The reason Wii games score low on GS.

Why does all Wii games score low on GS? Well here is my opinion why.

The legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: recieved 7 in sound

Super Paper Mario recieved 7 in sound

Ocarina of time on VC recieved 8 in sound (which IMO has the best music ever)

Wario ware recieved 8 in sound (I haven't played it, but that was the lowest it got)

A link to the past (VC) recieved 7 in sound

Mercury Meltdown recieved 7 in sound (which was it's lowest, I haven't played it but the trailers seemed to have fine music by me)

Madden 07 recieved 7 in sound, while the X360 and Ps3 versions recieved 8, even though theyhad lower scores totally.

While games as Gears (10) Oblivion (10) Knights of nine (9, total of 8.3) and many other games on Ps3/X360 recieved high scores on sound, while almost none scored down in 7.

Is the reason the Wii scores low on GS that it uses low disk consuming sounds, which doesn't sound fully as good as the more disk consuming (I can't hear the difference, most can't but some) sound?

I despise how cheap Nintendo are with sound. They kind of had to do it on the GameCube, because the low capacity of the disk couldn't accomodate fully orchestrated music. But now their on proper DVD's, there is simply no excuse. It's just disgusting cost-cutting. MIDI is what most virtual console games use and is pretty much unheard of on the other next-gen systems. Nintendo need to get with the times.manicfoot

So you hear a lot of difference? BecauseI found the sounds/music on TP much more enjoyable than gears sounds/music

It's the graphics. No matter what they say, all PS3 and 360 lovers hate bad graphics. But God forbid some gamers don't have HDTVs!!

I don't mind the midi. But I'm more of an old school gamer, so that's probably why.Zero_Space

Same for me.

I dont care about MIDI music, Twilight Princess soundtrack is one of the best i've ever heard. SuperMario_46

That's excactly what I thought!

imo

figuring that the sound is the least important and relay there's nothing bad about the wii games but graphics ( yes i kno some of them are bad) if i was a reviewer i would take the points outtasound if i diddnt wanna give them good rankings. and the thing about tp is that if u guys dont remember that there was a big thing about loztp that link should talk. oooh and if u realy buy games only if they have good reviews from gamespot then your going ot be saving a lotta money becouse they dont give out a lot of good reviews. but that dosnt mean i dont like gamespot.

imo

figuring that the sound is the least important and relay there's nothing bad about the wii games but graphics ( yes i kno some of them are bad) if i was a reviewer i would take the points outtasound if i diddnt wanna give them good rankings. and the thing about tp is that if u guys dont remember that there was a big thing about loztp that link should talk. oooh and if u realy buy games only if they have good reviews from gamespot then your going ot be saving a lotta money becouse they dont give out a lot of good reviews. but that dosnt mean i dont like gamespot.

black_steel_4u

Actually I'm glad they haven't given Link a voice over. After all these years it would just seem odd and out of place.

[QUOTE="black_steel_4u"]

imo

figuring that the sound is the least important and relay there's nothing bad about the wii games but graphics ( yes i kno some of them are bad) if i was a reviewer i would take the points outtasound if i diddnt wanna give them good rankings. and the thing about tp is that if u guys dont remember that there was a big thing about loztp that link should talk. oooh and if u realy buy games only if they have good reviews from gamespot then your going ot be saving a lotta money becouse they dont give out a lot of good reviews. but that dosnt mean i dont like gamespot.

Zero_Space

Actually I'm glad they haven't given Link a voice over. After all these years it would just seem odd and out of place.

Agreed

sound is not everything ! gameplay all that way !

[QUOTE="Zero_Space"][QUOTE="black_steel_4u"]

imo

figuring that the sound is the least important and relay there's nothing bad about the wii games but graphics ( yes i kno some of them are bad) if i was a reviewer i would take the points outtasound if i diddnt wanna give them good rankings. and the thing about tp is that if u guys dont remember that there was a big thing about loztp that link should talk. oooh and if u realy buy games only if they have good reviews from gamespot then your going ot be saving a lotta money becouse they dont give out a lot of good reviews. but that dosnt mean i dont like gamespot.

oyvoyvoyv

Actually I'm glad they haven't given Link a voice over. After all these years it would just seem odd and out of place.

Agreed

Yeah, besides, what language would they speak in Hyrule.

sound is not everything ! gameplay all that way !

kfd_05

yes your right sound isnt everything in a game. but it can definitly add to a game, you only have to look at RE4, the sound is the best thing about that game, when you have it on mute its half as frightening.

[QUOTE="manicfoot"]I despise how cheap Nintendo are with sound. They kind of had to do it on the GameCube, because the low capacity of the disk couldn't accomodate fully orchestrated music. But now their on proper DVD's, there is simply no excuse. It's just disgusting cost-cutting. MIDI is what most virtual console games use and is pretty much unheard of on the other next-gen systems. Nintendo need to get with the times.oyvoyvoyv

So you hear a lot of difference? BecauseI found the sounds/music on TP much more enjoyable than gears sounds/music

[QUOTE="oyvoyvoyv"]

[QUOTE="manicfoot"]I despise how cheap Nintendo are with sound. They kind of had to do it on the GameCube, because the low capacity of the disk couldn't accomodate fully orchestrated music. But now their on proper DVD's, there is simply no excuse. It's just disgusting cost-cutting. MIDI is what most virtual console games use and is pretty much unheard of on the other next-gen systems. Nintendo need to get with the times.manicfoot

So you hear a lot of difference? BecauseI found the sounds/music on TP much more enjoyable than gears sounds/music

Okay :) Glad to hear it's not that i'm deaf :P

[QUOTE="kfd_05"]

sound is not everything ! gameplay all that way !

jack_michael

yes your right sound isnt everything in a game. but it can definitly add to a game, you only have to look at RE4, the sound is the best thing about that game, when you have it on mute its half as frightening.

That's why I have it on mute :P

Which one sounds better?

MIDI? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sslj06K-Nlw

Ocrastaited (sp) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd-jThRvlYI

Quite a difference.

[QUOTE="kfd_05"]

sound is not everything ! gameplay all that way !

jack_michael

yes your right sound isnt everything in a game. but it can definitly add to a game, you only have to look at RE4, the sound is the best thing about that game, when you have it on mute its half as frightening.

That's why I have it on mute :P

lmao...i thought gamespot doenst really like nintendo..pro_gamer12345

[QUOTE="jack_michael"][QUOTE="kfd_05"]

sound is not everything ! gameplay all that way !

nelfer320

yes your right sound isnt everything in a game. but it can definitly add to a game, you only have to look at RE4, the sound is the best thing about that game, when you have it on mute its half as frightening.

That's why I have it on mute :P

I'd rather imagine playing the game while listening to good music. Linkin Park suck much ass! Pop-Nu-Metal = TEH PHAIL

NOOOOOO

We all know that if a reviewer scores an anticipated wii game above 8.9 Jeff Gerstman will insanely mutilate said reviewer...

Just because a game is MIDI doesn't mean that it sounds like it did on SNES. It's come a long, long way, and the difference is getting harder and harder to tell. However, I do agree that fully orchestrated music is a lot better, but it's not like we're listening to little beeps and boops like we used to.

Which one sounds better?

MIDI? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sslj06K-Nlw

Ocrastaited (sp) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd-jThRvlYI

Quite a difference.

movin_target

Really? It's not the same song, but I can't say which I prefer :(

WARNING: SPOILERS IN LINK

And listen to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoZQN1x-TZI&mode=related&search

That doesn't sound like Zelda music AT ALL!

Tell me the music in my last posted link is better than this.

Start 2 minutes into it on hyrule field theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZhSluYwJr8

And on 9 minutes it has an orchestrated. That's the worst one of them all. (But it's still better than most games)

Id say its more gamespot complaining the the Wii uses Pro Logic or whatever and isn't true 5.1 or whatever.

These are like college kids who never have to leave college phase, thats thier career. They have awesome setups with HDTV's and cutting edge surround sound systems. I'm sure they can notice a different, but the fact that all Wii games will score

Its because they factor in the speaker on the Wiimote. Games are getting better at the speaker and evs have to use better quality sound on the games.

BTW nice noticing that Topic starter.

[QUOTE="Zero_Space"][QUOTE="black_steel_4u"]

imo

figuring that the sound is the least important and relay there's nothing bad about the wii games but graphics ( yes i kno some of them are bad) if i was a reviewer i would take the points outtasound if i diddnt wanna give them good rankings. and the thing about tp is that if u guys dont remember that there was a big thing about loztp that link should talk. oooh and if u realy buy games only if they have good reviews from gamespot then your going ot be saving a lotta money becouse they dont give out a lot of good reviews. but that dosnt mean i dont like gamespot.

oyvoyvoyv

Actually I'm glad they haven't given Link a voice over. After all these years it would just seem odd and out of place.

Agreed

indeed