NextGen Player writes:
"At last year's E3, Nintendo's media briefing was somewhat forgettable. The only announcements I had any interest in was GTA: Chinatown Wars for the DS and the introduction of the Wii Motion Plus accessory. However, if we look a bit deeper and base judgement on the fact that their focus was to push casual gaming, then they did a good job. I'll admit that much.
At this year's E3, my wish was for Nintendo to bring more to the table. Sure it's ok to appeal to the casual and non gaming masses but it would be an injustice to those of us who are more serious gamers and own a Wii, DS or both. So let's get down to the nitty gritty as I share my take on Nintendo's E3 2009 media briefing."
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.
