Nintendo needs to give more appeal to the hardcore gamers 2009

I am going to type up a long rant so as my friend Ike would say, "Prepare yourself!"

2008 was not a good year for the hardcore Nintendo fans. Luckily Super Smash Bros. Brawl and with some help from Mario Kart Wii gave us hardcore gamers somewhat satisfaction. However the rest of 2008 after Brawl went downward.

At E3 I was expecting Nintendo to host a pretty good conference like the year before. Unfortunately I was severely disappointed, mostly because there were no games that appealed to the hardcore audience.

I feel as if the Wii can be something a lot better then what it is at the moment. It's often overlooked by people as a "Childish" system. However that is not the case, it appeals to all audiences. One thing about the gaming industry is that it's being fueled mostly by the shooting genre. The Wii just doesn't have the shooting games like the other two consoles have. The Wii can have great shooting games, Call of Duty 5 and Resident Evil 4 prove that the Wii is capable of doing so.

Now about the absence of the good third party games. Third party companies don't like making games for the Wii because a few weeks after the release they usually end up in the bargain bin. In my opinion I don't think that they want to try and make good third party games for the Wii, but that's just me.

Now in 2009 I hope Nintendo will release a Triple A title or even more! I haven't heard of any first party titles coming out in '09 that are hyped, but Nintendo could take advantage of a gaming drought. RELEASE popular c|assics for the Virtual Console. Or better yet finally releasing Earthbound showing that there is a huge amount of people that love to play the game and want to. Maybe then that will show them to release an Earthbound compilation on the DS with EB0, EB, and EB2. Now I'm dreaming...

Anyways the point is Nintendo needs to make 2009 the year of the hardcore audience. If 2009 isn't a good year for the Wii (I'm asking for 1 triple A title) I'm trading mine in and never looking back. We deserve it after being given hardly any hardcore titles to enjoy. Also Animal Crossing could be so much more but it's not much of an improvement to its predecessor.

I had to clear my mind of this, please post what you think as well.

I am going to type up a long rant so as my friend Ike would say, "Prepare yourself!"

2008 was not a good year for the hardcore Nintendo fans. Luckily Super Smash Bros. Brawl and with some help from Mario Kart Wii gave us hardcore gamers somewhat satisfaction. However the rest of 2008 after Brawl went downward.

At E3 I was expecting Nintendo to host a pretty good conference like the year before. Unfortunately I was severely disappointed, mostly because there were no games that appealed to the hardcore audience.

I feel as if the Wii can be something a lot better then what it is at the moment. It's often overlooked by people as a "Childish" system. However that is not the case, it appeals to all audiences. One thing about the gaming industry is that it's being fueled mostly by the shooting genre. The Wii just doesn't have the shooting games like the other two consoles have. The Wii can have great shooting games, Call of Duty 5 and Resident Evil 4 prove that the Wii is capable of doing so.

Now about the absence of the good third party games. Third party companies don't like making games for the Wii because a few weeks after the release they usually end up in the bargain bin. In my opinion I don't think that they want to try and make good third party games for the Wii, but that's just me.

Now in 2009 I hope Nintendo will release a Triple A title or even more! I haven't heard of any first party titles coming out in '09 that are hyped, but Nintendo could take advantage of a gaming drought. RELEASE popular c|assics for the Virtual Console. Or better yet finally releasing Earthbound showing that there is a huge amount of people that love to play the game and want to. Maybe then that will show them to release an Earthbound compilation on the DS with EB0, EB, and EB2. Now I'm dreaming...

Anyways the point is Nintendo needs to make 2009 the year of the hardcore audience. If 2009 isn't a good year for the Wii (I'm asking for 1 triple A title) I'm trading mine in and never looking back. We deserve it after being given hardly any hardcore titles to enjoy. Also Animal Crossing could be so much more but it's not much of an improvement to its predecessor.

I had to clear my mind of this, please post what you think as well.

"In my opinion I don't think that they want to try and make good third party games for the Wii, but that's just me."

Dragon Quest X, Monster Hunter 3, The next Tales of (which it's a main title) disagree.

"In my opinion I don't think that they want to try and make good third party games for the Wii, but that's just me."

Dragon Quest X, Monster Hunter 3, The next Tales of (which it's a main title) disagree.

*looks around topic...shakes head, leaves*Sepewrath

Eight words, Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World!Ultamite-Ninja

[QUOTE="chris3116"]

"In my opinion I don't think that they want to try and make good third party games for the Wii, but that's just me."

Dragon Quest X, Monster Hunter 3, The next Tales of (which it's a main title) disagree.

Okami_Link

Dont forget the new Pikmin in development and quite possibly a new Mario and Zelda game on the way. and also Little King's Story :)

I am going to type up a long rant so as my friend Ike would say, "Prepare yourself!"

2008 was not a good year for the hardcore Nintendo fans. Luckily Super Smash Bros. Brawl and with some help from Mario Kart Wii gave us hardcore gamers somewhat satisfaction. However the rest of 2008 after Brawl went downward.

At E3 I was expecting Nintendo to host a pretty good conference like the year before. Unfortunately I was severely disappointed, mostly because there were no games that appealed to the hardcore audience.

I feel as if the Wii can be something a lot better then what it is at the moment. It's often overlooked by people as a "Childish" system. However that is not the case, it appeals to all audiences. One thing about the gaming industry is that it's being fueled mostly by the shooting genre. The Wii just doesn't have the shooting games like the other two consoles have. The Wii can have great shooting games, Call of Duty 5 and Resident Evil 4 prove that the Wii is capable of doing so.

Now about the absence of the good third party games. Third party companies don't like making games for the Wii because a few weeks after the release they usually end up in the bargain bin. In my opinion I don't think that they want to try and make good third party games for the Wii, but that's just me.

Now in 2009 I hope Nintendo will release a Triple A title or even more! I haven't heard of any first party titles coming out in '09 that are hyped, but Nintendo could take advantage of a gaming drought. RELEASE popular c|assics for the Virtual Console. Or better yet finally releasing Earthbound showing that there is a huge amount of people that love to play the game and want to. Maybe then that will show them to release an Earthbound compilation on the DS with EB0, EB, and EB2. Now I'm dreaming...

Anyways the point is Nintendo needs to make 2009 the year of the hardcore audience. If 2009 isn't a good year for the Wii (I'm asking for 1 triple A title) I'm trading mine in and never looking back. We deserve it after being given hardly any hardcore titles to enjoy. Also Animal Crossing could be so much more but it's not much of an improvement to its predecessor.

I had to clear my mind of this, please post what you think as well.

SN35_2

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]*looks around topic...shakes head, leaves*yeahyeahbigN

[QUOTE="yeahyeahbigN"][QUOTE="Sepewrath"]*looks around topic...shakes head, leaves*Xraydon

Nintendo is a casual company. They make casual games. Whether the hardcore audience likes them or not is totally up for grabs. Next year they will appeal to the casual audience as they have every year since their existence. If you haven't liked what you've seen so far, I'd suggest trading in your system now instead of later.AlexSays

I agree 100% with this. Nintendo has always been mass market and they've always made mass market games. However, they're traditional games (Zelda, Mario, Pokemon), while still enjoyed by casual gamers, have "hardcore elements" that newer Nintendo games such as Wii Fit and Wii Play lack. People want to see those hardcore elements return and I think they will with games like Punch-Out and Sin and Punishment 2 coming out in the coming year or so. Even still Nintendo has clearly gone back to the basics of gaming to appeal to those who have been left behind since the NES era and that's going to mean simpler and more intuitive games like Wii Play. If people don't like that direction, they should stop whining and forget about the Wii.

[QUOTE="Xraydon"][QUOTE="yeahyeahbigN"] dittoMike885

I dont mind casual and core talk but i hate when people say Nintendo needs to so this or needs to do that since what they are doing is making them a load of money

i want a kirby wii game NAO!Jdog30

I don't see why people ONLY look at Nintendo's titles. Jeese there's a lot of OTHER good Wii games out there besides ones made by Nintendo!Chojuto

Thank you. I'm playing deblob right now and it's better than every nintendo game released in the past 6 months combined.

I am going to type up a long rant so as my friend Ike would say, "Prepare yourself!"

2008 was not a good year for the hardcore Nintendo fans. Luckily Super Smash Bros. Brawl and with some help from Mario Kart Wii gaveus hardcore gamers somewhat satisfaction. However the rest of 2008 after Brawl went downward.

At E3 I was expecting Nintendo to host a pretty good conference like the year before. Unfortunately I was severely disappointed, mostly because there were no games that appealed to the hardcore audience.

I feel as if the Wii can be something a lot better then what it is at the moment. It's often overlooked by people as a "Childish" system. However that is not the case, it appeals to all audiences. One thing about the gaming industry is that it's being fueled mostly by the shooting genre. The Wii just doesn't have the shooting games like the other two consoles have. The Wii can have great shooting games, Call of Duty 5 and Resident Evil 4 prove that the Wii is capable of doing so.

Now about the absence of the good third party games. Third party companies don't like making games for the Wii because a few weeks after the release they usually end up in the bargain bin. In my opinion I don't think that they want to try and make good third party games for the Wii, but that's just me.

Now in 2009 I hope Nintendo will release a Triple A title or even more! I haven't heard of any first party titles coming out in '09 that are hyped, but Nintendo could take advantage of a gaming drought. RELEASE popular c|assics for the Virtual Console. Or better yet finally releasing Earthbound showing that there is a huge amount of people that love to play the game and want to. Maybe then that will show them to release an Earthbound compilation on the DS with EB0, EB, and EB2. Now I'm dreaming...

Anyways the point is Nintendo needs to make 2009 the year of the hardcore audience. If 2009 isn't a good year for the Wii (I'm asking for 1 triple A title) I'm trading mine in and never looking back. We deserve it after being given hardly any hardcore titles to enjoy. Also Animal Crossing could be so much more but it's not much of an improvement to its predecessor.

I had to clear my mind of this, please post what you think as well.

SN35_2

que Jaysonguy "there is no such thing"

[QUOTE="SN35_2"]

I am going to type up a long rant so as my friend Ike would say, "Prepare yourself!"

2008 was not a good year for the hardcore Nintendo fans. Luckily Super Smash Bros. Brawl and with some help from Mario Kart Wii gave us hardcore gamers somewhat satisfaction. However the rest of 2008 after Brawl went downward.

At E3 I was expecting Nintendo to host a pretty good conference like the year before. Unfortunately I was severely disappointed, mostly because there were no games that appealed to the hardcore audience.

I feel as if the Wii can be something a lot better then what it is at the moment. It's often overlooked by people as a "Childish" system. However that is not the case, it appeals to all audiences. One thing about the gaming industry is that it's being fueled mostly by the shooting genre. The Wii just doesn't have the shooting games like the other two consoles have. The Wii can have great shooting games, Call of Duty 5 and Resident Evil 4 prove that the Wii is capable of doing so.

Now about the absence of the good third party games. Third party companies don't like making games for the Wii because a few weeks after the release they usually end up in the bargain bin. In my opinion I don't think that they want to try and make good third party games for the Wii, but that's just me.

Now in 2009 I hope Nintendo will release a Triple A title or even more! I haven't heard of any first party titles coming out in '09 that are hyped, but Nintendo could take advantage of a gaming drought. RELEASE popular c|assics for the Virtual Console. Or better yet finally releasing Earthbound showing that there is a huge amount of people that love to play the game and want to. Maybe then that will show them to release an Earthbound compilation on the DS with EB0, EB, and EB2. Now I'm dreaming...

Anyways the point is Nintendo needs to make 2009 the year of the hardcore audience. If 2009 isn't a good year for the Wii (I'm asking for 1 triple A title) I'm trading mine in and never looking back. We deserve it after being given hardly any hardcore titles to enjoy. Also Animal Crossing could be so much more but it's not much of an improvement to its predecessor.

I had to clear my mind of this, please post what you think as well.

SSBFan12

No, no, no, I agree with the OP. The control scheme for the Wii can make the games more than they already are, and they work well with the CoD5. Because of that I'd rather play CoD on the Wii than on the 360. Third Party publishers just dont realize the full potential of the Wii. And I'm looking forward to the hardcore games coming out next year, and yes, there are quite a few of them.

This is why i bought a ps3 a couple months before christmas, i finally am playing games on a regular basis again... 2009 isn't looking so great for wii in my humble opinion, ps3 and 360 both have very good line ups. world at war is superior on ps3, and with the release of RE5 ( a third person title that is coming to xbox360 and ps3)and killzone 2 in Q 1 alone it is looking good for my ps3, cuz wihen you just own the wii you get gems but RARELY.

oh lord shut up, Nintendo is the only company people epect great games out of every other month, give them time and they will give you games, 2009 looks to be the bees knees for nintend0 with the conduit, red steel 2, several nintendo games, tenchu,madworld, final fantasy, monster hunter tri- and many more, Sony has killzone 2( never been a good series, and god of war 3

both sony and ms- have final fantasy x111 resident evil-5 or re4 w/ tacked on coop

ms- has halo ODST, and halo wars

i think the winner is nintendo for good games

oh lord shut up, Nintendo is the only company people epect great games out of every other month, give them time and they will give you games, 2009 looks to be the bees knees for nintend0 with the conduit, red steel 2, several nintendo games, tenchu,madworld, final fantasy, monster hunter tri- and many more, Sony has killzone 2( never been a good series, and god of war 3

both sony and ms- have final fantasy x111 resident evil-5 or re4 w/ tacked on coop

ms- has halo ODST, and halo wars

i think the winner is nintendo for good games

voodoo_goodoo

Thats the thing.. i think people are tired of waiting.

oh lord shut up, Nintendo is the only company people epect great games out of every other month, give them time and they will give you games, 2009 looks to be the bees knees for nintend0 with the conduit, red steel 2, several nintendo games, tenchu,madworld, final fantasy, monster hunter tri- and many more, Sony has killzone 2( never been a good series, and god of war 3

both sony and ms- have final fantasy x111 resident evil-5 or re4 w/ tacked on coop

ms- has halo ODST, and halo wars

i think the winner is nintendo for good games

voodoo_goodoo

These games are first party.

1. Sin & Punishment 2
2. Punch Out Wii
3. Another Code R: Gateway of Memory
4. Dynamic Slash
5. Line Attack Heroes

Those games I will say is Hardcore or atleast Core.

These ones are Casual or borderline Casual.

1. Forever Blue 2
2. Comsic Walker
3. Spawn Smasher
4. Wii SPorts Resort

Nintendo still didn't announce its full line up.