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disolitude on 21 January 2009

@DaveD

Yah. 4850 Radeon HDMI connection at 1080p.

Crysis gives me nausia tho :)


@Bobbuffalo

I am proud, but not willing to swallow everything nintendo decides to showel down my throat. Looks like most "truly proud" Nintendo owners these days don't ask themselves "what do I want to play today?" but instead ask "what is Nintendo telling me to play today? Wii music? Awesome!!!"

In any case, we will see if Wii does indeed have as many great games as snes did on the end of its life cycle. I doubt it...as Nintendo games only take you so far...as the castlevanias, contras, street fighters, breath of fires, act raisers, Secret of manas, final fantasies etc of this generation most likely won't be on the wii. Dragon Quest X is coming tho...thats a start.



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bigjon on 21 January 2009
disolitude said:
Bobbuffalo said:
disolitude said:
Why would we celebrate? Snes is 10X the console Wii has been up to this point...

In what sense?

 

 

Snes was on top of the gaming world from 1994 to 1996 with some of the best software ever released. Any type of game you liked...Snes had 10 games worth playing for that genre. There are atleast 30 classic games I can name off the top of my head for the Snes.

Wii thus far will be remembered for

Mario Galaxy

Zelda TP

Metroid Prime 3

Smash brothers Brawl

Mario Kart Wii

Wii Fit

Wii sports

Anyting else Im missing? 

You know you are in trouble when 3 of the 8 AAA games for the system are ports of last gen games. (zelda, RE4, Okami)

ok, now name all the great SNES titles from its first 26months? That would mean be until about Jan 1993 (assuming the SNES had a holiday launch in Japan) ok I will try

  1. Mario World
  2. Mario Allstars (port of older games, so add the VC in your list)
  3. FF4
  4. Zelda alttp
  5. Mario Kart
  6. Street Fighter 2
  7. F-Zero (not in same class as others above)

um, ok I was a kid then, but that is what I came up with, might be some others SE

might have missed one, but as you can maybe the SNES was a tad better early but the Wii is at least on Par. 1993 was a good year for the SNES, but 94,95,96 were the golden years, when most of the classics landed.

2009 (eq to 1993 for snes) is looking to be a good year for the Wii, but I think SW wise 2010 and 11 will be golden.

 



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

DaveD on 21 January 2009
disolitude said:
@DaveD

Yah. 4850 Radeon HDMI connection at 1080p.

Crysis gives me nausia tho :)

I just KNEW Crysis went overboard with the graphics.... now its confirmed? XD



"After you win, son, I feel like going for a ride on your bike, haha." ~Doc Louis (Punch Out Wii)

 

 

OLDSKOOL on 21 January 2009

The Wii is just a beast...I can't believe things turned around so quick! The Wii will be Nintendo's best selling console ever!

C'mon Nintendo fans that are still cynics...this is what we wanted -Nintendo at Number 1 again and they have delivered!



Wii - 3810 4459 0841 8442 - (Message me to add me)

360 - LuminalACE

PS3 - AUS-ACE

disolitude on 21 January 2009
bigjon said:
disolitude said:
Bobbuffalo said:
disolitude said:
Why would we celebrate? Snes is 10X the console Wii has been up to this point...

In what sense?

 

 

Snes was on top of the gaming world from 1994 to 1996 with some of the best software ever released. Any type of game you liked...Snes had 10 games worth playing for that genre. There are atleast 30 classic games I can name off the top of my head for the Snes.

Wii thus far will be remembered for

Mario Galaxy

Zelda TP

Metroid Prime 3

Smash brothers Brawl

Mario Kart Wii

Wii Fit

Wii sports

Anyting else Im missing? 

You know you are in trouble when 3 of the 8 AAA games for the system are ports of last gen games. (zelda, RE4, Okami)

ok, now name all the great SNES titles from its first 26months? That would mean be until about Jan 1993 (assuming the SNES had a holiday launch in Japan) ok I will try

  1. Mario World
  2. Mario Allstars (port of older games, so add the VC in your list)
  3. FF4
  4. Zelda alttp
  5. Mario Kart
  6. Street Fighter 2
  7. F-Zero (not in same class as others above)

um, ok I was a kid then, but that is what I came up with, might be some others SE

might have missed one, but as you can maybe the SNES was a tad better early but the Wii is at least on Par. 1993 was a good year for the SNES, but 94,95,96 were the golden years, when most of the classics landed.

2009 (eq to 1993 for snes) is looking to be a good year for the Wii, but I think SW wise 2010 and 11 will be golden.

 

Contra 3

Super Castlevania

Actraiser

Gradius 3

Super Star Wars

Super Rtype

But yeah, I see what you're saying. I may be eating my own words in 2010.

 

 



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disolitude on 21 January 2009
DaveD said:
disolitude said:
@DaveD

Yah. 4850 Radeon HDMI connection at 1080p.

Crysis gives me nausia tho :)

I just KNEW Crysis went overboard with the graphics.... now its confirmed? XD

Yah. Too much green...

Psst...don't tell anyone I said this...(Visuals aside, its not that good of a game)

 



DaveD on 21 January 2009
disolitude said:
DaveD said:
disolitude said:
@DaveD

Yah. 4850 Radeon HDMI connection at 1080p.

Crysis gives me nausia tho :)

I just KNEW Crysis went overboard with the graphics.... now its confirmed? XD

Yah. Too much green...

Psst...don't tell anyone I said this...(Visuals aside, its not that good of a game)

 

I can't confirm or deny this, because the game would cripple my computer enough to start a fire or something

 



"After you win, son, I feel like going for a ride on your bike, haha." ~Doc Louis (Punch Out Wii)

 

 

bigjon on 21 January 2009
disolitude said:
bigjon said:
disolitude said:
Bobbuffalo said:
disolitude said:
Why would we celebrate? Snes is 10X the console Wii has been up to this point...

In what sense?

 

 

Snes was on top of the gaming world from 1994 to 1996 with some of the best software ever released. Any type of game you liked...Snes had 10 games worth playing for that genre. There are atleast 30 classic games I can name off the top of my head for the Snes.

Wii thus far will be remembered for

Mario Galaxy

Zelda TP

Metroid Prime 3

Smash brothers Brawl

Mario Kart Wii

Wii Fit

Wii sports

Anyting else Im missing? 

You know you are in trouble when 3 of the 8 AAA games for the system are ports of last gen games. (zelda, RE4, Okami)

ok, now name all the great SNES titles from its first 26months? That would mean be until about Jan 1993 (assuming the SNES had a holiday launch in Japan) ok I will try

  1. Mario World
  2. Mario Allstars (port of older games, so add the VC in your list)
  3. FF4
  4. Zelda alttp
  5. Mario Kart
  6. Street Fighter 2
  7. F-Zero (not in same class as others above)

um, ok I was a kid then, but that is what I came up with, might be some others SE

might have missed one, but as you can maybe the SNES was a tad better early but the Wii is at least on Par. 1993 was a good year for the SNES, but 94,95,96 were the golden years, when most of the classics landed.

2009 (eq to 1993 for snes) is looking to be a good year for the Wii, but I think SW wise 2010 and 11 will be golden.

 

Contra 3

Super Castlevania

Actraiser

Gradius 3

Super Star Wars

Super Rtype

But yeah, I see what you're saying. I may be eating my own words in 2010.

 

 

the games you mentioned are good, but if we counted them, then we would have to count really good Wii games that aren't AAA. Z and W, DeBlob, NMH, but ya, the SNES was a bit stronger in the 2nd tier AA type games. But as far as AAA goes the Wii and SNES are "similiar" at this timepoint.

 



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

disolitude on 21 January 2009

@bigjon


Contra 3, Super Castlevania, Actraiser usually are included in most top 10, 20 or 50 SNES games ever.

Here is a few
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/1528/
http://www.sydlexia.com/snes100/snes14.htm
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31740.html



Arius Dion on 21 January 2009

That is a hell of a TV.



Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:


If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.

If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.