Is it just me, or at several points during that video does it look like the video is actually leading his hand instead of the other way around?

What would change as far as online safety is concerned if everyone had a nickname, but you still had to add each of your friends as well as have them add you?

On top of that, what does forcing every game to use a different code have anything to do with online safety?

As Shifty_Pete said, 1 very simple parental control that asks for the parent's password before your children can add friends, let games use your Wii friends list and you're set...

Instead, we get a system that's convoluted to a point where there are VERY few people that even use the service.

Patent lawsuits confuse and INFURIATE me!

If he prefers the ps3, there is absolutely nothing wrong or out of the ordinary about that.

It's the fact that he willingly traded all his 360 gear/games for far under market value on a whim for 1 game that he wanted to play on the ps3.

And his cause isn't at ALL helped by the fact that his mother decided to name her piece "The Ultimate Proof Sony Is Winning".

Sounds to me like that article is actually trying to prove that her kid is an idiot...

Nintendo continues to say that they haven't abandoned the core audience, but actions speak louder than words.

I know there are a LOT of Wii owners that are VERY upset with the way Nintendo is taking their system. Many to the point of selling their system all-together.
(just look at the spike in ebay Wii's)

So if third party devs step up and offer some good core games on the Wii, they definitely have potential to steal a lot of Nintendo's software revenue moving forward.

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iPhone.

I think it's actually a very good idea as long as they actually hire/train capable techs.

<--- even coming from a computer technician, I believe tech support is getting to be far too expensive. Hopefully Wal-Mart's part of the deal can help the pricing situation as well as providing the widespread footprint to bring the service to as many people as possible.

(yes, this was a jab at how Nintendo's focus is apparently on "kiddy" gimmick games now, leaving their core gamers out in the cold)

If they really cared about the core gamer (like they love to say they do), then they would have made more than 1 passing reference at what the Zelda/Mario teams are working on...

Instead, 99.9% of their presser covered new gimmick casual games...

They may have some things still in the pipeline for their core audience, but it just doesn't seem like they care about them as much as their casual innovations.

The fact is, if they continue with their current attitude toward core gamers, more and more core gamers are going to jump ship to other consoles or the PC. And I don't think they understand how big of an impact that will have on the longevity of the system.

Their current attitude will end up turning the Wii into nothing more than a gimmick. (even though it had sooo much more potential)

I can only pray they pull their heads out before it's too late.

If anyone still had fears that Nintendo's stance on hardcore vs casual would leave hardcore gamers behind, this presser pretty much proved that every fear was legitimate.

free wheat for everyone!

I won't stand for another $20 peripheral.

It's odd that people don't really like those "reverse trike" designs even though they are more practical.

This design is certainly aesthetically pleasing though.

Especially when the patent was filed a year AFTER the DS was released?

Color me boggled...

What is to stop someone from displaying a "Speed Limit 1" sign in the back window of their car to stop people from being able to pass them or to "grief" other drivers?

Spreading word of possibly having these weapons is almost as effective as actually having them. But MUCH cheaper... :)

But since they didn't, you have millions of people who prefer GH simply because they own a Wii and not a 360 or ps3.

I don't think that anyone can argue that GH3 for Wii was and will remain wildly more successful than RB Wii will be. The lack of online bundled with delay after delay have killed RB for the Wii audience.

And that just happens to leave the door wide open for the 6 intro screen, boss battling crap-fest that is now the Guitar Hero Franchise.

I REALLY hope that Activision will learn from their mistakes with GH3 and make GH:WT a MUCH better game, but I'm not holding my breath.

What if your business is willing to reimburse you for part of your cell bill if you use it for work, but it is still your personal phone. Will they make you buy the enterprise plan then?

I'm still a little fuzzy on the pricing for some of us.

I think you'd be getting a lot more votes if that page simply said "a creature with a tickle me elmo prehensile tail" somewhere.