Manhunt 2...a test?

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Poseidon said:

stof said:

You beat me too it Xyrax.

Yup, This decision was more Nintendo's than rockstars. With one game, Nintendo can deal a good sized slap to it's "Kiddy image" by having the most violent and twisted game on it. It's the kind of negative publicity that you can't buy (actually you can, and I wouldn't be suprised if that's what Nintendo did).

 So why not GTA? My guess it'd just be too much time, work and money to make a completely new Game, as GTA IV couldn't be pulled off on the Wii hardware. Doesn't mean we won't see future GTA titles, but they'd have to be different games to fit the Wii.

Manhunt 2 will not "slap it's kiddy image." If Eternal Darkness, the various Resident Evils, and other multi-platform games didn't help the Gamecube, whose to say that Manhunt 2 will convince those few for the Wii?

 

because the gamecube was the PS3 of it's generation... people weren't willing to cut it any slack. With wii, not only is it not purple, but it is also much more accepted and less discriminated against among hardcore gamers. It wouldn't have mattered if every game on the GC was an M game... as long as mario showed his face here and there people didn't care about the M games and slapped the "KIDDIEZ" sticker on the GC. With the Wii though nintendo has a clean slate, so to speak, and can sway gamers away from the "kiddy" stereotype with their "wii is for anyone and everyone" style of marketing and, of course, games like manhunt 2.

when the wii is the only next-gen system to have manhunt 2 that speaks volumes for how "un-kiddy" it really is. If anything nintendo will need to prove that the wii isn't a mini-game hive... hopefully with the games coming later this year it will shatter that preconcieved notion as well.