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Aladuf · 04-05-2008, 08:52 PM

I agree with all of it, especially the 3rd party business. They've stepped down as a... serious gaming company this gen it seems. Now, that's kind of a bad way to put it but mostly what you see in Wii advertising is quirky games centered for kids and their parents/grandparents. You never see many solid Wii games outside of 1st party really. Nintendo delivers with Zelda, Mario, Brawl, and Metroid Prime 3 and they really are hurting with 3rd party. Outside of No More Heroes, Zak and Wiki, and Super Mario Strikers what other solid options do the normal "hardcore" gamers have? I have no desire to play minigames, and all of the other lazy games that developers just throw together to rake in a couple of bucks.

But in the end, the Wii serves its purpose. I mainly just want to play the new versions of the old games I loved years ago and it does that for me just fine. The Wii's purchase for me was justified with Twilight Princess, which is still my favorite game for it. I have the other games I'll play on the PS3 and 360 that will crave my hunger for killing aliens and saving the world once again.

04-05-2008, 08:52 PM	#2
Aladuf Year of the PS3 Aladuf is offline Now Playing: Burnout PSN, LBP, Gears 2 Posts: 1,539	Re: BaB Presents: Where'd Wii go Wrong I agree with all of it, especially the 3rd party business. They've stepped down as a... serious gaming company this gen it seems. Now, that's kind of a bad way to put it but mostly what you see in Wii advertising is quirky games centered for kids and their parents/grandparents. You never see many solid Wii games outside of 1st party really. Nintendo delivers with Zelda, Mario, Brawl, and Metroid Prime 3 and they really are hurting with 3rd party. Outside of No More Heroes, Zak and Wiki, and Super Mario Strikers what other solid options do the normal "hardcore" gamers have? I have no desire to play minigames, and all of the other lazy games that developers just throw together to rake in a couple of bucks. But in the end, the Wii serves its purpose. I mainly just want to play the new versions of the old games I loved years ago and it does that for me just fine. The Wii's purchase for me was justified with Twilight Princess, which is still my favorite game for it. I have the other games I'll play on the PS3 and 360 that will crave my hunger for killing aliens and saving the world once again.