The **Official** Nintendo Wii Thread

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: mugs
I'm actually looking forward to Wii Play, the shooting and ping pong look promising. It comes with a Wii Remote, and the price is about the same as the Wii Remote alone.

whoa.. it comes w/ a wii remote!??!? dammit... hrm.. maybe i shouldn't have opened the 3rd remote just yet... haha.. doh.

 

[pontifex]

quick question about the rca cables.

is it one single proprietary cable that splits into the rca cables or what?
i'm going to most likely need to get a special adapter for RCA to stereo. Will the adapter linked work or do I need an adapter with femal rca ends?

 

[iamwiz82]

Yes, it's a proprietary cable on one end and RCA on the other.

WHy do you need an adapter?

 

[CZroe]

I worked a 12hr shift Sunday and wasted every hour before work trying to find a second Wii for a friend (mine was preordered). Instead, he took mine home and got a day of Zelda in. I went to class in the morning and rushed home to play for the first time. I was heart-broken to find that it no longer functioned. Nintendo is sending me an advance replacement Wii and two DS lites though (decided to replace my two launch units which developed the hairline hinge cracks.).

At least I could still try out the Wiimote in the menu.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: pontifex
quick question about the rca cables.

is it one single proprietary cable that splits into the rca cables or what?
i'm going to most likely need to get a special https://www.cablesforless.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1920">adapter</a> for RCA to stereo. Will the adapter linked work or do I need an adapter with femal rca ends?

If you want to plug it into something that only has a stereo mini jack input, then yes you'll need an adapter that has female RCA ends.

 

[naddicott]

A remote that was working just fine this morning has stopped responding altogether, after a battery change as well. A little stumped and frustrated. How else am I going to entertain our thanksgiving visitors?

edit: Holding both synch buttons down for a couple minutes got the remote re-connected. No idea how it got unsynched.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: naddicott
A remote that was working just fine this morning has stopped responding altogether, after a battery change as well. A little stumped and frustrated. How else am I going to entertain our thanksgiving visitors?

did you try normal AA's (I presume you're using NiMH since you mentioned charging)?

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: pontifex
called 5 stores, they don't have any. one eb was getting 6 for black friday.

target said none until end of december or beginning of next year.
wal-mart didn't know

i have an extra $500 now that i can put towards a wii so i guess i'll just take a loss on some money and get one off ebay.

Check craigslist first. Save your self shipping time, plus maybe you can haggle a little bit.

i live in a small rural town. craigslist sucks for me, even if i were to check the harrisburg ones. i just checked anyway, not a single wii for sale on craigslist harrisburg

Damn, I should have went ahead and bought the last one they had at gamestop when I was picking up rainbow six on Wednesday. I would have sent it to you just for cost + shipping. I don't really need to make any money off of it nor do I care about that.

2 or 3 people called while I was checking out about Wii's and he told them all first come first served. I should have seized the opportunity... :brokenheart:

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Yes, it's a proprietary cable on one end and RCA on the other.

WHy do you need an adapter?

because my monitor doesn't have speakers

 

[bucwylde23]

So, for the Wii email system, all you have to do is register the email addresss that you want to send to/from, and it will send you a confirmation that you have to reply to?

The system must just be really slow, because we registered my email address last night, and still nothing..

Edit: Nevermind, I'm an idiot. It went into outlook's junk mail folder.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: naddicott
edit: Holding both synch buttons down for a couple minutes got the remote re-connected. No idea how it got unsynched.

:thumbsup: Nice

 

[Slew Foot]

I must say, Wii Sports is the big hit this Thanksgiving. My relatives who never play games are hooked on bowling.

 

[potato28]

Wii Sports has got to be one of the best Wii games, even as a pack-in! Zelda is also really addictive and fun (I was almost late for class the past 2 days.)!!!

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
I must say, Wii Sports is the big hit this Thanksgiving. My relatives who never play games are hooked on bowling.

same here,everyone loves it

 

[iamwiz82]

Yep, even my Dad was playing golf today.

 

[Vortex22]

So has anyone heard about more going on sale tomorrow morning? I just took a look at all the black friday ads and didn't see any of the major retailers even listing Wii, but all seemed to have PS3 stuff (even though we all know they won't actually have any in stock).

 

[Eeezee]

Yes, when is the next major shipment coming in? I want a Wii as well, but am not willing to buy it on ebay

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Yes, when is the next major shipment coming in? I want a Wii as well, but am not willing to buy it on ebay

one local eb games said they will ahve 6 on friday. they open at 6 am.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
I must say, Wii Sports is the big hit this Thanksgiving. My relatives who never play games are hooked on bowling.

My brother is retarded or something. The kid was a three sport varsity athlete and he doesn't have the coordination to let go of the button at the right time in bowling. He didn't hit a single homer in the home run derby minigame, and he didn't have the attention span for golf. He said he liked it, I think he was just too distracted.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
I must say, Wii Sports is the big hit this Thanksgiving. My relatives who never play games are hooked on bowling.

My brother is retarded or something. The kid was a three sport varsity athlete and he doesn't have the coordination to let go of the button at the right time in bowling. He didn't hit a single homer in the home run derby minigame, and he didn't have the attention span for golf. He said he liked it, I think he was just too distracted.

hey man, I can barely get a homer... heh. I hate the golf game tho. Tennis and bowling is it for me basically.

I do however need another TV. I can't play zelda for hours on end..... I do have AV inputs on my iMac... hrmmm.... brb

 

[zerocool84]

I WANT MY Wii.......................

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
I must say, Wii Sports is the big hit this Thanksgiving. My relatives who never play games are hooked on bowling.

My brother is retarded or something. The kid was a three sport varsity athlete and he doesn't have the coordination to let go of the button at the right time in bowling. He didn't hit a single homer in the home run derby minigame, and he didn't have the attention span for golf. He said he liked it, I think he was just too distracted.

yes, brothers are like that

 

[Al Neri]

my brother's gf is going to toys r us tomorrow at 6am. i hope she is able to grab me a wii =-O

 

[eldorado99]

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
my brother's gf is going to toys r us tomorrow at 6am. i hope she is able to grab me a wii =-O

Won't your bro be a bit angry?

 

[JonathanM]

I never expected for the Wii to be so popular, called eight places and visited six of them, hopefully I'll be able to find one this weekend.