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Title: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on February 27, 2009, 02:25:01 PM
http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=26415

 :gloomy :'(  :gloomy
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 27, 2009, 02:54:33 PM
Awesome! A link I can't read at work!!
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Post by: Jansen on February 27, 2009, 02:56:15 PM
ASK ME NICELY AND I MIGHT POST THE CONTENTS FOR YOU
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Post by: Bebpo on February 27, 2009, 02:56:56 PM
I thought it's coming to XBLA also like Crystal Defenders.
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Post by: FatalT on February 27, 2009, 02:57:39 PM
Awesome! A link I can't read at work!!

RATING INFORMATION     

FINAL FANTASY IV: The After Years

Platform: Wii

Rating: Everyone

Content descriptors: Alcohol Reference, Mild Fantasy Violence

Rating summary: This is a 2D role-playing game in which players embark on an adventure involving magical crystals and a mysterious kingdom. Players traverse across a field map or through dungeons and can enter into turn-based battles along the way. Players use a menu screen to select attacks or magic spells against tiny enemies (e.g., leopards, birds, knights, fish monsters, etc.) that blink and disappear when defeated. An item called "Bacchus Wine" is occasionally used to defeat enemies in battle.
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Post by: GilloD on February 27, 2009, 02:59:30 PM
IV blows.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on February 27, 2009, 02:59:42 PM
I thought it's coming to XBLA also like Crystal Defenders.

i hope so
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Post by: Herr Mafflard on February 27, 2009, 03:01:06 PM
How many FF4 fans would care about this tripe? ::)

More importantly, how many FF4 fans own a wii?
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 27, 2009, 03:01:19 PM
Wasn't Crystal Defenders first announced as Wiiware and then for PSN/XBLA?

How many FF4 fans would care about this tripe? ::)

I care. FF4 is my favorite game of all time.
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Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on February 27, 2009, 03:04:27 PM
Crystal Defenders R1 (http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=26403) and R2 (http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=26412) are listed only for the Wii on the ESRB site.

so it looks like the Wii has locked down the Square Enix downloadable software support.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on February 27, 2009, 03:08:56 PM
what's the difference between R1, R2, and just plain old crystal defenders?
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Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on February 27, 2009, 03:13:43 PM
what's the difference between R1, R2, and just plain old crystal defenders?
I'm guessing its more of Square Enix's DLC tomfoolery, like they did with My Life as a King and Space Invaders Get Even where you just couldn't buy the whole game at once.
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Post by: tiesto on February 27, 2009, 03:22:11 PM
How many FF4 fans would care about this tripe? ::)

More importantly, how many FF4 fans own a wii?

I do, to both points...
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on February 27, 2009, 03:25:52 PM
oh so the psn and xbla versions of defenders are going to be the whole game. cool
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Post by: Himu on February 27, 2009, 03:55:20 PM
I love IV.

But I'm not playing this. I'm not playing any FF sequel, unless it's FFVIII or something. FFVII's sequels and shit have ruined the game for me. I won't let them ruin FFIV for me too.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on February 27, 2009, 04:21:16 PM
IV blows.

Wow, you should just log off right about now
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Post by: GilloD on February 27, 2009, 04:22:44 PM
IV blows.

Wow, you should just log off right about now

Wait, which one is IV? Is it the magic Crystals one or the Cecil/Kane one?
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on February 27, 2009, 04:23:46 PM
Cecil Kain

And magic crystals
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Post by: Third on February 27, 2009, 04:41:10 PM
Buy it and do a softmod.
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Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on February 27, 2009, 04:48:03 PM
DO IT
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Post by: MCD on February 27, 2009, 04:50:59 PM
and i'm selling mine tomorrow, good riddance.
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Post by: GilloD on February 27, 2009, 04:51:44 PM
Cecil Kain

And magic crystals

Okay I lied, I love IV.
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Post by: treythemovie on March 01, 2009, 02:08:31 AM
I thought it's coming to XBLA also like Crystal Defenders.

My doubts about that have been increasing since that rumor first popped up. The original rumor was extremely flimsy  (http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/01/rumor-final-fan.html) and if it was going to happen you'd think it would have popped up with the Wii version just now. And at least with the Wii there is a somewhat likelyhood that its userbase had played FFIV at some point between the SNES, GBA and DS versions.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: bork on March 01, 2009, 02:51:45 AM
Wasn't this a cell phone game originally? 

So this is what the Wii has been reduced to.
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on March 01, 2009, 03:13:11 AM
Jesus Christ.  My list of wanted Wii games this year is closing in on thirty. This isn't supposed to happen to Nintendo consoles.

To be realistic about 5 of them are just likely localizations that haven't been confirmed, 4 are gamecube ports, 1 ps2 port, 1 ps1 remake, a ninja turtle game by ubisoft, and questionable weaksauce shit like Drum King and MySims Racing to satiate some manchild yearnings I have. But goddam, if they ever fix the storage issue its going to hurt to restrain myself doubly so. I'm kind of hoping most of these games are terrible so I can ignore them.

edit: shit, I just realised I want to rebuy WiiFit and pick up Shaun White.  Luckily alot of Wii games have a nice trend of price collapsing after about two months. That could help. 
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: cool breeze on March 01, 2009, 03:29:37 AM
At least for the next the end of June (based on what is listed) I'm only getting two Wii games; MadWorld and Kororinpa 2 are sure buys with The Conduit bumped down to rental.  I was thinking about getting Pikmin on the Wii, but I already own it on the gamecube, the controls are great in that version, and I have no problem playing a game in 4:3.  I can't imagine picking out 30 games.
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Post by: treythemovie on March 01, 2009, 03:44:20 AM
4 are gamecube ports, 1 ps2 port, 1 ps1 remake, and questionable weaksauce shit like Drum King and MySims Racing to satiate some manchild yearnings I have.

 :wstupid
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on March 01, 2009, 04:00:30 AM
Punchout
Excitebots (blind excite fanboy faith)
Boom Blox 2
Mad World
Kororinpa 2
PES 09
Klonoa (ps1 remake)
Wii Sports Resort (mostly for the peripheral)
Muramusa
Little King's Story
Major Minor's Majestic March
Sin and Punishment 2
Phantom Brave(ps2 port)
TMNT ubisoft (nostalgia purchase )
Grand Slam Tennis / Virtua Tennis (need to see m+ integration first)
Tiger Woods (ditto)
Anno Wii
NPC Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Likely localisations:
Monster Hunter 3
Endless Ocean 2
NPC Metroid Prime
NPC Pikmin 2
NPC Chibi Robo

Probably shit, but I would like a kart racer without mascots so I'm keeping an eye on the mysims racing thing.  Drum King... I dunno, its a dual wiimote drum game and thats been a nerdy fantasy of mine since the system was announced.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on March 01, 2009, 04:12:07 AM
hey, Wii owners, don't forget about Broken Sword: The Directors Cut, or I will sodomize your loved ones with a toilet plunger.
or be snarky about the game's financial failure.  Either of those.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on March 01, 2009, 04:21:52 AM
Isn't that a graphic adventure game like those lucasarts relics? Not interested, sorry I'm part of the problem.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on March 01, 2009, 05:14:52 AM
what the fuck have you done to my thread?
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on March 01, 2009, 05:43:33 AM
The thread where you want to buy a $250 waggle box for a square enix cell phone rpg?  I guess someone mentioning they wants game made me think of how hopelessly careless I can be in my purchasing decisions too.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on March 01, 2009, 05:46:38 AM
I'm glad it is coming to wiiware. :arr
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: cool breeze on March 01, 2009, 10:59:54 AM
Punchout
Excitebots (blind excite fanboy faith)
Boom Blox 2
Mad World
Kororinpa 2
PES 09
Klonoa (ps1 remake)
Wii Sports Resort (mostly for the peripheral)
Muramusa
Little King's Story
Major Minor's Majestic March
Sin and Punishment 2
Phantom Brave(ps2 port)
TMNT ubisoft (nostalgia purchase )
Grand Slam Tennis / Virtua Tennis (need to see m+ integration first)
Tiger Woods (ditto)
Anno Wii
NPC Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Likely localisations:
Monster Hunter 3
Endless Ocean 2
NPC Metroid Prime
NPC Pikmin 2
NPC Chibi Robo

Probably shit, but I would like a kart racer without mascots so I'm keeping an eye on the mysims racing thing.  Drum King... I dunno, its a dual wiimote drum game and thats been a nerdy fantasy of mine since the system was announced.

I forgot about Sin and Punishment 2, Boom Blox 2 and Klonoa.  I'll probably be forced to get Wii Sports Resort too.  Need to see more on Punch Out and Little King Story before I decide to get those.
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Post by: Guybrush Threepwood on March 01, 2009, 12:35:41 PM
Has there been any word on if Punchout Wii will have classic controls or just motion controls?

That's a major deal-breaker for me.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on March 01, 2009, 12:48:59 PM
Phantom Brave port?  LAWL
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 03, 2009, 12:13:46 PM
Punchout
Excitebots (blind excite fanboy faith)
Boom Blox 2
Mad World
Kororinpa 2
PES 09
Klonoa (ps1 remake)
Wii Sports Resort (mostly for the peripheral)
Muramusa
Little King's Story
Major Minor's Majestic March
Sin and Punishment 2
Phantom Brave(ps2 port)
TMNT ubisoft (nostalgia purchase )
Grand Slam Tennis / Virtua Tennis (need to see m+ integration first)
Tiger Woods (ditto)
Anno Wii
NPC Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Likely localisations:
Monster Hunter 3
Endless Ocean 2
NPC Metroid Prime
NPC Pikmin 2
NPC Chibi Robo

Probably shit, but I would like a kart racer without mascots so I'm keeping an eye on the mysims racing thing.  Drum King... I dunno, its a dual wiimote drum game and thats been a nerdy fantasy of mine since the system was announced.

Wii fanboy AND you have a Korn avatar. I can't imagine a worse human being.
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on March 03, 2009, 02:17:40 PM
Judgemental people who use personal preferences as criteria are pretty shitty Bob.  Do you hate gays by any chance?
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Post by: Cheebs on March 03, 2009, 02:31:45 PM
Korn lol
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on March 03, 2009, 02:38:03 PM
Korn : ]
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 03, 2009, 03:23:58 PM
Should be ashamed of yourself.
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Post by: Tucah on March 03, 2009, 03:29:20 PM
I'm looking forward to this, FFIV is one of the few FF games I love.

This and probably Madworld (I'd be more sold on it if RE5 didn't come out three days later) will keep my Wii sort of busy for a little while.
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Post by: Trent Dole on March 03, 2009, 03:53:30 PM
:piss (http://www.evilbore.com/forum/avatars/Musicians/Korn.jpg) :piss2
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on March 03, 2009, 04:16:47 PM
Should be ashamed of yourself.

No, I shouldn't. I should feel about myself how I do feel.  What you're actually saying is "you need to think like me".

:rofl
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Lafiel on March 03, 2009, 05:34:29 PM
It's worth getting a wii but not for FF4.
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Post by: Guybrush Threepwood on March 03, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
It's worth getting a wii but not for FF4.

:sp0rsk1 :sp0rsk1
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on March 03, 2009, 06:47:17 PM
aside from the after and madworld there isn't anything else on the wii that i really want to play

anyways the urge has passed. maybe next year nintendo!
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on March 03, 2009, 06:48:54 PM
There is no good reason to own a Wii unless you want to distract your grandmother when she comes over to visit.
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Post by: demi on March 03, 2009, 08:42:07 PM
aside from the after and madworld there isn't anything else on the wii that i really want to play

anyways the urge has passed. maybe next year nintendo!

Not even ARC RISE FANTASIA!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_Rise_Fantasia
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on March 03, 2009, 08:57:01 PM
There is no good reason to own a Wii unless you want to distract your grandmother when she comes over to visit.

Or if you genuinely like Nintendo games.  Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, MP3 were all great.

The system looks very nice next to my 360.  I'm getting the most out of my next gen experience that way.
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Post by: Jansen on April 16, 2009, 08:59:03 PM
i bought a wii component cable off of monoprice

help me :(
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Post by: pilonv1 on April 16, 2009, 09:05:17 PM
leper jansen
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 16, 2009, 09:18:33 PM
Buy it and hack your wii with USB Loader. Wiis are ok to buy now since you get teh free gaems

Unless it's a 4.0 virgin wii then you're fucked and you should kill yourself
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on April 16, 2009, 09:45:38 PM
 Klonoa, punch-out, and boom blox 2 next month.
Klonoa is $30. Excitebots for $40 next week.
Motionplus in june.
:hyper
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Post by: Bebpo on April 16, 2009, 10:00:42 PM
Klonoa might not be any good.  I bought the import and only played a little but it honestly didn't seem much better than playing it on PS1. Then again I only played the first level.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 16, 2009, 10:10:48 PM
Buy it and hack your wii with USB Loader. Wiis are ok to buy now since you get teh free gaems

Unless it's a 4.0 virgin wii then you're fucked and you should kill yourself

Hey, wait.  Can you hack a 3.4 wii without Twilight Princess?  I was planning on hacking my JPN Wii that's 3.4 so I don't have to keep plugging in my US Wii everytime I want to play a US game, but I thought you needed to buy TP to hack it. 

If you can do it without TP that would save me $40-50 of importing a used copy of Zelda that I don't need (already own the US version).  So yeah, tell me about this USB Loader thing.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 16, 2009, 10:12:12 PM
You cant hack anything without TP right now, but theres supposed to be a new little exploit happening coming up

USB Loader is the program that lets you play the free games
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 16, 2009, 10:16:03 PM
I understand the American release of Klonoa got some fine tuning(mo difficulty please?).  In any event I'm buying the shit outta that even if it is easier then Paris Hilton.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 16, 2009, 10:18:26 PM
You cant hack anything without TP right now, but theres supposed to be a new little exploit happening coming up

USB Loader is the program that lets you play the free games

Oh, ok.  Well I guess I will import a used TP copy.  It's still worth it if I can have a region free wii.

I would have modded my US Wii and used that since I have TP US but Madworld made it 4.0 ;_;
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Post by: demi on April 16, 2009, 10:25:28 PM
MadWorld doesnt make Wiis 4.0

You updated via other means - either shop channel or internet test connection
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Post by: Bebpo on April 16, 2009, 10:31:52 PM
MadWorld doesnt make Wiis 4.0

You updated via other means - either shop channel or internet test connection

Hmmmmm...maybe mine is not 4.0?  Lemme check.  But yeah I might've updated it for something stupid.
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Post by: Bebpo on April 16, 2009, 10:42:20 PM
oh, hey.  It's 3.4U. 
Well I know what I'm hacking tomorrow!

Is there any danger of things once a Wii is hacked?  Like imagine if you give the hacked Wii to a non-gamer and they keep it and buy and play games and do official updates whenever the system asks them to.  Could Nintendo make an update that will basically kill a hacked system?

I kinda told my brother I was giving him my US Wii to keep permanently at some point.  Right now he just keeps it most of the time and I steal it when there are US games I want to play.  But at some point I'll give it to him.  But I don't want to give him a system that is going to brick on him down the line when he buys Mario Kart 22 or whatever.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 16, 2009, 10:43:55 PM
If you just install Homebrew Channel, nothing will go wrong. Danger comes into play when you start dabbling with IOS files, and making custom channels, etc.

But I dont touch any of that gay stuff.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 16, 2009, 10:46:16 PM
If you just install Homebrew Channel, nothing will go wrong. Danger comes into play when you start dabbling with IOS files, and making custom channels, etc.

But I dont touch any of that gay stuff.

Do I need to mess with that stuff to make the system region free?  I looked around and saw it was called Gecko something.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 16, 2009, 10:57:10 PM
Yeah you need GeckoOS but that is run from HBC, doesnt require any fancy stuff

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Gecko_OS
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Post by: Bebpo on April 16, 2009, 10:59:58 PM
Cool.  Thanks.

Will be hacking tomorrow!
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: cool breeze on April 16, 2009, 11:23:26 PM
I'm picking up Klonoa, but I'm thinking about passing on Excitebots, at least not getting it right away.  The more videos I see of it the worse it looks, and I still haven't finished ExciteTrucks yet, so no need to move on.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 17, 2009, 03:27:09 AM
Straight up, if I were to go out and buy a new Wii today, what would the odds of me getting an unhackable one be?
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 17, 2009, 03:28:09 AM
Slim, but possible
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on April 17, 2009, 03:57:45 AM
I'm picking up Klonoa, but I'm thinking about passing on Excitebots, at least not getting it right away.  The more videos I see of it the worse it looks, and I still haven't finished ExciteTrucks yet, so no need to move on.

C'mon its like beastwars+warioware+burnout+hydrothunder!
Super Sandwich! Great Fish!
press start!
*********
pause game!
***********
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Post by: dark1x on April 17, 2009, 08:59:08 AM
Yeah, I also noticed that my Wii is only 3.4U.  I thought it was 4.0!  Finally, something I can do with the Wii!
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Post by: demi on April 17, 2009, 09:14:59 AM
4.0 is when the SD card icon is in the corner
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 17, 2009, 02:19:06 PM
Hey demi, where can I buy a "non-secure SD card" to hack my wii?

I have some SDHC cards for my camera but I read Wii doesn't work with those until 4.0.  So I need to buy a cheap SD card.  How do I tell if it's "non-secure" when I go to buy one?
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 17, 2009, 02:25:10 PM
Buy one that clearly doesnt state its SDHC

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memory-SDSDB-2048-A11-Retail-Package/dp/B0009RGLSE
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 17, 2009, 02:36:41 PM
Buy one that clearly doesnt state its SDHC

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memory-SDSDB-2048-A11-Retail-Package/dp/B0009RGLSE

Well, I mean with the normal SD cards it seems there are "secure" and "non-secure" ones and the secure ones won't work for hacking?  Will the Sandisk SD cards work?  If so I'll just grab one at Best Buy today so I can hack it.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 17, 2009, 02:37:18 PM
I use that same exact SD card - except mine is 128MB
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 17, 2009, 02:40:02 PM
Awesome.  Best Buy here I come!
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 02:53:58 PM
aside from muramasa and the after what other wii games are worth playing/coming out?

also what VC and wiiware games are worth a shit

anything emcee suggests is automatically discounted

oh and if i can't install homebrew is there another way to play imports?
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 17, 2009, 02:56:22 PM
No
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Post by: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 03:06:10 PM
i thought there was a freeloader or some shit

http://www.renchi.com/renchi/Wii_Accessories_Freeloader_US_Version.htm

there is!

ahh shit

Quote
You can continue to use Wii Freeloader perfectly with any Wii console running firmware 3.2 and below

:(
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 17, 2009, 03:07:20 PM
Patched, Freeloader doesnt work anymore cause Datel is a bunch of code stealing shitheels
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 17, 2009, 03:08:23 PM
i thought there was a freeloader or some shit

http://www.renchi.com/renchi/Wii_Accessories_Freeloader_US_Version.htm

there is!

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond Datel's control Wii Freeloader is not compatible with Wii firmware 3.3 and higher (released as an online update 17/06/2008).

You can continue to use Wii Freeloader perfectly with any Wii console running firmware 3.2 and below.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 03:16:56 PM
hmm i get one for 206$ through amazon warehouse deals

really tempting!
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 17, 2009, 03:18:29 PM
hmm i get one for 206$ through amazon warehouse deals

really tempting!

Yeah that's what I did last month. Everything inside was new, only issue was the box had a couple of dents on it.

It had FW 3.3 on it but I rented TP through Gamefly and downgraded to 3.2
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on April 17, 2009, 03:19:02 PM
aside from muramasa and the after what other wii games are worth playing/coming out?

also what VC and wiiware games are worth a shit

anything emcee suggests is automatically discounted

oh and if i can't install homebrew is there another way to play imports?

I recommend muramusa already.  Same company is releasing Little King's Story.
Sorry I have better sense than to buy a shitty cellphone rpg.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 03:24:13 PM
hmm i get one for 206$ through amazon warehouse deals

really tempting!

Yeah that's what I did last month. Everything inside was new, only issue was the box had a couple of dents on it.

It had FW 3.3 on it but I rented TP through Gamefly and downgraded to 3.2

sweet. i think that's what i'll do

where's a cheap place to get an sd + reader for the TP hack?
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on April 17, 2009, 03:25:04 PM
Alright you know what I'm not going to answer any more hack questions

Theres plenty of sites out there
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 03:40:46 PM
ur a meanie :P

i already found a site that explains everything and has links to all the shit you need to download

now i just need to pull the trigger. what a sad day this is

the deed is done :(
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 17, 2009, 08:57:02 PM
I gotta hold off hacking my Wii until that SD card arrives from mail order.  My nurse says I'm not supposed to go out yet in the real world and my brother wouldn't go to best buy and buy the card for me >_<  So probably no hacking until tuesday/wed.  Can't believe I was foiled by an SD card.  I had just assumed my SDHC cards I use for my camera were going to work.  Should've known Nintendo's SD card support would be 10 years out of date just like everything else in the hardware.

the deed is done :(

It's not so bad.  Madworld is fun for 4 hours and No More Heroes is great.  Mario Galaxy is REALLY GOOD, Brawl is fun if you have offline friends.  DQ Swords is a cool arcade DQ experience and Fire Emblem is Fire Emblem.  Symphonia 2 sucks ass though so I'd avoid.

Definitely enough games to make it worth owning even if it's not enough games to make the system particularly good.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 19, 2009, 12:38:20 AM
I ended up borrowing an SD card from a friend last night and doing the hacking dance and I was surprised how quick and easy it was!  The twilight hack takes like 3 mins total.  Easier than hacking a psp!  A modded Wii is kinda cool.  The region free thing is nice and has some decent options.  The Wii goes from being absolutely useless to maybe semi-useful when hacked.  :)
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: tiesto on April 19, 2009, 11:57:28 AM
aside from muramasa and the after what other wii games are worth playing/coming out?

also what VC and wiiware games are worth a shit

anything emcee suggests is automatically discounted

oh and if i can't install homebrew is there another way to play imports?

Wii: It's worth playing the first Kororinpa, the second one doesn't control as well. But the first one is addicting as all hell. Other than that, umm... Well the trio of Mario, Zelda and Smash. Zack and Wiki seemed cool from what little I've played. I've always been curious about Opoona myself. Upcoming, there's Sin and Punishment 2 and Punch Out. Arc Rise Fantasia looks pretty cool, as does Muramasa and Little King's Story. And of course waaaay further in the pipeline, DQX.

VC: Phantasy Star 2 and 4, Ys Book 1 and 2, Sin and Punishment, Wonder Boy III: Dragon's Curse, SOM, Shining Force 1 and 2, DoReMi Fantasy, Soldier Blade, Lords of Thunder, MUSHA, Shinobi 3, the obvious big name Nintendo and Sega games... even though the VC's release schedule sucks nowadays, there are a lot of great games already on the platform.

WiiWare: Cubello is pretty fun, that's about it so far. World of Goo was overrated as fuck.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on April 19, 2009, 12:15:45 PM
Arc Rise Fantasia looks awful imo.  duckroll read an interview with the developers and they said they made the graphics and image quality terrible on purpose to keep the load times down....wtf.  It looks worse than almost any jrpg on GC, which is sad.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on April 19, 2009, 12:52:46 PM
isn't arc rise 480i?

the videos at gametrailers look awful. no way does the game look that bad

ohhh fragile looks pretty sweet
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: treythemovie on April 19, 2009, 03:20:02 PM
Arc Rise Fantasia looks awful imo.  duckroll read an interview with the developers and they said they made the graphics and image quality terrible on purpose to keep the load times down....wtf.  It looks worse than almost any jrpg on GC, which is sad.
I've never understood people who praise the game's graphics in every thread. Everything looks horrid from the environments to the character models. Oh well, at least the load times might be kept down in the developers are true to their word (could you imagine those shitty graphics + Tales-of-the-abyss like loading times? UGHHH).
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on April 19, 2009, 03:33:01 PM
wtf fragile hasn't been announced for localization?!

screw you namco
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: cool breeze on April 19, 2009, 03:41:41 PM
I'm right there with you, Jansen.  Fragile looks great, but the bastards aren't planning to bring it to America or Europe.  At least if it was a Euro cheaper release I can import and play in English.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on April 23, 2009, 07:03:37 PM
oh my i dont remember the gamecube ver of TP looking this bad.

at least i can install the homebrew channel on this wii
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Jansen on May 01, 2009, 04:45:28 PM
are there any worthwhile wiiware games for this thing?

help me out here :)
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on May 01, 2009, 05:17:45 PM
Bit.trip Beat - okay game, just gets a but full of itself
Tetris Party - pretty fun if you aren't burnt out on Tetris already
Dr. Mario - great if you happen to have friends that are into it (online)
Bomberman Blast - another really fun online game, unfortunately the general distinguished mentally-challenged-ness of Friend Codes kinda ruins it
Toki Tori - awesome if you like quazi-Lemmings puzzle games
Bubble Bobble Plus! - Not yet out in the US because NoA is stupid
Star Soldier R - decent shooter, one of the only games where I actually cared about leaderboards and stuff
Gradius ReBirth - kinda crappy for a Gradius game but whatever, it's worth pirating at least
Gyrostarr - Tube shooter, kinda gets old quickly
LostWinds - ok platformer
Space Invaders Get Even - really fun RTS hybrid, the forced DLC kinda sucks though
TV Show King - actually decent if you have friends over
Alien Crush Returns

Art Style: Rotohex and Orbient I thought were a lot of fun, too.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on May 02, 2009, 08:52:25 AM
are there any worthwhile wiiware games for this thing?

help me out here :)

*tumbleweed*
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: dark1x on May 02, 2009, 12:00:43 PM
I'm right there with you, Jansen.  Fragile looks great, but the bastards aren't planning to bring it to America or Europe.  At least if it was a Euro cheaper release I can import and play in English.
I played the Japanese version.  It has a lot of good ideas, but the game itself really isn't all that good.  It also demands that your Wii-mote is functioning at 100%.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Bebpo on May 02, 2009, 01:28:44 PM
I'm right there with you, Jansen.  Fragile looks great, but the bastards aren't planning to bring it to America or Europe.  At least if it was a Euro cheaper release I can import and play in English.
I played the Japanese version.  It has a lot of good ideas, but the game itself really isn't all that good.  It also demands that your Wii-mote is functioning at 100%.

What does that mean?  I was planning on playing Fragile some day.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 29, 2009, 09:42:48 PM
XSEED will release the North American version of Fragile this winter.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: demi on May 29, 2009, 09:44:18 PM
I'm interested in Fragile, Arc Rise, Ju-On. XSEED is getting my GameFly a good workout.
Title: Re: urge to buy a wii is rising!
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 29, 2009, 10:58:37 PM
I'm interested in Fragile, Arc Rise, Ju-On. XSEED is getting my GameFly a good workout.

A Ju-On game? Is it related to the movies?