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Nintendo has a new console, goes on sale in 2012
Storm Rider:
--- Quote from: Tom on 27 Apr 2011, 04:33 ---Bring on the shovelware and HD game remakes.
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Both of these things already exist and shovelware has existed literally since the beginning of video games so it really pisses me off when people act like Nintendo is somehow responsible for it.
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: McTaggart on 27 Apr 2011, 00:04 ---Comparable. In this case comparing them with the relation "bigger and badder than".
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ah. i wonder how it stacks up to the NES?
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Storm Rider on 27 Apr 2011, 11:22 ---Both of these things already exist and shovelware has existed literally since the beginning of video games so it really pisses me off when people act like Nintendo is somehow responsible for it.
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yeah, like, does anyone remember the ps2
KvP:
--- Quote from: Storm Rider on 27 Apr 2011, 11:22 ---
--- Quote from: Tom on 27 Apr 2011, 04:33 ---Bring on the shovelware and HD game remakes.
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Both of these things already exist and shovelware has existed literally since the beginning of video games so it really pisses me off when people act like Nintendo is somehow responsible for it.
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Nintendo's not responsible for shovelware, but for myriad reasons it seemed like the Wii does not have a terribly diverse set of games outside of first-party titles, probably due to the chilling effect that the difficulties third-party publishers have had. What big wii-exclusive games didn't come out of Nintendo? The only thing I can think of is Epic Mickey, which did really well (1.3 million on a single platform through Christmas), whereas there are a lot of famous duds (Madworld, Boom Blox, the No More Heroes games). It quickly gained a reputation for bad ports of games that were better on other systems. At a certain point wii ports seemed to drop off, except in the cases of, yes, shovelware. Show me a game with simultaneously released versions on every available platform and I'll show you a mediocre-at-best game.
Honestly if someone were to ask my advice I'd tell them not to get a Wii unless new Metroid / Mario / Zelda games alone justified the purchase for them (and they do, for a lot of people), or they absolutely had to have the Wiiware games not available on other services (Toejam & Earl, notably). If they wanted a wider and more diverse palette, I'd advise them to look elsewhere. I'd welcome a return to Nintendo consoles that would try and compete with Microsoft / Sony (it definitely seemed like the Wii was more of a push into new markets, one that was quite successful), but that seems like a slim chance at this point.
JD:
Hey No More Heros is a fun game, you shut your face
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