I'm seriously considering taking this site off my bookmarks list. Not because it's not a great site, but because I'm sick and tired of all the whining comments from a bunch of spoiled brats who want everything RIGHT NOW. If there was a way to turn off comments, I'd be all over that.
First they started releasing titles 3-4 at a time, but everyone whined that they were crappy. There were even comments that you'd rather get 1 GOOD game a week rather than 4 bad ones. Well, now that 2008 is here apparently Nintendo has decided to do exactly that, and guess what... EVERYONE'S STILL WHINING!
I have literally NEVER seen a week of Wii releases where someone didn't have something to complain about, US and Europe gamers alike. It gets really old after awhile.
Have you guys considered that maybe, just maybe, you don't NEED a brand new game to play every single week?? I haven't even managed to get through half of the games I bought last year, and have had to slow down my purchases to give myself more time to do so. Because of that, there are several great games available on the service currently that I don't yet own and am looking forward to playing after I've had my fill of the current ones eating up my Wii's memory. I can't believe that you guys seriously are finding a lack of games to play. According to this site, there are 205 games available between NA and EU. Have you seriously bought them all? Even if only half of those are good ones, you've still got over a hundred games to play!
Maybe Nintendo should move to a monthly release schedule, so they can release 4 games at once and they'll all be at least decent, if not all great... maybe that would shut people up -- but more likely they'd just whine about how long they'll have to wait for the next batch......
"their points about wired controls giving better response times gives me pause"
I'd be wary of listening to closely to that. My gut reaction is that this is just marketting BS.
Think about it -- they could go to the trouble of making an expansion for the Wiimote, come up with a way to design a controller with Bluetooth to interface directly with the Wii, or just save themselves the trouble and make it for the Gamecube, which just so happens to be Wii-compatible. The only drawback is they have to make it wired, so how to put a spin on that? Tell people that wireless lags.
I have never noticed any lag whatsoever playing Wii or VC games with my wireless controller, thanks very much. =P
Also, regarding what it will work for, it seems to me that any controller that can plug into the GC port has to be a GC controller. That means it's compatible with Gamecube (duh) and all Virtual Console games (currently every game supports play with a GC controller), as well as any Wii game that supports a GC controller.
"most people have their Wii set up in such a way that having cords from a controller is cumbersome!"
That's really the clincher for me. It looks like a cool stick for fighting games, but I've been too spoiled with wireless controllers to want to spend $40 for a wired one. That and I have to wonder how well an analogue still will function in games that were designed for digital input, even with the inclusion of "resting points".
I'll wait for the reviews on this one (and maybe a cordless version? One can hope...)
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Re: EU VC Releases - 1st February - Adventures of Lolo 2
I'm seriously considering taking this site off my bookmarks list. Not because it's not a great site, but because I'm sick and tired of all the whining comments from a bunch of spoiled brats who want everything RIGHT NOW. If there was a way to turn off comments, I'd be all over that.
First they started releasing titles 3-4 at a time, but everyone whined that they were crappy. There were even comments that you'd rather get 1 GOOD game a week rather than 4 bad ones. Well, now that 2008 is here apparently Nintendo has decided to do exactly that, and guess what... EVERYONE'S STILL WHINING!
I have literally NEVER seen a week of Wii releases where someone didn't have something to complain about, US and Europe gamers alike. It gets really old after awhile.
Have you guys considered that maybe, just maybe, you don't NEED a brand new game to play every single week?? I haven't even managed to get through half of the games I bought last year, and have had to slow down my purchases to give myself more time to do so. Because of that, there are several great games available on the service currently that I don't yet own and am looking forward to playing after I've had my fill of the current ones eating up my Wii's memory. I can't believe that you guys seriously are finding a lack of games to play. According to this site, there are 205 games available between NA and EU. Have you seriously bought them all? Even if only half of those are good ones, you've still got over a hundred games to play!
Maybe Nintendo should move to a monthly release schedule, so they can release 4 games at once and they'll all be at least decent, if not all great... maybe that would shut people up -- but more likely they'd just whine about how long they'll have to wait for the next batch......
Re: EU VC Releases - 16th November - Double Dribble
*insert whine*
Re: The Shaft - Virtual Console joystick
"their points about wired controls giving better response times gives me pause"
I'd be wary of listening to closely to that. My gut reaction is that this is just marketting BS.
Think about it -- they could go to the trouble of making an expansion for the Wiimote, come up with a way to design a controller with Bluetooth to interface directly with the Wii, or just save themselves the trouble and make it for the Gamecube, which just so happens to be Wii-compatible. The only drawback is they have to make it wired, so how to put a spin on that? Tell people that wireless lags.
I have never noticed any lag whatsoever playing Wii or VC games with my wireless controller, thanks very much. =P
Also, regarding what it will work for, it seems to me that any controller that can plug into the GC port has to be a GC controller. That means it's compatible with Gamecube (duh) and all Virtual Console games (currently every game supports play with a GC controller), as well as any Wii game that supports a GC controller.
Re: The Shaft - Virtual Console joystick
"most people have their Wii set up in such a way that having cords from a controller is cumbersome!"
That's really the clincher for me. It looks like a cool stick for fighting games, but I've been too spoiled with wireless controllers to want to spend $40 for a wired one. That and I have to wonder how well an analogue still will function in games that were designed for digital input, even with the inclusion of "resting points".
I'll wait for the reviews on this one (and maybe a cordless version? One can hope...)