Nintendo Revolution

[Faulkie]

Without progress, comes stagnation. With no new things, eventually, the old things will get repetetive, unimaginative and boring. There's only so many ways you can do a game, and only so good the graphics will become. It's inevitable.

Yeah but have you talked to people who are going mad over Xbox 360 and PS3? They seem happy enough playing Halo 34754 or whatever...

[Lee-yoshi]

Some people don't like change and are very happy with just playing on new maps!

Me for example, i'd be mega happy with a Burnout 6,835, because there are just some games that never run out of life. Another example, PSO!

[Cye Zero]

That's true some games you can play forever and never get board with it like Mario 3 and Mario 64.

[Arrogantelf]

Ok so here is a quick Wii update for anyone who is interested.

Wii:
Teccy bits.
CPU 729Mhz (confirmed by Nintendo)
GPU in association with ATI.
UNCONFIRMED 64Mb DRam, 24Mb 1T-Sram, 32Mb dedicated PPU.
512Mb Flash Rom.
Wireless 802.11b/g
Plays ALL 'cube discs.
Wavebird/std controller compatible.
Slots for cube mem cards and SD cards.
Nunchaku and wand controllers have x/y/z motion sensitivity, 2.4Ghz bluetooth.
Currently over 50 developers.
Virtual console promises, Nes,Snes,N64,Turbografx,Megadrive d/loads. (rumoured Saturn?)
Opera 9 browser for true internet on your telly.

Fun stuff.
Possible 20 launch titles?
Games to use DS like Friend code system.
Future voice chat in-game online.
Twilight Princess.
$40 for games likely.
Likely to launch end Oct. beginning Nov '06.
Price almost certain $199.
Twilight Princess.

A NEW direction for gaming.(ok so that may be construed as a bit fanboi-ish)
Twilight Princess(i know)

Thats enough for now as most of the stuff out in webland is just wild rumour and speculation, which i unsubscribed from a loong time ago now.

[jarl]

wow... ninty havent fallen into the trap of going 'OMG! 8 GHZ CPU! WE OWN UR COMP!!' taking SD cards also sounds pretty cool, as SD cards are used alot.

[Arrogantelf]

Ya , SD is a cheap solution now.

...by Jarl..

'OMG! 8 GHZ CPU! WE OWN UR COMP!!'

Lol, so Wii will run almost silent and very cool too. Also knowing how well Nintendos hardware is put together, im sure there will be no performance issues at all.

Update: Found out today upto 30 games available from launch on Virtual Console.

[Lee-yoshi]

According to Computer&VideoGames.com, Nintendo Wii will launch with at least 27 launch titles! They've named the following titles as launch titles so far:

Avatar: The Last Airbender [THQ]
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII Ubisoft]
Blitz: The League [Midway]
Call of Duty 3 [Activision]
Cars [THQ]
Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 [Atari]
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors [Square-Enix]
Elebits [Konami]
Excite Truck Nintendo]
Far Cry Ubisoft]
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers [Square-Enix]
GT Pro Series Ubisoft]
Madden NFL 07 [Electronic Arts]
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance [Activision]
Metal Slug Anthology [SNK]
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption [Nintendo]
Need for Speed: Carbon [Electronic Arts]
Open Season Ubisoft]
Rayman Raving Rabbids Ubisoft]
Red Steel [Ubisoft]
Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab [THQ]
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz [SEGA]
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [Nintendo]
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam [Activision]
Trauma Centre: Second Opinion [Atlus]
Wii Sports [Nintendo]

Those who can spot a needle in a haystack may also notice they've only listed 26 games, so the 27th title is most probabily WarioWare: Smooth Moves [Nintendo] - How could they forget about that one?! lol

According to Wikipedia - yes, we know it's sometimes unreliable, but it does tend to get this sort of thing right - there are a grand total of 151 games currently in development for the Wii. The only downside is that all that waving around of the Wii-mote is likely to give us very achy wrists.

Awesome!! 151 Games in development, better nip down the gym!

What'll you be getting at launch?

Me? Looks like Super Monkey Ball, WarioWare, and Red Steel are going to be must haves for sure

[Arrogantelf]

At launch, hmmmm, Virtual console Super Metroid, Red Steel 4 sure and if available LoZ: TP lol

[Lee-yoshi]

EVEN more news regarding the Wii!

You speak, Wii writes
Wednesday 16-Aug-2006 11:57 AM Well, if persistent rumours about voice-to-text capabilities prove to be correct

Speculation is mounting that the Wii will sport an intriguing feature which is as yet unannounced: voice-to-text communication. Originally unveiled by a "Nintendo insider" on an IGN gaming forum, and apparently confirmed by a NoA patent application, Nintendo's next-gen console could feature a system that converts online players' voice inputs to text, which it adjusts according to volume and tone of voice.

Thus, if a player shouts into the microphone (the patent application mentions both wireless earphone/microphone headsets and microphone input from controllers such as the Wii-mote), his or her text might be sent to competing players in a red, larger than normal-sized font, or if their voice sounds stressed or aggressive, the text may appear in a bold or italic font. The patent application also suggests that the voice recognition system will look for keywords and emphasise them - so, for example, the phrase: "I'm going to blast you" might be sent to competing players as "I'm going to BLAST you".

The system would come into its own in situations when, for example, online servers are unable to provide full voice-chat processing, or not all players are equipped with headphones, and would make aficionados of online PC games, who generally communicate with each other via text, feel at home.

It seems the Wii is set to be even more of a box of tricks than was previously thought - if this does all turn out to be part of the console, of course.

HOW AWESOME DOES THAT SOUND?! I seriously hope that is a feature, although if its a system used anything like the one in their Mario Party games, jesus christ there's gonna be problems! lol

Wii for £90?
Wednesday 16-Aug-2006 11:55 AM Financial reports suggest that Nintendo's upcoming console could be the cheapest Wii you ever had

Nintendo's Wii could be nestling under your telly for a lot cheaper than you think, according to a financial report from the Tokyo-based Nikko Citigroup.

In-between the financial jargon, the financial institution forecasts that the Wii could carry a Japanese price tag of 19,500 yen, down from original estimates of 25,000 Yen, because of cheaper CPU costs, which, through current exchange rates roughly translates to around £90.

But before you start doing Mario cartwheels on your computer desk, keep in mind that console prices rarely ever convert according to exchange rates, and we can probably take this report to indicate a more likely price-point around £130.

Nikko Citigroup's previous forecast for the Wii was 25,000 yen (about £114), but the firm lowered its price estimate based on its expectation that Nintendo will be able to produce the console's CPU for lower than expected.

Up to now the official word from Nintendo has been that the Wii will retail for under 25,000 yen in Japan and under $250 in the US. While we don't expect the console to debut at the sub-£100 price-point this report suggests, the surprisingly-low £130 introductory price of Nintendo's Gamecube has us hopeful that the company will still surprise us with a really competitive entry into the market. It could even creep up towards the £150 mark and still be damn good value.

HURRAH!

[jarl]

Far Cry Ubisoft]
Metal Slug Anthology [SNK]
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption [Nintendo]
Need for Speed: Carbon [Electronic Arts]
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [Nintendo]

thats my launch list


someone shouhld set up a co0mp[any buying stuff from china and then imnporting it to england at the exchange rate+a small profit- so buy them for 19,500 yen, then ship them to england and make £10 profit on each console and they'll probably be selling for about £115 tops, before the UK launch. how cool would that be, you could do it for DS gameds as well... the list is endless!