Not only that. It would make for poor controls. I don't play blocbusters in the wii because arguably there are none and you have to agree it doesn't make sense financially for companies(Madworld, The Conduit, Dead SPace Extraction all failed).

Most of the more mature games failed because of poor marketing- the majority of Wii owners have never even heard of these titles, of course they're not going to sell well. How many ads did you see for The Conduit, or even Dead Space?

Conversely, how many ads did you see for Grand Theft Auto 4 or Halo 3? How about the Beatles Rock Band?

I love these header images: especially the original Niero RE5 Wii one.

Yeah, that headline is really misleading and taking IW words out of context.

Anyways, if your headline is what they really meant, that would mean no consoles other than the 360 and PS3 are capable of cinematic experiences, which is completely untrue. I feel like we went over this whole topic back in 2006. Talk about beating a dead horse. The Wii is not as powerful as a 360/PS3, oh no!

But I get what they are saying. IW creates a high end product, and even if they were able to port their product to the Wii, it would not be the experience they want gamers to have. It makes sense.

What does the pixelated header image have to do with the wii?

The wii is not known for pixelating it's games. I don't get it. Also

Fuck you still for putting that blurry header image of the netflix logo on the wii net flix topic. >:O

/nerd rage off

Somehow they delivered cinematic experiences during the last 'gen' am I to believe these skills have been lost in the sands of time?

Or am I to understand that: More polygons in yo face = a more cinematic experience?

Though what Robert Bowling is *specifically* saying is the things they're aiming for doing on 360/PS3 hardware is not do-able on the Wii's hardware, which is true.

However after the recent online chat with IW with user questions I'm almost inclined to believe IW is currently staffed by answering machines and a man from the Falklands who can only communicate by including "FUCKING" in everything he says.

I spent a few seconds waiting for the header image to load properly.... =(

Anyway.
The Wii has Super Mario Galaxy

Super Mario Galaxy > EVERYTHING THIS GEN

I wonder if IW thinks dedicated servers can't deliver a cinematic experience either.

No third-party has tried yet every one of them is afraid to try. It is a self-fulfilling circle that looks like it will never be broken.

House of the Dead: Overkill, No More Heroes and Deadly Creatures are plenty cinematic. Maybe IW just doesn't want to learn how to work with the console's hardware rather then against it.

If you want a "cinematic experience", go watch a movie. I want a "good video game experience".

I don't have a Wii, but they clearly have some of the best games of this gen. Even if they aren't "cinematic". Metal Gear Solid was one of the most cinematic games I've ever played, and it was on PSone and Gamecube.

its not realy a circle the WII cant handle a game like MW2. hence the wii not getting it... hence this article. simples ^^

Would Black Hawk Down have been nearly as intense if it had shitty special effects?
No.

As the intensity of both rely mostly on realism and visuals, as they're both action-driven stories that take place in the real world, yes, they'll be better experience when made with the most modern, convincing tech available.

Does that mean Wii games can't be cinematic? No, but No More Heroes and Okami, the two best examples i can think of, are cartoons. (and You don't reeeally need Disney movies in HD, etc.) But even Sudo 51 says he can no longer use the Wii if he wants to expand on his ideas. That's the Wii's best 3rd party dev talking. Ouch.

@Ajnabi Hasina

The Wii HD is a dream.

Trsspidey:
At least I thought so. A 1080p resolution means 1920x1080 pixels, 720p means 1280z720 pixels and so on. Wii has less than 720p, so I guess that means fewer pixels.

Sometimes cinematic video games are nice, but usually I agree with this comment from HEL105:

If you want a "cinematic experience", go watch a movie. I want a "good video game experience".


That said, it's no secret that Wii is underpowered. The console still has good games to enjoy, but it's easy to understand why developers who rely on graphics and/or movie-like narrative to make their games worth playing might choose to avoid it.

if the mp sucks allready in a pc imagine how it would be with this.

LIES! It can play DVDs... err... nevermind.

Wow a lot of wii bashing.

I see a lot of Pussy developers that replace the word Cinematic with HD

The wii does have weaknesses but it really unfair how the are arguing that they cannot make a good wii game.

Hell look at Ninja Gaiden NES that was 2d and yet had a real "cinematic experience"

FF6 was good in SD, TS2 was good in SD, TS3 was good in SD, COD2 was good in SD.

Heck I can make a true cinematic experience on a wii game very easy, you just need to be smart and use the RULE OF THIRDS with your camera angles.

I agree the wii is not HD and has a lack of power, but that did not stop Nintendo from making LOZ TP better in every way.

I still have not seen a single wii game look better than Super Mario Galaxy, from Third Party.

The fact it is a DEVELOPER problem because they have to have HD, and they just can't go back to SD because they are PUSSES.

FYI The Higher resolution = the more pixels per space, not space per pixel (unless you are not using you TV at lower resolution than it's max )

I just now got to play COD4 on PC, 3 months after playing COD5 wii and I have to say I like COD5 wii more.

Besides that Infinity Ward just seems like a bunch of pusses that really can't get over themselves.

Treyarch all the dam way baby!!!!!!!!!

It's interesting to know how the PS2 could provide a "cinematic experience" for a lot of companies (*cough* Square-Enix *cough*), but the Wii which is more than 3 times as powerful can't.

There's no good excuses for lazy developers these days are there.

EFF THE WIII! Seriously, i cant stand it.. because im not 4 years old

The wii is a tragedy. It's great when I can dust it off for some Metroid Prime or MadWorld. But those sort of games are too rare. They're the exception, not the rule. Intuitive gameplay can win over less-than-state-of-the-art graphics, everybody gets caught up in the get-rich-quick gimmick machine. Developers don't want to give the console a chance, so we really can't give it one either.

The wii's pointer controlls always made perfect sense to me with shooters. It's a shame the graphics can't deliver, and our expectations are so low for the system.

Maybe an HD "Wii 2.0" will be what developers finally need to move past shovelware and be a little more ambitious.

Oh Wii, I had high hopes for you... then I sold you and bought ps3 games with the money. I hope some careless kid is spilling a soda onto you right now, you bastard.

Hasn't every video game console ever catered to childish man-fantasies?

Then if I can (1) Shoot Zombies on it, (2) violate my enemies by shoving a chainsaw up their ass and (3) other people are making cinematic games for it - I think its safe to say it can have a cinematic game experience.

But, man, a game where all that matters to people is online play, calling each other faggots and rage-quitting when they lose - yeah, really manly and real cinematic.