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Name: I loved it from the start (Was probably the only person to do so as well ) and I love it just as much now. Controller: I thought the controller would be completely awesome and it turned out to be even better than I thought it would be! Mind you though, it guzzles batteries like a hot knife through butter (Got me some 2500 MAH batteries so that little problem is now sorted!)

WTF, NOE doing something good for once. IMPOSSIBLE!!! Ugh, still can't do anything with my stars though since my Wii is a US version, oh well, I'm not interested in crappy PAL releases anyway. Hurry up and put Yoshi's Island DS on the Stars Catalogue Ninty!!!

The funny thing is, that I actually (Jokingly) said the other day that NOE are so stupid that they'd probably make the VC run in 50Hz. Strange how things work out sometimes... (Huggles his US Wii )

There are no words to describe the utter stupidity of this... Thank God I got a US Wii!

The PAL version virtual console runs all the games in 50hz!!! http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/06-12-2006-4221.html Someone might want to make a thread on this since I'm certain that this is gonna be a deal breaker for many people waiting on a PAL Wii (Thank God I got a US one!)

Hi, my new HDTV and my Wii component cables arrived yesterday and it looks like sex! (My TV is the Samsung LE32R74BDX) I may post some pics later on if I can be bothered but it works great, no scaling lag (even with Game mode turned off!) and PQ even better than RGB Scart on an SDTV! (Everything looks so full and all the colours are nice and inky ) A word to those looking at the Wii on a HDTV, please for the love of everything that is holy and sacred, PLEASE TURN THE SHARPNESS DOWN! or else the game will look like that pixelated mess you see above. Turning the sharpness down makes it look much better as it smooths out most of the jaggies (I've turned down my sharpness to 30/100 and it still looks sharp, without most of the jaggies)

My Twilight Princess just arrived, but I've got no Wii to play it on yet What about you?

"or just for the future in that you may get games before the PAL versions are released?" Bingo! (Cheaper games too!) Plus there's the extra virtual console games that won't come out over here like Chrono Trigger and the fact that you may not neccessarily get a 60hz mode with PAL games.

This is just using Gamecube homebrew on the Wii. Nothing special.

I wouldn't trust GS on this one. Wait for the IGN review before passing a judgement.

http://gstp.ytmnd.com/ That is all I will say about this blasphemy...

But will they be free or will we have to pay for them? I think I know what's gonna happen

PAL 60 is 60hz. PAL 60 = 640 x 480 (or 852 x 480 for widescreen) at 60hz. This is the same as NTSC, PAL 50 is higher resolution but only runs at 50hz. Since 50hz is crap with games, there's no point even thinking about it since you'll want to run it in PAL 60 anyway. So that's why we all say it just runs in 480p.

The Wii does 480i/p in 60hz and 576i/p in 50hz. So you get the normal PAL resolution but the game runs slower (So it's no good) BTW, I've got my eyes set on one of those 32" R7 series Sammy LCDs (Game mode and price appeal to me. I've given up looking for a viable 480p solution so I'm trying to make the best of a bad situation) How are they with upscaling? BTW if anyone is wondering what this "Game mode" is, it's a mode that turns off most of the processing to cut down on scaling lag.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=148658 THANK GOD! Nintendo haven't IP blocked the Wii, importers worry no more! In short, if you import the US Wii you will access the US Virtual Console and will have to use US Prepay Cards (No word on using UK credit cards though) More info is there, WOOOHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! :bouncy:

DKC is already confirmed for launch http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=c2Pwu1CRix49H0pI0Wkr1xy2vgL1Ks_R Now the real question is, will Rareware's other games make it too?

Well that's just Hudson, will Nintendo be willing to follow suit in regards to NTSC only games? we'll have to wait and see. At least Chrono Trigger is a possibility now! MAKE IT HAPPEN SQUARE-ENIX! Edit: Hang on there's no Super Mario Bros in that list WTF!!! That's Bullshit!!! No Super Mario World I can kinda understand but not even SMB? Fuck that shit!!! Good news about Wario Ware though (Same time as US roughly) not so good about Excite Truck

WOW! I knew that Excite Truck wouldn't make the launch but Trauma Center as well!? Glad I'm getting the US Wii now! although it's a bit unfair how Japan get much more Virtual Console games at launch than anyone else (And I expect it to stay the same throughout it's entire lifetime)

A mechanism that shoots out PS3 and Xbox 360 discs when you put them into the Wii! Seriously though, it'll probably be a new channel, gaming news perhaps?

http://uk.media.games.ign.com/articles/693/693580/vids_1.html WPA 1 + 2 confirmed

How do Metroid Prime 3's new Expert controls feel? Is there anything new from this Mario Galaxy demo? Could you try asking them what the full list of launch titles is for europe? (Wii games and Virtual Console) That's about all I can think of at the mo, have fun!... you lucky (grumble grumble)

Nintendo Puzzle Collection instantly gives you 100 bonus points. Panel De Pon FTW!

WOW (Iwata) Now that's how you streamline game development! Edit: Just watched the video on their site, Amazing! (Balloon Pop looks quite fun BTW, they should release it on the Virtual Console!)

SHIT! NOOO!!!! Interesting that Mikami is continuing to work with Capcom under contract (He just can't seem to bear to give them up) thank goodness he's still there. This will be a huge blow to Capcom, two major game designers have just left. As far as major talent goes, they still have Mikami and Kenji Inafune there and they don't seem to be going anywhere so that's good. I guess Clover just cost too much to keep running (as their game sales probably didn't cover the costs of running the studio) but a lot of the staff went to Clover because they wanted to get away from the centralisation within Capcom. Now that that lifeline has been cut, they have no choice but to leave. The question is, where will Hideki Kamiya and Atsushi Inaba go now? Will they start up their own company or will they go with someone else (Imagine if they joined Nintendo!)

(Edit, never mind I read it wrong) $10 is pretty good per game. Incidently, how much is the markup for other console games? Nice stands! Dog tags look cool.