Nintendo Wii

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Anyone else got one of these or played one? We got one for my son for Xmas and we;ve been having great fun with it!

[GODDESS6]

we recently got my son xbox 260, the wii, looks so super cool, the commercials here make it look like the best time, glad your kids & you like it!!!~ i would love to try one!!!~

[DavidMn]

I've never been a gamer, and since I dont have kids, its hard for me to understand all the hype around these goodies. But I'm sure there's more than enough enthusiasts to go around.:)

[ryan8472]

It basically looks like the coolest system evarrrr. But I dont play video games enough to want one. So if someone I know has it, that will certainly do. :p :nod:

[skcin]

Careful you don't smash your TV screen. :p I got this from a gaming website:

Stand three feet away and dry your hands" says Nintendo
Monday 18-Dec-2006 2:32 PM Nintendo issues safety guidelines for the idiots that keep smashing things up with the Wii Remote

11 Comments After all that malarkey last week about Wii Remotes flying from people's hands into TVs, lampshades and eyes, Nintendo has released yet another document on "proper Wii Remote usage", along with starting their wrist strap replacement service today.

The first guidelines have been said about a thousand times before, not to mention put into game loading screens and manuals:


Always wear the wrist strap while playing.

Keep a firm grip on the Wii Remote at all times.

Make sure people and objects are out of the range of movement before play begins.

How does that make those of you who have thrown the Remote across the room feel? Stupid? Small? We hope so. The document goes even further, just to cover all forms of ham-fisted calamities:


Players should keep at least three feet from their televisions and should dry their hands if they become moist.

Remember that the Wii Remote is responsive enough to detect minor movements - so excessive and forceful actions are not necessary.

The motions made are similar to real-life sports games, but the force is not.


Dry your hands? If you're one of those who are so sweaty you can't keep a hold on a Remote, and need a towel to dry your sweaty palms, send us pictures so we can laugh.

With pictures of smashed TVs and black eyes making front-page headlines for all the wrong reasons, Nintendo has to be seen to be doing something to fix the problem.

And we want to give Nintendo a helping hand so, to finish off, we'd like to add a few Safe Wii Usage pointers of our own:


Don't be an over-excitable clown.

If you've got clumsy, fat butter fingers try attaching the Remote to your hand with Sellotape.

If you do smash something, don't take pictures of it and send it to newspapers.

Don't hit your gran in the face. It could be fatal. Though if you do, send us pictures so we can laugh.

[DrummerDeanna]

^^

:laugh: We were making fun of that during Christmas...all the people who can't seem to keep a hold of their video game controls....or stand too close to people and end up punching them....it's amusing.

My family is behind the times, they got a lowly PS2....the PS3's $600+ price tag was just too much......

The Wii looks odd to me - those controllers actually do not look at all appealing...they look like they'd be really frustrating...I like a good old hand-held (with one hand) video game controller....I don't do well with change.

[skcin]

^ Ummm...I stopped playing at Sega Genesis. :laugh: Actually, Atari 2600 & Nintendo were my faves. Mark has the PS2, he's already plotting how & when he can get the P3. And I'm plotting on how to prevent him from getting it.

[DrummerDeanna]

^^

:laugh: Well prior to discovering PS2 I'd stopped at Nintendo...the first one.

Even now when I play the PS2 (aside from Dance Dance Revolution) I prefer the old games....Galaga, Paperboy, Pole Position...the newer games frustrate the hell out of me.

[mikeschmike]

^^

:laugh: Well prior to discovering PS2 I'd stopped at Nintendo...the first one.

Even now when I play the PS2 (aside from Dance Dance Revolution) I prefer the old games....Galaga, Paperboy, Pole Position...the newer games frustrate the hell out of me.

oh my god, galaga! i loved that game when i got my old school nintendo. i had a genesis too, but it wasn't the same!

i don't get the appeal of the Wii. :shrug:

[GODDESS6]

^^

:laugh: Well prior to discovering PS2 I'd stopped at Nintendo...the first one.

Even now when I play the PS2 (aside from Dance Dance Revolution) I prefer the old games....Galaga, Paperboy, Pole Position...the newer games frustrate the hell out of me.

oooowwwwwwwwwwwww i loved me some paperboy!!!~ we had ps2 also before getting the xbox 360, the ps3 price was way too much for me to fathom for a 7 yr old~ he is only allowed to play 2 hrs a day, & then he has to do "other" things~ but damn it's fun!!!~

[DrummerDeanna]

oh my god, galaga! i loved that game when i got my old school nintendo. i had a genesis too, but it wasn't the same!

i don't get the appeal of the Wii. :shrug:

The main appeal I have seen of Wii is the ability to download or somehow obtain all the old-school Nintendo games - namely Mario...not sure if that's true or not....

But then I can't imagine playing Mario with the weird controllers. I won't fully judge until I try a Wii though...if that ever happens.

Galaga - I LOVE it...I have to stop and play whenever I see it in public..and there's a bar down the street from my work that has it lol...sometimes that's what I do on my lunch break.

[estranged4life]

Even now when I play the PS2 (aside from Dance Dance Revolution) I prefer the old games....Galaga, Paperboy, Pole Position...the newer games frustrate the hell out of me.

the "Plug N Play" games, since they include the system brains for each of the games, so they're accurate versions of the arcade classics (I own 4 "Plug N Play" games, with Ms.Pacman/Galaga/Pole Position being my favorite one.)

I havent owned a game system since the first Nintendo system, And I doubt I ever will own another game system.

Kinda ironic that the US Military has given input for many of the war simulation games for the various game systems, Possibly to train the children of today to become the soliders of tomorrow :shrug:

Oh, for the record, in the next few years there will be another system even more expensive than either the Wii or the Playstation 3.

[mikeschmike]

The main appeal I have seen of Wii is the ability to download or somehow obtain all the old-school Nintendo games - namely Mario...not sure if that's true or not....

But then I can't imagine playing Mario with the weird controllers. I won't fully judge until I try a Wii though...if that ever happens.

Galaga - I LOVE it...I have to stop and play whenever I see it in public..and there's a bar down the street from my work that has it lol...sometimes that's what I do on my lunch break.

I'm jealous of you! I wish my lunch breaks were that interesting :lol:

i bet you didn't have one of these though:
http://www.tomheroes.com/images/NES%20powerpad.jpg

[DrummerDeanna]

the "Plug N Play" games, since they include the system brains for each of the games, so they're accurate versions of the arcade classics (I own 4 "Plug N Play" games, with Mrs.Pacman/Galaga/Pole Position being my favrite one.)


I don't like the Galaga plug and play - the shooting button is on the wrong side and I can't take it....:laugh:

I'm jealous of you! I wish my lunch breaks were that interesting

i bet you didn't have one of these though:

:eek: Nope...sure as heck didn't!!! I neve even had my own Nintendo...my mom refused to buy me any sort of gaming system, of course ALL of my friends had either Nintendo or Sega so at least I had some way to play....

But no one I know had the Power Pad!!

[mikeschmike]

But no one I know had the Power Pad!!

Can't say that anymore! :laugh:
Man that thing was fun. My sister and I would wear ourselves out on that thing playing the Olympics. Think of it as DDR for the 80's.

[estranged4life]

I don't like the Galaga plug and play - the shooting button is on the wrong side and I can't take it....:laugh:


a new version with buttons on both side.

I saw the new "Super Pacman" "Plug N Play", which is one of my favorite games (Along with "Venture", "Russian Attack", "Crystal Castles", "Avatar", "Galaxians" & my #1 favorite "Boxing Bugs")


I destroyed my "Gyruss" "Plug & Play" game, I guess I pulled on the joystck so much that the plastic anchor inside broke (I was able to go through the whole universe on "Gyruss", and start over at Pluto).

[DrummerDeanna]

Can't say that anymore! :laugh:
Man that thing was fun. My sister and I would wear ourselves out on that thing playing the Olympics. Think of it as DDR for the 80's.

Seriously lol...I had forgotten all about the Power Pad!!

DDR...I'm going through withdrawals lol...my sister's friend lost 30 pounds playing it :laugh: So instead of an Eliptical machine I think I'll invest in a PS2 w/ DDR :p

[DrummerDeanna]

a new version with buttons on both side.





:eek: :eek: Really!?! That would rock...I'm going to have to look for that, because aside from the button being on the wrong side - the game was really cool....

[amber]

^ Ummm...I stopped playing at Sega Genesis. :laugh: Actually, Atari 2600 & Nintendo were my faves. Mark has the PS2, he's already plotting how & when he can get the P3. And I'm plotting on how to prevent him from getting it.

Maybe you should make some kind of P3/Stevie in Vegas trade. :wavey:

I don't "do" video games, but I did see the South Park last night where Cartman can't wait for his wii, so he freezes himself and then is defrosted 500 years in the future where they don't have wii. Hilarity ensues.

Speaking of SP and video games, I also saw the one where they had to beat this video game guy, so they played only video games for weeks and weeks to get to the right level. They all got really fat and pimply, which was funny, because it's true. I'm going to have one of those sad, non overweight kids who grows up and bitches that their mom never let them play video games, they always had to play outside. :laugh:

[skcin]

^ Yeah, cool, we'll just keep 1-upping eachother into a black hole of debt. :laugh:

[DrummerDeanna]

Actually if a kid plays DDR then the fat and plumpy doesn't apply.

Or their parents can actually step up and limit video game time...anyway...

True story:

My uncle's sister-in-law has three sons, all video games whores. All chunky.

Enter DDR. They are ALL thin and fit now :laugh: It's hilarious - but that game totally got their asses off the couch and eventually out of the house...

I was at the mall one day (this was a while back) and I saw one of their friends (and my neighbor) at the video arcade. He was playing DDR, had his sweat towel, a bottle of water..it was totally his daily workout :lol:

Of course can't tell ya what will happen when the appeal of DDR wears off - but for the last few years they've all remained quite slim thanks to the weight loss effects of DDR.

[amber]

^ Yeah, cool, we'll just keep 1-upping eachother into a black hole of debt. :laugh:

Well, if your husband is going to buy stupid expensive crap, you might as well, too.:laugh:
debt schmedt. We can pay off our debt after Stevie dies. :nod:

[skcin]

Dee - Are you touting that game as a miraculous new weight loss tool? :laugh:

BTW - has anyone ever seen my husband? Drinks a lot of beer, plays video games too much, never exercises, is still hot & thin? I mean, sure he'll be dead by 50, but he'll probably still look good. :cool:


And Amber - do you think Stevie will mind when ask her if I can move in after I lose my house? :shrug:

[DrummerDeanna]

Dee - Are you touting that game as a miraculous new weight loss tool? :laugh:




:lol:

Yes. Because it IS!!! I'm not kidding - I worked up a wicked sweat - got a nice workout - AND had a ton of fun....we all played for at least two hours lol....

And my sister's friend Jessie lost 30 pounds playing it :nod: I sooo want one now....

[skcin]

^ It's for PS2, huh? Hmmmmmmm......:cool:

[DrummerDeanna]

^ It's for PS2, huh? Hmmmmmmm......:cool:

:lol: I'm seriously thinking of buying one (of course I can't right now) but come tax refund time? I'm thinking about it....I haven't had that much fun in a long time....

Of course, like many things I'm sure the fun would wear off soon so :shrug:

Either way - for now I'll stick to the gym...

[skcin]

^ Mark has the PS2, but I never play anything. This gmae sounds cool, though.

BTW - check into used systems. I'm sure tons of people traded them in for credit towards the new P3. They usually have them at gaming stores (E.B. Games is one here locally, not sure if they're national though.) And they should come with some sort of warranty. Just a thought.

[DrummerDeanna]

^ Mark has the PS2, but I never play anything. This gmae sounds cool, though.

BTW - check into used systems. I'm sure tons of people traded them in for credit towards the new P3. They usually have them at gaming stores (E.B. Games is one here locally, not sure if they're national though.) And they should come with some sort of warranty. Just a thought.

I actually did buy a used one once. I got it home, took it out - the controllers wouldn't work :mad:

I took it as a sign, took it back and haven't tried again. It turns out it had the wrong controllers with it :rolleyes: Still,I couldn't afford it anyway...but that is a good idea..used....

Although - now that the ps3 has been release the used price is not far off from the new...but when it's time I'll weigh options...

Oh and DDR Supernova (which is the game my sister got) was $60 :eek:

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

^^

:laugh: We were making fun of that during Christmas...all the people who can't seem to keep a hold of their video game controls....or stand too close to people and end up punching them....it's amusing.

My family is behind the times, they got a lowly PS2....the PS3's $600+ price tag was just too much......

The Wii looks odd to me - those controllers actually do not look at all appealing...they look like they'd be really frustrating...I like a good old hand-held (with one hand) video game controller....I don't do well with change.

The controller is actually dead easy to use. Most of the time you just use the one with your right hand (or left hand if you're left handed), It;s brilliant to play tennis and bowling. I'm actually good at them on this where as I suck at them in real life..lol

Oh and we've had a few controller incidents were someone has got whacked when standing too close..

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

The main appeal I have seen of Wii is the ability to download or somehow obtain all the old-school Nintendo games - namely Mario...not sure if that's true or not....

But then I can't imagine playing Mario with the weird controllers. I won't fully judge until I try a Wii though...if that ever happens.

Galaga - I LOVE it...I have to stop and play whenever I see it in public..and there's a bar down the street from my work that has it lol...sometimes that's what I do on my lunch break.

The old stuff you can download you have to use a normal controller

[DrummerDeanna]

The old stuff you can download you have to use a normal controller

:eek:

Ok...that kicks ass!!! And good to hear the controller isn't too weird to use! I'm very curious to try one out.

have you looked into downloading the old games? How much does/will that run?

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

:eek:

Ok...that kicks ass!!! And good to hear the controller isn't too weird to use! I'm very curious to try one out.

have you looked into downloading the old games? How much does/will that run?

We did have a nosey at the games you can download. You have to purchase wii points and then each game costs so many points. I'm sure at some point we will download something but he got a few games with it already so will be playing those for now

[face of glass]

^^

:laugh: We were making fun of that during Christmas...all the people who can't seem to keep a hold of their video game controls....or stand too close to people and end up punching them....it's amusing.
You guys haven't been at Wii Have A Problem (http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/) yet? Funny stuff over there. :nod:

I might consider actually getting one for nostalgia - all those Nintendo 8 bit and 16 bit games. But then there's always PC emulators, and safer old-fashioned game controllers.

[carrie721]

You guys haven't been at Wii Have A Problem (http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/) yet? Funny stuff over there. :nod:

I might consider actually getting one for nostalgia - all those Nintendo 8 bit and 16 bit games. But then there's always PC emulators, and safer old-fashioned game controllers.

that site is so funny. :lol:

i used to be a total PC emulator junkie ... so much fun!

[DrummerDeanna]

What's a PC Emulator?? :o

[carrie721]

What's a PC Emulator?? :o

software you DL for your computer that lets you play nintendo games. soooo fun! :thumbsup:

[DrummerDeanna]

software you DL for your computer that lets you play nintendo games. soooo fun! :thumbsup:

OMG!!!! Is this still around? Where can I get some emulator action!?!

[carrie721]

OMG!!!! Is this still around? Where can I get some emulator action!?!

google "nintendo emulator" and you'll get like a thousand choices. i haven't used one in years, so i don't remember which one i used ... but i know they're still around!

[DrummerDeanna]

google "nintendo emulator" and you'll get like a thousand choices. i haven't used one in years, so i don't remember which one i used ... but i know they're still around!

Sweet....thanks :thumbsup:

[carrie721]

Sweet....thanks :thumbsup:

i'm such a nerd. i'm totally downloading super mario bros right now. :lol:

[DrummerDeanna]

i'm such a nerd. i'm totally downloading super mario bros right now. :lol:

Well you're a nerd, I'm an idiot...I can't get these things to work.

I've downloaded three different emulators - but then I can't get them to do anything after I extract the files :mad: I'm annoyed at my lack of computer savvy on these things.

[carrie721]

Well you're a nerd, I'm an idiot...I can't get these things to work.

I've downloaded three different emulators - but then I can't get them to do anything after I extract the files :mad: I'm annoyed at my lack of computer savvy on these things.

the emulator will run the games, but you have to download the games separately. go to vimm.net and you can find tons of games there. :thumbsup:

[GardenStateGirlie]

if i ever purchased any gaming system, it'd be curtains for me. it's bad enough i'm currently sitting at home on a friday night and playing diner dash 2 [cause i still cannot beat the last level] on my computer and debating buying a new game. i used to have a serious addiction to mario party, mario kart, and all of the donkey kong's [this would include diddy kong's quest]. oh, and many a night in high school was spent rigging proximity mines in the bond games with friends. i used to own.

memorieees...

[DrummerDeanna]

the emulator will run the games, but you have to download the games separately. go to vimm.net and you can find tons of games there. :thumbsup:

Did I mention I'm an idiot? :wavey:

Thanks....you're always around to help my lame ass out with this computer stuff :laugh: I'll have to try again when I get home..I shouldn't have been downloading emulators at work in the first place :p

[carrie721]

Did I mention I'm an idiot? :wavey:

Thanks....you're always around to help my lame ass out with this computer stuff :laugh: I'll have to try again when I get home..I shouldn't have been downloading emulators at work in the first place :p

lmao, i forgot you're at work. :lol: that is so something i would do ... my boss would walk in and i'd be all, wait, i'm about to beat bowser! :lol:

[DrummerDeanna]

lmao, i forgot you're at work. :lol: that is so something i would do ... my boss would walk in and i'd be all, wait, i'm about to beat bowser! :lol:

:nod: Pretty much - he's caught me watching YouTube things too many times to count...luckily he usually finds them just as amusing...I'm glad I don't have a nazi job - as long as we get our work done it's cool :D

And now I am so excited to get home and try out this emulator thing :laugh:

[estranged4life]

Saw a "Plug N Play" 'Wheel of Fortune' game today, and yes, there's a wheel on the controller that you have to spin to play the game.