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Epic Games: you've all got the Wii AIDS!
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I didn't realize trading in a Wii was qualified as playing a video game. I always thought if you traded in a Wii you had the option of getting that one stuff... money I think its called.
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No one said it was innovative. However, making it a cornerstone of your console is a hell of a lot different than making it an add on feature later on.
I remember that motion sensor thing for the 360 that just had a thread ago, you know what was on the first page?
"It'll fail. It'll never have a big enough install base to get anywhere important."
Which is a true statement for everything sans rumble I think.
You bring the rocket launcher, I'll bring the sniper.
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LOL are you trying to pass off Brawl as something like Madden or something now?
Nice try pal but that ain't gonna fly. Brawl is a modern classic of outstanding quality in every area. Don't diss it just to come off as cool but it really just makes you look like a douche.
To add more anecdotal fun to this party, I know no one like this.
Should we really be surprised that a company that is focused on pushing graphical prowess and ensuring continuing demand for techological revision is threatened by the runaway success of the Wii? If the ideology behind the Wii really takes off with other devs and console manufacturers, they get to go back to bundling their games with Voodoo 2's and figuratively scratching at the earth with a stick for a living.
Let me know when Capcom or Square says Nintendo is taking us the wrong direction.
This. All of it.
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This is basically "The Wii is a fad!" repackaged, since it's harder and harder to deny how successful it's been after blowing everything else on the market away from almost a year and a half now.
If any of this was actually a problem for the system, then we'd see abysmal software sales. We've seen the opposite of that. For that matter, if it were true, then who's buying all the shovelware?
So, yeah, total bullshit whining. At this point I would consider it a worthwhile endeavor for Nintendo's next-gen system to be a fucking SNES with waggle tacked on just to see people's heads explode.
They didn't bet on the wrong system; it cannot do what they want to do.
There is nothing wrong with pushing hardware to evolve. There is nothing wrong with wanting a game to look absolutely amazing. There is also nothing wrong with neglecting a console that can't do that.
What is wrong is that they are being douches about it. Did Cliffy B make the douche list?
I object because the spirit of what he is saying is the old, oft-mocked line that "Wii is a fad." Something that catches on quickly, is wildly popular for a while, and gradually dies off as people get bored with it. It's basically the definition of a fad. Rallying cry of GameFAQs, NEOGAF and now game devs trying to drum up interest.
I thought even people who hated the thing agreed that it isn't a fad at this point?
OH NO!
Actually, some people really don't care for Brawl. I don't care for Madden either, but you know, try again.
Ya dude! Lets cut our noses off too, FUCK OUR FACES! Man we are so hardcore.
Like, it totally didn't factor that a vast number of PS2s were bought as DVD players, and never saw a game.
Systems sold = Systems sold. Now Epic needs to STFU and make a UE for Wii. Fucktards. If they can do it for Xbox..
This man speaks the truth.
Honestly I could care less about the Wii, all the games I own for it either would play just as well (Galaxy, Twilight Princess) or better (Brawl, Super Paper Mario, Mario Kart) with the GameCube controller (I guess someone could make a case for Metroid Corruption but I don't play first person games due to car sickness so I don't know). However, saying that there are no revolutionary, outstanding games for the Wii out right now and that he is waiting for Wii Fit to see if that may be the Chosen One is just ignorant bullshit. Between Brawl and Galaxy alone the purchase of the system is once and for all completely justified. The second-highest rated game of all time on GameRankings is a Wii game, yet he is waiting for Wii Fit?!
Yet it continues to push millions of software a month. During March Brawl sold more than all PS3 software combined.
In a later post you say we have no graphs of owners to see what they own. However, we do know software sales and I'd say they go a long way to prove that more people are actually playing the games.
Epic's problem is that they don't make money off the Wii. That is all.
Does Brawl actually improve over Melee in any significant way to make it deserving of being called a "modern classic"? I'm not insulting it or anything, I'm genuinely asking because I haven't played either of them for any decent length of time apart from an import version of Brawl at my friends house.
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Yes my Wii has a tendency to collect dust for a few weeks once in a while, but so does my 360.
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LIES! Clearly all Wii users get bored of their "game machine" and stop turning it on after playing Wii Bowling for a few hours.
Truth++
In fact my Wii games outnumber my 360 games at like 4:1.
The only reason I even play my 360 anymore is for the occasional Live Arcade game and the awesomesauce that is Team Fortress 2.
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Epic is probably just scared that they are gonna have to innovate on the gameplay front instead of just prettier graphics if your scenario would come true. Requires a lot more creativity.
Except Wiis are incredibly easy to find now as long as you're willing to give up a weekday morning.
Maybe for you :P 'round these parts they are still rare as hell.
But to be fair, I'd argue they can do that too. Pretty much every shooter since Gears has had a cover mechanic.
And no, lets not get into that whole discussion, I know Epic didn't invent it, but refinement is also an expression of creativity.
Indeed. the only time I've seen a Wii is when I worked at CompUSA and we got them every few months.
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Brawl's gameplay is marginally better/different than Melee's. As basically the biggest piece of fanservice ever, though, it does stand out.
It's probably about on par to the Halo sequels in both how great it is for fans and how easily it is blown off by gamers who don't see what the fuss is about.
Yeah, and we never get any numbers from NPD, the third-party folks that make it their business to track video game sales.
Oh wait, we do. And they say Wii software is selling just fine.
I was going to say "I play with my Wii more than my 360" but thought that would be considered breaking the Wii pun rule.
What I really wish is that it was against the rules for big names in the game industry to say such stupid things.
The thing about my limited time with Brawl is I had a shitload of fun playing it, but when I reflect on it I ended up wondering if that fun was due to the game or because I was playing it with 3 friends just hanging out and yelling at each other. I guess I'll find out when it finally gets released here (Fuck you for the delay btw Nintendo of Europe) but either way, it's still a damn good party game.
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Truth is I've yet to see a game that makes feel like I need to buy any of the current gen systems. Most of what the 360 offers can be had on the PC which is my prefered platform. I'm not into Japanese RPGs so the PS3 doesn't really interest me (Warhawk looks cool though).
As for the Wii, the online system is terrible, and I was done with proper Mario games after Mario 64.
If they make a good FPS that makes good use of waggle pointing I'll be tempted to get it, but otherwise they really aren't making games for the Wii for people like me.
given that this pretty much is the game, I think you're in the clear