Seems like someone has a LOT of confidence in this series revival…

Seems like someone has a LOT of confidence in this series revival…

Market leader means people bought it. It doesn’t mean it is a quality system. Graphics may not be everything but they are not mutually exclusive from game play either. I can’t believe people have bought that argument from Nintendo. They could have made a system that had a new controller AND had power. They chose not to. Besides that is the least of the Wii’s problems. The system is full of shovelware, has a convoluted and unnecessary online set up and yes it is technically a 6th gen console. The new controller is also a mixed bag. It seems to range from games that work fine but would have worked just as well with a standard controller to absolute crap ports with forced waggle. I can think of maybe 4 games that actually would have not been possible with a traditional control method and most of those didn’t sell. I own all three consoles, and 90% of my games last gen were on Gamecube. I consider myself a Nintendo fan but they have dropped the ball. My comments stand. It is how I feel. Besides Super Mario Galaxy (a game I loved) is probably the perfect show of what the Wii is capable of at full power and it can’t hold a candle to much of anything on the other systems. Graphics may not be everything but they are a big part of it. Considering that the 360 is 5-10 times more powerful and costs a meager $30 more makes the Wii look like the overpriced last gen console it is. Only a person wearing rose colored glasses can’t see it.

Market leader means people bought it. It doesn’t mean it is a quality system. Graphics may not be everything but they are not mutually exclusive from game play either. I can’t believe people have bought that argument from Nintendo. They could have made a system that had a new controller AND had power. They chose not to. Besides that is the least of the Wii’s problems. The system is full of shovelware, has a convoluted and unnecessary online set up and yes it is technically a 6th gen console. The new controller is also a mixed bag. It seems to range from games that work fine but would have worked just as well with a standard controller to absolute crap ports with forced waggle. I can think of maybe 4 games that actually would have not been possible with a traditional control method and most of those didn’t sell. I own all three consoles, and 90% of my games last gen were on Gamecube. I consider myself a Nintendo fan but they have dropped the ball. My comments stand. It is how I feel. Besides Super Mario Galaxy (a game I loved) is probably the perfect show of what the Wii is capable of at full power and it can’t hold a candle to much of anything on the other systems. Graphics may not be everything but they are a big part of it. Considering that the 360 is 5-10 times more powerful and costs a meager $30 more makes the Wii look like the overpriced last gen console it is. Only a person wearing rose colored glasses can’t see it.

@Daizyujin

Why shouldn´t the Wii have some 3rd party exclusives from known franchises ? After all, it´s the market leader right now…it should have even more respect from them. And as for your graphics comment… it´s the developers fault when Wii´s capabilities are not used to the fullest (which is around 1.5 times more than GC). But besides that, graphics aren´t everything… better graphics don´t make a better game by themselves, and the Wii-mote´s possibilities have yet to be fully explored.

@Daizyujin

Why shouldn´t the Wii have some 3rd party exclusives from known franchises ? After all, it´s the market leader right now…it should have even more respect from them. And as for your graphics comment… it´s the developers fault when Wii´s capabilities are not used to the fullest (which is around 1.5 times more than GC). But besides that, graphics aren´t everything… better graphics don´t make a better game by themselves, and the Wii-mote´s possibilities have yet to be fully explored.

WTH?! I lost the tag at the end of my post that indicated my sarcasm. I’ll have to remember not to use faux HTML next time.

WTH?! I lost the tag at the end of my post that indicated my sarcasm. I’ll have to remember not to use faux HTML next time.

Agreed! I’d much rather see games go on PS3 and 360, where they’ll look like _much_ prettier PS2 games.

Agreed! I’d much rather see games go on PS3 and 360, where they’ll look like _much_ prettier PS2 games.