GWN just previewed Call for Heroes, an upcoming Wii game published by Strategy First, and let me tell you now - it ain't pretty. The previewer says "I still don't understand how they managed to get this game published on the Wii."
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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So it's only 19.99?
More and more third pary games are going to start to not take full advantage of the wiimote and thus more and more games will use the snes style controller or if the wiimote is used, it's use will be very limited, and sales will start to drop. Then the third party developers go away, and then you are left with the first party, and we all know how often zelda, mario and other nintendo games come out. And the wii will be in the same boat as the gamecube and the n64.....a failure
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
And that's what I am saying constantly.
There isn't so much to own a Wii for, if you buy it as the only console in your house. The content just isn't there. Its fun for Sports, with friends and a beer. Zelda is fine, Mario will be good. But that's about it. If you really like gaming there is no other way then to go 360 or Wii60, but a Wii alone will create a wear-out effect in no time.
That's why hardware sales won't last at this high rate so long anymore. People will start to get bored
@ Wolfgang (below)
I know dude, I know. The question is though: are these people happy with what they bought, is there a wear-out effect, what will they tell others about the product?
They bought it for the new controller. And after that they are dissapointed in the games. Like we read here again. How long can the hype stay alive if there is nothing to fuel it???
The only thing that keeps it selling is the low price now, but as soon as the 360 core gets on 199 Euro, the Vision cam picks up on motion sensing by body control big time, who still wants the Wii???
I'll be looking into this game for sure!