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txrattlesnake on 17 May 2009

Without Gameboy Advance Nintendo wouldn't be where they are now.



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Mr.Y on 17 May 2009
1200p|is|FullHD said:

Wii will be influental ( you know that whole motion thingie )

but it's technology ( and i don't just refer to pure processing and graphics power ) is just too bad or better said 'undeveloped' to be called  the most influental console EVER ( ever => strong word ). Waggle here and waggle there doesnt set new standards, at this point, without Wii motion + , the controls are a tacked on gimmick, rave on me as hard as you want, it's my opinion. Let's take the biggest games of the console :

Mario Kart: Best played with GC controller

Brawl : see Mario Kart

Zelda : shooting arrows is a nice thing, swinging swords just feels stupid, after 10 hours in the game i was thinking about getting the GC version which says EVERYTHING if you ask me. it's just tacked on, and even those who like it can't deny it adds very few to the game itself.

Mario galaxy : wouldn't have suffered much with GC controller

Metroid Prime : this game DID profit from the control scheme, but again it's not as the game stands out from its predecessors just through tht point

 

What im trying to say is : Motion control right now is nowhere as new and as accepted as it went with ps1 ( or take 64 if you want, or dreamcast, who cares ).

3 D worked in an instant, the console ( PS 1 ) didn't birth it but rose it to a new level within months, THAT is influence.

furthermore, im too young to judge, but it seems NES had the greates impact, so that's why I lol to everyone claiming the Wii has the GREATEST influence ever ( noone denies it HAS impact ).

 

So the Wii will be influential but "lol" at people picking the Wii?

And then you say waggle a bunch of times and call it a gimmick.



docholliday on 17 May 2009

Im trully amazed at how many ppl have responses that are anything but the NES, that console is the reason why console gaming exists 2day. Console gaming was dead before it came out, finished. The NES is the reason Mario is a household name today, and we all know there is no bigger name than Mario. Other consoles have made strides in gaming, but nothing compares to what the NES did to the industry as a whole.



Arius Dion on 17 May 2009

The only answer is the NES.



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1200p|is|FullHD on 17 May 2009
Mr.Y said:
1200p|is|FullHD said:

Wii will be influental ( you know that whole motion thingie )

but it's technology ( and i don't just refer to pure processing and graphics power ) is just too bad or better said 'undeveloped' to be called  the most influental console EVER ( ever => strong word ). Waggle here and waggle there doesnt set new standards, at this point, without Wii motion + , the controls are a tacked on gimmick, rave on me as hard as you want, it's my opinion. Let's take the biggest games of the console :

Mario Kart: Best played with GC controller

Brawl : see Mario Kart

Zelda : shooting arrows is a nice thing, swinging swords just feels stupid, after 10 hours in the game i was thinking about getting the GC version which says EVERYTHING if you ask me. it's just tacked on, and even those who like it can't deny it adds very few to the game itself.

Mario galaxy : wouldn't have suffered much with GC controller

Metroid Prime : this game DID profit from the control scheme, but again it's not as the game stands out from its predecessors just through tht point

 

What im trying to say is : Motion control right now is nowhere as new and as accepted as it went with ps1 ( or take 64 if you want, or dreamcast, who cares ).

3 D worked in an instant, the console ( PS 1 ) didn't birth it but rose it to a new level within months, THAT is influence.

furthermore, im too young to judge, but it seems NES had the greates impact, so that's why I lol to everyone claiming the Wii has the GREATEST influence ever ( noone denies it HAS impact ).

 

So the Wii will be influential but "lol" at people picking the Wii?

And then you say waggle a bunch of times and call it a gimmick.

 

yep, that's what i said, thanks for the summary :D



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WereKitten on 17 May 2009

Atari 2600, obviously. And the PS1 after it, because of the way it expanded the market.



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dib8rman on 17 May 2009

without NES gaming would exist... by definition Nintendo innovated the market with NES; they were the first to do it the way they did. It is in that spirit I'll assume that some one else would have innovated if Nintendo didn't do it first... However for certain Sony would not exist in the home console market and Microsoft may not have either.



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slowmo on 17 May 2009
docholliday said:
Im trully amazed at how many ppl have responses that are anything but the NES, that console is the reason why console gaming exists 2day. Console gaming was dead before it came out, finished. The NES is the reason Mario is a household name today, and we all know there is no bigger name than Mario. Other consoles have made strides in gaming, but nothing compares to what the NES did to the industry as a whole.

 

Not everyone on here was around when the NES was popular so in their opinion it wouldn't have had the same impact unless they read up on gaming history.



Mr.Y on 17 May 2009
1200p|is|FullHD said:
Mr.Y said:

So the Wii will be influential but "lol" at people picking the Wii?

And then you say waggle a bunch of times and call it a gimmick.

 

yep, that's what i said, thanks for the summary :D

 

I also like your username, reading your post was like reading this.



ganondorf7799 on 17 May 2009

Wii or NES