Wii

underthedome · Dec 8th, 2006, 03:01 PM

Has anyone played nintendo's new system, Wii?

Crescent · Dec 8th, 2006, 03:42 PM

too busy with PS3 to even look at that. But atleast WII has one good thing about it, gets u off the couch.

DeSiMuNdA · Dec 18th, 2006, 09:26 PM

Haven't played it...but ppl that i know who have it love it...new concept in gaming...only complaint they have is the strap that's provided with the controller...that it's not strong enuf and if someone uses big movements to play the game, once ur hand gets sweaty, the controller goes flying out and hits the TV

even with the strap wrapped around tightly...

**Edit: lo and behold, Nintendo to recall straps for the controller and ship out thicker, stronger ones**

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/15/tech...ion=2006121513

Nyz DjLeo · Jan 2nd, 2007, 06:38 PM

yea wii is a family console...good for the whole family and it keeps u active. My brother was telling me he played it at the mall and it was very nice. and the price is veryy good too

RoCKiSTaN · Jan 2nd, 2007, 10:04 PM

Wii in my opinion is as addicting as N64 when it first came out. Not only is it out of the ordinary but I love the fact how the harder and faster you move the control (nunchuck also) the better the gameplay. I got ps3 when it came out and wasn't that amazed but I know I'm getting 360 2morow cause I saw this new game called "Gears of War". It p()00wns!

Sheeda Telli · Jan 14th, 2007, 05:03 AM

i got one and its tite

Gears of War has really good graphics but neever been into shooting games.

ssjali · Feb 22nd, 2007, 04:46 AM

I have Wii and i love it. Who is playing Wii from you? We can exchance wii codes

cheetah · Feb 23rd, 2007, 06:24 AM

I got the wii its brilliant. The thing is it has not got much games out at the moment. Also you can download retro games off your wii. Its so addictive

ssjali - want to exchance codes?

TofiBaba · Mar 5th, 2007, 01:06 PM

They came out with a mod chip for the Wii, so you can *cough* backup your game DVD's and play with those. Its still a little iffy, but its out there.

Spock · Mar 8th, 2007, 09:12 PM

i went thrice to buy it but the damn thing got sold out so fast, once it was sold out at the mall within 10 minutes!

TofiBaba · Mar 10th, 2007, 02:02 PM

The Wii or the modchip? lol

Usama1 · Mar 11th, 2007, 06:44 PM

ps3 looks amazing.. but i want them to come out with cricket on Wii

Faisal · Apr 23rd, 2007, 02:50 PM

About 10 minutes ago, I became proud owner of a brand new Wii. Bought it over eBay and paid an outrageous premium for it. Expect to get it in a few days. Hopefully its worth it.

TofiBaba · Apr 23rd, 2007, 03:14 PM

why didn't you just pre-order it? And they'd have shipped it to you when it came back in stock.

If anyone else wants to buy one I can sell mine for an outrageous premium

Faisal · Apr 23rd, 2007, 03:54 PM

For something that was first released on November 19, to be running into this many shipment problems even six months down the road, tells me that either Nintendo's forecasting models are horribly out of line or they have major production problems going on.

A friend of mine went to our nearby BestBuy store at 4 am this last Sunday. They had advertised that they will have a shipment of 19 Wii's on Sunday. He got into the line and at 9 am (5 hours later) he was told that he is the 20th person in the line and, yes, you guessed it, he didn't get his Wii. Sheesh! I think its the crappiest marketing and distribution campaign I have ever seen for a product in such a competitive landscape.

mAd_ScIeNtIsT · Apr 23rd, 2007, 04:02 PM

^^

This is why you should should just give up and get a Xbox 360. Best distribution and best game selection of any next-gen console.

Not that the Wii is next gen...

Faisal · Apr 23rd, 2007, 04:11 PM

XBox 360 and PS3 are practically for adults. With their huge focus on superlative graphics and how complex they can make the game play. I wanted something the whole family can play, with simple yet enjoyable games. More importantly with Wii, the players are actually getting up from the couch and getting some work out done too.

TofiBaba · Apr 23rd, 2007, 06:04 PM

Actually its the demand for the Wii (for the obvious reasons Faisal mentioned) that's keeping them out of stock. I was speaking with the Nintendo World Store manager yesterday and he was telling me that they are coming in but people keep snapping them up. Probably to go out and resell them (on ebay?).

CareBear · Apr 23rd, 2007, 07:16 PM

Tofibaba, will you trade your wii for a plate of biryani?

Samad · Apr 23rd, 2007, 07:25 PM

WII + alcohol = good times