Post by: MorningStar on December 02, 2006, 03:11:02 PM
Does anybody else know how?
Post by: Bill Aurion on December 02, 2006, 03:15:48 PM
Post by: MorningStar on December 02, 2006, 03:27:26 PM
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 02, 2006, 03:49:05 PM
Post by: matt oz on December 02, 2006, 04:04:04 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 02, 2006, 04:13:04 PM
*CUE 1980s TRANSFORMERS NOISES*
Post by: Nick DiMola on December 02, 2006, 05:56:15 PM
Post by: ThePerm on December 02, 2006, 08:10:40 PM
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 03, 2006, 01:27:00 AM
Post by: MorningStar on December 03, 2006, 12:01:34 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on December 03, 2006, 12:03:56 PM
Can you switch games in your Gamecube without turning it off?
Post by: MorningStar on December 03, 2006, 12:06:14 PM
Post by: ryancoke on December 04, 2006, 03:03:44 AM
Post by: NeoThunder on December 07, 2006, 07:59:25 AM
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Originally posted by: MorningStar
How in the hell do I do this? I've been playing MP2: Echos along with Zelda (so I don't beat Zelda so quickly) and every time I want to switch from Gamecube to Wii, I have to turn the system off and then put the Zelda disc in. I tried reading the manual and it doesn't tell you any other way to do this.
Does anybody else know how?
if you eject the gamecube disk, then hit reset......it will reset back to the Wii menu and you don't have to turn the system off......this is the only way to get back to the Wii menu without turning the Wii off and play a different gamecube game without turning the Wii off........Lets face it, thats a very minor inconvenience
Post by: Nick DiMola on December 07, 2006, 10:49:41 AM
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on December 07, 2006, 11:13:35 AM
Nintendo probably would have liked it to work differently, but didn't want to face the Barbie Horse Adventures issue like Microsoft did.
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 07, 2006, 01:22:06 PM
Post by: MorningStar on December 07, 2006, 06:03:28 PM
Post by: Crimm on December 07, 2006, 06:10:38 PM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on December 07, 2006, 07:28:31 PM
Post by: ryancoke on December 08, 2006, 03:32:10 AM
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on December 08, 2006, 03:37:12 AM
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Originally posted by: MorningStar
What was the Barbie Horse Adventure problem?
Only certain Xbox games work on an Xbox 360. Microsoft has to continuously tweak the emulation with game-specific code to get more games to work. However, other games just work without all that hassle. Barbie Horse Adventures was one such game, and so Microsoft put it on the list of games playable on Xbox 360. This didn't look very good to Xbox 360 owners who were waiting for their favorite games to become playable. To them it looked like Microsoft had wasted some amount of effort to get a silly Barbie game to work instead of something more popular.
That was the biggest example of the problem, largely thanks to Penny Arcade. Microsoft's only partially successful emulation created an unwinnable situation. It just wasn't possible to please everyone. Somebody would always feel cheated with every new update. That's not to mention the updates that didn't work or even made games stop working (if I remember right; most of what I know comes from Tycho's posts on PA).
Nintendo's solution inconveniences everyone equally, but at least all their games work.
Post by: Nick DiMola on December 08, 2006, 04:00:58 AM
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Originally posted by: ryancoke
What happens when you press the "home" button on the wiimote while playing a cube game? Anything at all?
Nothing at all. As a matter of fact, the controller shuts off and acts as if the system is not even on. I guess it just goes into "Gamecube Mode" and stops all the Wii functionality.
Perhaps I am wrong, but it seems like there is enough extra power in the Wii that a loose process for controller functionality could've been kept running in the background and allowed the user to get to the Wii menu that way. Like I said, I could be wrong but I don't see why it's not doable. I understand emulation isn't happening, but if they slightly modified the core competencies of the Gamecube launcher to include a Wii process (blue tooth and a small program listening for a Home button push), I don't think it leaves the realm of possibility and doesn't seem like it would impact Gamecube performance.
But I'm guessing the engineers at Nintendo know more than I do, so they didn't do it, or it was more work than it was worth. Either way I doubt we will ever see the functioanlity in place because it isn't going to earn them anymore money to do so.
Post by: MorningStar on December 08, 2006, 12:03:12 PM
As far as turning off the Wii to leave "Gamecube Mode" goes, most of you are right- it is a minor inconvenience. But sometimes that inconvenience gets REALLY annoying, especially when you're comfortable on your bed/couch and just want to play a different game. But then again, you would have to get up to change the game anyways which is more of a hassle in itself. There should be an add-on disc-changer in the future.
