Topic: Nintendo Reveals Wii Party

[ControlerFleX]

If I were Nintendo I would make up a new character that is a Mii everyone could make and slowly introduce him in this game, and then in subsequent releases the game would be named after this character.

I think your close than you think, because i feel that's already been done...... lets examine this point here....

The three biggest selling games of all time are Wii Sports, Wii Play, and Wii Fit. Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus are well on their way to join them (as both have sold more than 12 million copies).

I don't think this is a sign of running out of ideas. This actually seems like a natural extension of the Wii series and Miis, I am surprised they waited this long to do it.

They have given us the new charter already........US, instead of giving us the lovable look(more Mushroom Kingdom) and sound of Mario(Wahooo!) , they give us these representations of us that ushers the immersed  feeling of you in the game. When the pack in of Wii Sports came along we said "hey they could have made this Mario Party Wii", and the same for Wii Play. If all of the Games that TJ Spyke mentioned was Mario spin offs, we'd be pretty piss at the moment.

Sorry Ian Sane, Mop it up..............Yes, WE love Mario, but more Wii owners love Mii.......

[Mop it up]

Sorry Ian Sane, Mop it up..............Yes, WE love Mario, but more Wii owners love Mii.......

I know, but that doesn't change what I want.

[ThePerm]

Mii's are fun too because I like playing with a man who has a strap-on on his head

[NWR_Lindy]

Yeah, there are millions of WMP's out there, I get all that.  Sure, there might be 10 million, 20 million, whatever...

...but why on earth would you voluntarily say "I don't want to sell this game to 50 million of my customers"?  This is NINTENDO.  They are all about MONEY.  MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY.

MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY.

It's not going to only support WMP.  It just makes no business sense, because people with or without WMP will want Wii Party.

[broodwars]

It's not going to only support WMP.  It just makes no business sense, because people with or without WMP will want Wii Party.

Any more than they wanted Wii Sports Resort, a game that Nintendo created that only supports the Motion + and a sequel to a game that has far bigger brand power than Wii Party?  In fact, if you wanted to play the game in a party setting, you either had to buy the special bundle that included a second Motion +, or you had to purchase additional Motion +s separate of the game.  Didn't seem to hurt the sales of that game in the slightest.  I don't see the Motion + requirement hurting this game any more than it did Wii Sports Resort.  The time of the original flawed Wiimote should be over now, and good riddance.   It's time for Nintendo to make good on their original promise of what the Wiimote was always supposed to do and focus on delivering the best experience possible with Motion +.

Besides that, though, how can we expect 3rd Parties to support the Motion + when Nintendo isn't even putting in the full effort?  Yes, it had a strong showing in Wii Sports Resort and will be fully supported by the new Zelda, but other than that there's nothing (as far as we know right now).  I get the feeling the 3rd Parties won't follow on Motion + unless Nintendo shows they're serious and makes it a defacto standard with their own titles.

[BlackNMild2k1]

It's not going to only support WMP.  It just makes no business sense, because people with or without WMP will want Wii Party.

But if it comes with WMP packed it, then what's the problem?
You want to support WMP and you pack it in for almost free, then all the people that didn't have it, have it now. Problem solved. nobody feels left out. everyone now has WMP. What doesn't make business sense about it?

[ThePerm]

I still have never even used a game with WM+

its a fragmented market and its too close to console death to really get any more out of it, but i guess when Zelda has it than ill have it.

[Stratos]

This game does not strike me as an M+ game. It's a party game and I can't think of too many applications in that setting.

Maybe it is compatible with M+ and having the units plugged in make the game add several extra mini games to the experience. That way the game could still stand alone without it.

[TJ Spyke]

I still have never even used a game with WM+

its a fragmented market and its too close to console death to really get any more out of it, but i guess when Zelda has it than ill have it.

Too close to console death? There are no signs that the Wii is anywhere near ending. Do you also think that it's too late for PlayStation Move and Project Natal to come out? It's not that fragmented as a large number of Wii owners have at least one Wii MotionPlus. It's also safe to assume that the gamer most likely to buy Wii Party is someone who also bought Wii Sports Resort (which has sold over 14 million copies, all of which come with one or two WMP's). The fact that all Wii's will come with it starting tomorrow means that all new Wii owners with have at least once. Add in that any game that requires WMP will come bundle with it means there is no problem.

[NWR_Lindy]

I'm sure this game will support 1-8 players.  Who the heck out there is going to have 8 WMPs?  Nobody.

Again, to ensure that the most people will play this game, it will not require WMP.  If it does, it'll be packed-in (really no way around that).  BnM - I never said there was a problem, but the source doesn't indicate anything about WMP being packaged with it.  So I'm going off that.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I'm sure this game will support 1-8 players.  Who the heck out there is going to have 8 WMPs?  Nobody.

Again, to ensure that the most people will play this game, it will not require WMP.  If it does, it'll be packed-in (really no way around that).  BnM - I never said there was a problem, but the source doesn't indicate anything about WMP being packaged with it.  So I'm going off that.

Wii also doesn't support 8 controllers, it supports a total of 7 wiimotes at a time, but who has 7 wiimotes? it would likely be a combo of 4 players on wiimotes, 4 players on nunchucks, possibly working as 4 teams of two. One controls Mii's(nunchucks) one controls the platform or item(WMP).

But I also was also not trying to say that the game would use WMP, just that if it did I don't see a problem with that as they could always just pack it in, then no one is left out.


completely unrelated thought:
Has anyone ever daisy-chained WMP's onto their Wiimote? Does the game still read the Wiimote?, does it error? is it possible? do you get more accuracy?

[NWR_Lindy]

I mean, if it requires WMP, it'll be a pack in fo' sho'.

[Stratos]

I have 3 M+ and I want to test that daisy chaining out.

[Mop it up]

Although the Wii can detect seven wireless devices, I don't know if that means it can have more than four Wii Remotes synced. Has anyone tried to sync more than four to their system? I haven't heard about it being possible.

You can't connect a Motion Plus to another Motion Plus. The Motion Plus has two latches that hook into the Wii Remote; the Motion Plus does not have indents for these latches to fit into like the remote does.

[Spak-Spang]

I really like the idea of taking Mario out of the Nintendo Party franchise.  It opens it up to a broader market, and makes it more appealing for all ages.  It also frees it from any limitations and expectations of the Mario franchise.  Last, it frees the Mario franchise from this series.  Allowing to breath more life into both concepts. 

Mario is being reclaimed back to his roots this generation.  I believe this is why we haven't seen a Mario Golf and Mario Tennis really this generation.  The Wii sports franchise can become both of those experiences.  I just wish Nintendo would have made a full fledge Wii Golf package. 

[Armak88]

Oh, so this is what retro has been working on...

[Stratos]

Oh, so this is what retro has been working on...

LOL.

[ControlerFleX]

I really like the idea of taking Mario out of the Nintendo Party franchise.  It opens it up to a broader market, and makes it more appealing for all ages.  It also frees it from any limitations and expectations of the Mario franchise.  Last, it frees the Mario franchise from this series.  Allowing to breath more life into both concepts. 

Mario is being reclaimed back to his roots this generation.  I believe this is why we haven't seen a Mario Golf and Mario Tennis really this generation.  The Wii sports franchise can become both of those experiences.  I just wish Nintendo would have made a full fledge Wii Golf package.

Exact-a-mundo!........... Wait i used that one already.

Precise-a-dactaly!!............. Better.

[Mop it up]

I believe this is why we haven't seen a Mario Golf and Mario Tennis really this generation.

Actually, it is because Camelot has no interest in creating more Mario games. That's also why Nintendo re-released Mario Power Tennis on Wii instead of creating a new one. It isn't like the Wii doesn't have Mario spin-offs; it has about as many as the GameCube, which had a lot.

I really like the idea of taking Mario out of the Nintendo Party franchise. It also frees it from any limitations and expectations of the Mario franchise.  Last, it frees the Mario franchise from this series.
The Wii sports franchise can become both of those experiences.

I think it has become clear that you and I will never get along.