8:39 PM on 02.14.2007
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Niero
Are hardcore Nintendo Wii fans experiencing a drought right now? I suppose it depends on how fast go through your games, but one could certainly argue that no heavy-hitting consoles are going to be on the shelves for a little bit. Yes,
Paper Mario is just around the corner, but where's all that juicy stuff from
Destructoid's most anticipated Wii games of 2007? (crickets)
This and other topics questioning the system's strong launch were explored by G4's Attack Of The Show as Kevin Pereira played Devil's Advocate for the hungry fans upset by delayed first party top franchises and painfully slow Virtual Console releases. In defense of the Wii was Kotaku associate editor Michael McWhertor, who in preparation instructed the internet to make fun of his beard and fashion style ... but it kinda knocks the wind of our sails when he knows it's coming. You did good, Mike. Damn you!
Let's open this up to discussion -- who won this debate? Would you have said anything different in the Wii's defense or against it? WWRSD?
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Y'know your forum moderators are fascists.
Also, the forum mods aren't fascists, you might just might be a dick.
I don't think either side really was out to say "I'm the winner and you're not!" Moreso it was just to futher elaborate on the two extreme sides. Kevin put it best, Nintendo nailed their launch, now they just need to follow up all that jive talk with some actualy substance.
Oh yeah...and distribute more god damn systems.
Right....Just like the DS is just another GameBoy.
The better question to ask is: Will developers now take the console seriously and make 08' the year of the Wii?
3rd parties thought nothing of the Wii and labeled it as a GameCube, then they saw the level of saturation it has in the market nad released the potential and now they are like, "can I make a game?"
And about the drought....I have been asking this many times before, can someone pull up the statistics on PS2, 360, and PS3 games that were released 4 months after the system? I mean yes there isn't TONS of games but did all the other systems have TONs of games 4 months out?
It took time for developers (third party anyway) to figure out the ds and it is going to take time for them to figure out the wii. When they (devs)do it is going to be a good thing.
I dont really hear any complaints about graphics on ds I hear more about people not using their lumines machine
Oblivion took time to come out after launch for 360, Dead Rising, GRAW all of these were games that weren't out until months after launch for imo the most solid console as of now games, online, and functionality
I have faith the wii will pull through and be more solid than the gamecube
Nintendo Religion FTW
I don't think anyone foresaw that Msoft would look like the smart one for releasing their console a year early, but with a healthy, steady supply of games coming out over the next year, and with Wii and PS3 fans looking like they'll be waiting until next Christmas to get their hands on anything worth a shit, I know what console I'm happy to be owning right now.
Examples or your just bitching
Also, if Wii had a new must-have game every 2-3 weeks, on top of games for other systems, I'd be broke and flunked out of college.
Which there isnt. Wii play is something I want to get for the remote. Paper Mario in April. SSX Blur, MK, Godfather and Manhunt are games im interested in playing that will come out in the near future. I got plenty of stuff to play.
people will be pissing themselves again when metroid and galaxy come out. I think galaxy may be the best game ever made
This week:Wii Play (first party)
Next week: Sonic (exclusive, right?)
Week after that: SSX Blur (exclusive)
Week after that: Mario Party 8
Week after that: Tiger Woods (exclusive experience)
Week after that: TMNT, Cooking Mama, Prince of Persia, Godfather, Blazing angels.
I want to play every one of those, will most likely buy 3 of them, and haven't finished the games I bought at launch. That seems quite moist to me.