Nintendo of Japan Announces Wii Details

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

Dude, you are the repost king.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

and?

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

Dude, you are the repost king.

and

it has specs.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

Dude, you are the repost king.

and

it has specs.

OMG NO BLURAY EITHER

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

Dude, you are the repost king.

and

it has specs.

OMG NO BLURAY EITHER

AND no HDDVD EITHER

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

Dude, you are the repost king.

and

it has specs.

OMG NO BLURAY EITHER

AND no HDDVD EITHER

wtf now I'll never have a DVD player

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

In other news, DVD players are less than $30..

 

[mb]

Who doesn't have a DVD player by now?

 

[EyeMWing]

Okay. My question is this:

I don't care about the new controller. It might work just fine for the next gen games. Whatever. Not caring. But isn't the Wii supposed to have free access to a library of classic titles from previous consoles? 'cuz I don't know anyone who will stand for replaying their childhood on such a foreign controller. Keyboards are bad enough - the joypad is what those games were made for, and is the only way to play it. Does Nintendo have any plans to reconcile that gap, with, say, a traditional joypad?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Does Nintendo have any plans to reconcile that gap, with, say, a traditional joypad?

if you look at the controller, it's a lengthened version of the original NES controller, with d-pad on one side and b and a buttons on the other.

plus it works with gamecube controllers.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Does Nintendo have any plans to reconcile that gap, with, say, a traditional joypad?

if you look at the controller, it's a lengthened version of the original NES controller, with d-pad on one side and b and a buttons on the other.

plus it works with gamecube controllers.

IIRC, the SNES had more than 2 buttons. But the cube controller may be able to suffice for a good imitation of that.

 

[Linux23]

I wonder how sh!tty the Wii will look on a 100" screen?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Cube controller or the "classic" controll made for the Wii - basically an SNES pad with dual joysticks tacked on (and I think two extra shoulder buttons - ohhay, its just like the PS1-3 controller only without handle bars) - pic

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Linux23
I wonder how sh!tty the Wii will look on a 100" screen?

480p widescreen isn't going to look like utter crap, if you're sitting 8 feet away you're going to see it, but you don't have a 100" screen to sit close...

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: Linux23
I wonder how sh!tty the Wii will look on a 100" screen?

480p widescreen isn't going to look like utter crap, if you're sitting 8 feet away you're going to see it, but you don't have a 100" screen to sit close...

yah.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: Adaman
Why does everyone think the bundles sports games will suck?

Because you play with your Wii at night.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

In other news: I used the DVD functionality from my PS2 exactly once. After seeing how crappy it can e using a video game controller to play DVD's I went back to using my regular DVD player.

If you don't have a DVD player by now and are counting on your next-gen system to play them, you are too poor to afford a new system and should spend a % of that money getting a walmart priced player.

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
NO DVD PLAYBACK FOR THE WII

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157685.html

In other news: I used the DVD functionality from my PS2 exactly once. After seeing how crappy it can e using a video game controller to play DVD's I went back to using my regular DVD player.

If you don't have a DVD player by now and are counting on your next-gen system to play them, you are too poor to afford a new system and should spend a % of that money getting a walmart priced player.

The reasons it would be nice if it played dvds aren't the cost of a stand alone player, it's the convenience of not having 2 devices to connect, and switch between.

 

[Czar]

Odd to think about it how people percieve the price

Wii Sports - $50
Wiimote - $40
Nunchuck - $20
Total of $110

so you are in a way getting the console for $140

 

[CKDragon]

Originally posted by: Czar
Odd to think about it how people percieve the price

Wii Sports - $50
Wiimote - $40
Nunchuck - $20
Total of $110

so you are in a way getting the console for $140

I think it's fairly apparent that almost all of the R&D went into the controller. It's been said that the horsepower of the Wii is only a few times more than the GameCube. Gosh darnit, all this time I've been thinking it's still a value at $250 and your post actually makes me now think that they are over-pricing the Wii.

That said, my fiance already pre-ordered mine for me and I can't wait.

CK

 

[CptObvious]

I'm a little surprised it doesn't play DVDs at all, assuming it reads in DVD format. It seems the added cost for the functionality would be minimal.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
I'm a little surprised it doesn't play DVDs at all, assuming it reads in DVD format. It seems the added cost for the functionality would be minimal.

The cost of the functionality would be minimal. The cost of paying fees to the organization that licenses DVDs would be the killer. That is why the original Xbox didn't come ready to play DVDs. Much cheaper to pay royalties on a $20 device that enables DVD playback than on the $300 console.

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: CptObvious
I'm a little surprised it doesn't play DVDs at all, assuming it reads in DVD format. It seems the added cost for the functionality would be minimal.

The cost of the functionality would be minimal. The cost of paying fees to the organization that licenses DVDs would be the killer. That is why the original Xbox didn't come ready to play DVDs. Much cheaper to pay royalties on a $20 device that enables DVD playback than on the $300 console.

But from what I was reading, there wont be any dongle at all to enable dvd playing.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: CptObvious
I'm a little surprised it doesn't play DVDs at all, assuming it reads in DVD format. It seems the added cost for the functionality would be minimal.

The cost of the functionality would be minimal. The cost of paying fees to the organization that licenses DVDs would be the killer. That is why the original Xbox didn't come ready to play DVDs. Much cheaper to pay royalties on a $20 device that enables DVD playback than on the $300 console.

But from what I was reading, there wont be any dongle at all to enable dvd playing.

Yep.

 

[royaldank]

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