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Nintendo Gaming / Games Nintendo needs to not put on Wii until they do something original
« on: August 22, 2006, 05:05:38 PM »
If you've read the rumors you know that games like Star Fox, Luigi's Mansion, and Kid Ikarus are being seriously considered for the Wii. Why is this? Why is Nintendo giving us spin about going after new consumers (non gamers as well as non-Nintendo gamers) and then plotting to take the same old path with their software.
One of the main reasons GCN failed miserably (outside of GBA connectivity, lack of online, casing, controller, etc) was the lack of originality in the software lineup. The library was not interesting to anyone but Nintendo fans.
The Wii is just the same. Nintendo is going to be playing catchup making their franchises online. And they will use the remote as an excuse to make games like Luig's Mansion which will attract noone but fanboys. Why do this in spite of the unbelievable reaction to the New Super Mario Bros which is the first SMB in fifteen years? Why make seperate Mario and Luigi games? Why make a sequel to LM which did nothing to expand the user base?
They want to act like they learned from the GameCube that graphics are not important but the truth is that it wasn't the pretty graphics on GCN that lost it for them, it was their games.
I will judge the system by its fruits and currently, the Wii has the same old apples which noone was interested in last gen. The first thing Nintendo should be worried about, the key to attracting new consumers (people who traditionally only buy Sony and MS), is to do something dark, epic, and new before you go updating Mario Party or Pilot Wings or Wave Race, etc.
Nintendo should be the one on the forefront of that which is new, they should be the ones bringing us games like Portal (the team who created the original demo did graduate from the school Nintendo helps fund).
One of the main reasons GCN failed miserably (outside of GBA connectivity, lack of online, casing, controller, etc) was the lack of originality in the software lineup. The library was not interesting to anyone but Nintendo fans.
The Wii is just the same. Nintendo is going to be playing catchup making their franchises online. And they will use the remote as an excuse to make games like Luig's Mansion which will attract noone but fanboys. Why do this in spite of the unbelievable reaction to the New Super Mario Bros which is the first SMB in fifteen years? Why make seperate Mario and Luigi games? Why make a sequel to LM which did nothing to expand the user base?
They want to act like they learned from the GameCube that graphics are not important but the truth is that it wasn't the pretty graphics on GCN that lost it for them, it was their games.
I will judge the system by its fruits and currently, the Wii has the same old apples which noone was interested in last gen. The first thing Nintendo should be worried about, the key to attracting new consumers (people who traditionally only buy Sony and MS), is to do something dark, epic, and new before you go updating Mario Party or Pilot Wings or Wave Race, etc.
Nintendo should be the one on the forefront of that which is new, they should be the ones bringing us games like Portal (the team who created the original demo did graduate from the school Nintendo helps fund).