AndrewTS

Okay, a bit confused--do we mean the ones who absorbed the Light Tears? Because I found a Golden Ant in Kakariko village, and apparently you can collect that as some sort of subquest, while the Light Tear bugs are required it seems.

Since I've read that later in the game you can switch forms at will, I guess you can only do that later (as the game forces you to wolf form in the early bug-catching stages). I lost my crummy original shield just before the Goron Mines boss room. I hadn't yet discovered a place to buy the traditional Hylian shield, and my money counter maxes out at 300 rupees anyway. Where can I get a replacement? EDIT: nevermind. I didn't need it against the boss and was able to buy a Hylian Shield for 200 rupees at the "Malo Mart" anyway.

So far the bug catching has been strictly in wolf form, whereas human Link can't do anything with them because only his wolf senses can properly detect them anyway. Don't sweat it--it appears it is supposed to be that way. The wolf sections aren't nearly as fun as playing as regular Link, though. Naturally, that's because they're going to have to stack up to Okami. I just got the iron boots!

It was a mediocre Final Fight clone. A mediocre *1-player* Final Fight clone. It's not a "good" Superman game if you could have made a better game by sprite-hacking Supes into Mike Haggar's place. Sunsoft Batman NES, Adventures of Batman and Robin SNES, and even Batman Returns SNES creams that game.

Anyone taken a jump on an Ethernet-to-USB adapter to see if that works? Most the ones I see online run about $30.

You don't have the shield bash attack from the start, right? I assume you acquire it later like the Finish skill.

Batman actually has many good games. Superman has *none*.

Get me an Ethernet Kit so I can get it online and I will.

Naturally, I love the game. I'm not about to say that the Wii controls are an absolute *perfect* fit for Twilight Princess, but darn it, makes a lot of things simpler. Since you can assign your different gadgets to the d-pad on the wiimote, and also keep one mapped to B at all times, so far I haven't had to go to the submenu very often at all. Plus it helps that the sword functions free up a button to use whatever gadget you have equipped. So far went through the Forest Temple. It definitely was surprisingly long for a beginning dungeon.

Zelda is terrific and so far I've had no BC issues. However, I was thrown off that the far right port (nearest the power switch) is the 1st Gamecube controller port, not the far left one. At first I thought neither my wavebird or standard GC controller were working. Nope, both work fine in the proper ports.

Thanks! Doing just that.

I set out at 3:30 AM to wait for the Wii. Wal-mart had over a hundred people waiting outside for their 5 AM opening. Sure, not everyone was there for the Wii, but I passed. Target was letting employees in, but said they had no Wiis. I went to the mall--a small line for forming, so I took my place. It was rather cold, but I had a thick winter coat, a scarf, a hat, gloves, and a warm Thermos of coffee. At 4:30 the mall opened its doors. No stores were opening until 5 AM, but I discovered that (contrary to the ad), EB Games was opening at 6 AM. Myself and 3 others got in line outside EB; there were 2 mothers and 1 20-year-old Zelda fan ahead of me. When the employees starting going in at quarter after 5, they told us (there was a long line at this point) there were only 4 Wiis. I was the 4th person in line!!! At 5 minutes till 6, they handed out cards to the lucky first 4. I purchased my Wii just after 6, headed home, and here I am.

Something to keep in mind: Wal-mart opens tomorrow 5 AM. Target opens 6 AM. Gamestop/EB opens 7 AM.

Even with cable internet I couldn't make it. Refreshed the page at 2:00 and it was a screen of white and never loaded up.

In other words, 3rd shipment? No clue.

Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Toys r' Us, Gamestop/EB, etc.

Anyone get the guide book yet? It's massive and very well designed. Although I've been careful skimming because of spoilers.

The Wii is just an overclocked Gamecube, though. Few, if any, games should have BC issues. One person reported an issue with Mario Golf on it, but others have been able to use it just fine: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/wii-havin...sues-216567.php From the comments thread: "As for Skies of Arcadia? Yes it does (play fine on the Wii). Good game too." Unless we hear more reports, for all we know it could have been just a fluke, a single problematic system, or perhaps a Crab (Sony fanboy) making a false claim. Does the Wii have any obvious Expansion slots under the system, like the Gamecube did? I'd like a Wii version of the Game Boy Player, if it would be possible.

"SUPERMAN SMASH!" wouldn't make much sense, though. Unless you play as Bizarro. That would be great. Bizarro should get his own game.

It would be interesting to read that review. The reviews for Red Steel are all over the place, so it's virtually impossibly to find a consensus. By the way, retailers have recieved their second shipments, but they're sitting on them until Black Friday. So clerks that tell you they have no more either are ignorant or flat out lying. So I can't buy a system on a nice warm afternoon, and instead retailers want you to stand outside in the freezing cold for a couple of hours. Terrific. This wouldn't be so much of a problem if it weren't for a bunch of ASSHOLES PUTTING THE SYSTEMS ON EBAY.

Does anyone have the Classic controller? How is it? Despite the crappy dpad, it seems like the Wavebird just makes more sense, though, because it works on everything basically (GC/VC/Wii) and doesn't have to be connected to the Wii Remote like the Classic does. I've heard that the Freeloader works for import GC games. Can anyone confirm that? Will the most up-to-date Action Replay work with it? Oh--Jeremy Parish's Wii60 setup. Damn, the Wii is tiny: http://www.toastyfrog.com/img/blogart/0611...61121_wii60.jpg

You mean a 3rd party device like this: http://www.usbgear.com/USBG-UE200.html ? In theory it should work. It is essentially the same thing Nintendo is going to be selling (but isn't right now, for some reason).

The installation steps for connecting my PS2 (slim) up for online play. -Plug in ethernet cable. -Turn the system on. -Enter some simple settings into a menu. -BOOM! Wireless internet is kind of nice. You know, when it works. However, with the DS, you either had the option of A) buying a new router if you didn't have one, or B) running a wi-fi connector that is only supported by an extremely shitty operating system. Seriously, no OSX or Win 2000 support? Give me a damn break, Nintendo. You love Apple so damn much, why not? And now the 3rd option--buy an *ACCESSORY* for the *PRIVILEGE* of using a wired connection. What the hell? Even Apple hasn't sunk that low. That's easily my biggest disappointment with the Wii. Doesn't help that I hate wireless internet anyway. I suggest sending some product feedback like I did a while back: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/webform.jsp

Ebay snipers should be, like, shot. Okay--I guess it's lots of other people experiencing similar problems then. Try back now and then. Noonish should be good.

Call Nintendo. They have a great wi-fi help line that got me up and running. Until it stopped working again--but I blame my lousy Norton Internet Security, not Nintendo/the connector. I had sold it off used and it seems whoever got it has had no problems with it. This time around I'm saying screw it and going for the ethernet kit when it comes out. I'm hoping the Wii itself can be used as a WiFi hotspot for the DS eventually, tho.