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Post by Joe/Smurf on Jul 4, 2007 16:49:13 GMT -5
Yep. I love Donkey-Kong. Sue me. If you're going to whine about me only liking one game, then add Gunstar Heroes. I like that game too, I guess. I hope DK64 makes it. I know Donkey-Kong belongs to Nintendo, but Rare had A LOT to do with the game, which is now Microsoft territory. And another game in which I was hoping would make the VC, Banjo-Kazooie, is obviously out of the question. Rare also made the three SNES Donkey Kong games, and 2 of those 3 are on the VC. Yeah, it really makes me sad that Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie won't make it to the VC because I hate the N64 controller. Hell, I am considering buying a 360 just for Banjo Kazooie 3 and sports games.
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Post by Mole on Jul 4, 2007 16:54:29 GMT -5
Well, considering that Microsoft doesn't even really see Nintendo as a rival, it's still possible, no matter how remotely, for all of the N64 Rare games to make it on to the VC.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Jul 4, 2007 17:06:28 GMT -5
Well, considering that Microsoft doesn't even really see Nintendo as a rival, it's still possible, no matter how remotely, for all of the N64 Rare games to make it on to the VC. Microsoft say that but the Wii is the second best selling console of this gen and its looking like it could catch up to the X-Box 360 by the end of this year at the latest.
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Post by Mole on Jul 4, 2007 17:34:39 GMT -5
Well, considering that Microsoft doesn't even really see Nintendo as a rival, it's still possible, no matter how remotely, for all of the N64 Rare games to make it on to the VC. Microsoft say that but the Wii is the second best selling console of this gen and its looking like it could catch up to the X-Box 360 by the end of this year at the latest. The thing is though, if that's the case, which I agree it likely will, if Nintendo actually does pass up Microsoft, all that means is that Sony and Microsoft screwed up by trying to push better graphics and then it'd still be fight between Sony and Microsoft... for 2nd place.
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Post by waylon on Jul 4, 2007 17:38:50 GMT -5
The reason I think the Wii has done so well is the fact that its only $250. Parents see that, and compare it to the price of the other consoles, and undoubtedly go for the Wii. Also, there are the people that buy it because they think its some really fun party system. It is, somewhat, until you play it for over an hour and all the mini-games turn into one big blur of repetitiveness. Nintendo really played the consumers with the way they marketed their console.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 5, 2007 17:36:14 GMT -5
The reason I think the Wii has done so well is the fact that its only $250. Parents see that, and compare it to the price of the other consoles, and undoubtedly go for the Wii. Also, there are the people that buy it because they think its some really fun party system. It is, somewhat, until you play it for over an hour and all the mini-games turn into one big blur of repetitiveness. Nintendo really played the consumers with the way they marketed their console. Not to mention how little it costs game developers to make games compared to the playstation3 and xbox 360. It's really cheap according to many 3rd party developers. What i find strange is that 7 months after releasing the nintendo wii that it's still hard to be able to just walk into a shop & purchase one particularly if you live in the US. I can't think of any console that has ever done that & according to some analysts (in the newspapers, websites ) think that it'll be another year before Nintendo has managed to catch up with demand.
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Post by Mole on Jul 5, 2007 17:47:25 GMT -5
The reason I think the Wii has done so well is the fact that its only $250. Parents see that, and compare it to the price of the other consoles, and undoubtedly go for the Wii. Also, there are the people that buy it because they think its some really fun party system. It is, somewhat, until you play it for over an hour and all the mini-games turn into one big blur of repetitiveness. Nintendo really played the consumers with the way they marketed their console. Not to mention how little it costs game developers to make games compared to the playstation3 and xbox 360. It's really cheap according to many 3rd party developers. What i find strange is that 7 months after releasing the nintendo wii that it's still hard to be able to just walk into a shop & purchase one particularly if you live in the US. I can't think of any console that has ever done that & according to some analysts (in the newspapers, websites ) think that it'll be another year before Nintendo has managed to catch up with demand. Personally, I'm convinced it's a forced shortage. I have a strong feeling that by the time Smash Bros is out, all of the sudden, they'll be everywhere.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jul 6, 2007 2:53:20 GMT -5
Bridge from TP. It crumbles in the middle. I think I wet myself. Oh yeah, there's a new RE: Umbrella Chronicles trailer. New chapter!
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Post by Hervine on Jul 6, 2007 4:56:26 GMT -5
Wow that stage is beautiful ;']
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jul 6, 2007 8:10:33 GMT -5
Is this the I hate Wii thread or something? Yeah, but only because SEH and Mole (who both I agree with most of the time, but not in this instance) are just up 360's sh*tter. That's ok though, because when 360 first came out, it had oustanding titles such as Perfect Dark Zero, The Outfit, Peter Jackson's King Kong. Kameo too which actually was good for what it was at the time, and Condemned. But it really wasn't until a full year until games that people gave a **** started coming out, and even then, there was a ton of filler for a lot of you picky people because I know for fact the lot of you all hated Dead Rising and hate games like Saints Row. Obviously people look at a lot of the great games in their minds that have come out for 360 recently and slated to come out for 360 in the coming months and bitch and moan about their Wii. They're really not trying to find games hard enough. Yeah, the Wii is a gimmicky system, but it's still easy to find fun with it. I've played my Wii off and on equally as much as the Xbox. If you're willing to try games that you usually wouldn't try, based on the fact that it could be fun just to mess around with when bored, and not have some deep multiplayer or something, then you'd be able to appreciate it. But if not, you shouldn't have bought it, and you should stick to your beefed up 360 bosshog. Just stop complaining in here and sell your god damn Wiis, because you're looking like babies.
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Post by waylon on Jul 6, 2007 8:13:32 GMT -5
I'm hardly up the 360's shitter. I actually rarely play that also. I've been playing my PC the most as of late, with the PS3 coming in second. I own all three, so its not like I am just throwing things out there as if I hate Nintendo or something. I am actually basing my comments off of things I have experienced.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jul 6, 2007 8:30:07 GMT -5
How does the PS3 have more games than the Wii?
Granted, I really am not all that familiar with its current list of titles, but... last I checked atleast.
I think it all comes down to prefference. Some people prefer the games systems like the Wii puts out. Some may prefer the PS3s. And with 360, there's something for everyone it's safe to say. But honestly, I don't understand how there's absolutely jack crapon Wii, especially considering it's been out 8 months.
My biggest qualm with Nintendo is the piss poor online service they have.
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Post by waylon on Jul 6, 2007 8:37:44 GMT -5
How does the PS3 have more games than the Wii? Granted, I really am not all that familiar with its current list of titles, but... last I checked atleast. I think it all comes down to prefference. Some people prefer the games systems like the Wii puts out. Some may prefer the PS3s. And with 360, there's something for everyone it's safe to say. But honestly, I don't understand how there's absolutely jack **** on Wii, especially considering it's been out 8 months. My biggest qualm with Nintendo is the piss poor online service they have. I'm not sure if the PS3 has more games or not, however, I never said that. The PS3 does however have more games that I enjoy. So far, for the Wii, the only games I have enjoyed for it are Resident Evil 4 and Zelda. Most of the other games are just a collection of random mini games or controller demos. You cant honestly tell me that the Wii has been constantly releasing quality titles for the past eight months, or even the past three months.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jul 6, 2007 8:47:11 GMT -5
How does the PS3 have more games than the Wii? Granted, I really am not all that familiar with its current list of titles, but... last I checked atleast. I think it all comes down to prefference. Some people prefer the games systems like the Wii puts out. Some may prefer the PS3s. And with 360, there's something for everyone it's safe to say. But honestly, I don't understand how there's absolutely jack **** on Wii, especially considering it's been out 8 months. My biggest qualm with Nintendo is the piss poor online service they have. I'm not sure if the PS3 has more games or not, however, I never said that. The PS3 does however have more games that I enjoy. So far, for the Wii, the only games I have enjoyed for it are Resident Evil 4 and Zelda. Most of the other games are just a collection of random mini games or controller demos. You cant honestly tell me that the Wii has been constantly releasing quality titles for the past eight months, or even the past three months. Nah, never said they have. But did the 360 really? Has the PS3? People give the Wii so much flack, more so than the other systems easily. Nintendo's been the lame duck company nearly since the Gamecube came into existence, so if it wasn't easy to see that the Wii would be pretty disappointing I don't know what was. Honestly, I get use out of my Wii. I find games I wouldn't play for 360 fun on the Wii because of the stupid controller to tell you the truth. Maybe the novel will wear off eventually, but for now it still hasn't. And then there's stuff that I find genuinely interesting, that Trauma Center for the Wii which I thought was a lot of fun. Of course, not all of the controller-based games are going to be that deep, but that was one of the better ones...
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jul 6, 2007 8:54:12 GMT -5
For the record, the Wii games I've enjoyed/enjoying are:
Super Paper Mario (probably one of the best games I've ever played) Zelda: TP Resident Evil 4 Trauma Center Wario Ware Rayman Raving Rabbids Mario Party 8 was/is ok. I'm still getting into it... it's a game I can only enjoy with other people.
While there's not a ton of games I've played that I've enjoyed, I don't play many video games, and there's a couple others I want to check out, so I'm not that concerned.
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Post by Mole on Jul 6, 2007 13:47:01 GMT -5
That's ok though, because when 360 first came out, it had oustanding titles such as Perfect Dark Zero, The Outfit, Peter Jackson's King Kong. Kameo too which actually was good for what it was at the time, and Condemned. But it really wasn't until a full year until games that people gave a **** started coming out, and even then, there was a ton of filler for a lot of you picky people because I know for fact the lot of you all hated Dead Rising and hate games like Saints Row. Obviously people look at a lot of the great games in their minds that have come out for 360 recently and slated to come out for 360 in the coming months and bitch and moan about their Wii. They're really not trying to find games hard enough. Yeah, the Wii is a gimmicky system, but it's still easy to find fun with it. I've played my Wii off and on equally as much as the Xbox. If you're willing to try games that you usually wouldn't try, based on the fact that it could be fun just to mess around with when bored, and not have some deep multiplayer or something, then you'd be able to appreciate it. But if not, you shouldn't have bought it, and you should stick to your beefed up 360 bosshog. Just stop complaining in here and sell your god damn Wiis, because you're looking like babies. I'm done complaining, but I do want to clarify my points before I go into radio silence in regards to the Wii. The Xbox 360 just in the time frame of what we're in right now for the Wii had the following games come out: Call of Duty 2, Condemned, Dead or Alive 4, The Outfit, Top Spin 2, Oblivion, GRAW, Burnout Revenge, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, Tomb Raider Legend, Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle-Earth II, Hitman Blood Money, and five days from now will be the 1 year anniversary of Prey. Now, most of those, pretty much all but 4 of them, are not exclusive. However, through some form or another are improved from the counterparts that were released at the same time. Now I don't know whether your "Has PS3? Has 360?" was referring to the first 8 months of the system's launch or the last 8 months in general. If you mean the second part, I'm not even going to into how wrong you are, because I think that's not what you meant. Now, in comparison to the Wii, the only thing that the Wii has that sets it apart from its counterparts, is worse graphics (generally even worse-looking than PS2 and especially worse than Gamecube, which apparently the Wii is more powerful than), and tacked on motion. Maybe I'm asking too much but frankly, I want a game that I can play on the Wii by myself (since their internet play is nearly nonexistant) that I can not imagine myself playing on any other system. Ever. 90% of my games on the 360 are like that, just because of how integrated Xbox Live and Achievements are into everything. So the only thing the Wii can do to do that would be to have good motion control, and I'm sorry, flicking the remote instead of pressing A, is not what I'm talking about. I've played Zelda, Resident Evil 4, Cooking Mama, Wii Play, Warioware, Rayman, Super Paper Mario, Mario Party 8, and I think that might be it. And every single one of those games is either a port, a game that was going to be on another system but got motion tacked on (SPM), or a minigame collection. I will not say that any of those games (except RE4) aren't fun, but I will say that they're not fun for the amount of time that I need them to be in order to have any desire to own them, which is why I have an issue with the Wii. That's going to change this fall when Brawl comes out, but that's another 4 months from now.
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Post by American Phenom on Jul 6, 2007 15:10:43 GMT -5
My brother has had the Wii since release and the only game that interests me is Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. Which in my opinion, no Wii game will ever top.
Super Smash is lame now. Not saying it won't be good, because it will be fun as hell. I'm just not too excited for it.
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Post by Death Bear on Jul 6, 2007 21:35:48 GMT -5
So I've already purchased Wii Play and Twilight Princess in anticipation of the Wii I'll be getting for my birthday. I've been pounding Mario Party and Pokemon Battle Revolution into my parent's heads, soI fully expect that I'll probably maybe get them.
August 16th is the big day.
I've never been so excited for a video game as I am for Smash Bros. Pit looks soooo amazing.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Jul 6, 2007 21:44:04 GMT -5
Did you honestly just say that the Wii's graphics were worse than the Gamecube's?
That's absurd.
Additionally, the fact that there was any question in your mind whether or not he meant the first 8 months of the PS3/360 or the last 8 is quite sad.
Andd... That Twilight Princess bridge level in Smash kicks ass.
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Post by Mole on Jul 6, 2007 21:55:40 GMT -5
Huh. I actually looked for some comparison shots. And you're right, the Wii is no worse than the Gamecube, it's just my perception of what to expect has changed.
Well, nuts to that.
Also, in regards to the question in my mind thing, the reason there was question in mind is due to my own failure in rewording what he asked. Though, considering those were pretty insignificant points in my rambling mess of a post, I'm not sure why they were brought up.
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