Congratulations, god!!!!!!! I heartily approve of you Wiiing it up for the rest of the day. Good job on beating the system. Was there anyone else waiting outside with you?
Ohhhhh yeah. The Wii has the potential to exercise muscles we gamers never knew existed. After playing Rayman for a day my arms were just really really sore. But it's a great feeling.
And it costs money to obtain. The Wii one will too, eventually, but when the non-beta version comes out, it'll be free for a short time.
I've very much enjoyed watching Homestar Runner on the TV. I had intended to play some fl0w, but the Wii Flash support isn't quite at 100% yet, and that game doesn't work for crap with Internet Channel.
Using the browser on the PSP wasn't exactly fun (they couldn't be assed to program an actual keyboard for the screen, so you had to type everything cell-phone style), and I can't imagine it's any better on the DS. The smaller screen would easily offset the better keyboard, and I think I'd go berserk if they did that "let's consider the space between the top screen and bottom screen as part of one large screen that you can't see" crap that they seem to enjoy doing. It might be easier to program (I'd think it'd have to be for them to use such a system), but it makes two-screen platformers like Yoshi's Island DS a bitch at certain times. Forget trying to read a webpage like that.
My dad, who hasn't played a video game since the atari era, is now considering getting a Wii for himself, after about 3 minutes of baseball on Wii Sports.
Yaay Nintendo! It saddens me that so many people view video games as these cryptic things that only supernerds or lifetime gamers can understand. I think the Wii is a step in the right direction.
I think the Play Station started that trend; with it's extreme advertising style and games whose concepts were less abstract than the previous norm for games in the industry, it attracted a group less hardcore than your standard gamer. This continued into the time of the PS2 and then with the XBox.
Edit of: Actually, now that I think of it, the Sega Genesis seemed to have used a more inclusive advertising style before the PSX did, thus attracting many non-supernerds who would become casual gamers.
But still, I think one of the biggest turn-offs of all consoles, which got bigger with each generation, was the controller and control scheme. Have you ever seen someone new to video games try to play Halo? The dual thumbstick concept just seems so foreign to them.
Contra III? I've been hoping that'd show up on the VC soon. Even Maddox gave it a good review... But I have way too many games to finish right now before I go buy another one.
I've seen myself try to play Halo, and let me tell you I still don't know how. The Sega Genesis had a very simple button scheme.
Yeah, I'd been playing games for awhile, but when my brother got a demo disc that had the first SOCOM game on, I couldn't figure out how to play. Never tried again, either.
If you want a game for supernerds, play something like nethack. It's a whole keyboard full of buttons that do stuff. In fact, any given button probably has 2 or more functions depending on whether you're also pressing, ctrl, alt, or shift. How's that for intimidating control schemes?
Also of interest is Steel Battalion. The game costs about 150 dollars at its cheapest because it comes with a 40 button, 3 joystick, 3 pedal controller. It's mech piloting at its most complex, and it sounds absolutely amazing. Too bad I never have that much money at one time to buy it.
I remember I once played an arcade version of the old Atari Star Wars (With the green vector graphics) using a joystick with a button. The whole booth shook and rumbled. It was fun. (And irrelevant to the conversation by the looks of it)
If you want a game for supernerds, play something like nethack. It's a whole keyboard full of buttons that do stuff. In fact, any given button probably has 2 or more functions depending on whether you're also pressing, ctrl, alt, or shift. How's that for intimidating control schemes?
No thanks. I pretty much hate PC gaming in the first place because of the expansive controls they can put onto a keyboard. I can't remember all that mess.
I remember I once played an arcade version of the old Atari Star Wars (With the green vector graphics) using a joystick with a button. The whole booth shook and rumbled. It was fun. (And irrelevant to the conversation by the looks of it)
I'll make it relevant: in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3 - Rebel Strike, you can play that game. Since that title was on the GameCube, it can also be played on the Wii, which is backwards-compatible with 'Cube games!
Ah yes, but does it make your whole room shake whenever you get hit, and tilt in accordance with the control stick movements, and have 3D sound so you hear the TIE Fighters scream past?
Not so much. But it's good clean fun. I pre-ordered the game and got a standalone disk with the arcade game on it. I never picked up the game, so it's just been a nice $5 game title I play every now and then.
I totally forgot about the Rebel Strike bonus disc. There was a Star Wars arcade machine near my dorm at college. I love that game. I'm going to have to track down a copy of that disc, when I get some money.
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I'll trade you some Super Smash Brothers for Star Fox 64. And I'll trade an "amen" for a "Do a barrel roll!"
I've discovered playing tennis for an hour and a half makes your shoulder sore.
I'll trade you some Star Fox 64 for Ocarina of Time. And I'll trade a "Do a barrel roll" for a "Hey! Listen!".
In a world where you somehow had Star Fox 64 for VC that you could trade for OoT that I somehow had and could also trade, I would.
I've very much enjoyed watching Homestar Runner on the TV. I had intended to play some fl0w, but the Wii Flash support isn't quite at 100% yet, and that game doesn't work for crap with Internet Channel.
Edit of: Actually, now that I think of it, the Sega Genesis seemed to have used a more inclusive advertising style before the PSX did, thus attracting many non-supernerds who would become casual gamers.
Contra III? I've been hoping that'd show up on the VC soon. Even Maddox gave it a good review... But I have way too many games to finish right now before I go buy another one.
Yeah, I'd been playing games for awhile, but when my brother got a demo disc that had the first SOCOM game on, I couldn't figure out how to play. Never tried again, either.
No thanks. I pretty much hate PC gaming in the first place because of the expansive controls they can put onto a keyboard. I can't remember all that mess.
I'll make it relevant: in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3 - Rebel Strike, you can play that game. Since that title was on the GameCube, it can also be played on the Wii, which is backwards-compatible with 'Cube games!
Also, I have yet to play with a Wii... Sniff.