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Found this interesting stuff (Not sure if already posted):

 

The guys over at Nintendo-Centrium have compiled a list of the strange and weird secret things you can do on your new Wii console.

 

The list is as follows -

 

· In the Photo Channel, you can catch the evil cat that runs across the screen to get tips! It appears in the Fun option, and you can grab the cat with the A and B button.

 

· You can have a 194 piece puzzle by holding down the 1 button before selecting any piece amount.

 

· If you don’t have an SD card and still want to check out Photo Channel, you can e-mail a Jpg to your Wii Message Board. There is a size limit for any mail you send to it - possibly 1mb.

 

· In Bowling, you can throw your ball into other people’s lanes.

 

· If you put mp3s in your SD card along with your photos, you can change the background music during a slideshow to one of your mp3s.

 

· When the messageboard records your play time, if you don’t exit to the Wii Menu before you power off the machine, it records the play time as “other”. If you properly exit to the menu and then shut off it will record it as the correct game.

 

· You can rearrange almost anything on the wii…like the channels and messages by just holding the A and B

 

· The plasma burin reduction kicks in the second the wiimote shuts down.

 

· when you get an e-mail, not only does the disc drive light up and pulsate blue, but your Wiimote sends out a little chirp

 

· when you’re in the Mii channel and you don’t use the Wiimote for a little bit and your Mii’s start walking around, if you then suddenly use the Wiimote, all the Mii stop and follow the ‘hand’ for about 3 seconds….

 

· when typing messages, and you need to go back and edit the message(while still typing) instead of deleting letters, just point to where you want to edit to move the type cursor.

 

· In Wii Sports Bowling, when you press up on the Directional Pad, it will zoom in on the lane. The zoom in sound is the exact same sound from Super Mario 64 anytime you moved the camera.

 

· Co Op Jugsaw puzzles in wii photos

 

· You can place the sensor bar upside down and it doesn’t reverse the directions of your movements…

 

· In wii sports bowling, you can release on the back swing and throw the ball backwards. It scares all the miis behind you.

 

· Classic controller has analog shoulder buttons. With the GC “click” at the bottom.

 

Seems the classic pad is pretty much an improved GC pad (better D-Pad) :)

flameboy Newbie

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· Classic controller has analog shoulder buttons. With the GC “click” at the bottom

 

one thing you wrote, I thought this wasn't the case, as it wouldn't work with cube games owing to it not having digital shoulder buttons. hmmm....have to do some researching I think.

 

Nice little thread though, hope we uncover some more.

Alan77 Newbie

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one thing you wrote, I thought this wasn't the case, as it wouldn't work with cube games owing to it not having digital shoulder buttons. hmmm....have to do some researching I think.

 

Nice little thread though, hope we uncover some more.

 

That's what intrigued me the most, because I also believed that the classic didn't have this.... if it does it's def worth the buy as it (in my opinion) will be slightly better than the GC pad (and should work for ALL VC games unlike GC pad...

 

Wow, I'm loving the ideas on the Bowling game, it's always cool when they decide to put in little secret things like that :D

 

Yeah I wasn't sure on posting it (hence spoilers? in title) as I like discovering these things myself but thought it was prob worth posting!! :grin:

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I like most of these things. Especially the Wii bowling ones, i will be trying them.

I also like that little chirp thew iimote does when you get an email. Grea little things like that make me happy.

Yoshiking Newbie

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Kai| http://www.n-freaks.co.uk says:

oo

are the r/l buttons analogue?

Duh Toad says:

i downloaded sm64... haven't tried it out yet

Kai| http://www.n-freaks.co.uk says:

'cause some say it is, some say it isnt

lol

like the gc ones

Duh Toad says:

...?

Kai| http://www.n-freaks.co.uk says:

you can press them in, and you can press them even further and then they click

so that you have different levels of, er, pressing them

Duh Toad says:

yes, you do

there are levels of press

 

Yay, analogueness. (Just thought I'd confirm it)

 

EDIT: Despite this,

Duh Toad says:

ya, my wiimote works again

but gc games don't work with the wiiclassic

now i'll try sports

Kurtle Squad Newbie

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one thing you wrote, I thought this wasn't the case, as it wouldn't work with cube games owing to it not having digital shoulder buttons. hmmm....have to do some researching I think.

 

Nice little thread though, hope we uncover some more.

 

I heard that too. To be honest i think the Nunchuck's Z should have been made like that, would let developers make a Mario Sunshine style weapon or something....

Alan77 Newbie

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I love stuff like that.. :bouncy: Only Nintendo knows the joy of the surprise find - and the fact that someone might even try it in the first place!!

flameboy Newbie

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If you switch your phones bluetooth on and take it next to your Wii it will transfer all the photos onto your Wii.

 

(Saw this on Digg yesterday)

 

I heard this and your computer will detect wiimotes as bluetooth devices.

 

as for the classic controllers....just cos they have a click doesn't definitly mean they are analogue, just means they could have 2 digital settings surely? so one press down is on setting then down to the click for another button press all together. it needs to be tested that when slightly holding down and then full holding down, mario sunshine will check this properly, as fludd used it to shoot water close up and then further away, also alot of racing games used it, enabling you to feather the accelerator.

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Wow, I'm loving the ideas on the Bowling game, it's always cool when they decide to put in little secret things like that :D

 

I already found these out myself. I freaking love the bowling game.

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If you switch your phones bluetooth on and take it next to your Wii it will transfer all the photos onto your Wii.

 

For the mobile-crazy people, that could be a great selling point for the Wii. Why have Nintendo never mentioned it?

Alan77 Newbie

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Some extras: (some are same as first post but there are a few interesting new ones here) :smile:

 

Found here:Wiichat

 

Figured a tips n tricks section would be kind of cool. Some of these were found by IGN users.

 

1. Press the home button on the main menu. Next click on the controller image. You can adjust the wii-mote volume and rumble functions

 

2. Hold a and b down and you can move the windows on the main menu around.

 

3. In order to add someone to your friend's list you BOTH have to enter eachother's Number ID and Console Nickname to be able to send messages and Mii's

 

4. Want your plain-looking Wii to have some style? Add a blue light around you CD drive anytime the console is on by doing the following:

 

Go to your email from the home menu, and add your personal computer email address to your address book. Wait ~1 hour for the email (mine took at least this long) Reply to the email from your computer. In a few minutes, you will have an email waiting for you on your Wii. Don't read it! As long as it remains new, you have a pretty blue light!

 

5. In wii sports bowling, you can release on the back swing and throw the ball backwards. It scares all the miis behind you.

 

6. Email A Wii: You can email any Wii that you know the Friend code for. The Email address will be w(Wii Number here)@wii.com. For Example: [email protected]

 

7. Get rid of Generic Teammates/Spectators: The Wii will automatically use the other Miis in your Plaza as teammates and spectators in certain Wii sports games. Create friends and family, and you can get rid of the generic Miis.

 

8. Register and Extend Warranty: Register your Console on Nintendo.com, get a free 90 day extension to your warranty.

 

9. Get Free Nintendo Power: Register 3 Nintendo products on Nintendo.com, and get 3 months of Nintendo Power free.

 

10. Extra Parts: There are two parts to the Wii in your box that you may either not find, or never know what they are. The first is a Clear Disc piece. This piece fits under your Wii stand to Stabalize it's balance. The second is a Small(1" - 1.5") plastic Piece. This piece is the stand for the Sensor bar. It puts some disntance between your TV and the bar. In theory, that should give you a better angle reception.

 

11. Get Miis in your parade: Setting your Miis to Mingle, and having your friends do the same thing will soon have Miis walking around in your parade. Your friends' Miis will wonder over to your console and parade around, so long as they are set to Mingle. You can then grab them and send them to your Plaza so you have a copy.

 

12. In Zelda, the direction Link spins when doing a spin attack depends on which way you spin your nunchuck

 

13. In Wii Sports Bowling, when you press up on the Directional Pad, it will zoom in on the lane. The zoom in sound is the exact same sound from Super Mario 64 anytime you moved the camera.

 

14. If you go to the Channel section in your menu you can choose to save VC games on a SD card....

 

15. In LOZ:TP if you keep it at the start screen for an extended period of time, it plays an extremely extended trailer that they didn't show to the general public which is pretty cool.

 

16. On hole 3 of Wii Sports Golf, there is a small section of fairway at about a 45 degree angle to the left from the tee box. It is a small patch surrounded by Out Of Bound-ness. If you can land your ball on there, you can easily make it on the green in 2, to to Eagle the course.

 

17. Wii Video 9 - Wii Video Converter

 

Wii Video 9 is a free video conversion application developed by Red Kawa. It allows you to convert your computer video files (like avi, divx, mpeg, etc.) into the specific video formats that are playable on the Wii.

 

Wii Video 9 can also be combined with Videora, another software application, and together they can let you automatically download and convert video for your Wii using BitTorrent and RSS technology.

 

18. In the Wii menus, turn your wrist and the hand cursor will also turn.

 

19. from Varelse: I just found and confirmed a little easter egg. I'm not sure if it's already known, but while your Wii is powered down you can press any button on your Wiimote and lights will flash. The number of lights flashing is the amount of charge left in your battery (1 is least charge, 4 is most charge)

 

20. In Wii Bowling, if you aim right to any lane near you, you can throw your ball there, but you won't hit any pins unless you aim right.

 

21. Zelda. You can skip cutscenes in Zelda by hitting the - button

 

22. Black Ninja Wii Bowling easter egg YouTube - Easter Egg

 

23. When you purchase a virtual console title and Mario runs across the screen, if you happen to get fire flower Mario, you can shoot fireballs with the A button.

 

24. Omie When looking at your messages press a+b and you can move the messages around. If you have A LOT of messages like me then you can arrange them in this manner or you can just delete them

Dante Newbie

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  • Dismount in the presence of enemies to backflip off your horse.
  • When you're aiming manually, you can hold Z to strafe around.
  • When on Epona, you can aim and steer at the same time by holding Z.
  • Mount Epona from the back to start a gallop.
  • Doing a sword attack when coming out of a roll will make Link do a lunge.
  • You can swipe your sword while side-stepping.
  • Links spin attack is clockwise, sometimes counter clockwise by which way you spin your nunchuck.
  • If you hit a Cucco about 8 times, you'll be able to control it for a short period of time.

 

 

The Zelda:TP trailer was shown month ago.

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