Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

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Post by Governmentyard »

Well, I made the thread because this was obviously going to happen :wink:


No idea why everyone is acting so surprised. It was obvious to all intelligent people that the DS would pwn, and then that the Wii would do the same. In fact, I think it is high time all the people who predicted a Sony whitewash came in this thread and apologised for being big wrong cunts about it all.

Anyway, I'm off to play some emulators on my PSP. See you in a bit x
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I still reckon the Wii will fall flat on its arse to be honest. I expected novelty-wearing-thin and so far there's no sign of anything that disproves that. Lightsaber game, where art thou?

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Dio wrote: I expected novelty-wearing-thin and so far there's no sign of anything that disproves that.
Strikes me as a slightly creationist-esq argument.
What *could* disprove it?
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A game that interested me. Not that I've played much on it, but Wii Sports (which everyone else seemed to be raving about) had me hooked for all of one game on each of the minigames - and I got bored before the end of the baseball.

Not saying that everyone's like me, but it all seems really superficial so far, and I'm looking for something more solid that'll get me to buy one (I wouldn't mind summat smaller instead of t'Cube) and I ain't seen it yet. Where's something as sharp as Pikmin or SMB that got me to buy the Cube in the first place?
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Dio wrote:A game that interested me. Not that I've played much on it, but Wii Sports (which everyone else seemed to be raving about) had me hooked for all of one game on each of the minigames - and I got bored before the end of the baseball.

Not saying that everyone's like me, but it all seems really superficial so far, and I'm looking for something more solid that'll get me to buy one (I wouldn't mind summat smaller instead of t'Cube) and I ain't seen it yet. Where's something as sharp as Pikmin or SMB that got me to buy the Cube in the first place?
Well, I guess all those nongamers disapprove you ;)

I only turn my Wii on when I have friends in here but we have a great time with it. Money well spent IMHO :)
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Dio wrote:so far there's no sign of anything that disproves that. Lightsaber game, where art thou?
Here! Disproved then?
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Yeah, the Wii's become party games machine of choice here too - bit o' multiplayer (offline as online sucks) mario strikers / monkey ball / Wii Sports. But in all honesty there hasn't been a game since Zelda that I've wanted to play on it single player - well one that's out here anyway. How long does it take them to release Paper Mario all feckin ready?! :D

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Dio wrote:A game that interested me. Not that I've played much on it, but Wii Sports (which everyone else seemed to be raving about) had me hooked for all of one game on each of the minigames - and I got bored before the end of the baseball.

Not saying that everyone's like me, but it all seems really superficial
The thing is, those games arnt superficial.
Baseball isnt anyway.

I mean, fair on you, if you dont like it and are waiting for stuff like SPM and Galaxy.
But you cant really say "the platform dosnt have a game that interests me, therefor its a novalty".

FPS and Football games bore the hell out of me, but I wouldnt call them a novalty.

Likewise, many could view a Lightsaber game as a novalty even though many (like us) are gagging for it.
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Dio wrote:Not saying that everyone's like me, but it all seems really superficial so far, and I'm looking for something more solid that'll get me to buy one (I wouldn't mind summat smaller instead of t'Cube) and I ain't seen it yet.
Yeah. Mind you, it took over 6 months for the DS to get a proper bunch of games in the UK and now look at it. That coincided with the pre-Christmas release schedule though - we might have to wait a little longer for the Wii.
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Darkflame wrote:But you cant really say "the platform dosnt have a game that interests me, therefor its a novalty".
Actually I'd say "Therefore it's a novelty" ;).

It's more to do with the number of people I've seen happy to sell 'em on, and the lack of anything much but party games (since most party games are pretty much inherently novelty to some extent).
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Bubba wrote:Yeah, the Wii's become party games machine of choice here too - bit o' multiplayer (offline as online sucks) mario strikers / monkey ball / Wii Sports. But in all honesty there hasn't been a game since Zelda that I've wanted to play on it single player - well one that's out here anyway. How long does it take them to release Paper Mario all feckin ready?! :D

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At least you liked Zelda. Not being a fan already it did nothing to change my mind. Not a bad game, just not my thing.

The Wii is certainly relegated to part time party game machine here. For single player gaming there's just nothing to compete with the stuff being released on other formats just now.

I'm willing to give it time though. The potential is too great to give up on already.
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Thats funny, because I dont see anything on the PS3 that comes close to Twlight Princess. (or wind waker for that mater).

360 has, of course, a significant head start, so it does have a lot more stuff.
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Darkflame wrote:But you cant really say "the platform dosnt have a game that interests me, therefor its a novalty".
Actually I'd say "Therefore it's a novelty" ;).
And again;
Why should your taste determain if something is a novalty or not?

You didnt like WiiSports straight away..that just means you didnt like it.
A novalty would be something you play intensively at first, and then quickly go off.

From my expirence that simply hasnt happened.
We have a Wii 6 months now.
If someone says "Do you want a game of Tennis?" they are talking about WiiSports. No question needed.

We have a large selection of sports games on various formats, but have we gone back to them?
Has the novalty woren off?
no.
Sure, we play less WiiSports then we first got it, but "traditional" sports games havnt been touched at all.

If it was a novalty, you would expect by now we would have gone back to playing button-based sports games. But we havnt.
We eagly await bigger, more detailed sports games for the Wii, but its unthinkable to now play a tennis or baseball game without the wiimote.

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Also, the shops are kinda empty of any second hand Wii's at all from what I seen. (yet theres at least 5 second hand ps3's here...does that make the ps3 a novalty item too?)
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Post by Atty »

I dunno, there's plenty of stuff that interests me on the Wii, I just wish I could afford it all.

It may not have that any real super AAA quality titles out there yet (except Zelda), but there's still plenty of stuff I'd readily plonk down cash for, if I had the cash to plonk down.

Also, it seems maybe a bit dismissive to call the Wii a novelty that's wearing thin, as this certainally isn't reflected in any sales data or the press the Wii is receiving. Fair enough if you want games with a bit more depth and complexity than the Wii is seeing atm, but, frankly, all games are a bit of a novelty and almost always eventually get dull. In my own (and my friends) experience, simple, accessible games like Wii sports and Wario Ware have had far more staying power than 'proper' games like Resistance and Motorstorm.
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I still havn't switched my Wii on since I finished Zelda. In March.

It's not likely to go on again until Smash Brothers comes out.
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Post by Darkflame »

Thats true in some ways.
Eleedeez and Kororpina* are two I certainly want.

Are they party games? not really.
Are they novatly games? maybe, but anymore then katamari?


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