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I wasn't impressed with DIRTY ARMOR HOVERBOARD DEATHMATCH 2008, so perhaps we're even.

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the wii wouldn't be so bad if game designers had half a clue on how to utilize the wii remote. for me bad controls will ruin even the best of games.

I've tried to sell my wii but can't find anyone that wants to buy it. I guess I'll buy mario kart when it comes out this weekend and see it that peeks my interest in the wii again.

Not true here... I've beaten Super Paper Mario twice and I am almost done the final evel on the third time, and with Paper Mario for N64 and Super Mario Galaxy almost done for the first time, along with all others at different levels, with NinjabreadMan being the only one that I have only played once (because it sucks)

If I'd known how little I'd use my Wii I wouldn't have bought it. The thing is it's not that I actually dislike the Wii or the games I have for it but when game time comes around I usually feel like playing something else.

RobertoBaldwin wrote:

Super Mario Galaxy pulled me away from Rock Band, and I can't wait until Mario Kart Wii. Like bratboy, attorney-at-law, it's just hard to find time to play.

But easy to log in to XBL and watch videos, listen to music etc. while [s]Wiiing[/s] tackling those late-night production jobs that so enhappenate the readership.

(Hope the furniture's been moved. Those jobs take so much space... )

Theres more to gaming than just Mario..nuff said there

Ya they've blundered the launch games for years now. Last console I can remember with a truely excellent set of launch titles was the Dreamcast. Soul Calibur, Sonic Adventure, NFL2k, etc...think I bought almost every launch title and played them all to death. Course the console was based on the arcade architecture that was already in place. Dev teams didn't have to really wait to get their hands on kits plus it was easy to program for being windows based.

Having worked on the Wii, I can say that it's very limited in what it can do graphically. Both the XBox 360 and PS3 have full-fledged shader systems, while the Wii has a set number of things you can do on the hardware. So not only is it much slower, it's not flexible enough to do most fancy effects. Sure, you can still make a decent looking game, and with good enough artwork you can make up some of the deficiencies, but you'll have to bake in a lot of the effects rather than have dynamic effects, while some of the other effects are outright impossible. The other problem is the lack of RAM (88 MB with 24 MB main/graphics RAM, 64 MB slower RAM) which means you can't have a lot of heavy duty assets loaded at once.

That said, the Wii does have its place. It's just that high end graphics isn't one of them. Since that's the main focus of the Unreal 3 engine, it's obviously not going to be fit for the Wii.

I agree, there are just some games that the wii can't be played in. The differences in graphics between the wii and the ps3/xbox360 is really quite high. I got the wii and ps3 though, so no problems for me

Well I have a Nintendo Wii and enjoy playing Metroid 3, Zelda, Super Mario Galaxy, Medal of Honor Heroes 2, etc. I think I may pick up Okami and Mario Cart this summer after my home renovations. That's when I will be replacing my 27" CRT Toshiba TV with a nice 40" - 46" LCD TV (that's why I went for the Wii vs XBox360/PS3 cause my TV was 480i). With the new TV I'll be ready to jump on getting a XBox 360/PS3, now the hard part is choosing which system. PS3 has some good games and Blu-Ray, but then again XBox 360 has a crap load of good games and may (if rumors are true) have a BluRay add-on. Decisions, decisions.

I'm not entirely convinced that "Moving forward" = Better graphics.

I mean, you're still using a stick to aim!