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ZaP~ on 23 December 2008

No....hell no!
Motion controls are the reason i bought it!



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Bursche on 23 December 2008

Yes! Trade in Motion control for a transportation console! Horsepower for the win! Gaming on the go!



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Alasted on 23 December 2008

I say yes.  Because I'm a rebel.

But seriously, no.



mesoteto on 23 December 2008

here let me change som ething

"nintendo fans would you change your HD graphics for teh wiimote"

see if you had said that then i could have posted this



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Mr Khan on 23 December 2008

Honestly, i don't care either way. Having the Wii as it is, having a "Nintendo Console 5" coeval with 360, it wouldn't matter, because they would still be populated by Nintendo games. Software is why i follow Nintendo, because lord knows their hardware hasn't been all that compelling up until Wii. Motion controls are certainly fun, and a necessary step for the industry, but i could have been perfectly happy without them

 

Sure we wouldn't have the silky smooth tilt-control of Mario Kart and Secret Rings, wouldn't have the surpassing FPS controls, or the immensely gratifying motion-controlled kills of NMH, but it would still be a Nintendo console in the end



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wfz on 23 December 2008

Considering that I'd rather buy COD: WaW on my Wii rather than my 360, my answer would have to be no.



Arius Dion on 23 December 2008

Speaking of WaW for Wii, how is that game? I'm considering picking it up today.



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Millennium on 23 December 2008

Would I trade better games and more potential for glorified reskins of 10-year-old games wrapped in Marketing Shinies (tm)? Hell no. Give me the console that drives gaming forward; give me my Wii.



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ugg1020 on 23 December 2008

Well obviously everyone wants to have a super console that has motion control, HD graphics, amazing first and third party support, and a great online community, all at a cheap price. However, no console will ever be that perfect. The Wii and the HD consoles offer different experiences and different games. If Nintendo fans wanted to trade the Wiimote for horsepower they would have bought a 360/PS3 from the get go.



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Zucas on 23 December 2008
RayRay102 said:

We all know the success of the Wii is squarely because of the Wiimote. Without the Wiimote, there is no way the Wii can compete with Sony and Microsoft. I am very happy for Nintendo's Success. But one thing is for certain, it will never have games like MGS or Resident Evil 5 because the system is just not powerful enough. Also, don't we all wish a new Mario game or a new Zelda game will have HD graphics.

So my question to Nintendo diehard fans is, if we can rewind the clock, do you wish Nintendo would just release beast of a console with HD graphics comparable to Sony an Microsoft with just a stardard control pad? Or you are perfectly fine with Nintendo decision to go with something new and get all the casual onboard but have xbox 1 graphics.

I wish Nintendo would have done both when they released the Wii back in 2006. I want my Zelda with Fable 2 graphics and Mario with Banjo graphics. Oh, maybe with all the money Nintendo is making these days, they will finally give that to us in the Wii 2.

Mario Kart Wii is still the most fun game this generation. Now imagine Mario Kart in 1080P!

I would never trade it for horsepower but it would have been nice to have both.  Of course Nintendo couldn't have made the system cheaper than the competition and made a statement if they had both.  Had to go to one radical end to have the full effect.  Big risk that paid off. 

But to the contrary I could care less if Mario Kart or Zelda was in HD.  Wouldn't make a difference to me whatsoever.  Mario Kart is fun because of the gameplay not the visuals.  Mario is the exact same.  Now Zelda has a lot to do with the visuals, but as we've seen with Wind Waker, super realism doesn't make it more fun than cel shaded. 

So no I would never trade but would like both.  But I don't think Zelda:TP would have been any better with Fable 2 graphics and Mario would have looked fugly with Banjo graphics.  I mean Banjo looks fugly with those graphics.  So far Galaxy and TP are some of the best games released this generation with some of the best graphics.  That's on the Wii too so obviously the trade off wouldn't be much.