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Post by Eyce on May 28, 2007 3:19:57 GMT -5
I found a wii today, was totally shocked, picked up one up. Was lucky enough to find a nunchuk too. Also picked up Tiger Woods. Quick question. I have a HDTV, is it worth it to get the component cables for the wii? Get it. I own a Plasma TV, and I checked out the Wii on it, and it sucks balls on Composite. It is disgusting seeing the blatantly stretched picture.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on May 28, 2007 3:39:37 GMT -5
where do you put the sensor bar? and do all wii's come with that too? The Wii comes with the console. standard A/V cables, power cord, sensor bar, a Wii remote, numchuck (spelling?) attachment, and Wii Sports. There are a couple wireless Wii sensor bars that seem to be worth chcking out. Go to the "Gear" section of IGN.com. If you look around there, you'll find all info on them. The wireless ones seems pointless if you ask me. Unless you have a procector screen or something the normal one will fit above the telly... and if you had a huge screen, you'd just put it below. They don't seem to have a better range and its just another excuse to eat up batterys.
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Post by Dekabreak on May 28, 2007 19:07:20 GMT -5
The censor bar is on top of my TV, and all wiis should come with it. I lol'ed on that.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2007 21:07:12 GMT -5
The censor bar is on top of my TV, and all wiis should come with it. I lol'ed on that. Typos happen to everyone
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on May 28, 2007 23:00:24 GMT -5
Updated the list. They added some of Pit's moves to the Smash Bros. site, by the way. THE FINAL SMASH! Sounds awesome, but it's a little vague.
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Post by iwaspushed on May 29, 2007 16:42:35 GMT -5
The Wii comes with the console. standard A/V cables, power cord, sensor bar, a Wii remote, numchuck (spelling?) attachment, and Wii Sports. There are a couple wireless Wii sensor bars that seem to be worth chcking out. Go to the "Gear" section of IGN.com. If you look around there, you'll find all info on them. The wireless ones seems pointless if you ask me. Unless you have a procector screen or something the normal one will fit above the telly... and if you had a huge screen, you'd just put it below. They don't seem to have a better range and its just another excuse to eat up batterys. Actually ... I do have a projector AND I just upgraded to an HD (well HD compatible) projector next month ;D I mentioned the wireless sensor bar because the wired one has a very short wire and it creates problems for people with large rooms. I don't have this problem, but I have some friends who do. My problem is finding a place to stick the sensor bar because I don't have an entertainment center. I'm telling you guys, you can get an amazing projector for a lot cheaper than a regular HD TV. Go to infocus.com. I got their IN72 model, but they have several others. I got mine off eBay (brand new with a one year warranty) for hundreds cheaper than buying it direct from the manufacturer.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2007 21:32:30 GMT -5
Bought Mortal Kombat Armageddon this afternoon at Best Buy. Had trouble finding it. Best Buy was the only store who had it in stock. Best Buy didn't have a display box, had to ask an associate about it. Guess everyone else gets their shipments within the next few days. Game takes a little to get used to the controls but it's pretty damn good game. Just wish it was classic 2D.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2007 0:24:43 GMT -5
Mario Party 8 is getting weak reviews thus far, sucks seeing as I need something to get me playing the wii.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on May 30, 2007 3:11:02 GMT -5
The wireless ones seems pointless if you ask me. Unless you have a procector screen or something the normal one will fit above the telly... and if you had a huge screen, you'd just put it below. They don't seem to have a better range and its just another excuse to eat up batterys. Actually ... I do have a projector AND I just upgraded to an HD (well HD compatible) projector next month ;D I mentioned the wireless sensor bar because the wired one has a very short wire and it creates problems for people with large rooms. I don't have this problem, but I have some friends who do. My problem is finding a place to stick the sensor bar because I don't have an entertainment center. I'm telling you guys, you can get an amazing projector for a lot cheaper than a regular HD TV. Go to infocus.com. I got their IN72 model, but they have several others. I got mine off eBay (brand new with a one year warranty) for hundreds cheaper than buying it direct from the manufacturer. I'm just saying other then those reasons the wireless isn't really a "Must have". Your better off getting a remote charger or something with the money.
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Post by aidan on May 30, 2007 12:31:38 GMT -5
i go the wii todaythere mint and i got wii sports with it and 2000 game points what r they for
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2007 13:48:20 GMT -5
i go the wii todaythere mint and i got wii sports with it and 2000 game points what r they for Wii points are used to buy games for the VC, go to the shop channel. Hopefully you got the Wii points as a bonus because I don't know why you would buy it if you didn't know what it was for.
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Post by aidan on May 30, 2007 13:56:05 GMT -5
i got it free
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Post by Kliquid on May 30, 2007 17:35:43 GMT -5
Anyone pick up Mario Party yet?
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Post by fratellis on May 30, 2007 17:50:56 GMT -5
i go the wii todaythere mint and i got wii sports with it and 2000 game points what r they for Yaaaay a 10 year old. =]
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on May 30, 2007 18:01:23 GMT -5
I'm just going to rent Mario Party. It's getting slammed in reviews and the lack of online play makes it a pass for me. I'll give it a fair shot myself once I can get a hold of a rented copy. MP games have always been fun to me, I just got sick of them after 5. I hope they release the original MP on the virtual console pretty soon. I love that game and I haven't played it in years due to my lack of a 64.
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Post by waylon on May 30, 2007 18:19:23 GMT -5
Anyone pick up Mario Party yet? Every game review place has said the game sucks. The fact that you cant reply games over again without completely exiting out and going back (which means reading/listening to all the dialogue all over again) is incredibly lame. Like Zero, I may rent it, but I definitely wont be buying it.
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Post by aidan on May 30, 2007 19:49:58 GMT -5
i go the wii todaythere mint and i got wii sports with it and 2000 game points what r they for Yaaaay a 10 year old. =] what u on about i am 14
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Post by Crimson Arrow on May 31, 2007 3:37:50 GMT -5
I think it's a comical jest about your lack of grammatical competence.
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Post by ET had AIDS on May 31, 2007 3:39:25 GMT -5
I bought Mario Party... about to play it right now.
My friend did too, said he loved it.
While all of the review sites are trashing it, player reviews are saying good things... so I bought it. I don't really buy into reviews that much anymore. If it's not a Gears of War, it gets a bad review half the time... and barely anything on the Wii gets good reviews anyway, but I've found a lot of those bad review games are fun in their own right.
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Post by Captain Obvious on May 31, 2007 9:52:58 GMT -5
I found a wii today, was totally shocked, picked up one up. Was lucky enough to find a nunchuk too. Also picked up Tiger Woods. Quick question. I have a HDTV, is it worth it to get the component cables for the wii? Get it. I own a Plasma TV, and I checked out the Wii on it, and it sucks balls on Composite. It is disgusting seeing the blatantly stretched picture. I agree with Ecye as although i have a LCD tv for the Nintendo Wii that picture quality improves quite a bit on just about every wii game. Also i picked up pirates - at worlds end today, but haven't played it yet, as i've just got home from work, so i might give it a go on the weekend.
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