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The_vagabond7 said:
The fact that this is even a discussion is a lose for the wii. The fact that screenshots have to be exchanged, examined, examined closer, details brought to the fore, and debated over is a lose for the wii. The fact that I posted direct feed screenshots captured on PC from IGN of Super Mario Galaxy and fanboys said "You're just trying to make the game look bad by picking out bad screenshots, it doesn't really look like that" is a lose for wii. The fact that the argument has been used "it's not fair to judge a game from a year ago with modern wii games, you need to judge them against games from six years ago" with a straight face and no hint of irony is a lose for the wii.

But the thing is, that doesn't matter. The majority of my wii games are not technologically impressive even by wii standards. But that doesn't change the fact that I love Boom Blox, No More Heroes, and Super Paper Mario, or any of the other plethora of Wii games I have. The wii is not a technically powerful system, it never will be, it will always pale in comparison to it's brother and sister systems of this gen, this type of topic will pervade for the entirety of the wii's life. But the wii is not designed technologically for the realistic looking, gritty, high end games that some people want. It's tech is designed for the games is has, and yes some of them look good. But they are never going to look great by modern standards. They can look great by wii standards in the way the winner at the special olympics ran real fast. It's good enough for it's context, it's still a good time, and they can still be enjoyed. Just don't delude yourselves about what to expect from the wii.

I'd say the fact that no one has posted a screenshot of a cartoony Xbox game which can compete with Super Mario Galaxy is a win for the Wii. Comparing NGB with SMG is not very useful or informative. NGB is actually comparable with some PS3/360 games.

By the way, that part I bolded in your post doesn't make any sense.

 



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