Bought a New Wii: Update!

    I'm posting this as a follow up to the last post for a little more insight into some random stuff.

   Originally, I wanted to buy myself something for my birthday. I knew my sister was going to get me the Harvest Moon Bazaar game that came out today, which meant that my old DS Lite, with the broken shoulder buttons, had to be upgraded. If you can't use the shoulder buttons in a Harvest Moon game, you're screwed. And coming out soon is the PokePark game for Wii, which meant that my Wii had to be replaced since it's disc drive problems make it impossible to play any games.

   So my choice was to buy a Nintendo DS XL or a new Nintendo Wii.

   So yes, in the end I figured that I could still get along, however horribly, in Harvest Moon even without the shoulder buttons. And I instead opted to buy the Wii because it was something that could be played together and it can really be overall more fun for the family.

   Now's the part in the post where I talk about the good news and the bad news.

BAD NEWS:
   I didn't know before I bought the new Wii that there was no way to transfer games bought from the Nintendo Shop to be transferred to a new Wii. This is because the games you buy are coded to your specific Wii instead of an account. I was pretty upset. That's about $30 down the drain. And to make things worse, I went to copy my save files from the old Wii to an SD card today, and the Wii suddenly has no video or audio output. I tried it on two televisions and even tried using the new wire from the black Wii, but no luck. So now I have none of my save files... T__T

GOOD NEWS:
   My DS shoulder buttons have been broken for more than 3 years I think. Well, I remember playing Sonic Rush when the R button first started acting up, so around that time. Today(I don't know why it took me so long to do this :/), I decided to do a search for methods of getting broken DS shoulder buttons to work again. The first link gives the most amazing trick.

    It says to cup your lips around the shoulder buttons and blow. Apparently it removes dirt that can be caught in between the contact point that can't easily be reached. And what do you Know, it works like a charm. My DS is practically brand new. My sister was happy as well because her DSi R button had been malfunctioning and this solved her problem as well.

   And that's the more in-depth story. Hope that cleared up any of the questions that I received in the thousands of comments that the last post got. Haha. Just kidding...

Bought a New Wii

    My Wii has been busted for some time now. It was one of the Wiis sold early because I received it for Christmas that year. Maybe that has to do with it's early failure?

    So yes, I bought a new Wii today and I still experience some horrible stomach pains whenever I think about the money I spent.

    But monies aside, I bought the Black Wii and it came packaged with the Wii Sports Resort game. The game where you fly the plane around is worth hours upon hours of mindless fun. It's fun to fly randomly and then stall and do nosedives only to pick up at the last moment.

   I guess I'm satisfied. I mean, I really only bought this Wii so I can play Poke Park when it releases in the US. Can't wait for that game.

The Future of Gaming? God Help Us All.....

*Sigh* I get worried.... all this effort to bring motion-control to these "casual" gamers that don't really even like games in the first place. Now let me make this clear, when I say casual, I am talking about the people who only only like simple games and play for a less than 5 hours a week (approx)....yeah you know the kind I am talking about. Anyways I guess I should explain myself.

As you know, and if you don't you've been living under a rock, Sony and Microsoft are prepared to debut their versions of motion control . In a few days at E3 we expect to see the final versions of said products and set a price point. These are the Playstation Move, and Project Natal. Now sure, from a financial perspective, it's a smart move to try to tap into the casual market, but what does that mean for us, the "hardcore" crowd? My prediction... not good.

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