Was Nintendo's 2008 flop of a lineup merely an issue with perception?

[68soul]

trestres said:

68soul said:

trestres said:
And what can we say about 2009? It's far worse so far. 2 new games Punch Out and Excite Bots for the first half, thats 2 times less than last year which had SSBB, MKWii, Wii Fit and Endless Ocean.

Second half this year so far consists of Wii Sports Resort. 2009 is the real flop, 2008 was good in the first half, terrible in the second.

 

I suppose i won't be the first one to tell you, but why can't you think of WM+ as the only reason why second half of 2008 and first half of 2009 have seen so few 1st party titles released?

The console was sold-out, they didn't need to rush anything, and now they had all their time to do the extra-polish on all their future Wii titles...

Do you really think a company like Nintendo, in the top 5 of all japanese companies, pay its workers to do nothing at all for more than a year? Do you think such a company, who made billions and billions of profits in the last four years, hasn't the budget required to release many, many AAA titles in a near future?

What do you prefer: nice games released too fast, without WM+ controls, or great games released when they're ready, makin' the WM+ the new "king in town" thanks to awesome software makin' it a real "must-have"?

Wait til' E3, and prepare to be surprised... and i hope that after it, i will never, ever read again the constant rant you've been posting here for months and months... i think you're a nice guy, but you can be... yeah, quite boring...

 

Noa is the key here. Worst company out there by far. Nintendo of Japan and most of the times NoE get the games. NoA barely publishes games anymore, and I've given you the proof.

I'm not mad at Nintendo, I'm mad at NOA, and don't expect big things at E3, because then after it finishes, I'll see you side by side with me ranting, although you will be the one pissed, I won't since I know 2009 will be more lackluster than 2008. If the rumoured Wii Fit plus is their big holiday hit, I guess it's game over for me.

 

 

You know, for years, it was the complete opposite: Europe never had any Chrono Trigger, Europe never had any Mario RPG, and the list goes on and on... and i don't even mention the sometimes incredible delays we had to endure...

The fact we've got Disaster, and America didn't? Yeah, i still don't get it...

I've played the game... i've bought it in 2nd hand, cos' i was too scared to buy it full price (because of the Nintendo attitude), and it was in fact an excellent surprise... but the way Nintendo managed the release: no release in America (and so no reviews on the US websites and no US press), no ads in Europe, nothing: it's just as they felt ashamed to release it, when there was actually no shame at all to have...

Why buy Monolith if you treat their games that way? Sure, Monolith is not an action dev, and maybe they should stick to what they do best, RPGs... but for a first try, Disaster was actually not a disaster at all...

Now, about the "lackluster" future of Wii... let's try to stay positive, ok? :)

Maybe i will be the one disappointed, maybe... but there are far more chances for you to be pleasantly surprised, we're talkin' about Nintendo here, and Nintendo has always been two-faced: you know it, i know it, any Nintendo lover out there knows it... they can the best and the worst company of this world at the same time, and that's why many fans are so happy and so upset at the same time...