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Me Wii

chop983chop983
edited November 2008 in Chit chat
I've got a Wii, well not yet but it's on it's way, I pointed out to the wife that you can get one from game with Mario Party 8 and Lego Batman for ?200

next thing I know sh'e ordered it with Mario Kart with Wii Wheel and bonus wheel, Lego Indiana Jones and Wii Play.

It's time like this that I remember why I married her.
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  • WinstonWinston
    edited October 2008
    I'm just waiting for the NIntendo Poo
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited October 2008
    chop983 wrote: »
    next thing I know sh'e ordered it with Mario Kart with Wii Wheel and bonus wheel, Lego Indiana Jones and Wii Play.

    It's time like this that I remember why I married her.

    Yes, but remember it was her that ordered it so it'll be her's and not yours.

    Which means she'll moan at you for playing on her console :-P

    That Batman Lego looks great, pity I don't have the money to buy it myself.
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • chop983chop983
    edited October 2008
    VincentAC wrote: »
    That Batman Lego looks great, pity I don't have the money to buy it myself.

    cough...torrent...cough
  • DarenDaren
    edited October 2008
    chop983 wrote: »
    cough...torrent...cough

    And a modchip (I recommend Wiikey)
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited October 2008
    If you've played any of the other Lego games I think you'll be disappointed unless you're a rabid fan. It's not bad by any means, it just that it's Lego Star Wars/Indiana Jones with different graphics. I don't know how much longer Travellers Tales are going to be able to milk the same formula.
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • liamenikufesinliamenikufesin
    edited October 2008
    Daren wrote: »
    And a modchip (I recommend Wiikey)

    Wii's can now be soft-modded, and back ups of your legally purchased games ;) can be played, though you'll need a copy of Twilight Princess to do the initial hack.

    Google 'wiigator' for more info

    Not as good as a modchip admittedly, but it's free and easy
  • DarenDaren
    edited October 2008
    The BBC iPlayer is pretty good on the Wii, they've recently updated it.

    Browse to www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer on the Wii Opera browser.

    The resolution isn't exactly HD, but it's still well watchable. An easy way watch get on-demand telly on your telly!
  • sparkessparkes
    edited October 2008
    My other half bought a Wii with Wasabi chip for our sons Chrimbo pressie and as he is off at my moms today we played it a little then I played the 360 and it died again for the 3rd for 4th time this year and I swore of the money grabbing bastards at M$ forever. 2 hours later she bought me a 65nm Elite to fill the new hole on the shelf.

    Of course 10 mins later she added up how much she'd spent on consoles in the last couple weeks and needed a bit of support to get over her buyers remorse.
  • ArjunArjun
    edited November 2008
    Mii Wii owner too! I got a 2nd hand modded NTSC/J wii today. Plus a host of game *coughbackupscough* with it.

    The interface is in jap and i'll have to fix that with the AnyRegion changer I suppose. That didn't stop me from having a go at Twilight Princess, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Top Spin 3 though!

    Still have Mario Party, Mario Kart and Metroid Prime Corruption to explore. Didn't get Mario Galaxy unfortunately.

    Now, to get the Homebrew Channel working on it and to install some nice speccy games on it. ;)
    Zero - A modern Spectrum emulator for Windows.
    Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
  • ArjunArjun
    edited November 2008
    Ok, here is an update on my progress...

    I did manage to change the system language and region settings to NTSC/U from NTSC/J. So everything is in English etc, which is a huge relief considering I had to plough my way through Japanese text screens to set up the wi-fi (a pre-requisite to patching the wii)!

    However - and this is the serious part - my wii fails to boot any discs now presumably because my mod chip is still set to NTSC/J. I dunno what modchip is installed but I assumed it's wiikey but trying to run the update discs results in an "unable to read disc" error, so I seem to be kinda stuck with it.

    The good news is that I've found an app called Menu Loader, which when run from the HBC allows me to run region free discs anyway, so all is not lost! Indeed I managed to run all the wii discs I had in this manner. I now have English language, NTSC/U settings and am able to run game discs (gamecube as well as wii). I haven't experimented with Wii Shop but then it's not high on my to-do at the moment. I'm just happy to have things working as intended!

    Right. Anyone care to tell me what are the absolute must have homebrew apps for the wii? I already have FUSE, so you don't need to tell me that! ;)

    Oh, and RE: UC is awesome fun to play!
    Zero - A modern Spectrum emulator for Windows.
    Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited November 2008
    Arjun wrote: »
    Oh, and RE: UC is awesome fun to play!

    :-D

    If you liked RE4 on the PS2/XBox/GC then you should at least try the Wii version. You can get through it so much easier (and it's got all the PS2 bonus stuff).
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
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