Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

[Marius]

Rumor is Metroid isn't going to make launch, more for marketing that development reasons. From the latest IGN Wii podcast.

Makes perfect sense - it needs to have its own day in the sun. Look how terribly MP2 sold. Putting 3 up against Zelda would be stupid. I say wait a couple months till the drought hits, and I think that's what they'll do.

It annoys me no end reading about brilliant games like MP2 and Beyond Good and Evil selling next to nothing while absolute travesties like Driver 3 sells by the bucketloads.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!!!

Ah, needed to get that off my chest

[Stevo]

27 confirmed launch titles for Wii

Avatar: The Last Airbender THQ
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII Ubisoft
Blitz: The League Midway
Call of Duty 3 Activision
Cars THQ
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Atari
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Square Enix
Elebits Konami
Excite Truck Nintendo
Far Cry Ubisoft
GT Pro Series Ubisoft
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Square Enix
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo
Madden NFL 07 EA
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Activision
Metal Slug Anthology SNK
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Nintendo
Monster 4x4 World Circuit Ubisoft
Need for Speed: Carbon EA
Open Season Ubisoft
Rayman Raving Rabbids Ubisoft
Red Steel Ubisoft
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab THQ
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Sega
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Activision
Trauma Center: Second Opinion Atlus
Wii Sports Nintendo

I'll pass on't'lot.

your loss

[Bubba]

It annoys me no end reading about brilliant games like MP2 and Beyond Good and Evil selling next to nothing while absolute travesties like Driver 3 sells by the bucketloads.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!!!

Ah, needed to get that off my chest

Metroid Prime 2 was a steaming pile of arse. That's why it sold badly It also appealed to completely the wrong demographic for the cube...

Anyhoo, those launch titles look reasonable - there's certainly a couple I'd consider getting. Although a lot of them either don't interest me or are multiplatform anyway.

Cheers

Bubba

[betamax]

Metroid Prime 2 was a steaming pile of arse.

Bubba

And it's prequel was too, I suppose? Seeing as they were the same game with a different map and everyhting.

[Bubba]

Never played the original, but after buying and promptly selling prime 2 I certainly wasn't going to pay money to find out

Cheers

Bubba

[moobaa]

Metroid Prime 2 was a steaming pile of arse.

Glad I'm not the only one.

MP was a lovely bit of exploration, it really felt as though you were trekking about in a shattered world. Only the vertical difficulty spikes of the Omega Pirate and the "end game" let it down. MP2 felt, in comparison, like you were poodling about in someone's back garden. Same old wibbly aliens time after time after time after time. The odd boss battle that were tough because of shitty fucking environments you were tossed into. And a final battle that made me think "fuck this, it's not worth it."

[Samus]

Launch games for me:

WiiTennis
Excite Truck
Zelda

Also very interested in Trauma Center, Elebits, Super Monkey Ball, Metal Slug, Red Steel, Rayman, and even some of those EA games. Very nice launch. Would be good if they delayed MP3 to Christmas.

Never played the original, but after buying and promptly selling prime 2 I certainly wasn't going to pay money to find out

Cheers

Bubba

You should at least give the original Prime a try, imo, it's way better than MP2 and went straight into my all time top 10. I gave the sequel 15 good hours of play time, wanted to like it, but just couldn't. Totally different experiences, for me at least.

[fog]

27 confirmed launch titles for Wii

Avatar: The Last Airbender THQ
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII Ubisoft
Blitz: The League Midway
Call of Duty 3 Activision
Cars THQ
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Atari
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Square Enix
Elebits Konami
Excite Truck Nintendo
Far Cry Ubisoft
GT Pro Series Ubisoft
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Square Enix
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo
Madden NFL 07 EA
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Activision
Metal Slug Anthology SNK
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Nintendo
Monster 4x4 World Circuit Ubisoft
Need for Speed: Carbon EA
Open Season Ubisoft
Rayman Raving Rabbids Ubisoft
Red Steel Ubisoft
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab THQ
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Sega
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Activision
Trauma Center: Second Opinion Atlus
Wii Sports Nintendo

I'll pass on't'lot.

your loss

In what way? I'll probably pick up a Wii at launch but there's very little on that list that excites me yet.

Admittedly there are a couple I know nothing about, but very few based on the handful of screenshots we have seen spark excitement.

The ones that really interest like Elebits, Wii Sports etc. live or die by the controller and I haven't been lucky enough to try out yet so can't really form an accurate opinion.

[Darkflame]

Not playing Zelda is your lose.
Probably Monkey Ball as well.
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I enjoyed both MP1 and 2 a heck of a lot.
The multiplayer of 2 sucked, they should have spent the extra time refineing the one player more.
But overall 2 had a better balanced gameplay, allthough a few of the boss's could be harder.

They both have some of the most wonderfully imaginative, organic flowing landscapes seen in any game, imo.

As for demographics, who gives a fuck.
MP1 sold well enough, and if it was released on PS2/Xbox they would complain that "omg..this isnt a proper shotter...".

Gamecube fits more into the oddball sort-off-shotter-sort-of-adventure type thinking of the game.
That and morph-balling around.

Basicaly, it was Metroid in 3D. Nintendos one of the few companys that can go from 2D > 3D without fucking things up.

Still, the 3rd game will have to work hard to be different enough from the previous 2.
Lets have Samus actualy get out of the suit occasionaly this time

[Marius]

Metroid Prime and MP2 are two of the finest games I've never completed, absolutely brilliant, and deserved to sell a helluva lot more than they did.

[fog]

Not playing Zelda is your lose.
Probably Monkey Ball as well.

Monkey Ball I never liked although that might benefit from the controller.

Zelda yes but I didn't mention that because according to previews from e3 it was better played with the GC controller and I don't need a Wii to play it.

I want games that make proper use of the controller like the ones I mentioned earlier not games I can play on other systems (nintendo or otherwise)

[Atty]

Metroid Prime 2 was a steaming pile of arse.

Glad I'm not the only one.

MP was a lovely bit of exploration, it really felt as though you were trekking about in a shattered world. Only the vertical difficulty spikes of the Omega Pirate and the "end game" let it down. MP2 felt, in comparison, like you were poodling about in someone's back garden. Same old wibbly aliens time after time after time after time. The odd boss battle that were tough because of shitty fucking environments you were tossed into. And a final battle that made me think "fuck this, it's not worth it."

I couldn't disagree more, really. I adored both of them - both beautifully designed and incredibly fun.

[Roobarb]

Metroid Prime destroyed our Gamecube controller. Bloody excellent game, but contortion-o-tastic on your hands, especially getting past that Omega Pirate.

Prime 2 was a bit of a disappointment for me. Still a great game, and i liked the dark/light idea, but just got bored about 2/3way through. Too close timewise and gameplay-wise to the first Prime i think. I'll definitely finish it off at some point though.

I want games that make proper use of the controller like the ones I mentioned earlier not games I can play on other systems (nintendo or otherwise)

Yeah, i'm not that desperate to get those launch line-up games. Think i'll wait until the really good stuff comes along. Rayman looks promising though, and Zelda is already in the bag, but for the Gamecube. I hope Wii Sports comes as a pack-in.

[Samus]

Zelda yes but I didn't mention that because according to previews from e3 it was better played with the GC controller and I don't need a Wii to play it.

The Wii controls in Zelda got lots of excellent impressions from E3, the vid I've posted on this thread several times pretty much sold the Wii version to me...

EDIT: just checked IGN quickly to see what they had to say about it:

Let's cut to the chase: yes, it sure works. When I initially heard that Nintendo was adding Wii controller support to my most anticipated videogame, I was worried..

..In hindsight, I should have had more faith in Nintendo's Zelda team. The developer smartly integrated Wii pointer and nunchuck control to deliver something that not only works, but feels fresh.

..The changes the control setup in the Wii version adds to the game profoundly impact the game's feel. Fishing feels new. Blocking feels new. Shooting arrows feels new. Even the spin attack has a new twist to it. So even though you may encounter a familiar looking puzzle, the new control dynamics give everything a fresh coat of paint. Yes, you can get excited now..

..To perform Link's classic tornado attack, you perform a circular motion with the nunchuck. I was surprised to find it to be more responsive than the traditional circular motion on the analog stick on N64. ..

http://wii.ign.com/articles/707/707152p1.html

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

Wii play online...

...for free!

Huzzah! and stuff!

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/200 ... o-qa_x.htm

We will offer online-enabled games that the consumers will not have to pay a subscription fee for. They'll be able to enjoy that right out of the box. The Wii console is going to be Wi-Fi enabled, so essentially, you'll be able to plug it in and go. It won't have hidden fees or costs.