Reggie: Third parties don't "get" the Wii, more

[The Ghost of RubangB]

NYANKS said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

NYANKS said:
Not meaning to be inflammatory, but I can understand third parties getting a mixed message when games like Carnival Games and Wii Sports/Play/Fit are among the best games on the console and games that are more "serious" seem to be missed, NMH, Okami, apparently COD: World at war.....

If Ninty changes their marketing a little, they could do a lot to dispel this, but they don't. And quite frankly, the only visibly hurt by this are some of the Wii consumers, so I can't fault them for continuing to push stuff like their Wii Series, Animal Crossing, and even Flash focus and brain Training for the DS.

Carnival Games is one of the best games on the console?

Also, the most "serious" game in the world is Brain Training, and it sells better than all your favorite games.

There are 3rd parties making amazing games for the Wii, and they are being rewarded with good sales, good reviews, and artistic credibility.  Anybody who disagrees has bad taste in games.

Sorry, I meant "best selling", not "best.  Also I put "serious" in quotation marks for a reason, I assumed people would understand that, apologies.  Among many gamers, Brain Training is not considered "hardcore" or whatever you want to say. Thats what I meant.  And for the third point I won't contradict but I would ask if you could name a few of them, five would be cool. Thanks.

 @ Rol, I dunno about the splitscreen, I'm one of the ones not interested in COD Wii ;) .

 

Elebits (was a 3rd party launch game and it's still one of my favorites.  It did well enough to get some sequels.)

Trauma Center: New Blood (is rad and way too hard for anybody.  It's a sequel to Atlus's awesome new Wii/DS franchise.)

No More Heroes (is an amazing "hardcore" game with more personality than just about anything.  It's Suda51's best-selling game ever, really putting his name on the map more than ever before.)

Boom Blox (is a totally rad multiplayer game.  Got tons of internet cred.)

World of Goo (is a 3rd party downloadable game.  I haven't played it yet, but it's the 2nd highest rated game.)

 

Those are all Wii exclusives.  There are many others that I'm very very pleased with, but I think those might be the best 5 for this post.