Nintendo Wii

[JimJim]

Has anyone done an update? The forecast channel is now available live in Australia!

My Wii is updating atm.

[matt30822]

Does anyone know the range of the nintendo wifi usb plugin thingy?

[alstanwick]

Has anyone done an update? The forecast channel is now available live in Australia!

My Wii is updating atm.

Yeah I noticed I had a message around 2pm and updated then. I love how you can just spin the globe around. Hopefully the News Channel is soon to follow, and also the internet browser, though I'll need some more points for that.

[JimJim]

Beta version of the internet browser is available for free download this Friday!

Matt, I'm not sure about the official Nintendo one, but my 3rd party one covers about 20-60m.

[The Muffin Man]

does anyone know if you HAVE to have a steering wheel remote add on to play racing games?

[headshot007]

does anyone know if you HAVE to have a steering wheel remote add on to play racing games?

No you wont. The controller thing is just there to look good.

It looks cheapo looking, anyone know if its comfortable?

[Matt_3D]

Woohoo for weather :D And woohoo for Toys R Us finally giving me Need for Speed! About time lol

I'm pretty impressed by the weather channel, it's very well put together. Now I can choose the best time to visit the south pole :dD

Muffin, the steering wheel addon isn't needed, but I've heard that it is pretty good.

[akgbob]

Hey guys,

This is my first post to the thread - I just learned I'm moving to Oz in February, from the US. My wife got accepted to school in Adelaide and we'll be moving there in just over a month.

I was wondering if I could get some help from the forum.

I bought my NTSC Wii here in US, but since I'm moving to Oz, I imagine I'll be purchasing a PAL Television when we arrive. Earlier on this thread there was talk on whether or not to get a NTSC system.

- What do I need to purchase/do to be able to play my NTSC wii when I arrive in Oz?
- What games will I be able to play? Only NTSC games?
- Is it hard to come across NTSC games?

Any help would be great.

Thanks!

[linton]

you'll find TV's here are all PAL/NTSC (all 3 standards) so the console will be fine.

The power adapter will require a step down to convert the 240V we use here to the 110V for the console.

The internet is a wide and wonderful place, you can order games from th U.S (and most of the time it will work out cheaper to do so anyway :p).

[JimJim]

1. What do I need to purchase/do to be able to play my NTSC wii when I arrive in Oz?
2. What games will I be able to play? Only NTSC games?
3. Is it hard to come across NTSC games?


1. Like Linton said, you need an isolation step-down transformer, they usually cost $50-60. You may be able to instead just buy a PAL power cord for cheaper, but I am not certain.

2. You will only be able to play US/JAP games

3. In Australian retail stores, yes. But you can get them off the internet in a couple of days pretty easily.

[alstanwick]

Downloaded the free trial internet browser today, it's great!
Just wondering, are they going to stop access of this one when they release the full version? If they don't, I don't see why anyone would pay for the full one when this free one works fine.

[JimJim]

Basically I believe this is how it works:

- Trial version is available now for free download until March
- In March the full version becomes available for free download until June
- In June the full version is released at a price of 500p ($7.50) and the first two become obsolete


- I've had mixed emotions over the internet channel, it is pretty good for showing people videos off youtube etc. A good site is www.peekvid.com

[Matt_3D]

I like the internet channel, it works pretty well, probably better than I thought. Oh, and it's free :dD

[alstanwick]

Has anyone else played Gamecube games on their Wii yet? Is there any way to get back to the Wii Menu after playing a Gamecube game without resetting the Wii? When the game is open the Wii Remote can't be used at all so the home button can't be pressed.

[JimJim]

No, you have to reset it, doesn't really bother me though. Btw, I've been having a great time playing Donkey Konga via the GC backwards compatibility.

[headshot007]

I've gotten a bit bored with the Wii. Didn't enjoy Zelda as much as i thought i would (been a OOT fanboy) and Red Steel is crap. In Wii Sports ive gotten PRO on every sport and cant get beyond that!

[JimJim]

I'm still lovin' it, though I have tons to play:

Wii Sports
Zelda
Wii Play
Monkey Ball
Rayman

and Donkey Konga on the GC.

I also have 2000 wii points, but nothing on there I want to buy!

[Matt_3D]

I can't get enough of Zelda, it's an amazing game and Wii Sports is a real time waster :dD

I'm pretty impressed with NFS too, it's better than I thought! :boonie:

[ExecutoR]

Still haven't got one :(

BUT i have played it ALOT as my cousin has one...

Zelda is fantastic, Wii Sports is better than i expected...

BUT

Under the radar slipped Rayman... OMFG! That is one of the funniest games i have ever played.

Not better than Zelda, but DEFINEATELY needs to be played.

[JimJim]

Yer I have played rayman, it's so silly.

I just downloaded Sonic on the VC, because I wanted to download something with the 2000 wii points I got for Christmas.