Why a Wii game review should be affected by a xbox360 game?

Comparing xbox360 and PS3 games is okie because they have similar power and specs.. but Wii is on a completely different level so it makes no sense to compare them.

You can compare a Ferrari with a Porsche. Or a Toyota with a Honda because they are similar.
But you shouldn't compare say a Jaguar with a Toyota. Even they are both 4 door family cars

__________________________________________________________ Ceres wrote: If someone purchased their console based on that then they deserve what they get. I've never seen a review that didn't show screenshots. He should be able to just look at those and see. Say Mario Kart is this Wii racing game. It has GREAT visuals and art style but of course, if you want realistic, you're looking in the wrong place. A quick look at a screenshot will show them. __________________________________________________________ b=+°à'ù^$^ù=>>>>>+

Did you know Hitler compared consoles when he wrote his video game reviews?

Reviews of individual games should not be comparisons of system powers. Any idiot who can use a search engine can check up on the advantages and disadvantages of each system. Reviews are there to show how good that game is to gamers on THAT system, not to show them that there are other systems that are more powerful. They already know that and telling them that doesn't tell them about the merits of that individual game. Like I said, every PSone review didn't start with "Well it doesn't look like a Nintendo 64 game." Nor did every PS2 review say "It doesn't look like Halo 2." Game reviews aren't comparison contests between systems.

How 'bout we rate games on how good they are.  That is why IGN reviews say that the final review score is not an average.

• If the game looks so good you forget about everything else
• If the story is so good you enjoy it more
• If the art style is so good that it makes the game better
• If the controls are so tight that it makes it more fun
• Is it so polished that it makes a difference

These are reasons to raise a score beyond the average.  No reviews took off points for a PS2 game not looking as good as a Xbox game.  I don't think the sites are biased against Nintendo as a company, I just think they are scared that the casual influx is going to ruin their gig and that they genuinely don't like the Wii.  I love the Wii, I don't have 8+ hours a day to play games any more so the "novelty" still hasn't worn off (I don't think it will).

Just ignore 1UP. Their credibility has already gone into the negatives. I don't see Xbox360 reviews that compare the game's gameplay with what the Wii can offer. It's just biased as hell.

PS: First Metroid ad on IGN?!