Mini Wii to be released

[Taleweaver]

Um no. Downloading retail games would NOT require larger amount of NAND space. The game could be sent directly to the USB drive just like how WiiWare games can be sent directly to the SD card.

...except that those games aren't actually ran from SD card. They're copied to the NAND first.

As for Ouya/Wii competition, it's not about the openness of the console but about the games and making budget games for people who don't have the funds to or just don't care to go high end.

Yeah, about those games...taken a look at the new wii games lineup this year?


I'd just +1 Puppy_Washer's reply, but there is one thing I disagree with:

"- Legal USB loading for the Wii would require a huge amount of development from Nintendo for very, very, very little gain."

There isn't "very, very, very little gain". There simply is none. There is no market for it. Not even remotely. What you're suggesting is a money sink. And instead of understanding that simple message from Puppy's post, you go around dodging the issue with faulty arguments.

It's really that simple: nintendo can't make money off of it. (The ouya probably neither, but that's not the issue here)

 

[LightyKD]

...except that those games aren't actually ran from SD card. They're copied to the NAND first.


Yeah, about those games...taken a look at the new wii games lineup this year?


I'd just +1 Puppy_Washer's reply, but there is one thing I disagree with:

"- Legal USB loading for the Wii would require a huge amount of development from Nintendo for very, very, very little gain."

There isn't "very, very, very little gain". There simply is none. There is no market for it. Not even remotely. What you're suggesting is a money sink. And instead of understanding that simple message from Puppy's post, you go around dodging the issue with faulty arguments.

It's really that simple: nintendo can't make money off of it. (The ouya probably neither, but that's not the issue here)

*Facepalm* How can you say that there's no market for USB loading when THAT is a main option for Wii U? You can't say that a game loading option works for one console but not the other two. I swear, I'm getting tired of people on this forum not having any damn vision. The Wii still has legs. It's just the damn "hardcore" crowd that are the ones trying to get people to think the opposite so that they can push hardware and be a bunch of hardware whores. Thing is the hardcore crowd is a minor segment these days and unless you want 100 dollar a pop games, there really is no reason to keep pushing the new hardware angle right now.

 

[Gahars]

This is ridiculous! An even smaller version of the Wii?

Yes, this is what we are discussing.

 

[Deleted_171835]

LightyKD, I hate to break it to you but the Wii is dead. Deceased. Obsolete. Gone.

Let it go.

 

[Devin]

I can already hear the jokes about people's small Wiis.

"Wanna play on my mini Wii?"
"Grab my mini Wii controller."
"You're not shaking my mini Wii controller fast enough."

 

[emigre]

I can already hear the jokes about people's small Wiis.

"Wanna play on my mini Wii?"
"Grab my mini Wii controller."
"You're not shaking my mini Wii controller fast enough."

That sounds like a typical night with my girlfriend if you swap wii for cock.

 

[JoostinOnline]

LightyKD, I hate to break it to you but the Wii is dead. Deceased. Obsolete. Gone.

Let it go.

Not in terms of homebrew, but with games it's pretty much dead.

 

[Taleweaver]

*Facepalm* How can you say that there's no market for USB loading when THAT is a main option for Wii U? You can't say that a game loading option works for one console but not the other two. I swear, I'm getting tired of people on this forum not having any damn vision. The Wii still has legs. It's just the damn "hardcore" crowd that are the ones trying to get people to think the opposite so that they can push hardware and be a bunch of hardware whores. Thing is the hardcore crowd is a minor segment these days and unless you want 100 dollar a pop games, there really is no reason to keep pushing the new hardware angle right now.

The people on this forum aren't the nintendo Research & Development, dude. We're also neither nintendo marketing division nor game developers. Try talking to them to see if you can convince them. My guess is you'll be laughed out of the room.


...and you still suck at arguing. I'm checking things in neek2o as we speak: that very USB loading may be my way to transfer everything to my wiiU. So please don't insult me by implying I don't have any vision.

In fact, I find it completely retarded that only a few days ago, you declared the homebrew scene dead while there were updates being released. And now you're declaring the wii games department alive despite not having a decent retail game in months?

Wow...nice going, man.If that's what vision is all about, you can keep it. I'll stick to these things called "facts". You may have heard of those things. I bet they often get in the way of your dreams.

 

[Qtis]

*Facepalm* How can you say that there's no market for USB loading when THAT is a main option for Wii U? You can't say that a game loading option works for one console but not the other two. I swear, I'm getting tired of people on this forum not having any damn vision. The Wii still has legs. It's just the damn "hardcore" crowd that are the ones trying to get people to think the opposite so that they can push hardware and be a bunch of hardware whores. Thing is the hardcore crowd is a minor segment these days and unless you want 100 dollar a pop games, there really is no reason to keep pushing the new hardware angle right now.

Do you have any idea how much it would cost Nintendo to keep even a part of the Wii library on a remote server online for users to download now when the Wii is released and people will start shifting to that more and more? Sure the WiiU can have USB HDDs, but it was designed for that in the first place! The Wii wasn't. If they'd want it to work on the Wii, a lot of coding would be required, since all USB loaders at the moment are made by a certain group of people and they probably aren't that interested in just giving everything away (for free at least).

Also talking about a "hardcore crowd" is pretty narrowsighted. We're not living in the 90's anymore. Just look at Dolphin and what it can do to games like Skyward Sword. Now if you compare that with the Wii version, you'll notice that a normal casual player would pretty much appreciate the Dolphin version over the Wii version if the price was about the same for the consoles.

Also who is paying 100 dollars or over 50 dollars for games? There are very few titles that are must haves on launch and even then they don't go much over the 50 dollars. Or at least I haven't seen many games released that were over 50€ during launch. Most even dropped to 30€ or under in a matter of months..

 

[Deleted-188346]

I'd just +1 Puppy_Washer's reply, but there is one thing I disagree with:

"- Legal USB loading for the Wii would require a huge amount of development from Nintendo for very, very, very little gain."

There isn't "very, very, very little gain". There simply is none. There is no market for it. Not even remotely.

Hey, if one kid says "yay" from it, then it's some gain, albeit nearly none.

*Facepalm* How can you say that there's no market for USB loading when THAT is a main option for Wii U?

It's not a main anything. People wouldn't care if it wasn't there. It's just a nice "oh, they put that in? Great!" sort of thing. It's a convenience, not a primary selling point. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but has a single primary Nintendo advertisement even mentioned it? I understand that you personally value USB loading a lot, but you need to acknowledge that you are virtually 1 in 6.9 billion.

While Wever may think you suck at arguing, I believe you at excellent at derailing threads. I entirely forgot that this was a thread about a supposed Mini Wii. You are quite skilled, young derailer.

 

[LightyKD]

Hey, if one kid says "yay" from it, then it's some gain, albeit nearly none.


It's not a main anything. People wouldn't care if it wasn't there. It's just a nice "oh, they put that in? Great!" sort of thing. It's a convenience, not a primary selling point. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but has a single primary Nintendo advertisement even mentioned it? I understand that you personally value USB loading a lot, but you need to acknowledge that you are virtually 1 in 6.9 billion.

While Wever may think you suck at arguing, I believe you at excellent at derailing threads. I entirely forgot that this was a thread about a supposed Mini Wii. You are quite skilled, young derailer.

Yes, I lie down on train tracks just to fuck a train up! Derailed FTW as to the earlier statement of me flip flopping me feelings on Wii, yes, I said that the Wii was practically a dead duck but... if this mini Wii is true, this and Youtube could give the Wii console some more legs and the console could enjoy a second life in the same way as the PS2. I'm really hoping for that because I think that smaller third parties could really take advantage of the moment!

 

[kingcolex]

I took it as a joke because of the GBA Micro, but no. There is no possible way they would do this, not during the launch of their newest console, its rediculous.

 

[Snailface]

Somebody claims to have found a pic:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44795934&postcount=293

Looks nice if real.

 

[Veho]

Here's Best Buy's home page right now:

The link only takes you to the Wii section though.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

If true, I wouldn't mind picking one up if it were less than a 100

 

[Rydian]

Woah, it really is on best buy's CA site, and it's not just an image.

<a href="/en-CA/category/nintendo-wii/24333.aspx?icmp=home_hero_small1_20121127_WiiMini_en" class="promo-link-block home-promotion-banner-2 margin-left">
    <div class="secondary-promotion-content">
        <p class="hidden">Introducing the Wii Mini! Coming Dec. 7 2012!</p>
        <div class="small-banner-text">
            <h4 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px; color: #da1a36; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Introducing</span><br />the Wii Mini!</h4>
            <h4 style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; color: #77787b; line-height: 15px;" class="margin-bottom">Coming<br />Dec 7, 2012!</h4>
            <h4 class="small-banner-link">Pre-Order Now ></h4>
        </div>
    </div>
</a>

I'd say that's confirmation.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

It will be nice only after "Dios Mios Liter" and "Mini CFG USB Loader" releases.

To people that do homebrew machines like wii with screen, or wii portable, or even toilet with wii onboard, this rumored device will be useful, because as far as I know, the disc dive only create problems when people try to build these kind of devices.

 

[Deleted User]

its real i read it 5 mins ago on a dutch site

 

[indask8]

I wonder how smaller it really is (the "new" familly pack wii was barely smaller, it was just pictured differently on the box, which made it look smaller)

Power supply built in?

 

[Valwin]

I took it as a joke because of the GBA Micro, but no. There is no possible way they would do this, not during the launch of their newest console, its rediculous.

they did it already once for the gba micro why not again ?