Video: Wii up close and personal

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1. The way it glows kind of says "Touch me.." Because Nintendo taught us touching is good.

2. sweet… i wish i had one right now… XD

3. But the video still leaves me wondering… Since you can have the console upright or down on its side, how do you put the Gamecube disc's in? Do we need to put them in just one side of the unit or anywhere? Or will we need to purchase a mini CD adaptor?

4. They said the slot would load the GameCube discs and never mentioned an adapter. I imagine you'd just have to put the discs in towards the middle of the slot. We'll probably see video of that pretty soon, too.The more I see the white Wii, the more I don't care about another color. The only other color choice I would make is silver. I'm just wondering if they'll have remotes/nunchuks in colors other than white. It would be nice if the wife and I each had our own colors as we do now with the Cube (hers: silver; mine: spice).

5. There has to be more! I know theres more!But can anyone tell me where the sync button is?

6. can anyone tell me do you have to sync the controllers everytime you buy one, lets say you have 2 but you buy a 3rd and 4th controller? Also once in sync, first place is always first place controllers? Can you switch incase one remote get more ware and tare? Also is 5xx internal memory enought to save progress from any and all games? Game cube had 2 memory slots. I had 2 white 2000 block cards one with everything on it, the second the same but for back up. Will the SD slot be used as a memory card slot, or simply to up load photos? can anyone help?

7. "You can play ,ah, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess,eh three weeks after the wii release and eh not quite as good (looks at employer)"*PUKE*Sorry.

8. The SD Card will be used to store images, mp3, Wii gamesaves, virtual console games and updates.

9. "You can play ,ah, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess,eh three weeks after the wii release and eh not quite as good (looks at employer)"Or wait 3 weeks and play it the way it was originally designed you fuk-tart.Can I not get the info I want without hearing Hallelujah and wondering why they went out of their way to make it glow???Shessh.

10. Is that A/V port the same as Gamecube and N64? Hopefully I can use my existing s-video cable from the 'cube and not have to shell out 40 rupees for the MadCatz one. Wii only ships w/ composite, right?

11. I wonder what brands like Madcatz wii controllers are gonna be like…

12. "Is that A/V port the same as Gamecube and N64? Hopefully I can use my existing s-video cable from the 'cube and not have to shell out 40 rupees for the MadCatz one. Wii only ships w/ composite, right?"1. It's not the same port as GC/N64, you will need to buy new S-video/component cables for Wii.2. Yes, Wii only ships with composite.

13. Matt is such a cool dude!Not as cool as the wii console mind!:o)

14. @FrisbyI'm not sure exactly where the hell your coming from, but to clarify my post. I was quoting Matt:"You can play ,ah, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess,eh three weeks after the wii release and eh not quite as good (looks at employer)"It was clear (IMO) he regretted saying you could play gamecube TP on wii and tried to double back. I found this extremely agravating, just more fuel to the whole gamecube twilight princess debacle (a game which every nintendo fan should've been playing last October when the original was finished).

15. *aggravating@wrenchGod, Im dreading it…

16. Who is that joker? "Good to go"? That must be his favorite phrase. What a worthless video.

17. anon. I was on your side…i am pretty pissed about the whole TP is better on Wii thing when it was designed for Gamecube and should have been relesed when it was finished…not when the Wii would have been launched. I am mainly pissed about preordering the damn thing and getting the phone call from game stop telling me "Got your money, now wait!!!

18. Famicom 83: If you are using the 512 MB solely for game saves, it will be many dozens of times larger than your Gamecube memory cards. You'll never have to worry about room.

19. I still have some questions: – Does the flash memory card have to be bought separately right away, or does the Wii come with a small one (say, 256 Mb) in the box? – Why do you have to synch the flash memory card with the Wii-mote, again? Do I have to buy one card per Wii-mote, or can I synch all of my Wii-motes to the same card? – Someone already answered what would be my question about component cables: so, I have to buy the component attachment right away, huh? Otherwise, it was good to see video evidence that these things do exist!

20. a) It comes with 512MB inbuilt flash memory internaly.It dosnt come with any SD cards, you buy them yourself if you need more then 512MB. (eg, if you want to watch movies off it or something).b) I think the sycn is because the Wiimote keeps a kinda user-ID on it that stores a few basic personal settings. (so if you goto a friends house, you take your charecter &or controll set up with you).Also, as for TP.Has no one read the reviews?Matt, along with many other reviewers have said the Wii version is better due to the controll method by far.Read Matt's review, what he said here is clearly what he beliefs.Also, TP hasnt been delayed any more then Ocarina was.Yes, they spent 6 months doing controll system changes.But you honestly think thats ALL they did?Nonsense.*Both* the Gamecube and TP version are certainly better for having the delay, and you are kidding yourselfs if you think otherwise.Wind Waker was grossly hurt because they refused too delay it. I am glade this game wont be.And I dont see why everyone is soo fearfull of new controlls. Shooting and fishing look perfect from the videos.

21. It was delayed to make it better…yes?So why relese it after the Wii version if is is SOOOO much better. If it shooting and fishing has improved so much more then the demande for the game on Wii should be the same. They are just force feeding you the Wii version.

22. @ Frisby:For the obvious reason of sales, they are delaying the GC version of TP. Not everyone is looking at it the same way you are. Despite what you might think, some average, non-gamer consumers will buy it. If they see this fancy-looking game with their new, affordable, fancy-looking system, they might actually want to buy it. When they look at the GC lable, they'll think of the crappy system that their ten-year-old had them sell to Gamestop to afford an Xbox or PS2 instead.It's all about sales, my friend.And besides, how about giving a new control scheme a chance? People who have been playing this game for months have clearly stated that the old controls feel "clunky," less intuitive. Do you really want to be playing the same Zelda that youv'e been playing for years?In regards to the video: I actually felt that rush of excitement run through me. I cant wait for this thing!

23. touche.I plan to won both versions, but want to play the GNC version first. and while i understand the GNC lable is tanted and could hurt sales…how would this hurt the sales of the wii version??I guess we are just pissing in the wind arguing over nintendos mistakes, but saying the Zelad on Wii is better than the GNC version is like comparing apple control schemes with orange control schemes.

24. I suppose that one (that is, including myself) should not say that the Wii control scheme is better than the GCN control scheme, but to be honest, we'll only need to play the Wii version to find out, as we already know what it'll be like when it hits GCN.And you have to think about it this way: The GCN version is probably going to be cheaper. If the average consumer sees the same game for $40 instead of $50, they are more likely to buy the $40 version. But if they are unaware that there is even going to be a GCN version, they will want to buy the Wii version along with the console itself (whilst probably picking up some new titles for others in the household).It's not about which version is better (neither of us can really prove that thus far). It's about how the average human mind sees it.Just to clear things up, I'm not arguing. I'm just defending my point. I just dont want to seem hostile.

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