OT: Wii's Star Trek game

Ed Kolis · #1 August 4th, 2008, 02:26 PM

I have never played it but from the reviews I have seen, your family would probably rather be eaten by tribbles than play that game!

http://wii.gamespy.com/wii/star-trek-conquest/

There are a few gems out there amid the crap that's available for the Wii... basically anything actually published by Nintendo is bound to be good* (Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, etc.) - oh, don't forget Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

* With the possible exception of Mario Kart Wii, which I personally don't think is all that bad, but Fyron seems to hate with a passion...

President_Elect_Shang · #2 August 5th, 2008, 06:11 PM

Yikes! That one does sound like a real nightmare... the Federations only option is to glass every world? I'm glade I didn't pick that one up.

gregebowman · #3 August 7th, 2008, 01:16 PM

Ok, sounds like I'll pass on this game. I'd rather pick up the new Star Wars that's coming out anyway. At least that looks promising.

Another question about the Wii. since I haven't actually opened the box yet and read teh booklet, how does their internet thing work? I know you can download games for their "virtual console", but how do you connect to their system?

Ed Kolis · #4 August 7th, 2008, 02:32 PM

The Wii connects to the Internet through an 802.11b (at least I think it's "b") wireless adapter built into the console, so you'll need a wireless router to connect. Connecting is pretty straightforward - you go to "Wii Options" or some such on the main menu, then find the "Internet" settings and tell it the SSID and WEP key (if you have one). (It might also support WPA, I'm not sure.) If you have a DS, you might recall that the wireless reception is pretty bad; that's not the case with the Wii, so you won't need to put the Wii in the same room as your wireless router or anything!

Fyron · #5 August 7th, 2008, 09:35 PM

The Wii's got a Mitsumi DWM-W004 WiFi 802.11b/g wireless module. Getting actual b parts would probably have been way more expensive when production started, due to complete obsolescence.

The Wii supports WPA. Its only the DS that is limited to WEP, and it sadly gets no firmware love.

gregebowman · #6 August 13th, 2008, 12:33 PM

Most of what you said is greek to me, but thanks for the info. I don't have a DS yet, but we're thinking of getting one also. Why my son wants both a PSP and a DS, I don't know. I'll try to figure it when I can actually read the booklet that comes with the game.

Fyron · #7 August 13th, 2008, 05:43 PM

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Why my son wants both a PSP and a DS, I don't know.

Probably because the available game libraries are mostly orthogonal.