Lynk Former Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Yeah, Nintendo does tend to appeal to a younger age so it makes sense for LA to sell the game on a HD platform, as the game would be better recieved (generally) by the gaming crowd. Yeah, I'm pretty sick of the whole Nintendo = kiddy notion. Of course Nintendo themselves try to make a lot of their games universally accessable to a wide audience and that is natural perceived as "for kids" because it's "family friendly"... all the cartoony sorta jazz with Mario and friends.... yeah it's an outdated way of thinking but it's not like Nintendo is sticking with that way of thinking. Brain Age and Wii Fit are clear signs that they're taking their general audience stance and updating it to current styles. Of course that "hardcore" gamer audience will never buy into that sort of thing at all but *shrugs* Though it's funny, I've been playing videogames for a very long time and I play a lot of them over all platforms, but beacuse I'm a fan of Nintendo, I'm told I don't play real games. Go figure. Huh, I thought Wii was next gen... I knew it's graphics engine is not as advanced as the PS3 or Xbox 360 but akin to the PS2!? Then that would mean the remote is the only selling point. I can't believe that... Don't get ahead of yourself there, the GameCube was way more powerful than the PS2 and could do a lot of things the PS2 couldn't. For example a lot of the things that were in the GameCube version of Resident Evil 4 had to be faked in the PS2 version. Things such as real time fire and heat effects, advanced lighting techniques, etc. It's closer to the general power of the original Xbox, the difference though is that Wii is a more efficient machine than the Xbox which wasn't even designed to be a dedicated gaming machine in the first place. It was a chopped together PC in a pretty black plastic shell, well not that literally but it wasn't designed from the ground up like the Xbox360, PS3, Wii, etc are. Even so a lot of Wii games don't look all that great at the moment due to developers trying to rush their games to market in time for the big Wii hype... bloody morons. So yeah, if people are expecting High Definition from Wii, they're gonna be pretty pissed... the best Wii can do is 480p. So of course, it's only natural for most people to be disappointed since what Wii is offering hasn't proven itself to most people. Better graphics every next generation is what people know best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Hmm, I don't believe the Wii to be next-gen. I remember a quote by Shigeru Miyamoto, who said that if next-gen means only bigger and better hardware, we would get nowhere. He said that it would end up like all very dangerous dinosaurs, who would finish each other in the end. And that is why I prefer the Wii over the Xbox 360 and the PS3. The latter two just let you play ordinary games on a TV. Wii does much more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Wii ISN'T "next gen", it's "new gen" but we try not to confuse people with all of these new terms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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