How much do you need a Wii?

CiDeRmAn

I can eel the itch of tension already building, every scrap of info being digested as fast as I can read it, maybe even selling the PSP and games to fund it, anyone else can't wait Nintys new slab of gaming goodness? Or is there something about the whole project that just doesn't sit right with you?

Laguna

Don't really need it to be honest... I want one and have prebooked one with Zelda & Warioware, not much else I can do apart from wait now.

Zapp Brannigan

I don't need it per sé, but I want it!!

Roll on December 8th! With this and my 360 purchased at the end of this month, I'll be a happy man!!

tman

dying for one!

Nah, i want it but definitely don't need it until Metroid comes along

Retr0gamer

i must play Zelda. I'm counting down the days now.

honru

Need/want because of Twilight Princess tbh.

If Zelda was only released on the Cube, I probably would have just taken a "wait-and-see" approach with the Wii until it had proved itself.

Jim

Need Zelda.

thebman

I want it but I'm not preordering it. If I don't get it, it won't bother me. Mostly because Metroid Prime isn't there at launch. Some of the other launch games look great but I don't need them and I can pick them up later anyway.

limey_tank

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Need Zelda.

I have pre ordered the console...I haven't ordered any games..

Is that a mistake do you think?

And the Wii is a christmas pressie from my gf, that mean I have to wait even longer to play it...:(

ShiverinEskimo

I want one really bad - but it seems October 2006 was a bad year to pick to go travelling if you're a gamer.

Headin off in thirteen days and unless I'm flush enough to pick one up in Australia I doubt i'll be seeing much next gen technology until xmas 2008

EWheelChair

I believe the brute hardon in my pants answers your question pretty well.

Mr E

Are you going to play it or f**k it?

Can't wait for the Wii, I have it preordered, and I'm taking the 8th of December off work....

I don't want it if you can only use it in a dark room.

Star Lord

I'm hopping from one foot to the other I need a Wii so badly!!!

Pre-ordered it with L.O.Z.T.P. when thats done, I'll look into the others such as red steel etc...

Irish Halo

My brother will pick one up for me in the shop he works but i won't get my hands on it till the 24th of Dec as I won't be back in Ireland till then. Hell I'll probably end up buying some games here and bringing them home. Wii'll keep me happy over xmas.

tba

This just in!!!!!

SONY have renamed their console

THE POO!

Goodshape

hellboy99 wrote:

I don't want it if you can only use it in a dark room.

Even if those rumours are correct, I'm pretty sure it refers only to direct sunlight - i.e. the type of glare producing sunlight which makes watching tv / playing games a pain in the arse anyway.

I've always been a fan of Nintendo games so I would have bought this thing regardless. Really looking forward to it though

Pre-ordered with Zelda.

Goodshape

Goodshape wrote:

Even if those rumours are correct, I'm pretty sure it refers only to direct sunlight - i.e. the type of glare producing sunlight which makes watching tv / playing games a pain in the arse anyway.

I've always been a fan of Nintendo games so I would have bought this thing regardless. Really looking forward to it though

Pre-ordered with Zelda.

hope thats right, i'm a big Nintendo fan myself

CiDeRmAn

The more I see the more I want, just got a HD tv though and its kinda just hitting me now how nice that might have been, that said the GC looks just fine playing on it, although that depends on the title too, R:Racing looks crap, Kirbys AirRide look better on the big screen, go figure!
Still can't wait to play Mario Galaxy and ExciteTruck, I have never finished a Zelda game and truthfully that probably won't change any time soon and had it been a GC only title, probably won't have minded, on that score we will know soon enough if the Wiimote really adds enough to the game to warrant a new system.
Really though I want Wii Sports and Wii Play so I can finally get my games hating wife to play Nintendo with me!

smokingman

I've rearranged my sitting room already so I've a nice open space in front of my 42" plasma......so yeah, after that I think I may need one!

In fact, as I said to the good lady in Smyths....I'm BURSTING for a Wii!

Darnell13

CiDeRmAn wrote:

Really though I want Wii Sports and Wii Play so I can finally get my games hating wife to play Nintendo with me!

D'you think that'll work? Jaysus, it'd make my life so much easier if my girlfriend would actually play games too! I tried getting her involved with a 2 player mario kart a couple of weeks back...didn't really work out....I read recently that the Japanese have a word for trying to enjoy a two player game with someone who is crap at it!

Anyway, i'm about as close to needing this console as I could possibly be.
I'm having a little trouble enjoying my regular games at the moment, cos they have, well, a REGULAR controller.

I haven't wanted any console this much since the SNES.

thebman

Darnell13 wrote:

D'you think that'll work? Jaysus, it'd make my life so much easier if my girlfriend would actually play games too! I tried getting her involved with a 2 player mario kart a couple of weeks back...didn't really work out....I read recently that the Japanese have a word for trying to enjoy a two player game with someone who is crap at it!

Anyway, i'm about as close to needing this console as I could possibly be.
I'm having a little trouble enjoying my regular games at the moment, cos they have, well, a REGULAR controller.

I haven't wanted any console this much since the SNES.

I got Wario Ware for DS and one of the girls I lived with now has the high score with the Wario characters mini-games and I can't beat it. The DS works fo getting people that wouldn't normally play games to play games.

I moved house afterward and the girl in the next house was the exact same. Had never played games since Mario on NES/SNES or whatever but used to go mad for Wario Ware Touched because it was so easy to play.

Two girls I live with also went nuts for Super Monkey Ball Bowling mini game on Gamecube.

Darnell13

Dude, I know there are girls who like games, i'm just saying that my girlfriend doesn't.

Maybe it's my own fault. I might be paying for that time i said "Hey, sweetheart, let's have a nice romantic six hour session of Resident Evil".

I knew that was a bad idea.

Retr0gamer

I find people who don't like games is mainly down to ignorance and not ever playing a game before. The DS is perfect because some of the games on it are so easy to use that it completely sidesteps the learning curve and you are enjoying it immediately.

Goodshape

Nintendo have been going on and on about bringing 'non-gamers' to the table, and I think they might be onto something with the Wii. I'm honestly thinking that this could be something even my mother would use.

Think about it : even before you get to the games, the Wii is so small and cute that it's not going to make much of an impact sitting beside the TV -- a 'good thing', the mother hates wires and doesn't think much of big techno boxes of the PS3 / Xbox / PC variety.. but the Wii? not threatening in the least.

Then you have the Wiimote. I don't think I have to reiterate just how cool that thing could be.. and now my mother can pick up a very simple looking remote control and use Opera to surf the web from the couch, by simply pointing and clicking. It couldn't be easier, and I think she'd like that.

And - I think very interestingly - she could buy herself a Wiimote of her own. Save her own settings and a Mii on there. She'd like that too -- probably get a kick out of owning a bit of nifty tech she can brag about and show off to her friends. Exactly the type of consumer that won't need a nun-chuck attachment tbh.

From there you never know, she may even try out a simple game or two.. or even just use the Wii channels to connect with friends, check the weather, share photos, etc., all with perfect ease and a totally intuitive point and click interface.

I'll see myself on December 8th whether or not the Wii's as good as it sounds. If it is I think I'll be buying another one for the home-house for Christmas, along with a couple of extra Wiimotes for my mum and two younger sisters.

The "hardcore" graphics junkie gamer might like a PS3, but I doubt the family would even appreciate such a confusing monstrosity of a machine. Though I'm willing to bet the Wii has a totally different sort of appeal to it. It'll get Retr0gamer's ignorant non-gamer types to finally pick up a controller and join in the fun. And that's another "good thing".


And for the rest of us, of course, there's Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Monkey Ball, etc.. and a totally new way of playing them all.

Can't wait

Kurtosis

I'm really looking forward to the Wii, but not just as a lure for my non-gaming firends, already got them into it with Mario Kart Double Dash and Super Smash Bros.

im...LOST

I'm not busrting for a wii just yet because I can only see one game that interests me at launch at the moment.
ZELDA


but then I can't wait for super smash brothers

Stalfos

Can't wait for have a wii at this point. My gamecube is just annoying me at this stage. Played all the games i have for it too death. My DS lite is filling the gap somewhat but i just need something to play on a bigger screen.

doonothing

my letter to santa is sent

CiDeRmAn

Regarding my wife and games, I think I may have told her tale before but a rather poor loser of a boyfriends jealous streak removed any love or appreciation of gaming, before that she had won a Nes in a comp and loved DuckHunt, so in this instance it was more his problem of being beaten by a girl that resulted in the trouble, his notions of what girls should be good at, this left a bitter taste in her mouth and to this day she dislikes the whole scene, kinda unfortunate then that she is married to a game freak then!
As for the Wii, need it as soon as possible, as the date of launch approaches I just get more and more anxious!
So little info being released though, no sign of a launch day line up, which is a pain certainly.