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The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, the Battle of Hoth, and one of the boldest Star Wars multimedia projects ever made. Here’s why Shadows of the Empire still matters.
This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆
But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.
Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.
Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.
As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .
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They said "We really can’t stress enough that the Wii is not doomed in any sense of the word; if anything it has the brightest lineup this year out of any other consoles."
Brightest lineup! is there a game the came out on the Wii and was so awesome that it made the Wii's 2008 lineup looks better then the PS3 or 360?
Someone please tell me, surly they don't mean Wii fit, do they?
I agree. ^^ That statement was a bit out there... I love my Wii, but the 2008 lineup is a bit lackluster (as of now). There's de Blob, Deadly Creatures, and Tales of Symphonia that all look great, but that's about it so far. However, the titles with no release dates look awesome:
Disaster: Day of Crisis
The Conduit
Mad World
Tenchu IV
Monster Hunter 3
Fatal Frame IV
Fragile
Arc Rise Fantasia
Those are just exclusives and not including WiiWare. Some awesome looking WiiWare titles are:
Animales de Muerte
Megaman 9
World of Goo
Eternity's Child
Lost Winds 2
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People
True although between mario kart, wii fit and smash bros if you combine those three and match it up against any 3 of the ps3 or xbox games they dont total the nintendo sales this year.so i think they are looking at sales so far.
See though what gamers see is completely different then what businesses see.They see money.
Ps3 fans and xbox fans see one of 3 things.Sports,FPS, or third person shooters.(this is pretty much what a "real gamer" thinks about when defending ps3 or xbox and every good game on these platforms can be put into one of these three genres)if your a nintendo fan..........you just see people bashing nintendo for being something different and not "mature" enough.
I laughed.
that sucks cuz i thought abot getin a wii