Official Wii Thread

[Shin Johnpv]

Had to have been. Those things were incredible shit when most game stores at the time had the professional resurfacers.

How come no one has those any more, not even cd or dvd places. There was a time where everyone one of those style stores had one. I only ask cause a friend bought a tutorial DVD online off ebay and when he got it it was scratched to hell still plays but skips from time to time in one particular area where theres a huge scratch. Back in the day you could have taken that dvd to a Gamestop or any cd/dvd place and gotten it resurfaced and bam perfect again. I wish places still had them.

[bandit]

How come no one has those any more, not even cd or dvd places. There was a time where everyone one of those style stores had one. I only ask cause a friend bought a tutorial DVD online off ebay and when he got it it was scratched to hell still plays but skips from time to time in one particular area where theres a huge scratch. Back in the day you could have taken that dvd to a Gamestop or any cd/dvd place and gotten it resurfaced and bam perfect again. I wish places still had them.

GameStop on Ave of Americas (across from Manhattan Mall) does it. Dont know if they still do. I know GameCrazy in Queens (Forest Hills/Bayside?) has a machine that does it.

[bandit]

Game Doctors! I remember those things, they sucked. I never could get a straight answer on why they were being pushed so hard, either. I just assumed it involved truckloads of hookers for the corporate offices.

James

They were being pushed cuz they probably had a contract with them or something. When an employee sells one, they get a commission on each. It was like $2 commission for each sale. I remember getting like $40 on one paycheck (get paid every 2 weeks). $20 per week, 10 a week, not bad at all. Whats worse was when I think Xbox launched, we included that shit with the bundles. People started to complain so Corporate decided to stop bundling it.

[bandit]

Nintendo delivers Wii's in ice cream truck. They even open it up to show how its packaged.

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=11745

BTW, Wii Sports comes in those cardboard sleeves. NO DVD case for the included game.

[Kbu Chan]

OMG I hATE NITENdo,nocase

[Kbu Chan]

DICKS PLAY XBOX 360!

no duh.

[Therum]

iLounge, an Apple/iPod website, posted a three part article on the Wii. It's more...I dunno, personal then other articles, so here it is.

Part 1: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/bac...t-i-unpacking/
Part 2: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/bac...ace-and-games/
Part 3: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/bac...elda-in-depth/

Shows the Wii being unpacked, and has stuff on Excite Truck, Wii Sports, and Zelda.

Not much text, but pretty good pictures. Lots of new stuff, even if the actual game pictures are of bad quality.

[GohanX]

BTW, Wii Sports comes in those cardboard sleeves. NO DVD case for the included game.

I was planning on making a custom DVD case insert for Wii Sports, using another Wii game's insert as a template and putting in the graphics and stuff scanned in from the cardboard case. I'll post it up here if anyone else would like one.

I'm getting pretty good at making DVD inserts, as long as I have good original artwork. *points at avatar* *ahem*

[bandit]

I was planning on making a custom DVD case insert for Wii Sports, using another Wii game's insert as a template and putting in the graphics and stuff scanned in from the cardboard case. I'll post it up here if anyone else would like one.

I'm getting pretty good at making DVD inserts, as long as I have good original artwork. *points at avatar* *ahem*

I'm definitely interested in the case insert if you make one. If anyone has a spare Wii DVD case, let me know (when games are released).

[James]

If you know anyone who works at a game store, you can probably get them to toss you one without any problem. Display boxes are plentiful.

James