fooflexible on 02 March 2007
stof said: But hype is irrelevant for a console that remains sold out.
Thats the main point, hype right now is simply a waste, they can't sell anymore systems then they already are. It's a bummer though as a gamer to know we have to wait longer to find out new stuff from nintendo, but it's not like that's a new feeling. Yet from a business stand point it makes more sense to let Sony and Microsoft duke it out for attention and later down the road had a large press conference showing off new stuff, particularly when Wii sales start to level off.
I'd really only consider this bad news if nintendo had nothing to say because they had nothing up their sleeve. But it's clear they always do, a few sites have reported seeing some amazing things for the Wii including one big franchise revival, new channels with new games, so I know there is some excitment it just a little further off though from being announced. For some proof of this Matt Cassamassina from IGN in his blog wrote: "There are some potentially crazy-awesome games coming down the pipeline for Wii, by the way. You guys have no idea. I know that's vague -- has to be, but I've seen some stuff that you simply have no idea even exists and frankly, if you did, you'd flip out." here's the link: Matt's blog
Yeah it's ambigous hype but it's fun to wonder, I would love for them to anounce Earthbound is coming to the Wii, I think Earthbound has Final Fantasy like potential in the japanese market I have no idea why they kept abandoning development. Sometimes Nintendo is clueless about how popular some of their franchises are. It took them forever to revive metroid while we endured a million Donkey kong games. Kid Icarus would be nice too see revived too.
