I LOVE THE PIC LOL

Is it really THAT important to anyone? Wii fanboys refuse to admit any fault with the Wii and everyone else is too busy playing games to care.

Onlineatron:

I actually subscribe to the "it's funny to me, I don't care if it's funny to anyone else" philosophy.

It won't be HD because the 3rd parties couldn't crank out the crappy games for it as fast as they do now.

Yeah, and there's not a new DSi coming eith--

--oh wait, that happened.

Nintendo already has to deal with the user base split in the portable market with the DS & DSi.
Wasn't it enough of a marketing struggle to get everyone and their mother to buy ONE console? Of course there's no Wii HD - it would BURY them.

HD is a fad.

@jase52476

I hope you're joking. If not, then you haven't been paying attention to the nature of technological progression for the last 75 years.

First the DSi XL was a speculation and then it was not. This is a purely optional upgrade, so no harm in coming forward about it.Would Nintendo honestly come out and say there will be a Wii HD with the holiday season upon us? I seriously doubt it.

Not that I really have a burning desire to upgrade yet anyway. I still find the RPG selection on present consoles too sparse for my liking. DS and PSP scratch that itch a lot better right now and PS2 still has a lot left to sift though.

Probably because "Wii HD" doesn't make a damn bit of technical (or other) sense and anyone that even suggests it belies their total and utter lack of knowledge on what that would even mean.

I want to kill all the marketing dipshits that coined "HD" as a gaming related term, as if it actually means anything. If someone makes an Atari 2600 output to 1920x1080, it's "HD", but it still looks like shit.

Good. I don't want another one of those console-that-already-exists-but-better.
Just save up all your technology until you're ready for a real new console, Nintendo.

Still don't have an HDTV, so I don't care.

...Yet.

Sound like Bullshit to me.

Would it be all that hard to get the damn thing to pump out a 720p signal? ...really? I'm not even asking for HDMI, they can stick with component cables...I just want something better than SD so it doesn't look like garbage on my LCD tv!

Nintendo love money, they love making multiple versions of the same thing, they did it with the DS, making 3 versions with a 4th coming.

The Wii HD will come... and so will i.

1) Why do we care about Patcher, ins't this the guy that said Borderlands was sent out to die?

2) Why should we believe anyone from Nintendo, after all didn't the DSi XL get announced a day after they denied their existence? how about the constant denial of a price cut for the Wii? they did keep their word righ-- oh wait!

We'll know the day it's announced (or a few days early if leaked), case closed people

I doubt that this is a lie, if only because of the Wii's success. It may seem like a mistake to many, but when something is successful it sets a precedent of what is assumed will work in the future. The only problem with this mentality is that it can stifle creativity and also leads to a hubris and self-enclosed viewpoint, something that is becoming a hallmark of this industry and the people who give the money to the companies that make the products in it. With the Wii, it has seen a level of sales where, to invest money into an upgrade that would probably not effect the back catalog of titles already available, to release an update does not make sense from an economic standpoint. From a human standpoint, of course there would be improved graphics. Then again, the Wii would probably need more processing power/RAM to take advantage of High Definition, and that leads to all sorts of backwards compatibility issues. We'll see what they do next generation, it should be enlightening.

@PEICanada7:
"Here's another quote from Reggie that you might like. Reggie: "One of the questions that I keep asking is, for all of those core gamers who cry the blues about the lack of content, there's been a lot of great content. Open up your wallet and buy some.""

But isn't that true? There HAVE been many great, hardcore games on the Wii, but they don't get purchased. To deny they exist is to choose to be blind, something a lot of gamer's seem to take to these days. There are differences between the systems, but this is a business where companies try to make money. They make products mainly for that purpose, but also to give people a good time. It is hard to admit, but this is an industry, just like any other, and when ideas do not get supported by the financial backing of the consumers, it only makes the people making the products take into account what the consumer is willing to buy in the first place. The "hardcore" (I'm getting sick of that word) gamers seem to despise the Wii, but there are several great 3rd party titles they would love if they chose to purchase them. Everyone has options, we just sometimes choose not to notice they exist.

@bustaballs
Point: proven.

I like how I'm suddenly a "hater" though just because I criticize Nintendo. Guess I can't say anything bad about the Wii now. You know the system I drove through 2 states to buy and played the bejeezus out of for the good 6 month streak when games were actually coming out for it.

Gee now I know how Jim feels.

I hate this Reggie Fucker. Really, I do.

@ Xyliac

No, you're a hater because your biased against Nintendo. Just like I'm a fanboy because I'm biased in favor of Nintendo.

There's also a bit of an indication that you loved the system when games were coming out for it. Implying that games aren't currently coming out for it. This is in the wake of Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort, and the imminently upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Now you don't have to consider any of these worthwhile, but if you don't consider the sequels to some of the best selling games of all time as high-tier games, then don't be too critical when there isn't any software you're interested in. If nothing else, Nintendo is making titles that their customers have shown a huge previous interest in, well beyond the interest customers showed in Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, and Twilight Princess.

No one would care if you were merely disinterested in Wii games because there isn't much you like, but it's hard justify criticism of the software because the software currently coming out are sequels to games more purchased than CoD4: MW.

@Hcapt
My problem is none of it is consistent. Every title you mentioned are so few and far in between.

And yes of course it's based in what I'm personally interested in. Hence it being my opinion.

Respectfully you'd be the last guy I'd expect to defend sequels. :P

But I'm not biased against Nintendo. This particular generation I think they've been lackluster. Is that a crime? No. It's a criticism.

Yeah, screw upgrading our resolution to contemporary standards. Let's release two more DS SKU's. Weeee!

Could someone defending the Wii's library please give me a list of the supposed killer apps that have been coming out consistently since launch?

Really. I'd like to know. I was one of those people who played the Wii quite a while after launch but ultimately sold it because I felt there weren't any games coming out in the foreseeable future.

If I've made a reconcilable mistake, please let me know.