Has anyone ever tried duct taping two gamecubes together? I can't get it to work.

Yeah, the processing power estimate is quite right but the part about caring about games as an art form is just stupid as something being art definitely doesn't depend on the sophistication of the technology used to create it.

HA HA HA! YES! BEST JOKE EVER BLOGGED!

yes!

sounds like another QQer that regrets not thinking up the wii before nintendo did, nintendo: 'umm lots of people dont know anything about gaming, maybe we should aim for them instead of getting pissed on for making a decent hardcore console that no one buys'

and spore is lol, ironic that a guy who worked on spore (you know, its creator made the biggest casual-fest game ever) is bagging on nintendo for doing something smart and casualised?

im tried of random retards blaming nintendo for introducing more people into an elitist industry, nintendo was smart (yes, in choosing their technology), get the **** over it nerds

nerds*

Irony at its best.

Vengeful much, Holmes? :P

So because they didn't make a powerful system it can't have art on it. Bullsh*t, Shadow of the Colossus came out on the ps2, Today I Die is a free game online, and trying to say that art in games can only be achieved if the system "can handle it" is bullsh*t. I hope nintendo hires him to play test WiiMusic 2 for years, then never release it.

@Super Drybones

It's not just the hardware. Nintendo shovel out BS games with absolutely no artistic design (for the most part). Take Wii Fit. Such a simple fucking game, they could have easily made it more visually pleasing. What do they do? They make it with 3 colors and instructors with no expression (creepy as fuck) who are completely white and plain backgrounds. It makes working out boring as shit.

Because graphics are more important than gameplay.

/sarcasm

@GoldenGamerXero

By Nintendo 1st parties do you mean nintendo's standard release of Metroid, Mario, Mario Kart, Zelda, Super Smash?

What has graphic power to do with caring about art. Fuck Picasso if it's not in HD.

@ShadowStew

I did actually I should get a picture up. I can't seem to cram the Wii discs in though...

Two gamecubes would indeed be more powerful than a single Wii.

And in Nintendo's defense, ANY system that makes as much bank as the Wii will see a FLOOD of shitty games with no artistic merit whatsoever.

There are hits and misses (game-wise) just like any other system out there. Unfortunately, due to the ridiculous popularity and supposed profitability of the system (and the fact that probably more than HALF of Wii users aren't the type of people who actually look around for game reviews before buying), the crap games FIERCELY outnumber the even decent ones.

*glances in, sees the typical collection of graphics whores and Wii-haters, shrugs, and closes the tab*

@Im OK
I'm with you. Different day, same trolling.

That whole "2 gamecubes taped together" comment was ridiculous. We all know it's not that powerful.

I had no idea that the "two GC's taped together" comment originated from an industry guy. HA!

Good luck to him, though. no need to hate on the guy, commenters at large, for making a pretty handy approximation of the Wii's Horsepower.

Also, if you can tolerate pikmin gameplay (enh), I too would suggest Little King's Story. Hardcore, it is it.

@ Jonathan Holmes

Avatar is on the way. I need something sufficiently full of radbadical awesome, and these things take time, man. You can get it cheap, quick, or great - and only in combinations of two at the time.

Also, the "more refined tastes" was semi-self-depreciating humor, hence being written as if I should have a monocle, bowler hat, handlebar mustache, cup of tea, fobwatch and exclaiming "ZOUNDS!" at every turn. I apologize for not having a Grey Poupon commercial still handy to back it up when I'm posting from the 'Berry while @ the oppressive werkplace.

Do I think that there are good, nay, great titles on the Wii? Yes, absolutely.

No More Heroes comes to mind. LostWinds comes to mind. Jesus, I still kick on WarioWare: Smooth Moves from time to time. It's the only place you can find Cave Story. You can't get a legal downloadable copy of ActRaiser anywhere else, either. It has its moments, Muramasa and TvC being two of them that I'm anxiously awaiting. But to tell the unabashed truth, I don't get anywhere near the amount of playtime out of the Wii as I do the 360/PS3. It just seems (to me) that there are better playing, more well executed games on the higher-tier systems (to me) and in a much higher quantity.

Didn't mean to take a shit on your story, man. Just expressing myself as I felt like doing, and if Jim Sterling and SexualChocolate can do it, then damn it, so can I! >:oD

Also, much love to Jim. The man is fuckin' funny.

@ Everyday Legend- No offense taken! I guess I was just a little slow on the uptake there. Let me know if you want a custom avatar! I amy be able to think something up.

@ Hcapt- That's amazing to hear! I felt the exact opposite way about Little King's Story, as have many other people I know. I wonder what it was about the game that slowed you down? Maybe the need occasional management of funds, or inability to pluck your army from the ground and toss them through the air?

Interesting. I'd love to hear more about what you think.

It always seemed to me that Nintendo has some of the best art styles in its games, but what do I know...

He's right about the Wii's processing power, but wrong about everything else.
Anyway, I don't think the overwhelming presence of shovelware on the wii is directly nintendo's fault...just greedy developers seeing an opportunity to be greedy. If the PS3 was moving as many units as the Wii, you can bet your bottom dollar you'd see a higher percentage of crap games on it. Unscrupulous developers go where the money is.