Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

[Darkflame]

I wouldnt tie artwork design so strongly to game design.

For sure a coder might not be able to get the look, or atmosphere, of a game right.
But I still feel they would normaly be darn good at basic game mechcanics, the actual design of how the game works from start to end.

[benedictw]

I was poking round the lostgarden website (lostgarden.com) - he was making the point that games designed by coders tend to be more focused on the spatial skills. He was claiming that other disciplines could bring something different to game creation. Not 100% convinced by that argument but I can see it may have some merit.

[D.J.Fudge]

Toys'r'Us
Times Square

[Samus]

Very positive Red Steel and Rayman reports from the Wired guy Chris Kohler:

http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/10/red ... hands.html

http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/10/ray ... ing_r.html

[Darkflame]

Toys'r'Us
Times Square

Is Nice!
[/borat]

Good to see its started...bit underwealmed by the "Wii" print ads at the mo.

[Rod_S]

Another detailed hands-on test:

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2006/10/ ... _On/1.html

[Darkflame]

Nice reviews, allthough that guy seems to want it both ways. (He dosnt want to stand up and look like an idiot...but if he isnt then it isnt in the "Wii Spirit".)

Also, theres the odd thing about "The fact that this second remote is essential for the Wii experience raises an interesting question". (obviously the PS3 dosnt have multiplayer games?)


Interesting the other guy thinks Red Steals controls are perfect, as I was conviencing myself that was a game i could do without due to controlls :-/

[Yak]

That guy seems a bit too concerned about what he looks like playing games to be credible, really .

Still, interesting; but what I'm really waiting for is to read about how the new machines are generally received by real people come November .

[Samus]

Herein lies part of the problem I have with the Wii. Is it all going to end up as just a novelty? Before you lambaste me with fanboy induced rage hear me out. The pictures on the previous page were carefully selected. At the top you saw the Nintendo produced images, pictures of models enjoying themselves, frolicking around or looking like they are intensely embroiled in a game. Below are pictures of 'real' people, looking overweight, disjointed and ungainly – we're still having fun, albeit of the ugly and humiliating kind.

Same here, among other things, it all comes across as if he wants someone to reply in the discuss forum that "no no no, you're not at all ugly and fat, you look just fine".

Anyways, people who say stuff like this seriously lack vision:

Is it all going to end up as just a novelty?

The tools are there to provide something remarkably good and original, but, just like with _every game ever_, the end result depends on the creators.

[Deckard]

Just look at the DS and hope it all goes the same way

[Samus]

Also, theres the odd thing about "The fact that this second remote is essential for the Wii experience raises an interesting question". (obviously the PS3 dosnt have multiplayer games?)

Hehe, yeah, I can imagine many new and interesting game mechanics that would provide a deep single player experience, stuff like this is exactly what I mean by lack of vision.

[Darkflame]

Yes, the DS could have gone both ways.

Brain Training, Nintendogs, Wario Ware,Metroid Hunters and a few others proved the interfaces worth.
(allthough others proved having a lack of analogue stick is a bad idea)

If the Wii fails it will not be because of hardware, but software.

[xav]

It seems that even Nintendo have been unable to resist the obvious Wii jokes. I was wondering what games were in Wii Play and ended up at [urlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Play]the Wikipedia page[/url] on the subject.

According to the reliable journalistic source that is Wikipedia, in Japan "Wii Play" is called "Hajimete no Wii", which means:

My First Wii



Though in fairness it probably gained something in the translation

[zbandito]

Which TV has component for $100 Snakey? From my experience (having lived in the States, oh, about my entire life now ) component is the exception and not the standard. Composite is mainstream now, with RF going away on some units and SVideo still occasionally missing on others... Still I need a TV so if you know a good one ....

[Samus]

Kororinpa:













EU please.