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naznatips on 30 April 2009
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  • Action Adventure (Wii) --Zelda, Metroid Prime, Okami, MadWorld, No More Heroes, Zack & Wiki, etc. definitely give the Wii the uncontested lead in this genre at the moment.  God of War 3 will be great, but there aren't enough big games in this genre on PS3 or 360 to compete right now. Maybe when BG&E2 comes out we can mention the PS3 and 360 in competition for this genre, but as it stands, they lose badly.
  • Platformer (Wii/PS3) -- Super Mario Galaxy is definitely where platforming begins and ends this gen. If you want to go further though we have de Blob, Super Paper Mario, and Wario Land. LittleBigPlanet is great however, and so is Ratchet. Between these two the PS3 manages to hold its own in this genre (and yes, Kameo and Banjo suck on 360, and Braid is a great puzzle game but a crappy platformer. Deal with it).
  • Racing (PS3) -- As much as I love Mario Kart, I'm giving this to PS3. The Wii needs more than that to compete. The PS3 has GT5 which is still the standard in sim racing, Motorstorm for arcady fun, and the great multiplatform ones like GRiD. I do think Wii could compete someday, but right now, it doesn't.
  • Fighting (Wii) -- For once a single game is enough to win a category. Brawl outsells every fighting game's combined sales between PS3 and 360. Whether you like the style or not, it's the most perfectly crafted fighting game in existence, with a level of content also greater than all other fighting games combined. The content in Street Fighter IV is like a minigame of Brawl.
  • Shooter (360) -- Since you specified consoles in the OP, I'm letting 360 have this. If not, it would easily go to PC, but as it is the 360 has a much wider and more diverse selection of shooters, both first and third person, than PS3. Uncharted and Killzone 2 are great, but the PS3 needs more to compete. At the moment, this is the 360's genre.
  • WRPG (360) -- Basically the same as above. This would easily go to PC in most circumstances, but as a console topic the 360 wins here. It's got games the PS3 doesn't have, and the PS3 doesn't have any that it doesn't have. It's as simple as that.
  • JRPG (DS) -- Uncontested, not even debatable, JRPG champ of this generation is the Nintendo DS. If you really want to ignore handhelds, then the 360 is in the lead with the PS3 and Wii about equal so far.  The 360 is getting some big name games that didn't turn out so hot, but some great classic style JRPGs. The PS3 is getting all the best Strategy JRPGs, and has some solid stuff in the pipeline. The Wii is getting everything unique and different from Rune Factory to Muramasa. This title may surprisingly fall to Wii eventually.
  • Strategy (PS3/DS/PSP) -- I'm giving the PS3 the tie this one due to the incredible strategy game Valkyria Chronicles and the very good Disgaea 3, but overall the DS and PSP are really the winners here. Advance Wars, FF Tactics, FF Tactics Advance, Jeanne D'Arc, Revenant Wings, etc. The list of complex and great strategy games on the handheld consoles is almost endless. 
  • Puzzle (DS/PSP) -- What did you really expect? Braid to win? lol. Yeah, Braid and World of Goo are good fun, but I don't think I really need to explain why the DS and PSP win out here (<3 Crush).

 

Conclusions: Actually for me this gen is pretty well divided. I'm glad I own all game systems, because I would be missing some of the best games of at least 1 genre if I were missing any of them.