Truth be told, if you're headed off to one of the Nintendo Fusion Tour in numerous locations around the country, you're probably not heading there for the music. Hawthorne Heights and Relient K may excite the plebian youth, but not seasoned and impossibly articulate gamers such as ourselves. No, we are drawn to higher forms of art and diversion. Like, you know, pretending to hula hoop to earn a green checkmark on a bright screen.In any case, the NFT kicked off with its opening act in Columbus, Ohio last night, and we've got some early impressions of the event. Wii and DS units galore, but nothing Earth-shattering, save perhaps for the mysterious disappearance of the glowing blue light from the propietary slot-loading DVD drive. It's a rather disturbing absence, as that remains on the coolest aesthetic features of the console. Is it gone for good? Read the full impressions after the jump.
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9-28-2006 @ 8:47AM
Kat said...
Bah! It's tomorrow and I've already forgotten. Alot of that post didn't seem to be good news, but I'm pretty hyped about it.
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9-28-2006 @ 9:02AM
Risse said...
Hmm, that tour should come to Europe also... I wanna test Wii! ^^
Oh yea, and theres some music there too.
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9-28-2006 @ 9:57AM
Sil3n7 said...
That blue glowing light didnt look that great I would rather mod my wii and change the color :)
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9-28-2006 @ 10:10AM
vidGuy said...
Has the Doobie Bros message been lost already!?!? :)
I sure hope the blue light is on the final unit; hasn't it been the visual focus of a lot of the advertisements?
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9-28-2006 @ 10:33AM
GMan said...
Actually, if you read the whole page, the author says that when the game first starts, the light turns on and then fades away. Trust me, videophiles would be *angry* if they had a bright blue LED light near their TV shining all the time. It either turns off automatically after game insertion, or whether it stays on or off is configurable.
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9-28-2006 @ 10:38AM
GMan said...
Sorry for the double comment, but here's the quote from the author:
"When Tony Hawk crashed, the tech guy opened the back of the kiosk, and hit the power button. The light went off. He hit the button again. The Green light comes on and the Disc slot turned blue, then 1 second later dark."
So there you have it, the blue light was indeed present and functional. I hope that we can configure it to stay on. :)
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9-28-2006 @ 10:38AM
GMan said...
Sorry for two comments in a row, but here is the quote from the author:
"When Tony Hawk crashed, the tech guy opened the back of the kiosk, and hit the power button. The light went off. He hit the button again. The Green light comes on and the Disc slot turned blue, then 1 second later dark."
So the blue light is there and it works, it just turned itself off automatically. I hope you can configure it to stay on. :)
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9-28-2006 @ 11:32AM
mykie said...
Blue LEDs are awfully bright, I'd be pretty annoyed if I had to leave the Wii on all night, with that blue LED lighting up my entire bedroom.
If it fades out, that would be cool.
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9-28-2006 @ 12:11PM
Elric said...
Mayvbe they should have went with NON-Christian bands and people would have listened to the music....
I know they want it family friendly, but why brainwash kids with hypocritical music?
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9-28-2006 @ 1:40PM
Phydeaux said...
If you would, knock ReliantK for having shitty music, not for being a Christian band.
And to be accurate, Hawthorne Heights, also mentioned, is far from a Christian band.
To be fair, it'd be nice if companies like Nintendo that throw events like these can find a well-rounded band that would be family friendly without singing about drugs, alcohol, over-indulgence in violence and sex.
Unfortunately, as an ex-event planner myself, these bands rarely exist. It seems only the Christian bands can fill the gap.
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9-28-2006 @ 2:59PM
Whirlwind said...
Elric, Relient K has a ton of music that is not Christian in nature. I'd say its about 50/50. I'll be sure to let you know which songs they play, when I attend the Tour when it gets to Atlanta on Oct 13
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9-28-2006 @ 4:50PM
thebigL said...
Yeah I wish they would have gotten some real bands this year. I hate that emo trash.
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9-28-2006 @ 9:16PM
Narhan said...
Who cares about a blue light...?
"So why did you buy the Wii? The blue light of course. Why do you ask?"
Excitetruck looks super-extra awesome and so does Wii Sports.
Too the author couldn't have gotten a hands-on with Zelda or Metroid.
She/he whatever sounds more honest than say.. IGN or 1up.com when it came to assesing the Wii and it's games.
I'm hoping for a hybrid of console gaming and arcade when the Wii comes out and so far it seems to fulfill that with most of the games.
My only complaint is that games made for normal control-style games *coughMETROIDcoughcoughZELDAcough* (Whew bad cough) will suck completely. Which is why I think that instead of milking the same cow over and over they should just find a new cow completely (Mario and the other Zelda in development Wii for instance).
And Metroid Prime 3 looks (sadly) like a hard to play festival of crap.
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9-29-2006 @ 2:25AM
Ken said...
I was at the Columbus Fusion Tour, and it was amazing. Playing Metroid Prime... it really did make me cry. The Wii is going to dominate the homes soon. Just wait for it...
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9-29-2006 @ 2:25AM
Ken said...
Oh and Relient K played NO religious songs, NOR did they say anything about Jesus/God. So please don't bash "Christian Bands" because they know when there's a place for that type of music, and when there's not.
Relient K was amazing live, minus the 14 year old girls.
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