Wii gameplay video (Wii Sports and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
By Ryan Block 
posted Nov 12th 2006 5:18PM
posted Nov 12th 2006 5:18PM
Maybe you've been itching for some video of Wii gameplay? Watch as Veronica and I make total fools of ourselves playing Wii Sports (Bowling, Tennis, Baseball, Boxing, Golf); we generally tried to stay out of the way of the camera, but weren't always successful. Also, we've got the first ten or so minutes of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on tape. It's a pretty slow moving start, so only Zelda fans need apply. Check it out!
P.S. -Yes, by the time we hit Zelda we figured out why the TV wasn't formatting the Wii signal properly, and got it going to 16:9.
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P.S. -Yes, by the time we hit Zelda we figured out why the TV wasn't formatting the Wii signal properly, and got it going to 16:9.
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Fixed, thanks!
Ooh! How exciting! Bowling! Not.
Wow, I'm suprised you could have so much fun with something that small!
It seems impossible!
But thats from personal experience with...other things.
i love your tv
Where is the Ps3 Video?! I thought you guys were just about the hardware?
Im still not feeling the excitement vibe for the wii, its still shouting "Fun for 5 mins when drunk!!!"
How about some dual camera vid, whats going on screen and what your doing behind the camera.
ambilight is pimp, whats up with the golf? thats pretty stupid how it wasnt registering your putt. oh wel still buyin one here
Ya Ryan we know you have a lovely plasma :-p any chance you could zoom in past it in the next videos. Thanks!!!
Very fun
Me wants da Ambilight so badly!!! make meza vewy Jealous! Oh, and btw, who's veronica? She's cool! aka, sounds hot etc. LOL don't take it badly!
oh, I forgot to note that my previous post was half towards BoZs13's comment
Just a minor point - can you *please* put your TV on 16:9 you dills.
try reading the whole post before you flame. moron.
Ryan, tell us more about that TV. I WANT ONE!
My apologies - I was so keen to watch the video, I didn't read all the text.
Why do these adventure games have to rely so much on cut-scenes? I miss the games where you are dropped into the action.
Can we see excite truck gameplay?
It's amazing how they fit Gamecube caliber graphics into such a small box. I agree with Danny, I have no love for the Wii. I just can't picture this being fun for more than a day. After that, I'm pretty sure my Wii would sit and collect dust. To each his own, I guess. Additionally, what are Wii users going to be called? I suggest "Wii-ners". Thank you, and good night.
Wii sports is really really really boring to watch.
They look like those sucky cellphone games that you only play when you have nothing (and I mean nothing) else to do.
I'm buying a Wii, but after seeying this I doubt I will even try the sports.
why dont they put some effort into the wii sports instead of having them suck?
Is that Veronica Belmont from Cnet.com? Her voice sounds familiar. I listen to the Buzz Out Loud podcasts regularly.
@Petterz: That is Veronica Belmont, of said podcast...
Watching that Zelda footage makes me want to get a Wii even more...
Hey guys,
WE NEED TO SEE YOU PLAYING THE GAMES. That's the whole point of the wii. It's impossible to get a feeling for how the game actually plays if you can't see the motions.
When you shoot the video, can you zoom in to fill the entire screen, and use manual focus and keep it locked on that sweet plasma.
To: "who's veronica?"
http://www.cnettv.com/?tag=vidlib
That's her, she works for cnet.
Ugh, I am a nintendo fanboy and even I can barely stand those graphics.. I know, I know, Gameplay>Graphics.. but those look to me like N64 graphics.. Maybe it will look different in person.
@MrFreezie: I thought the same thing yesterday, until "Mark" kindly pointed me to screen grabs.
See: http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/11/wii-and-playstation-3-qanda/comments/2639066/
Ambilight is the dumbest gimmick to ever grace TV's. Not only does it distract from the picture, but if you have an older version it might even set your house on fire! Oh, and to get accurate color you have to have white walls.
On topic however, I can't wait to get my hands on a Wii (oh grow up). Best Buy announced how they were going to do the selling. Apparently at 8am they give out tickets, and at 9am they open to sell the Wii. They're doing the same thing for PS3, only an hour sooner for the tickets and selling on Friday.
is the Wii supposed to be in short supply?? I was thinking I'd pick one up but only if I dont have to wait in some obsurd line to get one... I think my kids will love the gaeplay of this thing.
Wii Sports is defintely a party game. It'll be a lot of fun to watch your friends make fools of themselves, which is something you don't see at all in the video.
And Ryan, won't you please read the instructions for your video camera so you can figure out how to get a good image? If not, then please post the make & model and someone here can tell you what settings to use. That auto-exposure control setting you're using is for the birds.
I already experienced the Wii and the PS3.
Can't believe you actually posted a clip showing a girl knocking you on your a$$. How does the baseball game work after the ball is hit... is it just automatic and you can't actually field the ball?? Is there a fencing game and do you need to stand dead center of the wii bar or it doesn't matter as long as it can pick up you signal it doesn't actually track your position.
Great console ... if it were 1985! Are they kidding? It would take one huge uber-spliff for me to enjoy the Wii.
Does anyone else have a problem with the video timing out? and whenever i try to download the other ones it shows up as a text file, can someone help me with this? Could it be because I'm on a Mac?
So far, wii sports looks really fun, hope I get to see zelda soon.
is that wii-mote lag i see?
Everyone just needs to stop crying about the wii. I think Nintendo has done a tremendous job of creating a device, that could potentially play the entire Nintendo library (at least in theory), for ONLY $250.00. This console has a very broad audience that this console will do extremely well.I seriously don't think their are that many people looking to waste $600+ to buy a PS3. Sony is just trying to hard to compete with X-BOX 360 that they'll land flat on their face and broke. Just look at all of Sony's failed marketing on the PSP.
Yeah would love to see Veronica playing with the WII, sorry Ryan.
I prefer to play bowling, tennis, golf the old fashioned way. Wii is a lame piece of hardware, it's amazing that nintendo is still around.
Yeah, you're so right. It make me wonder how Sony and Microsoft are still around too since they both feature sports games as well.
What a fuck-tard...
The links for the videos are wrong, they point to the walkthrough posted earlier.
double sixmac6's post
i was looking forward to downloading the video, and 85mb later it turns out to be the same thing as before
Just wanted to point out that you download links point to the wrong videos (Wii_walkthrough.*). They should be http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/videos/Wii/Wii_gameplay.avi and http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/videos/Wii/Wii_gameplay.mp4
AOL needs some more bandwidth the download keeps stalling.
Hi Ryan, just a question about the power supply. How many watts does the supply say it uses?
Cheers mate
Kyle said.
"It make me wonder how Sony and Microsoft are still around "
LoL. Another dumb fanboy detected.
You wonder why sony and microsoft are still around?
sony = electronics, games, music, movies , the list goes on...
microsoft = Do I have to exlain this???
nintendo = games and stupid fanboys like you.
No Wii for me until SSBB. Mater of fact, I only bought the GameCube for SSBM.
@ Ron
Just rename file to exclude the .txt part. Then right click 'open with Quicktime'.
Links point to the wrong videos!
1) I was expecting better Wii graphics.
2) Philips Ambilight: wtf?
It bothers me that Zelda still uses subtitles. Other than that, I didn't expect great graphics in either game, but Zelda does look much more grown up. Wii Sports is perfect for a pack-in (read: free). Get over it, people.
Nintendo is still around because they made some of the greatest characters and games in the past and continue to innovate, rather than just pump graphics. Sony got lucky with the past two Playstations. I'm actually sort of hoping Blueray will fail as a format because they are getting way too pushy and it's really the biggest selling point for the system. The Wii may fail on several fronts, but it will only help future gameplay, just like the DS.
the download video links are linking to previous video (Wii walkthru) , hope it'll be fixed.
Hey why dont you guys buy a usb capture device so you dont have to make ghetto videos of whats on your TV? It sucks trying to watch a small video of a camera pointed at a tv, esp game play footage. Also, I see you guys have your very own flash video player. There are some issues with this as well, the position slider simply does not work. If the video is buffered i would like to scrub through it, in real time and not forced to restart the whole video if i try to change the position. It would be better if you posted your videos to youtube in the mean time till you guys get the kinks worked out.
Wow, a brand new system that has almost as good a graphics as an Xbox from 5 years ago. Cool. Add to that a control mechanic that will feel innovative for about a month, and I can see why everyone is so excited about it.
When Nintendo announced that Wii Sports was to be bundled with the actual console, they also said that it was not to amaze you graphics or interest-wise. This game was simply suppost to teach you the wonders of the "Wii-mote".
I think it looks pretty cool, deffinetly gonna pick up Zelda.
Engadget, you tease! Video downloads that stall and embedded videos that freeze. Seriously though, this is frustrating, what's going on??
This was some welcome relief compared to Gamespot's live play. You are definitely not making fools of yourselves, or at least not a tenth as bad as they did.
Ah, takes me back to a more innocent time.
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