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TalkBack / RE:The Twenty Wii Launch Games

« on: November 15, 2006, 12:21:17 PM »

Is it just me or does it seem like the "end of the year" group isn't all that interesting outside of Metal Slug?  Twilight Princess really must be 60 hours.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:First Twilight Princess Review

« on: November 15, 2006, 08:58:55 AM »

Hello everyone, pretty new to posting but it seems like I've been reading forever.

I'd been meaning to post this for quite some time, but hadn't gotten around to it.  On November 4th, Nintendo's World Store in Time Square opened up its Wii demo stations.  They had 4 playing Wii Sports downstairs and 6 playing various first and third party games for a total of 11.  One of the ones upstairs was playing Twilight Princess.  I think it was only there on the 4th and has since been replaced.

Nintendo's website sent me an email inviting me to come play, and since I live in the area I went with a friend.  It opened at 9am and we got there about fifteen minutes afterwards.  Lines were already long.  After we played Wii Sports to get the hang of the controller, we got in line for TP.  After 3 hours, we were treated to five minutes of gameplay.  It was the demo level that has been shown over and over with the fire boss at the end.  My friend got to through the level and to the door to the boss and I was able to fight and defeat the fiery beast.

My very brief impressions are that it is much better than I was anticipating.  As others have stated, I too had a fear of the new control scheme not being precise and not quite what Nintendo has been promising.  My worries are gone.  I was thrown into just 5 minutes of gameplay at the beginning of a boss battle, not the optimal choice to get to play.  After just a few seconds of running around and aiming the bow it was second nature.  The graphics are beautiful.  I haven't really seen any 360 or PS3 games so I can't compare, but I couldn't really ask for anything more than the game gave me.  The aiming was fluid (albeit a bit touchy, but I think Nintendo had the sensitivity up fairly high), swiping felt natural, and switching items on the control pad was a breeze.  I appeared to be one of the few people that beat the boss (thanks to my friend for getting me there) and the Nintendo World Store rep seemed impressed before she snatched the lovely Wiimote from my hands.

I know people are skeptical, but please give it a chance, it really is like nothing you've ever played before---in a very very good way.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii Launch date info : NJ edition

« on: November 15, 2006, 06:52:37 AM »

Hello everyone, I've been reading for what seems like forever, but never had any reason to post because everyone else seemed to argue all the good points before I could think of them on pretty much every topic on these boards.  So, basically, you guys are great and balanced.

But, on to the more pressing issue.  I was curious as to if anyone knows of a 24 hour wal*mart around where I am in NJ, which is right near the Short Hills Mall as was talked about earlier.  I've been calling around by most of them are 7am - 11pm which really doesn't help any when trying to pick up a Wii.  Because I'm basically going crazy for it, I wanted it right at midnight and didn't want to be paranoid for an extra 7-8 hours after that to try and get one.

So, does anyone know of the closest 24 hour wallyworld?