Wii!!

[ikozaedro]

i don't know if people over here are already aware of this, but, this is a quick post from school, so, wii!

BEST.NAME.EVER. <p><div style="text-align:center">
my deviant art thingy!
quote:
"-Lili! a deranged man is building an army of psychic death tanks to take over the world and there is nobody who can stop him except for you and me!
-Oh my god! LET'S MAKE OUT!"-Raz and Lili, Psychonauts</div>
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[KingOfDoma]

It makes me want to either giggle like a schoolgirl or go to the bathroom.

*tries both, feels joy* <p><hr />
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[Ganonfro]

...I wouldn't go to far with that thought. It might be someone's fetish.

[Idran1701]

I'd be more surprised if it wasn't, honestly.

Also, glad to see I'm not the only one that likes it. :D <p><hr />
"Never let your morals get in the way of doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
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[Steve]

I think it's awesome.

[Archmage144]

It makes me want to go "WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

*holds onto his gonads and strife* <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">

RPGWW Wiki!</div></p>

[KingOfDoma]

Hey! Leggo of me! o.o <p><hr />
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[LadyDragonClawsEDW]

The commercial for it should be along these lines, right Brian?

Edit: *shakes a fist at Whispering Rock* Reset my defaults to EZcodes will you?!

Edited by: LadyDragonClawsEDW at: 4/27/06 22:25

[Nakibe]

And it'd STILL be a better commercial than those stupid PSP squirrels/squiggles/whatever else needs to be shot. <p><span style="font-size:small;"><hr />
Currently idolizing - Roger Bacon, Shadow Hearts
Likes : Forbidden magics, Determined people, His teacher
Dislikes : Stupid people, Church officials, People that prey on the weak
Method of Destroying the World : Feh. God can do it for me. >:{
Becomes Super Powerful When : ... well F***. When ISN'T he?</span>

"Lunatic? The sages of EVERY age were called that! Let HISTORY decide whether my actions were good or bad. For now, we must forge ahead!"</p>

[Archmage144]

Kate is on the money. <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">

RPGWW Wiki!</div></p>

[BrainWalker]

AM has the best post in this thread.

Anyway, it really doesn't matter what they name it, because it would be impossible for them to come up with a lamer name than [Same name as the old system]+[different number].

Edit: I just ran across a line in the Gamespot article linked at Penny-Arcade that confuses me.<blockquote>Quote:

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One industry analyst who spoke in the condition of anonymity said flat out the choice was wrong, for a number of reasons. "It's a sound that doesn't exist in Japanese, so Japanese people will struggle to pronounce it."

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</blockquote>What? Since when did the long "e" sound not exist in Japanese? They can't be talking about the W, either, and those are the only two sounds present in the anem. Wakarimasen :(

It is amusing to me that it is people who speak the language that the name "Revolution" was based in who seem to be complaining the most about the name "Wii", and are generally completely missing the point. The only problem I have with it is that I'm not sure if I'm supposed to refer to it as "the Wii" or just "Wii." <p><div style="text-align:center"></div></p>Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=brainwalker>BrainWalker</A]&nbsp; at: 4/28/06 14:11

[Idran1701]

I'd say "Wii", going by that explanatory page Nintendo put up. It seems they're going for it less as just a name but more as a concept to describe the system, which would suggest not using an article on it. <p><hr />
"Never let your morals get in the way of doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
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[Choark]

Wii all just need to grow accustomed to the name, it'll grow and fester on us eventually. <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
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<div style="text-align:center"> <span style="font-family:century gothic;font-size:x-small;">HEROES DON'T NEED PANTS</span> </div></p>

[Archmage144]

Revolution has both an L and an R in it, and we all know how much THAT confuses the Japanese. <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">

RPGWW Wiki!</div></p>

[PriamNevhausten]

I've already developed my own way of pronouncing it. If you know how the letter i is pronounced with an umlaut over it, something like that; it makes me sound like I have developed a temporary mental retardation, which I feel is entirely appropriate to the context. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[E Mouse]

The Japanese language normally combines consonant and vowel sounds to make letters, rather than having them be seperate. (Although the vowels can be standalone.) Most consonants have 5 versions, one for each of the vowels, but there are exceptions: n is actually standalone, and 'wa' is one of the few combinations that does NOT have corresponding sounds for -i, -u, -e, and -o. So there actually ISN'T a 'Wii' sound in standard Japanese, though most probably could cobble it together from their English lessons.

Not that anyone cares. <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>

[BrainWalker]

Huh. That actually makes a kind of sense.

But it's not as if they have to entirely reinvent the way they use their mouths to communnicate to pronounce "we". This isn't the R/L issue. Is it really that big a stretch for your average Japanese citizen, unrefined in the ways of English, to follow the w sound with the long E sound, even though there aren't any words in Japanese that do that? If they can say "wa" or "ni," can't they say "wi" easily enough?

Just asking. <p><div style="text-align:center"></div></p>

[Choark]

Well there is Oni-san, Onee-Chan - Though my spelling is completely wrong, I'm sure you get it. Or hell, even Oni. So it sounds like they can have a E sound in there but they need something before it, crazy Japs that they are.

Also the 'ii' is apprently to show the weird controller and there is two of them for the togetherness.

Wheeeee!
Or
Whiiiiiiii!! <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
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<div style="text-align:center"> <span style="font-family:century gothic;font-size:x-small;">HEROES DON'T NEED PANTS</span> </div></p>

[PriamNevhausten]

Well, you could kind of write it two ways in Japanese script. You could write it as "Uii," which would be extremely, extremely close even if it isn't precisely the same, or you could write it with the "wa" character first, and a small "i" after it (this is done fairly frequently, the "fu" character can be followed by a smaller vowel character to replace the "u" since "fu" is the only syllable in Japanese to use the "f" sound), followed by the second "i".

So it can be done. But it takes a little finagling. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Steve]

So, the basic impression I'm getting is that the Japanese language is retarded.

[E Mouse]

No more than English.

Eg: They're, their, there, it's, its, all tenets of pronunctuation <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>

[FlamingDeth]

So, my cousin and I were talking, and noted that "Wii" sounds like "Oui", and through some feat of linguistic stupidity, decided that if this is actually the final name that we're going to call it the "Nintendo Croissant". <p>
<hr />You must obey the dance commander, giving out the order for fun!</p>

[PriamNevhausten]

I will join in this cause. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[BrainWalker]

Couldn't you technically use any French word, then? Like, say, baguette? Or chateaux? Or pamplemousse? <p><div style="text-align:center"></div></p>

[FlamingDeth]

Technically you could, but the only one that could be a realistic substitute for Croissant is Chapeau. I'm sure you can figure out why! <p>
<hr />You must obey the dance commander, giving out the order for fun!</p>

[Zemyla]

According to Deuteronomy, pampelmousse is a suitable replacement. <p>-----
Do not taunt Happy Fun Zemyla.

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">I think boobs are the lesser of two evils. - Inverse (Pervy)
Dammit, Dan, I'm not dating a damn NPC! - OOC Will (Will Baseton)
Of course! Anything worth doing is worth doing completely wrong! - Travis English
Ultimately, wizards and clerics don't say, "Gee, I want to become a lich because weapons hurt less and I don't have to worry about being backstabbed; that whole 'eternal life' thing is just a fringe benefit."-Darklion
But this one time I killed a walrus with my bare hands, and I suddenly understood spherical coordinates. - KnightsofSquare
Also, when you've worked a 36-hour shift as an intern you too just might pour yourself a catful of coffee and sit down to cuddle with your travel mug. -eirehound
</span>

Adventurers! | RPG World World | The Phantom Lord's OT Board mkII | Indie Madnesse | Brotherhood of Elitist Bastards</p>

[Spleen]

Here's an experiment:

Pronounce this word: "tloo".

Is it hard to pronounce? Yeah, that's why we don't usually mix T's and L's in English unless it's across syllables. But even though it's not a figure we see in our language, we can still pronounce it. "Wee" is far easier to handle, in my estimation, so I don't foresee any problem with pronunciation. The guy who said this obviously underestimates humanity. <p>-_-___-___-___-_-

"The universe is all in the mind that perceives it, and sensation is the first and only reality. If a tree falls in the forest with no creature to hear it, then there is no tree."
-Dungeons and Dragons: Complete Arcane, page 167

Arch mage144: Spleen doesn't bother with penis size contests; instead, he goes straight to penis number.</p>Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=spleeninfinity13>SpleenInfinity13</A]&nbsp; at: 5/2/06 20:21

[KingOfDoma]

Some stuff gets repeated, but hey, here ya go. <p><hr />
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[Endesu]

There's a whole mishmash of ports and sequels in there, but...

<blockquote>Quote:

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Suda51/Grasshopers Studio Title

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I'll be on that like [insert word] on a [insert related word]. <p><hr />
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Curtis: Dannyboy, look at you. You've changed considerably, into a badass, if I may.
Dan: Yeah, you've changed a lot too, into an old man! I went to see the devil, now it's your turn!
Curtis: Oh, my pupil, so tenacious of life, guess I have to kill you again.
Dan: Shut up, before you run out of breath!
Curtis: I got rid of those smiles, there's no one left to disturb our game. Just you, and me.
Dan: Sounds fair, 'cuz I hate holding back, even for an old fart like yourself.
Curtis: Talk all you want, I won't need six bullets for you.
Dan: Or four for you.</span>
</div></p>

[Spleen]

New Smash Bros. game? I'm in.

Also, I like the concept behind the Nunchaku attachment, and of course the name. <p>-_-___-___-___-_-

"The universe is all in the mind that perceives it, and sensation is the first and only reality. If a tree falls in the forest with no creature to hear it, then there is no tree."
-Dungeons and Dragons: Complete Arcane, page 167

Arch mage144: Spleen doesn't bother with penis size contests; instead, he goes straight to penis number.</p>

[pd Rydia]

Whee! <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">dictionary.com | encyclopædia dramatica</div></p>

[EKDS5k]

It was the Japanese who came up with it, after all. There will be no problem writing or pronouncing the name of this thing. Especially for the younger generation, who are used to new sounds and whatnot coming into the country (quick Japanese lesson: there used to be a "wi" character, then they phased it out at the end of WWII, because everyone was just pronouncing it "i" anyway. Now it's come back with the introduction of words like "wiener," but written in a different way.) They'll be fine.

About the L/R deal. The only way it would be a problem would be if they were trying to read and pronounce the letters, instead of just saying "ell" and "arr." Which are totally different to even the most sheltered old Japanese dude.

[PriamNevhausten]

One day, I am going to get a Japanese native who speaks little if any English to try to pronounce "Squirrel." <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[ikozaedro]

now, THAT'S EVIL! <p><div style="text-align:center">
my deviant art thingy!
quote:
"-Lili! a deranged man is building an army of psychic death tanks to take over the world and there is nobody who can stop him except for you and me!
-Oh my god! LET'S MAKE OUT!"-Raz and Lili, Psychonauts</div>
</p>

[Capntastic]

My Japanese teacher hated that she couldn't say Clorox Bleach. Regardless of how much effort she put into it, it would come out as Crolox Breach.

[Zemyla]

And if that doesn't sound like something from Star Trek, I don't know what does. <p>-----
Do not taunt Happy Fun Zemyla.

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">I think boobs are the lesser of two evils. - Inverse (Pervy)
Dammit, Dan, I'm not dating a damn NPC! - OOC Will (Will Baseton)
Of course! Anything worth doing is worth doing completely wrong! - Travis English
Ultimately, wizards and clerics don't say, "Gee, I want to become a lich because weapons hurt less and I don't have to worry about being backstabbed; that whole 'eternal life' thing is just a fringe benefit."-Darklion
But this one time I killed a walrus with my bare hands, and I suddenly understood spherical coordinates. - KnightsofSquare
Also, when you've worked a 36-hour shift as an intern you too just might pour yourself a catful of coffee and sit down to cuddle with your travel mug. -eirehound
</span>

Adventurers! | RPG World World | The Phantom Lord's OT Board mkII | Indie Madnesse | Brotherhood of Elitist Bastards</p>

[Dia of the OSHIT]

www.wiicentre.com/nintendo-wii-details<ul>...

Communication:
Wii can communicate with the Internet even when the power is turned off. This WiiConnect24 service delivers a new surprise or game update, even if users do not play with Wii. Users can connect wirelessly using IEEE 802.11b/g, or with a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor. Wii also can communicate wirelessly with Nintendo DS.

Virtual Console:
Wii will have downloadable access to 20 years of fan-favorite titles originally released for Nintendo 64, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and even the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The Virtual Console also will feature a “best of” selection from Sega Genesis titles and games from the TurboGrafx console (a system jointly developed by NEC and Hudson). It also will be home to new games conceived by indie developers whose creativity is larger than their budgets.

...

Other Features:
Four ports for classic Nintendo GameCube controllers. Two slots for Nintendo GameCube Memory Cards. An AV Multi-output port for component, composite or S-video.</ul>Just some stuff I found neat

Seeeegaaa~!

[Dia]

www.wiicentre.com/red-steel<ul>Red Steel

Red Steel, a first-person shooter designed exclusively for Nintendo’s new generation console, codenamed Revolution. The game utilizes the unique functionality of the Revolution’s free-hand style controller and challenges players to master a katana, as well as “modern firearms,” as they slice, dice and shoot their way through modern-day Japan.</ul>Sounds like something Brian was talking about at one time--using the controller as the hilt of the sword and whatnot.


[edit]


http://palgn.com.au/article.php?title=E3+2006%3A+DS+Opera+browser+screenshots&id=4495&sid=e660a05f28751d71e5e0e971a95a448e<ul>E3 2006: DS Opera browser screenshots
Browse the net in style on the DS

We've gotten our hands on some screens of the upcoming Opera' browser for the Nintendo DS, so you can have a peek at the first Nintendo based web-surfing. It will come on a standard DS card, and as soon as the DS is within range of a Wi-fi signal, off you go googling to your hears content. "The incredibly popular Nintendo DS is already Wi-Fi enabled to support real time gaming, so adding Web browsing capabilities was a natural evolution for this device," said Scott Hedrick, Executive Vice President, of Opera Software. "Gaming devices are growing more advanced and a great Web experience is becoming a product differentiator for gaming manufacturers. Opera is excited to work with Nintendo to deliver a unique dual screen, full Internet experience on Nintendo DS."

The screens show the expected on-screen keypad, and combined with the mouse-like abilities of the stylus, Browsing on the DS will be at least as good as any PDA. It's based on the same core as the Opera desktop browser, and Opera promises to deliver the best speed and rendering of Web pages on a handheld device. "Within just five seconds of turning on the system, the Nintendo DS is already fully operational. This makes it the ideal device to enable people to swiftly obtain the latest information from the internet, wherever they are," said Masaru Shimomura of Nintendo's R & D Department. "Opera exceeded our expectations with its user friendly interface, quick access to all your favorite sites, ease of use and, most importantly, in making the best use of the Nintendo DS system's unique double screens and touch screen features. Opera is an important partner for Nintendo in our efforts to further expand the users of the Nintendo DS."

[View Current Media]

Written by David Low</ul>
http://palgn.com.au/article.php?title=E3+2006%3A+Opera+browser+also+on+Wii&id=4533&sid=ae9f88b116575dffe0755bcdcf5acc77<ul> E3 2006: Opera browser also on Wii
Surf the web on your couch using the remote.

Opera has confirmed that they will follow up their DS browser with one for Nintendo's new home console, the Wii. Previous efforts to put the internet on TVs have been patchy at best, usually because of clumsy interfaces or the necessity to purchase a special keyboard and mouse. But with the motion sensing laser pointer-like Wii controller as standard, this one just might have a chance at being useful, especially for pages specifically designed to be browsed by the Wii.

"Nintendo is clearly a visionary in leading the gaming industry into the new era in gaming" said Opera CEO, Jon von Tetzchner."We are thrilled to expand our partnership with Nintendo, and work with them to deliver the best gaming experience on the Wii console and the Nintendo DS(TM)." A Nintendo spokesperson called the Opera browser "an exceptional addition to both the Nintendo DS and the Wii console."

Opera's browser for DS is scheduled for release in Japan in a few weeks as a separate product, but will the Wii version come pre-loaded? No launch date was announced, so more as we get it!

Written by David Low</ul>

Edited by: pd Rydia&nbsp; at: 5/10/06 9:49

[Animala]

www.cubed3.com/news/5176

Images of the Virtual Console! What I would like information about most, personally.

--Dia <p><hr />to make the pain go away
i cut the universe
with ribbons
because that makes perfect sense.</p>

[E Mouse]

UPDATE: I have attempted pronouncing the word 'squirrel' phonetically with a ghetto-anime-Japanese accent.

It came out something like "Sukualu."

Which sounds suspiciously like 'Squall.'

This puts FF8 in an entirely new light!

- Fatmus, making useless contributions to dead topics since 1998 <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>