With the latest rumor that the top Wii games may come out late next year, Nintendo's man with the plan, Reggie Fils-Aime, promises that no Wii drought will ever take place while he's in control. Speaking with Newsweek, Reggie had this to say:
The second example I point out is Metroid Prime 3, which is a from-the-ground-up creation of Metroid for the Wii system. That title is going to come out early in 2007. That will give us fantastic momentum coming off of the launch, and will certainly be an example of how there will be no new game drought for this system.
The third example I would give you is Mario Galaxy, another from-the-ground-up Wii game that we are strategically timing the launch to make sure that we continue driving momentum through 2007. So N'Gai, how do I answer the question, "Will there be no drought," and "How will we make sure that there are fantastic titles for Wii?" The answer is Zelda, Metroid and Mario. Which is a pretty darn good lineup.
There you go. Reggie has promised that the Wii will not suffer from GameCube-itis. Happy now, all you Nintendo haters?
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3:57 PM on 12.20.2006
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Q2 Metroid Prime 3
Q3 Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Q4 Super Mario Galaxy
...If I was in charge...
I'd have been happier without the "Nintendo-haters" remark, but it's Christmas. ^_^
Hopefully reggie isn't lying. For lies make baby jesus cry.
1. They delay twilight princess for the gc until the fucking Wii comes out. And yet people consider that a wonderful launch title for the Wii. In my opinion, yes and no. It's like ms delaying Halo 2 until the 360 launched and calling that a blockbuster launch title.
2. Great online gaming platform they thought up.
3. No HD squared. Hard Drive and High Def. Fuck Next Gen, right Nintendo? By the way, gotta love the people that keep pointing out "UMMMMMMMMM, only **% of people even have an hd tv or game online." I'm glad you people aren't working in any fields that try to push technology. "Sound in movies....no way, people like to read."
4. VC releases that are shit. Great xmas present, nes tennis and urban fucking champion. Let me take those two lumps of coal, put them in my ass, and hopefully one of em will turn into a quality snes game. And why the hell doesn't N have any type of upgrade to the vc titles? No online, no graphic, no leaderboard? "Ummm people would be mad if N changed anything from the classic...." Fuck you. MS does it and has both a classic and updated graphic option for such classic games. But once again Nintendo gets a pass.
5. And last for me, the one that everyone loves to look past . Graphics.....ohhhh, the dirty word. Yes, they look like shit. If the Wii is 2x more powerful than the xbox or gc, why the fuck do the games look like xbox and gc titles!! "But, you must be a graphics whore, everyone knows that gameplay is the most important thing..duh." I hate these bastards. How many fucking games have you played that have had shit graphics and awesome gameplay? In my experience, it seems like they go hand in hand. It's ok if the Wii has worse graphics than the 360 and ps3. But there is no excuse for the turds like Far Cry, Red Steel, GT.
Sorry for my rant, I have just become fed up with Nintendo's crap and the fact that everyone eats it and smiles. I love their games and I hope my Wii doesn't become like the gc.
2. Don't care much. Not saying it shouldn't be important for others, I just prefer my console multiplay in person.
3. Don't have a HDTV, have no great interest in getting one(am in the minority in thinking SD looks fine{and yes, I have played gears of war on a HDTV})? I think you're being a bit unfair with the lack of hard disc too. Flash(faster, quiter, quicker) not good enough for you? 512 is a pretty good amount, even for VC games due to their cart forefathers. Add to that the flash drive(plus 1 gig sticks for around a tenner if you shop around), I don't really see that as a great complaint.
4. It's been one month. Relax. Better this, than them blowing their whole load to soon in my reckoning.
5. Am I really the only one who thinks zelda looks great? I care far, far, faaaaaaar more about art direction than high poly counts and shit. Plus, no jaggies on SD! Why are most games' graphics shit so far? Lazy third parties. Hopefully this will get better. By the way, the reason far cry looks so horrible is because the engine is designed for xbox architecture, which is completely different from nintendo's. Don't judge a console on lazy ports.
These are just the reasons why I'm not complaining. You, feel free to go to town. As long as your bashing nintendo using actual reasons, rather than calling it gay and kiddie, you're fine in my books.
brad drac, there are plenty of jaggies in Zelda. Look for them, they aren't hard to miss.
The DS has had no shortage of great games that arent made by Nintendo and hopefully these save devs will enjoy working with the Wii.
I have such high hopes for the Wii, I would like to see Nintendo change some things however.
Advancements in graphics technology are not exclusively about more polygons and HD resolution. There's also something called "visual quality."
But, hey, who cares when you'll be getting your 2-3 killer first-party titles a year? I waited years before getting a Gamecube because of the lack of games. When I finally got one, I was still disapointed. It's so nice to see Nintendo has revolutionized their marketting tactices and not just the hardware, huh?
I mean realy, have you PLAYED Zelda? Or did you just take one look at it and go "OH NOS JAGGIES UNPLAYABLE."
I think everyone who rags on Zelda's look is silly. Sure, I looked at it and went "huh, this doesnt look perfect" when I first loaded it up. But when I'm actually playing the game? I'm too busy ENJOYING myself to give two shits about jagged edges. Zelda's art direction team can teach the other teams a thing or two.
The biggest problem for the wii is not the Nintendo games - it's the third parties that keep releasing crap ports that look like shit because they arent built for the wii. Taking a XBOX or PS2 game and adding two motion control settings does not a good game make.
As for graphics? My computer beats the PS3 and X360 - are they now obsolete too?
People are complaining about a system that has JUST launched a little over a month ago.
"oh where are the games? you just gave me the 50+ hour long Zelda that was SO great(thanks for pushing it out to fine-tune it some more) along with Excite Truck and Elebits and a handful of decent games but I am selfish! I want you to give me ALL the best games RIGHT NOW because I am a baby. I don't care that XBox360 is just NOW getting good games and I had to wait a year for that, boo hoo."
He said Metroid early 2007. That is more than good enough for me. With all the Wii titles and DS titles, I hope to be ready to play that. YES Metroid was a launch title but you don't released FLAGSHIP games/franchises at the same time! You space it out and NO ONE should be upset the pushed it back. It means Metroid had more time to iron out the control scheme and just be another GREAT game!
There will be OTHER good games out. It is just those are the MAIN and most popular games so they will get the most focus. You also got Disaster: Day of Crisis and Project H.A.M.M.E.R. coming out and Project is said to be a future franchise...meaning that from early 2007 to early 2008 you have 5 or 6 GREAT, AAA, franchise games coming out: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Mario Galaxy, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Project H.A.M.M.E.R., and POSSIBLY Super Smash Bros. Brawl(not sure when this will come out so this is a maybe).
I am sorry if 5 or 6 great games in a year isn't good enough for YOU! It is for me, along with the other hopefully good games that will come out like Transformers and hopefully not a sucky Ninja Turtles. And you CAN'T forget Sadness that is a Wii exclusive.
to those of you who don't know:
Sadness a dark and maybe even gothic game made exclusively for the Wii, very atmospheric, FULL enviroment interaction, and they even said you will be to use the Wiimote to slit someone's throat with a blade of glass.
If all that is not enough for you...well shame on you!
No More Heroes
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
People shouldn't be complaining about the graphics. Why? Well it will never be as good as 360 or PS3 but Like I say alot...are you buying it to LOOK at it or buying it to PLAY it?
Secondly, from a developers standpoint, yes it is similar to GameCube but doesn't mean it is 100% the same. I mean when have LAUNCH games look as good as games 2 years from then? How much better do 360 games look now than they did when it launched?
Enough said...
Project Gotham Racing 3
Perfect Dark Zero
Kameo: Elements Of Power
Gears Of War
Viva Pinata
...So that's 5 games released in one year as against Nintendo's prospective 3 for it's first year out of the gate.
The point is, this console or that console, it doesn't really matter, there's just really no story here. The only thing to be afraid of here folks is lazy journalism, and remember to read your internet blogs with a pinch of salt. Destructoid, you must do better.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Mario Galaxy
Battalion Wars 2 POSSIBLY
Disaster: Day of Crisis POSSIBLY
Project H.A.M.M.E.R. POSSIBLY
Super Smash Bros Brawl POSSIBLY
So with that...4 confirmed/released first party games in a year, 4 possibly (some most likely) first party games in a year and not to mention many exclusives from 3rd party games like Konami, Sega, and Capcom.
I do the 9 - 5 thing, and I have an hour commute each way. Hell yes, I game as soon as I get home till I get to bed *with exceptions for Heroes and The Office*, and I'm still nowhere near through my launch titles. I mean, really. How much fucking time do you people have?
I game for about 3-4 hours a day, which I think is a lot, and I just finished Trauma Center two days ago. I'm working on Marvel Ultimate Alliance right now, and I haven't touched Zelda, Elebits or DBZ yet. Nintendo's release schedule is fine with me, one or two good games a month is fine. And I totally believe that we are going to see that. With a likely year end of over a million installed units, developers are going to make games for the system.
Additionally, there are definately games in development that haven't reached the public eye yet. March is when the fiscal year ends, so companies are going to be blitzing the hell out of the gaming public to drive their name brands up. Watch and see.