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Title: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Donutt007 on August 31, 2006, 12:47:49 PM
OK, probably fake but hey, why not take a gander at it.

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Oh there's a PS3 one on there too...but who cares about that.  
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: ShyGuy on August 31, 2006, 01:14:26 PM
no nunchuck? hmmmm
Title: RE:Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Donutt007 on August 31, 2006, 01:22:11 PM
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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
no nunchuck? hmmmm



Ohhh good point. I think the real Kiosk would HAVE to have the nunchuck, unless they only put games that won't use it, but then again, that might turn off alot of people that haven't heard of or played it yet.  
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Ian Sane on August 31, 2006, 01:22:24 PM
"no nunchuck? hmmmm"

In theory I guess you would only need it depending on the game being demoed.  In this case it looks to be WiiSports.

One could also detach the nunchuk from the remote and walk off with it.  Nintendo will probably have to design some special one piece controller for demos.
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Zach on August 31, 2006, 01:42:58 PM
OOh I know what they will do, they will stick a small explosive on the nunchuck, and have a sensor to determine how far it has gone away.  That way, if somebody tries to take the nunchuck oustside of a 30 foot radius, the nunchuck would explode!

The only downfall is they would still lose the controller, but the theif would probably never steal a nintendo product again!  (especially if the nunchuck was in his front pants pocket when it exploded)
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Ceric on August 31, 2006, 06:06:52 PM
To Similar.  Anyway.  Personally I just ave a Hard wired WiiMote that has a Hardwired Nunchuku.  No way to detach them and even if you did they be useless because they wouldn't be compatible with the consumer version.
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: couchmonkey on September 01, 2006, 05:18:05 AM
That's a good idea.  This brings up one interesting problem I hadn't thought of before: how will Nintendo demo Super Smash Bros. Brawl?  Having to possibly swap between traditional and nunchuck controllers makes Wii kiosks even trickier.  Maybe Nintendo will have to give stores a way to swap controllers.

I could also see Nintendo sticking to base controller games only, since the whole idea is to sell this thing to non-gamers.  
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Zach on September 01, 2006, 07:15:33 AM
Well, they did have the stores switch to the Bongos for the Donkey Konga demos.  So switching controllers is not out of the question
Title: RE:Wii kiosk image?
Post by: JonLeung on September 01, 2006, 09:32:34 AM
They should have them like at E3...each guarded by snazzily-dressed, often blonde women that guide you through the games.
Title: RE:Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Donutt007 on September 01, 2006, 10:07:45 AM
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Originally posted by: couchmonkey


I could also see Nintendo sticking to base controller games only, since the whole idea is to sell this thing to non-gamers.


Well they don't want to sell it only to non-gamers. They need to show how it can work with other games too. They need to show Madden, a FPS (probably Red Steel or MP3), and a Mario Preview AT LEAST! I would like think they'd put a demo of Rayman, Elebits, as well as a few others, but I won't get my hopes up yet.

Title: RE:Wii kiosk image?
Post by: IceCold on September 01, 2006, 10:27:45 PM
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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
That's a good idea.  This brings up one interesting problem I hadn't thought of before: how will Nintendo demo Super Smash Bros. Brawl?  Having to possibly swap between traditional and nunchuck controllers makes Wii kiosks even trickier.  Maybe Nintendo will have to give stores a way to swap controllers.

I could also see Nintendo sticking to base controller games only, since the whole idea is to sell this thing to non-gamers.
Well. I still believe that Smash Bros will be playable on the remote+attachment - the controls would still be intact. It could be a bit awkward, though..
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Ceric on September 02, 2006, 05:49:41 AM
You know they could just rewire Demo Wii's so that the GCN Ports where able to be used for plugging in Hardwired WiiMotes instead.  Then you have a locking mechanism on the Wiimote for locking the peripherals cord into place on it.  No Wii game should use the GCN ports.  Thats there for backward compatibility as Nintendo has stated.
Title: RE:Wii kiosk image?
Post by: EasyCure on September 03, 2006, 06:33:47 PM
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From GoNintendo.com:
Just a few days back we ran a story on a picture of a Wii demo kiosk. The picture has turned out to be true, due to numerous sources who have informed me. The same image shows up in a packet sent out to EB/Gamestop employees to get them ready for the unit. I am glad to hear that it turned out to be real, I really like the look of it!


source
Title: RE:Wii kiosk image?
Post by: coolsebas on September 06, 2006, 05:09:19 PM
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/5802
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: couchmonkey on September 07, 2006, 07:10:36 AM
One thing the guy in that video pointed out that I missed before is that the Wii kind of looks like it has a second TV on the demo kiosk, if it's true then he suggested it might playback video of the person playing.  That might be cool for onlookers waiting in line (though I don't want people looking at me while I play all that much ).
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Ceric on October 18, 2006, 05:40:56 PM
*Bump*
This is exactly what this is.
On Maxconsole(Site), They have a picture of a computer screen that supposedly has the Best Buy Wii Setup.
The Picture.
Title: RE:Wii kiosk image?
Post by: wandering on October 18, 2006, 06:08:00 PM
Very sleek. Looks like they were planning on the console boxes being vertical at one point, interesting. The screen being so high up may be annoying for gameplay, although I'm not sure if that unit is even playable. Where does the controller go?

Count-down timer sounds good.

edit: here's a direct link to the gonintendo story.
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: couchmonkey on October 19, 2006, 08:23:44 AM
EXCITEMENT!  Soon there will be Wiis in stores and that means there will be lineups of little kids crying from me beating them up so I could get to the front of the line.
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Ceric on October 19, 2006, 08:32:13 AM
*Unbeknownest to Couchmonkey He'll be beaten up by the big Bubbas wanting to be in the front of line*
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: ShyGuy on October 19, 2006, 08:48:24 AM
Wiihy aren't wii calling these thiings Wiiosks?  
Title: RE: Wii kiosk image?
Post by: Smash_Brother on October 19, 2006, 09:26:40 AM
I know!