IGN N-Podcast 60 and Summary - How Wii doesn't even compare to Current Gen.

[demonfox13]

@68soul.

In an attempt to keep this civil, I would have to respectfully disagree with at least half of your points. Fact, and I will agree with Mario Kart's sales, best IR-controlled as it's the only console that does it, same for gesture controlled, tilt controlled games for the most part. Funny enough, rag doll kung-fu does a comparable job and in many instances better (and yes, it is a SSBB ripoff, but hey, at least it's done well lol). SSBB highest selling fighting game but faaaaaar from what you would call a serious fighter (i know this is going off topic as you didn't say anything other than facts on this). Is it fun? yes. But true and serious fighting games will have much more depth. The Last Blade 1 and 2 from neo geo, the KoF series, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, SF3 third strike. Even SF 4 has immense depth thanks to the various uses of the focus attack system. There are several others but too many to list (guilty gear anyone? Kauki clash?).

Anyways back on topic, "best sports games"? This is a touchy and delicate subject mainly because it's highly subjective. Most Wii sports titles will fall into the category of party games as opposed to serious sports games, such as the NBA2K series, MLB, etc. Now if you go to Europe, South America and certain parts of Africa they will throw rocks at you and mention FIFA, as soccer (football to the rest of the world) is strong everywhere. Best platforming, honestly in a matter of PERSONAL preferance, I would stick it out more for SMB3 (my favorite in the series), but I would go for Ratchet and Clank, and to an extent UC2 as it has ALOT of platforming (then again puzzles and some TPS, wtf is the category of this damn game heeelp lol). In all honesty they got lazy with NSMBW mainly because they have the talent, the money/resources and definitely had the time to do something slightly different. To a SMALL degree each character could have played somewhat differently. I know I will get Wii fanboy hate but it's the truth. Is NSMBW a great game? The answer is an easy yes. But to me, making each character unique would have been completely mindblowing yet simple. It's been a loooooooooong time since I played it but didn't they do something like that in SMB2 american? They had the right idea but ruined the platforming a little bit. SMB2 characters on SMB3 platform would have probably made it the best Mario game ever.

Best party games, AGAIN it's highly subjective. I personally will agree with you on this, but other people will come and say "oh but we can have 7 people on bomberman ultra on the PS3 playing in the same room and it's more fun" (I haven't tried this but it caught my eye), then you will have those that will wanna play split screen FPS games and that will be their party game. I see you are a HUUUUUUUUGE ninty fan and as such, I am pretty sure you remember playing Golden Eye and Perfect Dark with your friends, cuz I know I did, and I enjoyed the hell outta those games.

Best excercise games...I honestly dunno what to say, I probably get a better work out taking a shower......nah lol j/k. I think that was a smart thing for the Wii to do, although for my personal life it's pointless since I do calisthenics 4 -5 days a week and hit the gym about 3 of those. But for people that don't have access to a gym (or live somewhere where the nearest gym is 30 miles away), it's a good alternative. It still makes me wonder what people did before this came along though (wait, I am on to something here, maybe we will have less fat people YAY!!! :P ).

Best backwards compatability. This is a wierd one because I have been able to play every PS1 and PS2 game on my PS3 (80gb, MGS4 bundle). Games I have played range anywhere from xenogears, VP1, VP2, SOTC, parasite eve, xenosaga trilogy, breath of fire dragon quarter, legend of legaia, legend of dragoon, all the way to SOTC, Dark Cloud 1 and 2, etc. So as far as the "better" option, I would say it's in my specific model. the PS1 was known to have the truly OMG games as well as the PS2 (perhaps why they were so successful). Granted, I would still like to play Blaster Master and River City Ransom as those 2 are probably in my favorites list for the NES. Luckily the PS1 has the NES FF remakes, so that's also a win situation for me :).

Best ports and remakes.....hmm I loved RE4 on the Wii, it is perhaps my favorite game for that system along with No More Heroes, TP and Masamune. The God of War collection however brought me back into the GOW3 hype which is huge because I am not one to get hyped up (didn't get hyped for FFXIII nor KZ2). It seems that there are also team ICO updated versions or upgraded ports coming. Meh who knows, just gimme a remake of River City Ransom, Blaster Master, hell even Bad Dudes ("i'm bad!!!").

Brain training games, those are all scattered across all 3 systems, 1 vs 100 is a good example so this one would be inconclusive.

RPG's, you got ME1(not a fan), DA:O, Demon's Souls, SO4 (personally not a fan of this one), LO, ToV, Valkyria Chronicles (personal fav along with demon's souls). Coming soon for Wii a very promising Zelda game and another No More Heroes. Coming soon for the other systems, FFXIII, WKC, Resonance of Fate, The Last Rebellion, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Ar Tonelico 3, ME2, The Last Guardian (adventure/rpg type it seems), FF vs XIII. The list seems to be looking like it is full of some heavy hitters and I doubt every one will fail.

As for Zombie games, it is also highly subjective. I cannot praise RE4 enough on the Wii, and it is perhaps the best zombie game that system has to offer. With that being said, L4D and L4D2 easily surpass any zombie game for several reasons. Single player campaign is fairly fast paced and noone can forget the first time they encountered a witch, or the first time a tank smashed them with a car. The single player aspect alone competes with ANY zombie game on the Wii, but then you have co-op for all campaigns which just adds to the fun. Finally you have the vs multiplayer aspect which is just LOADS of fun. Not knowing if that next corner will have a Boomer pop out and spit at you and your party, blinding everyone and having 100+ zombies ambush you. Jumping from window to window thinking you finally can leave that building behind you, only to be dragged back by a Smoker. Who doesn't hate it when you're the last hope for your team to have at least 1 guy make it to the safe room, only to have a Hunter pounce on you as your hopes die. These are just the bare basics of that game, not counting the teamwork elements involved on both sides. And don't get me started on scavenger in L4D2. Truth is, there is plenty of game to cover on each L4D game along with high replayability value with several options. Alot of people take for granted how great L4D actually is, for what it is: A zombie game that offers soooo much more than 1 or 2 simple playthroughs. RE4 after infinite rockets, it just got meh.