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CyCo PL · 01-07-2008, 05:21 AM

I know that the Wii has only been out a year, and honestly, for the year its been out, it has a much higher number of good games than most consoles release in their first year (mainly because Nintendo blew their load and released a game for pretty much every big N franchise... mario, zelda, metroid). The PS2's first year was abysmal in regards to good games coming out, so maybe I'm a little too hard on the Wii. (did I just say "hard on the Wii"? lolz.)

I'm just disappointed with the complete package. In the original trailers, the japanese guy playing Zelda made it look so awesome, like the sword would mimic the exact motions of the Wii remote. I was really hoping for something like that, but it's more of a "twitch your arm to swing your sword", which actually comes off more annoying to me than innovative. I'm just also afraid that the only worthwhile titles to look forward to will be first party titles. I mean, how many mario games can they release in one year? Look at that listing of gamecube games on Metacritic... how many of those are third party games? I love Nintendo's games, they rarely disappoint me when it comes to making great games... But as long as the Wii keeps getting half-assed PS2/PSP ports for third party titles and the occasional good first party title, I'm going to look at it as a glorified gamecube with a neat albeit overhyped control scheme.

Also, on a more superficial note, I wonder how long Nintendo plans to stretch out the life of the Wii. I own an HDTV, and right now in 2008, the Wii doesn't look that great graphically, I'd say about the equivalent of what I'd expect from consoles in 2002. Now what about the year 2011? How will the Wii look then? I'm sure by then, PC graphics will jump up at least another step, and PS3 and 360 games may even start looking dated. The Wii will still be sporting decade-old graphics capabilities. I'm not saying that graphics make the game, or even have any type of significance in the gameplay, but the Wii will look like the equivalent of what the Playstation 1 looks right now. Not that great.

01-07-2008, 05:21 AM	#55 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	I know that the Wii has only been out a year, and honestly, for the year its been out, it has a much higher number of good games than most consoles release in their first year (mainly because Nintendo blew their load and released a game for pretty much every big N franchise... mario, zelda, metroid). The PS2's first year was abysmal in regards to good games coming out, so maybe I'm a little too hard on the Wii. (did I just say "hard on the Wii"? lolz.) I'm just disappointed with the complete package. In the original trailers, the japanese guy playing Zelda made it look so awesome, like the sword would mimic the exact motions of the Wii remote. I was really hoping for something like that, but it's more of a "twitch your arm to swing your sword", which actually comes off more annoying to me than innovative. I'm just also afraid that the only worthwhile titles to look forward to will be first party titles. I mean, how many mario games can they release in one year? Look at that listing of gamecube games on Metacritic... how many of those are third party games? I love Nintendo's games, they rarely disappoint me when it comes to making great games... But as long as the Wii keeps getting half-assed PS2/PSP ports for third party titles and the occasional good first party title, I'm going to look at it as a glorified gamecube with a neat albeit overhyped control scheme. Also, on a more superficial note, I wonder how long Nintendo plans to stretch out the life of the Wii. I own an HDTV, and right now in 2008, the Wii doesn't look that great graphically, I'd say about the equivalent of what I'd expect from consoles in 2002. Now what about the year 2011? How will the Wii look then? I'm sure by then, PC graphics will jump up at least another step, and PS3 and 360 games may even start looking dated. The Wii will still be sporting decade-old graphics capabilities. I'm not saying that graphics make the game, or even have any type of significance in the gameplay, but the Wii will look like the equivalent of what the Playstation 1 looks right now. Not that great. Last edited by CyCo PL; 01-07-2008 at 05:29 AM..