Nintendo's Next-Gen Arsenal

Much of the coverage of the next-gen skirmish so far has focused on Sony and Microsoft. The already-impressive Xbox Live vs. the PS3. Just the same, for the first time in many years Nintendo is definitely in the running for top spot. About.com has a piece looking at what the big N is bringing to the next-gen party this November. From the article: "While Nintendo is trend setting with controllers like the Wiimote and, to a lesser extent, the nunchaku dongle, other companies will be following along. Nintendo's game plan from the genesis of the Wii has been touch and gamer-friendly games. They see the future of gaming in the Wiimote. Everyone else, at this point, seems to be just catching up."

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Lets get this over with

[DeadMilkman]

*OMG* another "All hail Nintendo" brought to you by Zonk!

*OMG* Who wants to play with their wii?

*OMG* Ponies!, Nintendo iz 4 kidz!
(I want blood, boobs, and blunts. I wanna be a (rated M for mature) HARDCORE gamer!)

Did I forget any?

It all seemed so elegant...

[Anonymous Coward]

with the Wii design, the wii colors, and the wiimote............right up until I hit nunchaku dongle.

It reminds me of when someone is speaking french and then says an english proper name. For a split second the wheels fall right off.

Re:It all seemed so elegant...

[uberjoe]

Then I suggest we start a new moniker. You heard it here first folks, I Uberjoe, hereby dub the nunchaku dongle. . .The Wii-chaku.

Sony v Microsoft?

[Anonymous Coward]

Much of the coverage of the next-gen skirmish so far has focused on Sony and Microsoft.

Really? From reading Slashdot I thought it was 85% Sony bashing, 13% Wii adulation and 2% Atari/Colecovision. Oh and trace amounts of Xbox.

Re:Sony v Microsoft?

[syrinx]

You must read a different Slashdot than I do. The one I read goes from "M$ is evil!" to "OMG XBOX IS SO SHINY" so fast and so often it gives me whiplash.

The nunchaku dongle is said to be the first...

[Anonymous Coward]

...copy protection system that can hit you in the balls.

Re:about.com

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Dongles

[kernel_pat]

They plan to revolutionise the gaming market with the wiimote and to a lesser extent the wiiblowupdoll and with the online gaming capability users will be able to upload their stamina on the blow up doll and compare their scores with each other.

Re:about.com

[Tweekster]

Did they license that technique to tomshardware because the system seems familiar.

did anyone else notice

[aexiphixion]

that the people in those publicity shots aren't fat and lazy like the rest of us?

Re:about.com

[exclusive_lock]

Quick! If they haven't already, let's file a patent: "Obnoxious technique to fragment short articles to improve advertising hits".
It would match perfectly the other pending patent I have: "Method. to. create. slogans. for. advertising. campaigns. with. periods."

Truly original!

Re:Nintendo's Strength

[Anonymous Coward]

"I think the strength of Nintendo, is that while the PS and XBox have continued along their paths of getting better machinery to make games faster and look more realistic, ... "

Sorry, but the only thing I could think of was:

The intentional focus on realism is a weak spot, and it occasionally gets hit for massive damage.

One Game Missing on Nintendo's Wii

[WillAffleckUW]

World of Wiicraft: You get to play as a Plumber, a Sword Elf, a Giant Mushroom, or ... um sorry lost track after the mushroom ... think it's magic.