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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 7:43 am
by Eraser
The whole VIP star points idea is a massive failure in Europe. They had a few good offers indeed, but the wallpapers and ringtones they have on there now are shite anyway.
In japan, however, they have a similar system and they continually have great offers on there. But it's always that way with Nintendo. Europe gets screwed.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:29 am
by [xeno]Julios
Can someone point me to a demonstration of the Wii controller in action please?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:34 am
by dzjepp
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:44 am
by c0ld
So will I be able to play Gamecube games on the Wii? And how big is the harddrive going to be on it? I assume there is still no word on online multiplayer for it yet?(would love to hit up some oldschool games in multiplayer like mariokart. :icon25:
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:49 am
by Foo
Eraser wrote:VIP star points
They really have something called:
"Very Important Person Start Points"
?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:33 am
by [xeno]Julios
tyvm - gave me a good general idea.
Now a question:
Does the controller sample your movements with any high degree of accuracy?
For example, in the sword fighting game, will it measure the exact angle and velocity of the stroke?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:36 am
by AmIdYfReAk
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:39 am
by Freakaloin
i'm thinking kids will love this shit...i'm getting one...btw...besides kids, consoles r for pussies...
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:20 am
by Eraser
[xeno]Julios wrote:
tyvm - gave me a good general idea.
Now a question:
Does the controller sample your movements with any high degree of accuracy?
For example, in the sword fighting game, will it measure the exact angle and velocity of the stroke?
according to reports it's
very accurate. And yes, it'll be aware of the angle of the controller and the position of the controller in a 3D space. For instance, in
Red Steel, if you turn the controller sideways and you're holding a gun in the game, your character will hold the gun sideways as well.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:27 am
by Eraser
One more point why Wii would succeed:
The competition reasons like this:
One of the biggest controversies to emerge from E3 revolved around the price of the PS3 - which, as we revealed last week, will cost £425 when it hits the shops on November 17th.
But UK retailers have told our sister site, GamesIndustry.biz, that the high price is unlikely to put off hardcore gamers.
Hardcore gamers, yeah, all
five of them.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:47 am
by o'dium
Playstation became the number one selling console simply because of the price.
70% of its owners bought the console once it dropped the the price it is TODAY for gods sake.
Not to mention 33% of all consoles bought anyway are faulty, and those "re-bought" units count as "sales".
In other words, sony are betting the PS3 will fly of the shelves like the PS2 did that christmas. They forget that the average joe kid will NOT be getting £600 spent on a single present this year.
Its JUST the hardcore fans that will buy it. And even then you have to be a retard to buy a console when theres nothing out for it. Metal Gear yes, but thats out christmas. So why pay half a grand on a console thats got an unproved disk drive in it, by a company that will more than likely be pumping out faulty consoles at launch anyway, with no games that are any good... Well, resistence is good, but not good for me to spend money that would keep me living for a few months...
I think sony put to much faith in this thing. Yeah itsa good machine, a great machine. It can do a lot of shit of course. But how many people NEED all that shit... WiFi? Fuck that.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:46 pm
by Foo
Foo wrote:Eraser wrote:VIP star points
They really have something called:
"Very Important Person Start Points"
?
?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:57 pm
by plained
i keep hearing nintendo is the new apple
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:47 pm
by Big Kahuna Burger
nothing will top the 360. seriously you can turn off the console without getting up. THAT's innovation
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:22 am
by Eraser
Foo wrote:Foo wrote:Eraser wrote:VIP star points
They really have something called:
"Very Important Person Start Points"
?
?
Not exactly. They're called star points, and it's registered on a site called Nintendo VIP
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:47 am
by o'dium
Big Kahuna Burger wrote:nothing will top the 360. seriously you can turn off the console without getting up. THAT's innovation
Sony invented the guide button and motion sensor momo. Turnin a console off by holding the button is nothing.
