The Wii is Here.

[Grandiagod]

I heard a team took a bunch of eclectronics up to the top of Everest, only the DSs still worked.

[MCRenaissance]

Radio's work up there. Doubt they did not take one.

[bacalaoboy]

the Wii(weird name) is coming out on Nov. 18 i think, man i cant wait. They got the Zelda game coming out for GC also for the wii. Oh and did u her about the NEW SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL GAME?! AXESOMENESS!!!!
trailer here: http://media.revolution.ign.com/medi...45/vids_1.html

[MCRenaissance]

SSMB is only one of the hottest threads here in the General Video Games forum. Maybe you missed it because the thread is titled "!". The thread's name comes from Metal Gear Solid if you don't know.

[jamuko]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

My two Pokemon Pikachus I had (one of the early non-color ones and one of the later colored ones) went through the washing machine many times, and took lots of beating from me.

The circuitry and things still work in them. I think the LCD screen just died though

=( I lost my poor color Pikachu a month or two ago due to submersion. I had had that thing for years (I had gotten over 3 million steps during that time >_> ), but it ended up getting completely submerged in water for a good half hour or so before I realized and saved it. It was too late. ='(

[lord_carbo]

Originally Posted by MrESqueek

It's a Nintendo product.

Odds are good that you could drop this thing off a bridge and it'd be OK either landing on rocks or in the lake under it.

I mean, practically every other Nintendo product to date has been able to survive washing machines, drops, and other such mayhems that would cause another system to be utterly destroyed.

~Squeek

I accidently stepped on the top screen of my DS (was unfolded), and the next thing I knew something was broken and pixels died off. Well, not the pixels, but they wouldn't light up along with the rest of the backlight. It was just a few pixels. When I pressed the back of the top, too, it "broke" more. So I said "**** it" and I pressed on the back enough so now it's evened out. No backlight is annoying, though, and there's still a crack and some wierd black stuff at the top.

I have a new DS, though. Luckily they're not all that expensive >__> I may disect my old DS some day, though, of course, with many precautions and knowledge of wtf I'm doing.

[Squeek]

Well, yes. Stepping on the weak point will inflict massive damage.

~Squeek

[natetheffrer]

http://www.4colorrebellion.net/media...pare_fixed.jpg

uhh

That dont make that much of a difference.

[Grandiagod]

Breaking News, (literally) I havn't played my DS in a couple weeks, so its been hanging out in my backpack. But today I decided to pick up a copy of Tetris, so when I opened the DS up to play it, the top screen was cracked. I guess I should be a little less rough with my backpack.

[lord_carbo]

Hmmm, yeah, more proof that the top screen is way too weak.

[Squeek]

I made a new one at work today. My old ones fail in comparison to this beauty.









It's pretty much exactly the size that the real one will be. It has the exact ergonics sans the bottom curvature. It does not have a battery pack in the back, sorry.

Also, do not even think of asking for the Nunchuck attachment. It's impossible with this material. It's foamcore. It's just thick (acid-free) paper. It can curve one way and one way only.

~Squeek

[MCRenaissance]

Originally Posted by djshox

I'm talking about Super Smash Brothers Melee, and Brawl is titled SSBB. And yes I know where the ! comes from.

I was talking about what bacalaoboy said.

[Grandiagod]

Squeek, you are waaaaay into the Wii.

[nforcer06164]

When I saw the 2nd picture, I thought, "HOLY CRAP, THAT'S HUGE!" until I realized after the third picture that it was a wooden table it was resting on.

[suicidalmuskrat]

Originally Posted by nforcer06164

When I saw the 2nd picture, I thought, "HOLY CRAP, THAT'S HUGE!" until I realized after the third picture that it was a wooden table it was resting on.

Yeah, the controller is small. The console is small. Not to mention quiet and efficient.

I love my Dreamcast, but MAN could that thing be loud and obnoxious.

And I like the 360, but it's gotta be an electricity hog.

Both negligible small complaints...but still, definite advantages.

[emptiness]

pc is still better..

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by emptiness

pc is still better..

In many ways, yes. It has better graphics, processing, etc.

But that isn't the point of this console.

Your computer doesn't have motion-sensing technology. Your computer doesn't have the ability to play these games at all. All you can do is sit one hand on WASD and the other on the mouse and click to shoot things, whereas on the Wii, you can shoot the controller like a gun. Your hand's rotation dictates how you hold the gun. You pull a trigger like you're firing a gun. You hear the depth of sound like you're firing a gun.

There's a huge difference between walking up to a door and pressing 'e' than walking up to a door and thrusting your left hand forward to force it open.

I have many more if you want to hear them.

~Squeek

[MCRenaissance]

Originally Posted by MrESqueek

In many ways, yes. It has better graphics, processing, etc.

But that isn't the point of this console.

Your computer doesn't have motion-sensing technology. Your computer doesn't have the ability to play these games at all. All you can do is sit one hand on WASD and the other on the mouse and click to shoot things, whereas on the Wii, you can shoot the controller like a gun. Your hand's rotation dictates how you hold the gun. You pull a trigger like you're firing a gun. You hear the depth of sound like you're firing a gun.

There's a huge difference between walking up to a door and pressing 'e' than walking up to a door and thrusting your left hand forward to force it open.

I have many more if you want to hear them.

~Squeek

I really hope it comes out like that, but I really doubt that developers will take so much time on the little things like opening a door.

[lord_carbo]

Who knows exactly how long it takes. It could be quite easy and a job that only takes < 2 hours to integrate when you know the technology. =/

[suicidalmuskrat]

Originally Posted by lord_carbo

Who knows exactly how long it takes. It could be quite easy and a job that only takes < 2 hours to integrate when you know the technology. =/

Probably not. Recent rumor is saying that the Wii is great to develop for, but the entire development cycle ends up being comparable to that of the 360 because of the amount of time which is needed to get the controller working correctly in all aspects. So the cost will still be much lower, but the whole development cycle will take about as long.

Of course at this point that's still rumor. Although EA did publicly state that the controller took quite a bit of time to get down.