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11-12-2006, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Lambertville, NJ
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10 things you may not know about the Wii
If you've been paying attention to every bit of Wii news and trivia over the past months, you might know all of the following facts about Nintendo's newest system. For those of you not so in the know, here are some factoids we picked up on while tinkering this weekend.
- It doesn't play CDs, but it plays AVIs off your digital camera's SD card.
- The flaps that protect the Gamecube controllers and memory card slots are removable.
- Wii Sports includes training and workout modes.
- You can let one remote control all four players in Wii Sports: Tennis.
- It takes five pieces of heart to make a heart container in Zelda: Twilight Princess
- The box includes two clear plastic holders: one for the sensor bar and another that acts as a stabilizer for the thick, gray console stand
- When used as a pointer, the Wii detects how far the remote is from the sensor bar.
- The system keeps track of your cumulative play time for all games, and logs it on your Wii's daily message board.
- The standard A/V cables that have worked on every Nintendo system since the SNES do not work on the Wii (the system-side input is different)
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11-12-2006, 07:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tustin, CA
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PSN ID: Aetherhole
Wii ID: 5761 3691 3663 1313
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how does the controller control 4 players all at once?!
The Wii still has me intrigued...
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11-12-2006, 09:10 PM
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how does the controller control 4 players all at once?!
The Wii still has me intrigued...
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11-12-2006, 09:12 PM
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Kunoichi lover!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Ohio
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I wish it would launch already, just for the simple fact that I want to see how the market reacts.
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11-13-2006, 12:12 AM
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I agree! I was at EB on Friday night and they had a playable demo unit in and there was a huge line to play it!! It was insane!
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11-13-2006, 07:25 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Terrace Bay, ON (eh!)
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I plan on picking up one of these units. My wife is not really into gaming, but she did have lots of fun playing Mariocart 64. I am hoping that this will allow us to spend more time together...
Plus, the remote seems "neat"!
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11-13-2006, 08:19 AM
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yeah, not to mention it plays all of the gamecube games and such as well!
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11-13-2006, 09:15 AM
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yeah, not to mention it plays all of the gamecube games and such as well!
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11-17-2006, 10:03 AM
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Do the cube controllers work for the download games, or do you have to buy the other Wii controller for them?
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11-17-2006, 10:38 AM
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PGL to the Core
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There's a "classic controller" which is like 20 bucks, if I'm not mistaken that works for all the old games
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11-18-2006, 10:09 AM
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Posts from the Bathroom
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Yeah...I saw the demo unit at Target last night. Pretty interesting. I don't know if I am sold on one, but it definitely gets points for being different.
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