Wii Q&A Thread

[Strazos]

I'll admit, I usually answer the phone with, "Thank you for calling Gamestop, where you can reserve Halo 3. This is X speaking, how can I help you?" Yeah, I hate adding either that Halo bit, or the thing about used games, but oh well.

They give you that shit at the counter too? I usually just ask if that's all for today. I have no real incentive to push anything in particular. Sure, the Store does, but since I don't get commission from all the warranties I've sold, I don't really care. People come in all the time and say they like our particular store/staff. I'm not exaggerating, so whatever we're doing works.

I'm there to help people, not hoodwink them.

[Morfiend]

I'm there to help people, not hoodwink them.

Maybe you should come work at my local EBStop. It would be much less annoying that way.

[HaemishM]

The 2 times I've been in the Gamestop down the road from EB, I've heard the moonbats behind the counter ask EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE STORE if they want to preorder something. Every one, including me who isn't going to buy anything and is just piddling around. I want them to leave me the fuck alone.

As for trading in games, I look at it like this. It isn't as if I'm going to get money for it just sitting on my shelf and unless it's got multiplayer, I'm not going to replay it. Give me my pittance and make your profit. I do wish they'd give some to the developers, but that'll never happen.

[Strazos]

Heh, moonbats.

Do you have the sub, Haemish? I know you're big on used stuff, and the damn thing is only $15/year. It doesn't take much for the thing to pay for itself, and then some.

[MrHat]

So I've been watching the development of the WiimotePC mods going on.  There's some exciting presentation tools at work.

[Nebu]

So I've been watching the development of the WiimotePC mods going on.  There's some exciting presentation tools at work.

Do they synergistically dovetail with existing technology?

[MrHat]

So I've been watching the development of the WiimotePC mods going on.  There's some exciting presentation tools at work.

Do they synergistically dovetail with existing technology?

What?

[Nebu]

I'm guessing you haven't been to a corporate business meeting. 

[HaemishM]

Heh, moonbats.

Do you have the sub, Haemish? I know you're big on used stuff, and the damn thing is only $15/year. It doesn't take much for the thing to pay for itself, and then some.

What sub? Is that the thing where you pay money to get money off on games or something? If so, no, I tend to only want to spend a set amount when I buy a game, and adding extra money on (even if just once a year) isn't in the cards.

Using the Wiimote on a PC sounds awful sweet, especially when you start thinking of Media Center on TV type of applications. Better than a Phantom keyboard/mouse combo.

[Strazos]

The sub is for the stupid magazine, but what it Really does is give you a card that gives you 10% off used games/movies/accessories, +10% on trade-in value, and it also acts as storage for in-store credit. For 1 year.

I'm not trying to shove it down your throat, but since you've always advocated buying used I thought it would help you.

[CmdrSlack]

I had a gamestop card for about a year.  It was actually pretty useful.  And the crappy mag was useful for bathroom reading.

[HaemishM]

No, I haven't bothered to get the sub. It might be something I'll think about when I have extra money to spend.

Finally got to play some Call of Duty 3 after finishing Red Steel. The Wii is made for first person shooters. It's one tiny step underneath a mouse/keyboard combo as an FPS control scheme.

[Jain Zar]

I actually got the EBX one one year and about broke even.  But they had that short lived Ziff Davis general gaming magazine with the old retro guy in the back so it was kind of worth reading.
Not as good as the UK's Retro Gamer magazine, but it was vastly cheaper, and available.

Haven't done it since though.  Most of my old purchases are from the budget racks or obscure Genesis/SNES ports of Amiga games.

[MrHat]

As per Strazos, I'll be giving my local Gamestop a call at noon and a call at 3pm tomorrow.

Wish me luck!

[Strazos]

I've been hearing that some stores might be getting some stuff in tomarrow, so good luck.

I would add an additional call at 1:30pm. 

[MrHat]

Ya, hopefully the wife will be around tomorrow to go buy the damn thing.

[CmdrSlack]

Ya, hopefully the wife will be around tomorrow to go buy the damn thing.

Mine wasn't and I missed out on getting mine.   

Bastards wouldn't hold it for eight hours, not that I blame 'em.  Apparently, the offer to hold one for me extends only about an hour or so.

[HaemishM]

I've heard that Best Buy will be getting some Wiis in for sale on the 17th.

[MrHat]

I've heard that Best Buy will be getting some Wiis in for sale on the 17th.

Not worth it for me by then.

I saw an advertisement for one on TV from Walgreens of all places.

Edit: Slack: I'm pretty sure I got fucked earlier.  I called every 15 mins between 2 and 3 knowning they'd get them in around then (worker bee told me in the morning).  And @ 3pm a different guy answered and said they got 6 in and sold them out.  I was like "fucker".

[CmdrSlack]

I'm willing to bet that there were people waiting for the boxes to arrive who were at the store.  Why they'd only get one, I have no idea, but that's how many the guys at my neighborhood EBStop said they got in the last shipment.

At the rate they're trickling into town, I'll end up following Strazos' advice and wait till January whether I want to or not.

[schild]

The virtual console and games available have depressed me and my 4 roommates. To the point that the DS, PS2, and 360 are getting 99% of the gametime in this house. There's almost always gaming going on, and it's not on the Wii. This isn't an opinion even, it's a statement of fact. Nearly every console from the past 2 generations are hooked up at this house (and then some - DC, SNES, etc), and the Wii and PS3 get the least amount of playtime. The PS3 does get used every other night or so for a Blu-Ray disc though.

Just wait a year.

[bhodi]

Retards in action: http://www.wiidamage.com/

This belongs in the OTHER wii thread. I'd delete this message if I could. Go talk about it there.

[Strazos]

Fucking retards. See above.

[Roac]

The virtual console and games available have depressed me and my 4 roommates. To the point that the DS, PS2, and 360 are getting 99% of the gametime in this house. There's almost always gaming going on, and it's not on the Wii.

Sounds more like it has to do with the gaming library available, not any particular console.  To each their own though.

[schild]

Of course it's the gaming library!

Look at the Gamecube.

Should've known better.

[Velorath]

Of course it's the gaming library!

Look at the Gamecube.

Should've known better.

Blame the developers.  They all bought into the PS3 hype thinking that's where the audience was going to be.  You got WarioWare, Sonic, and Cookin Mama coming out early next year at least  :-D

[stray]

PS3 hype was justified. PS3 price was not. It was completely unreasonable.

[schild]

Sonic is going to be ass. GUARANTEED.

Yea, Cooking Mama will be a diversion, as will Warioware. How about a game with substance? Or more than 15 second gameplay?

Doesn't matter, first 6-12 months of a console is pretty much crap and I'm ok with that. Though, if Squaresoft gets FFXIII out in America before Lost Odyssey... Eeek.

[Triforcer]

Give me Zelda+Mario Galaxies+Metroid+SSB Brawl+Resident Evi Wii and I will be a happy man.  Over the life of my gamecube I amassed fewer than 15 games in five years...but they are 15 I love.

[Velorath]

Sonic is going to be ass. GUARANTEED.

Yea, Cooking Mama will be a diversion, as will Warioware. How about a game with substance? Or more than 15 second gameplay?

Doesn't matter, first 6-12 months of a console is pretty much crap and I'm ok with that. Though, if Squaresoft gets FFXIII out in America before Lost Odyssey... Eeek.

I keep getting disappointed by FF games, and yet I'm sure just before FFXIII comes out I'm sure I'll manage to get excited.  Of course they're milking it even worse this time with the spin-off  Right now I'm just looking forward to Mass Effect a hell of a lot more.  Once again I have to say that video that's been making the rounds on the newsites (apparently the same preview that was show at X06) looks amazing.  Of course it helps that it's not at all fantasy related.

I haven't played a Sonic game since... Sonic and Knuckles on the Genesis I think.  I could imagine a playing a Sonic game with the Wiimote being somewhat fun, if not groundbreaking.  They don't all have to be huge hits, especially since you already bought the system.  But yeah, you're pretty much fucked for now until Nintendo sets release dates for all their franchise games.

[stray]

OK, I'll admit it...

I sold my copy of FFXII.

I couldn't get into it....Decided to set it down for awhile.....Then realized that I was never going to play it.

So there.

October will go down as the month that I bought nothing but shitty RPG's....

[edit] To be fair though, FF was the last that I bought out of the bunch...And by that time, I was completely burned out.

If you want to blame me not liking it on NWN2, then go right ahead.

[Baldrake]

So does anyone know if there's any point getting component cables with my old-fashioned CRT TV?

Or even if I can plug them in?  :-D

(I'm pretty sure those are component cables coming out of my DVD player, so I'm pretty sure the answer's yes...??)

Edit: Damn, should have asked in that other thread. But it didn't really answer the question either.

[Margalis]

Newer CRTs have component and it does look better. So the answer is yes, if your tv can accept them then get them.

[Baldrake]

Thanks, Margalis!

[Tale]

I bought a Wii on Saturday. Had great fun with Wii Sports so far. If nothing else, I approve of doing some physical exercise while gaming, instead of sitting down for hours. It's also a system that many non-gamers can get into quite easily, which is going to gain it some buyers who would not normally buy consoles or computers.