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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Where is the love for the original Wii?

« on: May 11, 2013, 09:11:19 AM »

Thanks for all the feedback so far!  Sorry for not being able to reply earlier.

lolmonade, it was mostly porting games from GameCube to Wii that was a walk in the park.  It's sad in a way that few such ports were actually made.  The original Wii and the Wii U, on the other hand, have quite different hardware.

i'm still one to believe the Wii will last throughout this year, and maybe even the next.  It deserves to have a longer life span than the GameCube.  i'm hoping to post a commentary video on the Wii Mini soon.

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Nintendo Gaming / Where is the love for the original Wii?

« on: May 01, 2013, 11:47:02 AM »

When Nintendo released the Wii mini on December 7, 2012, it gave a sense of hope that the console would continue to be supported for at least a couple of years.  America received the SNES in late 1991, but despite that, over 150 licensed games for the original NES were released from 1992 to 1994 respectively.  The classic NES and revised NES-101 still had plenty of life left, with its final game being Wario's Woods in Christmas 1994.  Such extended NES support is impressive.
 
 Meanwhile, the Wii is Nintendo's best selling home console so far.  There was a lot of excitement for its Christmas 2006 release and its key launch titles Wii Sports and Zelda.  A lot of people liked the Wii Remote and Balance Board because some games would encourage players to exercise with these.  The Wii could also play many of the titles available for the NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64 and GameCube, so it was great to have numerous consoles combined into one.

Christmas 2012 brought the Wii U.  The console's main selling points are its HD capabilities and the bundled GamePad mini tablet.  The graphics are a welcome improvement, but don't make a huge difference when looking at the cartoon art Nintendo is known for.  As for the GamePad, how different is it compared to the Dreamcast VMU, the GameCube-to-GBA cable or even the (3)DS-to-Wii wireless link?  Plus, there is the uDraw tablet for the original Wii.  In short, the U fails to have a killer feature to convince many people to want it over the Wii.


Further irritating is the amount of games being released for the U when they would play just as well on the original Wii.  Such games include Sonic & All-StarRacing Transformed and Sing Party.  Clearly, these games are unavailable for the Wii simply in hopes that people buy the $300 U console.  It hasn't even been six months since the U launch, yet so far this year, it seems the only decent Wii title is Pandora's Tower.


Overall, it's upsetting that Nintendo is pushing so hard to sell the U that several people do not want right now, while the Wii is nearly abandoned in terms of new releases.  Maybe people need time, up to a year or two, to catch on and be convinced about the U.  Once they are ready, nearly all their Wii games are compatible with the U.  Nintendo should build on their success with the NES and Super NES and improve on that in regards to the Wii and U.

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General Gaming / Re: What was the best year for gaming?

« on: April 15, 2013, 07:55:16 PM »

2006:

• The Wii (best selling Nintendo home console yet)
• Twilight Princess launch title
• DS Lite (best selling Nintendo handheld yet)¹
• Multiple great DS games (Brain Age, Metroid, Pokémon, MVSDK2, NSMB, Star Fox, Yoshi's Island, etc…)
• PlayStation 3 (helped Blu-Ray win the HD movie disc wars)

¹ Based on this article (http://www.allgame.com/platform.php?id=17662), at least 60 million monochrome Game Boys were sold.  For me, it's safe to say that such sales haven't surpassed the 93.42 million DS Lites sold.

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TalkBack / Re: Music Software KORG M01D Coming to 3DS eShop

« on: April 15, 2013, 07:44:18 PM »

Does this work with a real MIDI-compatible instrument?

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TalkBack / Re: Wii Mini Officially Confirmed for European Release

« on: February 28, 2013, 01:47:24 PM »

The lack of GameCube backwards compatibility is moot at this point, because the Family Edition (aka. the horizontal Wii, the blue Wii or the New Super Mario Bros. Wii bundle) debuted over 1½ years ago (August 2011) and also omits GameCube support.  That's why New Play Control! exists.  By that time, no more new games or accessories were made for GameCube.  It would have been great to keep that support instead of using Classic Controllers, but that is how Nintendo does business.

It's great to see other countries get the Wii Mini.  35K sales in Canada is pretty good.  Let's see Wii supported like original DS!

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General Gaming / Re: Backwards Compatibility - Good or Bad?

« on: February 23, 2013, 02:32:48 PM »

Backwards compatibility is of great importance to me, and makes me want to purchase a Nintendo system.

First, with the Game Boy Advance, friends gave me many Game Boy games: Super Mario Land, Tetris, Baseball and so on.  They (as well as Game Boy Color) were still sold and rented in stores, making it easier for Nintendo to clear their inventory by making the Game Boy Advance compatible with nearly all non-Advance games.  Furthermore, it was easier to link games like Pokémon and Tetris with friends.  The great amount of games and accessories compatible with the Game Boy Advance increased Nintendo sales and rentals.

The Wii is also a great example of this.  i had Donkey Konga, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, F-Zero GX, Luigi's Mansion and many other games for the GameCube.  It's no longer necessary to keep the GameCube around for these games if the Wii is compatible with them.  Therefore, the GC can be sold or traded in at the store.  Even better, GameCube controllers can be used for the Virtual Console's many games, including titles from the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64 and even Sega games.  Those GameCube controllers sure get a lot of value!  It makes me wonder why Nintendo stopped manufacturing them so soon.  As for the WaveBird wireless controller, it was a great product but given little chance to live, even if Nintendo could still sell them now.

Lastly, the 3DS being compatible with DS games is a great feature to have.  It's also better implemented, unlike the older DS with single-player GBA support, because multiplayer is possible with DS games on the 3DS!  Currently, my only 3DS game is Mario Kart 7, but i have nearly a dozen of older DS games.  These are still sold in stores, so just like the GBA and older GB games, Nintendo will be able to clear out DS games more easily because the 3DS is compatible with them.  Backwards compatibility is a win-win for everyone!  :-)