Plenty of things bother me about this, and that's mainly the writer wrote everything good about the Wii has a "bone for gamers to chew on". Sorry, but a game on Smash's or Mario Galaxy's caliber can't be considered just throwing a bone. Especially considering that Nintendo has nearly matched every one of their GCN titles in not even half the time and are reviving two more franchises that haven't been seen in forever. To focus only on the Wii series and claiming it to be Nintendo's &...
Wow...hey I'll tell everyone where the fun went, it stayed at home while "writers" like this guy decided not to like what Nintendo is and always has been.
I'm really kinda tired of people posting their tired opinions about what's fun and what's not and trying to make sound more valid by making their thoughts into hypothetical questions or fluffing it up with words like "theory".
There are plenty of Wii users out there, who love playing their Wii...
Every console is doomed. The PS3, the 360, the Wii, the DS, and the PSP. Gaming is dead, everyone knows that, don't you guys read the things posted on N4G.
How many people actually read the article? I'm guessing no one since the idea is old and unused, it was idea that Miyamoto was tinkering with.
Here's a summary that might help the flow of stupidity stop right here and now.
An RPG who's combat system is based around not only fighting monsters, but where you hit the monster. Attacking the body doesn't do as much as the head and hitting a shield will do less damage. The article says it draws inspiration from genres li...
According to NPD, Madworld was in the top 10 Wii games in terms of sales last month. None of the crappy shovelware (i.e. those not made by Nintendo)is there...so, I think hardcore gaming is safe on all the consoles.
Um...you realize the number 2 reason was that you are a MS/Sony fanboy and the number one reason was that games give you seizures right? Every reason seems kinda like BS...and I'm pretty sure I saw a comment from the writer saying that this was not reasons to ditch Nintendo by reasons why people are ditching Nintendo...which makes sense as one of them stated that graphics are everything and Wii Music was reason all on it's own.
Also, don't start listing off exclusives because th...
This seems more like a joke article. I mean, look at reasons 1 & 2. Plus alot of those reasons are complete BS.
I think this guy is making a mountain out of a molehill.
1) I'm pretty sure Iwata said that the whole Japanese gaming market is unhealthy. While it's true that the Ps3 outsold the Wii last month, according to him, the whole industry has seen a drop.
2) I might believe that the Wii is "fools gold" when more devs say they aren't happy with sales. SEGA has said that Overkill met expectations and Madworld was encouraging (neither game is really that long, so ...
Hey, at least its selling. I think last time I checked it was something like 16,000 copies, then 45,000 copies and now it's 66,000 units. While not having a good opening weeks, it's selling.
Who was watching him? The mother said she was at the store...basically meaning she was using the video game/ TV as a baby sitter for a special education child. Parental Responsibility FTW!
The next head line should read: "Nintendo announced Nintendo Wii: Great idea or the greatest idea ever?"
Why would anyone need the motion plus for any older games designed without it...they were programmed to work without it...I mean c'mon fellas, the motion plus is used to make games where having 1:1 ratio motion controlled gaming useful and fun, it's not just a "make better box" you attach to the bottom of your wii remote. Like, Super Mario Galaxy is not going to somehow be better with motion plus, heck, even Metroid Prime 3 wouldn't be better, they'd be the same.
At least they say "shooting game"...cause otherwise I would have to say: Have you seen Super Smash Bros Brawl?
Wait...when you talk about open world you might have to more specific, cause it could mean a lot of things. Unless of course you mean sandbox games.
I say this because I've come to understand linear games as level by level, you get no choice in the matter. Like, a game like Mushroom Men, complete level one, move on, level two, move on, etc. and then there is a game like Super Mario Galaxy (or heck Super Mario 64) where you get to choose everything you want to do, get everything,...
Not to discredit this guy...but he sounds more like a fanboy than anything else. I mean, he's talking about things that a fanboy would talk about.
1) PSP exists, that instantly should make Nintendo worry...he also forgot to mention the Game Gear and the N-gage (if we want to count that one).
2) PSN is better than Wii wi-fi connection...but some may consider everything to be superfluous add-ons (like Home) or it still may not be worth the money to actually buy the c...
The one thing about the actual game he said was that enemies drop health. And that's a bad thing? Seriously, anything to get past that annoying auto health thing that almost every FPS game sport now adays.
He also said the story was generic but really told us nothing aside from what we already knew about the story, so I'm still not convinced.
I'm pretty sure that's not what he is talking about. The whole market itself has taken a loss, so it doesn't really matter if people get the most expensive one because there are less people overall buying games and consoles.
We can only hope, but it that was the case then excuse me if I squeal in excitement.
They're probably going to hate the final product, but who knows, maybe IGN will throw us a curveball.
The most interesting thing is, no ever shuts up about it in gaming terms. While PS3/360 games all eventually get lost into a void of obscurity only to return when they become relevant again (i.e. sequel or new DLC announced), almost every Wii game has remained relevant. Casual games are always brought up by the nay-sayers and the hardcore games are brought up by people who like Nintendo (or aren't ignorant). If anything, Nintendo Wii games probably have a longer life time then most others sim...