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(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:50, archived)
# By order of Da Management.

(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:51, archived)
# ^ YES
(I helped save b3ta! Droog is too orangey for crows, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:59, archived)
# stupid rubbish gimmick box


/ps3 fanboy blog
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:53, archived)
# haha!
i would say 360 is best but i blew mine up again!
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:54, archived)
# At least the 360 has some decent games
(I helped save b3ta! Jamie_W If your life had a face I would punch it., Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:55, archived)
# the 360 had some great titles when it first launched didn't it...umm didn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:00, archived)
# 360 = bane of my life
Mr Droog is always on it :'( He only stops to eat and make toilet


(contains traces of exaggeration)
(I helped save b3ta! Droog is too orangey for crows, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:56, archived)
# haahaha '360 is best' AND 'it blew up again' in the same sentence

yes the 360 is just that damn good
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:57, archived)
# nothing but wii here
(dogof2head, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:10, archived)
# haha
i was playing with the wii guns this weekend, it's quite a fun little imaginary killing spree.
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:12, archived)
# hehe
:D
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:13, archived)
# /hug my 360
:P
(I helped save b3ta! Weetobix, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:00, archived)
# hahahahahahahah
they're very good at that aren't they.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:19, archived)
# Mario galaxy is wonderful though... plus wii sports gets everyone invloved
/has both consoles so is impartial blog
(I helped save b3ta! Victor Meldrew, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:54, archived)
# :)
/hates the word blog blog
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:55, archived)
# :O
/blog blog blog /blog
(I helped save b3ta! Victor Meldrew, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:56, archived)
# Bill and Ben?
(I helped save b3ta! Droog is too orangey for crows, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:00, archived)
# it is!
and i've always been a fan of mario party.

plus i have very very little money so the wii suits me better.
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:55, archived)
# never played it...I just thought I'd wind up the fanboys
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:58, archived)
# is it wrong
to fancy the woman in Mario Galaxy though?

not that i do, of course.

/walks off whistling
(I helped save b3ta! DLT's Musical Bonanza is totting up the p, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:04, archived)
# i cracked one out over a cartoon once
(or twice)
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:14, archived)
# I find the idea of exploring new ways to interact with games
to be infinitely more interesting than the same button mashing we have endured for 20 years. Good graphics can only do so much for a game.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:57, archived)
# yeah but some of it is so horrible
I rented Soul Calibur Legends the other day. You use the remote to stab forward, slash left, slash right, and a couple similar moves.

It works. about 80% of the time.

When you have a game like that where you're trying to do quick actions in a row, it gets kind of frustrating when you can't do things consistently.

Manhunt2 is pretty cool though.
(I helped save b3ta! Foxglove -- it all ends in tears anyway..., Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:53, archived)
# my Wii is still in its box :(
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:58, archived)
# in my opinion
the WII is great for people like Mrs S who are hopeless at compuiter games.

It's just a fun toy, it's silly to compare it to 360 or PS3 cause they are totally different machines/concepts/markets
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:03, archived)
# yes I know

but it's more fun winding people up about them
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:07, archived)
# oh, i agree
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:27, archived)
# Until Sony and Microsoft
realise that they have gone as far as it is possible to go with just concentrating on graphics and that it is time they researched new ways for the player to experience and interract with the game, and consequently find that Nintendo are years ahead of them in their research because they chose to take this path now. I believe the future of console gaming lies with the Wii in the long term, not with
the Xbox or PS.

EDIT: For the record though, I don't own a console at all. Make of that what you will.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:07, archived)
# The last gamey thing I had
was a Sega game gear :D T'were almost the size of a shoe-box!
However, I'm getting a DS Lite for xmas *joys*
(I helped save b3ta! Droog is too orangey for crows, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:13, archived)
# I miss my Megadrive
mostly because I liked the music on the first zone of Sonic.

I also had a *drum roll* Atari Lynx!

Jesus, was that an ill advised purchase or what!?
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:15, archived)
# The Green Hill zone music on the Mega Drive is really good
It's not nearly as good on my master system
(I helped save b3ta! davew27 hevosen kuva!, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:19, archived)
# Fortunately I still have my beloved
Sinclair Specturm +2. With 128k of rams!!

(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:22, archived)
# ZOMG! Spectrum!
We had a +3 with a floppy disc drive
*brags*

Gauntlet ftw, they just don't make em like that anymore!
(I helped save b3ta! Droog is too orangey for crows, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:25, archived)
# Uridium was the best spaceshippy shooty game EVAH
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:30, archived)
# Indeed :)
*reminisces*
(I helped save b3ta! Droog is too orangey for crows, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:33, archived)
# +3 was
the bestestest.

'What, you mean no load time'
(I helped save b3ta! DLT's Musical Bonanza is totting up the p, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:40, archived)
# I've never even seen a spectrum :(
I did have two Amiga 500s once :)
(I helped save b3ta! davew27 hevosen kuva!, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:57, archived)
# Right on!

(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:14, archived)
# I have yet to find a reason to buy an xbox 360 or ps3
(I helped save b3ta! Scrambled Edd www.eddsworld.co.uk, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:32, archived)
# Live! + Halo3
It's stealing my life one day at a time.
(I helped save b3ta! Carlossus, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:46, archived)
# GTA4
Looks awesome. It has me thinking about buying one.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:50, archived)
# I'd rather have an Iggle Piggle
If you can get one
(The Hooded Bean is in my pants Can't resist a Fanny/Tranny Joke, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 11:59, archived)
# ...
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:00, archived)
#
*hopes to die before he ever plays a game other than freecell and such on a computer.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:00, archived)
# well that's very narrow-minded
(I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:04, archived)
# I'm too broke to even enter a house with one of these wizzyboxes or whatever the kids call them these days
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:04, archived)
# in a weeks time the shops will be flooded with Wii's
it's all a big marketing play.

they will also have 4 shit games bundled with them and cost the same as a PS3.

wait a minute, that what's hapopening now.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:08, archived)
# I love how people complain about the price of a PS3
if you add up the cost of a Wii, the extra nunchuks, the gold controller, the tennis controller, the platform to stand on, the gun controller and so forth, you soon realise that Nintendo are the rip off merchants laughing all the way to the bank. Especially as shops get minimum profits from hardware, they only cream off the cash on software which is why shops have to do the bundles to break even and Ninteno laugh even harder because the games are so low quality and shite that they cost tuppence h'appeny to make.

FACT!
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:24, archived)
# indeed, a point i was making
you can't buy the wii in anything but bundles at the moment, raising the initial point of nintendo setting a low price point to make it attractive to those who don't want ot spend out on 360 or PS3.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:30, archived)
# The bundles are third party
nintendo dont ship the console in the bundle, a company like Game or Gamestation simply puts them in job lots.

I got my Wii from Game, in a bundle, then promptly returned 3 of the 4 games for face value as unwanted. Job done.

However i do agree sort of with your point. They should have consoles avaliable at 179 as well as fandangly bundles.

As for the expensive hardware, you can tot up the totals for PS3 accessories int he same way. Every major console manufacturer is doing this, to single nintendo out as the only one is ludicrous.

The point is nintendo are once again the innovaters of the gaming world, something Sony and Microsoft should take heed of. You can put all the accelerated chips int he world into a console, but you cant make it drink....or something.
(I helped save b3ta! DLT's Musical Bonanza is totting up the p, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:47, archived)
# PS3 only needs the one type of controller for games to work
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:57, archived)
# Not exactly true
You can play all the wii games without the extra accessories. And as the wiimote already has all the functionality in it, the addons aren't replacements for it, just plastic shells to slide it in to. I think I saw a set of 5 different ones for 15 quid or so.

The Wii Zapper is (or will be, dont have my wii anymore) included in whatever gun game came out around the same time.

On the other hand, extra accessories for the ps2/ps3 (guitar hero, ddr, those quiz games, etc) are all very expensive.
(I helped save b3ta! fross Read your email on, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 13:28, archived)
# i bought my wii
for £179 with wii sports bundled.
i bought an extra controller for £20 or so.
no big deal.

i love my wii.
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:59, archived)
# Actually
Nintendo force the shops to purchase the console with a quantity of games, they can't just buy the consoles alone.

The bundles are the shops way of trying to ensure they aren't stuck with a stupid amount of nintendo games in stock.

The same strategy is being followed with the DS as well as the Wii

(Troncmaster, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 13:13, archived)
# I has Wii
and 360! YAH!
(I helped save b3ta! Lollylegs lite, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:10, archived)
# I thought gurls weren't allowed Xboxes?
Parliament passed a law and everything!
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:14, archived)
# I cant afford a 360
And Just buying it for Halo 3 is a bit much...but I want it bad.
(I helped save b3ta! Blobcat Less Jaffacakes this year, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:19, archived)