Author Topic: More Wii launch games (Read 4583 times)

« **Reply #45 on:** August 07, 2006, 10:24:23 AM »

perhaps you should stop trying to be funny then?

LIC, if black bars do not bother you then why buy a widescreen TV? it defeats the entire purpose.

how exactly can you implement a widescreen option for a 4:3 format?
vertical letterboxing? lol

why abandon a console when graphics don\'t matter and the new one is marginally better?
you see NGC\'s release schedule for august?
yeah, one title.

nintendo is releasing a new console just for the sake of releasing a new console since the other guys are.
make a wii controller for the NGC and you guys would rebuy all the first party titles again. you already have.

« **Reply #46 on:** August 07, 2006, 10:38:58 AM »

GCN is third in the current gen. Trying to compete with two newer platforms would be very difficult.

With a new system Nintendo can establish a stronger brand, not to mention make an additional bit of money off the people who bought a GCN but will also buy a Wii.

Assuming they don\'t sell at a loss, which they might end up doing to expand marketshare.

GCN didn\'t work, and Nintendo needs a new system to gain a stronger foothold in the marketplace.

You know full well that a fancy controller wouldn\'t have made a splash on GCN or in the marketplace, but the Wii is positioned in such a way that it could conceivably outsell either of the competing consoles.

It\'s just smart business in this case.

And don\'t underestimate the differences between the Cube and Wii. They\'re not the same system. Wii has better hardware, unique control and more internal features.

And it also has way more buzz than Gamecube and has already garnered stronger third party support.

« **Reply #47 on:** August 07, 2006, 12:46:20 PM »

7-11 sez da Wii be $299.

That would be funny considering most people are expecting/hoping for $199.

« **Reply #48 on:** August 07, 2006, 01:19:37 PM »

Nintendo hasn\'t announced a price except to officially say it will have an MSRP of less than $250.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #49 on:** August 07, 2006, 03:28:34 PM »

Quote from: mm

perhaps you should stop trying to be funny then?

LIC, if black bars do not bother you then why buy a widescreen TV? it defeats the entire purpose.

how exactly can you implement a widescreen option for a 4:3 format?
vertical letterboxing? lol=

Anamorphic. I can watch it with bars -doesn\'t bother me. But on some films....what\'cha know, no black bars.

I bought a widescreen TV, because I could - what exactly is your point?

And as for the "Widescreen option" - stretch..Stretch..stretch. Or just make games like Resident Evil 4, with...what\'cha know, bars at the top and bottom!. OH NO!

§ôµÏG®ïñD · « **Reply #50 on:** August 07, 2006, 04:02:38 PM »

i like consoles....

« **Reply #51 on:** August 07, 2006, 04:27:10 PM »

stretching 4:3 = lame, regardless of your excuse.

Blade · « **Reply #52 on:** August 07, 2006, 06:27:27 PM »

mm doesn\'t know what anamorphic widescreen is? Jesus.

« **Reply #53 on:** August 07, 2006, 06:59:04 PM »

[insert dramatic sound effect here]

« **Reply #54 on:** August 08, 2006, 03:08:49 AM »

In other news, Ubisoft confirmed a Prince of Persia in development for Wii as well.

I also do not know what anamorphic whatchamacallit is.

« **Reply #55 on:** August 08, 2006, 04:03:58 AM »

it has little to do with gaming and more to do with movies.
it\'s when the frame is optically "squeezed"
always looks wrong, but it removes the black bars that people like me hate.

i\'m not going to budge on this.
sure the wii will have some killer first party titles (if i can use the controller in the traditional method), but not supporting HD was stupid.

« **Reply #56 on:** August 08, 2006, 04:16:04 AM »

^^

So it\'s a projector thing? I checked out that link you provided and I get it, but it can\'t work for a tv if I read correctly.

Paul2 · « **Reply #57 on:** August 08, 2006, 04:55:57 AM »

Wii is said to be in 480p, and that can means widescreen 480p. Although not high def, but 480p can be true widescreen of 16:9 aspect ratio, like this 853 x 480p which is a 16:9 aspect ratio...

A 4 by 3 aspect ratio can be in 640 x 480p. I think wii supports both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, although limit to 480p resolution.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #58 on:** August 08, 2006, 06:48:02 AM »

Quote from: mm

it has little to do with gaming and more to do with movies.
it\'s when the frame is optically "squeezed"
always looks wrong, but it removes the black bars that people like me hate.

i\'m not going to budge on this.
sure the wii will have some killer first party titles (if i can use the controller in the traditional method), but not supporting HD was stupid.

And if you "use the controller in the traditional method", then you just defeated one of the main attractions of the WII. Congratulations.

« **Reply #59 on:** August 08, 2006, 07:59:09 AM »

He\'s not open to new, gimmicky control schemes. Only old, gimmicky control schemes are acceptable.

Look I push this button and my guy jumps!
Look I move this controller and my guy jumps!

Just as corny. Will one be more fun? Looks like some of us will find out. We\'ll let you know mm.

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Author Topic: More Wii launch games (Read 4583 times)