Nintendo Wii Information, hardware, games discussion

[fishepa]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

I will be getting a Wii, I love Nintendo's consoles.

[jmood88]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

Roger, Misfit. Sorry.

Trauma Center: Second Edition is one of the those funky titles that reminds me of the Dreamcast. No way you'd see an off-beat title like that on a Sony or MS machine.

I like that off-kilter thinking by Nintendo and its third-party developers.

Take care,
PK

Why wouldn't you see a game like that on the 360 or ps3? Nintendo is the king of releasing sequels so I don't see how they are any different from microsoft or sony.

[Misfit]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

Why wouldn't you see a game like that on the 360 or ps3? Nintendo is the king of releasing sequels so I don't see how they are any different from microsoft or sony.

Well, have you ever seen a surgery game on a Microsoft or Sony console? I surely have not.

[jmood88]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

Well, have you ever seen a surgery game on a Microsoft or Sony console? I surely have not.

I'm not talking about surgery games. I'm talking about offbeat games.

[pk500]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

Why wouldn't you see a game like that on the 360 or ps3? Nintendo is the king of releasing sequels so I don't see how they are any different from microsoft or sony.

Let's see: How many games featuring the ability to operate on a patient in a trauma room are on the Xbox 360 or planned for the PS3 launch? Zero.

The point is, Nintendo's franchises are quirky and playful. They are a departure from the military/sci-fi first-person action shooters and licensed sports games that flood the 360 and the PS3.

Trauma Center reminds me of something that was on the Dreamcast. That console had more funky titles in three years than most consoles do in two generations. Seaman, Shenmue, Space Channel 5, Chu Chu Rocket, Jet Grind Radio, etc., etc., etc.

Take care,
PK

[Misfit]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

Which is an offbeat game. I think his criticism is fair. Sony and Microsoft both cater more to the mainstream crowd while Nintendo serves a niche.

[pk500]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

I'm not talking about surgery games. I'm talking about offbeat games.

OK, please give me the list of offbeat, exclusive launch games on the 360.

Take care,
PK

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

All I know is, Trauma Center is a sweet game for the DS, I can't imagine how cool it'll be for the Wii with that controller.

[jmood88]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

OK, please give me the list of offbeat, exclusive launch games on the 360.

Take care,
PK

You're acting as if the offbeat games are somehow limited to the nintendo system which isn't the case. Both the ps2 and the xbox had games like that so it's just a matter of time.

[jmood88]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

Let's see: How many games featuring the ability to operate on a patient in a trauma room are on the Xbox 360 or planned for the PS3 launch? Zero.

The point is, Nintendo's franchises are quirky and playful. They are a departure from the military/sci-fi first-person action shooters and licensed sports games that flood the 360 and the PS3.

Trauma Center reminds me of something that was on the Dreamcast. That console had more funky titles in three years than most consoles do in two generations. Seaman, Shenmue, Space Channel 5, Chu Chu Rocket, Jet Grind Radio, etc., etc., etc.

Take care,
PK

You also complained about how both the xbox 360 and the ps3 are planned to have sequels while nintendo pretty much does nothing but make sequels and is ready to cash in on mario/zelda/other old characters at any possible time.

[pk500]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

You're acting as if the offbeat games are somehow limited to the nintendo system which isn't the case. Both the ps2 and the xbox had games like that so it's just a matter of time.

At launch? Maybe Conker for the Xbox, but that game sucked very hard.

Take care,
PK

[jmood88]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

At launch? Maybe Conker for the Xbox, but that game sucked very hard.

Take care,
PK

Not at launch I meant just over the lifespan of the system. If you're just talking about at launch then you are right, neither one of those systems had and in the ps3's case likely won't have a "quirky" game.

[pk500]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

You also complained about how both the xbox 360 and the ps3 are planned to have sequels while nintendo pretty much does nothing but make sequels and is ready to cash in on mario/zelda/other old characters at any possible time.

True. But Trauma Center is a third-party game made by Altus, not Nintendo. Most of the third-party Xbox 360 games to this date, and definitely at launch, rotated in the shooter-sports-racing game axis that dominates MS' and Sony's vision of next-gen gaming.

Nintendo milks its franchises, but at least its franchises, especially Zelda, are outside the shooter-sports-racing realm. I like those genres very much, but I also like to have choices outside of them. Nintendo offers more of them, especially on its handhelds.

See any quirky titles like Nintendogs on the Xbox or PS3? Didn't think so.

Take care,
PK

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

Can't wait for Red Steel, man!

[Admiral50]

Re: Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Information, hardware, games discussion

Likewise!

Being able to reload a shotgun by pumping the left controller up and down is awesome! Opening doors is nice too!