proefain
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join:2000-05-08
Crofton, MD
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Re: Wii I-got-it impressions topic
Picked up my Wii yesterday. I only got Zelda, 1 extra remote and nun chuck. Got home and spent 3 hours trying to get it to connect to my wireless. I was able to kind of connect after I installed an old linksys wireless router but I still kept getting disconnected. I was able to download the updates but when trying to connect to the wii store I kept getting disconnected. Something is very wrong there.
After I gave up on the wireless and played Zelda for about 3 hours. I like the controllers and it seemed natural on Zelda. |
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habya
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Huntsville, AL
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said by Karl Bode  :Can anyone provide what classic games are available for play out of the box (via download?) I'll check it out now and let you know in about 5 minutes.
Ok here is the list that I see available right now
NES
Donkey Kong
Mario Brothers
Pin Ball
Soccer
Solomon's Key
The Legend of Zelda
Wario's Woods
SNES
F-Zero
SimCity
N64
Super Mario 64
Sega Genesis
Altered Beast
Sonice the Hedgehog
That's all the games available right now. Of course more will appear later. I'm hoping for Super Street Fighter II Turbo for the SNES  . And of course the good ol' Final Fantasy games (2 & 3 especially).
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royhandy
Panem et circenses
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Yesterday
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F-Zero, Donkey Kong, Altered Beast and Mario Brothers are on the list. I don't remember the others.
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rjackson
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Ringgold, GA
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In addition to the ones already listed available at launch, the following are promised by Nintendo by the end of December:
NES
Baseball
Ice Hockey
Tennis
Urban Champion
TurboGrafix 16
Bomberman '93
Bonk's Adventure
Dungeon Explorer
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run
Sega Genesis
Columns
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Ecco the Dolphin
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Ristar
Space Harrier II
Toe Jam & Earl |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Toe Jam and Earl...I'm all over that.... |
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tommy3rd
I Am Nuckin Futs
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join:2000-03-10
Clifton, NJ | reply to habya
i was looking at the menu...are they free or do you have to pay to download? there was a section there asking for wii points or a credit card number to get wii points. do i need points to download those games or are they completely free? |
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MuDvAyNe
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Brooklyn, NY | reply to justin
you need to buy the points to download the games. |
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Fox McCloud
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I went to my local Wal-Mart around 7:30PM on November 18th....I was #12 out of 20.
Anyway, I was very impressed with the console: at first I had some problems setting up the wireless, but then I remembered that my MAC filter was on. After I entered the MAC Address into the router, it was fine.
The 2 initial updates took about 3.5-4 hours for me to download...of course, those of you that know me well, know that I am a 56Ker (sorry, dial-up = nonexistent out here).
Sending Messages to and from the Wii is pretty cool, though, it's really slow (took a message 3.5 minutes to get to my friend, and it took 9 minutes 12 seconds for a message he sent to get to me). Of course, with VZW it used to take that long to send pictures to my e-mail account, but now, it's instantaneous; I'm sure Nintendo will get things resolved so it functions a lot more smoothly.
Sadly, however, when I try to link up my Nintendo NSider account with my Wii, the whole system kind of locks up...it's not the system's fault...it's just my 00ber slow internet connection. Hopefully I can link it up at a friends house later on.
Wii sports doesn't have the best graphics (the people, at least), but it's pretty doggone fun. The lag? Nonexistent!
Overall, I highly recommend this system...once Nintendo gets all the bugs out of their servers and such, and have a decent amount of experience with them, I think they'll have a very nice internet community. |
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proefain
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Crofton, MD
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I spent another hour trying to connect to the store with no luck, I keep getting errors. I hope I don't end up having to send my unit back.
Also I've had no luck finding Component cables and according to this may not find them for a few weeks.
»www.nintendo.com/consumer/system···ents.jsp
I spent 2 more hours of playing Zelda, I'm really getting the feel for the controller and still find it intuitive. After 5 hours I finally saw the big map and where I've been. It looks like it will take a long time to finish this game. |
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royhandy
Panem et circenses
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Yesterday
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| I have had no problems connecting to the Store Channel.
I rented Super Monkey Ball:Banana Blitz and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam yesterday. The former is fun, especially when playing the party games. I do not enjoy Downhill Jam as much as I would have hoped. Perhaps it will be more fun in MP mode.
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andunn
join:2001-09-06
Linn Creek, MO | I returned my copy of Red Steel to Wal-Mart yesterday after reading some bad reviews on the controls for this game. Looks like I'll be playing Zelda for awhile  |
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Fox McCloud
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evidentally there's a number of Wii owners who cannot connect to the Wii Shop Channel....some get error codes, but the others get nothing: the Wii just shops communicating with the wireless router (and thus the internet).
Sadly,I'm effected by this...no fixes yet. |
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tommy3rd
I Am Nuckin Futs
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Clifton, NJ | if you go to the nintendo site, there's a support page where you enter the error code number and they give you the explanation of the problem and the possible fix. |
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
join:2006-07-23 | _; obviously you didn't read all of my post.
The one's that have more of a problem do not get error codes at all; the Wii just stops communicating with the wireless router. |
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tommy3rd
I Am Nuckin Futs
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Clifton, NJ | reply to Fox McCloud
Re: Wii I-got-it impressions topic
the site mentioned changing channels on the router to channel 11 or 1. have you tried that? |
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
join:2006-07-23 | trust me, that won't fix the issue. My DS and other WiFi devices in the house operate just fine.
But just in case, I did it anyway, and it did not have any effect whatsoever. |
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andunn
join:2001-09-06
Linn Creek, MO | Changing the channels on my router worked for me. It updated fine and I was able to download games after that. The Wii is pretty cool and my wife loves it as well. |
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mxracer747
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Hazleton, PA
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I've tried just about everything I can think of to get mine to connect again (turn all wireless security off on router, register the wii's mac address into the router, turning mac filtering off altogether, assign a static IP, subnet, and gateway, changed the wireless channels from 1-11 and everything inbetween). It connected no problem before the first system update. After that it hasn't connected once  |
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Fox McCloud
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| so, what happens when you try to connect? Does it freeze when you select "link" or "do not link"? or, does it give you an error code?
Some of the Wii's are a little whacked out...if you get certain error codes, or it locks up at certain times, then you should be able to call Nintendo, and they'll ship you a new unit free of charge. (they overnight it to you, then you send yours back to them). |
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