Namco had done it! Super Mario sluggers, best 3rd party sports game yet ;)

[Onyxmeth]

ClaudeLv250 said:

Onyxmeth said:

It looks like with Power Pros being the real gem, The Bigs being the arcadey experience and 2K being the sim, this is a game that won't be able to carve out a real identity for itself outside of folks craving Mario characters in their sports games. Usually Nintendo are not the ones playing catch up on their own consoles, but in this case they are. Not to mention it's being done by Namco. I shudder when I recall their "masterpieces" in the Star Fox and Mario Kart universes. I'll be putting my dough towards Power Pros.

Considering that it's most likely going to outsell all of those games mentioned combined, I don't think it's going to have a problem carving out anything. That and I'm not really sure how Nintendo is playing catch up with a game they're not making. Sounds like another desperate accusation and just one more step towards the OMG H8 U list like Mario Party 8 and Carnival Games before it.

I wasn't talking sales, as you may have guessed, this is the Nintendo forum, not the Sales forum. The accusation was that Super Mario Sluggers is the best 3rd party sports game yet and I tried to debunk that by mentioning it's basically filling a whole in the Wii lineup that doesn't need filling in any regard. This is not Mario Hockey, this is baseball and the Wii has plenty of good choices already that fill what most fans of baseball games want.

My comment on Nintendo playing catch up is that they are not the trend setter in this case. This is not Wii Play, where other publishers follow suit, this is a free standing baseball game coming after other series came already to lay the ground work. Nintendo still calls the shots on this game regardless of whether they are developing it or not. They are still the publisher and it is their characters being represented.

Regarding the "blind hate" argument you're trying to peg on me, let's take a look at Namco's support thus far on Nintendo franchises.

Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day=Considered to be a poor version of Brain Training
Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix 1&2=Unanimously the worst Mario Karts ever
Star Fox Assault=Complete and utter dissapointment after the great Star Fox 64
Donkey Konga 1,2 & 3=Complete and utter dissapointment after Donkey Kong 64
Mario Superstar Baseball=Considered by many to be the second worst of the Mario sports franchises(after Basketball)

Remind me again why I should get excited and not by weary of Namco handling another Nintendo game since they've done such a wonderful job the first 8 times? Oh not to mention that Namco's best Wii support thus far is a take your pick between DragonBallZ and We Ski. Or maybe you prefer Soul Calibur Legends?