gamingeek said:

Argh! That's some hideous box art!

I really hope Nintendo's not thinking that because they're using discs on cafe with a shitload of space, that they don't need a large storage bank on the system. 8gigs of storage isn't going to be worth shit....why do they think Sony and Microsoft keep coming out with larger drives? The games themselves will be fine, but downloadable content will be VERY limited.

edgecrusher said:

I really hope Nintendo's not thinking that because they're using discs on cafe with a shitload of space, that they don't need a large storage bank on the system. 8gigs of storage isn't going to be worth shit....why do they think Sony and Microsoft keep coming out with larger drives? The games themselves will be fine, but downloadable content will be VERY limited.

I think they still want us to use SD cards, particularly the SDHC cards you can use with wii which are up to 32gb of space. Problem is the games have to be read and moved over to wii's 512mb onboard memory to be executed and there is also like a 32mb file size limit on wiiware developers.

So I guess with an 8gb onboard memory it will allow you to do the same thing, but allow for much bigger games and you could just store everything on a single 32gb card.

Wiiware stuff takes seconds to load from SD cards, but larger Wii 2 download games could take a minute or 5 to load up I guess. It's not a bad solution but it depends on the loading times. It's $25 for a 16gb card on amazon.

I like the low prices of classics ranges. I don't like the cheapo looking packaging of some. Why can't they just keep the same original boxart and slap a platinum sticker on top that you can remove?

Also, US dvds and games. I buy them sometimes, what is with the annoying little plastic seal on the top of the case? It never peels away cleanly, it always leaves a residue and sometimes you have to pick at it so hard with your fingernail it actually damages the box.

Interesting 1up Editorial on Wii 2 and what it means for Nintendo and consumers. It's a good read, by Jeremy Parish. I agree with most of it.

Editorial: Does a High-Powered Console Fit Nintendo's Strategy?

Why Project Cafe's rumored specs seem true to Nintendo tradition.

Here's just a snippet:

"I get the distinct impression that game fans are stuck on the notion that the inclusion of high-definition graphics means Nintendo will no longer be targeting casual consumers, but that's outdated thinking. "

Epic rant time

So they are not showing the pictures of Bin Laden? Fuck that. The info is really all over the place. First Osama was armed now he was unarmed. First they went in with help of Pakistan then they really did not trust Pakistan and went in alone. First his wife was dead, then it was his aunt, mother, sister whatever. You know what fuck this shit.

Either you tell what you did or shut the fuck up. I am done with this huge circus of disinformation. Bu..bu..bu they don't want to make the Muslim world angry. They are always angry, maybe you should stop killing innocent civilians in Iraq and Afgahnistan and stop locking people up in jail with no trial whatsoever.

I am sceptical about everything now. Will not trust anything. Maybe in a year or 2 we might read what really happened in Wikileaks. Unless of course Assange is assassinated in the mean time. I will end it with this, because it is just as relevant now as it was back then. Maybe even more so.