Starhawk Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 An apparent email directly from Nintendo: I can confirm that the Friend Code system in the Wi-Fi Connection (WFC) service for Wii will be the same as it was for the Nintendo DS, meaning game-specific Friend Codes and a separate Friend Roster are used in each game where players can play with identified friends. As with Nintendo DS, the system was created to ensure the gaming environment is kept fun for everyone. We have heard from various others like you letting us know how they felt regarding Nintendo’s implementation of Friend Codes in the Wi-Fi Connection service for Wii. I want you to know that we appreciate your passion and concern. Let me assure you that your concerns have been heard and will be forwarded along. As always, keep an eye on our website (http://www.nintendo.com) for the latest developments in Wi-Fi gaming as they are made available. Nintendo of America Inc. R.M. Rickets http://gonintendo.com/?p=14962 Me: I swear to god, if this is true, all hell is about to break loose. **ADMIN NOTE** You can find the previous threads for the Nintendo Wii right here: Revolution Thread Part I Revolution Thread Part II Revolution Thread Part III Nintendo Wii Thread Part IV Nintendo Wii Thread Part V Nintendo Wii Thread Part VI Nintendo Wii Thread Part VII Nintendo Wii Thread Part VIII Nintendo Wii Launch Discussion Part I Nintendo Wii Launch Discussion Part II Nintendo Wii Post-Launch Discussion Part III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting fish Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 I guess they decided forcing my mother to sign a permission slip before adding somebody to my friend's list would be stupid. Better to just make me enter an insane f*ing code for every person in every game I want to play with. :td Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBardon Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 the system was created to ensure the gaming environment is kept fun for everyone Yes, because entering all those codes = fun... I guess Nintendo is pretty confident that people don't care about online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zot Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 That's crap. I guess I'll just be doing all my online playing via XBL for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 The previous thread was closed due to size. Please continue any and all Wii hardware discussion here. All the links to the original threads are in the first post as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerX Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Nintendo and SEGA working on a game together!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyElf Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Thought I would let everyone know how my repair service went with Nintendo. I sent it back on March 13th, and it was returned to me yesterday. Not bad. It's a new Wii, they didn't fix the one I sent back. They give you a nice report on what they attempted to fix, and then it said, "Replace with new Wii", so they didn't actually repair it. The good news is they copied over ALL my information. My Mii's were there, my save games, all my Wireless settings, everything but the Votes and Opera channel were on there. Oh, and I had to re-download the VC games, but I wasn't charged for them. Not bad, I'm happy, and I have a new Wii working again. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Thought I would let everyone know how my repair service went with Nintendo. I sent it back on March 13th, and it was returned to me yesterday. Not bad. It's a new Wii, they didn't fix the one I sent back. They give you a nice report on what they attempted to fix, and then it said, "Replace with new Wii", so they didn't actually repair it. The good news is they copied over ALL my information. My Mii's were there, my save games, all my Wireless settings, everything but the Votes and Opera channel were on there. Oh, and I had to re-download the VC games, but I wasn't charged for them. Not bad, I'm happy, and I have a new Wii working again. T. Sounds like they've ironed out the problems they had with the RMA process and the VC content. Good to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Although it looks I might get a little tired after a few matches, check out this footage from the Wii version of WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2008. The controls look alot better than I thought they would. Especially from this early version. There was one time where the guy with Cena was trying to throw punches to HHH in the turnbuckle and nothing happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James T Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 For an early version, it looked pretty good. I like that taunts were motioned controlled. Oh, and I had to re-download the VC games, but I wasn't charged for them. That's good to know. I guess this means that if there is ever a HD space issue, I can delete games I haven't played for awhile and go back to it if I regret deleting it in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 That's good to know. I guess this means that if there is ever a HD space issue, I can delete games I haven't played for awhile and go back to it if I regret deleting it in the first place That is correct. Once you purchase a game on the VC, it is yours to keep. If you decide to delete the games from the internal system memory, you are not charged to download them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Good story from bloomberg about the outlook for the Wii and 3rd parties: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amWmy6_JG16U&refer=home April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Video-game designer Nick Earl spent eight months holed up with his development team rushing to adapt ``The Godfather'' for Nintendo Co.'s Wii. The reason for the long hours: Earl's employer' date=' Electronic Arts Inc., like some of its competitors, underestimated demand for the Wii, whose motion-activated wand lets players wield a virtual sword, mimic real golf swings or strangle a victim. Instead, game makers put most of their resources into Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3, which was released two days earlier in November with a more conventional hand controller. Now, publishers are scrambling to get titles to the 3.56 million U.S. and Japanese Wii owners who have made the machine the top-selling game console this year. ``Those companies are backtracking,'' said Anthony Gikas, an analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co. in Minneapolis. ``They're going to need to get their best-branded product on that platform. That will take a good nine to 12 months.'' A shortage of Wii games contributed to a 25 percent drop in sales in February from a year earlier at Redwood City, California-based Electronic Arts, the world's largest video-game publisher, said Todd Greenwald, an analyst at Nollenberger Capital Partners in San Francisco. Industry sales in February rose 28 percent. Shares of Electronic Arts have risen 3.1 percent this year, the smallest gain among the four biggest publishers. Top Games U.S. and Japanese sales of Wii players totaled 1.47 million in January and February, said market researchers NPD Group Inc. and Enterbrain. PlayStation 3 tallied 604,331, while stores sold 584,329 of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 consoles. Wii is also leading in Europe, said London-based researcher Screen Digest. Wii games, all produced by Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo, took three of the top 10 sales spots in the U.S. in February, said NPD, based in Port Washington, New York. Not a single U.S. publisher had a Wii game in the top 20 in February. Nintendo's lead will widen, pressuring companies even more. Researcher IDC predicts Nintendo will ship 16.1 million players this year, outpacing Microsoft's 9.87 million Xbox 360s and Sony's 9.1 million PlayStation 3s. Wii game sales will total $2.2 billion, trailing only Xbox 360, said IDC, based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Electronic Arts wasn't the only publisher slow to see Wii's appeal. New York-based Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., maker of ``Grand Theft Auto'' games, had no Wii titles when the player was released and now plans to have three this year, said spokesman Jim Ankner. Activision Inc., based in Santa Monica, California, plans to release six Wii games this year, giving the second-largest publisher a total of 11, said spokeswoman Maryanne Lataif. Miscalculation Game companies had expected PlayStation 3 to dominate based on the success of PlayStation 2, said John Taylor, an analyst with Arcadia Investment Corp. in Portland, Oregon. Sony has sold more than 100 million PlayStation 2s since 2001, including 37.7 million in the U.S., making it the top-seller. Nintendo's previous console, GameCube, sold 11.7 million units in the U.S. Perceptions changed when Nintendo unveiled Wii last May in Los Angeles. Demonstration consoles attracted long lines of developers waiting to swing a virtual tennis racquet. ``People got their hands on that controller and started playing games and said, `This is fun, this is going to do better than we expected,''' Electronic Arts Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Probst said at a Morgan Stanley conference on March 5. With six months to go before Wii's release and games requiring a year or more to develop, publishers knew they were in trouble. Redeploying Electronic Arts bought Bountiful, Utah-based Headgate Studios Inc. in November to bolster Wii development. With ``Godfather Black Hand Edition'' and ``Tiger Woods Golf 07'' in stores, Electronic Arts has six Wii titles and plans to have about a dozen in total this year. ``We came back and redeployed a lot of our resources,'' said Earl, who heads Electronic Arts' Redwood Shores studio. The results are seen in ``Godfather,'' where players use their hands to shake the wand and an attachment, dubbed a nunchuk, back and forth as if strangling or jostling someone. The wand also can be used to punch or shoot victims. ``You really feel like you grab someone,'' Earl said. The Wii may prove to be a windfall, since games cost just $2 million to $5 million to create, a fraction of the $20 million to $30 million spent on PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 titles, analyst Taylor said. In addition, Wii appears to be expanding the market, rather than stealing sales from rivals, he said. Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA, maker of ``Rayman'' and ``Tom Clancy,'' was the quickest to recognize Wii's appeal and is reaping the rewards. Wii games helped increase sales for the December quarter by 24 percent to $405 million. In January, the company raised its 2007 forecast for revenue growth to 16 percent from 10 percent to 12 percent previously. Ubisoft, based in the Paris suburb of Montreuil-Sous-Bois, had seven Wii games out by December and plans six more by June, said Tony Key, vice president of marketing. ``It's not really a bet anymore,'' he said. ``It's a viable system that's going to make us money.'' To contact the reporter on this story: Michael White in Los Angeles at [email']Mwhite8@bloomberg.net[/email] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutter Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 I think my Wii is going to strangle/kill my 360 in the middle of the night one of these days. Between DVD/HD-DVD scaling and games duties my 360 handles, my Wii is feeling rather lonely. I'd sell it, but I take one look at my Zelda disc and go "mmmmmm". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlot Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Has anyone picked up Tiger Woods yet? I have this crazy idea playing it might help straighten out my real golf swing. I think it was the gamespot review that said if you hook or slice in real life, you'll do it in the game. I have a nasty slice that needs correction. :furious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan B. Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Apparently the final version of the internet browser is available. Going to check on it now... EDIT Yep, it's working nicely now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutter Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 the browser finally looks and acts like a Nintendo product ... it`s awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlot Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 The new browser is nice! Better zoom, loads quicker, can hide toolbar, change a few settings, and bookmarks are smaller. They also added a page search. [edit] It's not page search, just shortcut to search engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave C Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Wii Music and Health Pack Coming? http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5202&Itemid=2 According to a rough translation of an interview with Greek news website Contra.gr, Katrinakis appears to reveal that Wii Music will allow gamers to conduct an orchestra and control different instruments in order to create music, which can then be shared with friends. According to the report, Health Pack will feature various exercises for players to perform, with the "biometric elements" gathered being delivered to Nintendo-contracted hospitals "via the corresponding [Wii] channel.” Results would then be returned, said Katrinakis. No official release dates have yet been announced. Next-Gen is checking with Nintendo for comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 RUMOR: Samba de Amigo for Wii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 RUMOR: Samba de Amigo for Wii Come to Butthead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Here's a new accessory for anyone too lazy to play Wii Sports the proper way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 :lol I'm pretty sure that was one of TG's April Fools Day gags... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Me too. The sarcasm button was on for that one. My favorite part was the last scene eating cereal :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Interesting blog on some new Wii ads from Nintendo. They're advertising the Wii in "Family Circle", a magazine aimed squarely at housewives, and they're doing it in a very calculated fashion. No screenshots of games. No stereotypical gamers. No zany Rayman teenage goths. Just wholesome family values. This is great! I really like Wii Sports™ Tennis because it is something the whole family can enjoy together. I’m a tennis player and I found I was moving around a lot, really trying to hit the ball”- Jenny Brugo, mother Bolded as it is in the advert. Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Now we know why the Wii is impossible to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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