Meh. Nintendo can be CIA-level secretive with Zelda. I doubt they'd leak out details. But who knows? I'll take everything with a grain of salt until E3, though.
The last time we heard about some sort of announcement like this, it turned out to be the updated Excitebike for Wii Ware.
Just sayin'. Don't get your hopes up too high.
IGN has gone schizophrenic. Apparently they'd like everyone to believe that the op/eds they post have nothing to do with IGN at all (although these people write for IGN, and the "Blinded by Mario" article even referenced a "as previously stated on IGN"-esque part).
They're turning themselves into a gossip site, which is a shame.
"Folks, I own over 850 games, nearly 40 of which are Wii titles. As a gaming enthusiast, or “hardcore gamer” if you prefer, I can safely say the Wii has plenty of games to play, even when measured against other consoles.
"The thing is, the Wii is not the land of the big, bloated Hollywood-esque action blockbusters. It never has been and it never will be. And I think that’s a good thing. We have two consoles that already specialize in that sort of thing, we don’t need a ...
Wow. Umm...why did Ubi scale back their original run of copies to put out for retail? 'Cause this looks like a metric ton of kickass.
Bringing back the "Seal of Quality" isn't going to magically make third parties market Wii games the way they do with PS3 or 360 games. For some reason, they just don't want to put the cash into it. No third party has put out any AAA-level title commensurate in quality with their HD console releases (MH:Tri might be the only one), either.
One part that should've been edited in that article:
"Big budget exclusives like, The Conduit, Mad World, and the...
Good review. Around 80-85 is a fair score for COD:MWR, IMO.
As others have said...this is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
"Eh, we'll cut our original run of them and not market it worth crap."
If this is Ubi's plan for "Nintendo-like quality"...
I can see how we disagree on IGN, hatch, since we seem to visit their site for very different reasons. I've just always thought of them as being a legitimate source compared to a lot of other gaming sites. Op/ed after op/ed that aren't much more than flamebaiting disappoints me, the same way cable news now disappoints me.
(Here's one for the conspiracy theorists -- IGN is owned by Fox.
http://corp.i...
Hatch, I'd say too much op/ed parading around as news is what has pretty much made me lose all interest in watching cable news. I have no use for Sean Hannity or Ed Schultz pretending to be journalists.
And it matters where your op/ed appears. Few people are going to care about an op/ed in a local paper or a biased rag. But put it in the Washington Post or New York Times? People care. Because those are big papers with influence who reach a lot of people.
I know ...
Complaining that a small developer doesn't have the reach of a bigger one isn't a good point.
Saying he feels a "lingering injustice" that the downloadable online game he reviewed didn't sell better compared to an established IP selling physical copies isn't a good point.
Bemoaning a "recent development" of Nintendo's quality supposedly nosediving, while ignoring that they already released one superb Mario platformer -- which is almost always Nint...
I guess it comes down to clicks, bob. Go negative, get clicks.
http://traffic.alexa.com/gr...
As for NSMB...I don't think it was a copy of the DS version, hatch. At least not any more than the DS version was a copy of the games that came before it. It's a 2D Mario platformer. They have a look and a style of gameplay. If you...
Y'know what? IGN wins (yes, I'm including all of 'em, since b.s. like this consistently gets past their editorial board).
Yes, the plebs just don't know any better. The fact that the game sold well can't have anything to do with the fact that other people, y'know, enjoyed a style of game that hasn't seen a new release from Nintendo on a home console in decades.
It's never "laziness" when a publisher puts out yet another derivative shooter, but it's always l...
Too...much...win.
Day one.
NSMB can get wicked difficult, especially with four people playing it at once. It isn't casual like Nintendogs or something.
And a "moment"? If by "moment" you mean "this whole gen," sure.
Good call including Okami.
However...no Metroid Prime? Or did I blink and miss it?
(I'm at work, after all.)
I used to spend afternoons playing Jam TE. They better not screw this up.
I just don't get the "well it's gotta be (fill in the blank) for why Wii sells."
Y'wanna know why Wii sold huge? NSMB.
'Cause NSMB did this:
http://www.geekologie.com/2...
Oh, c'mon. A dual analog vs. IR/pointer thing had to start here, too? I will never understand those that prefer thumbsticks for aiming.
And bob already started on this, but it's worth mentioning...if your control scheme requires extensive "sticky aiming," or "aim assist," or "bullet curving," or "enlarged hit boxes," or any of the other euphemistic terms used for methods of making DA playable in FPS...how is that "hardcore"?
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