Lostplanet22 said:
1)Their were many who thought so and that was also one of the reasons why the Wii got many doom articles... 2) That is not entirely true, the only games that were doing well were party games made by 3d party like Rayman rabbids while others that were not party games like Red steel/ssx blur flopped and it is not like Rayman rabbids was a way better game.... 3d parties just didn't see how you can make a great game with motion controls that would not end up being a party game and it didn't help one of the most hyped Nintendo games Brawl (possible stil has the biggest thread on VG) made people rush to the store for getting gamecube controllers if even Nintendo have a hard time making a great game with motion controls then what should ya expect from a 3d party developpers? |
Yeah I remember those doom articles about the Wii mainly because of its name though. Red steel was utter garbage and was made look "decent" during that e3 conference of 06. Motion controls do not suit fighting games IMO, but they can work out in adventure and shooting games, and even RPGs. There aren't any excuses for 3rd party crappy efforts except for the fact that they couldn't and wouldn't port some of the bigger 3rd party titles to the system because of it being 20x weaker than the competition. But that didn't stop a couple of games from looking the best and standing out from all the games on the Wii (SMG1 and 2). If there were more games made by 3rd parties that had that kind of detail in them, people wouldn't feel cheated on when buying a game, and would obviously end up selling just fine.
Now at the end of the Wiis life, we are seeing a handful of games that dont look half bad (TLS, etc..), but sadly it wont sell well because people seemed to stop caring about the better games coming out on the Wii (which are a handful). I even gave up on the Wii after DKC returns.
Nintendo having hard time making a great game with motion controls seems to be Nintendos own fault. They didn't really showcase what a Wii game with good graphics and sharp motion controls can do. That game IMO will be Skyward Sword, but it's too late now. Nintendo did this shit to themselves. They set expectations of people too high during e3 06, and this was the result.