[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

Starting with the 360... Staying the course... playing it safe... treading water... whatever you want to use, this was not the year for the 360. I mean it still saw some quality release, but compared to prior years they seemed further apart. Also looking at the release schedule, it offered very little in the way of exclusies with the real noticeables being ODST, Halo Wars and Left 4 Dead 2 if you don't have a PC. There may have been others but the only ones that stuck out to be. Also in terms of sale, it has remained pretty flat.

Games you might have missed:

Ninja Blade - Fairly below the radar, it's a cross between Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden. Got good reviews pretty much everywhere, but was sadly missed by most including myself. Then again I never really liked that type of game too much anyway.

Section 8 came out a bit ago. A FPS, got good reviews a little under the radar as well.

As far as that goes you're right, there weren't as many exclusives this year because pretty much all the big name stuff comes out at the start of 2010 and pretty much all the big name Xbox stuff dropped last year. What do exclusives matter anyway though, in that vein we should talk about 360 + PS3 exclusives then wii exclusives as a separate category. PS3 and 360 share so many good games, why are exclusives important? Tekken 6, Blazblue, Modern Warfare 2, Batman, Borderlands, Dragon Age etc.

So what if PS3 had a better exclusives year?

Originally Posted by BreakABone

Now the most controversial console as always, the Wii has also had a stellar year, if you looked at it. While there were few new additions, with the ability to use SD cards for expanded storage and the debut of Nintendo Week, and the 50 dollar price drop. The quality of software on display was quite remarkable with the banner title being New Super Mario Bros Wii, sure it is one hell of a title, but it is also one hell of a game. Mixing old-school Mario platforming with zany hijinks in multi player, makes for one of the best packages of the year. Speaking of terrific packages, there was the Metroid Prime Trilogy release, which bundled 3 awesome games into one nifty and affordable package, probably the second best deal in gaming behind the Orange Box. Of course 3rd parties were on display as well with such titles as Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, MadWorld, Little King's Story, Klonoa, Okami and A Boy and his Blob. Oh and let's not forget Punch-Out, we can never forget Punch-Out

Bond is right here. A NSMB title and a re-release of 3 games into a package? A re-release of Okami for the wii with control issues, and even Nintendo Power said get it for PS2.

So Klonoa (Which from the videos I watched isn't new, graphical update much? Looks just like the original), Punch-out, Little King's and Madworld coupled with NSMB wii and Blob as far as new things go. Oh and Silent Hill. You left out that need for speed game and dead space:extraction.

So yeah definitely some good games there, but it's a small list compared to the number of games both PS3 and 360 got as a collective that were good, not to mention the few 360 exclusives, and the PS3 exclusives. Odds are most of the games that come out for the wii are remakes of older games that could have been worked around to play better and look better on 360 or PS3.

And I leave you with this:

Wii: Good Cop, Bad Cop

Originally Posted by BreakABone

What was your Game of the Year?

Personal Game of the Year? That would have to be Borderlands. Too much fun.

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What was one game you regretted not having played yet?

Torchlight; Basically a remake of Diablo with better graphics and only 20 bucks? If I had a better computer I would have done it, now that I have a better computer why haven't I gotten it? Because I'm an idiot.

Originally Posted by BreakABone

What was your downloadable game of the year?

So many good ones, but I'm going to go with Trials HD or Battlefield 1943.

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Biggest disappointment of the year?

The Wii everything.

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Most surprising game?

Torchlight. Shit came out of nowhere and was amazing. Also Borderlands. MMM item crack.

Originally Posted by BreakABone

And favorite moment?

When my friend RyanBill and myself ran through the Borderlands DLC with Earl in about 4 hours. Then we proceeded to finish the braaaaaaaaaaaaainnnnnnnnnnsssssssss!!! quest without Earl because he got hungry. Lol.

Originally Posted by BreakABone

Add questions as you like, and if you don't want, don't answer them all.

Just one question: Earl when will you stop being a nintendo fanboy and accept the fact that nintendo just doesn't have the right stuff for the serious gamer this generation, and they probably never will.

Besides like Bond mentioned, when the next gen drops what gimmick will Nintendo come up with to fuel their next system. Hope that gimmick isn't HD.

But in the words of The Killers "Don't give the ghost up..."

Maybe Nintendo will surprise us all with something made of Epic Win.

-Moogle out.