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Which console is on your Christmas wish list?

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Which console is on your Christmas wish list?

  • XBox 360

    Votes: 7 38.9%

  • Playstation 3

    Votes: 4 22.2%

  • Nintendo Wii

    Votes: 7 38.9%
  • Total voters
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I want the Wii. After five or six years, I'm just getting PS2/XBox burn-out. Every single fucking game is the exact same boring shit. It's all either gangsta wanna-be hardcore R-rated GTA roleplay, the 19th version of a football game where the running game still doesn't work for shit, or some MP war-sim like SoCom.

I like the thought of having the Wii and just downloading the classic Tetris, RC Pro Am, or Metroid for another 5 bucks to give me a diversion from the next 200 hours of my life, which will probably be spent playing the best Zelda game to ever be released in the history of video gaming since the last Zelda game came out two Christmases ago, or something like that.

There's something to be said for the Zelda and Mario titles, and after 21 years, still nobody has come close.
 
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BuckeyeNation27;674135; said:
you can sit and play them for hours for free on your computer with an emulator also
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True, but it's not the same experience, there are typically controller interface or emulation speed issues, and some titles simply don't work under emulation because the code for some graphic-subsystem or chip cannot be accurately reproduced. The more realistic alternative is to just buy a reconditioned 72-pin NES off eBay, but that misses the point.

With the Wii, you've got access to the most popular 8-bit Classic, SNES, N64, Genesis, and TurboGrafix 16 carts right out of the box on demand, a "classic" controller available for another $20, and the backwards compatibility to the Gamecube discs and peripherals, with the Wii accented versions being released right now.

There's a lot of meat there for people who aren't looking for cutting edge graphics.

The Wii-mote is pure genius too. Nintendo is going to make billions selling replacement Wii-motes to people who accidentally throw theirs against the wall playing Madden.
 
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The Wii looks like a blast... I can't wait to try it out.

I do wonder if lazy americans will eventually want another console they can play without moving.
True, but it's not the same experience, there are typically controller interface or emulation speed issues, and some titles simply don't work under emulation because the code for some graphic-subsystem or chip cannot be accurately reproduced. The more realistic alternative is to just buy a reconditioned 72-pin NES off eBay, but that misses the point.
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Recently I downloaded a torrent with 400 roms, and I'd say 95% of them work flawlessly.
 
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Dryden;674112; said:
which will probably be spent playing the best Zelda game to ever be released in the history of video gaming since the last Zelda game came out two Christmases ago, or something like that.
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Can't get here soon enough.

Once we've finished Zelda on Gamecube for the 4th time, I'll think about investing in the wii so that we can play Twilight Princess another half-dozen times.
 
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Muck; said:
Dreamcast? Or was that a typo for Gamecube?
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Typo. I meant Gamecube. Went back and corrected it.

jwinslow; said:
Recently I downloaded a torrent with 400 roms, and I'd say 95% of them work flawlessly.
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Yes, many of them do, and some do not. Again though, that still misses the point. The games don't "feel" the same sitting at your desk on the PC as they do plopped down on the sofa in front of the TV. You're not exactly going to cram yourself and three friends around your PC to play Mario Kart or Gauntlet or General Chaos or Golden Axe (in case you only have two friends). :biggrin:

Apples and oranges.
 
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None. I played xbox's and xbox 360's version of Madden 07 side by side the other day at eb games. Aside from the graphics, the xbox version plays much better.

I do not plan on changing gaming systems until I feel that the software warrants it. Although, I do realize at some point, I will not be able to buy new software for the xbox.
 
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