Buying a Wii. Need advice!

[Arkador]

My 6 year old loves Mario Kart.

He really, really, loves Mario Kart.

My 5yr old loves it too...
Here is a good shopping list for a Wii family with a 6yr old

1: Wii system with Wii Sports
2: Wii Play (several games and a 2nd controler for $5 more than the controler)
3: Charging station for controlers (there are several styles available for $25-$50)
4: Mario Cart

Other games to concider
Guitar Hero3
Wii Fit

of everything listed, you only need the nunchuck for...
1 of 10 games on Wii Play
Boxing on Wii Sports

 

[FireBrewer]

My 5yr old loves it too...
Here is a good shopping list for a Wii family with a 6yr old

1: Wii system with Wii Sports
2: Wii Play (several games and a 2nd controler for $5 more than the controler)
3: Charging station for controlers
4: Mario Cart

That was easy!

I read somewhere that you can configure the Wii to send a 480p signal, which cuts down on the lag for the TV translating the 480i to 480p. Is this true?

 

[IrregularPulse]

This is very but my wife made it to the finals of the Nintendo (NES) World Championships in 1990 for 11 and under. She kicks my ass at any old-school game with her eyes closed.

Does your wife know Jimmy Woods? And does she get excited when you break out the "Power Glove"?

My 5yr old loves it too...
Here is a good shopping list for a Wii family with a 6yr old

Ditto ion the Wii play. It's another decent collaboration of games, and comes with controller. The games aren't Great, but it's on $5 mor than the controller by itself.

That was easy!

I read somewhere that you can configure the Wii to send a 480p signal, which cuts down on the lag for the TV translating the 480i to 480p. Is this true?

It's in your Wii Settings, You select 480i or 480P for display. I believe. I'm not in front of my Wii. There may be other options as well but I only remember seeing those two.

 

[Arkador]

That was easy!

I read somewhere that you can configure the Wii to send a 480p signal, which cuts down on the lag for the TV translating the 480i to 480p. Is this true?

No clue, I have my wii pluged into Video1 on my 52inch Sony LCD and it looks great, full screen, never noticed any lag time.

they do offer http://www.handhelditems.com/nintendo-hdtv-edtv-high-resolution-component-cable-p-6105.html
but I only have 2 componant imputs. I need to get a HDMI cable for my DISH reciever to add this to mine.

 

[marubozo]

What games do you play on the 360? That is my primary....

Rock Band 1 and 2
Guitar Hero - All of them except metallica for now
Tiger Woods
GTA IV

those are the ones in my regular rotation at the moment.

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

Rock Band 1 and 2
Guitar Hero - All of them except metallica for now
Tiger Woods
GTA IV

those are the ones in my regular rotation at the moment.

damn i was hoping that CoD4 was on the list... That's my obsession right now. add me on you list r3dn3ckstyl3z is also my gamertag....

 

[jkarp]

OFF TOPIC
My wii has some weird flashy lines while playing. Mostly on the Bright white screen. I first thought Great my new tv blows, but there's nothing wrong with the picture when watching TV or playing the Xbox. Both those are using HDMI Cabling though. Any thoughts? I've tried a second set of standard cabling. Maybe I should try component cables?

Some 1st generation Wiis had overheating issues that cooked the video chip, causing missing pixels and lines. Give Nintendo a call. They've been pretty good about fixing the problem, even out of warranty.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Some 1st generation Wiis had overheating issues that cooked the video chip, causing missing pixels and lines. Give Nintendo a call. They've been pretty good about fixing the problem, even out of warranty.

hey thanks man!! I'll give it a try

*EDIT*
Just got off the phone with Support
$75 11-14 days return time.
No indication in his database of rather or not the problem will further damage anything else if left unattended. I hate mindless tech support lines.
I'll just wait. The lines are fine for $75 My Wii is ~2 years old. Just good to know the problem, what it is and that it's the same price to repair it if it eventually blows something major.

Thanks for the tip jkarp

 

[Trubadour]

Does your wife know Jimmy Woods? And does she get excited when you break out the "Power Glove"?

Haha - I used to joke with her about that when she first told me about the competition. She never even saw the movie, which is a bit strange. Great movie, kinda

And oh yeah, she loves the power glove I actually do still have it, although that thing never really worked.

 

[Coastarine]

For the adults, I very highly recommend Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 with the MotionPlus attachment (attaches to the wiimote, tracks you in 3d much more accurately).

Big time second on this, especially if you enjoy the wii sports golf. Tons of courses, fully adjustable realism on the swing, a really top notch game. I also enjoy call of duty world at war, but you really need the wii zapper to play (and obviously a nunchuck) but this is not a good multiplayer game as far as two people playing on one wii, but it is fun to play online. Call of duty is obviously not really a kid friendly game either. Its pretty cool how you can just set up the wii to use your wireless network in your house.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Haha - I used to joke with her about that when she first told me about the competition. She never even saw the movie, which is a bit strange. Great movie, kinda

And oh yeah, she loves the power glove I actually do still have it, although that thing never really worked.

Yeah I never remember being able to actually use one when at a friends house that had it.

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

i used to have the huge running pad for the olympic game.....

 

[IrregularPulse]

Power pad was Tits!!

 

[Homercidal]

The PS3 is a bit more expensive but its also full HD compatible, backwards compatable (meaning it plays PS1 and some PS2 games), Blu-Ray, Bluetooth ready, and it is free for online play and you can even buy some of the classic games in the online store for about $5-$10 depending on the title, AND some of the titles, mainly sports, are motion capture with the SYXAXIS controller(which is standard). Theres a bunch more to list but i can't remember all off of the top of my head.

Let me clarify something. The PS3 is NOT necessarily going to be backwards compatible. They never had full compatibility, and eventually dropped it altogether on some of the newer versions.

I love mine, because I can do blueray, and show images with USB, and even play music and movies through the network from the files stored on my PC. They are great systems.

But I also like our Wii. The games are ok, but mostly geared for kids. Kid games are hard to find on the PS3.

My favorite so far is Guitar Hero for Wii. We have the Full Band set up and I enjoy that most of all. The Wii Fit is supposed to be good, but nobody in our house uses it (although both myself and my wife really need to).

Zelda is great RPG action game. The Wii will also deliver news and weather if you like too.

I would suggest getting a second controller at minimum and I nunchuck to go with it. We rarely use the nunchucks, and only have 2 for the 4 controllers we own. The other two just stay in the guitar and drum kit and don't need them.

I've heard the newest Tiger Woods is very nice. I'll probably get to try it in 2 weeks at a friends house upstate. No more smacking a 2" putt into the next county!

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

Let me clarify something. The PS3 is NOT necessarily going to be backwards compatible. They never had full compatibility, and eventually dropped it altogether on some of the newer versions.

I've only had a problem playing a few of my PS2 titles..... the problems ranged from glitchy graphics to won't read disk to complete system freeze altogether. I have had no problem playin my PS1 disks, though.

 

[Arkador]

Yeah I never remember being able to actually use one when at a friends house that had it.

 

[Homercidal]

I've only had a problem playing a few of my PS2 titles..... the problems ranged from glitchy graphics to won't read disk to complete system freeze altogether. I have had no problem playin my PS1 disks, though.

This may be true, but I tried a couple of them and each one said that this unit is not compatible with older generation games.

Sony: No more backward compatibility for the PS3 : Ben Patterson : Yahoo! Tech

If you own an older version, you should have "some" compatibility, but not from a new purchase.

EDIT: The story does say that PS1 games will work though.

 

[dataz722]

I would really suggest renting games as a means of shopping, many games that are "avialable" for the wii aren't really "wii games" per se, they don't use the wii's cool abilities, you're just holding the remote like an old game system...

I would HIGHLY reccomend gamefly. I have it and love it. It is just like netflix but for games. You can even keep the games for a price (usually less than what it would cost to buy in the store) if you like them and they will ship you game and instruction booklet.



Sorry to hijack but it might help you too, I have a question for you all. I think im going to get tiger woods but should I get it for wii or 360?

 

[DeathBrewer]

Super Smash Bros is cool and the wii sports thing is awesome. I could play bowling, tennis, golf, and baseball all day.

 

[Arkador]

Super Smash Bros is cool.

I'll sell my copy for $35 shipped with The Oficial Guide

we didn't care for it, played it mabye 3 times.

I would HIGHLY reccomend gamefly. I have it and love it. It is just like netflix but for games. You can even keep the games for a price (usually less than what it would cost to buy in the store) if you like them and they will ship you game and instruction booklet.

Good point. I like to rent games before I buy them... nothing worse than paying upto $50 for a game, and deciding you HATED it, then sellign it for half

 

[IrregularPulse]

Good luck is right, I'm using the fooking power glove!
haha That video was good.

 

[dataz722]

Good point. I like to rent games before I buy them... nothing worse than paying upto $50 for a game, and deciding you HATED it, then sellign it for $15

It cost damn near 10 bucks to rent a game from blockbuster anymore so its hardly even worth it.

 

[IrregularPulse]

What ever you do don't rent or buy Mama Cookoff. Worst game ever. First and last time the wife ever picked the game. I took it back within 2 hours. They wouldn't let me exchange it for another one or any part of a refund. I said keep it anyway it's horrible.

 

[Arkador]

It cost damn near 10 bucks to rent a game from blockbuster anymore so its hardly even worth it.

I have a friend that is a console junkie, so i can borrow most games i want... I havn't rented much, the 6 games we have entertain us pretty well.

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

Video Game Rentals: Rent/Buy Wii,PS3,PS2,Xbox,360,PSP,DS,GC,GBA Games – GameFly.com...... i have an account with them... That's how i try all of my games before i buy....

 

[dataz722]

It is also nice to abuse gamestop's return policy too. If you buy any used game you have 7 days to bring it back and get your full money back no questions asked.

 

[IrregularPulse]

It is also nice to abuse gamestop's return policy too. If you buy any used game you have 7 days to bring it back and get your full money back no questions asked.

That is genius! A free rental agency. Think they'd catch on?

 

[dataz722]

They know exactly whats going on and dont give a damn. Its not like it costs them anything. Its actually pretty brilliant on their part. People will buy a game with the intention of doing that and buy a game they normally wouldn't and end up liking it and keeping it or people just forget to take it back in time and are stuck with it.

I do like to switch up stores though just so they don't know how much I actually do it. There are 5 stores within 15 minutes of me.

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

I've done that quite a few times also.....

 

[IrregularPulse]

They know exactly whats going on and dont give a damn. Its not like it costs them anything. Its actually pretty brilliant on their part. People will buy a game with the intention of doing that and buy a game they normally wouldn't and end up liking it and keeping it or people just forget to take it back in time and are stuck with it.

I do like to switch up stores though just so they don't know how much I actually do it. There are 5 stores within 15 minutes of me.

I have 2 close buy I think. I'll have to try it out.