Wii Bad for the Industry

[DarkMaster]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Katamari Damacy might be repetative and boring to some, but to others it may be epic because of the sheer size of it.

Except that Katamari Damacy is not large in size, scope, or gameplay. It's entirely a niche title, developed with a small budget, and uses its simplified gameplay and graphics to appeal to a more casual audience. Katamari is exactly the kind of game that would be most suited to the Wii and one that in many ways could prove the point of this article.

I don't think in terms of what makes a video game "epic" is very subjective. A game like Shadow of the Colossus is epic. Katamari Damacy is not. I don't think the term deals so much with how a game looks as much as what it brings to the gaming scene. Story and creative narrative, new ideas and technology. Something like Half Life 2 is epic. Wario Ware Wii is not.

I mean, yeah, you're going to see a lot of gimmicky-type games on the Wii, but that's what the system was primarily designed for. It's what you're buying into, so you should know before hand whether or not the Wii is for you when you go purchase one. Whether or not the console sees an "epic" game or two is irrelevant, because if you wanted games like that you'd be much better off buying a 360 or PS3; systems that focus on large scale games.