How would you change the Nintendo Wii? [Archive] - DCEmu Network: The Homebrew, Hacking & Gaming Network

wraggster

July 21st, 2007, 00:14

via engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/20/how-would-you-change-the-nintendo-wii/)

Since we've already sent both of the other major consoles through the wringer -- along with the two most popular handheld units -- it wouldn't really be fair if we didn't come together as a family and give Nintendo's Wii the most bitter critiquing of its young life, now would it? There's no real debating the fact that this innovative gaming platform has not only become a success in and of itself but fundamentally influenced the way we interact with our devices as well, yet it's certainly far from the perfect product, and there are a number of things we're sure you'd like to see added / changed / removed. For instance, it would pretty sweet if I could use this thing as my DVD player too. Or, why is it so dang hard to befriend someone? And of course, this being 2007 and all, where's that HD already?

Bonus: While no one really complains about this much anymore, as we recall, the name "Wii" wasn't all that well received among haters and fanboys alike when it was first revealed. Since this post is all about changes, we also want to know: if you could go back in time, how would you have branded Nintendo's worldwide hit?

ICE

July 21st, 2007, 00:29

i have faith in nintendo. the system is what it should be. plus the wii already can play dvd's its just not enabled..

i expect "DVD Playback" in the Wii Ware section at some point to enable it.

rokobungi

July 21st, 2007, 01:19

I just want nintendo to include pointer calibration in one of their updates. hey, the DS has it so why not the wii? maybe that's what will set MP3 apart from the previous wii shooters.

DimensionT

July 21st, 2007, 01:44

I just want nintendo to include pointer calibration in one of their updates. hey, the DS has it so why not the wii? maybe that's what will set MP3 apart from the previous wii shooters.

Some games already have it. I think the mini-games on Super Monkey Ball were the first thing I've seen use it. You had to keep the pointer in the center of the screen for a few seconds before the mini-game started.

@Topic:
I think one good thing to make the Wii better would be to add Wii control functionality to some of the VC games. Playing Mario Paint with the Wii controler would be awesome... As would playing racing games like F-Zero by tilting the controler left and right.

Super Scope games would work good too. All 3 of them :rofl:.

steve520

July 21st, 2007, 01:45

I wish they had more mature games but im not saying Wii isnt immature I love mine I just wish they had more hardcore games. I love the Wii and thats probably the only thing I would change.

LinkOfTime

July 21st, 2007, 02:16

I guess they could change the way you control some of the games to a more creative way, something like the DBZ game controls :)
Another thing I thought of today is including an option of taking snapshots of the games in the menu that appears when the "home" button is pressed and saving those snapshots as pictures in the "Photo Channel". (Its a great time passing occupation solving the puzzles in the photo channel :) )

Emulation_Chief

July 21st, 2007, 02:36

Hello:

Is there anything Nintendo could learn from Sony is multimedia functionality. The PS2 by itself can play DVD movies. It is true that DVD players are cheaper these days. But, if you want the whole family in the living room, playing games will not be enough. Sometimes, you can just want to watch a movie or two. With less cables and less equipment to connect to the TV, DVD playback on Wii will be the best choice. And still, Nintendo can keep the price as low as it is.

Altough HiDef will be a nice addition, it doesn't mean the game will be fun. I agree to keep simpler 480p widescreen as choice to plug the Wii to an HDTV.

On media storage, I think the Wii needs more space. Considering the amount of storage need for saves, VC games and Mii's, If they want to stick with a flash ROM and the SD card, at least an internal memory of 4GB would be fair enough.

ICE

July 21st, 2007, 03:46

HD wont happen. ninty thinks that it will be at least 5 years before hd is in most homes. ironically 5 years is about a systems lifespan.

MystD

July 21st, 2007, 08:19

I think the wii itself is good as it is, just the controller could be a bit more precise and a bit less light sensitive.

Da_ALC

July 21st, 2007, 13:27

The way I see it the Wii should have had VR headsets! They cost a ton for PC, £800 odd, but in reality its just 2 screens and a giro.. if the DS is so cheap as such then making vr headset would be easy.
Incorporating the headset would be easy as pie in games.. still use yer wiimote.. you sit there and have free head motion, move around with the nunchuck, and aim where y9ou like with the wiimote.. would be sick.
Other than this I think wii just needs more games of dif types. Some point and click adventures would go down.. monkey island style.

Evon von Vampdragn

July 21st, 2007, 14:45

Have something to customize the wii remote, for example like if i was playing The legend of zelda: Twilight Princess i would like the remote to be in the shape of a sword. MP3 i'd like a arm cannon(samus's are cannon) to be a the remote and to go over my are and i could use it like samus's arm cannon. Don't you think that would be cool?

Accordion

July 21st, 2007, 14:49

hadrian

July 21st, 2007, 15:22

I want Nintendo to spend time on ALL franchises not just the main ones.

VC titles to be cheaper.

Hard drive or at least let the Wii run stuff from SD cards.

I think the "mature" titles are coming, Rockstar have a couple (though one is a PS2 port), as do other developers.

Gold Line

July 21st, 2007, 15:33

DVD playback is useless due to the lack of standard features a DVD player has... optical out being the main.

no more generic waggle.We need real time motion control. I'm starting to think this is impossible, the closest so far is Kororinpa… which hardly requires any real action.

analogue buttons!!!

a second analogue stick!!!

some innovative games!!! paying £200 to play tennis or do step ups is not innovation.

no more PS2 ports.

you could use the game cube controller or the classic controller just like SSBB will do....

anyway the only thing i would like to see is a dvd player and free demos, but nintendo does not need to do anything there already beating the crap out of the other consoles

Cap'n 1time

July 21st, 2007, 15:42

More powerful CPU (not that an 800 mhz PPC is really weak)
Support for open video formats like Divx, Xvid, etc
Support for Open music formats like FLAC, APE, OGG, etc
Linux without hacking or tweaking anything

Translated games that never saw English Speaking countries on the VC
More support from Capcom, Square-Enix, and Konami on the VC
Not just actual rom images, but also new, updated games with better sound and graphics on the VC

MORE WARIO WARE!
House of the Dead!
Virtua Tennis!
A decent Billiards game!

HD support
Hard Drive add on

ICE

July 21st, 2007, 15:49

hey whoever said REAL motion control maybe cant be done mario and sonic will have 1-1 fencing in it. IT CAN BE DONE!! lol

i want a media channel. that'd be nice.

Baboon

July 21st, 2007, 16:26

I wouldnt change much... but a load more new games wouldnt go a miss, theres fook all out there at the mo.

Accordion

July 21st, 2007, 16:40

you could use the game cube controller or the classic controller just like SSBB will do....

i could, but what happens to the motion controls?

p

ICE

July 21st, 2007, 16:52

the second joystick was canned because its mainly used for camera movements and a pointer does that quite well as in scarface.

Accordion

July 21st, 2007, 16:57

the second joystick was canned because its mainly used for camera movements and a pointer does that quite well as in scarface.

didnt buy the Wii for ports of bad games... Twilight Princess needed camera control. alot.

and seeing as you cant use the pointer and the motion sensor independently that again makes the motion control redundant.

cswallstreet

July 21st, 2007, 17:01

Did anyone like the Name Nintendo Revolution better than Wii?

r2works

July 21st, 2007, 19:27

divx, mpg, mp4, mov support through SD card

online play for VC and Wii GAMES!

Wii motion control for VC games

Gold Line

July 21st, 2007, 19:31

i could, but what happens to the motion controls?

p

oh yeah i never thought of that....you got me there :rofl:

didnt buy the Wii for ports of bad games... Twilight Princess needed camera control. alot.

it did in the GC ver but they took it out of the wii ver for some reason.

Did anyone like the Name Nintendo Revolution better than Wii?

yes i did! Revolution sounds bad ass

l33t_haxz0r

July 21st, 2007, 20:29

I'd make all the VC games free...

Evon von Vampdragn

July 21st, 2007, 21:11

I was so angry when they changed the nintendo revalution to wii. I liked the idea of a revalution(revalutions sound cool to me) but then they changed it to wii. At first i thought that this was a new system(making the revalution title sound even more amazing) but then the revalution thing quickly died when we saw this. This is the 2nd worst thing that nintendo did. The first one was not having MP3 out in the spring like i was told. Sorry for that long rant guys.

Dee-Lite

July 21st, 2007, 21:41

Did anyone like the Name Nintendo Revolution better than Wii?

No I thought Revolution was waaay too gimicky and would attract far more criticism from critics and fanboys. 4 syllabuls for a console is just too much rev-o-lu-tion

i've got a Rev........um yea don't think so

Wii is far more unique and anyone can pronounce the word Wii and it's very quirky

I'd like to see the Wii take online gaming more seriously instead of drip feeding us. Mario Strikers is just a terrible example of how NOT to do online - I mean what is the point of playing with one of my Wii friends when I can't even communicate with them?

I'd like to see 3rd party devs release more new games and franchises that have not been seen before.

I would much appreciate a "media" channel. Is it just me or is going into the photo channel to listen to your MP3's insane??

Dee

Gold Line

July 21st, 2007, 22:12

music in the photo channel is crazy. A singing photo lol

mcdougall57

July 21st, 2007, 22:29

i wouldnt change it at all hardware wise but i would love to see halo with that wii zapper

Evon von Vampdragn

July 21st, 2007, 23:35

Sure wii is easier to say but thats because its three letters long and sounds like a reject from a childrens show. Not worthy of being a revalution. Besides i think just saying the "rev" isn't makeing the revalution....., well cool.

JKKDARK

July 21st, 2007, 23:42

Because any ***got with bad english (like me :o) can say "Wii", and it sounds like "We".

Evon von Vampdragn

July 21st, 2007, 23:48

I can say wii Revalution, what your point?

PSPegasus

July 22nd, 2007, 06:09

Better graphics would be nice. And if they could fix the Component cable problem with ALL of the VC games then that'd be handy. Also I'd prefer if it were easier to find out when VC games get updated. Knowing when your friends are online would be cool too. I guess just make a clone of Xbox LIVE and shove it on Wii :P.

Vampbri-n

July 22nd, 2007, 20:07

But nintentdo is best known for for it inovative ideas. Sony is the one who steals everything.

Elmarco

July 22nd, 2007, 20:46

One good way they could improve the wii...... MAKE IT CHEAPER!

Accordion

July 22nd, 2007, 22:24

But nintentdo is best known for for it inovative ideas. Sony is the one who steals everything.

please prove

trainerkai

July 22nd, 2007, 22:28

it is cheap probley just need 2 make more hardcore games

JKKDARK

July 22nd, 2007, 22:33

please prove

The Eyetoy wasn't an original idea by Sony. Sega made the Dreameye in 1999.

urfriendlazy

July 23rd, 2007, 01:21

what the wii could use is the able to play dvds and more games sooner. maybe its just me but im impatient.

Accordion

July 23rd, 2007, 14:44

The Eyetoy wasn't an original idea by Sony. Sega made the Dreameye in 1999.

! so what

Sonicboy 101

July 23rd, 2007, 14:56

A built-in toaster.
Or to have more games.

Evon von Vampdragn

July 23rd, 2007, 22:44

! so what

She proved it, what do you mean so what?:mad:

Elmarco

July 23rd, 2007, 22:59

I'd change the name to something that sounds less like a bodily fluid....

Evon von Vampdragn

July 23rd, 2007, 23:01

Thats a good point, like i said revalution was better.
Wait...........:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I just got the joke.

ICE

July 23rd, 2007, 23:32

things ninty did before sony- joystick, memory card, rumble, wireless controllers
might be more..

trainerkai

July 24th, 2007, 00:00

they did a good thing calling it wii it was 2 early calling it revolution prephaps 2010 they can call it that

Elmarco

July 24th, 2007, 00:02

Maybe so, but why that EXACT name? Surely nintendo would realise that there would be people who mock this. For instance; Nintendo Poo?

ICE

July 24th, 2007, 00:06

i dont have a problem with the name google and yet i use it in inappropriate ways all the time.
like yesterday wolfpack was "googling" himself in that porn thread ahahaha.

wii will become part of the human language and we'll forget its weird soon engough.

Sonicboy 101

July 24th, 2007, 00:09

i dont have a problem with the name google and yet i use it in inappropriate ways all the time.
like yesterday wolfpack was "googling" himself in that porn thread ahahaha.

Hey wait... now I know what thread you're on about! :rofl:

Well, I guess it should have a different name. After all, wii is just weird...