Nintendo Wii Fanboy

I hate that I don't have a web browswer on my menu yet. what the hell is up with that?
I could at least be getting some christmas shopping done from my couch in between game breaks.
AAArrrgh!....somebody complete this system already!

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Jason: Isn't there an option in the preferences to change when the blue light is on? I though I saw something like that.

It's great how Nintendo can pull of a console launch where the complaints are so minor, unlike that other console maker, uhhhh… you know, it kinda goes like… ah, I forgot.

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I hate that I don't have a wii dang wii got sold out

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@G Theres a little something I call christmas. Thats when Im getting mine

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I hate that I don't have one, and can't find one :(

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Love It: I love being able to lay on the couch with one arm dangling out in the air playing a game while the other holds the nunchuck across my mid section. Its so sweet. I used to have a "gaming chair" that would allow me to be in a fairly comfortable position and still able to reach all the triggers properly, but now I just lounge on my sofa and its great.

Hate It: I play in a nearly dark room when I play a more serious shooter so I can see all the detail more clearly (CoD3) and I have to say that little blue light on the remote that shows which controller you have is WAY too bright. Its so fugging bright it actually distracts my vision. Anyone know of a way to turn the brightness down on that bad boy?

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What many people need to realize, is that by being a bleeding-edge-early-adopter you are going to make certain sacrafices. It was a few months before I could neatly play windows movie files on my macbook pro (i was the 5th in my city to have one) and I'm still waiting on universal binaries for some of my favorite apps.

Sure, it would be nice to have more VC games or a proper browser to show off to your friends, but when it comes down to it the Wii is there to play Wii games. As we can see from the work going into getting Goldeneye on the VC, that there is much more to getting a game on the VC than simply posting the ROM in the store.

What we can do is hope that Nintendo is listening to the consumer and will react with some nice changes (like the arcane friends system) in the near future.

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I hate everything about the online setup. I hate having to exchange friend codes. I hate having to manually type in my friends code and type in their nickname, and they have to type mine before we can even message each other (with no confirmation either way mind you!). I hate how you can't see when your friends are online. Why can't Nintendo just come up with a decent gamertag system already?

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I played Zelda for about four to six hours straight yesterday.

My hands weren't numb, my fingers not in a claw formation, and my back didn't hurt. It was the most comfortable half a day long gaming session I've had.

The Wiimote to Nunchuck cord hasn't been a hindrance to me, but I have not gotten Red Steel yet.

Gripes:

Friend codes. I hate them, and the 100 limit means I can't meet someone new and random like I can in an MMORPG. I'd like to be able to say 'I'm an adult, let me do what I want and go out and get everyone else who thinks like this' type of thing. instead you have to find someone you don't know, get them to give you your code and you yours, etc. It's a PITA.

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Subnet - Anyone know of a way to turn the brightness down on that bad boy?

A piece of tape?


I would also like some more length on the nunchuck. It actually would have been nice to have one of those roll-up cords that can roll up into the nunchuck like a tape measure. But give us a lot of cord so people can pick a short or long length and lock it at that position. Then when you're done, just suck the whole cord right inside the nunchuck for storage!

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I have no complaints with the wii other than the fact that I don't have a ton of time to get to play it. On another note, the wii shipments continue, with the WalMart down the road getting more at 8 AM on Wednesday.

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I agree with Alisha-- two inches would have made a big difference on the Nunchuk cord length for me. And without broadband, the only time I ever get to see the slot light is a quick flash when the Wii first powers on.

And I also wish there were a way to disconnect/turn off remotes while in-game (maybe a firmware update could fix it? Just hit Home to bring up the controller menu, and be able to click on where it shows battery life to disconnect remotes? Also, when I've been connected as P1 but my wife wants to continue playing solo, she's got to go in and change Miis, after we switch remotes, since mine was tied to P1.

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LOVE IT: turning console on with Wiimote, the look of the Wii itself, the sound from the Wiimote (quality not a concern for me that much, I mean it's frickin sound from a controller people!)

HATE IT: WiiConnect24 with its poor updating, browsing, channel lacking abilities. hooray for future firmware updates! *knocks on wood*

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Love It:
Front Loading Car CD player style!
Turning the power on with the Wiimote. The mote lives on my coffee table next to my TV remote! For quick game action just turn it on!
The Size, fits in a small spot next to DVD player and the surround sound head unit.
Most comfortable control setup. I can play Zelda for hours and be comfy cozy.

Hate It:
Wii online services, or lack there of. I would really expect a "XBox Live" kinda service so you can see what your friends are playing.
Slow response of the Shopping Channel.
Can't have the Blue Glow on all the time. It is soo sexy. Only time i see it is when i turn the console on and that is just for a second.

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Hate It: 110213

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Disconnecting a secondary controller is easy. Just hold down the power button. As long as it's not the primary controller, the Wii will stay on and all other controllers will remain connected.

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I only really have two complaints right now. One is temporary: The Wii remote goes batshit crazy when I have the Christmas tree lights on. The other is that you when I try to power off the second controller, it doesn't work. It just shuts off the Wii. Am I doing something wrong there?

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Oooh, I haven't tried it yet with the tree up -- we just put it up last night and since we waited until late, no one even thought of turning on the Wii. Hmm. My tree is sorta behind our playing area. I wonder if it'll be affected?

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I finally put up the Christmas lights and the tree on Saturday. Needless to say, when I want to ge my Wii on, I have to turn all of the Christmas lights of. Yes, the Wii does indeed hate Christmas.

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Hey Jackson -

Weird....I have the same TV!!!

Also, I neglected to mention that, although the Wii hates Xmas, I LOVE the Wii. Love the size, love the shape, love the Wiimote, even though I can't find any extras, love the speaker, love it all.

Hate: No news or weather channels at launch? That's weak!

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I love, love, love the SIZE of the Wii! I have a Westinghouse 32" LCD HDTV that's on a stand in a really weird spot near my bed, and the Wii juuuuust perfectly fits under one side of the screen with absolutely no wiggle room.

And what about the SOUND? The Wii is so whisper quiet that it's almost not there, and the speaker in the Wiimote is one of the most incredible tools for game imersion I've ever played with. I didn't think it'd do much, but being able to hear the tennis ball thwack against the racket in Wii Sports really drags you into the game!

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Im so glad I got the chance to get one of these early on. All of your online woes will be adressed and Im excited to watch this thing evolve.

Love It: The Wiimote - Fantastic. So simple and intuitive. It is extremely accurate and mine never freaks out on me. I have the ideal lighting for it though. I cant wait for them to start coming out with different colors for them. I love the way the console looks, love the blue light (dont care if I only see it every once in awhile). The speaker on the remote is awesome, of course the quality isnt going to be like B&W, its a tiny speaker thats driven by battery power. People that bitch about this are just trying to find stuff to bitch about.

Hate It: Hmmm...very hard to think of anything. I hate that we dont have the same VC games as Japan, but that should change soon. Id really like to get Street Fighter II going. I also wish that I could find some of the accessories that everyone seems to be sold out of. Multiplayer gaming on the wii (especially wii sports) is better than anything that I have ever played, so I want more Wiimotes and Nunchuks! I do agree that the friend system is a little screwy, but I am sure that this will be fixed before online play hits in mid to late 07.

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Love: Being able to turn the little pointer finger upside down (it makes those waits for WiiConnect24 and Shop Channel into a fun little diversion)

Hate: Having to sit a certain way so my Remote is actually in the IR Bars range(I have a bad habit of crossing my legs, which perfectly blocks the Remotes field of vision due to the massive slouch i sit in)

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This doesn't exactly belong here, but I wanted everyone to see it.

I remember a post about Wii Sports and the Wii selling seperately on Joystiq.

Well...I just saw a Wii commercial of Wii Sports, and at the very end, in the white little print it said: System and game sold seperately.

So what does this mean? Are they going to stop the bundle???

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Love it: If you notice, the small plastic piece on the wrist strap is actually shaped like the wii itself. Not that big of a deal, but a kool little addition. I was surprised at how much fun it is to create Miis too.

Hate it:I just got to the water temple in zelda, and those are never fun. (shudders at remembering the OoT water temple.)

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"A piece of tape?"

Brilliant! Thanks!

Also, I REALLY wish they had weather and news up. I thought I wouldn't use them and I've wanted to use them like 5 times now and I can't!

Also, the browser should be cool. Really looking forward to that I used to pop between my game room and my office (where my PC is) to game and then blog/read and once the browser is up, hopefully I'll be able to stay in one spot longer.

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"Hate: Having to sit a certain way so my Remote is actually in the IR Bars range(I have a bad habit of crossing my legs, which perfectly blocks the Remotes field of vision due to the massive slouch i sit in)"

I know i HATE that, its not too much of an issue tho

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Love It: Basically everything about the console, making Miis is so much fun, Wii Sports is incredible with some friends, and Trauma Center is also really fun.

Hate It: Why are component cables not available in stores? Honestly, whats the deal with that?

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For those with remote disconnect issues, such as TVGenius
"And I also wish there were a way to disconnect/turn off remotes while in-game (maybe a firmware update could fix it? Just hit Home to bring up the controller menu, and be able to click on where it shows battery life to disconnect remotes?"

That's actually exactly how it works. When in-game, press the Home button. At the bottom, go to the remote settings. Click Disconnect. Now press 1+2 only on the remote(s) you want on. A little cumbersome, but much less so than if you had to individually connect all the remote(s) you wanted to use everytime you turned the Wii on. Example - you are playing Wii Sports tennis with four people. You go to the Wii Menu and pop in Super Monkey Ball. Everyone decides to take a little break, so you power down the console. You come back in fifteen minutes, power up the console, and press Start on Monkey Ball. As it is now, all four controllers will connect. It would be a pain to have to reconnect them all over again.


The complaint about the Christmas tree really is a complaint about all Infrared light (incadescent Christmas bulbs give off an IR spectrum, too). Because the sensor bar only uses a few IR points, any IR in the way is going to mess up pointing. It's a shame to have to worry about IR interference, but I think it's a small price to pay for the relative-aiming we get, rather than having to hold the remote out like a light-gun - and take the pain that comes with it.

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Love it:
- Playing a game with my hands 2 or more feet apart instead of the 6" they've been apart for the past 20 years.

- Using the wiimote as a target for projectile weapons is so nice. Compare the difficulty in using Zelda:OoT's bow&arrow to Zelda:TP.

- Finally seeing widescreen games on a Nintendo platform

- Virtual console and GCN compatibility is so freaking sweet. I can remove so much clutter and relive my youth.

- Lots and lots of other things: built in WiFi, the surprisingly fun Mii channel, picture channel, motion sensor driving, etc etc etc


(Now the fun stuff)

Hate it:
- No laser pointer accuracy with the remote even though it's perfectly capable of doing so. Comeon Nintendo, update the firmware to allow more advanced pointer settings.

- Sit more than 8' away from the sensor bar and things go wacky. Couldn't this be fixed with more powerful infrared emitters or increasing the distance between the two lights?

- Inability to customize the digital buttons on virtual console games. What a trivial feature that would be to implement and it would allow the user to fix some mistakes the developer made when designing the game!

- Cannot use the left analog stick as a D-Pad on Genesis games. Fix this soon Nintendo! (Fortunately it works fine for NES, SNES, and TGX games)

- Cannot return to the Wii main menu when playing a Gamecube game.

- No more rumble on N64 games. Why? Why?

- A second SD card slot would be nice, or just the ability to support another with a USB adapter. The photochannel is surprisingly fun, but requires ejecting the existing SD card to use it. They are so tiny I don't like letting them sit around outside of a device.

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"It's the tiniest thing, but I adore being able to eject a disc without turning the console on."

Yep, because we couldn't do that with the GameCube. Oh wait.

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I enjoy my wii very much. Im playing the crap out of zelda now and love every minute.
HATE>>> My only complaint is the UPDATING...seriously..what the crap? Why isn't it updating? I get that damn tiny ass bar with an incredibly tiny portion of it filled [|_________________________________________] like that and it never freaking moves. Im going crazy here trying to set up my damn VC. I just want to play Turbo Graphx16 and play me some Keith Courage

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Hahaha, yeah I was warned that the first update was automatic, so I didn't set up my wireless (which only took 5 minutes on my network) until I was ready to go to bed. Let it go overnight and of course it was ready to play in the morning.

A 2-hour-ish long update is ridiculous. I hope that WiiConnect24 gets set up to download the update and then the Wii should just ask you to install the next time you turn it on.

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LOVE:
- The console's size. It's not a behemoth like the 360 and PS3.
- The control schema. It's old technology with a new face that works as smooth as silk.
- VCE. Thank you Nintendo for allowing me the opportunity to get rid of my NES, SNES, N64, and GC.
- Access to 1st party Nintendo games.
- Zelda on launch day.
- Wii Sports included with the system instead of having to pay for it like Japan did.
- A good amount of systems available on launch day which didn't cause anyone to loose their life.




HATE:
- 16x9 and progressive scan are not a standard in each game. There is no reason why all games shouldn't have this.
- Last generation technology. I'm an old school gamer and I love gameplay more than graphics, but I'm also a geek and a technologist. I love seeing the enveloped pushed when it comes to technology. I'm pretty sure Nintendo could have redesign the hardware to incorporate an additional CPU and GPU for extra processing power, or even a micro-HD instead of and SD slot.
- Not caring about the gaming communities opinions. Nintendo needs to create a module that will allow creative submission to be sent to their R&D department. They can't always think they know what's best for gamers because "they" said so.

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2 more inches would make a difference on the cord, I mean we all know that 2 inches makes a big difference in the bedroom.

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Ruben, be patient, as long as the connection is active it will update eventually. Mine took about 4 mins just to start moving a TINY bit.

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I hate that it is my boyfriend's new love, and I now come second!

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"I mean we all know that 2 inches makes a big difference in the bedroom."

Hahahahaha :]

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@Poogod -- I never noticed the plastic on the strap is shaped like a Wii! That is SOO COOL! (teen girl squad)

LOVE: Zelda, hands down. I love the length of the game--I'm actually making myself wait till I get back home in January to play the rest so I can appreciate it in all its' glory on my 27" TV (it's not much, but I've been playing on a 13"--YUCK!)

HATE: Creating Mii's was fun, but I wish there was more to the channel! And of course I hate how slow any type of internet connectivity is--I got annoyed of that stupid "Connecting to Internet" chirp on the DS long ago!! But what john said about being a bleeding-edge-early-adopter is so true--we've just got to be patient to see some cool things come out.

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Love:
Playability! Everyone can play (some) games. Before the Wii came out, me and my 60 yr old dad went to the game crazy to try it out. They only had excite truck, and my dad was--very surprisingly--good! I also have a friend that is not very good at games and tends to lean over into other people when trying to turn. Now we cant get mad at him, and he wont suck!

Plain fun games, regardless of controller. I had 2 friends over yesterday and we played excite truck the whole time and we had a blast! More laughing than playing BS(card game)!!! Zelda is great too.

built in Wi-Fi is nice, because i only have one ethernet cable up to the room its in. If online was worth it...

Gripes:
For some reason, i fear i am getting carpal tunnel or something from zelda. I dont know if im doing something wrong, but it sucks because its a really addicting game! Some advice on how to hold it comfortably would be great!

The shop channel slowness! WTF? Comepare it to Marketplace, And it gets blown to pieces! I reeeeeealy, reeeeeely hope that the browser is waaaaay faster than that.

Controller connectivity. The ring of light on the 360 makes it waaaay easier to manage controllers. Its so annoying to turn controlles off, then lay them down on the
table to have the trigger pressed and the controller turned on. Again, the 360 has lots of nice features that have to do with controllers.

Yeah, the slot not lighting up is annoying. it looked so cool in pictures!

Not having some games to start with on VC. Why dont they have super mario brothers? its in japan! why not here?



Basically, i hope nintendo fixes things with software updates in the future, and vc games on disc.

I hope everyone who doesnt have one that should will get one, and i cant wait for the holidays.

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NINTENDO SUCKS DONKEY KONGS BITS AND PIECES.....

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The disc light is one of the big mysteries about the Wii. I'd love to see it full time. The fact that so many people like critiquing the Wii is a sign of its limitless potential.

In fact, there's a nice list of Wii-wants at http://www.nintendont.com. Hasn't anyone else seen this besides me?

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NINTENDO SUCKS DONKEY KONGS BITS AND PIECES.....

Why doe 90% of their games have to include one of if not all of the "Mario" characters?
Why must almost all of those games look "inflatable"?
Why does red steel have to look slow and tedious?
why does call of duty 3 look like more trouble than its worth?
Why does nintendo believe we want a controller that looks more like the remote to a DVD player?
From hearing first hand reports and reading yours the controller is far more trouble than it's worth, and this system while it doesn't have the bugs the Sony does, it doesn't deliver in ANYTHING else.
This is a game cube in a new shiny package with an under engineered controller..
If you gave me a Wii, I wouldn't even cut the tape on the box.
Nintendo is a joke, unless you are 9 years old.
have fun with that, eventually those controllers will rip apart, by your descriptions I'd say within a year, you'll be spending $45 on new controller.

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In that case, tronix, if someone does give you a Wii, can you pass it on to me?

In fact, don't bother. I don't want morons knowing my home address. I'd sooner stump up the almost-no-money-at-all it costs to buy my own.

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I hate the graphics. Theay all suck. Im gonna stick to my xbox360. I do less damage to my tv with it anyway.

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THEMAN what the fuck? less damage...you do know that the people who think the wii is dangerous are retarded

You hold on to the damn controller....it has a strap and theyve made a stronger one already...

pshhh and graphics are fine....consoles cant go any farther in graphics anymore .....ps3 has won the contest this time in graphics..

Ok my bit

I love : The wii...its a great system that ive been waiting for a long time

I hate: That not many games i like are out...even Zelda is kind of boring to me. The blue light doesnt stay on even when they advertised it like that for so long. they couldve made the graphics a bit better but if i really cared i wouldve gotten a 360 or ps3...

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Hate:Please 2 more inches on the cord, Needs better graphics
And for Gods sake the NES is better than this, i was playing my NES and it was fine.... I went to my Wii,The cord kept massing me up on Zelda.

NINTENDO YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!!!!!!!!!
I MEAN C'MON!!!!!!!

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I'm very happy I read all these messages. It made it easy to decide to avoid the Wii. Thank you very much!!!

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Love: I love the new way with controller. I mean I can have nunchuk in my pocket while playing zelda. its just feel really comfortable than other controller. I like the channel menu. Mii channel is fun. Most thing I love is I can play GC games now. And they are cheap.
Hate: Address book, friends code. most annoy me is I can't use keyboard on Wii. There are 2 USB ports on the back. I hope big N will change that on firmware when internet channel launch.

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when is the damn browser coming out the wait is actually killing me do people know if i can watch cnettv on the thing

love
zelda haven't played it alot but it is amazing

wii sports OKAY I BROKE A LIGHT BULB OVER HEAD BUT SCREW IT I DONT CARE NO INJURIES WHATS THE POINT IN MAKIN A BIG DEAL(PEOPLE DTOP COMPLAINING) on that i love the game boxing hurtin my arms but so addictive!!

Hate

waiting for the browser to come

internet set up

LOVE MY Wii

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