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jarrod on 30 November 2009
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Erik Aston said:
jarrod said:
Erik Aston said:
jarrod said:
Since multiplatform games seemed to be combined, why aren't Animal Crossing and Big Brain Academy on DS/Wii? They're actually the same games...


Both of those were very much marketed and released as being different games, with different names. The fact that Nintendo did not focus on creating new content for the Wii versions is unfortunate, but I'm not going to list them as the same game.

I'd say that's a slippery slope... if that's the standard, then stuff like Modern Warfare Reflex or Winning Eleven Playmaker really needs to be separated out too.  And really DS/Wii versions of most "multiplatfom" games... I mean there's a far bigger disparity and difference in content between the DS, Wii. PSP and PS360 versions of Madden, WWE, FIFA, NFS or PES annually than there is in the DS/Wii versions of Animal Crossing or Big Brain Academy.


Same name, same game is the rule. It's about marketing and branding, NOT about actual game content, which I'm not going to bother dissecting.

The exceptions I've made to that are All-Play branded games and Modern Warfare Reflex, which are purpose brands or something similar. It is basically as if they called the game "Madden NFL 09 for Wii", as an example.

I have no idea the differences between Winning Eleven and PES, or what Playmaker is, but if it shows up under my VGC database search for Pro Evo and looks like the same thing, I am counting it, and if not, I'm not.

And that's that. If you want to nitpick, go ahead and make your own thread. Basically if I'm pushed to defend my methods, I'm just not going to bother with the thread at all. I've got things to do.

Well, for consistency's sake, not making "exceptions" would likely work best.  If you're not wanting to invite criticism, it'd be best to not break your own rules.  Your little huff at the end there could've been handled better too, nothing's going to encourage nitpicking on the internet like a tantrum/ultimatum.

Winning Eleven is the Japanese title for PES.  The DS and Wii versions are branded differently in Japan (DS = DS, Wii = Playmaker) due to differing input methodolgies/content, while in the west they're branded consistently (ie: they're all just PES) like other content divergent annual sports games (Madden, FIFA, 2K, etc).