The Official 'Countdown to Wii' Thread!

VIRII · 11 Dec 2006 at 13:40

WatchTower said:
Is that Tanks game like that old Atari 2600 cowboy game the name escapes me where you try and shoot player two by bouncing your bullets off the walls?

Yes the bullets will bounce and of course you can move.
Moving is done via the directional pad and aiming is by pointing the wiimote, hence the two are not related.
Good fun but tricky.

Logsi · 11 Dec 2006 at 14:50

How many people got one on release?

I went to somewhere in falmouth on the Friday where there was supposedly 10 but actually 4!!!

I was third in queue! I thought they would give us them at 12 when they can legally sell them! But no! They made me wait till 8 in the morning! A mate came along and waited with me! There was also 3 other guys waiting and they were all pretty sound!

The somewhere staff were legendary, they made us coffees, gave us jaffa cakes and gave us a monopoly board!!! Monopoly in somewhere at 3 in the morning getting funny looks = Priceless!

Anyway i love this thing! Very good console and has all the family involved, reminds me of what gaming is all about!

Josh

GarethDW · 11 Dec 2006 at 15:15

Edit your past, mate... that supermarket is a competitor

Andr3w · 11 Dec 2006 at 16:34

there are officially no more wii's for sale in yorkshire (cries)

VIRII · 11 Dec 2006 at 16:56

Andr3w said:
there are officially no more wii's for sale in yorkshire (cries)

I've sold both mine too ....

I'll wait till they are in normal supply, it won't kill me.

Andr3w · 11 Dec 2006 at 16:58

VIRII said:
I've sold both mine too ....
I'll wait till they are in normal supply, it won't kill me.

you ****** you know i wanted one

*gets knife*
*gets in car*
*goes to hunt down VIRII*

*comes back with blood stained t-shirt*

Logsi · 11 Dec 2006 at 17:20

GarethDW said:
Edit your past, mate... that supermarket is a competitor

Been in london all weekend so havnt been able to share my experience you see, sorry if its old news!

VIRII · 11 Dec 2006 at 19:12

Andr3w said:
you ****** you know i wanted one

*gets knife*
*gets in car*
*goes to hunt down VIRII*

*comes back with blood stained t-shirt*

It went for £300 ..... still want it?
I'm pretty sure you'll get one for less on an auction site.

I knew you wanted one didn't know you had enough wedge to prise it from my hands.

Told my daughter I had sold it for lots of money and would buy another one later and she said "oooh now you can buy me an expensive present like a Barbie".

4 year olds huh.

Andr3w · 11 Dec 2006 at 19:14

VIRII said:
It went for £300 ..... still want it?
I'm pretty sure you'll get one for less on an auction site.

Dad cannot justify paying that much when a week or so after xmas he can get one for 179 (if he still wants to get us all one then

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VIRII · 11 Dec 2006 at 19:14

Andr3w said:
Dad cannot justify paying that much when a week or so after xmas he can get one for 179 (if he still wants to get us all one then )

Quite and neither can I

I'm happy to go without for the profit.

That said I'll be getting another when they are in normal supply.

RandomTom · 11 Dec 2006 at 19:47

Mine arrived today, and I got a wiiplay too, no zelda yet though, it's pretty fun!

WatchTower · 11 Dec 2006 at 20:16

RandomTom said:
Mine arrived today, and I got a wiiplay too, no zelda yet though, it's pretty fun!

Ehh..As a second batch turned up?

james.miller · 11 Dec 2006 at 21:56

i found a list of VC releases on the club nintendo forums:

One castlevania announced heres the full list for this year.
UK Virtual Console releases, December 15:

Urban Champion (NES)
Solomon's Keys (NES)
Pinball (NES)
Columns (Mega Drive)
Gunstar Heroes (Mega Drive)
Ristar (Mega Drive)
Dr. Robotonik's Mean Bean Machine(Mega Drive)
Alien Crush (Turbografx)

UK Virtual Console releases, December 22:

Donkey Kong Jr. (NES)
Soccer (NES)
Tennis (NES)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive)
Toe Jam & Earl (Mega Drive)
Military Madness (Turbografx)

UK Virtual Console releases, December 29:

Baseball (NES)
Ice Hockey (NES)
SimCity (SNES)
Super Probotector (SNES)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
R-TYPE (Turbografx)

I notice a distinct lack of n64 games

TOEJAM AND EARL!!!!!!

Stripe · 11 Dec 2006 at 22:08

hey chaps - just looking for some quick advice. I ordered a Wii with a competitor on 25th October and got the "you won't get it at launch" e-mail. i heard that they have 7000 pre-orders and only 300 consoles at launch. therefore, i was wondering, what do you think would be my best bet for getting a wii before easter? cancel and order somewhere else or just wait it out?

edit: sorry about the competitor mention

davetherave2 · 11 Dec 2006 at 22:31

Stripe said:
hey chaps - just looking for some quick advice. I ordered a Wii with competitor on 25th October and got the "you won't get it at launch" e-mail. i heard that they have 7000 pre-orders and only 300 consoles at launch. therefore, i was wondering, what do you think would be my best bet for getting a wii before easter? cancel and order somewhere else or just wait it out?

Why not keep the order and then put a few more orders elsewhere. Thats what I had plan to do but I hear on the grapevine that Nintendo intend to have another 3/4 deliveries to the UK before christmas so who knows you may be lucky. I plan to wait it out with my order.

Plus would edit out the competitor as well.

Squark · 11 Dec 2006 at 22:37

davetherave2 said:
Plus would edit out the competitor as well.

Well you might not want to quote it

Whoop · 11 Dec 2006 at 22:47

I can't see an answer about so is there a way to turn off the second wiimote without shutting down the Wii when press the power button? Or does it have to be left to shut itself down?

Whoop

Windle · 11 Dec 2006 at 22:48

Don't think so, doesn't take long for the wiimote to turn itself off though.

Just made a new creation and spammed him to everybody on my Friends list.

It's Wii-Borat!

Yeshgamesh, I like you!

Werewolf · 11 Dec 2006 at 23:08

Windle said:
Don't think so, doesn't take long for the wiimote to turn itself off though.

About 5 to 10 minutes I think before it powers down if not in use

Xinn · 12 Dec 2006 at 00:09

Windle said:
Don't think so, doesn't take long for the wiimote to turn itself off though.

Just made a new creation and spammed him to everybody on my Friends list.

It's Wii-Borat!

Yeshgamesh, I like you!

Nice one lol, I LIKE!!!

btw its Jagshemash

On a Wii note, I cant afford to even look for one to buy until wednesday yet it annoys me that my best friends 70 year old gran got one on release day. I would pay to see her on Wii Sports.