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The Lounge => General Gaming => Topic started by: Rubino on December 20, 2008, 10:52:22 AM

Title: Wii
Post by: Rubino on December 20, 2008, 10:52:22 AM: I'm tempted to get one for the wench for xmas - but I've never used one myself.

Worth it?
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Caradir on December 20, 2008, 11:21:46 AM: YES

whilst a lot of the games are nothing to write home about graphically they more than make up for in the fun and playability stakes plus ive personally never known gaming to be more sociable, grab a wii lots of booze and willing subjects.
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Goatboy on December 20, 2008, 11:57:29 AM: I consider the wii to be a social gaming apparatus. If you spend most of your time on your own or with just two people, I wouldn't bother. If you regularly have friends over, then yes.

Yes it's fun at first, but in the end all the games aren't about the game, they're about using the remote.

Sold mine almost immediately after buying it. Big plus was that you can play NES and SNES Mario using Wii points. That was fun.
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Rubino on December 20, 2008, 12:08:22 PM: Aye - that's what I'm worried about. We both tend to work very late - the wench especially (she often gets home around 10pm and leaves many times early).

I'm annoyed that none of the consoles have a PVR upgrade that has a Digitial TV receiver and allows pausing of live TV.
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Mangala on December 20, 2008, 12:32:40 PM: Quote from: Caradir on December 20, 2008, 11:21:46 AM
YES

whilst a lot of the games are nothing to write home about graphically they more than make up for in the fun and playability stakes plus ive personally never known gaming to be more sociable, grab a wii lots of booze and willing subjects.

What he said.
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Jarkko on December 20, 2008, 02:27:32 PM: We've had a Wii (our first game console) for nearly a year. It is simply great :) Kids and their friends seem to love the games. and for us adults the games are very nice too. I think especially Mario Kart Wii is a damn excellent game :)
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Mangala on December 20, 2008, 02:28:17 PM: Quote from: Jarkko on December 20, 2008, 02:27:32 PM
We've had a Wii (our first game console) for nearly a year. It is simply great :) Kids and their friends seem to love the games. and for us adults the games are very nice too. I think especially Mario Kart Wii is a damn excellent game :)

/me must locate his Wiicode, pass it to Jarkko and then beat him horribly at this game.
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Jarkko on December 20, 2008, 03:17:28 PM: Quote from: Beosvir on December 20, 2008, 02:28:17 PM
/me must locate his Wiicode, pass it to Jarkko and then beat him horribly at this game.
I've not played online, so would be great to try that out :) We have four driving wheels though, so even the "local" matches get pretty hectic at times :)
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Caradir on December 20, 2008, 03:24:12 PM: Gahh i gave up on the wheel and use the old controller and nunchuk my powersliding improved 10 fold :)
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Macrune on December 20, 2008, 05:45:49 PM: Have one with four controllers and im constantly getting my ass kicked by the kids at everything from bowling to downhill skiing and boxing :-\
a great family tool. And the wife swears by her wiifit and board. ::)
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Goatboy on December 20, 2008, 06:14:17 PM: Instant win at boxing:

Stick your elbows out, hands towards eachother and circle your hands over eachother. Like rolling up yarn, punching one of them little floppy boxing balls or giving someone a really oily handjob without the squeezing.

Rotate once every second - 2 seconds.
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Kurtt on December 21, 2008, 02:49:18 AM: I love my Wii. I'm currently enjoying Lego Batman, which I picked up for 21 quid in Woolies closing down sale ;D Great game.

Also, the Wii Fit ain't bad. Wifey insists its going to be her losing weight tool for after the baby is born :)
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Goatboy on December 21, 2008, 10:50:39 AM: ZOMG You did it AGAIN? o_O
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Caradir on December 21, 2008, 11:06:35 AM: Quote from: Goatboy on December 21, 2008, 10:50:39 AM
ZOMG You did it AGAIN? o_O

you sound surprised, seems Kurtts six shooter still has some bullets left ;)
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Rubino on December 25, 2008, 11:52:10 AM: I ended up buying something else for the wench.

Which is lucky because..
.. but guess what she got me!
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Mangala on December 25, 2008, 11:54:32 AM: Quote from: Rubino on December 25, 2008, 11:52:10 AM
I ended up buying something else for the wench.

Which is lucky because..
.. but guess what she got me!

:D
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Rubino on December 26, 2008, 12:45:53 PM: Some Wii Resources I've found:

Using the Wii as a Media Center: http://lifehacker.com/357869/use-your-wii-as-a-media-center
Wii Games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_games
Downloading Wii ISO's: http://www.wii-modchips.com/download-wii-iso-files.htm
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Rubino on January 03, 2009, 06:03:05 PM: Has anybody chipped their Wii?

I've been looking at WiiKey 2 (http://www.chipspain.com/wiikey-2-56-wires-p-2285.html) which should allow me to play DVD-R's
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Jarkko on January 05, 2009, 08:10:11 AM: What does that WiiKey2 do? My Spanish is no good beyond "Una cerveza por favor"...
Title: Re: Wii
Post by: Rubino on January 05, 2009, 11:47:03 AM: Oops

It allows the Wii to read other disk types, bypasses some of the region locking and generally makes the Wii less proprietary - ie you can download ISO's, burn them and use them.
Wiikey V2 is supposed to be undetectable by the Wii - so lower chance of a software patch coming out that'll mess things up.