Wii & The Vexxing LAN Adapter!!

Lt Gen Oohlala reporting in for another report!!
This time it is about the WIi & its internet connectivity.

Ever since i watched a review about Megaman9 [ CLICK HERE TO SEE HVGN REVIEW ], i have desired to play it. Now, for a while i knew about the Wii's online play. However, i have not really been one to care much about. I did not even buy my Wii till about a few months ago. Now, however, i decided i wanted to download a few games because i thought it was fun; & with the Virtual Console, you could buy old old NES, Super Nintendo, N64, & Gamecube games for your Wii. Granted, you have to store the games on your Wii, but a couple of games i doubt will cause much of a storage issuse. Besides, they sell memory cards to handle such issues; though i would prefer to have more memory on the Wii standard.

Anyways, i found out that you buy games on the Wii system buy using Wii or Nintendo Points [NP]. NP is a currency, like Microsoft Points; it basically replaces actually money with points. I personally love this idea. I do not like to use credit cards to buy things online. With NP, you can buy cards at stores that have set amounts of NP, 2,000NP at GameStop is like 20$ & 50cents or so. You just entre the pin numbre on the back of the card when shopping on the Wii shop channel, then you have the points registered to your Wii; no need to create an account or anything. ^-^.

Excited, i dropped by my local GameStop & bought a 2,000NP card to buy MegaMan9, & maybe use the extra NP to try out some older games [Super Mario Brothers 3 or Phantasy Star 2]. So, excited as i was, i made sure to ask the clerk about the basics of using NP. He said you just put in the code, you get the NP added to your system, then you can download games. Sweetness. Delighted, i left & enjoyed my outings with "friends".

After that i got home, & ran/walked quickly to my Wii & looked for where to connect my ethernet cable. Sadness clouded my eyes as i saw NO ETHERNET PORT on the Wii. Sad, i looked online to see why this was & found out the only ways to connect the Wii to the net was to either use a wireless internet connection or to use a USB~Ethernet adapter.

Let me pose this question: WHY THE HELL HAVE SUCH A LOVELY INTERNET SITE FOR SHOPPING & BUYING GAMES IF THERE IS NO DAMN ETHERNET PORT ON THE MACHINE??? I was frustrated beyond belief. I mean, the Wii has a port for 4 GameCube controllers, ports for memory cards, & 2 USB ports on the back of it; is there really any reason not to have an ethernet port on it??? Was it so hard to do so??? The developers already knew that online was a major part of the gaming business. Xbox live already existed & was used by they Xbox 360, which debuted a year before the Wii. Seriously, Nintendo should have forseen that the Wii would have to compete with Xbox live. Why not have an ethernet port??? The Xbox 360 has an ethernet cable [except for the Arcade version]. It is erking beyond belief for the Wii not to have it. It has wireless internet abilities, would it have been so hard to fricking add a wired connection standard????

I know what all of you are thinking: why not just get a wireless router??? Well, i have one. It sits next to me as i type this. However, due to personal reasons, mostly resulting from the irrational fear of people possibly using our wireless connection to send illegal pornographic material accross the net deeply held by my living companion, i cannot use it [do not ask why they have this fear, i doubt they could explain it themselves]. Thus, i had to go thru a huge hassel to get a wire long enough to get from the main computer to my room, then nail the wire along the wall so it would not get in the way. Such a pain in the ass. Though worth it because i now no longer require to get my sexxily toned ass out of bed to check my FB; but vexxing as hell because i cannot use the Wii points i just bought. THus, i have to spend 25$ just to connect my Wii to the net. T-T.



On a more positive, & all together more sexxy note, i am working on the video game where my & the blog's name come from. ^-^. Just working on the last boss. Be sure to tune in to see that review.

Okay, Cosmic Kittens, that is all for today.
This is Lt Gen Oohlala signing off!!