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Well, technically those are just empty DVD cases. We can sue for not getting, like, £5 worth of DVD cases with it if we buy it though. Zing!

 

I know I was only having a laugh!LOL

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Well, technically those are just empty DVD cases. We can sue for not getting, like, £5 worth of DVD cases with it if we buy it though. Zing!

 

I can see 12p worth of DVD cases there.

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Egde Info

 

- CNN has signed up with Nintendo as the provider of news content on the News Channel in American and Japan. News will be presented by category, but another way of getting to it is by spinning the weather globe to find stories in different countries

 

- Sega has moved a significant number of development staff from PS3 to Wii over the Summer

 

- Although Nintendo has removed DVD movie playback from the Wii, it plans to launch in Japan next year an enhanced Wii capable of such a feature

 

- Nintendo intended to bring Wii to shop shelves in the UK and US for £150 and $200, but became influenced by pressure from the larger retail chains, which raised concerns over margins and low so-called 'basket value' (ie, the amount of revenue generated from a customer's overall purchases at the till)

 

- There are plenty of Wii Channel slots remaining to be filled

 

- Edge says that Wii Sports will be to Wii what Mario 64 was to the N64. Says golf has the best single player mode (no surprise) and boxing is their favourite overall

 

Laurent Fischer interview

 

- He doesn't expect all of society to immediately jump on board from day 1. At first it will probably be mainly the hardcore and casual gamers buying it, but little by little he expects more people to come on board through word of mouth, advertising etc... much like the DS. He says word of mouth has played a huge part in the DS's success in Europe.

 

- He says in Europe the DS has done a wonderful job of capturing the female gamer and the casual gamer, but getting the non-gamers still has some way to go yet. NOE's goal is to get the DS selling as fast as it is in Japan where on a weekly basis they're still not able to fulfil the demand, becaue they're attracting such a broad audience. "In Europe I don't expect us to be in that position for some time, but we're on the way. It will take one year, certainly and with the Wii it will take the same time. We know it's a long way to get out of the videogaming ghetto"

 

- He says when creating games Nintendo doesn't say "this is going to be a gamer's game and this is not." He says a lot of hardcore gamers enjoy Brain Training, because it's something different and another good example is Animal Crossing. Nobody at Nintendo thought Animal Crossing would be a very massmarket game. It started out as a hardcore game with people around the world going crazy for it, then it became a bridge between the hardcore, casuals and the wider population, which included females and people looking for a different concept. In Japan they were surprised by the strength of Animal Crossing's sales and every week NOE says "WOW" at the sales. He said on the GameCube it only sold 150,000 in Europe but the DS game has already passed 850,000

 

- He says for months and months he had to sit and see journalists politely smiling when he told them DS is stronger than the PSP, but he knew from the start it would take off eventually, because he tested it on the people around him. He said his wife kept stealing his DS which has never happened with their other consoles and his neighbour - an awful old lady - became addicted to Zoo Keeper. She'd played Tetris long ago and now she was hoooked on Zoo Keeper. "If there was one person who wouldn't play a videogame, it was her"

 

- He says he's not worried that people can download the old (Virtual Console) games on the PC. He says it's important to be able to play them on your TV screen and doesn't think playing a NES game on the PC is something you'll really love. "Of course, you can play them on your PSP via emulation too! [laughs] Actually most PSP owners I know are using them for Nes and SNES games"

 

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Man that we will get CNN Europe, what crap is this.

 

We get the Clinton News Network with abunch of leftys presenting their views to us over the wiis its like brainwashing.

 

As superinddent(sp??) charmers from the simpsons put it "Religion has no place between these walls"

 

Similiary "News has no place on a games console"

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Man that we will get CNN Europe, what crap is this.

 

We get the Clinton News Network with abunch of leftys presenting their views to us over the wiis its like brainwashing.

 

As superinddent(sp??) charmers from the simpsons put it "Religion has no place between these walls"

 

Similiary "News has no place on a games console"

 

Just don't use it, DUHH:blank:

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Europe will get Sky, but what about this enhanced DVD capable Wii, and the fact that retailers convinded Nintendo to mark up the price??

 

Wouldn't it be ace if the enhanced Wii was possible just by a downloable firmware upgrade?

flameboy Newbie

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Wouldn't it be ace if the enhanced Wii was possible just by a downloable firmware upgrade?

 

that would be ace, guess its whether or not the Wii drive can actually read them or not, or whether the optical drive works in such a way that makes it impossible.

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- Although Nintendo has removed DVD movie playback from the Wii, it plans to launch in Japan next year an enhanced Wii capable of such a feature

 

Panasonic QWii!

 

And they should just put Google News in a new skin and use that for the news section...

DCK Newbie

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That's interesting info. It makes sense the shops pressured Nintendo in a higher price, as the $250 price point makes no sense for Nintendo.

Tellyn Newbie

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RUMOUR

 

Nunchuk contains rumble functionality?

 

"because it does not require batteries, the Nunchuk feels unusually light in operation, although the inclusion of a rumble facility ensures that it has a tactile quality."

 

Apparently Gamesmaster have said the same thing. Intruiging... Could they have put rumble into it so close to launch? I would have thought the vibrations in the Wiimote travelled down the wire and giving the Nunchuk slight feedback. So will this be incorporated into later games if it's been sneaked into a final devkit?

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The shield is the nunchuk at someparts in Zelda arent they? we might get feedback from hitting the shield forward now.

Also I'm guessing with Metroids grapple thing on her arm in number33, we'll get feedback in the nunchuk from that.

Also Red Steel, its a sword in that.

tbh it was probably inevitable that this would happen.

DCK Newbie

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I really hope it has rumble, the more feedback the better.

 

Maybe when Nintendo decided to sell the nunchuck seperately it opened some new options for them. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

LazyBoy Newbie

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The shield is the nunchuk at someparts in Zelda arent they? we might get feedback from hitting the shield forward now.

Also I'm guessing with Metroids grapple thing on her arm in number33, we'll get feedback in the nunchuk from that.

Also Red Steel, its a sword in that.

tbh it was probably inevitable that this would happen.

 

Don't forget punching with your left hand in Wii Boxing.

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