its GC game so fair do's) and mario looks like a controller upgrade.

In short, yes i am buying a wii, and real relish it, am as excited as i used to be about games?
not really, which is a shame as i have always loved them, it will be interesting to look back a year from now to see how all 3 consoles are shaping up against each other in terms of 'new game experience'

well done to ninty for actually trying to break the mold tho.
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Post by Predabot » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:22 pm

Good boy Impy. I'm quite stoked for my Wii too. :) I'll probably be playing it in a way somewhere inbetween the styles of the two penny-arcade lads. ^^

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Post by saysadie » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:57 pm

I want a Wii but I probably won't be getting one for awhile. :uhh: I have a friend who works at a vid game store though... if she gets one, I shall be baking her a lot of cookies.
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Post by Obfleur » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:20 pm

Will you guys be my Wii-friends? :o

I promise I wont wii-mail you Goatse.
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Post by Hound » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:20 pm

Obfleur wrote:Will you guys be my Wii-friends? :o

I promise I wont wii-mail you Goatse.
Yes I will, but not Predabots :D

I almost got mine today, my best mate was going to get me one from his work, but they had no games in so I shall wait till Midnight on Thursday so I can bundle it up hard :)
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Post by sprunkner » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:22 am

Metal Vendetta wrote:PS3 PS3 PS3
How does it feel to have been saying that for so long?
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Post by Obfleur » Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:11 am

Hound wrote:
Obfleur wrote:Will you guys be my Wii-friends? :o

I promise I wont wii-mail you Goatse.
Yes I will, but not Predabots :D

I almost got mine today, my best mate was going to get me one from his work, but they had no games in so I shall wait till Midnight on Thursday so I can bundle it up hard :)
Super sweet dude :)
My situation is the exact opposite: my store told me that I might not get my Wii this year.
I'm gonna go Wii-hunting on friday though. I've never done any hunting before, so it'll be really exciting :o
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Post by Hound » Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:55 pm

Make sure you try the random places like big Supermarkets that may stock games & stuff.
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Post by Computron » Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:29 pm

Wii boxing is where it's at. Nothing like digitally pimp smacking your friends.
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Post by Predabot » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:07 pm

It's ALIVE!! :eek:

Uh.. so are you a lawyer yet, Compy?

PS: Boxing does seem like good fun.

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Post by Obfleur » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:38 am

Hound wrote:Make sure you try the random places like big Supermarkets that may stock games & stuff.
I went to a store. They had five units :D
I'll just have to wait.
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Post by Hound » Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:34 am

This is so much fun. I have been up for 4 hours playing Wii Sports.

The remote is so intuitive. It felt odd to start with and now it feels natural.

Mii's are a quality little touch. I made Jennifer Lopez in the style of her in South Park and sent her to all of my Wii friends. Infliction :D

I just wish Nintendo released the component cables. The picture quality is gash on my HDTV.

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Post by Metal Vendetta » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:29 pm

sprunkner wrote:
Metal Vendetta wrote:PS3 PS3 PS3
How does it feel to have been saying that for so long?
Gah, I just played Dead Rising and Elder Scrolls, I may have to get a 360 first.
I would have waited a ******* eternity for this!!!!
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Post by Hound » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:33 pm

Dead Rising is quality :D

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Post by Predabot » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:34 pm

Hound wrote:I just wish Nintendo released the component cables. The picture quality is gash on my HDTV.
How'd you afford an HDTV?? :???: I think you may be the first guy I know that owns an HDTV..

Interesting tho, I was so inept about the HD-tech that I did not know that SCART-cables were insufficient for HDTV's. Huh.

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Post by Hound » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:23 pm

Predabot wrote:
Hound wrote:I just wish Nintendo released the component cables. The picture quality is gash on my HDTV.
How'd you afford an HDTV?? :???: I think you may be the first guy I know that owns an HDTV..

Interesting tho, I was so inept about the HD-tech that I did not know that SCART-cables were insufficient for HDTV's. Huh.
I have a job...

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Post by Obfleur » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:11 pm

Sounds great Hound :)
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Post by Legion » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:33 pm

Hound wrote:
Predabot wrote:
Hound wrote:I just wish Nintendo released the component cables. The picture quality is gash on my HDTV.
How'd you afford an HDTV?? :???: I think you may be the first guy I know that owns an HDTV..
I have a job...
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