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Kantor on 10 January 2010
Khuutra said:
Kantor said:
Khuutra said:

This being the case, I will elaborate further on my reasoning:

I expect Zelda Wii to be an active rejection of certain core values while holding onto others, but it will do so in just such a way that it strikes the wrong chord with critics, as New Super Mario Bros. Wii has done. It will be very successful for a Zelda game - at least comparable to Twilight Princess on the Wii, though perhaps not both versions combined - but this will stand at odds with critical reception, which, wihle acknowledging it as "great", will lament the things that could have been if not for certain design decisions vis-a-vis Wii Motion Plus or perhaps the Super Guide.

Zelda with a Super Guide? How the hell does that work? Motion Plus would surely improve the experience? 1:1 sword motions, and 1:1 bow aiming, and other things which will be a pain to use but nevertheless awesome.

Zelda is one of those reviewer's darling series, like 3D Mario and Final Fantasy. The game can be as ridiculous, disruptive, and eccentric as you like, and it will still be 90+.

It may fight tough fights for you (sans bosses), or work out a particularly hard puzzle for you.

People will complain about Motion Plus making the game tiring, especially if it is more action-oriented than the last few games.

2-D Marios used to be critical darlings too, and to a degree they still are, but I think this one will break the mold in too many ways for the tastes of reviewers.

The Super Guide is supposed to show you how to do things, not do them for you. It definitely wouldn't fight. Puzzles...maybe.

I was kidding about the 1:1, by the way. That would be ridiculous, annoyingly hard to implement, and a pain to use.

88 probably does still qualify as "critical darling", looking at the scores that most Wii games get (SCORES. Not quality, SCORES. REVIEWS. METACRITIC. Numbers. Facts)



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Khuutra on 10 January 2010
Kantor said:
Khuutra said:

It may fight tough fights for you (sans bosses), or work out a particularly hard puzzle for you.

People will complain about Motion Plus making the game tiring, especially if it is more action-oriented than the last few games.

2-D Marios used to be critical darlings too, and to a degree they still are, but I think this one will break the mold in too many ways for the tastes of reviewers.

The Super Guide is supposed to show you how to do things, not do them for you. It definitely wouldn't fight. Puzzles...maybe.

I was kidding about the 1:1, by the way. That would be ridiculous, annoyingly hard to implement, and a pain to use.

88 probably does still qualify as "critical darling", looking at the scores that most Wii games get (SCORES. Not quality, SCORES. REVIEWS. METACRITIC. Numbers. Facts)

Oh no, you can get the Super Guide to do it for you. Did you play NSMBWii?

And Aonuma's already said they're close to 1:1 with the swordplay.



psrock on 10 January 2010

Here's mines.

Activision will threaten to leave Playstation if Sony doesnt lower PSP'S price

EA will continue to support the Wii with more than 60% more games than the HD consoles

Capcom will annouce two press conferences: one to talk about it's pleased with the sales of it's wii games, the other to talk about how 3rd party games don't sell on the Wii

The PSP will be discontinued and resurrected in a small town in Japan

Just dance 2 will outsell FXIII

Sega  will announce in a shocker that Bayonetta is indeed a man.

KH3 will be announce as a Iphone exclusive, sorry , mobile exclusive.

Reviewers will be professional again after giving Zelda Wii a 94 on Meta

Wiifit will be denounced by Obama for not making people fit enough

best selling games.

1. Wii GAME
2. COD7
3. Reach
4. GT5

Hardware

87 million Wii
45 million ps3
46 million 360
150 million ds
-3 million psp






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darthdevidem01 on 10 January 2010
psrock said:

Here's mines.

Activision will threaten to leave Playstation if Sony doesnt lower PSP'S price

EA will continue to support the Wii with more than 60% more games than the HD consoles

Capcom will annouce two press conferences: one to talk about it's pleased with the sales of it's wii games, the other to talk about how 3rd party games don't sell on the Wii

The PSP will be discontinued and resurrected in a small town in Japan

Just dance 2 will outsell FXIII

Sega  will announce in a shocker that Bayonetta is indeed a man.

KH3 will be announce as a Iphone exclusive, sorry , mobile exclusive.

Reviewers will be professional again after giving Zelda Wii a 94 on Meta

Wiifit will be denounced by Obama for not making people fit enough

best selling games.

1. Wii GAME
2. COD7
3. Reach
4. GT5

Hardware

87 million Wii
45 million ps3
46 million 360
150 million ds
-3 million psp

Hey psrock, is the PSP doomed?



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psrock on 10 January 2010

According to IGN, Yes. The PSP sold a million less than the 360 last year, that's the End to me.



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darthdevidem01 on 10 January 2010
psrock said:
According to IGN, Yes. The PSP sold a million less than the 360 last year, that's the End to me.

calm down psrock, I'm afraid you might start the first of your multiple "I'm leaving vgchartz" & "Vgchartz I'm BACK" threads

PSP is fine psrock, just blame piracy!



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psrock on 10 January 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
psrock said:
According to IGN, Yes. The PSP sold a million less than the 360 last year, that's the End to me.

calm down psrock, I'm afraid you might start the first of your multiple "I'm leaving vgchartz" & "Vgchartz I'm BACK" threads

PSP is fine psrock, just blame piracy!

I just wanted it to be a psprock year so badly.



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Kantor on 10 January 2010
psrock said:
darthdevidem01 said:
psrock said:
According to IGN, Yes. The PSP sold a million less than the 360 last year, that's the End to me.

calm down psrock, I'm afraid you might start the first of your multiple "I'm leaving vgchartz" & "Vgchartz I'm BACK" threads

PSP is fine psrock, just blame piracy!

I just wanted it to be a psprock year so badly.

You could say you're leaving the site until 2011, and then come back every week to check PSP sales.



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Mummelmann on 10 January 2010

OP seems reasonable enough but I think your DS hardware is way, way too high though.
Mine are in the sig, maybe I'll try some other predictions later on in the month (game related ones).



Demotruk on 10 January 2010

Daring predictions only?

Hmm, ok, I'll try.

Nintendo will make a decent gain on the year in the first half at least. It'll be over a million up YoY by July.

An XBox 360 price cut will happen within the first half of the year.

Red Steel 2 will sell over a million within the year (ok, not so daring...).

Peter Schiff will be elected to the US Senate.

There will be a Wii version of The Force Unleashed 2 with a focus on WM+ lightsaber duels. It will sell over a million.

Another major studio will go under and everyone will be sad.

Nintendo will reveal new portable hardware that will connect to cellular networks for online multiplayer and digital distribution.



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