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Tell us what its like then :)

Persuade us to buy...

i got mine midnight release night.

Ive failed my degree by missign all my assignments this week.

Go figure!

Seriously, words dont do it justice, find someone who has one, go play one, and i bet you, you will start saving for one.

Most revolutionary console ive played.

and I hate consoles, im a total PC fanboy, but damned the wii is good.

ps. (truth) I took my wii into a lecture at uni and let my lecturer play it, he gave me an extension.

I dont have a wii, i have a wiimote, nunchuck and wiimote glove.

Got them to play on a mates until i get one myself sometime next year

Got mine on release too.

As PuNK said, words dont do the console justice. You have to play it to actually see how good it is, but once you do play it, you wont want to put the controller down.

Wii Sports is great fun when played with friends or family. It actually got my mum, who has never played a video game in here life, into wanting to play the console any time I have it on and inviting her friends round just so she can show them how good she is at bowling.

Wii Play is ok, but the games dont have the fun factor of Wii Sports. Still, the Shooting Range brings back memories of playing duck hunt on the NES.

Red Steel is a bit of a let down. The vids of it that Id seen made it look so good, but it just feels really average. This could have been so much better.

Zelda is just great. The controls are easy to get used to, swing your arm to swing the sword, press the b button to fire your catapult and cast your fishing rod the same as you would in real life. Ive played it for just over 5 hours and have to say that this game is just stunning. I have a friend who is a huge Zelda fan, collects everything of it he can, and he says that its the best Zelda he has played.

Got mine launch day morning with Super monkey ball, Rayman Zelda and wii play.

It excels if you have a party going/few friends round, wii sports - bowling alone is worth the price :)


But to be perfectly honest ive not had much chance to play it single player, you really do need a nice open space to play it in, I dont have one of those :( Hell ive not even put the zelda disc into the drive, and wont do until I have component leads and a better TV to play it on!

Ive not got a Wii yet, but Ive ordered the following ready for when theyre back in stock!

1 HC Nintendo Wii Accessory Video Cable GBP 17.99
1 HC Nintendo Wii Controller Wii Nunchuk GBP 11.99
1 HC Nintendo Wii Game Wii Play GBP 32.99
1 HC Nintendo Wii Game Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess GBP 34.99

Roll on more Wii!

got mine release day and if it it was just a console that had Wii sports (the free training game that comes with it) its justifiable for that alone.  Its really that good.

I was underwhelmed by my XBox 360 on release day and until gears of War came out recently its been a bit of a dead weight.  I was overwhelmed by my Wii on release day and weve had a few nights where someones just popped over to drop something off after work and were all still playing it at midnight.  Stood up swinging arms around or boxing frantically.  The competition for best bowler in the house is getting serious now!

Zelda arrives tomorrow from amazon and thats the first proper game Ill have so will let you know.  The sports game is a freebie just to show you how to use the controller but its already one of my favourite games of all time.

As Ferris Bueller would say: "If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up"

Man if you love wii sports wait till you get zelda, its so addictive.

I just went an traded some crap ds games for monkey ball, gunna give it a whirl now.

I want one. Damn shortages and lack of money.

:drool:  :drool:

Anyone know when there will be more stock in the UK? I heard a rumour of march  :?

It is now apparently the fastest selling console EVER in the UK. SOURCE (http://www.playfuls.com/news_8608_Wii_Is_UKs_Fastest_Selling_Console_100000_Units_Already_Sold.html)

Quote from: sexytwAnyone know when there will be more stock in the UK? I heard a rumour of march  :?

It is now apparently the fastest selling console EVER in the UK. SOURCE

Stock is constantly being pumped into retailers, you should very easily be able to get one in January, if not before christmas (keep your eyes peeled on local asda/tescos)

Quote from: matt5cott

Quote from: sexytwAnyone know when there will be more stock in the UK? I heard a rumour of march  :?

It is now apparently the fastest selling console EVER in the UK. SOURCE

Stock is constantly being pumped into retailers, you should very easily be able to get one in January, if not before christmas (keep your eyes peeled on local asda/tescos)

Alot of places are also doing preorders for new stock, so get your name down !

Any idea what places are doing pre orders for new stock? Ive not seen any yet...

Quote from: NosAny idea what places are doing pre orders for new stock? Ive not seen any yet...

Alot of the big name places (Game, Play, etc) arent because they already have a vast amount of pre-orders to fill before they will have any loose stock

Quote from: NosAny idea what places are doing pre orders for new stock? Ive not seen any yet...

try argos, im not certain though !

Game got stock today, I bagged one. Ã,£259.97 for bundle.

Keep or sell... hmm.

Game in my area got stock too.  I didnt get one, there were already 20 people there when I got there :(

Ill buy the bundle off you :p

Quote from: funkychicken9000Ill buy the bundle off you :p

1x Wii @ Amazon Marketplace rate
        - Ã,£30 friend discount

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Ã,£395 delivered

roflcopter.  Enjoy your windfall mate  :mrgreen:

Quote from: funkychicken9000roflcopter.  Enjoy your windfall mate  :mrgreen:

Nah keeping it, Amazon only allow preauthd sellers to list and ebay doesnt fetch much.

Sold Zelda for Ã,£36, bought Wii Play in its place.

Should be enough fun for us both over christmas.

Well, if anyone sees one for sale at rrp let me know :D

Quote from: funkychicken9000Well, if anyone sees one for sale at rrp let me know :D

YGPM.  

http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=273

Watch here, and any sniff of stock, get on the blower.

What games have people got so far?  I have Wii Sports (duh!) Wii Play and Rayman Raving Rabbids.

I have Wii Sports, Wii Play, Rayman, Red Steel and Zelda. Zelda is easily the best game out of the 5, although I do love the craziness of those rabbids in Rayman. Red Steel is the worst game out of the lot.

rayman, zelda, gt pro series, super monkey ball, wii play

zelda rules

Is monkey ball worth getting?  Im hoping to pick up a Wii tomorrow, as I have a feeling theyre getting stock at one of my almost local stores.

Gamerankings says its decent.

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/932708.asp?q=monkey%20ball

Yeah its cool, lots of party games (mini games) the main game itself is a quick puzzle game, something good to sit down for ten mins and play, gets boring after a while though.

we found the party games to be a nightmare to play in a group.

could be the size of the tv or the amount of space we had but some games were just too unresponsive to work well

Quote from: Sweensterwe found the party games to be a nightmare to play in a group.

could be the size of the tv or the amount of space we had but some games were just too unresponsive to work well

tbh some of the mini games are turd, some are great. with 50 of them though its bound to be that way.

Ill probably still get it.  That and nightfire were the games of choice at pissups with the mates.

Game are holding a Wii for me :D

My mum queued up outside game this morning, picked up a Wii, Zelda and Red Steel for my little bro.

Man, hes going to be stoked!

I got a Wii, Super monkey ball and an extra wiimote with wiiplay.  The update took hours though :S

I think I would get one, but I cant get over my own personal cyniciscm - eg Nintendo release the SNES (All the same games as the NES prefixed with super), N64 (Again, but suffixed with 64), GC (I was expecting this to have games with cube stuck in somewhere - like mariocube or megamancube), and now the Wii.

What games can you get? Ive no doubt it will be Mario(wii), metroid(wii), zelda(wii) and im sure there is a megaman(wii) or something on the way...

PLEASE persuade me otherwise!!

You dont want one honest! ;)



/uncrosses fingers

Quote from: funkychicken9000I got a Wii, Super monkey ball and an extra wiimote with wiiplay.  The update took hours though :S

somethings up with your connection then.  Theres been no large updates for the wii yet.


Anyway feedback from Zelda.  The game is awesome but the start of it (firs thour of gameplay is slow as hell as Zelda games usually are).  As soon as you get past the tutorial/storyline bit at the very beginning then the game opens up and is great.

The controller really comes into its own for fishing and shooting with slingshots and bows and arrows.  Im not 100% convinced by the sword fighting aspect of it as its more a case of shaking your hands in sequence than actually hacking and slashing but its very well done and feels more involving than playing on a normal controller.  Its a really nice conversion.


Will get Wii play for xmas and see how that is :)  Still loving it is regularly in my backpack when I go round to mates houses (on request).

Wii play is really only a collection of teeny tiny excercises to get you used to the wii.  cant see myself playing it more than once or twice really, but for a couple of quid its probably worth it.

You Wii-n some you lose some.

Sold my Wii... really couldnt get into it and am not understanding the hype at all...



I must just add, Ive never been a Zelda fan, nor a fan of any of the Nintendo series such as Metroid etc... So the releases over the next year really dont grab my attention.

Im struggling to find games for the 360 that I get on with. But at least with that, theres the potential for loads more.

How much profit did you make?

Quote from: Deaths HeadHow much profit did you make?

Ã,£10.

Sold it to a friend desperate for one.

Quote from: ViniI must just add, Ive never been a Zelda fan, nor a fan of any of the Nintendo series such as Metroid etc...

You have no soul. Baka Ni!

Pathetic :D

In other news, Ive ordered all the components for my highly ghetto wireles sensor bar.  Its gonna have variable geometry too so I can make it better suited to the 3m wide projector image :D

From the sound of things not everyone has picked up their preorders.  Now they have to go back onto general sale.

Its worth checking game and the rest again.

There are 6 in my comms room right now - senior management bought em for their kids, with what looks like every release game.

I may rent a Wii from Blockbuster to check it  out. Zelda and sports sound great.  Mind,  I havent played  Zelda in 10+  years, stopping only to yell at my roommate, "take it away,  take it away!!!!" :lol:

Quote from: maximusotterI havent played  Zelda in 10+  years, stopping only to yell at my roommate, "take it away,  take it away!!!!" :lol:

Instead this time youll be yelling "GOAT IN! GOAT IN!" :mrgreen:

Tried that opera browser this morning, quite a smart bit of kit indeed, those of you worried that the res isnt high enough to display a page properly, fear not, it works very smartly 8)

I cant seem to connect, it just sits on the connecting screen for the wii software channel :(

Quote from: matt5cottTried that opera browser this morning, quite a smart bit of kit indeed, those of you worried that the res isnt high enough to display a page properly, fear not, it works very smartly 8)

Im posting using the browser. It is really easy to use and it actually loads pages faster than the pc version of Opera.

The internet channel is poo. My wii is going through a projector and text on bbc, the forums etc is very very difficult to make out.
posted from my wii, im the best etc etc

Quote from: funkychicken9000The internet channel is poo. My wii is going through a projector and text on bbc, the forums etc is very very difficult to make out.
posted from my wii, im the best etc etc

Im running mine on a 32" lcd tv and the text on forums and bbc site is really easy to make out as long as you zoom in

Yeah ok, just found the zoom button :>

Switching the render mode with the 2 button works well on some websites too

Aye, use the + button to zoom in. Holding it zooms in further however to zoom in further you have to zoom out first. Also it is a shame it doesnt remember zoom level between pages.
Maybe it only has one level of zoom...
 Posting from my wii.

Hot damned this was worth buying. i can now stream tv shows on the projector :>

hooray for youtube et al.

look at me, i posted on my wii etc

Is there an on screen keyboard or a usb port where ya can plug one in? Or does it have Brain Recognition(TM)? :mrgreen:

Quote from: maximusotterIs there an on screen keyboard or a usb port where ya can plug one in? Or does it have Brain Recognition(TM)? :mrgreen:

On screen keyboard, which is really easy to use once you get the hang of it.

If only it supported usb kbs :(

Ive got GC Linux (http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page) running on mine with a wireless keyboard (ps/2 kbd -> controller port adapter), booting from an SD card. :)

Quote from: skidzillaIve got GC Linux running on mine with a wireless keyboard (ps/2 kbd -> controller port adapter), booting from an SD card. :)

Can you elaborate?  Got any links besides GC-specific ones?

whats the likelyhood that my parents will be able to walk into argos or a shop tomorrow and buy one of these?

Also... what connections do they have? Ideally Id like to have it with VGA so I can just plug in my computer monitor obviously :)

Quote from: funkychicken9000

Quote from: skidzillaIve got GC Linux running on mine with a wireless keyboard (ps/2 kbd -> controller port adapter), booting from an SD card. :)

Can you elaborate?  Got any links besides GC-specific ones?

Not sure what you mean? The Wii is pretty much an overclocked GC with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, you can just plug pretty much any PS/2 keyboard into it using one of these.

dont wanna wind anyone up but i walked into gamestation on thursday and they stuck me on the list. then they called me on friday and said its in.

so i picked it up and started playing.

my arms ache.

Matt

(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/sensorbar1.jpg)

(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/sensorbar2.jpg)

Works a treat  8) I predict battery life of around 37 hrs continuous use, runs off AAs.  Cost me about Ã,£2.70.

but its uglee as sin!
id keep using the bar

Sure I could spray it silver and put red plastic over the LEDs/spunk more money on a case that i didnt find in a drawer, but why bother?  It does the job, and its not like I notice it under my 10 foot glowing wall  ;)

Quote from: soopahflybut its uglee as sin!
id keep using the bar

I have seen one made out of a bit of card with the leds fastened on and the batteries hidden around the back. card was coated with black plastic so it looked OK.

I wasnt doing it for the aesthetics, as its in a drawer when its not being used and invisible once its sat below the projector image.

Anyone with a projector will know what a PITA the stock sensor bar is, I had to sit my Wii on a coffee table in the middle of the room with cables running at waist height to opposite walls for sensor bar/projector linkage.  This is much better :)  I could have done the 2 candles trick, but this is somewhat more reliable.

BTW if anyones seen the retail wireless sensor bar that sells for about Ã,£20, dont be fooled.  Its 4 leds pushed through some cable trunking, with a 9v battery stuck in.  Ã,£3 in parts.  And it would be appaling for large rooms because it doesnt have the FOV of mine ;)

why not buy some cable trunking, bar up both ends, cellotape your ir leds all pointing into the trunking, and pour in a load of clear expoxy resin. add a couple of random colour leds and you have yourself a lightbar :D



thats what i would do imo. and run it off a set of ropelights power packh

eh?  The idea is to have two point sources so the remote can triangulate its position.  I made mine in two seperate boxes so I could vary the spacing and hence adjust its sensetivity to movements in the axis out of the screen.  This meant I could make it more suitable for a projector-size picture and the subsequently larger distance from the screen to the player.  

Some  monkeyball minigames for example require you to sit within a couple of metres of the screen in order to get a decent response when moving the remote closer and further away from the screen.  I can still sit on the sofa at the other side of the room, I just adjust the spacing between the UV sources to compensate ;)

I dont suppose anyone has any idea when the next batch of Wiis will be available?

I thought amazon still have them.

Quote from: Chris HI dont suppose anyone has any idea when the next batch of Wiis will be available?

I reckon ring up your local game store and ask their situation.  I picked one up the tuesday before xmas as they were getting a few delivered most days.  

The only answer I can get from various game stores is "weve sold out and we dont know when we are getting any in." Rather frustrating.

Quote from: Chris HThe only answer I can get from various game stores is "weve sold out and we dont know when we are getting any in." Rather frustrating.

Ring them up every morning at 9am. Game never know if theyre getting any until they arrive.

I might try some stores tomorrow morning as its gonna take a while before play.com get stock. A mate of mine pre-ordered on day of announcement and still hasnt got his and I was a few days after that too.

A little birdie told me the Wii had been hacked.  Not the sh*tty fake vids on youtube, but a proper hack.  Currently only works on the US ones, but I imagine it will only be a matter of time...