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NintendoFananza on 21 September 2008

Smokedhostage,

I've played a PS3 before, my best friend has one. I go over to his house all the time and Play Ratchet and Clank. I just don't want to lose all my Gamecube games. There are some awesome ones I have. Maybe I should buy a cheap gamecube in the future?



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c03n3nj0 on 21 September 2008

Well if you don't like any of the good games for it you should sell it. But you said that you have 22 GameCube games, and you sold your GameCube? What are you going to do with those?



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ceaser92 on 21 September 2008

yeah this have to be an alt account u have a wii mario kart, ssmb mario galaxy and u dont like it, u must be crazy man.

but keep the wii man just get a ps3 this Christmas from ur parents



NintendoFananza on 21 September 2008
twesterm said:
NintendoFananza said:
Well I don't like Metroid Prime, never liked it on the gamecube. I was really hoping for a good Mario Kart, but it didn't come out. Alot of those games, I probably won't like. I will probably rent Zak and Wiki before I send it off though.

I don't mind not having backwards compatibility, I already have a PS2. I just read on the internet you can connect your Playstation 3 to a monitor with a special cable, is that true?

As for the Xbox 360, no thanks. I have to use Wifi, the computer upstairs is connected to a router. Also, I really want Metal Gear, Ratchet (I have all the games on PS2 :)), Uncharted, and LITTLEBIGPLANET!!!!!

 

That's cool, just thought I would throw that one out there since I hated the earlier Metroid games too. 

Also, I'm not saying don't get a PS3, I'm just saying don't sell your Wii.  A game will come out later you will want to play and then you will have to spend the $250 again.  Just save your money so you can have a PS3 and a Wii.  Selling the Gamecube games, your PS2, and the Wii games you don't like (especially WiiFit and Mario Kart) will easily get you more than $150 at Gamestop and even more on eBay.

You will be much happier in the long run if you keep your Wii.  I can almost guarantee when you buy the PS3 and have played the PS3 games you want to death you'll be making the same thread about your PS3 and regretting selling your Wii.  Go with eBay or Gamestop and get a used backwards compatible PS3.

 

I was going to sell my Wii and Wii Fit and hopefully have enough money to buy a new PS3.  I never want to buy anything used, because my old PS2 broke >.<  I think I'll buy a Wii again in the future, but I definetely see alot of cool things on the PS3, and plus I might be able to convince my dad to get us an HDTV :).  OH! I saw a blueray of Planet Earth it looked really cool, but they are really expensive.

 

I am probably going to rent games for a while, probably I'll just buy little big planet this year.  Whats the big deal with the resistance game?

 

Can someone answer me, can you connect a PS3 to a monitor and play it in high definition?  We have a spare 22 inch one, that I can use :)!!!



NintendoFananza on 21 September 2008
ceaser92 said:
yeah this have to be an alt account u have a wii mario kart, ssmb mario galaxy and u dont like it, u must be crazy man.

but keep the wii man just get a ps3 this Christmas from ur parents

 

Hey thats mean.  I love double dash, and Melee.  Wii Kart and Brawl and are just BAD versions of those games.  Galaxy is awesome though!



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NintendoFananza on 21 September 2008
SHMUPGurus said:

What I think you don't like is the ''casualization'' of various Nintendo franchises, removing the little bit of advantage ''hardcore'' gamers had over newbies. If you look at Mario Kart Wii, it's just too easy to be in last place and get 2 Blue Shells in less than 15 seconds, and guess who was in front? The rather good player... And this got me sick of this game.

I know the feeling though, you'd think they would upgrade on what they've built, but they rather prefer to change the engine for no reason to please the ''other'' players. Another example here is Super Smash Bros. Brawl, why did they make the n00b ''B specialist'' characters soooo powerful? Why did they remove the L-cancel, a technique that has been in the Smash games since the N64? Various other gameplay elements come in mind. If the Wii isn't focused on graphics, you'd think it would focus on gameplay at least! Two years ago, the games were amazing (Twilight Princess, Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, etc.), but it felt like this year's games didn't really deliver in my opinion.

I still have hope for the Wii though, so I'm keeping it until ''that'' game comes out, but if your mind is already set for the PS3, then go for it, because it might take a while!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You said it best.  I own a DS and I LOVE most of the games on it.  New Super Mario Brothers and Mario Kart DS ARE SO AWESOME, but all the Wii stuff is so mehh, I feel like I already own it.  I saw a video of Animal Crossing and I was pretty angry.

 



Cueil on 21 September 2008

this reminds me of post about a girl asking why her bf is cheating on her and then asking the people if she should leave him



 
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twesterm on 21 September 2008
NintendoFananza said:
twesterm said:
NintendoFananza said:
Well I don't like Metroid Prime, never liked it on the gamecube. I was really hoping for a good Mario Kart, but it didn't come out. Alot of those games, I probably won't like. I will probably rent Zak and Wiki before I send it off though.

I don't mind not having backwards compatibility, I already have a PS2. I just read on the internet you can connect your Playstation 3 to a monitor with a special cable, is that true?

As for the Xbox 360, no thanks. I have to use Wifi, the computer upstairs is connected to a router. Also, I really want Metal Gear, Ratchet (I have all the games on PS2 :)), Uncharted, and LITTLEBIGPLANET!!!!!

 

That's cool, just thought I would throw that one out there since I hated the earlier Metroid games too. 

Also, I'm not saying don't get a PS3, I'm just saying don't sell your Wii.  A game will come out later you will want to play and then you will have to spend the $250 again.  Just save your money so you can have a PS3 and a Wii.  Selling the Gamecube games, your PS2, and the Wii games you don't like (especially WiiFit and Mario Kart) will easily get you more than $150 at Gamestop and even more on eBay.

You will be much happier in the long run if you keep your Wii.  I can almost guarantee when you buy the PS3 and have played the PS3 games you want to death you'll be making the same thread about your PS3 and regretting selling your Wii.  Go with eBay or Gamestop and get a used backwards compatible PS3.

 

I was going to sell my Wii and Wii Fit and hopefully have enough money to buy a new PS3.  I never want to buy anything used, because my old PS2 broke >.<  I think I'll buy a Wii again in the future, but I definetely see alot of cool things on the PS3, and plus I might be able to convince my dad to get us an HDTV :).  OH! I saw a blueray of Planet Earth it looked really cool, but they are really expensive.

 

I am probably going to rent games for a while, probably I'll just buy little big planet this year.  Whats the big deal with the resistance game?

 

Can someone answer me, can you connect a PS3 to a monitor and play it in high definition?  We have a spare 22 inch one, that I can use :)!!!

You're not going to get enough selling just your Wii and WiiFit more than likely unless you go eBay of course.  IF you do decide to go eBay:

  • WiiFit: $90
  • MarioKart Wii: $40
  • Zelda: $15
  • Super Smash Bros Brawl: $30
  • Super Mario Galaxy: $25

That right there gives you about $200 and you can actually probably get more than what I've listed for some of those.  Here's an auction for a used 80gig plus three games for $250.  I would be worried about buying a used 360 but PS3's are pretty reliable.

Also, if you don't have an HDTV, don't worry about BluRay.

 

 



 

Veggie on 21 September 2008

I don't think there's much hope for someone who couldn't find anything worthwhile in Galaxy, Twilight Princess or Brawl.



greenmedic88 on 21 September 2008

It's that 10% of platform exclusives that make the difference.

Obviously the guy likes MGS, so assuming he's looking at what's available today, why buy a console that doesn't have what he wants? He already mentioned Uncharted and R&C (three games, good as they may be, are NOT reason to jump ship if you already have a decent collection on another platform).

You can always sell a Wii today for what you paid for it, and pick one up in a year or so when they're cheaper, but most of the big franchises for the platform are already out, making it pretty easy after two years to decide whether the Wii is for you or not.

Keep your games unless you really don't like any of them, which I find pretty hard to believe for a self-professed long time Nintendo fan.

You can hold your breath for improved 3rd party support, but facts remain, the best third party support is not on the Wii today. And based upon the laundry list of games in development currently, it won't be on the Wii tomorrow. Big budget 3rd party titles (if that's what you want) for the Wii aren't made simply because they wouldn't sell any better than a game better suited to the platform, made at a fraction of the cost.

If the motion controls of the Wii haven't magically re-invented gaming for you, then there is no other appeal beyond tried and true Nintendo franchises that you either love, or are indifferent to.

You can hold your breath for Wii 1.5 with Motion Plus, but until we see dedicated games that were designed from the ground up that REQUIRE M+, that prove the worth of the feature (which will not be done in a year or less) it's just not a system seller.



IMO, don't bother buying a PS3 until you have a decent HDTV.

Sure, you can still play the games on it, but they were not designed to be output at 480 lines of resolution. Text, resolution viewing distances, fine detail, etc. all downscaled/lost.

You'd be far better off playing your games on a PC monitor with HDMI inputs than an old 480i CRT TV.