Wii!

[Draksaith]

Don't preorder he said...
There will be more than enough units he said...

Damn you random guy at Pandora Games!

*Mopes in a corner, Wii-less*

[DigitalMan]

You called me a Yankee! I'm... completely unaffected. I do have the odd urge to watch baseball, though.

Those that 'Mii' thing work?

I've messed around with it a little but gave up on it for now. It really is only in a basic model type right now. Surprising it doesn't have any catgirl type skins on it considering how Japan is with that...

Odd, is there some implication it will be upgraded in the future?

[Fresnor]

You called me a Yankee! I'm... completely unaffected. I do have the odd urge to watch baseball, though.

Those that 'Mii' thing work?

I've messed around with it a little but gave up on it for now. It really is only in a basic model type right now. Surprising it doesn't have any catgirl type skins on it considering how Japan is with that...

Odd, is there some implication it will be upgraded in the future?

Other than the fact it connects to the internet, the current models aren't all that good, and there are updates you can download for the system?  None at all yet, just speculation since it's most likely gonna happen.  And am I really one of the only ones to get the system that reads the forums?

[Distracting]

Nintendo is getting really weird. First the DS with it's "Toughing is Good" commercials, and now the Wii. Where's my N64? I wanna play Mario...

[Kenji]

Nintendo is getting really weird. First the DS with it's "Toughing is Good" commercials, and now the Wii. Where's my N64? I wanna play Mario...

Download em from the Virtual Console.

Anyways.. I've been mainly playing Zelda between my essays for school. And it is the goodness in the form of remote swinging action. Thank you.

Also, didn't the Mii profile say you could unlock other pieces for more Mii?

[ninjannihilator]

I've only been able to play with my Wii for 2 hours. Most of the time I was configuring the controls because they weren't very accurate. I ended up putting the sensor bar on top of the TV and now it works well. Now I am 30 miles away from my house and can only think of the Wii. Damn it, I waited 15 hours and good thing I did because all of the systems sold out to the people that were waiting before six in the morning.

[Fresnor]

Wonder when they will have TMNT or SMBRPG on the download list... >.>

[DigitalMan]

I would say that emulation still wins; less because it's free, more because of the save-absolutely-anywhere aspect. That's very important to me... and the GameShark that's built into many emulators is very nice as well (zomg iCheat!). Any chance of the Wii doing that?

[KarlOmega1]

Know what ticks me off...is that the next-gen "Sonic" game they have for the PS3 and Xbox360 is not coming to the Wii! I mean...give the "less expensive" console a try!

[Kenji]

Know what ticks me off...is that the next-gen "Sonic" game they have for the PS3 and Xbox360 is not coming to the Wii! I mean...give the "less expensive" console a try!

Wii is getting it's own Sonic game... Hopefully one that doesn't add YET ANOTHER hedgehog..

[DigitalMan]

The Wii Sonic game is reportedly going to be reminiscent of a the past bonus stages. Only one path that you're automatically moving forward on, and you steer out of the way of obstacles and attack enemies.

Personally, I'd much rather play as Shadow or the psychic hedgehog than be stuck in a rail-shooter with no guns.

[Aridas]

them hedgehogs is multiplying fast.. but where from?

DM: you mean a little similar the sonic 2 / sonic 3d blast special stages in that respect?

[RJ]

Know what ticks me off...is that the next-gen "Sonic" game they have for the PS3 and Xbox360 is not coming to the Wii! I mean...give the "less expensive" console a try!

Wii is getting it's own Sonic game... Hopefully one that doesn't add YET ANOTHER hedgehog..

I demand they add more squirrels. This time with squirrel tails and not stubby chipmunk ones.

[Fresnor]

*Plays around with the Mii system.*  Ooh coolie, I made Rock Lee... Wonder if I can do something that looks close to Gaara now... 

[RJ]

  I wanna see that!

[Fresnor]

I got something that is as close as possible with the current things in it... so little you can do with them right now.  Only very basic colorings and can't even touch the pants.

[Kitsune Ascendant]

Bah, I'mma gonna have to wait for the second shipment of... the consoles. All the local stores that sold them were - predictably - mobbed.

I've made so many Wii jokes already none of them are funny anymore. Furthermore, any jokes I didn't make, Encyclopedia Dramatica did...

I don't know. there's one that I haven't heard anywhere but my own little messed up head:

I want a wii-fund for all the bad puns I've had to listen to.

anyways, I'm probably going to wait until summer to get mine. too busy with school.

[DigitalMan]

them hedgehogs is multiplying fast.. but where from?

DM: you mean a little similar the sonic 2 / sonic 3d blast special stages in that respect?

... *stares and blinks, having never owned a game system prior to the GameCube* Like, um, the Sonic DS ones, with the half-pipe, and stuff... yeah...

anyways, I'm probably going to wait until summer to get mine. too busy with school.

Probably a good plan; my friend who works at Blockbuster said the second wave of Wiis was put off until next March. However, the Blockbuster computer system is world-reknowned for suckiness and general inaccuracy, and it's rumored there may be 9 million more Wiis on store shelves by the end of this year.

And is "Wiis" really the plural form? It just doesn't look right.

[Supercheese]

And is "Wiis" really the plural form? It just doesn't look right.

Well, it is "skis"... one would assume the extra i wouldn't make a difference in pluralization.

[ninjannihilator]

Funny, I made a topic on GameFAQs to decide the plural name for Wii. It ended up as a joke topic and also a 500 topic but the only thing that sounds right is Wii as singular and plural and Wii units if you want to specify.

[Zeph]

Got one yesterday.  As a fairly regular bowler I found the included WiiSports bowling game pretty nifty.  It actually does seem to approximate bowling fairly well.  I did notice that my ball wasn't rolling quite like it really does, although it may have been my fault, e.g. not lined up to the TV all the time.  Still very possibly addictive; I have never been even remotely interested in a bowling game on the PC/console before.

The only game I got for it was Zelda, which I managed to play for a couple hours.  Aside from the very Gamecube-ish graphics, it did not disappoint, and the controller has been fun and easy to work with.  I did get hung up for a while trying to get (and use) that dang fishing pole though...

[Fresnor]

Instead of creating a new topic, can just use this one to trade the Wii codes for the comunication stuff. 
4392-1335-6266-6654 is mine

[Kenji]

Know what ticks me off...is that the next-gen "Sonic" game they have for the PS3 and Xbox360 is not coming to the Wii! I mean...give the "less expensive" console a try!

Wii is getting it's own Sonic game... Hopefully one that doesn't add YET ANOTHER hedgehog..

I demand they add more squirrels. This time with squirrel tails and not stubby chipmunk ones.

Well, find the guy who created Ray the Flying Squirrel and Mighty the Armadillo to co-create another game with Yuji Naka, and you got yourself a deal. Haven't seen Ray in a game since Sonic Arcade.

[Alan Garou]

Nintendo is getting really weird. First the DS with it's "Toughing is Good" commercials, and now the Wii. Where's my N64? I wanna play Mario...

I'm more a Sega Genesis man myself.
Must... play... Sonic...   

[Eibborn]

I am extremely disappointed that this topic has not yet degraded into a series of Wii jokes. What's the world coming to? ;P
I got to play a Wii on Sunday because I've got a friend who works at a game store. I beat up a man who looked like Jesus! And it was good! D:

[Kenji]

My only problem is that when I try to go online, and it asks for me to download the system update, it always gets about 3/4th the way done, then just kinda stops.

EDIT: Got it working. Just had to configure our router to chanel 11.
Anyways, Fres, Wii number is 2830-8227-5622-9106

[Gabi]

Damaris: apology accepted. You'd be surprised at the amount of people who have made that mistake.

About the games: my brother and I used to own many Sega consoles: GameGear, Master System, Mega Drive, Genesis, Nomad, Sega CD, Saturn and Dreamcast. The worst thing is that Mega Drive, Genesis and Nomad run exactly the same games, but my brother insisted on getting all 3 because their respective sizes and shapes were convenient under different circumstances. @_@  So the first Sonic game I played was Sonic The Hedgehog (1) for GameGear. Then we played most of the Sonic games for all those consoles, though I never got to see Sonic Adventure 2 because of family issues that presented themselves at the time my brother was playing it.

I never got any new generation consoles, but I did get a PS2 while I was in the USA this year, and my brother's getting all the juice out of it (Argentinian term, but I hope the meaning's clear enough).

My first console, however, was a Coleco Vision. I think it's still lying somewhere in the house.

[Aridas]

About the games: my brother and I used to own many Sega consoles: GameGear, Master System...

Did you notice that a lot of games for the game gear were also released for the master system as pretty much the same thing?

also: holy crap, you had a nomad

[Jack McSlay]

*proud of the well and working colection of a NES, SNES, N64,DC, XBOX ans Neo-Geo CD*

[Gabi]

Did you notice that a lot of games for the game gear were also released for the master system as pretty much the same thing?

Yes. Out of those I only got the Game Gear versions, if any. I didn't get many games for the Master System.

also: holy crap, you had a nomad

Yes... Good for playing while you travel.