Sunday, November 19, 2006

Wiiiiiiiiiii, oh, wait, OH NO!!!!

Well, just picked up my Nintendo Wii and a couple of games at about 0008 Hours Pacific time at my local EBGames store. There was actually a small crowd there, but I can't imagine it was anything like the mess which was the PS3's release a couple of days ago. Got the system home and meticulously removed all components and documentation. The packaging is very well thought out and very organized. I throughly read all english instructions included with the system which include the obligatory quick start guide, hardware instruction booket, and interface and setup guide. French and Spanish versions of all instrucions are included. One very slight problem-i'm a owner of a very high end home theater setup. Why would this be a problem, you may ask? The lowest quality video connection that I have running to my Sanyo PLV-Z3 is what is called "svideo" which is a moderate step above composite, which is that yellow RCA plug that is normally accompanied by a red and white plug of the same type which is used to supply the sound. The cable included with the Wii is of the composite type, and it's not an easy task to "jerry-rig" a temporary connection to my projector as the existing cables going to the ceiling mounted device (power, svideo, component, and HDMI) are run thru the ceiling to a equipment rack in the front of the room. So, no Wii for me tonight. I must admit, after reading that the Gamecube's component cable is incompatible with the Wii's AV output jack, I ordered the Wii-specific one online a few days ago. It probably won't be here for a while though as apparently it's more popular than Nintendo thought it would be and their version of the cable is only available online directly from them. My hope is that I can walk into Best Buy tomorrow morning and purchase a third-party manufactured one as I not too sure how long I can survive by just reading the instruction manuals of my just-purchased games: The Legend of Zelda-Twilight Princess and Excite Truck(can't wait to see how Metal Slug Anthology turned out as soon as I can find it!).