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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on April 27, 2006, 11:28:14 am
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http://revolution.nintendo.com/
http://www.rewiredmind.com/news/revolutiongetsanewname
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Nintendo's UK press outfit have just sent through a short movie, along with the following text:-
Introducing Wii.
As in “we.”
While the code-name “Revolution” expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer.
Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else.
Wii will put people more in touch with their games … and each other. But you’re probably asking: What does the name mean?
Wii sounds like “we,” which emphasizes this console is for everyone.
Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii.
Wii has a distinctive “ii” spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play.
And Wii, as a name and a console, brings something revolutionary to the world of video games that sets it apart from the crowd.
So that’s Wii. But now Nintendo needs you.
Because, it’s really not about you or me.
It’s about Wii.
And together, Wii will change everything.
CONFIRMED: Nintendo Wii is the official new name for the Nintendo Revolution.
You can view the movie for yourself here:- http://www.rewiredmind.com/movies/logo.mov - You'll need QuickTime.
Nintendo have also updated the official site at http://revolution.nintendo.com/
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Interesting...
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What the hell possessed them to do that? Revoltuin was a pretty good name, it could represent both an uprising of new technology and the 'turning of the tables' on Sega and Sony....
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im still gonna call it the revolution
i like rev better than wii
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What the hell possessed them to do that? Revoltuin was a pretty good name, it could represent both an uprising of new technology and the 'turning of the tables' on Sega and Sony....
Sega? One of the companies that provides games for them too?
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Well, the 360 is kinda a revolution too. So it would be confusing having a console with similar names for some people... :p
I'll give them the benefit of doubt for now. It's a newish direction... I guess Wii will just have to wait and see. ;)
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What the hell possessed them to do that? Revoltuin was a pretty good name, it could represent both an uprising of new technology and the 'turning of the tables' on Sega and Sony....
Sega? One of the companies that provides games for them too?
Sorry, I meant Microsoft, had my brain on a 56K connection and got about 5 years of lag there.....
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What the hell possessed them to do that? Revoltuin was a pretty good name, it could represent both an uprising of new technology and the 'turning of the tables' on Sega and Sony....
Can you imagine going into Game and saying 'I'd like a Wii please?'
Or if they released a smaller version; 'I'd like a wee Wii please'.
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in america, you don't say 'wee' as any kind of euphemism for taking a piss, but still, its a stupid,
stupid name, one that only nintendo's completely inept management could possibly think of.
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Hmmm, strange, allthough it really seams there is more to this name then they are telling us. :nod: So I call a wait and see.
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It probably stands for something pretentious like 'World Interactive Interface'....
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Perhaps they're trying to imply that it will piss on the competition :)
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Perhaps they're trying to imply that it will piss on the competition :)
Exactly what I was thinking. :lol:
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It's so whenever the competition brings out something new they can just sniff and say "Wii are not ammused."
Sorry, the piss joke was taken. This was all thats left.
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Maybe its just going to be really small?
That one hasn't gone yet I think.
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It probably stands for something pretentious like 'World Interactive Interface'....
Yep, and they will probley let this fester until E3. I read one guys comments about how this has made the gaming world stop and go "huh". So, I would say, they did exactly what they wanted to do.
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Wii? Wtf. :doubt:
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I would certainly buy a Nintendo WTF ;)
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in america, you don't say 'wee' as any kind of euphemism for taking a piss
No, it's actually fairly common (if childlike) vernacular. And "wee-wee" is slang for penis (with the connotation that it's a small one).
Anyway, the "Wii" spelling is flat-out turbocharged retardation--
There are no "ii" words in English. Not common ones, anyway. Looks like something from one of those freaky eastern-european languages, or Welsh.
I have no doubt that people will pronounce it as "Why". In fact, I will predict right now many headlines reading "Why Wii?".
If you capitalize it (WII), it looks like "W2", whatever that is.
It looks like someone mistyped "Wiki", or "Wifi".
I say, since the controller can track hand movement, they should just call it the Kinematic Nintendo Entertainment System. Yeah that's right-- the "knees".
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You know, I think I've got it, it's the Nintendo Wave. Notice when it starts up it shows the controler, then it shows a shooting scene, then playing pingpong. Then at the last part, the two i's wave at you, you need your wrist to do all those things. It is really pointing at a hands on experience. ;)
Wii, could also stand for some kind of wrist related interface.
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Wank Induced Interaction?
Sorry.....
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Wank Induced Interaction?
Sorry.....
Whoa, ill imagery there dude.
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Wank Induced Interaction?
Sorry.....
"No, seriously babe, it's a James Bond game! There's the bond girl, and I'm just shaking up a martini!"
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"Super Swan Choke"
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"Super Swan Choke"
What insanity is this?
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Wank Induced Interaction?
Sorry.....
:lol: Same exact thoughts. :p
RoFL @ super swan choking :lol:
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Dear lord alive. Nintendo what have you done!
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I will predict right now many headlines reading "Why Wii?".
exactly
Nintendo exposure everywhere
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I geuss it could be worse...
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Marketing strategy
(http://sectorgame.com/aldo/aw/wii.jpg)
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"Super Swan Choke"
What insanity is this?
Communism.
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Wow, retarded.
Then again, so was Xbox 360 when I first heard it.
Still, Wii???
EDIT: Okay, I just reread my post and Xbox 360 still sounds way less retarded than wii.
Seriously, just take a gander at these gems:
"If you buy 2 of them and have to take them to a friends house, does that mean you have to take a Wii Wii?"
"Furthermore, he's an official warning that will be in the Wii setup guide and instruction manual:
Quote:
Please remember that bacteria and other micro-organisms can transmit disease through shared peripherals. Be sure and disinfect your Wii before handling anyone else's or allowing anyone to handle your own Wii. Remember, only you can prevent bird flu, wipe down your Wii."
"I'm gonna shake my wii at the TV!!!!"
Oh Nintendo, what have you done!
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Wank Induced Interaction?
Sorry.....
well the controler is suposed to have some sort of motion tracker technology...
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oh.......GOD!!!!
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Custers Last Stand 2, coming soon on the Nintendo Wii......
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This is one of those cases where to even ridicule the thing would be to give it a legitimacy it doesn't deserve. Having to give arguements why this is retarded is like having to give arguements why murder is bad; to even entertain the idea that it is not is to play right into their hands.
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Marketing strategy
(http://sectorgame.com/aldo/aw/wii.jpg)
Try these:
(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3363/nintendowii21eu4wh.jpg)
(http://home.planet.nl/~kwart032/wii.jpg)
(http://rmup.net/pics/ad2a879a44ba234d3515f452dbd06f27.gif)
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Wank Induced Interaction?
Sorry.....
well the controler is suposed to have some sort of motion tracker technology...
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oh.......GOD!!!!
http://xcbdump.technorogy.com/bios/wii3.gif
And I totally did not make that FYI.
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On a positive note, the name is a source of endless hilarity.
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To tell you the truth, I think it's actually starting to grow on me a little bit...
(And besides, I'd still buy the thing if they called it "Pink Fluffy Goodness," so long as it wasn't actually pink and fluffy. :p)
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if nintendo make handheld shaped like a urinal cake, then it'd work :p
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Wii?
Well that was ****ing retarded.
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To tell you the truth, I think it's actually starting to grow on me a little bit...
(And besides, I'd still buy the thing if they called it "Pink Fluffy Goodness," so long as it wasn't actually pink and fluffy. :p)
Cancer grows on you too.
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Cancer grows on you too.
A dashing rebuttle, sir!
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the next nintendo hand-held will be known as the "Wii Wii" :p
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If Ninty was trying to turn some heads with that name, then they've definitely succeeded. Wii! (http://everybodylovesnintendowii.ytmnd.com/)
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To tell you the truth, I think it's actually starting to grow on me a little bit...
(And besides, I'd still buy the thing if they called it "Pink Fluffy Goodness," so long as it wasn't actually pink and fluffy. :p)
Actually, the name is growing on me. The Nintendo Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Brilliant.
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To tell you the truth, I think it's actually starting to grow on me a little bit...
(And besides, I'd still buy the thing if they called it "Pink Fluffy Goodness," so long as it wasn't actually pink and fluffy. :p)
Cancer grows on you too.
Just take a good long look at your title there. 'Nuff said. :p
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I expect the marketing posters will have Wii all over them?
Ho. Ho. Ho.
Gorram stupid name.
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Custers Last Stand 2, coming soon on the Nintendo Wii......
Dear lord. Are you referring to that ancient "porno" game?
:lol:
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Hahaha, I wonder how many years shall this fantastic name make me chuckle everytime I hear it :lol:
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Can I ask a stupid question?
What does it matter what it's called?
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Oh, what sad times are these when passing corporations can say 'wii' at will to young men. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design buildings are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
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I'm planning on having a Wii in my living room before the end of the year. My brother has also indicated he would also like a Wii in his living room. But I'd have to check in my case whether my mum minds having a Wii in the living room, or whether it'd get in the way.
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This is crazy. I absolutely LOVE the name. The first time I saw it I thought "OMG that is superb!" It totally works for the console, Wiiiiiiiiiiii!
Even my personal love for it aside - the reasons they have outlined also make perfect sense.
Not to mention this has had every single slightly game related message board talking about it, the marketing opportunities for calling it Wii are incredible.
You can be sure that anyone who wants a Wii will not be put off by the name, and they've got a ton of exposure out of it. I personally can't wait to have a Wii.
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You can be sure that anyone who wants a Wii will not be put off by the name, and they've got a ton of exposure out of it. I personally can't wait to have a Wii.
:lol:
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You can be sure that anyone who wants a Wii will not be put off by the name, and they've got a ton of exposure out of it. I personally can't wait to have a Wii.
:lol:
It was intentional I promise! ;) I can poke fun at it too. XD
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So when's the surgery?
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It's worked perfectly. It's an Internet phenomenon that far far surpasses the Sony and MS launch Hype already...
Hats off to Nintendo, they created a self advertising Fad....
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When it's all said and done, I doubt anyone's going to care.
Remember when Microsoft the Xbox 360? Now everyone just *****es about the consoles statistics :p
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I'm planning on having a Wii in my living room before the end of the year. My brother has also indicated he would also like a Wii in his living room. But I'd have to check in my case whether my mum minds having a Wii in the living room, or whether it'd get in the way.
To avoid the wet patch?
God I can't stop!
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The problem with Wii is simple.
It's a one syllable. Word. The first thing they teach you in marketing 101 is to NEVER use a one syllable word for a product.
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The problem with Wii is simple.
It's a one syllable. Word. The first thing they teach you in marketing 101 is to NEVER use a one syllable word for a product.
(yeah, cos the Ka has been such a disaster for Ford.......)
When did you take marketing 101?
First thing life teaches you; marketers talk ****e for a living.
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You went through MS marketing school did you? :p
Maybe that's been the problem all this time though eh? One to many syllables?
Realistically though, its the Nintendo Wii. So. >..>
I still fail to see how its a problem of any kind?
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"Nintendo's wii is giong to be huge one day..."
That sounds so incredibly wrong.
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"Nintendo's wii is giong to be huge one day..."
That sounds so incredibly wrong.
And yet so right.
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LoL.
It worked for me. :)
Guess your not in 'tendy's target audience then eh Deepblue?
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I say it's a pretty good maketing campaign. The've got lots of people wii'ing in their pants about it. :p
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I say it's a pretty good maketing campaign. The've got lots of people wii'ing in their pants about it. :p
See unstopable! >.<
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LoL.
It worked for me. :)
Guess your not in 'tendy's target audience then eh Deepblue?
I guess he doesn't want to play with Wii.
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LoL.
It worked for me. :)
Guess your not in 'tendy's target audience then eh Deepblue?
I guess he doesn't want to play with Wii.
Unstoppable I say!
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I can imagine the ads now..
"Bored?Play with your Wii!"...
:nervous:
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I won't let you play with mine. :nervous:
I wonder how will the female gamer demographic view this console...
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I won't let you play with mine. :nervous:
I wonder how will the female gamer demographic view this console...
You kidding, most gals will jump at the chance to play with my wii!
erhh...
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I won't let you play with mine. :nervous:
I wonder how will the female gamer demographic view this console...
You kidding, most gals will jump at the chance to play with my wii!
erhh...
Wont need to when we get our own Wii.
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http://www.gaming-age.com/previews/wii/rayman_rr/1.jpg
:lol:
Oh.. My...
:lol:
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You all realize that "Revolution" would be impossible? It's unpronouncable in Japanese.
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I put the blame for this squarely on Japan. Everything wierd and tacky on this planet comes from that infernal place. I prefered them when they fanatical militarists, running around poking things with swords for the glory of the Emperor. Now...now the country is just a high-tech pop-culture acid trip.
One day, Japan...one day.
*shakes fist*
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Well, I haven't see Nintendo doing something so stupid since they launched the Nintendo Virtual Boy and then to make it worse the Pokemon-Mini...
I put the blame for this squarely on Japan. Everything wierd and tacky on this planet comes from that infernal place.
You mean Godzilla's strike over NY ?, that never happened, it was a movie. Nintendo, and it's famous Famicom (Family Computer) comes from that infernal place, about 1979, I was never impressed with that later NES that was manufactured in US 6 years later...
Not true at all, the blame goes to Nintendo, they could have just select a good name different to Revolution, years ago there were different naming schemes for the same model of console being manufactured in different regions while the model have some slightly variations in shape, the cartridges and CDs were universal.
And at least half of the Japanese games were never ported to any other region than Japan...that, if you don't consider the consoles that were manufactured and distributed only in Japan.
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I put the blame for this squarely on Japan. Everything wierd and tacky on this planet comes from that infernal place. I prefered them when they fanatical militarists, running around poking things with swords for the glory of the Emperor. Now...now the country is just a high-tech pop-culture acid trip.
One day, Japan...one day.
*shakes fist*
:lol:
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Just to clarify this matter:
The Imperial household
The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is the primary residence of the emperor. The Imperial Household of Japan is headed by the Emperor of Japan. The Constitution of Japan defines the emperor to be "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people". He performs ceremonial duties and holds no real power; not even emergency reserve powers. Sovereignty is vested in the Japanese people by the constitution. Though his official status is disputed, on diplomatic occasions the emperor tends to behave (with widespread public support, it should be noted) as though he were a head of state. As of 2006 Japan is the only country in the world which is headed by an emperor.
Now...now the country is just a high-tech pop-culture acid trip.
Today, Japan is a major exporter of high-tech and pop culture, but you missed the part "with an emperor" (and the only country one)
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Review (about the name):
On April 27, 2006, Nintendo changed the Revolution section of their official website, http://revolution.nintendo.com, to announce the official name of the system. Nintendo explained that:
"Wii sounds like 'we,' which emphasizes that the console is for everyone. Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii."
Nintendo spells "Wii" with two "i"s to create an image of players gathering together. The spelling also is intended to invoke the controllers the Wii uses.[6]
After announcing the name, some criticism was received from English speaking countries because Wii sounds like the English word "wee," an euphemism for "urine."[7] However, "wee" can also denote a meaning of "small", and Wii is the smallest console of the seventh generation. It can also be considered a homonym of a word suggesting a noise made when having fun (whee!). Additionally, Wii sounds similar to "yes" in French (oui), "good" in Japanese (いい, ii?) and "top" in Korean. In German-speaking countries the console's name will be pronounced "vee", similar to the German word for "how" (wie).
In you check the review it says "meaning of small", but just the word "small" is between quotes, so as already mentioned in this topic it's not just small, but "small"...
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http://www.gaming-age.com/previews/wii/rayman_rr/1.jpg
:lol:
Oh.. My...
:lol:
Might not have super-plasticy sheen, but that looks bonkers ace. The game, not the kids.
Here's the game pic, for those lacking the copy-pasteability to view the link
(http://users.telenet.be/electrophonk/images/rayman4.jpg)
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The problem with Wii is simple.
It's a one syllable. Word. The first thing they teach you in marketing 101 is to NEVER use a one syllable word for a product.
See, folks; apparently, "Coke" is an absolute failure of a product name. :p
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Well, Coke Cola, or Cola.
But yes, bit of right winged bs there.
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http://www.gaming-age.com/previews/wii/rayman_rr/1.jpg
:lol:
Oh.. My...
:lol:
Might not have super-plasticy sheen, but that looks bonkers ace. The game, not the kids.
Here's the game pic, for those lacking the copy-pasteability to view the link
(http://users.telenet.be/electrophonk/images/rayman4.jpg)
The kids are part of the OFFICIALLY DISTRIBUTED MEDIA.
While the game looks like it could be fun, graphically it really looks worse than the Conker remake on the Xbox.
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The problem with Wii is simple.
It's a one syllable. Word. The first thing they teach you in marketing 101 is to NEVER use a one syllable word for a product.
See, folks; apparently, "Coke" is an absolute failure of a product name. :p
That's two syllable's.
And it still doesn't sound like something that describes taking a piss.
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The problem with Wii is simple.
It's a one syllable. Word. The first thing they teach you in marketing 101 is to NEVER use a one syllable word for a product.
See, folks; apparently, "Coke" is an absolute failure of a product name. :p
yes, but at one stage it actually did contain cocaine.
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The kids are part of the OFFICIALLY DISTRIBUTED MEDIA.
Is there a point to that comment Sir Capsalot? Or was your previous post with the link just to have a go at the promotional material?
While the game looks like it could be fun, graphically it really looks worse than the Conker remake on the Xbox.
Frankly, I couldn't give a **** about technical looks. It looks, artistic stylewise, a bit nuts and possibly fun. It's not soulless, is what I mean. That's what looks great to me; it raised a smile when I first saw it. After all, I'd rather have a DS than a PSP.
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While the game looks like it could be fun, graphically it really looks worse than the Conker remake on the Xbox.
Explain to me why you percieve graphical superiority a prerequisite for quality?
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The kids are part of the OFFICIALLY DISTRIBUTED MEDIA.
Is there a point to that comment Sir Capsalot? Or was your previous post with the link just to have a go at the promotional material?
While the game looks like it could be fun, graphically it really looks worse than the Conker remake on the Xbox.
Frankly, I couldn't give a **** about technical looks. It looks, artistic stylewise, a bit nuts and possibly fun. It's not soulless, is what I mean. That's what looks great to me; it raised a smile when I first saw it. After all, I'd rather have a DS than a PSP.
aldo, this is lord eyecandy you're talking to, somebody whose entire opinions on a game were based on how it looked in its screenshots :p
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aldo, this is lord eyecandy you're talking to, somebody whose entire opinions on a game were based on how it looked in its screenshots :p
That's unfair - it's mostly pre-publicity renders.
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I'm not innately biased either way on this; on one hand the game could be a lot of fun, as evidenced by Nintendo's other genre-defying titles, but on the other hand, it doesn't really look like it would be my cup of tea. I'll hold off judgement until I've seen it in action. What would be funny is if the backgrounds in the game are done really well, and the foreground characters were made deliberately low-poly so as to stick the proverbial finger up at the graphics whores who'll no doubt pass it over.
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Well, Coke Cola, or Cola.
But yes, bit of right winged bs there.
It's Coca-Cola or Coke. There is no product called Coke Cola, and cola is a generic term for that type of drink.
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I'm not innately biased either way on this; on one hand the game could be a lot of fun, as evidenced by Nintendo's other genre-defying titles, but on the other hand, it doesn't really look like it would be my cup of tea. I'll hold off judgement until I've seen it in action. What would be funny is if the backgrounds in the game are done really well, and the foreground characters were made deliberately low-poly so as to stick the proverbial finger up at the graphics whores who'll no doubt pass it over.
Seeing the lighting on that one, the models were probably made to look "cartoony" as they look in that shot. Either way, what the hell is that game? :wtf:
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As announced it's Rayman 4 for the Nintendo Wii developed by UbiSoft, the start of that game series dates to the DOS era...
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Doesn't anyone remember Rayman?
Twas an alright platform game. He throws his floating, detached fist etc.
Best of all, there was pirates! Yarr!
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I do, but if it is about platform I would aim for a game like Sonic: Next Gen, specially since SEGA and Team Sonic specially put a lot of work in the overall of the game, specially the dense plot, which is one of the missing things in other, but not all, platform games...
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I do, but if it is about platform I would aim for a game like Sonic: Next Gen, specially since SEGA and Team Sonic specially put a lot of work in the overall of the game, specially the dense plot, which is one of the missing things in other, but not all, platform games...
I'm not sure if 'dense plot' runs high on the list of good platform game attributes; I don't think many people bought Mario because of the dark exploration of capitalistic gains across a blighted landscape of oppression and mushrooms.
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Sonic maybe the exception, it has a Manga from many years ago, just a graphic novel is enough to catch that it has a big difference with other games, it maybe not Mario's case because he just goes some kind of Mushrooms steroids and Nintendo don't want that image (the same goes for Pac-Man "PowerPills").
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And it's not really dense, but it's something that has chronological events which makes sense, not like if a new game takes place in an alternate different universe where they drop the other plot, and it makes no difference if you played or not the others.
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Sonic should of stayed a side scroller IMO. The 3d games of it just doesn't work. =/
If they made it side scrolling again, with pimped out graphics... he might reclaim the crown. :)
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Sonic should of stayed a side scroller IMO. The 3d games of it just doesn't work. =/
It depends... I guess the Sonic games lately might have been a bit too linear kind for a 3D.
But I have a feeling that if there were a wide free 3D environment where player could dash around with Sonic freely enough, it might win big time.
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Sonic maybe the exception, it has a Manga from many years ago, just a graphic novel is enough to catch that it has a big difference with other games, it maybe not Mario's case because he just goes some kind of Mushrooms steroids and Nintendo don't want that image (the same goes for Pac-Man "PowerPills").
0,o
There is not now and has never been any form of official Sonic manga. The closest to that is the Archie comic, which is still ongoing, and is as big a friggin' train wreck in terms of storyline as every other comic that's not been allowed to develop. Poor Superman.
Trust me on this. My other major hangout is a Sonic fanboard. :p
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Frankly, I couldn't give a **** about technical looks. It looks, artistic stylewise, a bit nuts and possibly fun. It's not soulless, is what I mean. That's what looks great to me; it raised a smile when I first saw it. After all, I'd rather have a DS than a PSP.
DS Lite FTW! I'm so getting one next month.
And Wii does sound silly, but it certainly has everyone talking: "Hey, did you hear what Nintendo's calling their new console?" Seems like pretty good marketing.. now whether it was intentional or not.. *shrugs*
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Despite what people tell you:
Any publicity =/= good publicity.
For example, do the PSP "I'd hit that!!!111222" crazy squirrel ads really make you want a PSP, or do they make you want to hate it?
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The crazy what now?
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The crazy what now?
Must be US.
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The crazy what now?
Squirrel please... Get those acorns out and live, brotha!
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The crazy what now?
Squirrel please... Get those acorns out and live, brotha!
I'll repeat what vyper said.
What in the name of **** are you people babbling about?
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Don't say I didn't warn you.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2236974036484309509&pl=true
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Right, well that's ****e. Very american, I note.
On the other hand, you did remember it, so it's working on some level. The 'I won't buy that because the advert is so ****ing insultingly awful' level, natch.
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(http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/060410.jpg)
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roofle @ that last panel
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I got a huge kick out of that one when i first saw it. :lol:
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oh, and for those who have never seen a VGCats comic (well, except the one above this :p):
(http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/060501.jpg)
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Despite what people tell you:
Any publicity =/= good publicity.
For example, do the PSP "I'd hit that!!!111222" crazy squirrel ads really make you want a PSP, or do they make you want to hate it?
True, but knowing it's going to be called "Wii" doesn't make me hate it. I haven't seen any Wii commercials that make me hate it yet.
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Excuse me ngtm1r, I have a few pages of it, see:
The Sonic the Hedgehog manga series was based off of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The series, published in Shogakukan's Shogaku Yonensei (literally "fourth-year student") was written by Kenji Terada and it was illustrated by Sango Norimoto.
The manga, which started in 1992, was about a hedgehog boy named Nicky who can turn into Sonic the Hedgehog. Along with Miles "Tails" Prower, Sonic fights Dr. Eggman (known at that time in North America and Europe as "Dr. Robotnik").
Nicky has several friends in the "real world", including little John, the his girlfriend Amy (a prototype/first incarnation of many versions of Amy Rose as she is known today), a lizard bully named Anton Beruuka with his little brother, Matt, and Charmy Bee (a prototype/first incarnation of the many versions of Charmy Bee in a variety of diverse Sonic storylines). Nicky's family at home includes his mother, Brenda, his father, Paulie, and his little sister, Anita.
The series Sonic X (2003) is just a compilation of Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, however it has some similarities specially the "real world" part, but in the compilation a lot of plot is distorted, even the games's plot which is official (made by Sonic Team)
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True, but knowing it's going to be called "Wii" doesn't make me hate it. I haven't seen any Wii commercials that make me hate it yet.
Nintendo is famous for his commercials, specially about games, something which I never get to see from other companies like Sega or Sony (Sony did once, but it pissed so much Christians, that I bet they never wanted to make one again).
Even with a name like that I still prefer Specs, not because of power, but it is what sometimes make a company to decide over which platform will develop the game, if the company can choose and the specs are good they will go to it, resulting in a more variety of game.
That's the N64 story, where Nintendo believed a console with 64 Bit with "Fast Loading times", due to the Cartridges, would attract people, and not only people, but a lot companies decided to go with the Sony to develop their games because the capacity storage of the CD was much higher and much more cheaper than a cartridge...
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Here's hoping that Big N'll keep up with their usual tradition of building their consoles to withstand f***ing nuclear detonations. After 6 years of regular use, countlessly being dropped on the ground, covered in spilled drinks and generally kicked around, my N64 is still going strong and never given me a wink of trouble. The original Playstation on the other hand... my mate went through 3 of 'em in 3 years, and he treats his consoles well... :rolleyes:
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Here's hoping that Big N'll keep up with their usual tradition of building their consoles to withstand f***ing nuclear detonations. After 6 years of regular use, countlessly being dropped on the ground, covered in spilled drinks and generally kicked around, my N64 is still going strong and never given me a wink of trouble. The original Playstation on the other hand... my mate went through 3 of 'em in 3 years, and he treats his consoles well...
:lol:...Cartridge consoles are eternal, I still have a Famicom and a NES working after so many years, however the production of the games for the N64 ended years before than the PS1 game production, even when the N64 was newer by a year or so...I still have my PS1 and even without need of any service support is still ok...the problem was known by most users:
Many consumers also were not happy that the PlayStation's laser pickup housing that rested on parts of the traverse path and was susceptible to friction to this part would form a groove if used extensively over time. This caused the pickup to rest at an angle instead of being perfectly perpendicular to the plane of the irridescent side of the disc. As a result, many people started experiencing longer loading times, and other loading problems. Users remedied this by flipping the console up vertically, correcting the laser aim and restoring read performance. However, this would prove temporary as the upper part of the pickup housing would start to groove and cause the problem to occur again, but in an opposite direction. Nevertheless, many consumers were forced to buy multiple PlayStations to replace broken ones due to this problem. This problem was mainly found in the first generation of PlayStation consoles, model SCPH-1001. Later revisions and models would employ corrections to the optical pickup construction, including the use die-cast metals and more durable plastics instead of the softer plastic materials that were used in the older pickups.
My PS1 is working upside-down or in other weird position, I have to tell that explanation endless times to all people who was surprised of "why it is that position?". Aside from that you have to manage with care CD's, something that isn't needed for Cartridge, aside from myself most of my friends seemed to have lunch, drink, dinner with the CDs, aside from play like "Revolution X" with them...
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Excuse me ngtm1r, I have a few pages of it, see:
The Sonic the Hedgehog manga series was based off of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The series, published in Shogakukan's Shogaku Yonensei (literally "fourth-year student") was written by Kenji Terada and it was illustrated by Sango Norimoto.
The manga, which started in 1992, was about a hedgehog boy named Nicky who can turn into Sonic the Hedgehog. Along with Miles "Tails" Prower, Sonic fights Dr. Eggman (known at that time in North America and Europe as "Dr. Robotnik").
Nicky has several friends in the "real world", including little John, the his girlfriend Amy (a prototype/first incarnation of many versions of Amy Rose as she is known today), a lizard bully named Anton Beruuka with his little brother, Matt, and Charmy Bee (a prototype/first incarnation of the many versions of Charmy Bee in a variety of diverse Sonic storylines). Nicky's family at home includes his mother, Brenda, his father, Paulie, and his little sister, Anita.
This sounds suspiciously like a dojin being misrepresented to me. Furthermore checking about on SonicHQ and CuLt produced no information on the supposed manga.
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The N64 had the most impact-resistant controllers in recorded history. They built black boxes out of the same material*.
*Lie
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The N64 had the most impact-resistant controllers in recorded history. They built black boxes out of the same material*.
*Lie
Except the anologue stick. They had a tendency to wear out after a while. Ie. Many, many hours of gaming.
More so if your a violent player. :p (not me...)
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Except the anologue stick. They had a tendency to wear out after a while. Ie. Many, many hours of gaming.
More so if your a violent player. :p (not me...)
Or a single session of Mario Party with a bunch of mates. I swear, they engineered the goddamn game to destroy controllers to screw us into buying more... but, as they say...
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4730/mrpotatomoto9ge.png)
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Except the anologue stick. They had a tendency to wear out after a while. Ie. Many, many hours of gaming.
More so if your a violent player. :p (not me...)
Or a single session of Mario Party with a bunch of mates. I swear, they engineered the goddamn game to destroy controllers to screw us into buying more... but, as they say...
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4730/mrpotatomoto9ge.png)
Ah yes, that bloody game was infamous for destroying controllers!
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And palms too, by the way :P
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I think me and my bro destroyed ours with Smash Bros and twirling Bowser on Mario 64. :lol:
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We'd go crazy in Mario Party twirling our analog sticks, but managed to never break one. *shrugs*
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See, feel the nintendo love! :D
Many rejoiced moments of 4 player with my brothers in Super Smash Bros. ^.^
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[kinda off-topic] Have any of you ever seen a random little kid just walking around playing Nintendo DS or Gameboy Advance SP, and just want to hit them or something? One time, I was in the grocery store, and I saw this 6 or 7 year old sitting on a cart watching a movie on a PSP, alone. Is it just me, or is that in some way wrong? [/kinda off-topic]
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Sounds like easy pickins for any sicko to me.
[edit] Also, sounds like the parents* fault to me, as opposed to the company that manufactures the PSP/DS/SP/etc.
*neglecting, irresponsible, and unintelligent entities
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[kinda off-topic] Have any of you ever seen a random little kid just walking around playing Nintendo DS or Gameboy Advance SP, and just want to hit them or something? One time, I was in the grocery store, and I saw this 6 or 7 year old sitting on a cart watching a movie on a PSP, alone. Is it just me, or is that in some way wrong? [/kinda off-topic]
Cart? As in Trolley?
But yeah, parenting at its best. :p
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[kinda off-topic] Have any of you ever seen a random little kid just walking around playing Nintendo DS or Gameboy Advance SP, and just want to hit them or something? One time, I was in the grocery store, and I saw this 6 or 7 year old sitting on a cart watching a movie on a PSP, alone. Is it just me, or is that in some way wrong? [/kinda off-topic]
Dunno about wrong per se (because it could be a generation/perception shift type thing), but if they're doing it instead of playing outside or soforth, it's certainly unhealthy. I can't understand why anyone would ever choose to play any computer games ahead of proper play or actual physical excercise, but if your mum dumps you in a shopping trolley.....
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I always liked the codename "revolution" way past more than "wii"...
:blah:
It seems always like this to me, first Windows Vista was referred as much cooler (IMO) "Longhorn"
Then it was changed to much lamer "Vista"
I wonder, if it some kind of marketing plot to get people interested....
:doubt:
Well, bad name or not, I'm still going to buy it...after the price drops considerably that is.... :D
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First the geeks and nerds within the engineering/programming part of the company give it a cool name.
Later marketing fools change it to something they think people will have doubts about pronouncing.
It's a vicious cycle.
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First the geeks and nerds within the engineering/programming part of the company give it a cool name.
Later marketing fools change it to something they think people will have doubts about pronouncing.
It's a vicious cycle.
At the moment, I'm working on bits and bobs of projects (at work) called 'Aura' and 'Lahaina'. Now, can anyone guess what they are?
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At the moment, I'm working on bits and bobs of projects (at work) called 'Aura' and 'Lahaina'. Now, can anyone guess what they are?
A tasty new type of confectionary treat?
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6149308.html (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6149308.html)
Interesting..... Maybe there is more you can hurt besides your eyes and fingers playing games. ;7
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6149308.html (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6149308.html)
Interesting..... Maybe there is more you can hurt besides your eyes and fingers playing games. ;7
The tennis game sounds fascinating. I'm not entirely sure, though, how well that sort of literal type of use will transfer to the controller without some form of heavy haptic feedback - unless that's the big controller secret to be revealed by Ninty at E3.
EDIT; apparently, there is a Wii Star Wars game in development....with the lightsaber being controlled by the, er, wavy controller.
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Wario Ware sounds fun. I can only imagine how much crazier Mario Party is going to get.. ;)
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EDIT; apparently, there is a Wii Star Wars game in development....with the lightsaber being controlled by the, er, wavy controller.
I saw this coming, but I'm still not sure how effective it'd be without a physical representation of your opponent...or a really, really friggin' huge TV.
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EDIT; apparently, there is a Wii Star Wars game in development....with the lightsaber being controlled by the, er, wavy controller.
I saw this coming, but I'm still not sure how effective it'd be without a physical representation of your opponent...or a really, really friggin' huge TV.
Yeah, that's what I was alluding to RE: the tennis game too. I think it'll depend a lot on how intuitive moving the controller in 'time' to the screen is; doing it well would make it instantly ace, otherwise it'd be a disaster.
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Haven't seen this posted before so here goes.
PS3 Vs Wii - Apple Style - Blonde In Hot Pants Says I'm Cheap & Fun (Wii)! (http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=9048)
:lol:
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(and is secretly a dude)...
:nervous:
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Quite humorous.
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The guy who uploaded this ad said if Nintendo ever ran it then Microsoft and Sony would be doomed, and he's damn right!
qft. :yes:
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Quite humorous.
indeed.
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(and is secretly a dude)...
:nervous:
Ah, so you've met before?
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(and is secretly a dude)...
:nervous:
Ah, so you've met before?
Ba-zing.