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TalkBack / RE:Wii Sells 600,000 Units So Far
« on: November 28, 2006, 04:16:56 AM »
I think it has alot to do with that last-second "no start up disc" firmware update before launch.  That would definetely create a bottleneck with so many completed systems that needed the update.  Not to mention they're trying to launch in three terrirories in a span of less than a month.

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Nintendo Gaming / Browser?
« on: November 18, 2006, 08:30:53 PM »
Forgive my ignorance, where is the Opera browser the Wii was supposed to ship with?  Did I miss it in my launch day excitement?  Is it a download, or on a disc?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: 2nd Wii Game
« on: November 18, 2006, 05:17:11 AM »
Two words....Wii Sports

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii Launch Meetups - Post your store..
« on: November 16, 2006, 07:58:44 PM »
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Originally posted by: Cyrian
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Originally posted by: Ages
I'm getting mine from Costco in Federal Way, WA


Careful, according to
this thread at CAG a lot of CostCos are saying they're not getting systems on launch day.


...called up Costco today, they're not getting them in store, only online.  Now I gotta rethink my entire plan.  Curse you Costco!  I'm a scholar of yours damnit!

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TalkBack / RE: Welcome to Nintendo World Report
« on: November 16, 2006, 12:55:25 PM »
I'm diggin the new name, but the page is lacking in personality.  Oh well, I come here for the news anyway, so I guess that's all that matters.  Oh and for the people complaining about the ads, you should see it ad free...very...uh white

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General Gaming / RE: Sony getting hit Hard lately
« on: November 16, 2006, 05:34:42 AM »
" Hey, if they did make reality TV shows about making game consoles, I wonder if watching Sony create the PS3 from start to finish would be an amusing or embarrassing series of events."

Rule #1 of reality TV: Most everything on the show is both amusing and embarassing

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Wii Launch Meetups - Post your store..
« on: November 15, 2006, 05:10:06 PM »
I'm getting mine from Costco in Federal Way, WA

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General Gaming / RE: EA's new "inovative game mechanic" is urination in games?!?!?!
« on: November 15, 2006, 05:05:02 PM »
Urinating in games is so 2001.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: New Far Cry video up at IGN
« on: November 08, 2006, 09:20:47 AM »
I dont think it looks great, but it looks fun.  And for someone who never played Far Cry on the PC, I'm looking forward to it.  Also, Omen, the Red Steel example doesn't really hold water.  When we first saw Red Steel, the dev. team had plenty of time to clean it up.  The first we've seen of Far Cry was earlier this week, and the game is supposed to ship in 2 weeks.  Chances are, the game has already gone gold.  Also, why would they release a video based on an old build of the game?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:help me UPGRADE before Wii
« on: November 08, 2006, 09:00:30 AM »
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Originally posted by: kings x
Ages, what do you mean?  how do you know this?  And how do I know if my nearest store (2 hours away -which were sold out in 1 day of this tv) is worth going to.  Black friday sales are morning deals right?  Or do best buy start 24 hours schedule on Thanksgiving?  This news wil help me since the sale ended early yesterday and is now $1000 again.


blackfriday.info is your friend kings.  Black friday is typicaly a morning thing, as many people spend quite a few hours outside the store before its opening.  Best Buy doesnt have a 24 hr schedule for Thanksgiving, however, from what I've heard, around 4AM, a store representative gives out tickets for specific items customers want.  Afterwards, the customer would be able to come back after the store opens to purchase the item.  Hope this helps.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:help me UPGRADE before Wii
« on: November 07, 2006, 06:41:07 PM »
Hey kings x, if you're up for a long night on Thanksgiving, Best Buy has that 51" Hitachi on sale for black friday for $700

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: WTF is this!?
« on: October 28, 2006, 09:59:24 PM »
Actually, the vertical movement in game consoles started with the Playstation because the early systems began overheating while playing the newer games.

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Nintendo Gaming / Think $250 is expensive?
« on: September 20, 2006, 10:10:00 PM »
I havent had the chance to go through all the speculation caused by the wii's pricing, but $250 isnt that much for a Nintendo system if you keep the company's history in mind.  Using an inflation calculator, you'll see that the GameCube was the least expensive of Nintendo's consoles over the years.

NES: Retailed $200 in 1985, Cost today: $375
SNES: Retailed $200 in 1991, Cost today: $300
N64: Retailed $200 in 1996, Cost today: $256
GC: Retailed $200 in 2001, Cost today: $227

I'll agree with the fact that the controllers are overpriced, and the product is hardly state of the art, but you see the point.  The system is still better priced than any of the other consoles, not to mention it's going after a different audience as well as being a system that offers a truly unique experience.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official DS Sales Thread
« on: September 07, 2006, 07:42:05 AM »
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Originally posted by: Neodymium
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Originally posted by: couchmonkey

Nintendo's willingness to follow through on less-popular systems like N64 and GameCube is one of the things that separates it from Sega (i.e. hardware failure)


Sega Master System kthx

Although I concede that they did pull the plug on 32X, Saturn, and Dreamcast early.. but that was after supporting multiple "less-popular" consoles for quite a while.

Nintendo will own everyone forever.


Actually, IIRC, Sega realized Nintendo had dominance over the American market, so they sold marketing rights to teh SMS to Tonka.  I agree Sega did pull the plug early on many of their systems.  I believe another reason they failed in the long run would be due to their emphasis on hardware.  It's easy to point to the Sega CD, and the 32X, but many people don't know many of Sega's other blunders, including: 2 Genesis redesigns, the Nomad (portable Genesis), the X'eye/Wondermega (Genesis/Sega CD hybrid), and the CDX (PORTABLE Genesis/Sega CD hybrid) among others.

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TalkBack / RE: Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Coming to Wii
« on: September 06, 2006, 06:27:58 AM »
Is it suprising to anyone that these games (SS:BB, DBZ, and now Billy & Mandy) all will have GC controls?  I originally thought that the classic controller would be used, not only for classic games, but for new ones that wouldnt use the Wii controller.  This almost feels....Playstation-esque (same controller, new console)

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Official DS Sales Thread
« on: August 08, 2006, 05:29:02 PM »
Damn this is topic is off course...Guess I'd better be cool and contribute to the madness.

Currently, I'd imagine HD-DVD is positioned to be a much more likely successor to DVD.  Not only does it have current branding with the "DVD" name, but current players cost half as much as Blu Ray players.  Which will a consumer choose when the movies cost the same amount, yet the players are differentiated by $500?

Either way, the format wars will be a dud.  There won't be a winner as consumers just switched to DVD's a couple of years ago.  VHS lasted 20 something years, and people just got finished purchasing all their old movies on the new format.  Most do not have the equipment to take advantage of the extra features either way.  The DVD will be replaced by holographic tech like the HMD tech.  

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General Gaming / RE:My little (ok big) take on the upcoming system wars
« on: August 07, 2006, 05:17:48 PM »
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Originally posted by: Requiem
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Originally posted by: Kairon
Second, when talking about the overall market, keep in mind how small japan's market is due to their small population. In Japan, only 20 million PS2s were sold and about 6 million GCs. In the big scheme of thing, Microsoft could still take first place if they're first in the USA and Europe and last in Japan.


As much as this makes sense, you are under-estimating the power of Japan. It may be small, but if Japanese developers don't like what they see, they simply won't support this system. Market leader in Japan has always had the most games. More games = more marketshare.



21 million DS's sold

10 million in Japan

Dont underestimate the Japanese market.  They're much stronger than the size indicates.

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TalkBack / RE: PREVIEWS: Madden NFL 07
« on: August 02, 2006, 06:52:00 PM »
And chances are they'll only report on the 360 version anyway.  Look at the commericals!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: 5 new games to be announced!
« on: July 31, 2006, 09:13:47 PM »
Did someone say MEGAtON?

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General Gaming / RE:Sony getting hit Hard lately
« on: July 24, 2006, 06:50:13 AM »
"-too lazy to go find the link again- "

Because we all love ign

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General Gaming / RE:Sony getting hit Hard lately
« on: July 03, 2006, 06:13:34 PM »
" Blu-Ray can read DVD based media but they can't read CD based media. "

Wouldnt that all but negate backwards compatibility to the PSOne?  Also, since DVD is BC with CD, I'd imagine that BRD, being BC with DVD would also be BC with CD. (arent acronym's great?)

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Can you plug Retro-Replica Controllers into Wiimote?
« on: June 17, 2006, 08:45:14 AM »
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Originally posted by: Hocotate
If memory serves Looney Tunes B-ball allowed 5 players on the SNES. That games is the business.

Anyway, I would LOVE to play VC games on retro controllers. I would at least buy one of each just becasue I would want the games to play and feel right.



I could've sworn that LTB-B only supported 4 players.  It was 2 on 2 basketball, where could a fifth player play?  and an even better question, how would you plug in a 5th controller?  A third multitap?

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TalkBack / RE:DS Lite Spurs Explosive Sales
« on: June 15, 2006, 10:22:29 PM »
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Originally posted by: Kairon
What interests me is that sales of Brain Age have tripled. As in gone UP!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com



Well it definetely couldnt be that  Best Buy and Circuit City are GIVING it away with a new DSL purchase.

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General Gaming / RE:Finally, some SALES DATA...
« on: June 09, 2006, 03:11:11 PM »
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Originally posted by: Kairon
I don't think 220,000 units a month is bad. The DS sells that much in Japan in the same amount of time, right?

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com



The DS tends to selle about that much every two weeks...so yah, being the only next gen system out, it 360 isnt doing so hot

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:SMG vs. SMG???
« on: June 06, 2006, 07:22:11 AM »
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Originally posted by: TrueNerd
Why they gotta fight? Why can't Super Mario Galaxy and Sarah Michelle Gellar become one in sexy harmony?

Freddie Prinze Jr sucks.


Cuz Peach would kick his ass if he touched her otherwise, that's why

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