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<blockquote data-quote="Buceph" data-source="post: 137293"><p>The Wii is just different, and people aren't used to it. There have been decent games out for it, Zelda, Excite Truck, Resi 4, Mario Strikers, Trauma Centre which is just about to come out and Red Steel quite a good game, not great but good. That's not too bad for a console in it's first year, especially when the developers are going to have to rework their design methods. The same happened with the DS and now there's a rake of great games available for it. </p><p></p><p>I think the Wii is going to force people to be a lot more efficient with design. If you've played Mario Strikers you'll know what an amazing control system it is. It doesn't feel like they've forced motion tech into it, it's only used to shoulder charge people (which actually works great because it almost feels like your really hitting someone.) You can pick up the controls to it in a single game, and there's a fair bit of depth to it. If you add to that the fact that it's one of the few games that's enjoyable to watch people playing, it's the perfect example of where the console is going. </p><p></p><p>The third party support was never there for the GC, but with the sales of the Wii were at least going to get developers giving it a go. And that will be the proof of how good a Wii console is. Remember the first year of any console is always terrible for games, and you're going to have to be patient as devs get used to a new system.</p><p></p><p>Then of course there is the multi-player party games. There's nothing like having a room full of wasted people waving their arms about trying to play tennis, or the console declaring your fitness age as 71. Good times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buceph, post: 137293"] The Wii is just different, and people aren't used to it. There have been decent games out for it, Zelda, Excite Truck, Resi 4, Mario Strikers, Trauma Centre which is just about to come out and Red Steel quite a good game, not great but good. That's not too bad for a console in it's first year, especially when the developers are going to have to rework their design methods. The same happened with the DS and now there's a rake of great games available for it. I think the Wii is going to force people to be a lot more efficient with design. If you've played Mario Strikers you'll know what an amazing control system it is. It doesn't feel like they've forced motion tech into it, it's only used to shoulder charge people (which actually works great because it almost feels like your really hitting someone.) You can pick up the controls to it in a single game, and there's a fair bit of depth to it. If you add to that the fact that it's one of the few games that's enjoyable to watch people playing, it's the perfect example of where the console is going. The third party support was never there for the GC, but with the sales of the Wii were at least going to get developers giving it a go. And that will be the proof of how good a Wii console is. Remember the first year of any console is always terrible for games, and you're going to have to be patient as devs get used to a new system. Then of course there is the multi-player party games. There's nothing like having a room full of wasted people waving their arms about trying to play tennis, or the console declaring your fitness age as 71. Good times. [/QUOTE]
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