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Resident_Hazard on 19 November 2010
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MrT-Tar said:
Resident_Hazard said:

Frankly, I'm more puzzled on why there are no "Greatest Hits" lines for the Wii or DS.  That just seems stupid.  It's a great way to reintroduce highly rated and  best-selling titles to customers with fresh fanfare, and at friendly prices. 

Greatest hits lines have been a part of gaming since, hell, the NES days.  Nintendo must have some ego to think they don't need such a thing for the Wii or DS.  Plus, it would be nice to see Nintendo doing this to help support 3rd party titles that everyone ignored the first time they were released.


Have you forgotten about 'Everybody's Selection'?

If you don't know, 'Everybody's Selection' was a budget range of 3rd party games that had received critical praise on the Nintendo channel.  If I remember in Japan the line up includes Deca Sports, Muramasa, one of the DBZ games and some others.

Maybe Nintendo did the 'Everybody's Selection' instead of 'Player's Choice', due to the success of Nintendo 1st party games this gen and how 3rd parties keep on whining about the Wii.

Maybe for the European range they could have the likes of Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Zack & Wiki, Little King's Story and RE4 Wii Edition.

I have seen no such line here in the States.  Sounds like it went a little underused.  We have nothing here but constantly high-priced Nintendo fare on the Wii and DS.  In fact, the only reason I bought Punch-Out was because it was a store discount at Target.  They dropped the price of Punch-Out with the nunchuck to something like $30 just to get rid of 'em.  Got the game and a nunchuck for $20 less than the game by itself.

Sony and Microsoft have tons of games that are greatest or Platinum hits.  Many Platinum hits even have bonus stuff in them--like in the Platinum Hits version of Fable II.  Came with Knothole Island. 

Maybe Nintendo just thinks that much more lowly of their consumers.  That they should always pay premium prices for software, regardless of age or sales.  Probably why even the oldest games on the Virtual Console and Wii Ware still cost a pretty penny. 

Twilight Princess still costs $50, meanwhile Mass Effect 2 can be picked up new for $20.  The way bigger RPG for half the price looks like a much better deal at this point.

And with Microsoft and Sony (so far) successfully entering the motion-control foray, it would be smart for Nintendo to step up their game and compete in the financials.  The Wii's lead is going to continue to drop.