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Author:  ChickenLeg [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:13 am ]
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What about another memory card? Like, something different altogether? -_-;
Author:  DumDeDum [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:28 am ]
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We don't have many GameCube games, (this Wii was bought for playing Wii games on), so we only have one memory card for now. Eh, I don't really care. If it crashes, it crashes.

It's still a fun game, though I wish you could save at any time like you could in Twilight Princess...and in pretty much every other Zelda game. Kinda weird that they made saving like that, isn't it? :-|
Author:  bwave [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:51 pm ]
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DumDeDum wrote:
It's still a fun game, though I wish you could save at any time like you could in Twilight Princess...and in pretty much every other Zelda game. Kinda weird that they made saving like that, isn't it? :-|

You just play the song of time, and you can save whenever you want.
Author:  DumDeDum [ Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:25 pm ]
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bwave wrote:
You just play the song of time, and you can save whenever you want.


Not in the middle of dungeons, and especially not when collecting stray fairies.
Author:  DS_Kid [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:44 am ]
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There may be some new Wii Shop Channel features tonight. If you've been to the shop channel over the last few hours, it says that it's been under for maintenance. However, if you access the Wii Shop Channel through Firefox (read here), then you can see a few new lines of text.

Here is an image of what it currently says (not my image, but this is what it says in Firefox for me, as well). Note the "New Wii Shop Channel Features" and "Game-Play Video Available" lines.
Author:  Susan [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:45 am ]
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DS_Kid wrote:
There may be some new Wii Shop Channel features tonight. If you've been to the shop channel over the last few hours, it says that it's been under for maintenance. However, if you access the Wii Shop Channel through Firefox (read here), then you can see a few new lines of text.

Here is an image of what it currently says (not my image, but this is what it says in Firefox for me, as well). Note the "New Wii Shop Channel Features" and "Game-Play Video Available" lines.


Looks like we will be able to see game in action now before buying.
Author:  JTHomeslice [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:34 pm ]
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DS_Kid wrote:
There may be some new Wii Shop Channel features tonight. If you've been to the shop channel over the last few hours, it says that it's been under for maintenance. However, if you access the Wii Shop Channel through Firefox (read here), then you can see a few new lines of text.

Here is an image of what it currently says (not my image, but this is what it says in Firefox for me, as well). Note the "New Wii Shop Channel Features" and "Game-Play Video Available" lines.

New firmware and Shop channel redesign. I find the warning before the firmware update hilarious.
Author:  bwave [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:44 pm ]
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Susan wrote:
DS_Kid wrote:
"Game-Play Video Available" lines.


Looks like we will be able to see game in action now before buying.


Um... guys?

That line has been there for like 2 months now. Clicking on it just gives you a message telling you to go to wii.nintendo.com to get the gameplay video.
Author:  DS_Kid [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:22 pm ]
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bwave wrote:
Um... guys?

That line has been there for like 2 months now. Clicking on it just gives you a message telling you to go to wii.nintendo.com to get the gameplay video.


Yeah, I noticed that after I posted. I thought that the one telling everyone to go to Nintendo's website for the videos had a different title, but it didn't. Ah well, it's a good update anyway. Here's all that I could notice from it:

- You can now use the + and - buttons to switch the pages in the Wii Settings menu.
- The contacts in your contact list can be moved around.
- There's a clock on the main menu.
- The Disc Channel's disc logo (when no game is inserted) spins around
- The Forecast Channel displays an icon from the main menu telling you the "current" (by current, I mean hours behind :P) weather for the area.
- The News Channel displays headlines from the main menu.
- The "Total Time Played" message on the Wii Message Board is white instead of yellow now.
- Channels seem to load quicker, and Wii discs seem to read quicker (I can confirm the channels one on my Wii, at least)
- You can now back out of updates
- You can access the Home menu from the Shop Channel's startup
- [s]Kremlings[/s] Modders beware, 'cause they're after you. :P Well, not really, but that little update message is strange.
- The Shop Channel got a coolness boost. While this wasn't part of the update itself, it happened around the same time period. You can now filter down game searches even further by typing in parts of game titles, or viewing the most popular (most downloaded) games. I'm still hoping for embedded game videos in the future on the shop channel.


In the future, I'm hoping for the following for the Wii updates:
- The ability to play and load Virtual Console games and save games off of your SD card.
- Support for SD Cards higher than 2 GB
- The ability to copy more than just one save game onto the SD Card and Wii. It is really annoying to delete one of my game saves on the Wii in order to copy the game save from my SD card onto it.
- The ability to keep your Wii light glowing while the Wii is on
- Different color schemes for the Wii menu (I'm thinking that this'll happen when the different colored Wii come out)
- Faster friend-registering and message sending for the Wii Message Board
- An upgraded Mii channel with more customization options everywhere. This may be vital after the "Check Mii Out" channel is out for awhile.
- The ability to group Wii Channels together using "Folder" channels. Think of cutting down on space by just accessing an NES Virtual Console folder of yours, or a Cool Channels / Crap Channels folder.
- More than 48 slots on the Wii menu, now that loading has sped up a bit for switching to channels. This can be vital to avid game collectors, or game reviewers, or the rich folk who can spend their money on all of the Virtual Console games.
- I doubt that this one will happen anytime soon: the ability to use just one friend code for all Nintendo games. This is sort of happening with EA, as they as using little accounts for Madden, Fifa, etc., on the Wii.

I'm pretty sure that all of those things are possible through Wii updates, minus the last one because it's not necessarily a system update, and we're talking about Nintendo.


Also, I downloaded Galaga '90 and Wave Race 64 (despite already having it on the N64 in my room; I had a bit of extra money to spend :P). Galaga '90 is great for quick bursts, and if you enjoyed the arcade game, I can recommend it to you. However, I'm not too good at the game, as I can only get one level past the first bonus round.

Wave Race 64 is pretty fun, but I shouldn't have really spent ten dollars on it when I could play the game in my room. Progressive scan makes the game sharp and more detailed (down with the N64 blurring), and I hadn't noticed the widescreen in it before. Nostalgia, yay!
Author:  JTHomeslice [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:52 pm ]
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DS_Kid wrote:
Wave Race 64 is pretty fun, but I shouldn't have really spent ten dollars on it when I could play the game in my room. Progressive scan makes the game sharp and more detailed (down with the N64 blurring), and I hadn't noticed the widescreen in it before. Nostalgia, yay!

Did you notice the Wii and DS ads in it?
Author:  bwave [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:31 pm ]
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Updating in a few minutes.

I seriously want to be able to press + and - in the settings menu.

I was at gamestop earlier. If I had known that wave race was out, I'd have bought a wii points card.

Oh well.
Author:  Susan [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:00 pm ]
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DS_Kid, about the 48 slots for stuff. Game collectors dont need to worry about the lack of slots, as you can just save to SD card and delete the channel or delete it and if you want it back you can download it again for free.
Author:  buttdanceagain [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:23 pm ]
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has anyone seen the preview for the game smackdown vs RAW 2008 it looks awesome.
Author:  firemarc924 [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:33 pm ]
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Cool Geometry Wars: Galaxies Trailer to the beat to TMBG!
http://www.gamespot.com/video/939731/61 ... icks;img;2
Author:  Einoo T. Spork [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:10 pm ]
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That was.... odd.

To say the least.
Author:  DS_Kid [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:22 pm ]
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firemarc924 wrote:
Cool Geometry Wars: Galaxies Trailer to the beat to TMBG!
http://www.gamespot.com/video/939731/61 ... icks;img;2


Didn't see that one coming...

It's cool, despite its weirdness.
Author:  Entropy [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:44 pm ]
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firemarc924 wrote:
Cool Geometry Wars: Galaxies Trailer to the beat to TMBG!
http://www.gamespot.com/video/939731/61 ... icks;img;2


Hehe, I saw that on TMBW. Nice.

Does anyone know what the...things....in the background are doing? And why that girl falls asleep in the middle?
Author:  ramrod [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:04 pm ]
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firemarc924 wrote:
Cool Geometry Wars: Galaxies Trailer to the beat to TMBG!
http://www.gamespot.com/video/939731/61 ... icks;img;2
Soo....despite that being a completely odd video, who wants to bet that I'll get it? I'm going with yes.
Author:  JTHomeslice [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:53 pm ]
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Hey, go check your Wii's. There's a MP3 preview up for download on the Shop.
Author:  DS_Kid [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:18 pm ]
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JTHomeslice wrote:
Hey, go check your Wii's. There's a MP3 preview up for download on the Shop.


Hmm...no invisitext, no small, unreadable font, and no sarcasm in the subject line. I may have to investigate on this *alerts the headquarters*. :P

Did you guys know that you can also use certain keyboards with the Wii, now? It doesn't work under the internet channel yet (Opera has control over that), but it apparently works in the Shop and Wii Message Board areas.
Author:  JTHomeslice [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:12 pm ]
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DS_Kid wrote:
JTHomeslice wrote:
Hey, go check your Wii's. There's a MP3 preview up for download on the Shop.


Hmm...no invisitext, no small, unreadable font, and no sarcasm in the subject line. I may have to investigate on this *alerts the headquarters*. :P

Why would I screw with you? Go check for yourself. Also, NES Metroid on the 13th and Super Metroid on the 20th.
Author:  DS_Kid [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:22 pm ]
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JTHomeslice wrote:
Why would I screw with you?

Eh, a lot of people do.


Anyway, the preview channel is pretty awesome, and the fact that Super Metroid is coming out on the 20th is even more awesome, as I have never played it before.

Hopefully I can go through all of Metroid Prime 3, as I never completed even the first parts of both Metroid Prime 1 and 2. I didn't have the chance to play them too often, and I keep forgetting to go back and play them when I have the chance to.
Author:  Entropy [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:30 pm ]
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I'm having way too much fun with the click-drag-reveal picture thing on the Metroid preview channal.
Author:  bwave [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:32 pm ]
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I didnt play prime 2, but I played Prime 1 and fusion, and i think I speak for everyone when I say It'd be best if we started the game off with the power suit, all upgrades available. I think the whole "You lost your abilities" thing is stupid.

BTW: bonus stage is up. Didnt everyone say it was down?
Author:  strongfan [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:49 am ]
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Um, why's come my opera browser won't work right on homestarrunner? At some point, in the flash toon, the sound gets ahead of it's self and becomes un synchronized with the animation. Am I the only one with said problem?
Author:  bwave [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:53 am ]
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strongfan wrote:
Um, why's come my opera browser won't work right on homestarrunner? At some point, in the flash toon, the sound gets ahead of it's self and becomes un synchronized with the animation. Am I the only one with said problem?


Some of the old toons were like that.
Author:  firemarc924 [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:27 am ]
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Huh, Boogie didnt get too good a review.
http://www.gamespot.com/wii/puzzle/boog ... ks;title;1

Although Gamespot shouldnt be trusted with 6 guns to its head, I kinda wish its was a full blown success.
Author:  bwave [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:42 pm ]
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firemarc924 wrote:
Although Gamespot shouldnt be trusted with 6 guns to its head, I kinda wish its was a full blown success.


Well, the user score is terrible too.

I'm glad it's failing. I think the gamemakers of rhythm games need to start putting more work into their stuff. Most rhythm games have been exactly the same for the past 10 years.
Author:  Susan [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:11 pm ]
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I just picked up an altered beast sega mega cartidge. Now I just need something to play it on and I wont have to buy it on the wii :).
Author:  The Noid [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:34 pm ]
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While most rhythym games are the same, they'll likely always be that way. A good soundtrack is what gives the good scores.

That being said, Boogie creeped me out.
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