What if the Wii was...

[QUOTE="Jelley0"]

[QUOTE="Wii4Fun"]

There is gameplay and there is game mechanics.

Basic gameplay defines what a game is, while game mechanics determine what the entire game consists of.

However, from a programming or overall design perspective, basic gameplay can be deconstructed further to reveal constituent game mechanics. For example, the basic gameplay of fighting game can be deconstructed to attack and defense, or punch, kick, block, dodge and throw which can be further deconstructed to strong/weak punch/kick. For this reason, game mechanics is more of an engineering concept while gameplay is more of a design concept.

AlmightyDerek

Good luck making a design conept or game mechanics without physics or ai or even graphics :roll:

Welcome to table-top RPGs :lol:

I voted "don't care either way". It would be nice to have it but.. I think the Wii is fine the way it is. graphics don't mean **** to me anyways.

[QUOTE="locopatho"] Well pardon me for assuming people would be talking about VIDEO GAMES on a VIDEO GAMES website. When TEH GRAPHIX were not as good and TEH MANUAL was importent, guess what? Games still had AI and physics, even 1985 Mario running and 1980 Pacman ghost enemies are obvious examples.LordQuorthon

Ultima, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest had no physics. Hell, their recent iteration still DON'T have physics.

are you serious

graphics online nor movies make a game

its gameplay overall and replay value ,you would tihnk online adds to it but wait , ,

if they were like 360 and ps3 theyd cut splitscreen there for taking yrs of replayablity out of the game and making us pay for usless dlc ,

id rather have games thne graphics

I would absolutely pay this.

Nintendo is all about keeping cost down. TBH if the Wii wasnt $199 new on launch and it was more, they wouldnt sell as many as they have, Nintendo understands the tough economy. 360 when launched was like $300 I think or it might of been more. The PS3 is still expensive and when it was launched I think was $400, its quite ridiculous. You have to understand very few games would look good in 720p or 1080p anyway, Zelda would look awesome in 1080p unfortunately, but few others would. hard drives on consoles matters none to me. sarentack

umm...the Wii was $250 at launch.

Yeah, I think I would pay more for a Nintendo system with those additions. Nintendo made glaring mistakes with the Wii's graphics and online features (with the exception of Virtual Console, although that could use more games, particularly for the N64).

MathMattS

They can only be considered mistakes if they produced negative results. That doesn't seem to be the case.

are you serious

graphics online nor movies make a game

its gameplay overall and replay value ,you would tihnk online adds to it but wait , ,

if they were like 360 and ps3 theyd cut splitscreen there for taking yrs of replayablity out of the game and making us pay for usless dlc ,

id rather have games thne graphics

mariokart64fan

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...lol?

No way!

They would have lived off of their DS sales for a few months, but it would have made me and I'm sure a lot of other buyers happy. I wouldn't have bought it until it got near $300 though...

It would have probably appeal to more devs thus giving us more games. And it would have also gave the devs a reason NOT to port all those PS2 games to the Wii since the media and fans would have completely destroy that companies rep., not that the Wii at its current state should be any different. My main concern about that would be the cost of Wii games would go up to $60 or $70. I like gaming, but I just don't intend to pay over $50 for a game...

[QUOTE="JuarN18"]Nintendo would be dead by nowRECON64bit

Exagerrating much?

So what if Nintendo wouldn't have made as much as they would with the Wii. The games on the Wii are lack luster because of weak hardware and poor priority.

[QUOTE="mariokart64fan"]

are you serious

graphics online nor movies make a game

its gameplay overall and replay value ,you would tihnk online adds to it but wait , ,

if they were like 360 and ps3 theyd cut splitscreen there for taking yrs of replayablity out of the game and making us pay for usless dlc ,

id rather have games thne graphics

BrunoBRS

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...lol?