I can see where you're coming from Plugabugz, especially as regards your original points for marketing (some marketing, ANY marketing, please?), general awareness, and the unique mix of games available on the Wii.
Of course, I personally have a backlog of Wii games about... oh.... 12+ games deep? So I can't exactly say I'm in the same boat now can I? Like Pro (Ningurl69*huggles*), I'm a Nintendo gamer looking for a bunch of unique and different gameplay experiences. I'm not tied to any one genre, but instead am invigorated by the existence of such varied games as A Boy and his Blob, Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition, We Cheer 2, and Munchables. I also resemble Pro in that during the N64 era, I had a smaller and less radical gaming library, but I'd add that my NES and SNES collection were much more varied. In many ways, the Wii reminds me more of the NES or SNES mix of games than my personal "Golden Age" of the N64.
But enough of that. I think one of the reasons I'm not in the same boat as you is that I proactively seek out games to my taste. I don't rely on marketing, I rely on the internet (which, now that I think about it, sounds risky! lol). I may be enjoying plenty of games, but either there's not a lot of advertising out there, or I'm just not in the right places at the right time to be exposed to it. Thus, I've become really dependent on sites like NWR and others to notify me of new or upcoming releases, and after that, going to the game's website and doing more research if the basic description of the gameplay catches my attention. The ONLY advertising I am exposed to on a sorta-ever-present basis is the Nintendo Channel, which I turn on every couple of weeks when I get a curious streak.
I wouldn't say that the Wii is guaranteed to have everything, but I find that where marketing fails in its job to inform me as a consumer of what my options are, I have to take responsibility of my own enjoyment. (Since WHEN has the racer Need For Speed: Nitro been out?!?! The first I heard of it's availability was in the NWR review!) (And how in the world did they expect me to know that my heavily anticipated flight/shooter Sky Crawlers (supposedly from some people behind the Ace Combat series) was coming out?!?!?!).
It sucks that it takes extra energy on my part to do the (sometimes fun) research, and I bet the game's suffer for the lack of general knowledge about their existence as well. *shrug* But I want to play fun games, darn it, not just games that manage to, by luck, moneyhats, real worth, or a combination of all three, hog the gaming attention of the day.
...that said, I'm STARVED for a fun, light, strategy game in the style of Dawn of Discovery or Star Trek: Conquest. I even bought an ancient copy of Gladius for the GC because I'm so starved for this Sim/Strategy genre. Is anyone aware of a remedy for my situation?
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