Manhunt 2...a test?

[BenKenobi88]

Poseidon said:

wii_are_better_than_ said:

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.

That line right there made me almost not read what else you had to say. So the sales of the Gamecube weren't stellar because it had that "kiddie" stigma attached?

Nintendo being associated with the kiddie image was started by SEGA and extrapolated indirectly by Sony when people looked at the library that was available on the PSX compared to that of the N64. It doesn't mean that the N64 and Gamecube didn't have their share of mature games, and it doesn't mean that the Wii won't have it's share of mature games, but will this one title get rid of that association?

 He may be linking the GC to the PS3 for the wrong reasons, but put those two together in a chart and gaze at the similarities.  Both consoles get crap from opposing fans...and the success of the opposition is cutting down support...on the GC and the PS3.