Nintendo Wii

[Moodini31]

wii fun factor is really good

That's really the bottom line in gaming isn't it? The thing is frickin' sweet. I thought it was going to be a blast to play and it's exceeded my expectations by far.

I downloaded Zelda for the NES, Sonic 1, and Golden Axe for the Genesis on the Wii last night. The games work really well with the Wiimote (turn it sideways and it looks like an old school NES controller) theyr'e still a ton of fun to play and gave me some killer flashbacks from my childhood.

I had a $20 gift card to Target from Christmas, so I picked up a "classic controller" for the Wii. It kind of answers the question, What if a SNES controller and a PS2 controller had an albino kid?



You have to have the classic controller or plug in a Gamecube controller to play the downloadable SNES games or 64 games. I'm going to download Mario 64 and maybe some F-Zero tonight. There are waaay too many options with this thing.

[Matt]

I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm actually viewing the site and posting this using my Wii right now!! You are able to view the net on this thing! Unbelievable!

Viewing WTF on a Nintendo Wii. Does life get any better than that?

i was on the can with my smartphone PDA, viewing WTFD.com

but yeah....i wanna Wii!!!!

[-NoQuarter-]

Most fun I've ever had playing a video game system. Period. I played Wii Sports with my family the other night ranging from "videogame baddass" to "never touched a video game in my life". And everyone had a great time. We played for hours, and now my uncle and aunt who have NEVER even attempted to play a video game EVER want to buy one.

This all from the game that comes with the fuckin system.

So far, I've played about a half hour of Zelda and I can already tell you it's one of the best games I've ever played.

I'll let XBOX 360 and the PS3 duke it out for a while, and when the price drops happen and I see some games I really want I'll get ONE of them as well. But for now, call me incredibly happy with the Wii.

[MOLA1]

Most fun I've ever had playing a video game system. Period. I played Wii Sports with my family the other night ranging from "videogame baddass" to "never touched a video game in my life". And everyone had a great time. We played for hours, and now my uncle and aunt who have NEVER even attempted to play a video game EVER want to buy one.

This all from the game that comes with the fuckin system.

So far, I've played about a half hour of Zelda and I can already tell you it's one of the best games I've ever played.

I'll let XBOX 360 and the PS3 duke it out for a while, and when the price drops happen and I see some games I really want I'll get ONE of them as well. But for now, call me incredibly happy with the Wii.

-NQ- visited out here for Christmas and New Years and got one by my crib at the EB in Rochester.
The very next day after he left, I bought one. I simply had to. Fun ass system.
I won't bother giving a review cause my Cuz handled it. I was there for the shenanigans.
Great system all around. I'm buying Zelda in the next couple days.

As far as the PS3, (I already have a 360 bc I'm addicted to FIFA and NBA2K7)
I'll wait until the summer or next christmas. I'm happy as shit with these 2 systems.

[Matt]

i just heard you can stream movies and MP3s from your desktop via WiFi and Orb. That's cool as hell.......i've been wanting to put together a Media Center PC to stream my movies and whatnot to my TV, but this looks like an even cooler solution (and cheaper than buying a new computer!).......i'm itching to buy one now, damnit. Youtube proof:

[Moodini31]

WOW Matt! That is sick!

I didn't even know that was possible with the Wii. Someone let me know if they figure out how to do it.

It's kid of like the Media Center extender that I used to have hooked up on my 360. But now that is gone because I bought the Wi-Fi connector for the Wii and ever since I installed that my Media Center capabilities won't work on the 360. I even uninstalled the Wi-Fi program from my computer and tried to re-install the Media Center extender on the 360 and that wouldn't work. Help maybe? I probably should just get a wireless router, but if I get that, I have to get the connector for the 360 which is 100 bucks.

[-NoQuarter-]

I just hooked all this up and it is indeed baddass. The thing I'm most excited by is the ability of programers out there to now make their own wii games. How you might ask? Well, along with a web browser comes a flash player. There have been tons of flash games around for ages, but here's the kicker: you use your wii remote to navigate the web and therefor can use to wii remote's motion abilities to play say...duck hunt in flash on-line.

[Fool]

i just heard you can stream movies and MP3s from your desktop via WiFi and Orb. That's cool as hell.......i've been wanting to put together a Media Center PC to stream my movies and whatnot to my TV, but this looks like an even cooler solution (and cheaper than buying a new computer!).......i'm itching to buy one now, damnit. Youtube proof:

That's the shit! You know I've been wanting to do the same. Haven't been to the orb site in a few months, looks like they've updated a bit.

P.S. Can't you do this with any other online capable console?

[Vinny]

I know you can mod old x-boxes to do it, my friend just did his. I can ask him for more info if anyone's real interested.

[MikeMyers]

I want a wii also but its sold out everywhere. Not interested in a bundle. When will they have more shipments?