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I found the controls annoying, I run and jump towards an enemy and find I cant judge the distance when it is upside down and the direction changes. Most of the time I end up jumping over or just straight up. It might just be that im rubbish!!!

Im finding that SMG is not living up to the massive hype. My impressions after a days play are :- 3D worlds are annoying, jumping on enemys is difficult and control flips direction making Mario difficult to control Levels are a bit too linear, no real exploration involved. Story is a bit weak, no sense of adventure, i.e would have been good to know why all these galaxies exist?? Feels like lots of mini mario level mini games, levels are too quick to complete and a bit samey. Reminds me of super monkey ball (3d worlds and graphical style).

Yeah, I think Prime 1 was probably the most evenly matched of the games. I only really got stuck on the final battle. I see your point regarding Zelda, some bosses were very easy, however I didn't think this spoilt it. I would expect button tappingly difficulty in a shoot em up game, but not in an adventure game. Maybe becuase Metroid is a mixture of both, then those who just like adventure should steer clear. I just get really infuriated when the boss completely stops me in my tracks, I soon get bored of replaying the same parts.

Ok Jordan, looks like you are over enjoying your power as an "Admin". Please also try to treat inexperienced forum users with a little more courtesty next time, its just a forum. Some things that may be obvious to you are not to me. I didn't want to interrupt the current discussion in this thread.

I hope that Metroid Prime 3 is not too hard. I very much like the adventure that the entire metroid series has given however in EVERY game I have played (Fusion, Prime, Echo's) I have found the game to have the same major flaw which is its difficulty. Im currently STILL playing Prime 2 Echo's, im only on 27% after 2 years!! Why?? Because the boss' are just too hard. I find this to really spoil the game and I get soon fed up with having to endlessly retry the boss battles until (usually out of luck) on the 30th attempt I finally defeat them. Also the save point is normally 3 minutes play away from the boss so you have to mundanely go through the same bits each time. Having just defeated the boost gaurdian after 20 odd goes, i was able to really get into the adventure and problem solving, after another hour of excellent gameplay i am now stuck trying to defeat some giant torvus bog creature. So far 10 attempts (even when using the correct method to kill the monster, as found from a walkthrough guide) and still no luck. I find such difficulty a real turn off, and spoils the game. I now cant really be bothered to play this any more. I have given up on Fusion and not played it again because of the same reason which makes a Metroid purchase a bit of a waste of money. As Nintendo are supposed to be making gaming more inclusive I hope they make bosses more easier, maybe on a par with those in RE4 which were far more easier to get past (only 2 or 3 attempts). PS. The moderators on this site are over zealous and ruining open discussion. It seems you can only open a new thread if you have their blessing

I hope that Metroid Prime 3 is not too hard. I very much like the adventure that the entire metroid series has given however in EVERY game I have played (Fusion, Prime, Echo's) I have found the game to have the same major flaw which is its difficulty. Im currently STILL playing Prime 2 Echo's, im only on 27% after 2 years!! Why?? Because the boss' are just too hard. I find this to really spoil the game and I get soon fed up with having to endlessly retry the boss battles until (usually out of luck) on the 30th attempt I finally defeat them. Also the save point is normally 3 minutes play away from the boss so you have to mundanely go through the same bits each time. Having just defeated the boost gaurdian after 20 odd goes, i was able to really get into the adventure and problem solving, after another hour of excellent gameplay i am now stuck trying to defeat some giant torvus bog creature. So far 10 attempts (even when using the correct method to kill the monster, as found from a walkthrough guide) and still no luck. I find such difficulty a real turn off, and spoils the game. I now cant really be bothered to play this any more. I have given up on Fusion and not played it again because of the same reason which makes a Metroid purchase a bit of a waste of money. As Nintendo are supposed to be making gaming more inclusive I hope they make bosses more easier, maybe on a par with those in RE4 which were far more easier to get past (only 2 or 3 attempts).

That is really odd however it would seem that it will be on Euro-Wii's Maybe it is something to do with licensing, Microsoft got into trouble with providing a built in browser in XP!!! But that got them into more trouble in Europe than the states he he!!

The Wii site does say that SD cards are used to extend the internal memory. However it is very un-nintendo like to make a memory slot that only takes custom shaped cards, I guess that due to the number of larger and cheaper replica memory cards for the cube, it probably didn't make much sense for nintendo to create a custom slot as noone bought the official mem cards. Also, as the Wii has 2 gamecube mem card slots, I wonder if it is possible to transfer cube saves onto the extended SD memory, so you dont have those cards poking out of the top, and also expand the number of saves, as I have always had to cram them onto the tiny card provided with the cube.

I dont know if someone knows what the release delay between Japan, US and Europe was like for N64 and GC consoles compared to the Wii, but as far as I can remember most games releases also seemed to follwo a similar delay, i.e Japan then US then Europe a few months later. As the Wii is pretty much being released within a few weeks for all reagions, can we expect some game releases to also follow a similar release schedule? I know there is the old "Localisation" arguement, but if Wii is region free, it would make sense that they are, otherwise I will be importing from the US!

The video's on the site show menu navigation and it looks pretty slick, though some of the smaller icons could be difficult to select if you are a bit shakey. Isn't the Opera Browser on the internal flash memory? I guess you have to download it as there could be region specific settings or a regualr updated version of the software, which might cause problems if you have to download and re-flash your Wii's Rom to install it.

Hmm, another comedian. Personally I think it is a good feature that will appeal to me. I guess you would only be impressed by a PS3 3D-HD weather report that beamed news into your tiny mind. Features like this appeal to me, and other "touch generation" aged users, dont be so quick to rubbish what other people think.

Apologies Moria, I assumed by his tag that this DemonMike04 was one. My general beef is that, as with most forums, if you say something which is old news or completely obvious to someone else, some nerd who lives eats and breaths the forum has to post a put down posting. Im really excited about the Wii info on Wii.com, and I still cant understand why people are not talking about the features listed on the site, and WHY is this information not on the main site. Im a casual vistor to n-europe, and use it as my main source of Nintendo info. As N-Europe seem to do a news article everytime Miyamoto scratches his arse, I expected HUGE news like this to be on the main site, otherwise I would not have know about these features until I visted a site that did list it. Another Moderator / Forum Nerd stupid post. Would you believe anything I say? Im just excited, give me a break. jeez Of course Im still going to use my pc, but a LOT less. I usally only check a few web sites such as the news and weather and n-europe for updates during an evening. Now I wont need to wait ages for my PC to boot up, and it will be much more convenient as my TV is in the lounge whilst the PC is upstairs. (Now I wait for someone to say "why dont you move your pc downstairs")

I think the XBOX 360 will be appealing at that price, but I think most people will look at the price of the games. Most 360 games are around the £50 mark still, whilst wii will be £10-15 cheaper. I think that parents wanting to buy a console + games for xmas will take this into consideration. Also the way I look at it is that the 360 will be a year old, and still more expensive than the Wii.

Well, as no-one is talking about this in the forum, and nothing has been mentioned on the main site, then excuse me for posting!! I really hate these forum moderators, what a jerk. I had checked the site for an update about news and found nothing. This whole load of information hasn't even been given a mention, for once the best source of exclusive wii info has been from the last website I would expect it on, nintendo itself!

Hi Don't know if you have seen the updated http://www.wii.com site, but there is loads of new info including the user interface, Wii Channels. Im never going to use my pc or teletext again. The web features look excellent, and there is even a messaging function coming soon. I also loved the weather channel! Update, Mii Channel OH MY GOD THIS IS GOING TO BE SOO COOL!!! Take a look ASAP!! Rich