Wii Q&A Thread

[HaemishM]

While we're on the subject of pointless Wii articles.

http://www.niggaknow.com/technology/world-wide-wii-motherfuckers/#more-274

VDL's going have to change her avatar after reading this.

WHAT... THE... FUCK?

How many market analysts actually play games?

What does playing games have to do with analyzing a market? A fish.

[Triforcer]

More pro-Wii, anti- PS3 trolling links!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18335424/

[stray]

Hey, hey. He made the SNES sound chip. You should be sad too.


Probably for the best though.

[Velorath]

I was surprised to see that Nintendo just aquired the Japanese developer Monolith Software (developers of Xenosaga and the Baten Kaitos games).  Seems like an odd choice, as half the games they've developed ended up on Nintendo systems anyway, and they're Xenosaga games weren't exactly top sellers.  Currently, the only game they seem to be working on is the Wii game Disaster: Day of Crisis.

[Trippy]

Maybe that means more RPGs for the DS.

[schild]

Disaster will be good. Unfortunately, the purchase was necessary as stupid as that sounds. They saw all the betrayal in the Sony camp to Microsoft. This is a smart move by Nintendo, even if they only make 4-5 games in the life of a console. Too bad they aren't as good as Rare or Silicon Knights...

Edit: Trippy made a post. To which I respond: The DS will have more than enough RPGs by 2008.

[Velorath]

Maybe they can make a DS port of Namco X Capcom, since the PS2 version never made it here.

[schild]

It'll never make it here. Ever. Neither will the other massive tactics mashup Chaos Wars.

Here's why.

In Japan, those are only Namco and Capcom characters. In america, they're split between about 10 companies. Same with Chaos Wars.

Same reason we'll never get Super Robot Wars :(

[Trippy]

Edit: Trippy made a post. To which I respond: The DS will have more than enough RPGs by 2008.

I hope so. I'm having to play imported European versions to get my JRPG fix on my handhelds.

[Velorath]

It'll never make it here. Ever. Neither will the other massive tactics mashup Chaos Wars.

Here's why.

In Japan, those are only Namco and Capcom characters. In america, they're split between about 10 companies. Same with Chaos Wars.

Same reason we'll never get Super Robot Wars :(

It's a shame.  I love me some tactics.

[Yegolev]

More pro-Wii, anti- PS3 trolling links!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18335424/

This could be construed as pro-PS3, depending on the camp you reside in.

[stray]

I don't think that most of the faults (whether real or percieved) have anything to do with Kutaragi.

The most glaring one, at least according to others (not to me), is Blu-Ray. Sure, he might have welcomed it, but I doubt that was his idea.

The one thing that could fall on his head though is not catering to third parties enough. But the guy's essentially a hardware engineer. Maybe he was the wrong person to head the entire gaming division to begin with. I guess that's all in hindsight though --- I mean, can you really fault Sony for giving him that job? He was the guy who pretty much built the gaming division anyways (when Sony used to look down upon companies like Nintendo).


As for the machine itself, it's respectable hardware, even by desktop computing standards. It's quiet and isn't faulty to boot. It has convenient expandability options (like upgradable hard drives and bluetooth), two good gpu's, a monster cpu, fast memory, and enough default groundwork so things won't bite them in the ass later (like default hard drive caching, large capacity media, and motion sensing, which can be expanded upon in many ways).


Besides that, from Kutaragi's perspective, he probably didn't want to repeat making an underpowered machine this time around (like the PS2 was, despite it's success). Any guy like that would make power and future proofing his priority.

[Yegolev]

I was thinking about the third-party thing.  I don't think anyone should feel too sorry for him, though.  He's not going to starve.

[schild]

Krazy Ken Kutaragi should always be in charge of Tech. The man is a visionary. Of course, the people under him making the devkits... not so hot.

Kaz Hirai will fix all the issues they've had in the press. I'm quite confident of this. The guy is likable, smart, and articulate. It will go well.

[stray]

I've been noticing more and more people running into stores with stocked Wii's lately (in real life and on the net). Some of you who badly want one should try looking yourselves.

[Margalis]

My friend got me one over the weekend.

[stray]

Grats.

I'll chalk you up as yet another person I've seen pick one up in the last weekend. 

[voodoolily]

Wow, this thread is 30 pages long.

You people need to send me Miis. Not that I can see them right now or anything, but I want a glowing blue Wii when I get home! Or else!! I sent Stray and Yeg like, 5 each. Hook a nigga up.

[voodoolily]

While we're on the subject of pointless Wii articles.

http://www.niggaknow.com/technology/world-wide-wii-motherfuckers/#more-274

VDL's going have to change her avatar after reading this.

Why do you think I used that avatar? "Fuck you so happy?!" is the funniest fucking thing I have ever seen. I posted the pic from that post in another thread awhile back. I love niggaknow technology.

The irony is that I browse niggaknow.com from my Wii.

[Margalis]

Grats.

I'll chalk you up as yet another person I've seen pick one up in the last weekend. 

It's like I've been questing for some sort of epic drop on a heavily camped mob.

[schild]

Grats.

I'll chalk you up as yet another person I've seen pick one up in the last weekend. 

It's like I've been questing for some sort of epic drop on a heavily camped mob.

Only to find out that better equipment was patched into the retail raid while you were camping.

Too easy.

[Margalis]

Show us where the Wii touched you on the doll.

[stray]

Heh. That's such a ironic sentence.


...

Yeah, I'm easily amused.

[OcellotJenkins]

Chalk up another one.  wiihunt.com paid off for me last week.

[Strazos]

We had something like 12 consoles this past Sunday. I'm told it took All Fucking Day to sell these things.

[voodoolily]

heh, Stray has a Cabbage Head avatar.

[schild]

I would just like to point out that one of my fears just came true.

Final Fantasy IV is getting remade, but it's not getting the next gen treatment. It's going to the DS. While an FFIV remake would move a MONSTROUS number of units for the 360 and PS3, it's instead going to a Nintendo system where - while it'll look better than anything else on the system - it's going to look like dogshit compared to what it could be.

Broken dreams. Lost potential.

[Furiously]

Broken dreams. Lost potential.

Welcome to adulthood.

[Velorath]

I would just like to point out that one of my fears just came true.

Final Fantasy IV is getting remade, but it's not getting the next gen treatment. It's going to the DS. While an FFIV remake would move a MONSTROUS number of units for the 360 and PS3, it's instead going to a Nintendo system where - while it'll look better than anything else on the system - it's going to look like dogshit compared to what it could be.

And they're doing the remakes of the first couple games and Tactics for the PSP, what's your point?  This is Square's business plan at the moment as I and a lot of other people have been saying.  They're doing quick, lost cost remakes and pors that they can sell for $30-40.  Doing a FFIV remake that would look like a next-gen game isn't worth it to them.  It would cost a lot more, and take up resources that could be used to create yet another FFXIII game (which would likely sell better than a remake).

The only fear of yours that came true is that Square has become almost complete trash.  I'm just suprised it took you so long to notice since they've been on the downward spiral since the PS1 era ended.

[schild]

I knew it was Square's business plan.

But that's not the point, is it?

I'm grateful for any update to 4 & 6, but I'd prefer it on a better system. PSP is still possible I suppose.

[Velorath]

I knew it was Square's business plan.

But that's not the point, is it?

I'm grateful for any update to 4 & 6, but I'd prefer it on a better system. PSP is still possible I suppose.

That is the point.  If you had any hopes of a next-gen remake of FFIV, you were fooling yourself.  When they get around to doing VII they'll likely have to go with the PSP unless Nintendo has released a more powerful portable by that point.

[Azazel]

The Wii is a pop culture smash of such dimensions that Nintendo still can't make consoles fast enough

I love that sentence. Everyones using it today.

It's such a crock of bullshit.

There is nothing about the Wii that would create a problem with production. It is complete and utter press made bullshit.

Have to agree with Schildy here. There's been no issue with getting Wiis here since, you know, Christmas. Sure we're a much smaller market, but still...

[tazelbain]

Finally found one.  Although I have to admit, I wasn't trying very hard.  So far liking SPM.

[Phildo]

The only fear of yours that came true is that Square has become almost complete trash.  I'm just suprised it took you so long to notice since they've been on the downward spiral since the PS1 era ended.

Actually, Schild's been pretty outspoken against Squenix for a long time.  Although he has purchased pretty much every repackaging of the SNES games that he can get his hands on.  For my own part, I wish they'd just leave everything alone and stop "tweaking" things.  I want to deliver a *package* to Mist, not a *bomb*.

[Trippy]

I would just like to point out that one of my fears just came true.

Final Fantasy IV is getting remade, but it's not getting the next gen treatment. It's going to the DS. While an FFIV remake would move a MONSTROUS number of units for the 360 and PS3, it's instead going to a Nintendo system where - while it'll look better than anything else on the system - it's going to look like dogshit compared to what it could be.

Broken dreams. Lost potential.

They built a 3D engine for the DS FF III remake so it makes sense to reuse that technology on other FF games for the DS.