Lightsabers in Wii's Lego Star Wars exactly what you hoped for

Yup, it's a dead gimmick, alright. I guess someone forgot to tell consumers though, because they're still flying off shelves.

Uh yeah, the Wii is flying off the imaginary shelves on which they do not exist.

I concur....sort of.

I don't think it's a dead gimmick yet, but I do think that this is a great video for me to provide a link to each time im arguing with someone about weather or not the Wii has innovative control, and how it doesn't really correspond to the on-screen action. This video is a great demonstration on how not to do Wii controls.

You just giggle the wiimote, the nunchuck, or both, and some crazy shit happens? Gimme a fucking break. Yeah, I know, mashing buttons on a pad are even further from what's going on screen, but at least we can concentrate on the action, and our trigger buttons sort of mimic a gun trigger.

As far as Star Wars is concerned it unfortunately will never die. I bet even Bush is a fan. If all of the star wars toys, games, and overall merchandise in the world were to suddenly vanish the earth would implode from the sudden absence of 32% of it's mass. Without all that junk though, what is going to help run global economy into the ground? Bratz dolls?

Back to Wii though, I think that the "well it's still selling like crazy" argument is officially dead. Yes, it's selling like crazy because it has been marketed perfectly to the parental wallet. It has been marketed perfectly to the little kid, and when you have both of those audiences' attention, only chaos can ensue. It doesn't matter how well it's selling, it doesn't make it a great product.

*See number of copies of any Windows OS sold
**See number of ipods sold regardless of the closed nature and lack of format support
***See number of "Game Boy"s sold, even though the only thing that ever changed was the size incrementally and eventually some semi-colored screens.

Regardless of how well the controls are executed, or the quality of the product, sales determine whether or not a gimmick is dead; not a random guy on the internet.

Random guy on the internet who works for GamePro :)

Anyhow, not trying to throw around credentials and make you look like a juveneille .... please looks at the sales numbers for the Wii today, compared to say 6 months ago. By sheer reduction in units sold ...

Gimmick dead.

"please looks at the sales numbers for the Wii today, compared to say 6 months ago. By sheer reduction in units sold ... "

You mean because it went from "sold out everywhere" to "available in some places"? That's the worst argument I've heard. You can call it a gimmick if that's your opinion, but don't deny the sales figures.

Now go back to your job at GamePro (the great bastion of journalistic integrity it is) and continue sorting some mail.

Yes yes, the "gimmick" that could sell in 10 months what the 360 couldn't sell in 22 months with no competition and XBox Live. It's just like the pet rock or the Tamagotchi, amirite? It'll be gone tomorrow!

So because you work for a flagging and generally disdained magazine that covers video games your some sort of expert on the market?

Seriously, if you are going to name drop, at least have it make sense and offer real credibility.

Sales in Wii have dropped off, but I have yet to see any on shelves in my area, and the sales, despite not living up to what they had been, are still HUGE.

Did you expect to sell at launch pace ad nauseum? If that is your criterion for success than you are setting unrealistic standards.

The Wii has sold at record paces. It's had a mediocre software library but the install base is not going away. The PS2 had an ABYSMAL software library in the early days but the massive head start it had gave it the edge.

I can't see the future, but I'm not blind enough to see the Wii selling tremendous amounts and calling it dead. You may work for the all mighty game pro, but that doesn't really preclude you from being either an idiot or a fanboy.

Jaybird, it is against the law to say anything negative about the greatest console evar. Sure you could point out facts and sales declines in Japan: however,theyy are all meaningless I tell you.

"***See number of "Game Boy"s sold, even though the only thing that ever changed was the size incrementally and eventually some semi-colored screens."

You're calling the Gameboy a sucky system? Well.



"Anyhow, not trying to throw around credentials and make you look like a juveneille .... please looks at the sales numbers for the Wii today, compared to say 6 months ago. By sheer reduction in units sold ...

Gimmick dead."


ROFL, if there's anything that would make someone look like a juvenile it would be:
1. That first post you made.
2. Mentioning you work for some magazine to try to bolster your credibility.
3. Mentioning that it's selling less than at launch (that happens with consoles? NO SHIT!) and then calling it a dead gimmick based on that.
4. Typing like a 13 year old, grammatically and stylistically.
You score on all points, nice work!

If you really work for Gamepro, which I doubt, then by god I hope someone fires your incompetent ass, real quick.

"Sure you could point out facts and sales declines in Japan"

KillJebus, you're my favorite. According to your logic, not only has the Wii gimmick died, but also the PS3 gimmick (as it has also been declining in Japan), and the 360 gimmick never got off the ground.

jay bird i went to circuit city early in the morning on sunday, asked for a wii and they checked, they got the shipment like a few hours that day and the guy was SURPRISED they had any left.

I have searched for the wii once a week since its release and BARELY got one. It is not dead obviously.

Welcome to Trollville.
Population: you.

Hmmm, there's more than just him in Trollville. Then again, from reading their incoherent garbles they might as well all be the same person. :)

lol... welcome to diabetes.. lmao

DIABEETUS

Everything except the sword was fine.
Just because it's not 1-1 dosn't mean it dosn't work. just replaces a button press.
This game is a port, was anyone expecting a 1-1 lighsaber experience?
It was like expecting online play for MP3, I don't get it.

RED STEEL

I despise the word "waggle," but that was damn funny.

I think it looks good. I don't mind general waggle, It's better than button mashing anyday. But it is nice when a game like metroid uses motion really well.

I agree that Lego Star Wars isn't really suited to any kind of intuitive motion control. It's unfortunate then that they forced them on the game by replacing button mashing with copious waggling. Thinking back to just how much I mashed buttons in Lego Star Wars, I wouldn't like to think about just how much waggling you'd have to do with the Wii version.

Oops. Redo!

"I can think of better exercises for my wrist..."

Dammit dude no one wants to hear about that.

Yahtzee or Craps?

Yahtzee or Craps?

12 oz. curls

12 oz curls? so that's what they're calling it now?...kids today i tell ya

Hahahahahahaha

Oh man, so bitter. I could imagine you saying that in real life, your eyes nearly watering... followed up with "why don't you go marry your wonderful console if you love it so much!"

Hey Killjebus, you should save this post and repost it in the metareview threads for Galaxy or Brawl and see how well it works.

3 points:
1) Every system has shovelware to make fun of.
2) This isn't shovelware.
3) It's on ALL systems.

"Wait until _____ comes out! Wait until _____ comes out!"

Man, am I sick of hearing that.

The game is like crack. You can sit down with a friend and run through all 6 episodes in one sitting. You make characters out of LEGOs, you collect LEGOs, you build stuff out of LEGOs, but you don't have to clean up the mess at the end. Instead you just go back through to collect secrets and whatnot.