Nintendo Wii

Nigsy

Alright, so we have all seen the advertisements.

Is anybody actually that dumb that they will sit infront of a TV shacking plastic sticks?

Are we really that degraded?

MagicMarker

Not as degraded as yore ma was last night.

Ruu_Old

Someone didn't get their Nintendo Wii. ;_; They are good craic.

Jimbo

I know - combining exercise and tv.

It's sick I tell ya.

I don't know what "shacking plastic sticks" is supposed to mean, but I quite enjoy playing on the Wii, esp. with friends.


edit: Oh god, you meant "shaking"? sigh...

4zn76tysfajdxp

Nigsy wrote: »

Is anybody actually that dumb that they will sit infront of a TV shacking plastic sticks?

I'm sorry but that word made me lol uncontrollably. "Shacking." Hee hee hee..

javaboy

MagicMarker wrote: »

Not as degraded as yore ma was last night.

Lol. You should have your own show!

ShooterSF

bluewolf wrote: »

I don't know what "shacking plastic sticks" is supposed to mean, but I quite enjoy playing on the Wii, esp. with friends.

Ah they're for the interactive pornos they're bringing out soon.

Ross_Mahon

Its good craic with a few mates around, But nothing beats sport in RL.

Nigsy

Here is a revolutionary idea. If you want to play tennis, get a racket and off you go.

The whole wii idea is shocking.

dez_warlock

Nigsy wrote: »

Alright, so we have all seen the advertisements.

Is anybody actually that dumb that they will sit infront of a TV shacking plastic sticks?

Are we really that degraded?

Would you rather play with plastic dicks or something? :pac:

Captain Slow IRL

I think the op is referring to the music party game - the ad has a family acting out the various roles of band members.

This one time, I saw two guys kissing - that was the gheyest thing I'd ever seen til I saw that ad.:(

MagicMarker

javaboy wrote: »

Lol. You should have your own show!

I concur

ShooterSF

MagicMarker wrote: »

I concur

Could it be some kind of more brutal jackass only without surviving at the end of the stunts?

4zn76tysfajdxp

Nigsy wrote: »

Here is a revolutionary idea. If you want to play tennis, get a racket and off you go.

That's not revolutionary at all, people have been playing tennis for years.

Nigsy wrote: »

The whole wii idea is shacking.

FYP

MagicMarker

ShooterSF wrote: »

Could it be some kind of more brutal jackass only without surviving at the end of the stunts?

No.

javaboy

Braylon Ugly Cap wrote: »

That's not revolutionary at all, people have been playing tennis for years.

Don't they get tired?

the_syco

Nigsy wrote: »

Here is a revolutionary idea. If you want to play tennis, get a racket and off you go.

Here is a revolutionary idea. If you want to play drunken tennis, without leaving your sofa, use a Wii :P

Nigsy

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

I think the op is referring to the music party game - the ad has a family acting out the various roles of band members.

This one time, I saw two guys kissing - that was the gheyest thing I'd ever seen til I saw that ad.:(

That one, and there are a few others. Absolutely insane.

Do these adverts represent the average family nowadays, I hope not. If it does, the game is up.

ShooterSF

Nigsy wrote: »

Here is a revolutionary idea. If you want to play tennis, get a racket and off you go.

The whole wii idea is shocking.

And if you want to fight Zombies put down resident evil 4 and get out there and find the necrinomicon. I mean buy a 360/ps3

Saibh

Nigsy wrote: »

That one, and there are a few others. Absolutely insane.

Do these adverts represent the average family nowadays, I hope not. If it does, the game is up.

They are only adverts - do you believe in all the adverts you see?

PurpleBerry

My OH has a Wii. We moved house in May and the Wii has yet to be unpacked.

4zn76tysfajdxp

javaboy wrote: »

Don't they get tired?

You can take breaks or even stop playing altogether if you wish.

Nigsy wrote: »

Do these adverts represent the average family nowadays, I hope not. If it does, the game is up.

But they're playing a game...?

ChewChew

I was up north visiting my sister last week and we were in Derry city and we went to a shop. I told her I wanted to get a 'wii game' for my bro in law for xmas. she looked at me. oddly. and said 'what kind of wee game' I says 'I dont know, something he will like' she says 'like twister?' I stop and stare at her. I had to explain I wanted a game for the tendo Wii. not a WEE game. :rolleyes:

ericl

Wii will, Wii will, rock you!

AlmightyCushion

ericl wrote: »

Wii will, Wii will, rock you!

Or if it's anything like my experience of it, it will turn you into a wheezing, panting, sweating lump. And that was only after getting up to turn on the console.

tman

ChewChew wrote: »

I was up north visiting my sister last week and we were in Derry city and we went to a shop. I told her I wanted to get a 'wii game' for my bro in law for xmas. she looked at me. oddly. and said 'what kind of wee game' I says 'I dont know, something he will like' she says 'like twister?' I stop and stare at her. I had to explain I wanted a game for the tendo Wii. not a WEE game. :rolleyes:

Should've said "golden shower" and lolled in her face.

The Wii is a massively disappointing console tbh, I feel ashamed that I ever recommended it to anybody.

Irish Halo

tman wrote: »

The Wii is a massively disappointing console tbh, I feel ashamed that I ever recommended it to anybody.

I only recommend it to people who are sick of the willy waving same old **** coming out on the 360/PS3 that has been done ad nauseum since the birth of the consoles. I've played the same FPS, the same sports games, the same "sandbox" games for at least 2 generations now. I'm a fan of the next generation gameplay that the Wii offers (OK not as regularly as it should be available) not the new generation the other 2 offer.

Want to play exactly the same game you played on PS1 and PS2 but with better graphics? Buy an PS3 or a 360. Want to play something different? Buy a Wii. Yes you will have to ignore the immense amount of shovelware out there but the Wii offers a different sort of game, pick up Zack and Wiki and try to disagree. If all you've played is Wii Sports or Play then well it's your lose.

dr.bollocko

Irish Halo wrote: »

TL;DR.

I agree. Halo on the Xbox is cool.

kickupthehole

ChewChew wrote: »

I was up north visiting my sister last week and we were in Derry city and we went to a shop. I told her I wanted to get a 'wii game' for my bro in law for xmas. she looked at me. oddly. and said 'what kind of wee game' I says 'I dont know, something he will like' she says 'like twister?' I stop and stare at her. I had to explain I wanted a game for the tendo Wii. not a WEE game. :rolleyes:

chill out man, us northerners don't get pissed off when we ask you southerners for some crack, and you tell a joke

kickupthehole

tman wrote: »

The Wii is a massively disappointing console tbh, I feel ashamed that I ever recommended it to anybody.

Agreed, its a complete gimmick, **** graphics, **** gameplay, its unresponsive and not accurate at all. Its like the type of **** you played in arcades in the 80's, only worse.

I'd say in about 10 years or so technology will have advanced enough to make this type of thing useable and fun, but as it is its completely ****ing ****e.

Fizman

Nigsy wrote: »

Here is a revolutionary idea. If you want to play tennis, get a racket and off you go.

The whole wii idea is shocking.

Oh great idea. I don't want to 'shack' plastic sticks in front of my tv, so i'll go outside with a friend in the rain and we will 'shack' rackets in the air, whilst also belting a little ball over and back!

The Wii is the biggest selling games console on the planet. You're right though, its a shocking idea. The person who came up with it should be sacked and his family should disown him for he is just the very definition of human failure!

Davidius

Nigsy wrote: »

Here is a revolutionary idea. If you want to play tennis, get a racket and off you go.

The whole wii idea is shocking.

What about Super Smash Bros. Brawl?

Do you suggest we go out a beat the **** out of each other? I don't think Captain Falcon and Solid Snake are even real people. The whole appeal of playing as your favourite character would be lost!

And Metroid Prime 3? Where the hell am I supposed to get an arm cannon and kill teh alienz?

Though seriously, have you ever actually played anything besides crap like Wii [insert title here]? It's an awful shame that people don't even think of the Wii as something that plays video games like the Xbox and PlayStation. It means that there doesn't seem to be much hope that Nintendo will ever produce any good 'gamer' games.

MizzLolly

Ruu wrote: »

They are good craic.

They confuse me



The only experience I had with one was after a night out when I was really, really drunk. I just wanted to sleep but my cousin and her two friends wanted to play the Wii so I got into my pj's (which I put on backways, grr) and started to play some bowling game. I remember holding the thingy and being really confused that I couldn't hit the pins so I tried to knock 'em over by hitting the TV with the control thingy. I got really frustrated and said I didn't wana play anymore, so I opened the front door and fell asleep on the step!

Overheal

kickupthehole wrote: »

Agreed, its a complete gimmick, **** graphics, **** gameplay, its unresponsive and not accurate at all. Its like the type of **** you played in arcades in the 80's, only worse.

I'd say in about 10 years or so technology will have advanced enough to make this type of thing useable and fun, but as it is its completely ****ing ****e.

The New Star Wars game on the way out has a new attachment that gives the wiimote real motion control, not that Infrared bullplop.

And for the price, it was hardly ever going to have graphics to match PS3 now was it.

javaboy

Davidius wrote: »

Though seriously, have you ever actually played anything besides crap like Wii [insert title here]? It's an awful shame that people don't even think of the Wii as something that plays video games like the Xbox and PlayStation. It means that there doesn't seem to be much hope that Nintendo will ever produce any good 'gamer' games.

Is it any wonder if people don't know about anything besides Wii Fit/Sports etc. It's all that's ever advertised for the bloody thing. They've deliberately marketed it as a fun kiddy console that's not for serious gamers.

Davidius

javaboy wrote: »

Is it any wonder if people don't know about anything besides Wii Fit/Sports etc. It's all that's ever advertised for the bloody thing. They've deliberately marketed it as a fun kiddy console that's not for serious gamers.

Yeah I know.

The bastards.

I hate them and their success!

Ostrom

Nigsy wrote: »

That one, and there are a few others. Absolutely insane.

Do these adverts represent the average family nowadays, I hope not. If it does, the game is up.

Probably not, but then again it is a kids game. As in, for kids. Kids enjoy shaking plastic sticks as I enjoy playing metroid or perhaps Mario, or other slightly more skill-based/mature titles with Wii controls.

Do you have a general problem with video games, or just the concept of wii-mote shaking?

Or is this 'guitarist-guitar hero' syndrome (man....I can totally play that on guitar with a pick between my ass despite the fact this game neither pretends nor aspires to simulate a creative experience with a plastic makeshift guitar-insert wiimote as per your grievance)

tman

Overheal wrote: »

The New Star Wars game on the way out has a new attachment that gives the wiimote real motion control, not that Infrared bullplop.

And for the price, it was hardly ever going to have graphics to match PS3 now was it.

That may have been true at the start, but they haven't dropped the prices at all since launch, whereas you can now get a 360 or PS3 for more or less the same price.
Metroid Prime 3, Mario Galaxy, Zelda and Resi 4 are pretty much the 4 essential titles for the machine, and would all have been as enjoyable without the motion controls (in fact the last 2 were on the GC)

Nodin

Nigsy wrote: »

Alright, so we have all seen the advertisements.

Is anybody actually that dumb that they will sit infront of a TV shacking plastic sticks?

Are we really that degraded?

Going by the sales figures Yes and Yes.

No use to me though, unfortunately.

Kold

The adverts are shocking. So is the OP.


But I am disappointed that the best game I can play on the Wii is still Super Smash Bros Melee, although I think that may be down to just how good a game SSBM was.

cHaTbOx

MizzLolly wrote: »

They confuse me



The only experience I had with one was after a night out when I was really, really drunk.

Selective quoting ftw:D

jester77

It's alot of effort to play a game though... In all fairness when you are sitting down to relax and play some games, the only time your arm should move above the horizontal axis is to slug your beer!

tman

jester77 wrote: »

It's alot of effort to play a game though... In all fairness when you are sitting down to relax and play some games, the only time your arm should move above the horizontal axis is to slug your beer!

Aye, I somehow managed to keep punching myself in the bollox when playing Zelda as well... Kind of ruined the immersion!:mad:

J.S. Pill

Mate of mine loaded an emulator on to his Wii that allows him to play Quake using the Wii controllers.

Oldskool - It is tha sh!t

thelordofcheese

tman wrote: »

Should've said "golden shower" and lolled in her face.

The Wii is a massively disappointing console tbh, I feel ashamed that I ever recommended it to anybody.

why, do you hate fun?

Feelgood

If you don't like the Wii then you obviously havent tried this yet....:D

Scarinae

My grandfather had a stroke in October. In the rehabilitation ward in the hospital he was in they use Wii Fit for patients, helps them to regain their balance - they had him skiing and all sorts of stuff! I don't have a Wii but now my grandparents have one at home so he can practice on it