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Personally, I like the name Wii, if only for the fact that you can refer to the controller as a "Wii-mote".

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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I get the feeling speech therapists will soon be making money hand over foot as parents, not realizing that their kids are calling this thing a Wiimote because that's the actual name, start signing their kids up for therapy like there's no tomorrow.
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Originally posted by: Jagdlieter
Wait I didn't see that part, you can swing the sword??? That's awesome and alone worth buying the Wii if it's true!!!
According to what I've read, you can swing the sword, use the controller to precisely aim your bow/arrows AND it work for the now near-legendary Zelda fishing.
Also, the controller has a small speaker in it, so you will hear the arrow become notched and the bowstring tighten.

Sean,
That controller looks like it would be used for playing SNES and Gamecube games on the Wii.
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Originally posted by: Bossk
I get the feeling speech therapists will soon be making money hand over foot as parents, not realizing that their kids are calling this thing a Wiimote because that's the actual name, start signing their kids up for therapy like there's no tomorrow.


Those of you who have children of their own... After this E3... Fear X-Mas...
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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The slogan should be "All Wii are saying give Wii a chance."
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Sounds too desperate. Something simple, like "Wii invite you."

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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Definitely reverting back to the old controllers, good or bad? I'd say bad mainly because I remember the SNES controllers, and they didn't exactly 'fit like a glove'...


In response to these silly Wii-sayings: "All your base are belong to Wii..."
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Reverting back is a mixed-bag.

If they don't, its going to be a LOT harder for people to play the games on the Virtual System they are setting up, or they'll have to rework a lot of their games.
If they do, people need to buy extra controllers for their Wii.
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They should just make one cheap system; fuse PS, XBOX, Nintendo, etc.

Then they should sell games like they normally do, and sell varieties of game controllers to be used for certain genres of games (i.e. wheels for racing, joysticks for flying, etc.)
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Originally posted by: Jagdlieter
Definitely reverting back to the old controllers, good or bad? I'd say bad mainly because I remember the SNES controllers, and they didn't exactly 'fit like a glove'...


I think it will probably be designed as to allow for maximum comfort. Part of the reason the SNES controller is hard to hold compared to modern controllers is that it is very thin. The Wii Classic looks thicker.

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Chaltab, I went to your link but I had to get an account. I got one then I hit "Log In" with my password and username.

It took me here....
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Sorry. Bad image link.

Just go to IGN.com or Gamespot and look up the game "Red Steel" and see the screen shots.

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I just finished watching the Nintendo press conference, and I've come to a realization. When Xbox came out, it rocked. When Ps2 came out, it rocked. When Gamecube came out, it sucked.

Now... Xbox360 has come out, it rocks. Ps3 is going to come out, and it is going to rock.

Wii is coming out, and I can tell it is going to screw Ps and Xbox 10 times over. They basically went from the bottom to the top in two generations of consoles.

Did anyone see the RedSteele video? Holy shit!! One controller is the handle on the shotgun, the other is the pump. The controllers even have a little trigger too! If that's not fucking cool then I don't know what is!
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Sorry. Bad image link.

Just go to IGN.com or Gamespot and look up the game "Red Steel" and see the screen shots.


Ok, I thought I had been thrown into another universe where OT.com was IGN....

Check out the Red Steel Video, it's somewhere at IGN. Not sure if it's actual footage, BUT I SURE HOPE IT IS!!!
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wii.ign.com

has a good movie of the keynote. and of redsteel.
gtfo
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Originally posted by: Jagdlieter
When Gamecube came out, it sucked.


How do you figure that? I'd say Gamecube had one of the BEST launches of any system. Wave Race Blue Storm, Star Wars Rogue Leader, Super Smash Bros Melee, and Eternal Darkness all within the first six months of the system's life.

The PS2 truly sucked at launch, (what? with great and memorable titles like Fantavision[/sarcasm])...

The X-Box had a strong start with Halo, but didn't have much else that made it worth buying until KoToR.

Either way, the past is the past, and even though the GC fizzled out in the software department, I imagine the Wii is gonna be different. We get a new Zelda game at launch, supposedly a new Super Smash Brothers game, Mario Galaxy, and a back catalogue of THOUSANDS of games that can be either downlaoded or played on it via the V-Console system.

I still haven't seen anything good enough to convince me to get an Xbox360, and though the PS3 has some awesome-looking games, the price is too much for my wallet. I just hope Nintendo delivers in that area.

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What he said. Kids are already bugging me about this.

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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It is official: SUPER SMASH BROTHERS: BRAWL



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Pit from Kid Icarus
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Chain-Mail wearing Link from Twilight Princess
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Samus Aran... WITHOUT HER ARMOR

And...

Solid Snake.

Yup. Solid Snake is going to be in the new SSB.

Don't believe me?

I am now beyond sold on this thing. In fact, you'd have to pay me not to buy it.

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