| Mail |
You might also like: WoW Insider, Massively, and more
PS3
XBOX
Wii
3DS
PSP
PC
Mobile
Move
Kinect

Reader Comments (78)

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 12:57PM Cap Morgan said

  • 1 heart
  • Report
wake me when a non Nintendo games does well on the Wii

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 1:01PM (Unverified) said

  • 1 heart
  • Report
Sometimes I wish I could sleep that long.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:23PM Mr Khan said

  • 3 hearts
  • Report
Was there any point to this comment?

This is what's fun about Nintendo's success, people seem to need to come out of the woodwork and say "so! They haven't *insert arbitrary goal here*!"

Nobody else is doing that...
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:31PM Cap Morgan said

  • 1 heart
  • Report
And what was the point of your comment? You're looking for an insult when none was provided.

"A Nintendo games sells well on own console" is hardly exciting news. Maybe we can have an article about how the Lions lost another game too.

This just in: 360 owners look forward to Halo: Reach!
Also in - PS3 owners excited about God of War 3!
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:37PM GennosukeSama said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
@ tenor77

just....wow! the point of hi comment was that some people just HAVE to bash Nintendo about something. no matter what it is, they just HAVE to do it. was that really so hard to see? i mean come on now the guy's not even being a dick. he's just saying it like it is.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 3:03PM Hords said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
That's called sleeping with the fishes.
Reply

Posted: Jan 22nd 2010 12:49AM Cap Morgan said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Perhaps both of you are being defensive then because I posted without animosity other than asking why he thought it was worth asking why anyone would consider a 3rd party game as being successful as something I would take interest in.

Why is it wrong calling out 3rd party developers and putting them up to the task of creating a compelling game on the Wii? There are non-shovelware games out there, but I'm talking actually compelling reasons from 3rd party developers.

All 3 consoles have proven the can create 1st party must haves, but 3rd party wise it's missing.

I'm sorry if you feel it's a slander against the Wii owners, I personally think it's a lack of support. So if they make a game able to trump Mario, I'd take notice.

Till then downvote me as I remain unimpressed that Nintedo beat itself.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 1:12PM wcarnation said

  • 2.5 hearts
  • Report
Call me crazy, but Mario Galaxy is my favorite of the series that I've played since the NES days.

As much fun as Mario 1-3 were, I played them all tons and tons of times already, then Mario World. Been there, done that, the mountains are behind me if I want to return to them.

I like new and innovative ideas. Galaxy took the best bits of the original concepts of Mario/Mario 64 and meshed them with something totally new to make something special out of both worlds - true inspiration, I'd say.

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 1:58PM baby sea tuna said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
No doubt. The new one is good and all, but Galaxy is arguably the best game on the console so far.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 4:56PM melao said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
I have to agree with you. Galaxy in my opinion is just brilliant.
On my top10 of all time.

But you got to give credit to Nintendo, they made NSMBWii and Galaxy 1/2.
They simply delivered everything you can expect from Mario.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 1:19PM Warlock said

  • 3 hearts
  • Report
And the moral of the story is that developers who abandoned 2D are idiots and these games *can* sell well at full retail price. Maybe we'll actually see a resurgence of 2D games now. Wouldn't that be awesome?

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 1:35PM wcarnation said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Moral of the story is

"I demand something new, but really want nothing to change"
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 3:01PM Warlock said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
That doesn't even make sense...
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:09PM (Unverified) said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Great, now it will be decades before they release another 3D Mario (after Galaxy 2) and Nintendo will start pumping out 2D versions like crazy.

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:11PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Because it's totally impossible to have two different franchises featuring Mario to appear on the same console, amirite?
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:19PM Mr Khan said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Proves that there is a timelessness to that original formula that the 3D games were unable to recreate, i think.

Though i still prefer the 3D ones by a good space

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:44PM samfish said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
I don't think so... even the 2D ones are all so radically different from each other. They carry over about as much formula from one title to the next as the 3D ones do, I think.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:32PM Axcalibur said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
I think it's about time that Nintendo introduces a "greatest hits"/"players choice" line on the Wii. The fact that Super Mario Galaxy is still essentially sold at day one pricing is a bit stupid.

When will companies learn that if a game hasn't been sold in the first year, it's probably not going to be sold!

I think that games should be reduced by at least 10 bucks every year until they're literally $10 games. That way, each year, the games would reach a new audience (i.e. cheaper gamers).

This would probably increase the shelf life of titles - which is great.

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:39PM (Unverified) said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Nintendo needs one for the DS as well. They're still selling DS launch titles at full price.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:45PM samfish said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Good news, everybody!

http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=111530
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 2:59PM (Unverified) said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Being in Japan doesn't help me. Nintendo releases things in Japan all the time and just leaves them there.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 3:13PM GennosukeSama said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
@ samfish

yeah i read about that this morning. I'm very happy Nintendo is doing this and i hope to makes it's way to the states. look's like Nintendo was serious when they were talking about the importance of3rd party support.
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 3:10PM (Unverified) said

  • Half a heart
  • Report
Further proof that casual, phoned in half assed cashins are all Nintendo needs to stay afloat.

I hope you asshats are happy.

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 3:22PM (Unverified) said

  • 1 heart
  • Report
2D Mario > 3D Mario.

The End.

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 7:13PM Yatcho said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
More proof that putting the word Wii in a game title ensures sales.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2010 7:06PM Soiden said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
...like WiiMusic?
Reply

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 9:25PM mrmobius said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
Oh, and people on Joystiq predicted that NSMBWii will be a slow burner, as the DS version was, and many other top Nintendo games, so it'll still be selling thousands when MW2 will be selling little. It's nothing against MW2, but just the trend looking at how COD4 and Nintendo games normally sell.

Posted: Jan 21st 2010 9:50PM mrmobius said

  • 2 hearts
  • Report
I've not played enough NSMBWii just yet (only starting world 3) to make judgement, but I'd say basing this off NSMBWii's early levels and Galaxy's early levels, Galaxy had a bigger impact.

That is like comparing the quality of a ferrari to an aston martin though - both amazing regardless if which is better.

Featured Stories

Image

Silver Lining: I Am Alive's unfeeling world

Posted on May 25th 2012 7:30PM

Image

Game Of Thrones and the paradoxes of adaptation

Posted on May 25th 2012 5:00PM

Engadget

Engadget

TUAW

TUAW

Massively

Massively

WoW

WoW