Failure to explain on my part probably....I do have a Wii, I just can't find where to buy the damn games!
I'm at store.nintendo.com right? I click on Games, and my choices are "online store", "retail" and "online retail"...all links just show me where else I might be able to go to buy Wii games! It says I have a shopping cart, so I know I can buy games here....somewhere...but apparently i'm going to need someone to take me through it click by click, cuz i sure as hell can't find them. On 4/30/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >So I just found out about this "virtual console" that Nintendo offers, > where > >you can download classic NES games, load it onto your Wii, and play it. > >Classic games like Tecmo Bowl and Punchout cost only $5. > > > >But....for the frickin' life of me, I can't figure out how and where on > the > >NS site to actually BUY the games! Has anyone done this, and can help me > >out? > > I think we've got a failure to communicate. ;^) > > The Virtual Console is a Wii-only feature - you need a Wii to buy or play > games. > > If you DO have a Wii you just go to the "Store" channel, pick a game and > buy it (using Nintendo's unfortunately awful online system) and it will then > show up as a new channel on the Wii main menu. > > Nintendo (on both the Wii and its website) really doesn't seem to "get" > online - they don't do ANYTHING according to the many defacto standards. In > this case any games you buy are linked to the hardware (the Wii itself) not > to a user ID or account (like on PSN or XBL). This means you can't move > games from one Wii to another. > > There are NO demos of these games available. It's hard to justify trying > out new games (with games this old they really do need to be classics to be > worth it - having bad graphics, sound, controls, etc is fine with a GREAT > game... but just torture with a crappy game). You find yourself just > getting games that you know. > > There are no updates of any kind to the games - these are direct ROM > ports. No improved resolution, sound, modes, etc. This is fine (the > classic games hold up well in any case) but you're definately just buying > games that you probably already own (possibly in several formats). > > The big problem with that latter point is that the controller does not map > exactly to any classic controller (the classic controller for the Wii > doesn't either). Since the games aren't updated at all all help information > (if it's even available) references the native controllers. Sometimes it's > difficult to play because of this. > > Still - in spite of all these negatives - there's some REALLY good content > on the Virtual Console. The prices are decent (not great... especially if > you already own the games) and the games play well. > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233572 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
