ShadowV7 Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 Spong are reporting that the countdowns are true. Source Why can't they annouce the price and launch details on any random day in September? Just what I posted,because I think it will be to late.It's a personal opinion.
BeerMonkey Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 not sure where to chuck this so will just put it here: good looking survey - which consoles are you going to buy http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/23/poll-results-next-gen-combo-platters/
ShadowV7 Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 Looks old though because it still says 'Revolution',never the less,still lice looking.
triforcemario Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 Very old poll, its from when the wii-mote was revealed, I think.
Goron_3 Posted August 14, 2006 Posted August 14, 2006 Looks old though because it still says 'Revolution',never the less,still lice looking. Yeah, the date says it was posted in January. Nice results though, and that was posted BEFORE the miracle that was E3.
Raven Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 i doubt that they will be activated straight away. nintendo wont let the release date out until they want to be heard.... wait for leipzig! only a little over a week now. Update!New information says that the clocks will be installed by the end of the week...but will not be turned on until after the Games Convention in Leipzig told ya so!
Blue_Ninja0 Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 Looks old though because it still says 'Revolution',never the less,still lice looking. Didn't the gamecube had the same type of voting before it was released?
DanielTimothy Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 Didn't the gamecube had the same type of voting before it was released? Have Faith.
Owen Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 Yeah, it will be days, hours, minutes, seconds! We should get some idea soon!
BeerMonkey Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 dont think anyone has linked/talked bout this yet this is off ign today: Wii for $170? off ign
Owen Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 See at the bottom 'Price is going to be confirmed in September' (or something along those lines) Seems like next week isn't going to be the week we are told the price then! Whats the bettings we aren't told a release date either? Taking the mick a little now...it's not as though we haven't waited is it? and yes i understand September is only 2 and a bit weeks away but thats...not the point!
Sparko Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 Nah I think we'll be told the release dates next week. It'll practically be September by then, and they've always said we'd know by September (as far as I remember?) It could just be wishful thinking, but I'm almost positive we'll get concrete details next week.
Retro_Link Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 http://www.cubed3.com/news/5705 Joystiq, via the website Moz La Punk, via the IGN Insider forums, are reporting that the Nintendo Wii might be set to get even more revolutionary. According to a patent filed early this year, Nintendo are working on a voice chat feature that changes what you say into the Wii controller microphone in to words on your TV screen. Not only this, but the technology will also pick up the tone of your speech and applies corresponding colours, sizes, and fonts. So if you shut "You annoying man, you beat me!" it might appear "YOU ANNOYING MAN, YOU BEAT ME!" on the TV screen via the Wii. Apparently the voice to text feature will be used mostly in first part titles aimed at a younger audience (probably for safety and horrible online grooming reasons), so expect more mature games to feature straight voice-to-voice action. According to the poster, the Wii will make use of a wireless, head-mounted microphone and the voice to text chat will also be censored, allowing for younger eyes not to be dirtied by rude words. We'll have more Nintendo-tastic rumours as and when someone makes them up. Seriously though, this might just be true... Would be awesome!!
InvaderElmo Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 I think that is a great way to do online chat since it allows young girls to chat online without the fear of being targeted by sexual predators for their young girl-iness. It also helps preserve the illusion since some half-orc hammer-wielding grunt won't wander around talking with the voice of an eleven year old boy. It also discourages people from saying offensive things since there would be a written record of what that person had said, and it would be attached to their name. That would certainly help protect everyone from obnoxious people. I think it would be hilarious if it a monitoring system labeled people with things like "potty mouth", "racially intolerant", "poor loser", or even "easily offended" for anyone who frequently reports offensive content. That way people would know what they were getting into when they decided to play against those people. It could also list your preferences like "swear all you want around me". I can just imagine... "Please say aloud the word or phrase you would like filtered out, followed by the word or phrase you would like to hear instead." That would be hilarious.
Fresh Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 Of course the possiblites of it then being translated make the world a much smaller place.
Guest Stefkov Posted August 16, 2006 Posted August 16, 2006 I'm not surprised they're doing those clock things, i saw some for the Lite's in at least 3 shops i know of, of course game shops. i like the talk to text idea. i have difficulties hearing peopel over Live, reading will be somuch easier, even if i have crap eyesight, my eyes have gone through less stuff than my ears.
DCK Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 That would be cool, though where's the Wii's mic? I hope Nintendo will put a speaker in the Wiimote... Is there something I missed last week? I've been on holiday :awesome:
Fresh Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 Im just looking at the Will Wright Spore interview on IGN and one bit interests me: IGN: Do you have any ideas of how the game (spore) would play on the Wii? Will Wright: We've been messing around with the Wii dev kit and we're really interested in the possibilities there. It's possible the editors might be more manageable on that system. The DS is also very interesting to us, as its control scheme could be very manageable for the game.
Owen Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 Any more news on the countdown clocks? Any pictures? etc..? I thought they were being installed from 15th August?
Charlie Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 Any more news on the countdown clocks? Any pictures? etc..? I thought they were being installed from 15th August? They aren't being switched on until the release date is unveiled.
blender Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 a little forest creature tells me that a knightrider game is heading to all platforms. the wii version will have kitt talking out of the controller and of course fancy steering. est. 2007
mario_jr Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 a little forest creature tells me that a knightrider game is heading to all platforms. the wii version will have kitt talking out of the controller and of course fancy steering. est. 2007 Dude are you serious? If so that would be cool to use the F-Wii-Hand speaker for Kitts voice. (yes I'm still calling it a F-Wii-Hand:heh: )
Owen Posted August 24, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 They aren't being switched on until the release date is unveiled. Yeah i posted that before the god-awful conference, lol. Now i know that they probably won't be switched on till sometime September. :wink: I'm still trying to work out how many days it will start from? mmmmm 50 days?
Hellfire Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 This guy works for a gamestore and here's the Wii release list: http://www.gamersreports.com/grimages/1194/1156530103/3/1/gr.image.jpg Obviously some stores get some weird dates, so I think it's well under speculation
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