tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post8828511980222931884..comments2024-03-29T07:07:38.480+09:00Comments on Japanmanship: Will Wii Win?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-9854206163917224232007-01-10T01:31:00.000+09:002007-01-10T01:31:00.000+09:00Aw man, it's so cruel the way you translate those ...Aw man, it's so cruel the way you translate those costs. Instead of keeping the same number and changing the monetary symbol as the Nintendo does in the way it treats other territories.<br />Especially the SM64 thing. which isn't 6,4 euro as oine'd expect, but nearly double that here in europe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-37053079785418485642007-01-03T11:06:00.000+09:002007-01-03T11:06:00.000+09:00I haven't been checking sales figures really, but ...I haven't been checking sales figures really, but I'm not surprised Wii Sports is doing well. It's a lot of fun and precisely aimed at that audience Nintendo are hoping to grab with the Wii. <br />As for me, I picked up a few titles. Zelda, of course, Sports, HajimetenoWii, Elebits, Wario. Also got me Maio64 (he), Bomberman 94 and Gunstar Heroes from the VC.<br /><br />I *have* forgotten about 50Hz woes by now, I'm afraid. 6 years of living in an NTSC country has made me very selfish in that regard. :)JC Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122980021264683075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-53987093604909881692007-01-03T04:30:00.000+09:002007-01-03T04:30:00.000+09:00I was also going to moan about the 50hz Euro games...I was also going to moan about the 50hz Euro games, surely you remember those from before your migration? ;)<br /><br />Also, Nintendo already conned my once with Mario 64DS (and at a hefty £29.99 I might add), I'm not too sure I want it for a third time!<br /><br />Still, damn lucky at finding the Wii. Like an idiot I preordered from Currys here in the UK, and they've lot little support from Nintendo as they were so keen to drop GC support a few years back. Like many people I'm still waiting :< <br /><br />Enquiring question - what games did you manage to pick up? I notice from the Japanese charts Wii Sports has proven a massive success and Zelda failed to break keep in the top 10 (or 20?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-61115707521318618382007-01-02T22:30:00.000+09:002007-01-02T22:30:00.000+09:00btw, I meant 1500 for the game AND an n64. If you ...btw, I meant 1500 for the game AND an n64. If you have a lot of room then you might be able to make some savings on later purchases and be able to get games that don't come to VC in a timely fashion.<br /><br />I hope there will be a Saturn emu for VC, and if not, the PS3. Saturn games are right proper expensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-3798026028705110912007-01-02T22:24:00.000+09:002007-01-02T22:24:00.000+09:00Mario 64 for 5000yen? Maybe a mint in box copy, bu...Mario 64 for 5000yen? Maybe a mint in box copy, but finding an n64 and copy of the game is certainly not hard. I've seen then for 1500yen to 2500yen in recycle shops, and I doubt the difference is much if you go to a game centre.<br /><br />The only thing the Wii Virtual Console offers is extreme convenience and the ability to buy a few titles at big savings. R-Type III is quite hard to locate cheap, and I'm sure some of the NES games are becoming quite rare, but having them all downloadable and playable on one tiny little box that sits unobtrusively by the tv is the main appeal for me.<br /><br />At the moment the VC is lacking many quality titles, with Nintendo and the publishers that are onboard the VC train releasing just a few games at a time meaning that you probably won't be able to get what you have been looking for - at least not for a while. Then there is the fact that some publishers (Capcom!) are intent on milking franchises they have already milked the god damned freaking fuck out of (Street Fighter) by releasing the earlier versions first and then presumably the upgraded versions (Super, Turbo) down the line when fans get bored of the slow speed and inability to play certain characters, etc.<br /><br />On top of this, if you live in Europe you are going to get 50hz refresh rates and black borders in a lot of your games, censorship coming back from the dead and not being able to get games quite as early as the Japan even to this day over a virtual console.<br /><br />Sorry... I'd better stop ranting about the VC. It's pretty good, but there are so many annoying things about it. I guess it's about the best thing as far as legal emulation goes, and I've bought two games on it so far (Gunstar Heroes and R-Type III), though I'm not sure if I am going to buy a game I already own on the SNES again.<br /><br />YMLLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com