Nintendo reveals TV guide service for Wii

It would have been nice if they put the effort from making the TV guide into something creative. Like...I don't know... SOME GAMES!!!

Would it kill Nintendo to release more than 2 hardcore games a year. I guess they realised they no longer have to since the Wii pretty much will sell on shit games alone.

I know I'm going to get [-]'d for sating this but its true. Why try and make your system look better with games and new and innovative feature when people will just buy it up because it's the popular thing. To much success makes a company lazy and a refusal to populate their systems with good software or good features.

I once considered myself a Nintendo fanboy, then I got a PS2. The PS2 made me realize how much I was missing out with just Nintendo Systems.

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I only have a few words for all those complaining.
1. It's free.
2. Don't download it if you dont like it.

Games? Games? We dont need no stinkin' games.

You 'no games' decriers are insane. Unless you don't have a job, or a wife, or any kind of job outside of video games, I can't take you seriously. I am working my way through Zak & Wiki, Battalion Wars 2, and Guitar Hero 3, not to mention Fire Emblem: PoR (so I can build up my guys for the new one). In the next few weeks I've got Radiant Dawn, Super Mario Galaxy, MoH 2: Heroes, and for my DS I have to finish Phantom Hourglass, and buy Dementium and Contra 4. WiiDS ftw!

MMMM. This is what I "luv" about the internet. The Wii has been getting alot of love this past week and once it does something supposedly "stupid," everyone turns their back on them, and starts crapping on Nintendo yet again. What's that smell? It's the smell of idiots coming out to play.

Anyways the guide. Meh, it's free so I'll probably use it. If you don't like it, then don't dl it. It's as simple as that.

NATO: Don't try to justify your idiotic ramblings by just saying they're your opinions and then call ME a fanboy because I point out how irrational you're being. If you want your opinions to be respected then support them with good, logical arguments instead of just complaining.

Seriously, do you honestly think this channel took a significant amount of time or manpower to set up? So much so that it's causing Nintendo to draw talent AWAY from video game development? Say that out loud. Does that REALLY sound right to you? How about instead of coming after ME, you keep your irrational, unsupported, childish "opinions" to yourself and let people who engage in responsible debate have the floor. THEN maybe video game forums wouldn't have a reputation for being the asshole of the internet.

-Moses

This is huge.

If that thing would have decent filtering and aggregation rules, I know bunch of people who would readily pay $250 to just have the TV program - right on their TVs.

It's free. Cool. Will I use it? Probably not. Am I going to get upset with it? No.

If I have anything to be upset about is that Zack and Wiki is taking all of my free time and I want to "break my strap" and have the Wiimote fly through the TV.

Damn you Capcom! Damn you to Hell!
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Awesome game, though.

the only way i can see this being useful is if it can remind me of shows i wanted to watch while im playing a game. i say that because i have missed shows i wanted to watch because i was so caught up in a game. so if it has a reminder box pop up in the corner while im gaming (like PS3 and im guessing 360 do with messages and stuff) then i see it as pointless. my direcTv guide is all i need.

and people are complaining about it, even though it's free, because they are wasting time on pointless channels when they could be developing something a little more worthwhile.

This feature is so ridiculous, trying to put into words why is making me lose the requisite IQ points.

They do seem to have trouble thinking of the right channels, there is a lot of untapped potential in the whole "channel" idea that they are missing

Like, i don't know, a secure, Nintendo-run channel for building an (admittedly sterile, but better than nothing) Online community?

They do seem to have trouble thinking of the right channels, there is a lot of untapped potential in the whole "channel" idea that they are missing

Like, i don't know, a secure, Nintendo-run channel for building an (admittedly sterile, but better than nothing) Online community?

People who are saying Nintendo wasted resources to release this, think about it. How many art directors, music directors, and code grunts were harmed in the production of this channel?

Maybe 4 or 5. Hardly ruining the potential of another core game.

OH NOES my oft-dreamed epic mature Kid Icarus got benched because of the TV Guide channel for Wii!

"Now, do you guys take pills to stay this pissed off about everything or is it a conscious effort?"

Wow, mouse, you must have heard an expression like that from an after school special - it is so profound and ouch - it burns, it burns. IMO, and let me stress the OPINION part, I agree with NATO Duke and the other "pill poppers" who think it is a bad idea, waste of time, ridiculous, etc.

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

You know, actually I could really use this. The TV Guide Channel has since moved to digital, beyond my cable service, and Media Center is slow as hell booting up, so I hate using that guide. And I rarely use newspaper guides or TV Guide itself, as print doesn't adjust for games that run long, or changes in scheduling. Not to mention it's nice to have a guide where you always know where to find it: on the Wii.

Llama: Ouch, I'm hurt. I truly am.

-Moses

Wait, just checking, you don't have anything else of substance to add? Like maybe a good reason as to why you should be so ridiculouslt angry about this? Ah well.

Yeah, sure the channel's kind of useless for most people-- I doubt I'll be using it much, if at all-- but I certainly don't see the need for everyone to act like this is anything more than just a neat little feature that will please people who want to use it. Any reaction beyond that just tells you me you're WAY too into this stuff.

-Moses

Back to NATO: How is it a bad idea, though? Expand on that concept. You just said no one will use it. But why? *Support your argument.* I could say millions of people will use it, but that's just as baseless of a claim as yours. I didn't call YOU idiotic or childish, just your comments. Which they were.

More on that: I REALLY hate it when people act like all opinions are equal. They're not. There are well supported opinions and poorly supported opinions. Yours was one of the former, and when I pointed out, you tried to hide behind the fact that opinions are subjective, and then labeled me as a fanboy because I wanted more out of the people acting like this is some huge mistake, which is rather childish and immature in its mistaken notion on the scope of the channel.

Forums shouldn't be for just trading opinions, they should be for trading *well-developed* opinions. Don't just make a claim, support it! I think this channel is just as unnecessary as you do, but I'm not getting pissy about it because I recognize the fact that it's a very small project that's most likely going to have no significant impact, positive or negative. It's just a diversion for the people that do decide its useful.

Your reply was much better, but I want more out of you. Don't get mad at me for defending myself, realize that in order to hold a worthwhile debate you're going to have to do more than call people fanboys. It doesn't work like that.

-Moses

Bah, my grammar fails me again. I try to make a fancy sentence and it bites me in the ass. That second paragraph, where I say former, it should say latter.

I need to learn to just keep things simple. Ah well. You get the idea.

-Moses

Wait... what happened to the Wii not being a media center? At this rate, they're going to start having HBO and MTV as some of their Wii channels. MS and SONY better move in fast before Nintendo steals the media center spotlight from right under their feet.

Wow. Interesting posts. On to what I was going to say....


I live in a small town, we don't have over the air broadcasts at all (even with a huge roof antenna). We got a deal on analog cable, and digital is way overpriced with our Charter, our cable company. If they do this right it could actually come in handy, as my wife and I sometimes have to look crap up online ant that gets somewhat annoying. Searching by genre and actor is pretty interesting too.... We will see if it comes stateside.

That being said, I find it weird coming to the Wii...

"Hmm... what's on TV? Nothing. I might as well play Wii instead."

I bet you Nintendo started working on this when they found out how many people who bought a Wii aren't actually using it.

Or they can just turn on the TV and to hell with the Wii. I bought a Wii just to spin the globe (cool), watch the game slot glow blue occasionally (quite annoying), make Mii (wow), and vote (no winner). Now this. Was there even a request for this. IPTV sounds great, but this comes up well short of usefullness. How about something worth while, like the Movie channel? You pop in a DVD movie and start watching it.

Epic phail. TV guide on my Wii when I can just push the guide button on my digital cable box or play and watch TV through Media Center on my 360 (and eventually watch and record on my 360 with IP TV). This Wii channel is teh ghey.

You sir, are an idiot. The Wii does not have the technology or storage for television and Nintendo does not have the close business ties that Microsoft and Sony have with the television and digital entertainment system. I think the Wii is a fun system, but I am sorry, any Wii TV or downloadable movie service would be like Fisher Price Cable Service.