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Title: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 10:18
No wonder I can't find any lol.

[h1 style="font-weight: normal;"][a href="vny!://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061128/ts_alt_afp/afpentertainmentjapanuselectronicsgamecompanynintendo_061128083739"] Nintendo says Americans snap up 600,000 Wii consoles[/a][/h1]

This is great, in my opinion people want gaming systems that are inovative and cheaper then the 'lets make graphics look so realistic it scares you' way XBOX  360 and PS3 are going.

Nintendo is back.  They're going to when this game console war I strongly believe it now.
 
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Lise on Nov 28 06 11:15
Give 'em back, you yanks!(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Angry/3.gif)
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 11:17
lol I'm no yank.

Canada is selling out too don't know where the G&M article went but Nintendo was shocked that it was sold out in Canada.
 
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Russ on Nov 28 06 12:19
They are fun Im told by a certain someone (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/1.gif) .

  I agree with you SD, The PS3 is old generation tech like the XBox 360. The Nintendo is new generation with more interactivity and feedback. The graphics are not as good as the PS3 and XBox, but with teh interaction and COST, they will outsell PS3 and XBox Im sure. <I still love my xbox>
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 12:25
yeah in the Wii you are apart of the game on PS3 and XBOX 360 you press a button.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: purelife on Nov 28 06 01:30
Russ, you like your Xbox and I still like my gameboy advance.  (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/12.gif)
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Russ on Nov 28 06 01:32
Hey can you play old Gameboy games in the new advance?
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 01:39
I've got a gameboy advance. I've been trying to beat this Spyro game for years.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: YAHOO on Nov 28 06 01:49
Russ wrote:
 Hey can you play old Gameboy games in the new advance?[/DIV]
 
Yup, you sure can, Russ.
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Lise on Nov 28 06 03:24
Best game on GBA....... good old Tetris.
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Marik on Nov 28 06 03:32
mm... I still like Pokemon the best.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Lise on Nov 28 06 03:34
Pokemon? That furball's still alive? (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)  

  Heck, I guess with the popularity of the Wii, he'll come back with vengence soon enough. Can't wait to see Mario and Donkey Kong swoop in as well.
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 03:36
Duck hunt is making a comeback on the Wii.
Now all they need is techmo superbowl and its the eighties all over again.
 
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Lise on Nov 28 06 03:38
That Red Steel ad looks awesome. Ubisoft makes cool games.
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 03:40
Yeah right now the games I'm going to get is the Red Steel, Zelda and Swing Golf.  Believe it or not I've never played Zelda before and I grew up on SNES.  Any tennis game will rule on the system. Mario Tennis should be good.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: purelife on Nov 28 06 03:42
Yeah, Tetris ROCKS, alongside Mario Classic and Mario GoKart!  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 03:43
lol Mario kart! I loved that game. Played it constantly.  The star track was so hard. I was always yoshi.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Lise on Nov 28 06 03:47
I love Yoshi! He kicks teh butt. What's that little mushroom guy called?
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 03:48
toad  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: purelife on Nov 28 06 03:57
Princess RULZ!  (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/12.gif)
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Lise on Nov 28 06 04:01
Yep. She's got them boys by her little pretty glove fingers.
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: purelife on Nov 28 06 04:03
Yup, she knows how to drive them crazy!  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 04:04
I'd hate to be Lugi, Mario always gets the girl.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: kingy on Nov 28 06 05:31
did anyone of yous manage to get your hands on a xbox from amazon for $100? they had a special sale on i think it was black friday? and i heard it crashed the site because so many people were on it.
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 05:38
still wouldn't have gotten it. Xbox doesn't excite me much.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Lise on Nov 28 06 06:23
kingy wrote:
did anyone of yous manage to get your hands on a xbox from amazon for $100? they had a special sale on i think it was black friday? and i heard it crashed the site because so many people were on it.[/DIV]
   Oh really? Hm. That's funny. I wouldn't touch the Xbox for that much since I've already got one. I do want the X360 very much though. The PS2 is dirt cheap right about now, way cheaper than the PSP.
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 06:24
I think thats what he meant Lise. 360 was for 100.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Lise on Nov 28 06 06:26
Wow. OK. That's cheap then.
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 28 06 06:29
Still want that Wii though.  The realism of PS3 can wait not paying 1,000 dollars for games, controllers and memory cards until they drop the price.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Marik on Nov 29 06 07:57
Oh man, Duck Hunt??? That's one of the best games!!! Same with Mario Tennis... I liked being Wario.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: purelife on Nov 29 06 09:26
I saw the Wii in action in Metrotown the other day.  It looked awesome!  My friend is buying it and I told him that HE MUST bring it to my place.  
Title: Re: 600,000 Wii's sold in the US in 8 days
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 29 06 09:44
lol purelife is hooked on the awesomeness of the Wii