Lucas DeWoody Writes:
Back in 2001, one of the biggest controversies in gaming took place. Nintendo decided to mix things up and unleash a doe-eyed Link that looked almost like a 1940's era Disney film (that's a compliment, not a zing) on the unsuspecting attendees of the final Space World conference. We all remember how the fanbase was split. Many thought the visual style was a return to the classic imaginings of the old time installments, while others thought Miyamoto had taken one too many trips to his "garden." Time has since passed, Wind Waker went on to become a classic, dissenters got their own Zelda in the form of Twilight Princess, and everything was good.
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.
New Chrono Trigger Form-ism figures of Crono and Marle have been showcased at a Square Enix pop-up store, with pre-orders expected soon.
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
ew dont do it i like mario uncelshaded
in SMG the shadowing of Mario almost makes him look cel shaded.
wasn't he cell shaded in the mario 128 tech demo thingy?
Mario is cell shaded to look 3d LOL. Cell shading it would only be going backward graphics wise unless this was super mario 4.
I'm curious to see if they can give us a 3d version of the old super mario bros though. That would be very cool.
Why not let mario retire?