Playstation 3 VS Wii

[Isaac]

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2801521

[mousepod]

That's so funny. I actually had no plan to get a new game system (I can count the games I play on my PS2 on one hand), but the Wii does look like fun. Who gives a crap if it's not in HD. Plus, Disney set up a team of game designers exclusively for the Wii...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wait, what did that video have to do with the PS3?

[Alex]

Funny ad.

I have no intention of bying either a PS3 (my PS2 gets about 10 hours of use per year) but must say that what I've seen of the Wii isn't particularly appealing. Especially as people realize that fully simulating movements isn't necessary and just small movements have the same effect.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Funny ad.

I have no intention of bying either a PS3 (my PS2 gets about 10 hours of use per year) but must say that what I've seen of the Wii isn't particularly appealing. Especially as people realize that fully simulating movements isn't necessary and just small movements have the same effect.B'ah. I know I giggled when I ko'd someone on the boxing game, put my hands up in victory only to see my little dude on the screen do the same. That right there was worth something (well, in my case, worth a visit to the in-laws and a free dinner for me...but cool none the less).

[mousepod]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20061113.jpg

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Hot damn...I swear, I stopped listening half way through.

[innerSpaceman]

I don't play video games, never have. The Wii concept (using full body movements even if unnecessary) is the only one I have found even remotely appealing.

Screen play does nothing for me. If you combine it with real play, you have something there (in my admittedly very unique opinion).

[FEJ]

Thats a great ad..it came out shortly after the first virals a couple months ago. A great play on the "Get a Mac" ones. I also love the comic strip Mousepod posted. I am an avid Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com)fan. I plan to get a Wii when they are more readily available. I don't need to wait in line or spend outrageous amount of money to have it now.

(Anyway I am currently addicted to Guitar Hero (http://www.guitarherogame.com/) for the Playstation 2)

[MouseWife]

I didn't view/read your link {sorry zapppop} 'cause I was more interested in the replies. :D {my life is a Cliff Notes edition...}

Ah...I watched my son and friends play the boxing game, it looked like they were having fun. I didn't realize smaller movements could get the same effect.

I like to see them playing games where they can move around {eye toy? and DDR} and I like that. I also like watching play games that make them think.

Alex, 10 hours??? Wow, I won't even say how many hours our systems build up....

Guitar Hero is awesome.

[Alex]

I just bought FF12 so hopefully that'll go up (though I don't think I've ever made it more than halfway through any of the Final Fantasy games).

While cleaning up a couple months ago I came across my copy of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and spend the next couple days beating that. I think that was the only time it was turned on this year.

I think I've finally come to the realization that my console gaming days are behind me. For the FPS and RPGs that I prefer now they just don't compare to PC gaming and I never seem to find the time. I have a couple dozen PS2 games but several of them have probably never event been taken out of the case because they're impulse buys ("This will finally get me to use that damn machine") and then they just gather dust.

[MouseWife]

Wow...I've put even more hours in on 'Bomberman'...:blush:

[Isaac]

(Anyway I am currently addicted to Guitar Hero (http://www.guitarherogame.com/) for the Playstation 2)

LOL ! OMG! I remember I used to play Guitar Hero at GameWorks all the time! It was around the same time I discovered DDR.

[Alex]

Wii have a problem (http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wii have a problem (http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/)
Hah, so I guess Nintendo had definitely done their research when they decided to include the wrist strap with the controlers.

[Stan4dSteph]

Hah, so I guess Nintendo had definitely done their research when they decided to include the wrist strap with the controlers.Except they apparently didn't make them very strong.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Except they apparently didn't make them very strong.
No, people just aren't wearing them 'cause they're pretty dorky. (not that waving your arms around in front of a tv for hours isn't)

[Alex]

Yeah, that is the point of most of the stories: the wrist strap broke.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, that is the point of most of the stories: the wrist strap broke.
Oh yeah, huh, they do say they broke. I was hearing (and seeing anecdotally) that people just weren't wearing them.

[Alex]

I'm sure many aren't. I probably wouldn't since after couple hours of gaming I'd probably have callouses around my wrist that look like I spend my spare time shackled.

[Nephythys]

I just bought FF12 so hopefully that'll go up (though I don't think I've ever made it more than halfway through any of the Final Fantasy games).



Bought it- play it- love it! FF12 (well, most of them) appeals to the OCD gamer in me. I want to get all the espers, do most if not all of the sidequests, level up like a madwoman and kick total butt in Dalmasca.

Yes, I am that much of a dork.

They say you should get to level 40 to beat the game (at minimum) and my characters are already level 40- and I am not even halfway through the game.

LOVE that game-

An XBox 360 will become a member of the family this Christmas- a Wii is next. I'm Nintendo loyal and I know we will get it eventually. The PS3- well, I will wait on that one for a long while.

(number of hours logged on our multiple consoles in our house? prolly hundreds per year)

[Alex]

I've had the game for three weeks now and I still haven't killed Rogue Tomato so it hasn't yet become an instant classic in my house.

[Nephythys]

heh- the Rogue Tomato. LOL

I hope you get into it- good game. Though I understand not getting into it- the general opinion is that FF7 is the BEST of them all- I can't get into it at all. I played a good portion of 8 but did not finish it. X and X-2 are favorites of mine- played them all the way through.

[lizziebith]

I've decided that wii will be the boy's "big gift" this year... in fact, hubby gets to go to Griffith Park to make a deal with a rogue e-Bayer for it. :cool: We've done these crazy deals before so we're not worried. Cold hard cash, for a much-desired toy, exchanged over a bumper in a parking lot in some seedy part of L.A., thrills my inner bad-girl. :D





I reeeaaaallly think I might like playing the "rabbid" game with the kid, which is a major selling point.

[cirquelover]

My husband loved Guitar Hero II so much he went and found #I too. If the kid and I are gone it's guaranteed we'll find him rocking when we get home!

My two love the Wii! They have logged many hours so far. My son says Zelda was wicked awesome! I think he finished it in about 32 hours,

My husband was the one to have the Wii controller fly out of his hand and tried to send it sailing through the big glass window! At least it missed the big flat screen tv!

[Ghoulish Delight]

I just bought 2 used XBox games for $5. One of them's a decently rated racing game, the other is Jet Set Radio.


Hopefully the racing game is fun. I've been out of the gaming loop for so long now, it's scary. My mistake was buying an XBox. I'm really not interested in the whole networked console thing (XBox Live), and the vast majority of XBox games are geared towards it. There are next to no decent non-Live multiplayer games for the XBox, which significantly reduces the probability that I'll play, because these days what I really want from a game is an activity WITH other people. There are some great games (the Burnout series definitely addicted me), but it was mostly a miss for me.

I think I'd really like the Wii, but with how little I currently game, I'd worry that it would be a wasted purchase.

[MouseWife]

Well....I think most adult men seem to think the XBox is a must have. Like, it is the game for men? I don't know. Most of my friends' husbands have one. And, they play on line with co-workers.

Oh man, I will have to make sure the Boy is careful with his controller....We lucked out and made it to Target before they were all gone!!! They had 51 delivered and we got there at 7:30a.m. and got ticket number 32.

This is the Boys' big present so Shhhh!! ;)

I asked him if there was a game he wanted for his brothers' system. :D I guess there is a Super Mario? Eh, there'd better be only one 'cause that's all I remember...

Oh, and while the Hubster waited in the line, I ran in and found a TMX Elmo!! Not for us but a family member who'd searched for it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wow, I just learned that my college roommate has the game designer credit for Guitar Hero II. Good for him!

[MouseWife]

Wow, I just learned that my college roommate has the game designer credit for Guitar Hero II. Good for him!

Clue me in, what is that?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Clue me in, what is that?It's one of the biggest, most addicting sellers for the PS (a couple people have mentioned it in this thread). Surveys have been showing that that game alone is driving sales of the PS consoles.

[Alex]

Lani and I had never heard of Guitar Hero II until a few weeks ago.

We were at Fry's and some guy was playing it on a display (you know when we were kids and would go to the arcade and there was always that old guy hanging around playing games (probably the ancient age of 30 at most)? this was that guy).

We had a married person moment where we both looked at each other and said "that is the stupidest thing ever!"

Then when we got home, she was playing WoW (yes, the irony, it burns) and said to the people she was playing with "you wouldn't believe the stupidest thing we saw today..." and it turned out about half of the people on the raid had it.

[MouseWife]

It's one of the biggest, most addicting sellers for the PS (a couple people have mentioned it in this thread). Surveys have been showing that that game alone is driving sales of the PS consoles.

gawd, dork I am. I read your post again and I get it. He has 'Game Designer' credit. I thought that was 'something' tangible {a card, game, reached secret codes}not a title. :blush:

I have been busy working to pay for said Wii and not slowing down to smell the roses or read posts carefully, I guess.....

I am one of those talking about the Guitar Hero 1 & 2............

Oh my gosh, I never thought it was stupid but I do wish it taught more the chords, how to play a real guitar, etc. But, at least it is getting them into it and how to hold a guitar, etc.

[CoasterMatt]

I had an absolute blast embarrassing myself at Bowling on the Wii last night, and made up for it by blasting a couple of home runs (as Oprah) on Wii Baseball- I absolutely love that system.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh my gosh, I never thought it was stupid but I do wish it taught more the chords, how to play a real guitar, etc. But, at least it is getting them into it and how to hold a guitar, etc.

Yeah, we just had a conversation with him and another friend lamented the fact that, for some reason, they went with 4 buttons instead of 6. While it can hardly actually teach you to play guitar, at least with 6 buttons you could learn a little more about actual chords.

[MouseWife]

A friend of mine didn't like it because it wasn't really like playing a guitar and her son said it was fun and that is good enough for him. They both play guitar. While I wish it did teach, I can get over it and just enjoy it.

You can be Oprah bowling? Do they at least make her pretty? :)

[CoasterMatt]

You can make all sorts of different Wii people...

It was fun watching OJ box VS. Oprah, and we even made a Mick Jagger lookalike :D

[MouseWife]

You can make all sorts of different Wii people...

It was fun watching OJ box VS. Oprah, and we even made a Mick Jagger lookalike :D


Ah, reminds me of that other game...I forget what it is called. They made Chris Cornell. :rolleyes:

You just can't make Chris Cornell, ya know?

Mick Jagger, now that would have been funny. Caricature?

[CoasterMatt]

Well, we started out trying to make a Steven Tyler lookalike, but when we switched to the alien face, it just instantly WOW! It's Mick!

[Jughead P. Jones]

Um...I just bought a PS2... ;D

[MouseWife]

That's cool, JPJ. Hopefully now you can get a lot of great deals on games and accessories. :D

Are you going to try DDR and Guitar Hero?

[mousepod]

Are you going to try DDR and Guitar Hero?

KATAMARI DAMACY!!!

[Gemini Cricket]

My room mate pulled out his Wii during a Christmas party and everyone played with it. And fun times were had by all.
:D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We were at a toy store the other day and found an electric guitar toy that made awesome solo noises when you pretended to play it. I swear, I wish I had it. I wouldn't curse my brother by sending it to his daughter though.

[Matterhorn Fan]

KATAMARI DAMACY!!!
And We Love Katamari. (The music's not as good, but still...)

I need to get myself a PS2 so I can have these at my own home.

[innerSpaceman]

The funnest thing about Wii was creating a cast of characters of tons of friends, and making them look like people you know.

(actual game playing was kinda neat, too. But character lookalike creation was king.)

[Jughead P. Jones]

That's cool, JPJ. Hopefully now you can get a lot of great deals on games and accessories. :D

Are you going to try DDR and Guitar Hero?

Well, since this whole board seems to be such advocates of them, how could I not? :D

[Ghoulish Delight]

The funnest thing about Wii was creating a cast of characters of tons of friends, and making them look like people you know.

(actual game playing was kinda neat, too. But character lookalike creation was king.)
You know, that's what I've found about Nintendo systems over the last several generations. They may not have the most amazing graphics. They may not have the most technically or creatively outstanding games. But consistently, they provide fun. It's a vague thing to measure, but more than any other system I've played with friends, we've had more fun playing various Nintendo systems than any of the others. Perhaps if you're really into the online thing, I can see where the other systems would work better, but for the "Have a bunch of friends over and be entertained by video games" market, Nintendo's got my vote hands down.

[Stan4dSteph]

Nintendo Recalls 3.2 Million Straps for Wii Game (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/16246087.htm)

[Ghoulish Delight]

MSNBC's headline: Wii-call. :rolleyes:

[MouseWife]

JPJ~ LOL Well...it seems a lot of people are in to bucking the system. :evil:

Now what the heck do I do...I purchased the Wii but it is going under the tree...I guess I'll see if they'll send me the new strap...

He doesn't know he is getting it but he said those people must be stupid for those things to happen. Then he went off on how he is tired of people complaining about things that are their fault and how everyone knocks Nintendo and on and on....

He is quite the sarcastic 12 year old.

And I do enjoy telling him he'd better be saving his money for that, what do you call it, a Wii system 'cause mom and dad just can't afford it. He said he will because right now no one can find it anyways. {I wonder if he knows???}

[lizziebith]

Ha! I had almost the same conversation with my boy today (who I'm pretty sure has no idea he's getting one)!

If you are willing to open the box and get the serial number of your wii you can go to the Nintendo site right now and request your replacement strap(s). I'd recommend getting 2-4 since you'll probably buy more controllers than just the one that comes with the set. Also -- you can look and see if you even need the strap, since that box is open: on the site they show the new strap, which they started shipping with sets in December. So depending on when yours was produced you might not actually need a replacement.

We played DDR for nearly an hour in the arcade today and now I want one of those for the home too! I'm addicted -- and it's the only game I can beat the boy at. Maybe I've found a piece of home exercise equipment I'll actually use...;)

[MouseWife]

Hmm. I think we bought it after Thanksgiving...man, this memory...I need to play 'Brainage'.

LOL These boys! I hope neither of them know. I want him to be excited and thrilled. Like the kid in the BMW commercial who got a N64 {then they show how excited they would be getting a BMW...}

Thanks for the info. I will check on the serial number and get busy. Yep, I am sure he'll need it. Oooo!!! Wait! Big dumb me, if you can order more than one, I will have my older son order them as he already has his Wii system!

Doh!!!

I know a lot of people who use the DDR to lose weight. Get in shape. I can't follow the lights. Never did very well at that handheld game where you have to repeat the lights....

{yes, I type as I think....}

[Ghoulish Delight]

People who launch their Wii controllers at damage-inducing speeds are idiots. I just spent a good amount of time playing Madden on it, and at no point did I need to make any movements that, even if I HAD lost my grip, would result in any serious damage.

That being said, DO get the upgraded straps because while your kid is likely not a moron, you can't be so sure of any of his friends (CP's brother's friend let one fly, forunately only hitting some old furniture, no harm done).

Oh, by the way, I played Madden on the Wii. Wheeeee!!!!

[MouseWife]

True. I have wonderful kids who never do anything wrong. :rolleyes:

But they are careful with their things. Unfortunately, some kids seem to enjoy breaking other peoples' things. Thank goodness they do outgrow this. The 19 year olds' friends are very good. The 12 year olds'....well.....I think they are more clumsy and awkward. Or silly?

My poor co-worker. She slept out front of the store and was #17. They only had 15. :(

[wendybeth]

I love my kid, but I wouldn't sleep in a line for a toy for her. However, I did kind of accidentally score a hot item this year: the Nintendo DS Lite. The Girl wanted one (and not one of the pink ones, thank God) and I've seen them all over so I thought I was safe in waiting to get one. Well, I swung by the local Fred Meyers and just sort of as an afterthought stopped by Electronics to see what they were going for now. They had one in the case, and it was onyx colored- perfect! It was also only $129, so I thought I'd better grab it. Another lady joined me in front of the case, and I went to get an employee to open it for us. (I just assumed she was after a PS or X-Box 360). When he opened the case, we both went for the Nintendo. I was just going to let her have it and pick one up later, but she told the guy I was first and fessed up- she'd been to five other places and they were sold out. Sure enough, the employee made some calls and no place he could think of had anymore. Costco had some of the expensive bundled version, but she just wanted the console only, like me. Luckily, the employee told her he had six more coming the next day and would call her when they came in, so hopefully she got one as well.

[MouseWife]

I have to agree with you on that. Love the kid, hate slimy dirty storefronts. Blech!

That was lucky! And that she was honest. :snap:

I was lucky in getting the one we bought, too. Just happened to mention it to the right person and they let me in on it. Well, the UPS guy let everyone in on it but I wasn't there at the time. I didn't get up too early, store opened at 8 and we were there about 7:30. I think I am lucky to have gotten one.

[MouseWife]

A question~

for those of you who Wii:

Is there a way to use a keyboard with it?

My son said he is trying but the link he has won't fit the usb port. {or whatever the lingo that goes with such dealings...:blush: }

Any help/advice is mucho appreciated!