| Jandre02 said: How long until Wii owners get tired of Mario and Wii Sports? It would take months not years to get tired of those things. And the best selling software over the past few years has been more grown up video games. If your over 20, you can't help feeling like your playing a videogame designed for 10 year olds. Nintendo doesn't make M rated games, and if third party developers wont make games for the Wii, then the Wii has given us all it has to offer. It wont have a holiday season anywhere near this one if it doesn't get m ore games going up against the PS3 lineup. |
Sorry, despite the numerous reactions I still want to react as well.
1. Tired of Mario - I think Mario games are amazing. Besides the supreme game Super Mario Galaxy I can still play the 2D mario's (especially SMB3 and World) with a lot of pleasure. Not many games can say that they hold their playability for over 10 years. More Nintendo games have this (Zelda).
2. I am over 20 (26 to be precise) and playing SMG I didn't have that feeling for 1 second. I did have the feeling that I wished I was 10 years old again, so I had more time to play that game. And that's just Mario, I could start on Metroid, Fire Emblem etc if you like.
3. Nintendo doesn't make M rated games. First I never check the rating because I think that would be the worst criterium for a good game ever. Second: I don't know about the ratings for Metroid, Fire Emblem and Eternal Darkness but I know these games are meant for an older audience. Maturity doesn't need to be in the graphics.
4. 3rd party developers are making and have made games. For example the Wii will be the reason for the console rebirth of two great gaming genres: Light gun shooters (RE:UC, Ghost Squad, House of the Dead) and Point and Click adventures (there are rumours about myst and Monkey Island, Zack & Wiki). For gamers this is a very good development. Maybe the 3rd party efforts this year weren't amazing, but RE4 Wii is a hardcore-mature gamers wet dream, Medal of Honour Heroes was praised as the best FPS console control scheme, Zack & Wiki is another very good exclusive. 2008 will see alot more exclusives (like Spore, RPG's, Japan's biggest: Monster Hunter 3, Fatal Frame4).
