I love it. I've only gotten about 4 hours of playtime in (well, two hours of playtime, two hours of just poking around the console. IMO, Nintendo has pulled it off, just as I knew they would.

I suppose I'm what you'd refer to as a Nintendo fanboy, but don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against the other consoles. When it comes down to it, the N has a gaming philosophy that appeals to me. They have the games I want to play, and that is all the decision on gaming consoles comes down to.

The thing I'm most pleased by is the implementation of motion sensing. I think it's a tad shy of perfect, but still extremely good. I've played Wii Sports for a while now, and while not all of the examples are winners (baseball is very difficult - the swing is very hard to get down), the shining examples have to be golf and boxing.

Anyway, it's time for me to get started on my 60-hour-long Zelda quest. This is going to good. I really wish I didn't have any obligations at work this week

Anyone else get one? It would be cool to add friends.



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I agree with you about Nintendo having the games I want.

I wanted to get one but ended up not being able to find one so I got a 360 with Viva Pinata and Kameo instead I plan on getting a Wii as soon as I can find one though I really want to play the new Zelda.

Does the Wii let you stream video from a pc ? In the demos I have watched it looks like there is some kind of video playback.

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The registration process for a friend is a little strange. It isn't really labeled as adding a Wii Friend, and then it has you store the person with one of your Mii's attached. Why wouldn't it go and get the one that the other person used?

I'm pretty sure it doesn't stream video. I think the only video it does play is MJPEG stored on an SD card. Not really usefull. Maybe we'll see more in the future, given the two USB ports on the back.

3248 5534 2295 4054 - I'm a bit disappointed they went with this setup again for their online strategy. Unless I write this down and put it in my wallet, I can't have other people add me easily. I'm probably just too used to how the 360 does the online friends list, and also now how the PS3 does as well.

Just had two friends over and we had a blast with several of the minigames on Super Monkey Ball. I'm not going to start on Twilight Princess though until I wrap up my progress on Wind Waker.

Backwards compatibility has two issues I see so far. Games like Mario Kart that can use the ethernet adapter on the GameCube see no such ability to use the Wii's connection (at least wireless). This seems to be similar to how Game Boy Advance games played in the DS cannot link to each other. And second, my import copy of Sonic CD won't run. I can use the Action Replay to still load it, and most of the other games work, but attempting to start Sonic CD displays an error about there being a problem with the Gamecube and it locks the Wii.

I'd also like to see the Wii menus be navigable via the GameCube controller. That way I can play a Gamecube or classic game without touching the Wiimote.

As an all around system though, I'm pretty happy. Looking forward to seeing what more developers do with it, and I'm glad it still proves Nintendo can compete in an environment where Sony and Microsoft are willing to throw money away to participate. As far as I can tell, the Wii pretty much sold out today, so initial demand looks good.

How hard was it to get ahold of for you guys?

I met up with a few other coworkers yesterday to camp out for it. We found a newer Target out of the way that got 24, and the last people in line got there at about 5am. From what I can tell, it sold out all across the Austin area pretty much when every store put them on sale based on lines at other places, and also the flow of people clearly hitting several stores in the area looking for one. Getting ahold of one in the next two months will likely be pretty easy, but will require checking around your local stores frequently. Noone has exact launch numbers for the US, but Nintendo is targeting 4 million units across Japan, the US and Europe by the end of the year. To compare numbers, Microsoft was able to ship only 1.5 million consoles from Nov 22 to Dec 31 2005, and people were sill able to find them if they wanted one during that time with some searching.

I played with a demo Wii at a show last weekend and it was amazingly good fun. I really want it, but like the DS I bought, I probably won't actually get around to playing with it

Well, l0ser, I think I added you last night, but so far I'm not sure if it works.

Has anyone else had problems getting into the online store? I've had it freeze on me twice now. It'll just stop on the loading screen, and the little circle will keep spinning and spinning. Eventually I have to unplug it because I can't press any buttons to get out of it. Even when I press the Home button it tells me that I can't. That's a little annoying.

I haven't added you, yet. The online store worked great for me at my girlfriend's. And her wireless tends to blow. Once I got it home I got the wireless configured and the tests came back positive but the online store does exactly what you said. I did manage to get Sonice the Hedgehog for Genesis off of the store from my girlfriend's. Didn't the first Sonic game allow you to charge your spin? I don't have a classic controller, maybe that's it. Every time I crouch and press a button to spin him he just jumps.

My Wii purchasing experience was awesome. I couldn't get off work to go to the store that I wanted to preorder from. The manager there is a guy I know and he was nice enough to put myself and friends into the system as cash purchases before the store opened. Later in the day one of my friends went over with some cash and retrieved the preorders for us all. That store did a midnight opening. I got there at 11:50 and walked out of the store at 12:02 with my Wii in hand. Total effort time of about 30 minutes (That's counting the drive to the store and back).

Does Wii come with VGA/DVI output? One thing I hate about consoles is that you cannot easily plug them to your PC monitor...

No. Nintendo did say that they were going to do VGA but I think they later said that they weren't. Out of the box it comes with composite.

Do they let you do snapshots to save anywhere you want like pc based emulators do ?

No, but when you exit to Home it does suspend the game. The suspend gets erased when you next load it, though. If you don't go Home (just reset or turn off the Wii) it doesn't suspend the game.

Cool thanks, I just love the bunnies

Played a demo in a store yesterday and I'm hooked. Wasn't planning on getting any next gen console for quite a while if ever, but damn, the controller is just too much fun. I bought the Gamecube pretty much solely for Zelda, and it was worth it. I'll probably do the same for the Wii!

You will not regret it. Make sure you get Rayman and three extra controllers

I can't speak to Zelda yet, but I have no doubt it will be on par with the rest of the series. It takes a long while to get into things (I played for about 30 minutes before I got the slingshot, and an hour before I got a wooden sword). The sword fighting is going to take some getting used to (no more pressing the A button), but I'm sure I'll really like it eventually.

All I know is that this long weekend couldn't have come at a better time

I'm about 10 hours into Zelda so far, and I'm loving it.

Wii Sports has my right shoulder sore.

Make sure you get an extra strength wrist strap or you may just fire the controller into your TV breaking the screen like so many other people lately.

Doh. Looks like they're all fake to me, but I'm a cynic anyway.

I just found one woo hoo

It was at Target they said someone had just returned it because they couldn't sell it on Ebay (serves the bastards right )

Looks like my system has possibly sold a few more. Already my two friends I had over want their own, and now even my family is interested after playing around with Wii Sports. Looks like Nintendo did well trying to go after the non gamer crowd.

Yeah, I think they are really bringing to light the difference in the gaming crowds. There's those who are woo'ed by graphics and flash, and those who appreciate pure, beautifully intuitive gameplay. Not to say there can't be both, but when it comes down to it, if the game isn't fun, all the flash and sparkle in the world isn't going to make me keep playing it just to see the next transparent surface reflection.

It makes me think of Hollywood blockbuster movies. There will always be a crowd who will go see the next trillion dollar effect movie even though it is devoid of soul and story. But for my money, give me an indie made on a camcorder that has heart and a plot.

I mean, I get it, I like the 1080p badassness too. It's amazing to look at, but once you get over that, there better be some gameplay to back it up. Nintendo knows that. And what's awesome about it is that they are pushing pretty major innovations in gameplay and doing it while not losing money on every console they sell, and while attracting "non core audience" gamers into the fold. Pretty brilliant if you ask me.

Wii sports tennis and baseball rock !!! bowling is ok I haven't tried golf or boxing yet. Gotta start playing Zelda over the four day weekend.


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Anyone else having problems with the fishing in Zelda ? The bobber goes down but I can't hook one. Damn cat

You have to fish at the dock where the cat hangs out. If you want to actually catch a fish, do it by the house where you got the rod. But you'll just catch little fish that the game doesn't even let you keep.