The Official 'Countdown to Wii' Thread!

Weebull said:
You plug it in? That sounds a bit cumbersome. where does it attach and how?

As for battery life, that's usually one of Nintendo's strong points. The original DS probably has the worst battery life out of any of their handhelds at a "terrible" 12 hours or so of life, and the Wavebird lasts absolutely ages on a single pair of AAs. I believe the tilt sensing components are non-electrical too, so that shouldn't be draining much.
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I beleive it plugs into the bottom of the Wiimote (where the nunchuck plugs in), as you say battery life for nintendo stuff tends to be very long.

I think i've only changed the batteries in my Wavebird 3 or 4 times in 3 years, and i remember the batteries in the original game boy (much higher power consumption than i can see the wiimote having) lasting 15-20 hours at a go.
 
Werewolf said:
I beleive it plugs into the bottom of the Wiimote (where the nunchuck plugs in)
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I meant more where it plugged into the classic controller, and how. Is it this massively cumbersome stick protruding out of the controller, or does it lay flat across the back, or what?
 
Weebull said:
I meant more where it plugged into the classic controller, and how. Is it this massively cumbersome stick protruding out of the controller, or does it lay flat across the back, or what?
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I'd presume you have a cord coming out of the classic controller, into the wiimote. Same as the nunchuck plugs in.
 
Ill be missing my only hour at uni for this even though its not till 1pm and deliveries come around 10 here. I believe my housemates will be too :D

Iv got wii play, super monkey ball and zelda.
 
Got mine preordered too.

It's "technically" a Christmas Present for the girlfriend. I say "technically" as I will be having a go on it myself when she's out the house.

Just can't resist :D

I really like the look of this console. I wouldn't touch a 360 or PS3 with a barge pole but this looks "different" enough to quite possibly be damn good fun!
 
I'll be picking mine up on the 8th with:

Wii Play
Zelda
1x Nunchuck
Component cable (from an e-tailer hopefully)

That should cover all bases until Xmas. :)
 
bit worries now as it's less than a week to release and still haven't got 100% firm details yet.

Everything better work out, got Friday afternoon off work !
 
Snow-Munki said:
bit worries now as it's less than a week to release and still haven't got 100% firm details yet.

Everything better work out, got Friday afternoon off work !
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Some places seem very disorganised or uninformed about the launch. I'm going to pop into the store I'm getting mine from just to confirm that they'll honour my pre-order as I don't leave work till 2.05 (I'm a teacher, no days off :( ) and see what bundles are going.

Saw a post on another forum from someone who said they pre-ordered from the same place - was a shocking bundle with GT Pro in and a couple of other dire games! :eek:
 
Hmmmmm just had a look over our allocation sheet where I work (a games retailer not the purple one ;) ) and it looks like were getting all our preordered machines and quite a lot of games (apart from monkeyball, only 5!) but as for Nintendo accessories there are not that many on there in fact for the VC controller we are only getting 16 for 120 machines :( and there is no sign of any cables whatsoever :( :(
 
hmm that's what i mean. I called the shop i am getting just the console from and to be honest she didn't sound like she had any clue.

All she knew was everyone who has preordered will get a console, so i asked how many consoles are you expecting, and the didn't know :confused: :rolleyes:

Just worried should i rush out at midnight to get it or will my order be 'safe' til the next day.

Expecting them to just say, sorry we sold your preorder whoops !
 
Snow-Munki said:
hmm that's what i mean. I called the shop i am getting just the console from and to be honest she didn't sound like she had any clue.

All she knew was everyone who has preordered will get a console, so i asked how many consoles are you expecting, and the didn't know :confused: :rolleyes:

Just worried should i rush out at midnight to get it or will my order be 'safe' til the next day.

Expecting them to just say, sorry we sold your preorder whoops !
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That was my train of thought. Hang around a shop on midnight. Mind you, our local supermarket closes it's AV section at night so it might be a non-starter anyway.
 
Well im working at my local store the night before launch, so im going to get my 3 pre-orders (me, my bro, and his mate) no matter what.
 
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