So who is getting a Wii tomorrow?

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mrd
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mjrpes wrote:mrd, are you running component cable? I'm running composite now and am wondering if I should wait before really getting into zelda, seeing if there's going to be a dramatic increase in quality.
Not entirely sure what the cable is called, but it's the banana plug ones. You know the three wires that are "glued" together, the red, white and yellow ones? Red/white audio, yellow video. That's the one we have. We're running it into a shitty TV my room mate has but whatever.. the actual picture quality isn't that amazing, I'm speaking more in terms of what the engine is spitting out... it's pretty awesome looking. You can see from the desert all the way back to Lake Hylia and beyond :drool:
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mrd wrote:Whenever you guys do get one, make sure you get Zelda. It's the fuckin' sweetest game ever. The world is so huge... there are some parts of the game where you can stand on a rock or something and see across the entire continent almost.. it looks truly amazing. Plus the game itself is like 30x bigger than any other Zelda game. I've been playing it for 30 hours and I'm not even half way into it :olo:
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a friend and i have been calling around for the past week and a half trying to locate one of these damn things. fucking elusive li'l things!
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mrd wrote:
mjrpes wrote:mrd, are you running component cable? I'm running composite now and am wondering if I should wait before really getting into zelda, seeing if there's going to be a dramatic increase in quality.
Not entirely sure what the cable is called, but it's the banana plug ones. You know the three wires that are "glued" together, the red, white and yellow ones? Red/white audio, yellow video. That's the one we have. We're running it into a shitty TV my room mate has but whatever.. the actual picture quality isn't that amazing, I'm speaking more in terms of what the engine is spitting out... it's pretty awesome looking. You can see from the desert all the way back to Lake Hylia and beyond :drool:
ahh, that would be composite... the shittier of the two. but since your running it to a an even shittier TV, you probably wouldn't see that much difference between the two.
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I am able to get accustomed pretty well to all the sports, except tennis. tennis is really hard for some reason. i keep on hitting the ball out of court.

you'd enjoy the golf, tnf.
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Post by bitWISE »

mjrpes wrote:I am able to get accustomed pretty well to all the sports, except tennis. tennis is really hard for some reason. i keep on hitting the ball out of court.

you'd enjoy the golf, tnf.
I've found all the sports games are easier if you limit the motion to your wrist instead of trying to mimic real sports motion.

And the component cables are currently sold out everywhere. You can try ebay but I'm going to preorder some from ebgames.com.
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i have a package from nintendo.com shipping from Washington as we speak :)
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mjrpes wrote:I am able to get accustomed pretty well to all the sports, except tennis. tennis is really hard for some reason. i keep on hitting the ball out of court.

you'd enjoy the golf, tnf.
I'm curious as to how accurately the physics of the swing you make impact the ball flight - slice, hook, fade, draw, etc...
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since the controller can sense twisting, you are able to slice or hook the ball depending on how much you twist your arms in the swing.
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i find that it's pretty easy to slice or hook the ball. if i'm going for a straight hit, i need to keep my arms rigid and not do a full back swing.
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