Nintendo Wii & GameCubeDiscuss the wide variety of games in general for the Wii & GameCube here. Game may already have its own section in 'Cross-Platform' above.
I don't consider the Wii to be in the current console war. Nintendo is targetting a totally different group of consumers than Sony and Microsoft, they even said so themselves. I have a PS3, and I consider the Xbox360 as the PS3's competition. The Wii is great for what it's meant to be. For the most part, it's not for the "hardcore gamers." That's the PS3 and 360's territory. The Wii is for more casual gamers, whose biggest concern isn't graphics. It's for people who prefer fun adventure and party games, and for people who want something that would be fun for more than one person at a time. I think that's great. But I consider myself a hardcore gamer, who is big on graphics, and who loves the more mature games. So the PS3 is perfect for me. But I can't knock anyone who would rather have a Wii.
The Wii IS for "hardcore gamers" because REAL "hardcore gamers" own all 3 systems.
The Wii IS for "hardcore gamers" because REAL "hardcore gamers" own all 3 systems.
Well maybe you have the money to buy all three systems, but most of us don't. And even if I were filthy rich, I wouldn't own a 360. I would buy a Wii, to go along with my PS3, but I wouldn't buy a 360. But the fact that I don't have the money to buy all three systems doesn't make me any less of a hardcore gamer than you or anyone else. I can promise you that most college students, such as myself, are lucky to afford one system, much less all three.
Well maybe you have the money to buy all three systems, but most of us don't. And even if I were filthy rich, I wouldn't own a 360. I would buy a Wii, to go along with my PS3, but I wouldn't buy a 360. But the fact that I don't have the money to buy all three systems doesn't make me any less of a hardcore gamer than you or anyone else. I can promise you that most college students, such as myself, are lucky to afford one system, much less all three.
Wow... you still manage to turn your post into a "360 sucks" post.
I never said I have all 3. Id butt**** Oprah before I bought another PS3, and I wouldn't accept a Wii if it was given to me.
Well maybe you have the money to buy all three systems, but most of us don't. And even if I were filthy rich, I wouldn't own a 360. I would buy a Wii, to go along with my PS3, but I wouldn't buy a 360. But the fact that I don't have the money to buy all three systems doesn't make me any less of a hardcore gamer than you or anyone else. I can promise you that most college students, such as myself, are lucky to afford one system, much less all three.
thats ********, if u were filthy rich ud have every system....twice. Just the fact that you said that makes u less of a hardcore gamer.If you were that hardcore youw ould want all the systems reguardless of what you thought of them, becuse its all about the games. You should have the mindset that you want to play every hot game possible even if its on a system u dont think is the best.
I dont like the ps3 as i like my 360 but id die if i couldnt play mgs or hots shots golf, etc. the wii has its fair share of must play games, along with its virtual console and casual programs like weather,check mii out, and internet(way better than ps3s internet function) and its only getting better. I dont see any reason to hate the system.
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Same here, what makes me mad is the wiimote it self/sensor...
Sometimes i get good connection soemtime si dont.. . So im in a middle of a game and the wiimote just acts up and like its jumpy/
my only complaint is the gay sensor bar.If sony can do motion without a bar, why cant they find a way. If its somthing that cant be helped, at least make the sensor bar longer, becuse its way too small for most widescreen tvs.somtimes movement is limited becuse of that.
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There's a key difference between Sixaxis and Wiimote that means the Wii needs a sensor bar. Both can handle 3D movement (roll, pitch, yaw), but the Sixaxis doesn't know where it is in relation to anything else. The Wiimote does. That's why you can move a cursor around on wii and go into and out of the screen, for example, and that's why you need the sensor bar.
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Last edited by Midnight_Walker; 04-22-2008 at 07:12 AM.
Killens makes a great point. I don't ever see him stating that he said the 360 sucks. You guys are twisting his words around. The Wii is in a different league of it's own and is more of a party console.
There's a key difference between Sixaxis and Wiimote that means the Wii needs a sensor bar. Both can handle 3D movement (roll, pitch, yaw), but the Sixaxis doesn't know where it is in relation to anything else. The Wiimote does. That's why you can move a cursor around on wii and go into and out of the screen, for example, and that's why you need the sensor bar.
i was pretty sure somone was going to try explain the motion sensing technology, which is why i made it a point to say "If its somthing that cant be helped, at least make the sensor bar longer" to save you the trouble.
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i was pretty sure somone was going to try explain the motion sensing technology, which is why i made it a point to say "If its somthing that cant be helped, at least make the sensor bar longer" to save you the trouble.
Making the sensor bar longer would not fix the problem. The problem lies in the distance the Wii remote is from the sensor bar.
I mean, if you want to put the IR sensor clusters farther from each other, -- a longer sensor bar, in other words -- you are going to have to stand even farther back, which does not affect how much the sensor bar can take in, because it's proportional. Some numbers I got from a science forum (W is distance from cluster to cluster):
Minimum Distance (in.) = W / 0.222
Optimum Distance (in.) = W / 0.121
Maximum Distance (in.) = W / 0.083
The sensor bar that comes with the Wii has a distance of 8 inches from cluster to cluster. You'll find that as W gets larger, the optimum distance gets farther, so it won't matter.
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i was pretty sure somone was going to try explain the motion sensing technology
Well, call me crazy, but that's what happens when you ask a question, even if you do forget to put a question mark in. Sorry for trying to educate you a little bit, next time I'll leave you to your ignorance.
Making the sensor bar longer would not fix the problem. The problem lies in the distance the Wii remote is from the sensor bar.
I mean, if you want to put the IR sensor clusters farther from each other, -- a longer sensor bar, in other words -- you are going to have to stand even farther back, which does not affect how much the sensor bar can take in, because it's proportional. Some numbers I got from a science forum (W is distance from cluster to cluster):
Minimum Distance (in.) = W / 0.222
Optimum Distance (in.) = W / 0.121
Maximum Distance (in.) = W / 0.083
The sensor bar that comes with the Wii has a distance of 8 inches from cluster to cluster. You'll find that as W gets larger, the optimum distance gets farther, so it won't matter.
well thats my whole point. A wider bar would place the Remote's guess of "center screen" longer in actual distance. Thatit would then allow greater accuracy, especially on bigger tvs,like for instance, my 61 inch tv, wich has more sensory issues than my 32" tv in my room. Also, distance from screen would alter allowing for more comfortable (further away) game-specific callibrations, like Zelda's callibration feature.
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Well, call me crazy, but that's what happens when you ask a question, even if you do forget to put a question mark in. Sorry for trying to educate you a little bit, next time I'll leave you to your ignorance.
It has nothing to do with ignorance,as i know alll about how the wii mote works. i was just asking a rhetorical question from a general "see if theres a better way" point of view, and tried to keep the discussion simple without being an *** about it.
i already have some ideas i think may be better than a general sensor bar, but i dunno if i should post them, or copyright them first.(u never know)
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