The Limitations of the Wii

Now this topic is not made to bash the Wii, but only to critique its somewhat shacky primis. That primis being more interactive gameplay (casual gamer) less eye candy (either or, it can be attractive to everyone).

While I do think the Wii is very fun to play, I fond that the novelty of it wore of rather quicky to my disapointment. This led me to think about the future of the console. I will say offers some very fun gameplay, which is usually better with freinds or family, but I just don't see it consestantly delivering the goods. Eventually players will feel the repetetiveness of the titles, I mean you can only have so many Wii sports titles.

Also, how will the Wii's story titles, or mainstream games be? While I'm not totally sold on "graphics makes a game better", they do certainly help buff out a story line. And I'm sure with even last gen graphics the wii can do this, I just don't see what will keep players comming back for more.

Just my 2cents

It's true that the Wii is a family console, and of course these gamesonly are entertaining for so long.
But Nintendo won't focus only on family's and casual gamers.

Metroid and Zelda for example.

I can see a good future for it though, when 3rd party developers get more used to the Wii's technology!

The Wii has no boundaries! The possibilities are endless! Though, I agree, the graphics could be better. I played Gears of War on my step dad's 360, and then played Zelda on the Wii, and I was shocked. But still, Mario Kart Wii will never get boring. I'd still be playing Mario Kart DS (nearly 2 years after release) if my DS's L shoulder button wasn't broken. Worry not, the Wii will last until Nintendo's next console, if there is going to be one.

the ps2 had worse graphics the the xbox yet still sold 80 million consoles more, so graphics arent holding it back, plus how can you say future titles arent promising, mp3 ssbb mg mario kart plus bw2 and call of duty w/ 32 multiplayer, thats 6 titles in 6 months all wich i want to buywii4me

the ps2 had worse graphics the the xbox yet still sold 80 million consoles more, so graphics arent holding it back, plus how can you say future titles arent promising, mp3 ssbb mg mario kart plus bw2 and call of duty w/ 32 multiplayer, thats 6 titles in 6 months all wich i want to buywii4me

I think you mean MOH: Heroes 2

so is your message that all ps3 games are worthless jsut because it dosnt have motion sensing?

my point is that you shouldnt have to make a decision between either good hardware or something more innovative. more or less nintendo could have done both, but decided not to spend money, easily proven by the fact that they make a profit on every console they sell

I might have different taste than most people, but when it comes to graphics, there need to be a certain level of polish for it to have to not anoy me. I mean, gameplay is great and t's mostly what a game is all about, but youkno alot of times you have a bad game just by looking at it. Normally a game developer puts alot of eefort in each part of a game f it's good. But say a game like far cry insticts for example for the Wii. It had bad graphics.... and bad gameplay. Because it was a quick and poor port job.

You see what Im getting at? Think about it. How many good games are there that look bad.

As for the Wii's capabilities, while they aren't up there with the PS3 and the 360, it's not really that bad. Okay, so none of the current games look that great, but thats because most of them haven't really had that much work put in them.

RE4 and LoZ TP do look good to a certain extent. At least good enough that you can play ad enjoy with out think, "This is annoyingly ugly", but they most certainly do not show of the Wii's added power. But wait till Metroid Prime 3. That should give you a tasteof Wii's power.

The only reason I think a person could think that the Wii is weak is if they could not stand anything weaker than a 360/PS3(which would mean they didn't like games last gen) or they tyhink that the current game line up shows the Wii's full capabilities. To the latter, may I assure you, you haven't seen anything yet.

so is your message that all ps3 games are worthless jsut because it dosnt have motion sensing?ryokinshin6x3

He didn't really say that. He said the PS3 is a PS2 with great graphics. It doesn't have many great games now(same could be said about the wii). Besides, the PS2 is an awesome system with great games so saying the PS3 is a PS2 with awesome graphics isn't neccesarily a bad thing. TBH though, the PS3 also has many more media capabilities than a PS2 so it definitely isn't just a PS2 with awesomegraphics.

Zelda is a cauasl gamer game lol if i didnt pick up hearts i coulda beat that game with only 3 heartsMarmba

Far from it. Zelda's puzzles are far to complex for the casual gamer. And the single player is all there is to it.

The only games from Nintendo on the Wii that are targeted for the casual gamer are Mario Party 6, the Wii line of games(like Wii play and Wii sports) and Wario Ware. And Maybe Mario Strikers Charged. Thats it.

I might have different taste than most people, but when it comes to graphics, there need to be a certain level of polish for it to have to not anoy me. I mean, gameplay is great and t's mostly what a game is all about, but youkno alot of times you have a bad game just by looking at it. Normally a game developer puts alot of eefort in each part of a game f it's good. But say a game like far cry insticts for example for the Wii. It had bad graphics.... and bad gameplay. Because it was a quick and poor port job.

You see what Im getting at? Think about it. How many good games are there that look bad.

As for the Wii's capabilities, while they aren't up there with the PS3 and the 360, it's not really that bad. Okay, so none of the current games look that great, but thats because most of them haven't really had that much work put in them.

RE4 and LoZ TP do look good to a certain extent. At least good enough that you can play ad enjoy with out think, "This is annoyingly ugly", but they most certainly do not show of the Wii's added power. But wait till Metroid Prime 3. That should give you a tasteof Wii's power.

The only reason I think a person could think that the Wii is weak is if they could not stand anything weaker than a 360/PS3(which would mean they didn't like games last gen) or they tyhink that the current game line up shows the Wii's full capabilities. To the latter, may I assure you, you haven't seen anything yet.

vashkey

no a pc was 2 years ago and please drop the gfx whore attitude, hes trying to have a conversation and not have this turn into a fanboy argument

gets your facts straight, theres no mention of shaders anywhere

729mhz power pc processo thats based off the power pc g3 line

243mhz gfx chip with 3mb video ramis all the information about this

88mb of system ram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_wii#_note-IGNTech go there and read the sources if you wish this is the closest information we will ever have

Man, there's again some debates about the limitations of the Wii. If you want something that has no limitations, go buy a PC and upgrade it more and more.I want new original IP with a new control schemes. If you want rehashes and sequels withbetter graphics, go for the others 2 consoles.

sosaying assassins creed, bioshock, gears of war, fallout 3, heavenly sword, all these games are rehashes? maybe most people dont spend around 1k for a comp(to beat a console anyways) and want to upgrade for gaming

red steel isnt exactlythe kind of revolutionary game your talking about either

i know it has shaders, and all consoles are programmed with dev kits, so its a game console way

gets your facts straight, theres no mention of shaders anywhere

729mhz power pc processo thats based off the power pc g3 line

243mhz gfx chip with 3mb video ramis all the information about this

88mb of system ram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_wii#_note-IGNTech go there and read the sources if you wish this is the closest information we will ever have

ryokinshin6x3

Get your facts right even the gc had shaders..... sorry to dissapoint you. It had 4 pixel shaders.

edit: and i didn't say it is actually 2ghz. a g3 is nearly 2 times more efficient whith its power than a pentium 4 and also they obviously would have put moreeffort in it since it is already like a five year old chip set,and the ram is much much faster than a 128 mb card like i saidthusly it is close to equal to what i said, im no expert though but i do know something about computers.

i think we should ask these qust after smg comes out

from what i seen on that game it looks really good i think too many people are under the wrong impressed about the wii

true it cant over power ps3/360 but it can hold its own in gameplay and besides the wii is haveing some of my favs such as smg ssbb ssmk and a game im looking to forward to bwii thats just of the hits comeing for the wii