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Wii thread
« on: November 19, 2006, 09:19:09 AM »
I know ethic was gonna get one, so this is a thread where he and I can talk about stuff.  I was #15 out of 23 at Circuit City this morning.  I got there right about 8, and they handed out tickets at 9.  Probably gonna pick up Zelda and Red Steel along with another controller when they open at 10.  Right now, I'm just going to enjoy being warm, because I just stood in 35 degree weather for an hour for a fucking video game system

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2006, 09:46:14 AM »
Quote from: Blue Govtcheez
I just stood in 35 degree weather for an hour for a fucking video game system

:rofl:

I hope it's worth it. :)
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?.

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2006, 10:31:34 AM »
I'm confused.  Where are/were you posting from?  And since ethics being cheap, you must tell us how it is.

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2006, 11:01:18 AM »
Wow, I heard about people lining up at the beginning to middle of the week for the PS3, I kinda thought it'd be similar for the Wii.

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2006, 12:08:44 PM »
I'm confused.  Where are/were you posting from?  And since ethics being cheap, you must tell us how it is.
They handed out the tickets at 9, but the store didn't open until 10, so I came home.  The girlfriend and I have been playing Wii Sports for the last hour and a half - it's a lot of fun so far.  They really utilize the controllers in neat ways for some of these.  To box, you hold your hands up and actually punch and dodge and stuff.  In Golf, you actually swing the controller like a club.  So far I think our favorite game is tennis.  We also bought Zelda and Red Steel.  I've heard mixed things about Red Steel, but I'm sure Zelda's great.

One thing I noticed is that most stores are really really undersupplied on the controller.  You really need the nunchuck and wiimote to be able to play effectively, but when we went to Circuit City, they only had like 4 of each.  Fortunately, we got an extra one so we can play together, but I know some people got left out. 

Mike, I heard about some people being there last night or yesterday, but that was mostly for places that had midnight launches.  The earliest I heard of anyone getting to stores today was like 5.  The Wii didn't have the demand of the PS3, and Nintendo supplied a lot more of them, especially in the US.

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2006, 01:00:09 PM »
Ah ok, that'd explain it.  Sony bastards!

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2006, 02:02:29 PM »
I was up at midnight last night working on a paper, so I checked Amazon, but it wasn't available...Then I went to bed. I still want to get one before the new year, anyone have any idea how hard that will be?

I hate console launches :mad:

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2006, 04:05:46 PM »
I think there are going to be new shipments in every week.

I think amazon did their sale at like noon eastern, but it went really really fast.

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2006, 08:10:21 PM »
I heard the French have their own console called the "Oui"..
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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2006, 08:48:08 AM »
Super Monkey Ball sucks so far.

I think I'm the only person with that opinion.

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2006, 09:54:12 AM »
The control on Red Steel was a little rough, but I think that'll go away after I play it a little more.  I haven't played it since last Sunday.

The control on Monkey Ball seems broken.  It keeps not detecting the remote, even when it should be right there.

Controls are great on Wii Sports, Zelda, and the menus.  I wish that Zelda had been a Wii-only game, though; it seems like they didn't utilize it as much as they could have.  You can gesture with the remote to attack or use it to select menu items, but that's it.

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2006, 10:17:48 AM »
I love you too Steven :)

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2006, 09:07:46 PM »
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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2006, 09:48:42 PM »
I'd fuck my... er... the Wii

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Re: Wii thread
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2006, 11:12:48 PM »
tgm, that gets the coveted 10/10  :thumbsup:
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