So who else got there Wii today

Lizking · Post by **Lizking** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:43 pm

I got mine after waiting for 4 hours. I was 79/81.

Wiisports is incredibly fun, although Golf is just fucking broken.

Zelda is looking like a title that could possibly topple OoT as my favorite zelda game, and I'm only 4 hours into it!

the sword slashing is pretty natural, though sometimes I mess up. Aiming is just perfect. The only thing i dont like is that when you're aiming with the slingshot or boomerang, you can't switch to another weapon without first putting the one you're holding away first.

oh, and the fishing sucks.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:21 pm

I think I'll actually need to preorder the Wii for the Euro launch in about two weeks as I've heard it sold out everywhere in the US, with many people camping outside stores to get theirs.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:50 pm

Clements wrote:I think I'll actually need to preorder the Wii for the Euro launch in about two weeks as I've heard it sold out everywhere in the US, with many people camping outside stores to get theirs.

nitnendo said they planned on selling a million units by christmas, so I wouldn't really worry.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:53 pm

funkyass wrote:
Clements wrote:I think I'll actually need to preorder the Wii for the Euro launch in about two weeks as I've heard it sold out everywhere in the US, with many people camping outside stores to get theirs.
nitnendo said they planned on selling a million units by christmas, so I wouldn't really worry.

I thought it was 1 million for launch.

darkbenny · Post by **darkbenny** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:10 am

I heard 4 million by the end of the year.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:37 am

nintendo is laughing all the way to the bank, so I wouldn't worry about supply

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:43 am

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/dead-w ... 215885.php --

last thing you'd expect out of Nintendo

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:50 am

adventure_of_link wrote:http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/dead-w ... 215885.php -- last thing you'd expect out of Nintendo

Well, Nintendo will fix those problems, free of charge. So I don't see the problem.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:00 am

Well, it's not that they'll fix their fuckups, more like there were so many all at once.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:42 am

You can't expect every single unit to work right out of the box. Things get damaged in shipping or just randomly shit the bed.

Lazz · Post by **Lazz** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:29 am

I totally thought I had bricked mine. I went to do the update, and about 35 minutes later, it said it failed right near the end! So I had to restart. I forget what error code it gave me. The Wii restarted and the screen was black for a lot longer than normal, and the TV screen kept resyncing for about 4 or 5 times. That's what really freaked me out.

Then the Wii decided to boot up. So I tried to update again since it said I needed to. (I tend to do this sort of thing against my best judgement sometimes.) Connect error. Tried again. The system went about half way and sat there for two hours. No way to abort it or anything. So I forced the thing off. Started back up. Same thing. I decided to wait until the early hours of the morning, did the update, Works fine.

I wish it would handle updates more like the PSP. Perhaps make a channel for it, or tell you that it's downloading and then installing, or at least something. Whoever came up with this crazy scheme is friggin nuts.

Gospel · Post by **Gospel** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:31 pm

It'd be cool if you could run an updater from the SD slot, instead of waiting forever on overloaded servers and finicky wireless connections.

Jikmo · Post by **Jikmo** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:49 pm

Gospel wrote:It'd be cool if you could run an updater from the SD slot, instead of waiting forever on overloaded servers and finicky wireless connections.

??? no, that would be an awful idea

I mean, I can already see that people are going to try to hack the Wii by simulating an update server on their networks, but allowing you to update it through the SD slot would just make things way too easy.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:58 pm

adventure_of_link wrote:Well, it's not that they'll fix their fuckups, more like there were so many all at once.

Many? According to the site, they have received only *2* emails.

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:44 pm

My Wii worked for 1 day. I had work, so my friend (who was anticipating Zelda WAY more than me) was putting the Wii to good use. He knows how to handle discs and is very careful with hardware. He had already logged about 9 hours of Zelda playtime. Yesterday, it started showing a message instructing me to "eject the disc and turn off the console" each time I insert a game disc. I could even put the disc in backwards and it says the same thing; when it shouldn't even try to read it (should just spit the disc back out). I can browse the menu of the Wii, but it locks up when I try to start the Mii channel and other channels are not yet accessible anyway. I can browse through the settings, but clicking on WiiConnect24 locks up the unit with a blank screen.

Shows error message and forces shutdown when:
-Inserting the disc (ANY disc including Gamecube, Wii, and audio CD; even when inserted backward in which case the Wii is *supposed* to just spit it out)
-Powering on with the disc inserted.

Locks up on black screen when:
-Selecting WiiConnect24 from the Wii settings
-Starting the Mii channel
-Starting any game (if you're lucky enough to avoid the error message upon insertion)

I don't remember what happens if I try to start the Photo channel, but I know that I didn't have an SD card inserted, though I don't remember any messages regarding it...so I assume it must have just locked up like the other channels.

The shop/news/updates/forecast/virtual console channels are all inaccessible if I recall correctly.

My brother set up WiFi and downloaded/installed a system update, but these problems all remained.

At some point before the update, my friend had it so that he could view the Zelda splash, but trying to start Zelda resulted in the black screen with the message.

This is very disappointing. I would exchange it, but no retailers in my area have restocked. If I could get through to Nintendo (the phone lines are JAMMED), I would request that they ship a new component video cable with my replacement Wii.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:07 pm

Why does this release sound like a disaster?

I get the feeling the PS3 will have some as well.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:23 pm

That's sad Ichinisan.

Lazz · Post by **Lazz** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:32 pm

What a piece of crap! What the hell happened to N's quality hardware? Sorry this happened to you, man. If you don't have anything critical saved (VC games, etc.) I hear N can ship you another one in 5 days or so. You might try emailing them and see what they say.

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:13 pm

Lazz wrote:What a piece of crap! What the hell happened to N's quality hardware?

You're an idiot.

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:51 pm

I hate all of you. I want a Wii

Post by **Nach** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:35 am

Anyone play Red Steel yet? I read some reviews but they mostly went on about the graphics instead of talking about the main thing - sword fighting.

Lizking · Post by **Lizking** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:48 am

A friend of mine bought it, and he described it as "clunky, awkward, and glitchy"

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:34 am

The replacement arrived yesterday and my friend quickly caught up to where he was in Zelda and completed the first dungeon. It's amazing that he was still interested in the game if after 9+ hours on his first attempt and he had not yet entered the forest temple

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:07 am

I want a wii so bad. I just want to play zelda. this kid I know already beat it. had like 48 hours play time. I want to chop off my penis and replace it with the wiimote.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:26 am

I really need to go back and actually play the Zelda games starting with OoT before I start on Twilight Princess. Maybe after I finish Gears of War on Insane difficulty. I'm about halfway there.