NJ5 said:
nordlead said:
The disrespect for Nintendo is strong.
Nintendo shows off Wii Remote - C
Nintendo shows off Wii Balance Board - C
Nintendo shows off WM+ with possibly best games announcement in a long time - C
Microsoft shows their motion control Natal - A+++++++++++
Sony shows off their motion control with wand thingy - A+++++++++++
That is just crap and their scores are crap. At least try to be fair. Nintendo shows motion controls and everyone laughs and says it is stupid, but then turn around and praise the ground the competitors walk on even though they are late to the game. Even if you want to argue that there aren't many games for the balance board, we have the same exact argument for Microsoft and Sony.
In my mind E3 went like this MS=Nintendo>Sony. Mostly for the following reasons. You can take your pick on who "won" but Ninty and MS both offered a lot of new stuff for gamers. Personally I choose Ninty since I own the console 
Microsoft shows off some stuff we didn't know about + new hardware that has lots of vision even if I thought it was too early to show off (lack of gamers games to show the public).
Nintendo demoed their WM+ which is coming out now, plus they announced 2 Wii Marios at the same time. People have been asking for a 2D console mario since Mario 64 came out and they finally delivered. Very solid showing overall with new software. The vitality sensor was weird, but in no way destroys the show.
Sony had only FFIV to announce and that is an MMO which generally is not liked by the FF crowd. Their motion control is also in a hugely primitive state and also has no gamers games to show off to the public. So much stuff was leaked that most of their show was a repeat of things we had already heard. Had they not leaked everything I would probably rank them a lot higher. |
I couldn't have put it better myself.
Nintendo has been getting nothing but shit from the core and the gaming media for 3 years for "waggle", "looking stupid while playing games", "casual waggling" and the like. Microsoft (and to a lower extent, Sony) comes up with full-body waggling where you most definitely can look stupid while playing, with no core motion-controlled games being shown, and suddenly everyone's happy and calling it the "future of gaming". Even though the demos didn't work particularly well, including some loltastic parts both in MS's and Sony's demos.
Let's face it, the gaming media simply doesn't like Nintendo and they're happy that Microsoft has a potential "wii-killer" (lol) in their hands. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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I don't like Nintendo, but I agree here. I personally think that waggle alone makes you look stupid. Project Natal? You'll look like you have Downs' Syndrome
