Sega Calls Wii An "Expensive Board Game"
- Thread starter Nathan Meunier
- Start date
No More Heroes did motion controls responsibly as well, only using an actual motion for finishing strikes, grapples, and the "locked swords" moments when in combat, shaking the Wiimote to recharge the laser sword, and tilting the wiimote back when you wanted to do a jump with the motorcycle.
And of course the small jobs you had to do often had you using the Wiimote in a reasonable manner.
And of course the small jobs you had to do often had you using the Wiimote in a reasonable manner.
It all comes down to numbers. If the Wii sells, then Nintendo has to look at that as feedback and assume they're doing well. If sales tank, then we'll probably see a response. Right now, sales are high and Nintendo's casual market is going strong. Lots of games make tremendous use of the motion control tech, but for every one of those games like Boom Blocks or Warioware, there's 3 ports that had no business on the Wii.
Quantum of Solace is a great game, bit it can't be done justice on the Wii. That is not what that system is for. High-Definition Headshots are better suited to the 360. The Wii just takes a good game, downgrades the graphics and makes the controls frustrating.
Likewise, Star Wars the Force Unleashed may have benefited from the motion controls, but you're still better off playing it on the PS3.
As for Nintendo "abandoning core gamers", that's not really true. I know it feels that way, certainly I've been left out in the cold, but the truth is that Nintendo's market never changed.
Nintendo makes games for children. When you're a kid, Nintendo wins, hands down. I was about 8 years old when I got Starfox 64 and I thought it was the greatest game ever. If you were 15 when you got your hands on a NES, you probably still look back on it fondly. The trouble is, we grew up, and the games stayed the same. Nintendo is still targeting the same demographic, we're just not a part of it anymore. I think that's why Nintendo takes flak for "cashing in on nostaglia", because everyone always assumes a game is for them. It's not for us, it;s for our kids, our nieces and nephews, etc.
Quantum of Solace is a great game, bit it can't be done justice on the Wii. That is not what that system is for. High-Definition Headshots are better suited to the 360. The Wii just takes a good game, downgrades the graphics and makes the controls frustrating.
Likewise, Star Wars the Force Unleashed may have benefited from the motion controls, but you're still better off playing it on the PS3.
As for Nintendo "abandoning core gamers", that's not really true. I know it feels that way, certainly I've been left out in the cold, but the truth is that Nintendo's market never changed.
Nintendo makes games for children. When you're a kid, Nintendo wins, hands down. I was about 8 years old when I got Starfox 64 and I thought it was the greatest game ever. If you were 15 when you got your hands on a NES, you probably still look back on it fondly. The trouble is, we grew up, and the games stayed the same. Nintendo is still targeting the same demographic, we're just not a part of it anymore. I think that's why Nintendo takes flak for "cashing in on nostaglia", because everyone always assumes a game is for them. It's not for us, it;s for our kids, our nieces and nephews, etc.
Hey! Sonic Chronicles is pretty good! (admittedly, I wasn't hoping for much) but bioware did a really good job with it.MecaEcco said:
.. isn't sega making some Sonic as king arthur game for the wii?
As for the Wii! Yeah, everything's pretty much been said. It's pretty much a party console and for families who like spending that time together and ... bah. My friends have pretty much abandoned their wii since, as previously said, nintendo's left the core gamers in the dust. It's a resounding meh for me. XD
I would say the Medieval Total War games were great. Hopefully Empire Total War will continue that trend.laikenf said:
Thank you, that was very on topic.Cheshire Cat said:
They did hone the technology. At E3 this year they talked about the Wii motion plus. Basically it does exactly what you asked, it makes the motion sensing more presice. Unfortunatly, it seems to eat battery life like a fucking.... thing that eats battery life quickly.TsunamiWombat said:
I think most people took this as a shot at the Wii, when they were just honestly stating something that has shown to be true. I got a Wii when Super Smash came out. Biggest waste of money. I played the crap out of it, but the online was horrible and I rarely got to play with friends in it IRL, mainly because I was much better than them and they didn't want to, it just rotted. I'm still waiting for The Conduit, however.