Official Wii Thread: Part 3

[Kentaochstoffe]

excite truck looks like shit, plays like shit..

But its fuuuuny funn fuuun.

Nintendo fun.

[SpoDaddy]

"Red Steel is selling like hotcakes, and not because of it's graphics"
Yeah, it's because there's no games for the system and that one was hyped more than any other save Zelda. Hype has that effect on lots of games.

Madden, Rayman, Trauma Center, Excite Truck, Monkey Ball, Call of Duty 3; all of those games are selling especially well on Wii. That makes 8 launch games that are performing well above traditional launch game expectations; hardly "no games for the system".

What is it? Not this "First Person Adventure" shit again...

Is Zelda a Third Person Slasher?

No...we're comparing the 'portness' of Kameo to Zelda. One could be done on the other hardware, the other couldn't.

One was ported for 3 years, the other for 2 months.

[Nash]

I'm sure there will be tons of Wii games that don't exploit it's potential, but that's true of all systems. Fire Emblem will probably have an intuitive wiimote control system similar to a mouse and keyboard PC setup. It won't revolutionize the game but it'll be fun; if the argument is "why isn't it on a system other than Wii?" I could make the counter-argument that every console game should be a PC game, since that platform offers the most control and hardware options. It's a Nintendo game so it goes on Nintendo's system, just like Microsoft's games go on Microsoft's system.

My point wasn't that it should be on another system. Nintendo can remedy this by allowing an option for conventional controls for those games that work fine without the Wii-mote. The insistence on mandatory Wii controls for games that don't require it is a big turnoff (especially on those cold days where you want to play something while wrapped up in a blanket). I'd probably try to track down a Wii this holiday season had Twilight Princess provided an option for conventional controls. But as it stands, I'm waiting for the Gamecube version.

[SpoDaddy]

My point wasn't that it should be on another system. Nintendo can remedy this by allowing an option for conventional controls for those games that work fine without the Wii-mote. The insistence on mandatory Wii controls for games that don't require it is a big turnoff (especially on those cold days where you want to play something while wrapped up in a blanket). I'd probably try to track down a Wii this holiday season had Twilight Princess provided an option for conventional controls. But as it stands, I'm waiting for the Gamecube version.

That's a good point; I do like playing games under the covers as well. That's what the 360 will be for though. I've accepted that Wii is for playing games in a different way.

[Joust Williams]

"Is Zelda a Third Person Slasher?"
Is the focus on Zelda slashing? In Metroid you SHOOT stuff. You don't interact with characters, there isn't much in the way of REAL puzzles...you shoot stuff.

[PKBMax]

I'm going to try to exchange it today for either Monkey Ball or Excite Truck, I haven't decided which yet. All suggestions/opinions welcomed.

Only get Monkey Ball if you like playing through the single player levels -- the mini-games suck IMO.

I've always loved Monkey Ball single player and BB is certainly better than SMB2 in terms of level design. That said about halfway through I haven't seen anything to put it above the original. The jump mechanic is fun though.

[PKBMax]

Wow, someone took Joust's bait hardcore.

STFU.

[MechDeus]

I'd like to see the 360 run Zelda at more than half a frame per second. It can't and it never will.

My Xbox runs OoT just fine.

[SpoDaddy]

"Is Zelda a Third Person Slasher?"
Is the focus on Zelda slashing? In Metroid you SHOOT stuff. You don't interact with characters, there isn't much in the way of REAL puzzles...you shoot stuff.

The focus of Metroid is not shooting; it's exploration, followed by puzzles and platforming. The shooting involves none of the skills associated with FPS'es (you auto lock-on to everything). You could remove the shooting altogether and still have a game.

[SpoDaddy]

Only get Monkey Ball if you like playing through the single player levels -- the mini-games suck IMO.

I've always loved Monkey Ball single player and BB is certainly better than SMB2 in terms of level design. That said about halfway through I haven't seen anything to put it above the original. The jump mechanic is fun though.

I enjoyed the single player levels in Monkey Ball 1 and 2 (hated Adventure), but I have to admit the bigger longterm appeal for me was always the minigames. I've heard that a sizeable chunk of the 50 minigames blow, but does it at least have as many quality ones as Monkey Ball 2 did?