The Wii is Here.

[Moogy]

Re: The Revolution (Wii) is Here.

Uh, new shmups, 2d fighters, and such are still being produced. Guilty Gear XX Slash came out a few days ago.

Ibara is probably the newest top-class shmup right now, and it came out about two months ago.

And music games are obviously going stronger than ever.

I'm sorry, but you don't know what you're talking about.

[Bursurk_Lurk]

Re: The Revolution (Wii) is Here.

lol "Wii"

totally gonna buy it even though it sounds like Wee

[banditcom]

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Opera! http://opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/05/10/

[purplepopcorn]

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Opera! http://opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/05/10/

christ.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aGlvLQzvJNA&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b

christ.

[Squeek]

Re: The Revolution (Wii) is Here.

Hmm.

I wonder which of the three "next-gen" consoles people really want to see the most.

Wow guys it's a shame to admit but it looks like the Wii is going to fail =(

~Squeek

[lord_carbo]

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Hmm, I think it's more about people being curious about what it's all about than anything. Remember the controller was pretty hyped up, and it's a very different and new experience for pretty much everyone. On the other hand, the PS3 controller is just a PS2 controller with motion sensing capabilities. Booooorrring.

Oh, and wow. Check out the poll on GFAQs. I'm pretty suprised: The Wii is winning by a noticable margin. The people who want only a Wii take up 28% of the poll, and the people who want a Wii, both with another and without another system, take over 55% of the poll. Maybe the Wii will do better than I realized. Of course, the people taking the poll are people who talk about video games on the Internet, to say it's going to be very close to what actually happens is another story.

[Tasuke]

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After a qiuck "poll" of some of my "hardcore" video game friends at school,
it seemed that a bunch of people were excited about the Wii compared to other systems, and almost all of them practically jumped for joy at any mention of Solid Snake and Metaknight. No one knew who Pit was ='( . But alot of the "normal" people i talked to said "f*ck Nintendo" or something similar. They're all hyped up about the PS3. I don't see how they can see it not failing. They even said that the price tag wouldn't change anything.

[purplepopcorn]

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I would kill someone if guardian heroes came back on the Wii.

It looks pretty easy to make a 2d shmup for.
I Also want 2d castlevania (>@.@)>
and ssbb
and katama- o wai :<
and fps games will kick ass

I'm getting one

[lord_carbo]

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Okay, the difference between me getting a used PS2 and a Wii all depends on the price of SNES/N64/Genisis games through the online service. Does anyone have ANY speculation on how much these will cost? I, unfortunately, being the ignorant person I was back then, was isolated from some extremely legendary games that came out on these systems >__< I'm just hoping Nintendo isn't going to make this like the classic games they brought to the GBA. Talk about overpriced.

I'm also assuming most people will be trading in their PS2s to get a PS3 because of the large price tag that thing posseses, which probably means used PS2s will drop in price a lot. The old bulky design currently cost $100, and I'm expecting at most $80; hoping for $70.

[Chromer]

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OMG Sony is not going to fail despite what bs Squeek says. Now it all comes down to if Blue-Ray will actually succeed or not.

[Afrobean]

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Um... chromer, you're wrong as well. Sony will not fail, this is true. However, they will also not succeed. Six hundred dollars is simply too much to have an effective control on the market. They're marketing to people who:

A: have money
B: Are willing to spend lots of money when they could just as easily spend much less and possibly have more fun
C: fanboys

The fanboys alone would probably be enough for Sony to make a profit. However, compared to all the other systems, the PS3 will do the worst economically. Nintendo knows how to do it: they're marketing to EVERYONE, not just rich fanboys. Microsoft also did well by releasing their system long before anyone else and getting a piece of the PC gaming market with what is essentially a console PC. PS3, on the other hand, is coming out late to a very small market for a price which a lot less people will consider buying for.

By the way, all of these new standards like blu ray will all fail. They might be a great way of formatting games to hold more data, but the movie industry is on DVD right now and DVD is basically the best any movie would ever need (there are a few examples that don't fit on DVD well-- extremely long movies or movies with MANY extra features that most people don't watch anyway).

[nforcer06164]

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The thing with blu ray is basically the same thing as HDTV (and is possibly coupled with it as well). It is not the standard right now, but it may be in the future. I mean, imagine the possibilities in data storage and backup, high-definition movies and content (which is currently impossible on DVD), as well as other things. I think somewhere in the future, it *MAY* see extensive use, and I don't think it will fail, but it is uneconomical to assume it as a standard today.

I mean, many people have CD Players and CD Burners... CD is standard now. DVD emerged as a better option right now for movies, data, etc. Most technology in marketing in such is on CD, but will likely move to DVD in the next few years. DVD is used mostly in games now, but only recently have people been investing in DVD players (remember how expensive they used to be?), and DVD-Compatible disc trays were viewed as advantageous only about, oh, maybe five, six years ago? Very few people have DVD Burners, however, which is the next step in determining how well we depend on the technology, and how well in has been integrated as the standard (at least in my view). Blu-Ray, therefore, is a far way off.

I do believe Sony can very well drive the PlayStation line into the ground, dead, if they keep Blu-Ray as their standard. They tried to make UMD an industry standard. It failed. Blu-Ray as of now is even less practical. Add the cost of developing Blu-Ray technology and discs, and PlayStation could very well be dead by the next generation. I do not doubt that one bit.

[Squeek]

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The problem is that both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray were sent out into the market too early. It's far too soon to make the switch over. Look how long we all had VHS format before we switched to DVDs. And it was a HUGE change! Suddenly, you can fit more data on a smaller, non-perishable disc and put it in any format you wish. You can also put in extras and various other little tidbits of fun. All of this in theatrical-quality video and sound. What more would you need?

It's like going from an AGP 256MB Radeon to a PCIe 256MB nVidia. It's a little better; not worth the $500-$600 for it.

~Squeek

[natetheffrer]

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How much space does a wii disk have?

I heard it uses dual layered optical disks so im assuming 1.4-1.6 gigs in a disk

Thats prolly wrong.

[Triplex72]

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I hear the wii is powered by the laugh of Japanese children.