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so incredibly overpriced
even sony is doing a better job with their ps1 games
but there are always plenty of idiots who will buy that crap so hooray for nintendo i guess...
As much as I loathe what they're doing with actual games, I can't help but stare in amazement at the success of their marketing.
With the VC's overpriced 20 year old games and lack of genuine intriguing content, paired with the PS3's price drop, I may just have to get Sony's console and start actually playing next-gen games.
Zelda says hi. It doesn't matter what it was developed for originally, it is a fine game. resident evil 4 seems so natural with the remote that one poster in G&T said it was like the game was originally developed for the wii and then cut down. It really feels like that. I can't comment on the non waggle games more, because I have rent to pay.
Wii sports, wii play and Wario are all simple waggle games. But they are fun.
I have access right now to an N64, Saturn, PS1 and 2 games, Xbox and Xbox360 games. And my wii is still fun to play with :winky:
Thats only 5 games, but as you said before, you do understand that its in its first year, and most systems are in the same boat.
Also, the one thing Nintendo has done right that the other two have not, is full backwards compatability out of the box with their last generation system. Not really related to what you were saying, but it just popped into my head.
And just to respond to the people complaining about the prices of the VC games? In Ireland, its 5 euros for a NES game up to 10 euros for N64. Buying these things second hand from a proper trader costs more. Especially if you want the damn thing to work every time. These are prices similar to renting 1 or 2 dvds for the night. Is it that more expensive in the US? Wikipedia and a currency converter say no.
Beat me on 360: Raybies666
I remember when I had time to be good at games.
God Gym I could kiss you right now
/hug
The precision is having mouse-like functionality on a console, which so far no console has really taken advantage of. Traditional mice don't work so well in the living room, they require a flat table surface for as many as four players at the same time, and these people are usually sitting on couches, not on desks. The remote-as-pointer is the best method I've seen so far of being able to have multiple people using pointers on screen at the same time.
I admit that yes, Twilight Princess and a bunch of the games out so far have failed to take advantage of the motion sensing controls, but Wii Sports is compelling enough, even as a tech demo that's simply a collection of mini-games, to convince me that there's definitely something worth playing. Playing Golf and using the remote to swing and control the power of your shot, or even bowling and attempting to twist your wrist to get proper spin on the ball connects you in a way that pushing a button can't.
The art of video games does have to do with better hardware, you've said that yourself. The depth of gameplay that's possible on the Turbo Grafx 16 isn't the same as what you could do on the Gamecube, just as the GC's depth will pale in comparison with what's possible on the PS3 hardware. I don't think games that rely on traditional controls won't be all that much more immersive for the Wii than they were on the GC. Instead of progressing further down that path the way the 360 and PS3 have, the Wii is moving laterally, keeping hardware that is distinctly last-gen but offering different types of gameplay than currently available (again, see Wii Sports - it's merely a tech demo, but it proves that the functionality is there for a lot of different gameplay styles). It might not be a big step forward for story-telling, but the change in skills required (manual dexterity, movement, aiming) could be enough to make compelling gameplay for the console.
If I could fucking find one anywhere. Seriously, I've got two RSS feeds with Wii-Tracker things and I still cannot seem to get through the ordering fast enough.
thanks buddy
video games :whistle:
I read that earlier. As an owner of Fzero GX, I salute you.
Beat me on 360: Raybies666
I remember when I had time to be good at games.
FZero GX is awesome as long as you skip the story mode.
Well then, I retract my salute.
Beat me on 360: Raybies666
I remember when I had time to be good at games.
I think that MP3 looks like it'll be good. I have no idea why, but MP1 made me motion-sick, which is weird because no other FPS I've ever played has done that. But it took about half an hour and then I'd feel really bad. I tried it two or three times, thinking maybe I was just actually sick the first time, and it kept happening at about 30 minutes. So I miss out, which sucks for me, because by all indications that is a solid series.
My point was more about the Wii's failure to deliver anything worth talking about. Which, again, is somewhat reasonable since it's still in the first year. I want to make it clear that I'm not bashing it for that, even though I am giving it some shit for things like "MP3 will be a launch title" and it's over 6 months late.
Zelda is a GC game, and like you said, a fun game on the system is a fun game on the system. But it's a big-name first-party game and it SHOULD have shown some innovative Wiimote usage, and it did not.
Wii Sports is a TECH DEMO that also serves as a new-user tutorial. The fact that people list it as one of the best games on the system is damning.
I'm not sure...did the PS3 have any problems? Maybe just one or two games caused problems and it got patched quickly? In any case, all three consoles have it now, and even MS only had a few hiccups with games that did advanced things that went outside of the system's API.
So the thing does have some new control stuff that gamepads and kb/mouse setups don't. That is true. But is that input functionality worth the tradeoff? So far, it looks like "no," but I admit that there's still some time left.
I am also increasingly of the opinion that 1:1 swordfighting might not actually be possible, which is a big letdown. You could do something like MGS2's swordfighting, but...well, you can obviously already do that on a gamepad. Gross motions, I'm sure you can do. Fine motions...not so sure. 1:1 needs both.
First runs of PS3 had hardware backwards compatability, the new sytems in NA and japan do not and the 80 gb model will not. I'm in europe, so I'll never get that at all. None of my xbox games work on my 360.
I dont see Wii sports being one of the best as damning, moreso than its a tech demo that functions as an actual game, and a fun one at that. Also, games that you can play piss drunk :^: (not that I'm saying other games are not fuin in the same situation, theres a lot of mario party, racing, and guitar hero with beer going on at my place)
Beat me on 360: Raybies666
I remember when I had time to be good at games.
I guess I'm easy to satisfy...
it also has the problem of not having any good games to play
Games that you can play piss-drunk are usually not very good games, just like movies that are only fun to watch when you're drunk aren't good movies.
How about giving me some stuff that I can enjoy without needing to be wasted? How about some fucking gameplay depth, Nintendo? I know you know what that is, because you used to do it all the time.
Beyond Good & Evil is the only one I have that doesn't
Hey, those are pretty different things! Wii sports is fun sober, whereas the movie isn't. Mario Strikers will be tons of fun when it's out, according to those European chaps. Getting together with friends for the first one was amazing, and I've heard that this new one is just so much better.
Yeah the only others I can think of are Panzer Dragoon and Riddick. Oh and the PoP sequels I guess.
I don't know how the software emulation BC is working but the hardware one works extremely well with all the games I've tried to play on it.
The problem was at launch the PS3 BC had some issues with certain games looking extra jagged. You can see the problem here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoCD9TwLrVs
While not making the games unplayable it did make them look worse. They fixed this problem I think in January (I know it was fixed by the time I was playing God of War 2) and in May added upscaling to PS1/PS2/DVDs which makes them look significantly better on a hi-def TV.
PS3 has plenty of good games to play on it now, just somehow since they are multi-platform games they don't count.
Jesus dude, all I said was it was a good drinking game. Its also a good sober game, and if you try to say guitar hero sucks, i'll cut you. Metaphorically speaking. I was saying that as an aside, to the main point of it being fun anyway.
Beat me on 360: Raybies666
I remember when I had time to be good at games.
Panzer Dragoon was added like two months ago
Beat me on 360: Raybies666
I remember when I had time to be good at games.
In other news:
FTW. And now its time to get the hell out of work
Beat me on 360: Raybies666
I remember when I had time to be good at games.
Steam
I think that means I actually lose.
double whammy
Well shit
I must admit that I use the Virtual Console because I am an idiot.
Having never been allowed to own a home console until I moved out, it's been a pretty fun way of catching up on all of the games I missed without the hassle of hunting down the hardware and making room for it. The prices really should be closer to $1 for NES/TG16, $3 for SNES/Gen, $5 for N64.
However, I think I've gotten my $8 worth out of Super Mario World.
Although buying the classic controllers is a bitch, if they hadn't come in a bundle with the points card I wouldn't have bothered.
Then again, I spend copious amounts of money on plastic toy soldiers, so what do I know. :roll: