To Clear up confusion on what makes Next-Generation

[Mnementh]

NightDragon83 said:

Mnementh said:

NightDragon83 said:
True dat. Although Nintendo has really tested the boundaries of what defines a "next-generation" console since their last two consoles both utilized previous-gen technology.

"Previous-gen-tech" is laughable in the case of the Wii. Gamecube was together with XBox on top of gen 6. The Wii was way more powerful than gamecube. The Wii could show stuff, that was way ahead of gen 6. That XBOX360 and PS3 made a bigger jump tech-wise, doesn't mean the Wii employed prev-gen tech.

Now THAT is a laughable statement!  Other than a select few titles like Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, most Wii games were nearly indistinguishable from GC and Xbox games.  Sure the Wii might have been pushing a few more polys behind the scenes and had slightly better lighting than the GC, but there are absolutely zero Wii games that the GC couldn't handle minus the motion controls of course.

But the select few titles are enough to show, that the Wii considerably is ahead of Gamecube. And really, the differences are bigger are what they seem in our memory, because we thought GC-games looked awesome back then (because they were in comparison to the competition) and Wii-games seem to look only slightly superior, because they look not so good in comparison to the competition.