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Wii Got One

Posted on Friday, November 10 @ 19:36:01 Eastern by Duke_Ferris
Fed Ex brought us an early Xmas present today. We've been toying around with it and i thought I'd share some first impressions. We've got Wii Sports (comes in the box), Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Excite Truck.

- I've seen them before, but I still can't get over how small it is. It's literally the size of a computer disc drive.

- The motion sensor works well. It's sensitive and accurate.

- I'm still disappointed it's not in HDTV. I know many people haven't gone HD yet, and they won't care as much. But it really does look last-gen compared to the 360 and the PS3. Yes, I also understand that's the whole point, and it's part of why the system is only $250. No hate mail please. Still disappointed. Heck, it doesn't even come with an s-video connector.

- Zelda reminds me a lot of Fable in the look, art, and character design.

- You need a second Wiimote for Wii Sports and then it's pretty fun. It has no depth, and is a bit like a tech demo, but still it's fun when you're swinging away next to your friends.

- Nobody has tried Excite Truck yet. That means something.

- The central Wii server doesn't seem to be up and running yet. Our Wii cannot connect to it.

- My Mii avatar is a pretty good caricature of me.

That's all I can say so far. Game reviews coming up soon.


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  • One
    One

    Joined: May 2002
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2006 at 10:04 pm
    Which games will you be reviewing? Wii Sports, Excite Truck and Zelda? And what order will they come in? I hope the Zelda review comes first :)
  • Autumns
    Autumns

    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 12:15 am
    I believe you guys forgot that the Wii online service has been pushed back from it's lunch title. I personally don't care if it has HDTV or not. Once you get by the graphics, it's the gameplay you fall back on.
  • wiifan
    wiifan

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 3:03 am
    when are you guys gonna review the games?? cant wait....
  • Sjvan0
    Sjvan0

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 3:22 am
    Wii are not impressed by your wiik puns, Duke. :P Anyway, definately looking forward to your first reviews, you lucky bastards (note, I'm using "bastard" in the endearing Australian sense, not the insulting sense). If there aren't atleast 2 puns per paragraph, I will be verii disappointed.
  • mooseodeath
    mooseodeath

    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 5:21 am
    so now every reviewer will be posting late due to Wii inflicted RSI, damnable nintendo.
  • Wldmnborn
    Wldmnborn

    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 7:37 am
    $250 you say? Perfect, I just rented out one of my kidneys to a 'nam vet for $300. That should be enough for the system and a game...
  • CTHunter777
    CTHunter777

    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
    Thank you finally someone agrees with me about the graphics they suck compared to the 360 and PS3! Ive been trying to tell people that. Anyway is the Wii worth 250 cause I dont think it is comparing to 360 and PS3 (not to be hating on the Wii)
  • Zodified_Eclipse
    Zodified_Eclipse

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
    The game looks so weird that big, because GameCube games are half that size. The Wii is half the gamecube size too.
  • Zodified_Eclipse
    Zodified_Eclipse

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
    Just saw the soon to be the-neglected-child PS2 below the Wii.
  • SkylerOcon
    SkylerOcon

    Joined: Feb 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
    So how was Twilight Princess? All you said was that it was like Fable. I want to know!
  • Wildside
    Wildside

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
    how the hell did GR get their hands on a Wii? i dont get it.
  • fallobar
    fallobar

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
    man yeah Zelda!
  • Sjvan0
    Sjvan0

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 8:10 pm
    Wildside: Nintendo's been sending Wiis to most reputable journalists, I believe.
  • Miscarriage
    Miscarriage

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
    Ah...reminds me of a 33.6 Faxmodem or something. So tiny..
  • Jonas190
    Jonas190

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2006 at 12:07 am
    CTHunter777, Graphics do not make the game, gameplay makes the game. I can't count how many games in the past have looked fantastic but were very dull and boring... but if graphics are all your looking for then yeah, go with the P$3 or the 360.
  • Jordinho
    Jordinho

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2006 at 8:27 am
    It's not visuals it's also physics. Why do people not get that more advanced game technology and architecture doesn't just mean better graphics; it means better and more varied gameplay is possible. Wii just won't be able to run some of what PS3 and 360 will be capable of. That's not to say it won't have good games, but you won't get Mass Effect-like games where new styles of gameplay are introduced because of updated technology.
  • porsche6864
    porsche6864

    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
    The Wii is getting left behind by the next-gen consoles. The Wii is not a next-gen console. It may have some innovative technology, but the power of the console and graphics of the games cannot contend with the superiority of the PS3.
  • ugriffin
    ugriffin

    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
    What! It IS a next gen console! Trouble is that nint does not understand that graphics also matter
  • DBucks8
    DBucks8

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
    Bitchin. I cant wait until i get my own Wii-mote and a Mii. (hehe). Furthermore, Jonas190, right on brotha, I couldn't have put it better.
  • jedi_guardian
    jedi_guardian

    Joined: Dec 2005
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2006 at 10:53 pm
    Can't wait for Nov.17, the console had me with Twilight Princess, and I might buy Excite Truck, just cause it reminds me of Hydro Thunder.
  • Squiggy
    Squiggy

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 13th, 2006 at 1:33 am
    Jedi_Guardian, the Wii doesn't come out on the 17th. It comes out on the 19th. PS3 is the one that comes out on the 17th. Regardless, I can't wait to grab my Wii on launch day. I won't even test out Wii Sports when I get it, the first game I'm playing is Zelda. I've been waiting WAY too long for that game, and after two delays, I'm tired of sitting here NOT playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Also, As far as Zelda resembling Fable, I think it should be taken the other way around. If anything, Fable resembles Zelda more than Zelda does Fable. Yeah yeah, Fable came before Twilight Princess, but regarding the Zelda series as a whole, Fable is just Zelda with moral choices, RPG elements, and the word Microsoft pasted on its forehead. And its a lot shorter. Not saying Fable is bad, Fable is awesome. I'm just saying Fable is a Zelda knockoff. Really the best Zelda knockoff there is, but still a knock off of Zelda.
  • ItsAmeAmario
    ItsAmeAmario

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 13th, 2006 at 1:54 am
    lets get real..i bought a ps2 and havent touched it in over a year.. i bought a psp and sold it the nextweek... i still own my regular nintendo my super nintendo my n64 my game cube and my ds..and how ****in gay are war games.. give me a mario or zelda game and i wont move for hours..who gives a **** about graphics.. ur gunna tell me super mario world wasnt and probaly still is the funest game uve ever played? just because the graphics suck.. ?sure ps3 is kool but are u gunna still wanna own it 5 or 6 years from now? ill never get rif of ne of my nintendo **** :)
  • Reid
    Reid

    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Nov 13th, 2006 at 2:23 am
    How responsive is the controller? Can you adjust the sensitivity, or is it completely reliant on how much you move your arm?
  • mooseodeath
    mooseodeath

    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Nov 13th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
    actually how is the bowling game? if it's like the real thing does it allow you to select reactive bowling balls? or is it a case of throw it at the headpin? ie could i use it to work on my swing, or is it just mindless fun?
  • bukwild26
    bukwild26

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 13th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
    Graphics do matter, but not as much as gameplay. I still have all my nintendos as well. along with my xbox and 360. i had a ps1 and ps2 and sold both of them. if i want a game that has amazing graphics ill play it on my 360, but guess what im going to have a wii as well. you cant beat the fun factor and replayability of nintendo games. its kind of funny to know that you can get a 360 and a wii for the price of a P$3.
  • ItsAmeAmario
    ItsAmeAmario

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 13th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
    hey im gunna go spend 600 bucks on a ps3 :) and not have ne money left over to buy a game.. i read on the sony web site in fine print it goes in rare cases cd's dvd's and the new disc for the system may not work like it supposed to idk i tried copying it and pasting it here but it wont let me copy it..
  • ryandebraal
    ryandebraal

    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2006 at 4:13 am
    Sounds like a pretty biased look - it really just comes down to the controller and these questions Can I hold a sword and cast a fishing pole, like their hyped trailers want us to believe? Wiill my arms get tired? Is this more than a 'one trick horse'? if the answers are yes-no-yes than they'll revolutionizre the industry otherwise, you can put it up on that space youve already cleared on your shelf of Nintendo blunders along with Virtual Boy HD support? Who cares?! Your being a video snob. "I only watch High Definition, that other 'stuff' gives me a head ache! I predict a crap out of the first series of PS3's comin in a week- the last 2 systems didnt work till the 3rd generation of them - while Nintendo wiill be touch and go easy time will tell.
  • corban
    corban

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2006 at 12:04 am
    It's good to hear that the motion sensor works well. PS. Hi, Seb!
  • jusstin79
    jusstin79

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2006 at 11:44 am
    HELP ME GAME REV! NINTENDO WII OR XBOX 360!?
  • StinkS
    StinkS

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
    Hey ItsAmeAmario "..i bought a ps2 and havent touched it in over a year..".... send that thing my way, I'll put it to good use. I don't own any consoles :(
  • natgarcia07
    natgarcia07

    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2006 at 10:18 am
    its so freaking tiny!!! i want one because of the new way of gameplay with that controller!!! its not gonna be like the PS3 or the 360 but it looks like it would still be fun to play :]
  • sic240
    sic240

    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2006 at 11:36 am
    I agree, the size of that thing it's beautiful!!! I hate those Xbox and PS2/3 consoles that look like a f****** Betamax.
  • Tygano5
    Tygano5

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
    im getting my wii

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