The Wii had ONE good game, the one packaged with the thing. That is unacceptable. Sure it had other good games, but they played fine on other consoles too. Don't talk to me about carnival games, am I nine years old or what?
England appears to have gotten the first commercial for Nintendo's new WiiU console, and... well, let's just say it hasn't really quelled any of my misgivings about it (not that I really expected it to). It did bring up one new problem that I hadn't been aware off -- that you can continue playing games on the controller while someone else is watching TV. So basically, the WiiU is a console that allows my significant other the moral authority to kick me off my 50-inch plasma TV whenever she wants? Not cool, Nintendo. If I wanted to play videogames on a small, handheld screen I'd buy a goddamn 3DS. Also, here's a tip: If you want your new console to sound appealing to adults, try not to have the announcer yell "Pyew pyew pyew pyew!" in the advertisement for it.(Via Kotaku)
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We gotta get that thing fixed. We're back, and we have the combination. Schlotkins. We're done with you. Go back to the golf course and work on your putts.
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As a UK fan of Topless Robot I'd like to point out that the voice over is done by UK comedian Adam Buxton, from the 90's BBC comedy the Adam & Joe Show, so those "Pyew pyew pyew pyew!", whilst gratingly awful, work in context for the audience over here.
It'll be interesting to see how they market this in the US. But over here they are clearly aiming at more teen-to-student demographic rather then an adult audience. Maybe they never should?
FYI: If you've not seen any Adam & Joe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_Joe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh9GEvMzA6I
I highly recommend you all check out their BBC 6 Music podcast, if you want to get a taste of a little British nerdery.
Silly Rob! If Ms. Robot will let you, you need to make your Nerd Cave (or Fortress of Nerditude if you prefer, although I think you would not- really, Batman>Superman in my opinion) next-level like mine! The solution is TWO giant ass TVs. One for the Mrs. to watch her stories, and one for me to play mine, although she's just as like to jump in on Borderlands and Halo, because as she so eloquently put it, "Splitscreens are for noobs." :) The original trilogy toy space battle hanging from the ceiling is a nice plus, but not necessary. Still, the real gem is my rad, beautiful, cosplaying, video gamin' nerd girlfriend that not only puts up with my shit, but actually approves wholeheartedly. For that, I am not only greatful and truly blessed by the Old Gods and the New.
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So, it's basically a gameboy that connects to a console for added gameplay value...
Meh... (shrugs, goes back to internet)
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I'm still looking forward to it. I think all the consoles bring something to the gaming world. We'll throw a party at Rob's house to check it out.
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On a different note. Nintendo does make solid machines. I have fixed a few PS3, and a ton of Xbox 360s but only one Nintendo that was an easy disk drive change.
@Someguy Tons of early Wiis had DVD drives that squeaked or had a high pitch whine. Turns out some of the screws holding the drives together were fastened to tightly but it did result in a lot of warranty repairs or exhanges.
@Someguy Ok, it´s fixed now.
Update, then go to network settings DNS:
Primary: 8.8.8.8
secondary: 8.8.4.4
Thanks to mont348.
@Someguy Thanks. I´ve already tried the factory reset, but still doesn´t connect. I´m going to wait for the next update to see if that fixes the problem.
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@jonap Software update errors are the worse. Without seeing it, and if you have exhausted your other options, ( If you get desperate enough) make a backup of your info, reset the PS3 to factory reset, then reload. Not guaranteeing anything but it is a way to go.
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@10glfan59 Microsoft has really annoyed me with the 360. While it has great games the constant hardware failures and then lack of care for their customers in these cases makes me nervous to buy anything Microsoft.
Although if they hadn't been jerks to their customers I wouldn't have mine. I found it in a trash.
eh, boring commercial but doesn't hurt my interest in it. Any Brits here to chime in as to whether difference between US and UK commercials might have made this look kind of boring to us explosion and boobie obsessed 'mericans?
I am curious about the playing on the controller thing, whether you can play any wiiU game on it or only original wii games (+ maybe some wiiU). I noticed he's playing new super mario and moving it to the controller. wouldn't they highlight this feature with a brand new game if you could?
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So... was Brad Pitt a part of this commercial? I think that would subliminally make some people buy it.
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I share some of Rob's concerns about this thing, but then there's a part of me that wants a Wii version of Fallout, with the WiiU being the Pip-boy . . .
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@metazai and there you have it - the WiiU controller will never be used for anything that cool
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Since Rob's misgivings are that he hates Nintendo and everything they stand for, I'm not sure how anything can quell them. The Wii was one of the biggest sellers of that generation of consoles and it didn't quell his misgivings about it.
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@doctor_mindbender And we as nerds know that high sales don't always mean quality. The Wii appealed to grannies and little kids. And, as seen below, too many of us nerds who bought into the hype only to play it for a day or two and then let it sit gathering dust.
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@doctor_mindbender It was a huge success as far as sales, but that didn't mean it was good. Who is clamoring for more Cooking Mama or Wii bowling these days? Nintendo seems to bank way too heavily on a new gimmick to push product -- Wii, WiiU, 3DS -- so anything they do should be approached with healthy skepticism.
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@Mike_Pants @doctor_mindbender I have way more games on my Xbox360 than on my Wii, but I've definitely enjoyed some of the games on Wii more than any games on the other systems.
Now that WiiU seems to be getting a more solid 3rd party support (fingers crossed that it'll hold), I'm hoping that I can skip on the next-gen MS/Sony systems entirely and just get a WiiU.
Just because you want to see the system as gimmicky/ungood, doesn't make it so.
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@Mike_Pants @doctor_mindbender You say "gimmick," I say "feature." It's not a gimmick if the competition worked so hard to include it in their consoles/handhelds.
@10glfan59 Just goes to show that opinions =/= facts. Facts are facts, and numbers and sales are facts.
@SpindashShoryuken @Mike_Pants @doctor_mindbender Yes but with sony and microsoft consoles its an extra feature for a current console. they have not had to build an entire console around it. this is the console nintendo should have done years ago. the wii had terrible graphics, no hd and terrible online. and the majority of the games were all the same party games. sure they had a couple of original titles but they were just annual updates, Mario, zelda etc very few original ideas. This id why i am wary now when it comes to nintendo. They have been going down hill since the super nintendo days. The ds is another example they alternate each year wether to make the screen bigger or smaller. don't say its a good business model because it aint, and it isn't recent they have been doing this since the sp days.
@SpindashShoryuken @InspectorSpacetime @Mike_Pants @doctor_mindbender I can tell you exactly this spindash. Its called free speech
@Mike_Pants That's not true. I have encountered only 2 movies that are not available in anything but 3D. But I bet if 3D TVs were brought down to regular TV price, they'd fly off the shelves.
@Mike_Pants @InspectorSpacetime @doctor_mindbender Look, stagnation happens when you're dealing with a business. Maybe we'll all grow out of it eventually, but it's here to stay now. Besides, it's not NEARLY as stagnant as 1982/83's video game industry.
3D movies are successful because studios offer no other choice because they offer higher returns, not because audiences are clamoring for them. Consider how 3D TVs are NOT flying off the shelves. That's a gimmick all right.
@Mike_Pants @InspectorSpacetime @doctor_mindbender Six-to-seven years of steady sales and every competitor releasing similar products spells a successful product as far as I am concerned. I bet the people who make the money do, too, and that goes for all three sides of this console war.
@SpindashShoryuken @InspectorSpacetime @doctor_mindbender The business model of "they are doing it so we have to do it too" breeds stagnation and does not always indicate indicate a successful product. This is what's held the porn industry back for 30 years.
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@SpindashShoryuken @Mike_Pants @doctor_mindbender They aren't really a success. The games for Kinect and Move and Sixaxis were terrible. Sure, people will go out and blindly buy Kinect, but nobody has done anything interesting.
Sure, the Vita has a touchscreen support, but nobody is using it and nobody is buying the system.
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@Mike_Pants @doctor_mindbender As much as I hate 3D movies, people go see them by the millions while they eat their Doritos taco. You can't argue with those numbers, man. You can't call it a gimmick if it sticks around successfully for that long.
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@InspectorSpacetime @Mike_Pants @doctor_mindbender It's not a one-time thing, you know. Sure, it birthed the the Sixaxis AND the Move AND the Kinect, but the PSP added a touch screen and the XBox suddenly wet itself and added tablet support. You can't tell it me these "gimmicks" aren't a success and haven't changed the industry forever.
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@SpindashShoryuken @doctor_mindbender A "feature" that no one wants or asked for is a gimmick. See also 3D movies and the Doritos taco.
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@SpindashShoryuken @Mike_Pants @doctor_mindbender "It's not a fad if everyone jumps on the bandwagon!" I don't think your reasoning is particularly sound there, Spindash. I think that essentially proves it was a gimmick.
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@doctor_mindbender I honestly use the Wii as a gamecube most of the time, and try to avoid games that force me to use it's backwards controller when I actually play Wii games.
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@doctor_mindbender Actually, I bought a Wii as soon as I could. It was about a year later, when I realized I hadn't turned on the Wii for the last 6 months, that I first had my misgivings.
@Topless Robot @doctor_mindbender My 6 year old son wanted one for christmas last year so finally gave in and got him one. I would be surprised if it has been turned on a dozen times since then. he prefers the 360. I have shown him the wiiu and his reply was nah thats rubbish.. I have mentioned before on other postings about wii u that initially i was intrested but that diminished with the price.
