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revlob · 03-11-2006, 02:39 PM

Ok, perhaps it wasn't the greatest example, but you've got to take what you get.

Dezm0nd · 03-11-2006, 07:23 PM

Red Steel scored 90% from Ngamer today and 84% for Super Monkey Ball

Red Steel

“This is an important title. So many launch titles falsely claim to be ‘pick up and play’. Newcomers can pick up and ‘do’, certainly, but this offers a proper playing experience. If you want to see what your Wii can really do, Red Steel is a slice above the rest.”

“Not only making excellent use of the Wii’s controllers, this is huge fun in its own right. For a launch title to get so much right is an indicator of great things to come.

Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz

“A proper return to form for the monkeys and a party game showcase that deserves to be on everyone’s Wii launch shopping list. Impressively solid, hugely entertaining.”

“And that’s what it’s all about. Banana Blitz delivers a riotous amount of fun and proves Wii really is something special.”

Wii Kiosks up and about

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Full list of Nintendo Wii Tour

* Toys 4 Big Boys, Dublin: 10th-12th November
* Good Food Show, London: 10th-12th November
* Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent (A): 16th-18th November
* Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow: 16th-18th November
* Bullring, Birmingham: 16th-18th November
* Churchill Square, Brighton: 16th-18th November
* Good Food Show, Birmingham NEC: 22nd-26th November
* Lakeside, Essex: 23rd-25th November
* UK Golf Show, Birmingham NEC: 24th-26th November
* Meadowhall, Sheffield: 30th November-2nd December
* Cribbs Causeway, Bristol: 30th November-2nd December
* The Oracle, Reading: 30th November-2nd December
* Clotheshow Live 2006, Birmingham NEC: 1st-6th December
* Luton Airport (A): 4th-10th December
* Gatwick North (A): 4th-10th December
* Manchester Metropolitan University: 6th December
* UCD, Dublin University: 6th December
* Arndale Centre, Manchester: 7th-9th December
* Mahon Point, Cork: 7th-10th December
* Gatwick South (A): 11th-17th December
* Stansted Airport (A): 11th-17th December
* Centre MK, Milton Keynes (A): 18th-24th December
* Irn Bru Carnival, Glasgow SECC: 23rd December - 14th January
* The Liberty, Romford: 2nd-7th January
* White Rose, Leeds: 2nd-7th January
* Castlecourt, Belfast: 2nd-7th January
* Brent Cross Shopping Centre, London: 9th-14th January
* The Gyle, Edinburgh: 9th-14th January
* West Quay Centre, Southampton: 9th-14th January
* Bristol University: 17th January
* St David's Centre, Cardiff: 18th-21st January
* Nottingham Trent University: 24th January
* The Shires, Leicester: 25th-27th January
* Sheffield Hallam University: 31st January
* Glasgow University: 31st January
* Trinity College Dublin: 31st January
* Luton Airport (B) : 5th - 11th Feb
* Gatwick South (B): 5th-18th Feb
* Xscape, Braehead: 17th-18th Feb
* The Victoria Centre, Nottingham: 19th-25th Feb
* Gatwick North (B): 19th-25th Feb
* Stansted Airport (B): 19th Feb - 4th March
* Xscape, Castleford Leeds: 24th-25th Feb
* Centre MK, Milton Keynes (B): 28th Feb - 3rd march
* Braehead Shopping Centre, Glasgow: 5th-11th March
* Crufts 2007, Birmingham NEC: 8th-11th March
* Ideal Home Show, Earl's Court London: 9th March - 1st April
* Quad Show, Birmingham NEC: 16th-18th March
* Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent (B): 16th-18th March
* Vitality Show, London Olympia: 29th March - 1st April
* Memorabilia Show, Birmingham NEC: 31st March - 1st April

Cornflakes · 03-11-2006, 09:44 PM

There is an article posted on cvm, concerning the virtual console
link

small summary
-games are drm signed to specific machine
-purchased VC games can be re-downloaded free again
-GC controller can be used for VC games
-Wii classic controller cannot be used for GC games
edit
-VC games are region specific (nothing new)

There is some mentioning of history log of the download VC-games,
the article states that it is logged on the machine locally.
Appearently with the help of the log you can redownload your deleted VC-games.
Not sure if it is an good idea or maybe the NOE guy doesn't know what he is talking about.
I hope it is not true and that purchased games are somehow
log on an nintendo (server) account, in case ones machine breaks.

NecronomiconUK · 03-11-2006, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Will you be able to buy VC Points via the internet through Wii using a credit card, like you can with Xbox 360's Marketplace?

Nintendo: Yes. Wii points can also be bought online via the Wii Shop using all major credit cards and will be credited to your account. A total of 10,000 points can be stored on your Wii account at any one time.

I win

JamesBelsey · 04-11-2006, 08:47 AM

Finally managed to have a play on a Wii today at the local shopping centre here, which just happened to be the first stop on the Australian Wii tour

Had a quick 2 player go on Wii Play, playing the Duck Hunt and Air Hockey games, but it was good fun. The controller didn't feel very precise, but after a little while I got used to it. Then had a play on Wario Ware, which was great fun as usual, it was almost as much fun watching other people play it too!

Just hope I get one for launch

EDIT: They also had Wii Sports, Zelda and Excite Truck there, Zelda was visually less impressive than the others, as all the Wii specific games looked much smoother around the edges, but the people playing it looked like they were having fun, personally though, I've got no interest in Zelda. Only had a brief look at Excite Truck, but it didn't inspire me to queue up to play it.

Mullins1986 · 04-11-2006, 12:38 PM

is the wario game going to be one of the release games does anyone know ?

i have been a nintendo fan since the nes days and although they let me down somewhat with the lack of n64 support i think the Wii will bring them back into the contendership with MS, I think Sony have buggered themselves up with the delays and expensive price the PS3 is claimed to be