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Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:43PM Jacksons said

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Preaching to the choir is exactly what you'd be doing.
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:47PM (Unverified) said

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In response to Fernando:

"I've just become resigned to the fact that this innovative little system is what I'll play Nintendo's one or two big yearly releases on, and nothing else."

And I hardly consider 4-5 games thrown to the 'hardcores' over a year after release catering to us.
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:33PM Zorink said

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Hopefully this can hold me over until March 9.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:46PM Jerk Face said

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@ tuna

That comment was so full of win that I would give you the Biggest High Five Ever if I could.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:47PM cc123 said

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Bollywood sucks!

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 9:12PM cc123 said

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Hmmm

This seems very out of place now that the spammers post got deleted...
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:53PM (Unverified) said

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Normally I don't buy games on the day they come out, but I made an exception for this one. So when I found out that it's just the ship day today, I was a little frustrated. Oh well, one more day can't kill me.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:57PM Mr Khan said

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No More Heroes, great as its going to be, wouldn't sell well anywhere

Now, as to 3rd-party sales, it's true that they're low, but if you look, Wii isn't lacking in quality 3rd-party-hardcore-focused titles. Where it lacks is titles in those categories that are also epic, AAA efforts

You can't get games that are more hardcore than Shiren the Wanderer III or Baroque, but neither of those will get the spotlight of Assassin's Creed or GTAIV

Personally i like where Wii settled out. My epic games i get from Nintendo, but then i get a bunch of niche (mostly) Japanese stuff on the side.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 4:05PM (Unverified) said

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Don't forget about Tales of Symphonia or the Wii...

Ahh, Tales... so many memories =)
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:58PM (Unverified) said

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I will be buying this game asap. . .

Unfortuantely, like the poster above me the game is shipped today. I'll probably have to wait until tomorrow or Thursday to actually pick up the game.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 4:04PM (Unverified) said

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I am afraid that the WII is going to be just like the last so many Nintendo systems. Everyone buys the first-party games and very few third-party games will sell wel. Which in turn will make developers stop making games for it and that causes big gaps in good games. The WII will not be the system for good third-party games.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 8:45PM Catprog said

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When did the 3rd parties start making games for it(I am talking good games)
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 10:22PM (Unverified) said

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I don't own a Wii, and am not looking to get one any time soon - even if I could. Flash > substance, and too many gimmicks. I'm going back to PC gaming for a while.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 4:19PM (Unverified) said

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Hahahaha "featuring indian babes" just made my day.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 4:51PM (Unverified) said

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it really doesnt matter the game is awesome regardless

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 6:31PM (Unverified) said

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Looks quite cool, but lawn-mowing? Asking nintendo not to make mini-games is like asking a 16-year-old male not to wank...

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 8:44PM Catprog said

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How many mini games have they released vs how many hardcore games.
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 9:47PM Supermanisdead said

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It's not Nintendo who are making the Mini-games, they make more hardcore games. Tell EA and all the other random developers to stop making crap.
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Posted: Jan 23rd 2008 1:50AM ThornedVenom said

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I've repeated this several times on several threads, so bear with me.



The reason why 3rd parties don't sell as well on the Wii is because they do not regard it as a next-gen platform. Even many gamers refuse that statement.

As a result, the Wii is artificially set at a lower standard: the greatest example is the current multiplatforming strategy which consists of porting into 2 categories; PC/360/PS3 and Wii/PS2/PSP.

From a pessimistic point of view, developers just want to make interactive movies or minigames (although the end of 2007 was an epic year for gaming).

Posted: Jan 23rd 2008 2:37AM (Unverified) said

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Nintendo does a good job of minimizing quantum leap hardware advancement to *only* mean better graphics. look at most cross platform games and you'll notice the Wii port will suffer from lack of online or watered down online plus limited gameplay due to a much weaker CPU. add to this the waggle controls that most third party developers cant get right and you got one craptastic Wii port. meanwhile not only do the PS3/360 versions look and sound amazing in 1080p/720p and 5.1 surround sound, you also get one hell of an online experience plus superior *gameplay* due to the advanced CPUs.

look at Smackdown Vs Raw 2008. The Wii version's *gameplay* is severely handicapped compared to the PS3/360 versions(since the CPU is so weak), no online, and crappy waggle controls that are a downgrade to the standard and superior dual analog controls.

this is why third party sales are weak on Wii.

Iwata at E3: "we have reached the point where graphics dont matta anymore." yeah ok Iwata, but a solid online service and a solid CPU(which helps in advancing gameplay) *do* matter. unfortunately, your system does not excel in either of these things. instead you focused on your motion sensor which most third party developers cant get right.

Posted: Jan 23rd 2008 3:08AM (Unverified) said

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Smackdown vs. Raw. Huh. I don't dude, if I were to play a greasy man-on-man simulator I would want anything and everything to distract me from what was happening on-screen. But, to each his own...
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Posted: Jan 23rd 2008 4:05AM (Unverified) said

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Posted: Jan 23rd 2008 6:52AM (Unverified) said

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No More Heroes joins Zack and Wiki in the sales losers' circle. Yet Nintendo fans will continue to beckon third parties to make that big budget hardcore game, just so they can turn around and let it falter because Mario's face isn't plastered across it.

Posted: Jan 23rd 2008 7:53AM (Unverified) said

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I have to wonder.. where's the advertisement for this game? It might be because i don't watch too much tv.. but besides nintendo exclusives, i don't see a lot of advertisement. My friend who works at gamestop didn't even KNOW there was a scar face game for the wii...While claiming teh wii doesn't have any dirty games.

I'll get this game tomorrow.. I already reserved and paid for it.. but i can't make it to the gamestop today.. I have this life that's in the way.

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