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Originally Posted by thatmariolover
Joking aside, though. My biggest rant is that, to an extent, the Nintendo haters were right this time around. Nintendo screwed up, the Wii was an colossal mistake and a massive step backwards. I really had high hopes for it, but as far as I'm concerned the Wii was an epic fail in every way except sales. The price point is way too high, and they're not going to lower the price because people are still buying the system because some shovelware caught their eye. There's is nothing original that the Wii offers except for a controller and a few gems by Nintendo and a couple third parties. There's no justifiable reason for the way they dumbed the system down from a technical standpoint. But what's even worse is that developers (Nintendo included) still aren't even taking advantage of the graphical horsepower available. The Wii is literally two or three times more powerful than the Gamecube, and yet we're still dealing with graphic that would have been mediocre at best for Gamecube.
There's just no excuse. |
Is it all that surprising?
-No third party
-Bunch of gimmicky titles
-Average first party titles; wasn't Mario Sunshine the only innovation thus far?
-Worst online service ever
-lack expandable memory
-No exclusive Zelda title on the Wii...the current Nintendo trend is release a Zelda game right at the end of the console's life...pretty lame if you ask me
I can't believe that some Wii users actually delete games they paid for in the virtual arcade to install new ones because they ran out of space. I know you can download the game you bought as many times as you want, but with memory being as cheap as it is these days I find that rather unbelievable. As a PC gamer...or even as someone who owned the original Xbox...I find that unacceptable.
In my opinion Nintendo has really lowered the bar for the serious gamers this generation. The N64 had a bunch of wonderful, lengthy, in-depth single player games. The Gamecube had a pretty good number of wonderful, lengthy, in-depth single player games. The Wii has Mario Sunshine. And Zelda, only Zelda isn't Wii-exclusive and I personally prefer playing it with a controller. On the Gamecube. And Twilight Princess wasn't even that amazing...it pales in comparison to Ocarina, Majora's, and dare I say Wind Waker.
Personally, I think all three consoles have had their fair share of disappointments this generation.
I just wonder...where does Nintendo go from here. More gyros and motion-sensor stuff? That seems to be the buzz...body suits? Another console where they can make money off of 15 unnecessary 3rd party peripherals?