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[Mysterio]

And even Zelda was a port of a GCN version that was simply released a few weeks before the original.

Did we say genius already?

And the Wii-mote was a "port" of a GCN version that was simply released instead of the original, lol

[Exoduso]

Besides the point, Nintendo's strat is genius.

And I was never a big Nintendo fan.. last Nintendo console I owned was the N64. But the the whole strategy surrounding the Wii's launch and lifespan up till now is done very very well.

[Headspace]

And even Zelda was a port of a GCN version that was simply released a few weeks before the original.

Did we say genius already?

And the Wii-mote was a "port" of a GCN version that was simply released instead of the original, lol

Best business idea they've ever had.

[Pyro]

Oh please lol. How many times have you and Pyro posted "OMG STUDY SHOWS RED RINGS OF DEATH CAUSES CANCER...." articles. Point is, you're no saint either lol. And chill with the 360 fanboy card. I've spent more time playing my Wii online in the past month then I have with my xbox.

Pulled from way back on page 116, but point out a time where I've posted "OMG STUDY SHOWS RED RINGS OF DEATH CAUSES CANCER..." articles.

[Mysterio]

according to my memory it was GraveRobberX who posted the red ring of death thing.

I've posted some info from some sites survey showcasing the failure rate, so I'm no saint either. Mine was just some factual stuff, it really wasn't a "NEWS FLASH 360 DIES" thing. Because everyone knew about this serious problem before Microsoft officially anounced shit.

But I don't think Pyro has lol

[Xavier]

The craziest thing is, the best game in that time frame for the Wii was probably RE4, which was a 2 year old game. Sure Zelda and Paper Mario were there too. But there has not been a AAA release for months. If I were Nintendo I would laugh about the console war as well.

I never played the original RE4, so the Wii version was a new experience both in controls and story, and I absolutely loved it. I couldn't agree with you more about the lack of AAA titles right now, but the future looks bright, and as long as companies create RE4-like games (touching up the graphics a little bit since it can handle that), I'll be happy.

[aurik]

And the Wii-mote was a "port" of a GCN version that was simply released instead of the original, lol

Not true. While original prototypes worked with the GCN devkits, they never intended to release it for the GCN.
It would be retarded because peripheral attachment rate is shit--and Nintendo knows this because learned it with the expanded ram fiasco on the N64. (Sony learned this with the harddrive/ethernet attachment. Looks like Microsoft is just figuring this out with the "HDD required" uproar on X360).

Furthermore, they would have been releasing it at the very tail of the generation, not exactly an ideal time to market a peripheral. Add a small (and declining) market for GCN games to a low attach rate and you get...a peripheral nobody wants to develop for.

[Mysterio]

The original Wii-mote worked with the Gamecube devkits?

That's more or less confirming what I said, but in greater detail. Yeah it worked with the Gamecube, and it would have made no sense to release it for it at the end of its life cycle. I guess I should say it was "compatible" rather than "for" the Gamecube lol

[Deejay]

I'm just stressing the truth, he really doesn't talk about Halo so much...

I agree he doesn't talk about it much, because Halo doesn't need to be hyped anymore than it is.

Pretty soon you'll be eating Halo flakes in the morning.

this still doesn't excuse the fact he always shits on the PS3 parade around here lol.

I mean it's fine if you want to be critical of the game sure.. but

"Raise your hand if you care about Warhawk" is ignorance, not criticism lol

and then we're "blind" fanboys.

I don't shit on the PS3 parade anymore than you make up bogus claims like "360 can't handle OMGWarhawk". Quit getting your feelings hurt over one post.

edit: And for the record, I don't hate sony lol. Just not going to "join their camp" untill theres a real reason to. Warhawk looks pretty and all, but I thought SOCOM was supposed to be the killer multiplayer game for PS3? No one even talks about that.

[Skyylya]

I'd say about every 10 pages or so of this thread is like deja-vu and reading the same thing all over again....anyone else get that feeling or is it just me?

[XxSlusherxx]

The craziest thing is, the best game in that time frame for the Wii was probably RE4, which was a 2 year old game. Sure Zelda and Paper Mario were there too. But there has not been a AAA release for months. If I were Nintendo I would laugh about the console war as well.

I never played the original RE4, so the Wii version was a new experience both in controls and story, and I absolutely loved it. I couldn't agree with you more about the lack of AAA titles right now, but the future looks bright, and as long as companies create RE4-like games (touching up the graphics a little bit since it can handle that), I'll be happy.

But this is not uncommon, remember first year of PS2.

[Xavier]

Do I remember absolutely loving SSX because there was nothing else to love when the PS2 came out? Yes. Dark times...

[Po]

The craziest thing is, the best game in that time frame for the Wii was probably RE4, which was a 2 year old game. Sure Zelda and Paper Mario were there too. But there has not been a AAA release for months. If I were Nintendo I would laugh about the console war as well.

I never played the original RE4, so the Wii version was a new experience both in controls and story, and I absolutely loved it. I couldn't agree with you more about the lack of AAA titles right now, but the future looks bright, and as long as companies create RE4-like games (touching up the graphics a little bit since it can handle that), I'll be happy.

I actually never played it before the Wii version either. I was just making the point that even with the lack of AAA titles the Wii still is an unstoppable force so for that reason they could care less about the sales of PS3/360.

But yes, of course I'd like to see more AAA as well, though I am sure the big 3 this fall, starting in 2 weeks will keep me occupied for quite some time :D

[Semitry]

What defines an AAA game?

[Exoduso]

Do I remember absolutely loving SSX because there was nothing else to love when the PS2 came out? Yes. Dark times...

rofl, and The Bouncer...
I used to think those graphics were so fucking amazing when I got the game, and when I popped it into my ps3 a while ago and tried to play it I couldn't do anything else but lol @ how lame the overall presentation was.

[Po]

What defines an AAA game?

I'd say a big name title that is done very well and plays excellent. Like Mario Party could have been one, but it sucked so bad.


Give us a review of the full version of Bioshock Semitry, but no spoilers pls :D

[Pyro]

Jack Thompson has a hard on for Bioshock.

http://xboxer.tv/2007/08/jack_thomps..._set_on_b.html

[Semitry]

What defines an AAA game?

I'd say a big name title that is done very well and plays excellent. Like Mario Party could have been one, but it sucked so bad.

Then the Wii has plenty of AAA titles, with the last one being RE4 imo.

Give us a review of the full version of Bioshock Semitry, but no spoilers pls :D

Not far enough yet, maybe tomorrow, I plan on putting a ton of hours into it today.

Jack Thompson has a hard on for Bioshock.

http://xboxer.tv/2007/08/jack_thompsons ... _on_b.html

That's awesome, free advertising. If I didn't have a hard on for the game myself, I'd buy it just because Jack Thompson is against it.

[Xavier]

The guy writing the article was funny.

[aurik]

The original Wii-mote worked with the Gamecube devkits?

That's more or less confirming what I said, but in greater detail.

No it's not.