( PCWorld ) Why The Wii Needs an HD Visual Upgrade

[LordTheNightKnight]

blunty51 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

blunty51 said:
Well I agree to be honest. He's not saying that gaming as a whole needs to be HD, but if you want to whine about why you're not getting these core, graphically-dependent franchises, then you need to beef up. You all won't admit it, but there are certain games out there that need good graphics. "Graphics isn't everything" is getting old. It is sometimes a necessary complement.

That comment assumes we are claiming graphics are irrelevant, which is untrue.

And the claim about getting all the games isn't true either. They could have suppoted the GC far more, and very few games from that gen couldn't have worked with multiple discs. Developers aren't going to flock to the Wii HD. They just want Nintendo to stop proving them wrong about HD being the obvious future of gaming.

Ok I'm glad you cleared that up.

But didn't the GC get more support for multiplatform games? Splinter cell, dead to rights, resident evil, metal gear solid, final fantasy, killer7, soul caliber, prince of persia, burnout, turok, hulk....some of these franchises won't find the light of day on the wii now unless it's some dumbed down port that might get bad reviews...

First of all, the reviews have mattered less on the Wii as the other systems. Check out user score discrepencies with regard to Wii games.

Second, the GC didn't get as much as it could have. Splinter Cell was based off the PS2 version, when it could have handled the Xbox version (or at least something closer to it). Metal Gear Solid was a remake on the GC, not a multiplatform game. Final Fantasy wasn't a multiplatform series until XIII; Crystal Chronicles was an exclusive action adventure game, which Ctystal Bearers still is. Soul Calibur only got the second game, when the third game was dropped from multiplatform. Killer 7 was going to be GC exclusive, so became multiplatform in detriment to the Wii (although was a niche game anyway), same with RE4 (which wasn't niche).

Third, being dumbed down only matters if the game has something the Wii can't handle as well, like as many AI enemies. Modern Warfare shows that isn't the case. The  main reviewers are calling that dumbed down more for spite than any flaws in the game.