Thanks to some new screenshots of the upcoming launch title Excitetruck, it now indeed looks as though we called it. That's right: if the picture here is any indication, the arcade racer will be able to read .mp3 files from your very own SD card and insert them into the game, a la the Xbox and Xbox 360. It's a nice little feature, and the ability to rock out to our latest find on Pandora while catchin' some air is quite enticing indeed.Does this feature matter to you guys? More importantly, how many games are actually going to support it? Only
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11-02-2006 @ 5:52PM
poopy said...
omfg.. this is amzing cant wait for this to come out!!! i mean listening to heavy metal while racing my friends will be a blast!!!!!
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11-02-2006 @ 6:29PM
Justin said...
that is huge to me, set up Armin Van Buuren's latest A State of Trance and rock out for hours!
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11-02-2006 @ 6:37PM
Billy_McBong said...
this is a cool feature but my Wii will be right next to my computer so i can just play music through the computer
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11-02-2006 @ 6:37PM
Sol said...
This feature is not relevant to me. All my music is encoded in the AAC format which is part of the .MP4 standard. Why are Nintendo only supporting .MP3 for music if their console can play videos from digital cameras in the .MP4 format?
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11-02-2006 @ 6:40PM
iamblinkin said...
I personally love this feature. Very excited.
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11-02-2006 @ 6:51PM
Ryan said...
Sweet! Who else is gonna rock out to "I can't Drive 55"??
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11-02-2006 @ 7:35PM
Justin said...
sol, i think they are wanting to support the majority first... adding other formats later wouldn't be difficult
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11-02-2006 @ 7:39PM
Justin said...
I think this is a fantastic feature. I used it for Burnout on my XBox and was delighted to be able to replace its annoying teen angst soundtrack with something more listenable. Kudos to Wii developers for finally getting with this particular program...
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11-02-2006 @ 8:39PM
Lush said...
My Guess is Licensing costs, and anyways u can convert your .aac files, your fault for buying itunes music =\
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11-03-2006 @ 12:43AM
Ritz said...
This is very cool. Its one of the reason why the Xbox 360 has held my interest for so long. If Wii supports this kind of feature, that would be more than excellent.
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11-03-2006 @ 12:45AM
Bo and Michele said...
Heck yes this is important, and awesome. i was hoping this would be in the system from the get-go.
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11-03-2006 @ 1:31AM
ramuji said...
"Sweet! Who else is gonna rock out to "I can't Drive 55"??"
Great track, although I was thinking more along the lines of "Red Barchetta".
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11-03-2006 @ 4:21AM
Stevie (aka Lord of Hair) said...
What, not ogg?!?!
lol that's what I prefer but MP3 and hopefully wma is cool with me
this is great, hope we can use the USB port for this as well, aac whatever dude
-Stevie
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11-03-2006 @ 4:47AM
Chris Cardinal said...
It *should* be able to stream music from your home network.
Seriously, we have the technology, let's start actually using it, kids.
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11-03-2006 @ 10:08AM
lemm said...
Surely it will eventually play Ogg... Didn't i read somewhere that the wii will be running some form of linux?
also what's that remark about Pandora mean?
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11-03-2006 @ 12:30PM
Naruhodou said...
It's like 360 but with fun games!
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11-04-2006 @ 4:05AM
Justin said...
Not that big of a deal to me, but
the idea of jamming out to Fantomas
while grabbing major air is putting a smile
on my face.
They need to have this on Downhill Jam as well.
That would be a bigger deal to me personally.
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11-04-2006 @ 1:15PM
Marcelo said...
I don't know about you guys, but I'll be flooring it with some fast-paced techno!
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11-05-2006 @ 11:47PM
Andrew said...
dude this is gonna be so awesome...i'm already gettin' excite truck so this is all the more reason to get it...i'm so excited...i can't wait
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11-05-2006 @ 11:48PM
Andrew said...
dude that is gonna be so awesome...i am definitely getting Excite Truck anyway, so this is all the more reason to get it...i'm so excited, i can't wait
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