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Registered 05/07/2002
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3rd December, 2006 at 00:17:45 -
Fucking hell the Wii is hard to get a hold of for 250$.
Amazon:
"We sold out of our initial supply of the Wii on Sunday morning, November 19, in less than one minute. We expect to receive periodic shipments of the Wii from Nintendo throughout the holidays and we will post availability updates in this section of the product detail page as well as in the customer discussions below."
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
I've always thought it would be great to have a sword in a game controlled directly by the movement of a controller in your hand. I think the Wii makes this possible, but the executions I have seen so far seem pretty lacklustre. It seems that developers have limited it to giving the controller a flick in a certain direction in order to execute a certain attack manouver.
It would be technically challenging to get the sword to be controlled directly by the position of the controller, and yet keep the animations looking fluid and lifelike. It would also be an interesting challenge getting the AI to plan and execute manouvers on the fly according to the position of the player and how the player's sword is positioned. I think it is definitely possible.
Stuckboy
JC Denton: "I know your UNATCO killphrase: Laputan Machine."
Gunther Hermann: "I - am - not - a - machi --"
JC Denton: "Sticks and stones..."
The last fanboy system I owned was a Dreamcast. Then Sega's hardware department died and I realized how stupid console wars are. Not saying that the original XBox wasn't a stupid system with crappy exclusive games, it definitely was. The 360 is much better, though, since more developers are making games for it instead of just Bungie. PS3 is by no means a bad system, but it's WAY too overpriced and given a potential that outstrips its lifetime. Wii is reasonably priced and innovative, but its controller is rather quirky and it's riding on first-party development for the most part.
I actually have no stake in this, though. I'm keeping my PS2 and getting a backlog of PS2 and PSX titles. I'll probably also snatch my friend's GC if he decides to get rid of it. I may never pay for another console unless the PS2 breaks or I get the urge to play Saturn games. Used and reduced-price games cost what games should cost, in my opinion, and I'm not shelling out $30+ for a game unless it's off eBay and hard to find (here's lookin' at you, Symphony of the Night).
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