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Yep, Pokemon Park Wii is a retail game photo

Last time we posted about Pokemon Park Wii: Pikachu's Great Adventure, there was some confusion about if the game would come to retail or a be WiiWare title. If it was a WiiWare title, then the game's 1st gen-Gamecube quality graphics would be understandable. If it was was a retail game, then yeah, it should probably look better different. Though it's sometimes easy to forget, the Wii is technically more powerful than the Gamecube, and Pokemon is one of Nintendo's most important and successful franchises. The last Pokemon game on the Wii didn't look amazing, but it definitely seemed more visually polished than Pokemon Park Wii: Pikachu's Great Adventure.

If the game is fun, then yeah, I'll buy it. Portions of No More Heroes looked no better than Shenmue did on the Dreamcast, but that didn't stop NMH from becoming one of my favorite games ever made. Still, one has to wonder why Nintendo treats their console Pokemon games like red-headed stepchildren . 

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matty125's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 04:26
matty125
If it has Jigglypuff it might be worth checking out.
If it has red-headed stepchildren I might have to reconsider.
Cadtalfryn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 04:42
Cadtalfryn
It's Pokemon. It has endless appeal to the masses. They just need to slap a label on a product of any quality and it will be bought, regardless of the content.
MellowBunny's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 05:19
MellowBunny
If they made Hey You Pikacgu 2! then maybe I would care.
Gavin's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 05:26
Gavin
Yeah, I'm not a child or mindless Nintendo fanbot so I don't care about Pokemon.
ender_x's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 05:41
ender_x
I'm not a child, nor a mindless nintendo fanbot. (I'm not poor, so I own all the consoles.)
I don't care about Pokemon either. Aren't you glad I shared, Gavin?
The Silent Protagonist's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 05:41
The Silent Protagonist
Not really into the Pokemon spin-offs.Main series, Pinball, Puzzle League and the Mystery Dungeon games are good, but anything beyond that tends to be junk. Didn't care for the Stadium games.

I know PPL was just a Panel De Pon game, but I still got it and blew hours of time away on it with my college roommate when we got tired of Goldeneye.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 06:07
Monodi
My next Pokemon thing will be SoulSilver thank you very much. That if I do not buy Pokemon Snap from eBay.
Banana Kid's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 06:26
Banana Kid
@Monodi: Dude, Pokemon Snap is on Virtual Console. Just buy that.

It's the only N64 game I've bought on VC. Just because Pokemon Snap is that awesome.
Springsteen's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 06:31
Springsteen
Gameplay looks bland and clunky.

The graphics, however, didn't annoy me as much. I'm probably the only one on this boat, but it reminds me a lot the anime. I don't know how it looks today, but it used to have this bland, almost pastel pallette that made things very easy to the eye.

Mind you, I'm not saying it looks good. I just think it's reasonably in-character. My official counter-point:the new Dragon Ball games for PS3 and X360. I find them to look great, but those graphics just don't FEEL Dragon Ball anymore.

@ender_x:High five!
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 07:29
Monodi
@Banana Kid

I would do it with joy, but I need a Nintendo Wii.
MasterBalls's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 07:50
MasterBalls
Unless it's part of the main rpg series or a remake, colour me uninterested.
Laird's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 08:08
Laird
Pokemon games have never put an emphasis on graphics (or at least nowadays), whether they are for handheld or console systems.
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 08:27
EternalDeathSlayer
Honestly I'm not upset about it anymore. Sure, it's a lazy and arrogant move from Nintendo, but this game wasn't made for me anyway.

I realized that there's no fucking way I would have bought a game about Pokemon at a Pokemon Park. Pokemon are cool, but Pokemon playing at a Pokemon Park sounds like a game geared at 7 year old kids.
yggogre's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 08:30
yggogre
The majority of Wii games look worse than later Gamecube games - I don't understand why this is special, other than being a Nintendo "franchise".
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 09:07
lewness
I'm not really to picky about graphics. I'm enjoying Persona PSP right now and it looks like a horrible piece of shit but I'm loving every minute of it.
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 11:12
Magnalon
Wait wait wait. All GoNintendo is doing is showing the boxart, which has been confirmed for months now.

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 for PS3 had a retail box: yet it was a downloadable game. Wheres the real confirmation from a non-link dump website?

I could care less if it is a real retail Wii title, I just don't see how boxart = confirmation.
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 11:14
Magnalon
I guess it would say "WiiWare" in the corner (but still, the Marvel box says "Playstation 3", not "Playstation Network").

I still want an official announcement, damnit! Get on it Famitsu...
Hcapt's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 11:48
Hcapt
I would be surprised if the character frames from Pokemon Battle Revolution weren't copied. If the characters were made from scratch then 450+ average character design are alright but they already have all the character models from their previous game.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 12:29
Xzyliac
Magnalon and yggogre speak truth.
rossandgarfunkel's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 13:10
rossandgarfunkel
Shenmue reference? We have a winnar. Keep the dream alive!
dwolfwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 21:22
dwolfwood
"...the Wii is technically more powerful than the Gamecube..."

I remember reading once that Nintendo had said the Wii was the same hardware as the Gamecube, and they were downplaying that it wasn't really their next-gen console so much as their ds for the gameboy. Just waggle controls and bigger disc for more memory. ;o

You still need to play Demon's Souls man!
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2009 06:17
Jonathan Holmes
@ Dwolfwood- I'm no expert, but I've read on numerous occasions people talking about how the Wii has shaders and faders and processors all that crap, and because of that it's more powerful than the Xbox, but less powerful than the Xbox 360.

And yes, I do need to play Demon Souls. And Uncharted 2.
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