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Nintendo WiiWare Roundup Comments by Mark Androvich

15 April, 2008

Final Fantasy, LostWinds, Eating, Pop, World of Goo, Strong Bad.

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krudster [mod]
15/04/08 @ 10:03
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Oooh, videos in articles! At last!
craigy [staff]
15/04/08 @ 10:05
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They look lovely.
chrisjm
15/04/08 @ 10:07
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videos in articles? doesnt work for me. i just see screenshots with a play button image on a different layer that does nothing. wierd.
the_dudefather
15/04/08 @ 10:07
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looking forward to SBCG4AP, wonder how much space they will consume on the wii if you get all the episodes
JohnnyWashnGo
15/04/08 @ 10:08
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Those videos complain that I don't have the latest version of flash player.

Is there really something in them that requires the latest version?

They are just video right?
Darren
15/04/08 @ 10:09
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Dunno about anyone else but I don't have any room on my Wii to download these games even if I was interested in 'em! I'm guessing at many of them being larger than N64 games which so far where the largest downloads on the Virtual Console?
Kami
15/04/08 @ 10:10
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SBCG4AP is going to be very interesting. H*R has been around for years so a little hard to believe that it hasn't come up even in passing but whatever, the humour is right and with what TTG has done I think they're the right people to tackle something as oddball as the Homestar Runner universe (and if they don't abuse the running gag about how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves I will be disappointed!).

What bothers me though is space. And if the Wiiware is good, will that inspire an improvement in the Virtual Console content or kill it off?

Questions, questions..
WinterSnowblind
15/04/08 @ 10:20
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Anyone who buys that Final Fantasy game is a chump.. I've never seen such a blatent attempt to rip people off.
The only Wiiware game I'm particularly interested in is the Pokemon one, because we can finally get Mew, without having to fly half way across the planet :)
KreyAtiv
15/04/08 @ 10:24
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I'm having the same thing happen to me as chrisjm. Just an image with a play button symbol in front of it. No reaction whatsoever to mouse clicks.
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15/04/08 @ 10:25
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pfft, "the net is so big these days"
strong bad is from the days when the net was an aol walled garden
malteaserhead
15/04/08 @ 10:25
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heh
Love the title for the Strongbad game :D
Heitzu
15/04/08 @ 10:30
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I also only get an image with a play symbol over it... am I supposed to update something? EGTV link to video works fine though.

EDIT, Just discovered the bit you click to make them work is not over the image as you'd expect, but on the top of the video... maybe it's my browser.
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brainbird
15/04/08 @ 10:32
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Sweet. Quite interested in Wii Ware. But what about a Euro date? Oh, it's Nintendo...
Thank you for Strong Bad but what we really want is a Teen Girl Squad game!

Yay for videos in articles.
Tonka
15/04/08 @ 10:40
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LostWinds looks like a GOTY contender to me.
Eighthours
15/04/08 @ 10:42
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in the same way that we're often compelled to pop bubble wrap while waiting for 360 and PS3 games to install

360 games don't install. Joke fails. :)

Some of these games look interesting. Lost Winds, Pop, and that Goo one in particular.
Heitzu
15/04/08 @ 10:44
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Looks like its fixed now, unless of course you didn't do anything in which case there are ghosts on the internet again.
woodnotes
15/04/08 @ 10:44
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in the same way that we're often compelled to pop bubble wrap while waiting for 360 and PS3 games to install.
Eh? 360 games?
Darkedge
15/04/08 @ 10:47
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Editor give this writer a slapped wrist:
"in the same way that we're often compelled to pop bubble wrap while waiting for 360 and PS3 games to install."
No 360 games install. Fair comment about ps3 games though..
craigy [staff]
15/04/08 @ 10:48
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Heitzu: you pesky Internet Explorer users!
JaysonG
15/04/08 @ 10:57
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The pictures they move! Witchcraft!!
JohnnyWashnGo
15/04/08 @ 11:00
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Again, is there any reason to require the latest flash player for video?

Being stuck with an older version at work is beyond my control and requiring 9.0.45 for video is kinda overkill huh?
Santino
15/04/08 @ 11:02
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i like the look of lost winds and world of goo, i'll most probably be buying those but like Darren mentioned i'm also out of space on my Wii. here's hoping Nintendo announce storing and running games from the SD card or some other solution soon. it is already a problem for me and is obviously going to get much worse as time goes on, i love download content.
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DB2k
15/04/08 @ 11:26
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I want to control TROGDOOOORRRRRRR

how can you not have heard of HomeStar Runner. .. you suck. Its like saying "hey.. I just found out about this cartoon called Dilbert"
Xerx3s
15/04/08 @ 11:27
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A button to make the vids bigger would be nice...
secombe
15/04/08 @ 11:31
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The latest Wii System update said Wii Software was due in the middle of May.

Surely though, these games are going to punish our measily internal memory?
sharpkiddie [staff]
15/04/08 @ 11:39
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Again, is there any reason to require the latest flash player for video?

Sorry fellas, we use a video codec that requires a recent version of the Flash plugin as do all the videos on EGTV. The quality of the video vs the bandwidth required is so favourable for the newer codec that it really made sense to adopt it as soon as possible.

Apologies to all those stuck on older versions!
sharpkiddie [staff]
15/04/08 @ 11:41
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A button to make the vids bigger would be nice...

You can double click to fullscreen, same as the player on EGTV
Krelle
15/04/08 @ 11:45
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Im with Tonka. LostWinds looks fantastic~
robg
15/04/08 @ 11:48
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I like the Miyazaki-style creatures in World of Goo, very cute :)
JohnnyWashnGo
15/04/08 @ 12:31
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@sharpkiddie 'Apologies to all those stuck on older versions!'

Cheers for the explanation, it makes sense.

Having just checked my browser, it is equiped with an early version of flash 9.0 (not the latest version).
Shame that the vids wont work with anything but the latest plugin :(
Les
15/04/08 @ 13:06
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If I ever find enough reason to break my own '1 non-portable console per household rule' I'll sure give World of Goo and Pop a try.
kingdumpalot
15/04/08 @ 13:37
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Aw man, I love HSR, but I do worry about this. I hate it when 2d stuff gets "3d-ified". See also The Simpsons
AOFanboi
15/04/08 @ 13:45
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Always with the "roundup"s! If you're not careful, Monsanto will go after you for trademark violation!
lemonfist
15/04/08 @ 13:45
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World of Goo = amazing.
InsoFox
15/04/08 @ 14:37
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Rest assured that the Strong Bad game is in awesome hands. Hands so awesome that they can even type with boxing gloves on.
malloc
15/04/08 @ 15:55
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Is Cammie fit?
darc
15/04/08 @ 16:48
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Stupid question: what is WiiWare? Is this like Nintendo's version of XBLA?
CaoSlayer
15/04/08 @ 18:58
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in few words: yes.
yagisencho
15/04/08 @ 20:31
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Strong Bad Strong BAD STRONG BAD!!! Woohoo!!

And some other stuff.
smelly
15/04/08 @ 21:55
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>Stupid question: what is WiiWare? Is this like Nintendo's version of XBLA?

Yes.. But without all the crappy remakes of old games.
djed
16/04/08 @ 09:50
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LostWinds sounds nice. looks okay, too.

in-teh-resting...


@smelly
yea, we have VC for that :S
firefly
16/04/08 @ 17:26
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@WinterSnowblind

I'd be with you on the Pokemon game. That is to say I would be if it weren't for the fact that I lost interest in Pokemon a few years ago because of the fact that Nintendo insist on blocking off certain monsters for people who attend one off events that they never run here anyway. I completed the Ruby/Sapphire Pokedex and after the sense of despair that came with obtaining the national Pokedex I didn't see the point in going any further with the series.

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