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Though I've gotta agree with Solgrim: Some of those games aren't much to be chuffed over.
The irony? That you just summed up most of whats good about the console on a single page.
Tales of Graces is broken.
Monster Hunter is coming to the 360.
Madworld didn't sell.
Other than that, good list.
I mean I own a wii but at the price its going for now it really aint worth it.
wii doesn't suck because it has 10 good games according to this list. 10. great.
also, waggle and PS2.5 graphics. HOW DO I NOT OWN ONE YET???
Interesting how "not that good" becomes "good enough" when ego comes into the picture.
Also, it just goes to show the level of biting satire that can only be told with stick figures. Kudos.
Way to put words in their mouths. All but 3 of those games 'aren't that good' to me and I never have nor will bring myself to give a damn about trophies/achievements.
awesome!
Read your comment again and weep in your stupidity.
@manasteel88: So no NMH is a worthy game cuz it's coming to PS3/X360?, Jesus, the crap you hear in here sometimes. Also a game that doesn't sell is not worthy? Psychonauts, Okami and Eternal Darkness would like to correct your dumb comment.
@SandoraxBox, psycho terror2:Quite a few 3rd party games and of course all 1st party titles add a considerable bulk to that list, nice try though.
@Solgrim: Why would you want to play any of those besides MH3 online?, i mean leader scores maybe, but online play? HD mentality i tell you, it's what's killing the industry, not the Wii.
@Matthew Razack: SH:SM? nope, since the better looking version of that one is on the Wii, didn't you notice that no HD fanboy had bothered to say that it's also on PSP and PS2? that's cuz doing that would make them have to acknowledge that they'd rather buy a "graphically inferior version" instead of the Wii version and such action goes against their "i buy what looks better" creed.
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
New Super Mario Bros.
Mario Kart Wii
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Okami
Super Paper Mario
Mega Man 9
Mega Man 10
MadWorld
Bit.Trip Beat
Bit.Trip Void
Bit.Trip Core
Resident Evil 4 Wii
Klonoa
Trauma Center: New Blood
A Boy and his Blob
Muramasa: Demon Blade
Punch-Out!!
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Rock Band 2
Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Little King's Story
Sin and Punishment 2
Just sayin', bro.
Seriously, that made me smile a bit.
This is now a legit Wii Defense Force joint.
Sword and Soldiers looks hella sick, but no one ever talks about it, myself included. Nice name check :)
That was the most stupid post anybody could have put in this thread. Not only are the listed games not the best the system has to offer, the Wii has plenty of games to compete with the PS3 and 360. Maybe if you're posting from 2004 (find someone willing to bet money against a black person becoming the next president) you have a seemingly legitimate argument but especially right now you're being a moron.
I also use mine for Master Quest.
Lots of pretty good games on there, the majority of them are 3rd party as well strangely enough.
I love how some reel of the list of Wii games to justify their purchase, just the same as previous gens were bleak. Nothing new there, but its noted that some of those games are good.
I wish it was that simple Sebastian, but its not. Previous gens it was simply a lack of third party game support. This gen, it that same problem again, plus No HD, hard drive, decent online support and communities etc, etc. That's liked being shot with a hand gun, then being shot a gatling gun. Both hurt like hell, but not adjusting to them in time may kill you. Its cool that Nintendo might be trucking in the cash like Scrooge McDuck, but their failure to address these still growing problems will hurt them in the end (if they aren't already.
Part of the problem is that I see no young blood at Nintendo, as much of the decisions are made by older exec suits, with no sense of technological forward thinking than MS or Sony, and lack a lot of vision. Wii Ware cancellation shows that they don't really value giving the customer a free hit demo, and that's very worrying, when even an iPhone/Live/PSN can offer a demo.
I know to many, it may look like Wii apathy for the sake of it from me, as a fan of games and this industry, its deeply routed in concern. Sega were once the top dog too, and look how easily they manage to exit the console market. Look at them now, a shadow of their former selves. This is why Nintendo really need to raise their game next gen, beyond just their games. Makes me kind of miss those days, when Sega were good competition for Nintendo, to push them and break boundaries more. Now, its all about cash, casuals (no offence to them, as I welcome them like all gamers) and being complacent. Motion controls are cool enough, but its still a limiting concept for many games.
What for the future? I'd like to see Nintendo co-produce their next home system with a company like Samsung, who are good with creating new technology. Their hard drives are good, TV's, laptops, some of the best out there. Have a Nintendo console exploit all of this technology intergration to the full, while still serving the new casual crowd and the original hardcore gamers too. Get someone in who knows how to handle online functionality well, and we'd be good to go. When this happens, I'll be glad to buy a Nintendo home system again, and third parties might even return again.
A japanese/korean made console, is a pipedream at best, unfortunately (possibly due to their regional bad blood history). That, and Nintendo would want all the returns for themselves, thus no deal (as the failure SNES CD/N64 DD largely demonstrated).
But whatever, I'll still be rocking my DS, anyway.
dead space extraction
metroid prime trilogy
Currently, my library of Wii games sits at three. Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Ultimate Shooting Collection, and Fire Emblem... unless you count Gamecube games, which would effectively multiply that amount by at least 10.
I know that there are other great games on the Wii. Games like No More Heroes, Twilight Princess, New Super Mario Bros, Mario Galaxy, etc. And I had all of these games at some point - played, at most, 3 hours of each before the bored me to tears, and then I sold them to friends. Mario Kart Wii, for instance, I only played one cup before I never played it again and just returned to Double Dash.
I think I'm just getting older. Everybody gets to that point where they get tired of playing the same games again and again, and that's exactly what has happened with Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc. for me. They just feel like the same games I've played hundreds of times before. Unfortunately, it's not like Nintendo game get away with rehashing the same game over and over again - last time they did that was Zelda 2, and we all remember how well that went over.
Wow. I need sleep apparently.
Brilliant. Just brilliant. :O)
The Wii is the exception to Nintendo's general practice of putting out technologically powerful home consoles. The NES, in it's day, was quite the powerhouse, as was the SNES, N64, and Gamecube.
And though Nintendo was a bit slow on picking up with disc based media with the N64, they eventually figured out that they had to do things a new way. I think the same will hold true for their practices in the future. Though they are on top in game sales and console sales, they have to be taking note of how much better games like Modern Warfare sell on the competitors consoles. They have to want a piece of that, right?
As for online play, I actually don't think the Wii is as bad as people make out. I've had very few complaints about playing Mario Kart Wii and Tatsunoko Vs Capcom online.
That said, there is room for improvement, and I think those improvements will happen. They would have happened with the Wii, if the Wii wasn't already such a risky proposition in the first place.
With both the DS and the Wii, Nintendo was far from sure that they had hits on their hands. Both consoles were weaker and cheaper to produce than their direct competition because they had to be. They just couldn't risk making the DS and the Wii as powerful (and expensive) as the PSP and the PS3.
Do you remember the time before the DS and the PSP launched? Everyone was sure that the DS was going to be a flop, because of it's "weird control scheme, lack of features, and weak graphics", and that the PSP would dominate because "it does everything!". It's pretty much exactly the same thing with the Wii and the PS3.
But now that Nintendo has succeeded with both the DS and the Wii, I'm sure the DS2 and the Wii2 will both be powerhouses. I'm still expecting the Wii HD to come out Q4 year, and that Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Other M will serve as the two last big SD Wii games, hence both titles being crunched into the Q2 release window.
Anyway, nice to see you voice your thoughts on the Wii in such an even handed way.
"Humourous post."
Indeed
"I love how some reel of the list of Wii games to justify their purchase, just the same as previous gens were bleak. Nothing new there, but its noted that some of those games are good."
You seem to be progressing
"I wish it was that simple Sebastian, but its not. Previous gens it was simply a lack of third party game support. This gen, it that same problem again, plus No HD, hard drive, decent online support and communities etc, etc. That's liked being shot with a hand gun, then being shot a gatling gun. Both hurt like hell, but not adjusting to them in time may kill you. Its cool that Nintendo might be trucking in the cash like Scrooge McDuck, but their failure to address these still growing problems will hurt them in the end (if they aren't already."
Hilarious that you mention this when 2010 seems looks like a great year for the Wii, also, didn't we already have a talk about online, hard drives and this crazy HD mentality? *sigh*.
"Part of the problem is that I see no young blood at Nintendo, as much of the decisions are made by older exec suits, with no sense of technological forward thinking than MS or Sony, and lack a lot of vision. Wii Ware cancellation shows that they don't really value giving the customer a free hit demo, and that's very worrying, when even an iPhone/Live/PSN can offer a demo."
Oh yeah, cuz MS is doing so fine with Ballmer at the helm, and Sony? yeah they changed Kutaragi because they thought he was doing awful, but Hirai? man he really shined.
"I know to many, it may look like Wii apathy for the sake of it from me, as a fan of games and this industry, its deeply routed in concern. Sega were once the top dog too, and look how easily they manage to exit the console market. Look at them now, a shadow of their former selves."
Yeah, and how did that happened? oh yeah, the Dreamcast, great system, great games, but tried to do too much which is ironically the opposite of Nitendo right now, they focused on games and their strategy, wheter it appeals to your taste or not it's your problem man, they are doing fine.
" This is why Nintendo really need to raise their game next gen, beyond just their games. Makes me kind of miss those days, when Sega were good competition for Nintendo, to push them and break boundaries more. Now, its all about cash, casuals (no offence to them, as I welcome them like all gamers) and being complacent. Motion controls are cool enough, but its still a limiting concept for many games."
All about cash? excuse me, you HAVE seen the Arc and Natal right? you think MS and Sony made those for what? giving core more reasons to like their consoles?, and BTW when it comes to motion control it's all in the implementation, look at games like Muramasa, they didn't even use them, problem is all devs seem fixated in adding some sort of MC gimmick that trashes the experience.
"What for the future? I'd like to see Nintendo co-produce their next home system with a company like Samsung, who are good with creating new technology. Their hard drives are good, TV's, laptops, some of the best out there..."
Yeah, cuz the Panasonic Q did so well when they added DVD playback to the Gamecube. Software sells hardware, nothing less, nothing more, not even all the extra features in the world will change that, if you were right the PS3 would have won the console wars years ago.
" Have a Nintendo console exploit all of this technology intergration to the full, while still serving the new casual crowd and the original hardcore gamers too. Get someone in who knows how to handle online functionality well, and we'd be good to go. When this happens, I'll be glad to buy a Nintendo home system again, and third parties might even return again."
Yes, cuz look at Sony, the PS3 does all that and is in the 1st plac-- oh wait, no it isn't. As for 3rd parties, again, when one of them releases a properly developed game and market it well they'll see how that brave one is making profit and return. As for proper online, maybe next gen.
"A japanese/korean made console, is a pipedream at best, unfortunately (possibly due to their regional bad blood history). That, and Nintendo would want all the returns for themselves, thus no deal (as the failure SNES CD/N64 DD largely demonstrated)."
Yeah cuz MS and Sony aren't greedy.
"But whatever, I'll still be rocking my DS, anyway."
Sounds good to me.
Personally, as a Wii60 owner, I couldn't care less. More yay for me!