Rebel Strike
F-Zero GX
Luigi's Mansion
Metroid Prime
RE4
LOZ:WW
Nintendo now believevs that graphical capabilities have reached a "saturation point", and although the Wii is stated to be 3-4x more powerful than the Cube, they have deliberately fallen out of the techincal arms race to focus on gameplay.
That being said, although the Cube games mentioned before are the cream of the crop aesthetically, I still expect Wii games to look equal to or 3-4x better than these last-gen games WITH immersive gameplay through the Wiimote controller.
I think Nintendo's gameplay>graphics arguement has been either lazily adopted by developers or just misinterpreted, because the only game that seems more aesthetically beautiful than last-generation titles is Super Mario Galaxy.
This has paved the way for developers (e.g from Ubisoft) to abuse this philosphy, and it seems that only 1st party titles are producing quality titles at the momment.
Which i think is a great shame, since it seems the Wii has in a sense demolished the 4-5 years of progression the Cube went through. In many Wii titles it seems as if the advances made during the Cube's life have just completely halted (Super Mario Strikers Charged/Batalion Wars 2/Far Cry/Splinter Cell) and present a grim future for the new console.
I am by no means a graphics whore, but i do however appreciate games with decent production value that evidently show progression through the years.
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