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"^ You have way too much money."

I actually only bought the Wii with money. Everything else I got from trading in my PS2 Collection and a couple Gameboy and DS titles

11/20/2006 11:33:08 AM

i would get a Wii but if i'm going to shell out some cash for a new console i'm going to get a true next-gen rig

11/20/2006 11:33:55 AM

So you care more about technical specifications than actual gaming experience?

11/20/2006 11:38:35 AM

yes, that's what he's saying.

kind of like when people buy a $50k car that can do 0-60 in 3 seconds and then use it to drive to work and buy groceries. (pwn)

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 11:40 AM. Reason : s]

11/20/2006 11:40:46 AM

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"perhaps he's too busy playing his Wii? "

yeah, it was the first part. Thanks for being concerned about me though.

11/20/2006 11:43:39 AM

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"Nice deal at Toys R Us for anyone looking for these particular games: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115801"

You have to log into the site to view the forums. Could you post it hear?

11/20/2006 11:49:16 AM

i care more about longevity than something that'll be OMG NEAT for all of half a year

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 11:53 AM. Reason : i promise to post pictures that say OMFG BIGMAN PWN TWW LOLOL when i get whatever i get]

11/20/2006 11:50:36 AM

i like the fact that you can actually burn calories with this console

11/20/2006 12:11:32 PM

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"You have to log into the site to view the forums. Could you post it hear? "

Sure thing. Note that you'll have to donate a small amount to Toys for Tots (at least $1 to bring the total over $150) to use the additional $30 off $150 coupon.

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"Forgive me if this a repost, but I searched and didn't find anything. On ToysRUs they are having a buy 3 select Wii games and save 30 dollars. Use this coupon code: "TRU_Soz9NTaoQJ" to save 30 off 150. Donate to Toys for Tots as a filler to get predeal 150 total. You can get 3 Will games for 105 roughly. Thanks to Kendro and Blueboy for helping to make this deal better. Thanks also go out to whoever it was at SD I ripped this coupon from. Select games: Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz Trauma Center: Second Opinion SpongeBob: Creature from the Krusty Krab Avatar: The Last Airbender Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Marvel Ultimate Alliance Call of Duty 3 Metal Slug Anthology"

11/20/2006 12:18:33 PM

I'm satisfied with Zelda and Wii sports for now. Nintendo better get one of their franchise titles out by February or a ton of Wii owners are gonna be sitting around with nothing decent to play. The Gamecube launch was far better game-wise.

Might buy Metal Slug anthology, though. Ten bucks cheaper than the other games, I believe.

11/20/2006 12:23:12 PM

I definitely don't agree with that. Other than Smash Bros. (which didn't come out until Dec.) the GC launch was a little lacking. Super Monkey Ball and Rogue Leader were the only noteworthy exclusive third party titles.

11/20/2006 12:39:45 PM

does anyone know any places in Raleigh/Cary that have any Wii's in stock?

11/20/2006 12:43:37 PM

everybody is sold out...

11/20/2006 1:06:13 PM

^^^Tony Hawk 3? plus pikmin was out by christmas as well. i guess i should have stated that within a month or so, the cube lineup was quite strong. not so much in the case of the wii.

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 1:09 PM. Reason : ]

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 1:09 PM. Reason : arrows]

11/20/2006 1:09:16 PM

I agree with a lot of the previous evaluations, the WII is pretty freaking awesome. For a non-gaming person I picked it up pretty easy (the bf got his from Cary Best Buy).

Anyone one have recommendations on whether Rabbids or Monkey Ball is the superior 2 player game? Just have Zelda and Sports now, looking to add to his collection.

11/20/2006 2:07:03 PM

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"does anyone know any places in Raleigh/Cary that have any Wii's in stock?"

Good thing is places like EB and Gamestop aren't still fulfilling pre-orders (ala Xbox 360 launch) so whatever stock they recieve will be fair game.

I wouldn't be surpised to see systems in stores again by black friday.

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 2:10 PM. Reason : quoted the wrong person]

11/20/2006 2:08:29 PM

Question about the classic controller.

I noticed that many virtual games can be played with gamecube controllers or the wii remote. Has there been anything published to date that indicated the classic controller is a useful purchase? I know ill pick up a few NES games (super mario 3) but not sure if it will be required.

11/20/2006 2:12:14 PM

I was referring to exclusive 3rd party stuff. Tony Hawk 3 even came out on the N64. Pikmin was nice, even if it wasn't my cup of tea.

Zelda, Wii Sports, Rayman, and Metal Slug are more than enough to keep me happy. Monkey Ball, DBZ Tenkaichi 2, and Trauma Center can make nice distractions until January when Wario Ware comes out.

^Well the classic controller has the diamond formation, which may be helpful for some SNES games.

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 2:20 PM. Reason : .]

11/20/2006 2:19:25 PM

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"I'm satisfied with Zelda and Wii sports for now. Nintendo better get one of their franchise titles out by February or a ton of Wii owners are gonna be sitting around with nothing decent to play. The Gamecube launch was far better game-wise."

I'm not too worried about having lack of games to play anytime soon. In January we'll be getting Wii Play (a compilation similar to Wii Sports) and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. And I'm not a huge fan of sports games, but I keep thinking about how good full-fledged versions of the sports from Wii Sports could be. Then of course we'll have Mario, Smash Bros, Metroid, and eventually a new Mario Kart, hopefully all in 2007. Maybe even a new Zelda later on, since this one came out at launch.

11/20/2006 2:30:09 PM

The new mario party 8 is on the slate.

Cant wait.

Wario ware should be awesome too.

11/20/2006 2:37:43 PM

i think mario party 8 will be awesome with 4 people

11/20/2006 2:39:04 PM

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" Anyone one have recommendations on whether Rabbids or Monkey Ball is the superior 2 player game? "

rabbids, without a question.

11/20/2006 4:04:01 PM

a full fledged tennis game on the wii will be awesome. wii tennis would be amazing if you could aim your hits and move your own character. its crazy how close it is to being amazing already. you'd think it'd take a few years to really get all the intricacies of the new control system down pat.

11/20/2006 4:32:47 PM

yeah... i was thinking about that, but you would need a longer cord between the nunchuk and the wiimote

as it is, it isn't long enough to move the player with one, and swing with the other. it's a real shame they didn't make it longer..

maybe use the directional pad though? that would be sweet


PS will you be my wii friend chris?

11/20/2006 4:35:30 PM

I mentioned earlier I got a defective console. I just called Nintendo and they confirmed that it needs to be replaced. Fortunately it's no big deal, they are sending a replacement console and I just send my defective one back once I get it, so I don't go without Wii time! Only thing that sucks is I will probably lose my save games. But that beats going up to 12 days with no Wii.

(Scratch that, I can save my games to an SD card, so I'm really all good to go now!)

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 5:08 PM. Reason : ]

11/20/2006 5:02:31 PM

Monkey Ball multi has dissappointed me so far. As I said before, there are 50 minigames, but only about 35 are playable. Another 5-10 are either stupid or ridiculously short/unfulfilling. If you want to get it just for the previous minigames, don't. Sega took a big crap on most of the previous games. Three courses for Racing, and no Grand Prix. Monkey Target has only 1 stage. Bowling is nearly unplayable and has no crazy modes. Golf is almost unplayable.

There are several really fun games though. Disc Golf is great. Shoot is decent. Bumper Hovercarts are fine. Snowboarding is easy but decent. There is an awesome track thing where you have to navigate through a maze through obstacles.

11/20/2006 5:07:05 PM

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"a full fledged tennis game on the wii will be awesome. wii tennis would be amazing if you could aim your hits and move your own character. its crazy how close it is to being amazing already. you'd think it'd take a few years to really get all the intricacies of the new control system down pat."

Agreed. I sincerely hope they put out a quality tennis game on the Wii. The one included in WiiSports is fun, but it'd be nice to have the option to play singles instead of just doubles.

11/20/2006 5:07:35 PM

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"PS will you be my wii friend chris?"

absolutely, thomas. i would be delighted.

i dont know how to do it though

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 5:42 PM. Reason : .]

11/20/2006 5:42:23 PM

yeah.. i need to hook mine up to the internet still

from what i hear, as soon as you try and post a message on the message board, it will tell you your wii id.

after that, i think we exchange them and go from there

11/20/2006 5:45:33 PM

someone be my wii friend.

11/20/2006 6:13:11 PM

how are the extra features? (or are they even out yet?)

11/20/2006 7:01:05 PM

I love the boxing game... I can't wait for a Punch-Out game.

11/20/2006 7:17:34 PM

where is the wii message board?

11/20/2006 7:35:55 PM

On the main wii screen, its the envelope on the bottom right corner, then if you click create message in the next screen, and then the envelope in the middle, it tells you the your wii code

mine is

4639 8694 2380 0047

add me

11/20/2006 7:45:32 PM

mine is 7239 7787 8625 0694

11/20/2006 7:46:40 PM

anybody done the virtual console thing yet?
how is it?

11/20/2006 7:48:27 PM

tracer, I added you in my address book, now add me, I just wanna see how the message thing works.

The virtual console is fun...slow as balls to connect and download yesterday though. Prolly because of the heavy load on the servers

11/20/2006 7:49:38 PM

i added you, but the send message button is still grayed out on the address book and your name is grayed out in my address book if i try to go through the letter icon

11/20/2006 7:52:28 PM

i just sent you a message

11/20/2006 7:55:07 PM

I just found out the best use for the Wii EVER.

They should have let more people know about this. Seriously, if this gets out it will sell millions of units.

Are you ready for this?

You can use a teleprompter on videos.

It doesn't sound that great right? Until you realize the best part.

TELEPROMPTING PORN!

Oh this is so awesome. You can set up your own fields of "blurriness" and draw little kiss marks on people's asses. It's so much fun. Screw mario party, the next time you have a group of friends over put on the latest copy of girls gone wild, and have all your friends play "circle the chick that shouldn't be going wild" Oh the possibilities.

BTW, Here's a freeware program that converts any video file to a format the Wii can play.

http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/wiivideo9/

11/20/2006 8:00:35 PM

bbehe, i still havent gotten your message, but i did just send you one.

ah wait, i just got a message

yay wolfweb

was that the first one or a reply to the one i just sent?

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 8:08 PM. Reason : .]

11/20/2006 8:06:45 PM

the first one

11/20/2006 8:09:04 PM

ahha...it finally came in then. took a while

11/20/2006 8:10:52 PM

so about 15 minutes..to recieve messages. You can also set up email addresses as your friends to.


Anyone figure out the point of the blue light around the disc drive..mine only comes on for a split second while powering on

11/20/2006 8:13:18 PM

just got yours tracer

11/20/2006 8:16:16 PM

FYI I am interested in buying a Wii, so if you have one to sell I'd love to talk business with you. But not Limpynuts.

11/20/2006 8:16:32 PM

i wanna buy a wii too

11/20/2006 8:20:56 PM

PM me if you want a wii

i got one but i thought the virtual console was going to have a few more games on it than it does now. i havent opened it yet. ill put off having one until i beat ff12 or something.

11/20/2006 8:39:30 PM

those are just the ones they had available at launch. they'll have a lot more games than that eventually.

11/20/2006 8:49:02 PM

yea, id rather just wait to see what they decide to put on there though.

something like the old shining games or landstalker or even dark savior would sway me

11/20/2006 9:01:36 PM