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Ah, Nintendo. My first true and only love. They single handedly revived a dying industry, fell to the bottom of the barrel, and unexpectedly rose to the top again just within the past 3 years. Now, for better or worse, the Wii is here to stay. Both gamers and our culture have latched onto it, and itʼs reign over this generation is non-disputable. Yet still, most “core” gamers have abandoned the white box. Is it the honeymoon over for Nintendo, or is this just the beginning?
I consider myself a Nintendo fanboy. Iʼm a lover of all systems, but thereʼs nothing like the Big N that gets me all worked up. I bought the Wii at launch and loved it….up until about last yearʼs E3. Wii Sports 2? Wii Music? Animal Crossing? These were the AAA titles I had to expect the next year? Oh no. Nintendo let me down big time. Third parties had already jumped the shark, figuring out early on they could make a quick buck with cute minigames (see Carnival Games.) Where was a hint of a new Zelda? A new StarFox? The return of Pit? My dreams were shattered, and my Wii sat alone for a good number of months with no power. But I havenʼt given up.
The Wii isnʼt over. I still believe in itʼs potential. I know the next Mario and Zelda and hopefully other franchises will blow me away. I also think the Wii is going to stick around longer than anything else. While we may see a PS4 or Xbo
60-2 (?) in the next couple years, Nintendo really doesnʼt have to do anything. Theyʼre still selling like crazy. If it ainʼt broken, donʼt fix it.
Thatʼs not to say Nintendo should rest on its laurels. 2008 started well. No More Heroes was a delight. Super Smash Bros. Brawl wasnʼt far off, but after SSBB, the year sucked. Mario Kart Wii disappointed. WiiFit wasnʼt worth the hysteria. And did we really need another Mario baseball game? Hereʼs some advice Nintendo: Lay off the peripherals and gimmicks and give us good games. Super Mario Galaxy relied very little on motion control and was fantastic. Zelda used the Wii Remote in a way that was fun and a little cheesy, but not annoying or distracting. Think outside the box. The Blue Ocean strategy worked….now get back to gaming.
The beginning of the end....sort of.
They rode the line wonderfully with the GameCube. Excellent games with an attempt at connecting to the non-gaming community, but it was shunned in the shadow of Sony and Microsoft and wasnʼt given a decent fighting chance. Nintendo was on the verge of going the route of Sega, and would have broken many a heart. They slipped up with the N64 by sticking with cartridges. They provided Sony an in to crush them by failing to agree on the PlayStation add-on for the SNES. Years of minor mistakes that cost them gravely, now are made up for by the smash success of the Wii. Iʼm glad for them, but donʼt want it to go to their head. Thatʼs how we got in this mess in the first place.
So even though my Wii has only seen the light of day a few times in the past few months (World of Goo, Tatsunoko VS Capcom) Iʼm still okay with it being where it is. I havenʼt given up hope. 2009 is full of opportunity, and hopefully some wonderful surprises. Games like MadWorld and The Conduit are proving that third parties arenʼt giving up either. Like Wilson Phillips, we just need to hold one, for one more year.
Εγώ δεν έχω Wii, αν και θά'θελα ένα. Αλλά, ενώ όταν ερχόταν η κονσόλα χαιρόμουνα πολύ (και δούλευα στη Sony τότε!) γιατί πίστευα ότι θα ανανεώσει την καινοτομία στα παιχνίδια τελικά βλέπω ότι το σύστημα παραείναι περιορισμένο. Ναι, ΟΚ, έχει διασκεδαστικά παιχνιδάκια, αλλά δεν θα έπρεπε να έχει ΜΟΝΟ διασκεδαστικά παιχνιδάκια. Θα έπρεπε να έχει και κανένα βαρβάτο τίτλο όπως οι άλλες κονσόλες. Αλλά, βέβαια, δεν μπορεί, γιατί η τεχνολογία του είναι...
Έβλεπα τα χριστούγεννα μαζί με τον Plink εκείνο το παιχνίδι που κάνεις τον μαέστρο. Πολλή πλάκα. Πολύ γέλιο. Αλλά full-priced release? Έλεος...
[ντάξει απλά μοιάζουν, αλλά ποτέ δεν ξέρεις, το fishing rod του dc είχε παρόμοιες λειτουργίες με το wiimote απλά είχε καλώδιο :B]
