In a Q&A session with GamePro, NoA's King of Awesome, Reggie Fils-Aime, did indeed state that he was "blown away" by the resounding success of the Wii, and while it's exactly what Nintendo was shooting for, he's surprised that it happened so quickly ... so quickly, in fact, that Nintendo can't even seem to keep up with the demand. And of course, comparisons to the DS had to be made; after all, the Wii is taking its cue from the DS in many ways. However, when asked if we'll soon be seeing multicolored Wiis like we have with the DS, Reggie brushed that off as a concern for the future. Right now, they're more interested in getting more units into stores -- and we're sure that's good news for many of you.It's worth noting that the issue of HD came up, and when asked whether or not Nintendo was planning on any kind of upgrade for the Wii that might add HD functionality, Reggie didn't say that it wouldn't ever happen ... but did cite statistics indicating that 83% of American households are not currently equipped for HD. What good is it to add something that many people can't even use? After all, Nintendo is trying to reach beyond the "hardcore" gamer and into every household ... a strategy that doesn't work very well if one of your biggest games is so dependent on HD that parts of it can barely be seen by the majority of potential gamers. The verdict? DVD is coming, but don't expect an HD dongle any time soon.
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1-23-2007 @ 3:39PM
wiiboyuk2007 said...
theres no need to support hd great graphics are great graphics hd is just resolution, i dont see why developers carnt just include a upscale 720p mode as a bonus i meen NOT HARD IS IT.........
people seem to be missing the point graphics come from polygons sprites textures etc etc etc, you carnt HIGH RES something and it automaticly becomes the best graphics ever... "IT DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT" but bill gates and sony would have you belive that it does........
you can convert a ps2 game to 1080p ITS STILL JUST A PS2 GAME WITH PS2 LEVEL GRAPHICS hd is not graphics aaaarrrrrrr WAKE UP GOONS NINTENDO KNOWS WHAT ITS DOING....
i personally allready experiance a HD wii,, i play at 480p on a hd tv witch has XDengine a colour/black white/pixel/image enhancer that allso digitizes the anolog imput, so im experiancing a kind of UPSCALED 720P WII
AND IT LOOKS GREAT...............
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1-23-2007 @ 5:12PM
Mr. Khan said...
Yes, but when Wii is not outputting 720 pixels (or in my case, 1080 pixels) then your TV upscales
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1-23-2007 @ 6:30PM
SuicideNinja said...
I hope they ramp up production big time. There's an empty spot between my PS3 and my 360. It needs to be filled ASAP.
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1-23-2007 @ 6:41PM
SuicideNinja said...
480p isn't high definition....It's progressive standard definition or "enhanced definition".
The Wii may have a few fun games, but they will always be ugly in comparison. Like the PS3, there is no scaler in the Wii, so you won't see any action there.
If gameplay was all that mattered, I would have enjoyed FFXII. But it lacked solid story and graphics...leaving much to be desired.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:39PM
Paul Mitchell said...
Is the DVD comming as a Wii Ware in the VC, or a new model?
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