Nintendo Wii - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 01-16-2007, 08:37 PM

I heard 2 gallons.

Kitsune · 01-17-2007, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I heard 2 gallons.

"10 employees fired at radio station after woman dies in water-drinking contest."

Clodfobble · 01-16-2007, 09:33 PM

That's what happened to Terri Schiavo, hyponatremia. Hers was from drinking 10-12 glasses of iced tea a day instead of water, but it amounted to the same thing.

wolf · 01-17-2007, 01:18 AM

I spent about three hours on Saturday Night playing the new Zelda game. I am not enticed by this experience into getting one.

Expect lawsuits related to carpal tunnel.

Most game controllers sort of rest on your hands as you play. The Wii controller and the nunchuck have to be actively gripped the whole time. It sucks mightily.

Irie · 01-17-2007, 10:19 PM

I've spent almost 30 hours now on Twilight Princess and it's amazing. From a game design standpoint it's so well done I can't even tell you. Nintendo has always been the best as far as game play goes in my opinion. If you only see the Wii as a gimmick with some controller doobah then you are just being blind to the technological achievement. Link, ftw. (Disclaimer: The Zelda franchise framed my childhood, so I'm a bit on the biased side.)

Kitsune · 01-18-2007, 07:50 AM

Can't. Stop. Playing. Rabbids!

The only game that had my sides hurting from laughter.

BigV · 01-18-2007, 10:30 AM

I'm grinning from ear to ear just reading about your fun! The Raving Rabbids is hysterical! I think my favorite is Choir Practice.

Kitsune · 01-18-2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I think my favorite is Choir Practice.

For me, its the dancing. The very first mini-game I attempted was the disco "beat match" game. I completely failed the first time around because I couldn't stop laughing at the bunny pelvic thrusts and air guitar.

BigV · 01-18-2007, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

For me, its the dancing. The very first mini-game I attempted was the disco "beat match" game. I completely failed the first time around because I couldn't stop laughing at the bunny pelvic thrusts and air guitar.

I know. I know.

For an even bigger laugh wrt pelvic thrusts and air guitar, try out WarioWare's Smooth Moves. For many of the minigames, the controller is held/placed in non-traditional ways, like on your nose for "elephant mode" and on your palm for "waiter mode" and on your hips for "hula mode". Then you have to make the proper motion with your whole body to get the remote to direct the screen to do the right thing. Very, very entertaining.

Kitsune · 01-18-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

For many of the minigames, the controller is held/placed in non-traditional ways

I still have some getting used to the controls before I do some of those games, first. I managed to snag Monkeyball Banana Blitz as well only to find that I had a hard time playing the party games because I didn't have the hang of the controllers, yet. The "story mode" game was easy, though, and the tilting world, as it did when I got to play the Gamecube version, made me nauseated.

It rocks.

Kitsune · 01-18-2007, 01:22 PM

You gotta leeeeeean into it!

Flint · 01-19-2007, 03:02 PM

Wii, Water, Death

A California woman died of water intoxication while trying to win a Nintendo Wii during a radio station's water-drinking contest.

What do you think? Chris Friedman, Systems Analyst - "Get ready for the most ridiculous series of PSAs in history."

BigV · 01-19-2007, 03:29 PM

Really, Flint. Didn't we already cover this in posts #29-34? Come to class, buddy.

Next!

Flint · 01-19-2007, 03:31 PM

Nothing really "happens" until it gets coverage in TheOnion.

glatt · 01-19-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Nothing really "happens" until it gets coverage in TheOnion.

Speaking of that, I just read in the Washington Post this morning that they (the Washington Post) were going to start printing a paper version of The Onion for distribution around DC. WTF?

01-16-2007, 08:37 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I heard 2 gallons. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-17-2007, 01:18 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I spent about three hours on Saturday Night playing the new Zelda game. I am not enticed by this experience into getting one. Expect lawsuits related to carpal tunnel. Most game controllers sort of rest on your hands as you play. The Wii controller and the nunchuck have to be actively gripped the whole time. It sucks mightily. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-17-2007, 10:19 PM	#5
Irie Kinda n00b Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 27	I've spent almost 30 hours now on Twilight Princess and it's amazing. From a game design standpoint it's so well done I can't even tell you. Nintendo has always been the best as far as game play goes in my opinion. If you only see the Wii as a gimmick with some controller doobah then you are just being blind to the technological achievement. Link, ftw. (Disclaimer: The Zelda franchise framed my childhood, so I'm a bit on the biased side.) __________________ 'The Universe tends to unfold itself as it should'

01-18-2007, 10:30 AM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I'm grinning from ear to ear just reading about your fun! The Raving Rabbids is hysterical! I think my favorite is Choir Practice. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-19-2007, 03:02 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Wii, Water, Death A California woman died of water intoxication while trying to win a Nintendo Wii during a radio station's water-drinking contest. *What do you think?* Chris Friedman, Systems Analyst - "Get ready for the most ridiculous series of PSAs in history." __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-16-2007, 09:33 PM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	That's what happened to Terri Schiavo, hyponatremia. Hers was from drinking 10-12 glasses of iced tea a day instead of water, but it amounted to the same thing.

01-18-2007, 07:50 AM	#6
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Can't. Stop. Playing. Rabbids! The only game that had my sides hurting from laughter.

01-18-2007, 01:22 PM	#11
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	You gotta leeeeeean into it!

01-19-2007, 03:29 PM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Really, Flint. Didn't we already cover this in posts #29-34? Come to class, buddy. Next! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-19-2007, 03:31 PM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Nothing really "happens" until it gets coverage in TheOnion. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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