Nintendo's Wii announcements

I will not be posting links since its all over the internet right now, but let's just discuss some of the Wii stuff Nintendo announced.

Storage solution using SD cards for full storage (it is more work considering the SD cards transfer speeds are horrendous, but it is very possible to work considerably well).

Punch Out! Wii - originally rumoured for e3 presentation, now officially announced.

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Sin and Punishment 2 - sequel to the first Sin and Punishment currently available on the Wii Shop for 1200 points

[Trailer]

Gamecube Wiimakes - Nintendo is remaking many of their Gamecube titles for the Wii with updated graphics and Wii controls (so far announced Pikmin 1+2, Metroid Prime 1+2, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Chibi Robo, and Mario Tennis. Here's hoping for online play in a couple of them *crosses fingers*)

From the Japanese conference there were a few other games shown that were not really talked about, here are some screens from a couple of those games:

Tact of Magic- A sequel/prequel of the DS game LostMagic

Dynasty Warriors Wii - A new Dynasty Warriors game for the Wii

Another Code - A new "Another Code" (or Trace Memory game) for the Wii

There are some more games I can't think of off the top of my head. So, opinions; does this make up for whatever the hell people were disappointed with e3 for?

For one I'm happy that we can finally store our WSHP games on an SD card thus allowing 4x the space that the Wii offers us. Not the solution I was hoping for but I guess we don't really need a HDD afterall on the Wii since games aren't that big. A 2GB SD card should probably be enough for me. Plus since we can do that, this might open the possibility of playing your VC games on the DSi which would be incredible (kinda like how you can play PSone games on both the PS3 and the PSP).

As for GCN games being re-released, I didn't know that they were coming to the Wii with motion controls. Well that's good news and might get me back to MP and possibly get me to buy MP2. But I'm not paying anything higher then 30$ for those, heck I think 20$ would be reasonable at that point since these games are **** old. WW with motion controls? Nah I actually doubt they'll re-release WW :P.

The original Pikmin 2 is pretty expensive and hard to find so maybe I'll just wait for the Wii version. Other than that...meh.

I think it's stupid that they're wasting their resources on GCN games that are already widely available, and I think it's even stupider that Punch Out is the best they could come up with to impress the core gamer. I don't care about Punch Out.

Give me Zelda already. Really.

I think it's stupid that they're wasting their resources on GCN games that are already widely available, and I think it's even stupider that Punch Out is the best they could come up with to impress the core gamer. I don't care about Punch Out.

Give me Zelda already. Really.

REVOLUTIONfreak

Give me Zelda already. Really.

REVOLUTIONfreak

I feel you bro, I know the pain.

[QUOTE="REVOLUTIONfreak"]

Give me Zelda already. Really.

lebanese_boy

I feel you bro, I know the pain.

[QUOTE="lebanese_boy"][QUOTE="REVOLUTIONfreak"]

Give me Zelda already. Really.

chocolate1325

I feel you bro, I know the pain.

You should really take into consideration how development was back then and how it is now. I don't rely on how many years have passed and I couldn't care less. I think everybody would agree when I say that I can wait. As long as they release a quality product, I'll wait. There are other games to play. I still have Majora's Mask to play :P.

[QUOTE="REVOLUTIONfreak"]

I think it's stupid that they're wasting their resources on GCN games that are already widely available, and I think it's even stupider that Punch Out is the best they could come up with to impress the core gamer. I don't care about Punch Out.

Give me Zelda already. Really.

chocolate1325

And lebs, you really must play MM. I'm surprised you haven't already.

[QUOTE="chocolate1325"][QUOTE="REVOLUTIONfreak"]

I think it's stupid that they're wasting their resources on GCN games that are already widely available, and I think it's even stupider that Punch Out is the best they could come up with to impress the core gamer. I don't care about Punch Out.

Give me Zelda already. Really.

REVOLUTIONfreak

And lebs, you really must play MM. I'm surprised you haven't already.

Well TBH so far my experience with the Wii was the same as the Gamecube's. Few great titles a year, always waiting for the next big game. Though difference is that there's online play (crappy), VC/Wiiware (lovely) and the Wiimote (err...)

Sometimes I do feel sad for not having bought the Xbox 360 instead of the Wii since I know I'd be having fun right now with it's games. The Wii isn't bad but it isn't great either, in overall we've set our standards too high for that console and now all it does is disapointing us (or me at the least). Right now I feel like the only reason I'm keeping my Wii is because of Zelda games.

Speaking of Zelda, I did play Majora's Mask but never got too far into it. I was young >_>

we.....just had a mario game......not even a year ago.....i'm glad we're getting a new one and all, but calm down! we just had on, we're fortunate to be getting a new one, 3d mario games are normally once a generation.

as for zelda, they did a good job with TP's controls, i cant wait to see a zelda that is actually meant for the wii.

as for the gc games.....meh.....if they're cheap it might be ok.

punch out wii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is probably gonna be about 3 or 4 Mario games out in 2009 I won't be surprised because he's Mario and Nintendo does like to use him alot. Maybe not another platformer but maybe another spinoff most likely.

Nintendo does like to use him alot

chocolate1325

Yes, unfortunetly...

The one thing that I like is the GC remakes actually. I have never played Pikmin and it is VERY hard to find, at least in my area. Hopefully, they won't be overpriced. Punch Out and Sin and Punishment 2 is something that I don't find exicting. I have never played the ones out now. AT least, we have some storage solution coming soon. BTW, anybody notice the Wii Speak Channel that is supposed to be $30.:?HyruleanLink

From what I understand you have to pay to download the channel but you get it free if you buy the Wii speak peripheral. What in the world will you do on that channel without the peripheral?

I'm also not excited about Punch Out and Sin Punishment. Never really like Punch Out in the first place and I just had no clue about the existence of Sin and Punishment.

aww.....not too many punch out fans here....im excited for it.ThePrince8605

[QUOTE="ThePrince8605"]aww.....not too many punch out fans here....im excited for it.murlow12

they're making a sequel......

I added the screenshots and trailers for Punch Out and Sin and Punishment 2 for those interested.

It looks like they are going for the cellshaded cartoon look for Punch Out to distinguish it from other boxing games. I kind of hope they give a classic (NES) control mode for the new Punch Out as well so that you don't HAVE to use motion controls for it if you don't want to. But there really needs to be something big and new for it, all it looks like is a remake of the original.

[QUOTE="murlow12"][QUOTE="ThePrince8605"]aww.....not too many punch out fans here....im excited for it.ThePrince8605

they're making a sequel......

that may be true, but i dont understand how it is a gimmick.ThePrince8605

Simple! In murlow's world, we judge games without even playing them! Heck you don't even need to know **** about the gameplay, if I think it's crap then it most certainly is. Go ahead and see how easy and wonderful it is :D.

[QUOTE="ThePrince8605"]that may be true, but i dont understand how it is a gimmick.lebanese_boy

Simple! In murlow's world, we judge games without even playing them! Heck you don't even need to know **** about the gameplay, if I think it's crap then it most certainly is. Go ahead and see how easy and wonderful it is :D.

[QUOTE="lebanese_boy"]

[QUOTE="ThePrince8605"]that may be true, but i dont understand how it is a gimmick.Phantom5800

Simple! In murlow's world, we judge games without even playing them! Heck you don't even need to know **** about the gameplay, if I think it's crap then it most certainly is. Go ahead and see how easy and wonderful it is :D.

Did you even understand my post? :P

[QUOTE="Phantom5800"][QUOTE="lebanese_boy"]

[QUOTE="ThePrince8605"]that may be true, but i dont understand how it is a gimmick.lebanese_boy

Simple! In murlow's world, we judge games without even playing them! Heck you don't even need to know **** about the gameplay, if I think it's crap then it most certainly is. Go ahead and see how easy and wonderful it is :D.

Did you even understand my post? :P

To be fair ... Nintendo has really already released just about EVERYTHING that the hardcore Nintendo fan ever really cares about (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Smash, Mario Kart), as well as many of their second teir games (Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, Mario Strikers, Paper Mario). All they have left this generation are some remaining second teir games (Kirby, Star Fox, FZero, Donkey Kong). After that ... they really have no main franchise games and must rely solely on new IPs and/or returning IPs like Punch Out!! and Sin and Punishment. So I understand pretty well that we might not be seeing a whole lot of big first party titles for a while (which is why we have third parties), and hope a few other people actually understand as well.

Zelda? A port of a GCN game with Wiimote controls tacked-on? I wouldn't really say that they've gone into the Zelda field yet, that's probably the only Primary franchise left for the Wii.lebanese_boy

It'd be absurd to say that we've gotten our Zelda fix when the last console Zelda was released two years ago and was a port of a last-gen game on a "new gen" console.

[QUOTE="lebanese_boy"]Zelda? A port of a GCN game with Wiimote controls tacked-on? I wouldn't really say that they've gone into the Zelda field yet, that's probably the only Primary franchise left for the Wii.REVOLUTIONfreak

It'd be absurd to say that we've gotten our Zelda fix when the last console Zelda was released two years ago and was a port of a last-gen game on a "new gen" console.

Phantom was dead on with the point I was trying to make. The idea isn't original. Is there one of us that didn't think they would release a boxing game with motion controls when the Wii was announced. The game is a gimmick b/c it will probably be very similar to the original game except that it has motion control. The screenshots further prove the point.

[QUOTE="REVOLUTIONfreak"]

[QUOTE="lebanese_boy"]Zelda? A port of a GCN game with Wiimote controls tacked-on? I wouldn't really say that they've gone into the Zelda field yet, that's probably the only Primary franchise left for the Wii.murlow12

It'd be absurd to say that we've gotten our Zelda fix when the last console Zelda was released two years ago and was a port of a last-gen game on a "new gen" console.

Phantom was dead on with the point I was trying to make. The idea isn't original. Is there one of us that didn't think they would release a boxing game with motion controls when the Wii was announced. The game is a gimmick b/c it will probably be very similar to the original game except that it has motion control. The screenshots further prove the point.

In this case, you're calling it more of a fan service right? If so then I couldn't agree more.

fan service is better than gimmick.

of course its going to be similar to the original, its a f*cking sequel! what did you expect?

[QUOTE="lebanese_boy"][QUOTE="Phantom5800"][QUOTE="lebanese_boy"]

[QUOTE="ThePrince8605"]that may be true, but i dont understand how it is a gimmick.Phantom5800

Simple! In murlow's world, we judge games without even playing them! Heck you don't even need to know **** about the gameplay, if I think it's crap then it most certainly is. Go ahead and see how easy and wonderful it is :D.

Did you even understand my post? :P

To be fair ... Nintendo has really already released just about EVERYTHING that the hardcore Nintendo fan ever really cares about (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Smash, Mario Kart), as well as many of their second teir games (Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, Mario Strikers, Paper Mario). All they have left this generation are some remaining second teir games (Kirby, Star Fox, FZero, Donkey Kong). After that ... they really have no main franchise games and must rely solely on new IPs and/or returning IPs like Punch Out!! and Sin and Punishment. So I understand pretty well that we might not be seeing a whole lot of big first party titles for a while (which is why we have third parties), and hope a few other people actually understand as well.

It will be an intresting 2009 for Nintendo then. There main games have gone and we are probably hoping that we get another big Mario or Zelda game in the long run but who knows. Nintendo might not want to show Zelda just yet maybe it could be a release in late 2009 even though we haven't heard anything from it.chocolate1325

I don't know for you, but at this point I just don't care anymore. I have a DS, a PSP and will get a Xbox 360 in December. I'll have tons of games to play to even care about what Nintendo is doing. As long as I get Zelda, I just don't care about Nintendo anymore. Those who are disapointed should either shut up or just buy another system like what I'm about to do.

[QUOTE="chocolate1325"]It will be an intresting 2009 for Nintendo then. There main games have gone and we are probably hoping that we get another big Mario or Zelda game in the long run but who knows. Nintendo might not want to show Zelda just yet maybe it could be a release in late 2009 even though we haven't heard anything from it.lebanese_boy

I don't know for you, but at this point I just don't care anymore. I have a DS, a PSP and will get a Xbox 360 in December. I'll have tons of games to play to even care about what Nintendo is doing. As long as I get Zelda, I just don't care about Nintendo anymore. Those who are disapointed should either shut up or just buy another system like what I'm about to do.

[QUOTE="chocolate1325"]It will be an intresting 2009 for Nintendo then. There main games have gone and we are probably hoping that we get another big Mario or Zelda game in the long run but who knows. Nintendo might not want to show Zelda just yet maybe it could be a release in late 2009 even though we haven't heard anything from it.lebanese_boy

I don't know for you, but at this point I just don't care anymore. I have a DS, a PSP and will get a Xbox 360 in December. I'll have tons of games to play to even care about what Nintendo is doing. As long as I get Zelda, I just don't care about Nintendo anymore. Those who are disapointed should either shut up or just buy another system like what I'm about to do.

I have plenty of 360 and DS games to keep me busy. I'm playing (and THOROUGHLY enjoying) Tales of Vesperia right now for the 360, and I'm looking forward to playing the new Castlevania in a few weeks on the DS.

Unfortunately, I agree. Nintendo just doesn't have the excitement factor that it used to. I'll still look out for a new Zelda and (obviously) new DS games, but otherwise I'm not going to go looking for news from Nintendo.

I have plenty of 360 and DS games to keep me busy. I'm playing (and THOROUGHLY enjoying) Tales of Vesperia right now for the 360, and I'm looking forward to playing the new Castlevania in a few weeks on the DS.

REVOLUTIONfreak

That doesn't just go for Nintendo but for anybody who owns only one console, at this point if you really want to enjoy games you should get 2 systems and the combo of choice IMO is the Wii60. Not trying to begin a new discussion here but the point is, owning just the Wii will just make you beg for games and is pretty much self-torture.

When you own other consoles you've actually got some games to look for: Gears of War 2, Prince of Persia, Sonic Unleashed, Call of Duty WW, Fable 2, Banjo Kazooie, Halo Wars, Red Alert 3, Spiderman Web of Shadows, Batman, F.E.A.R. 2, Far Cry 2, H.A.W.X. and this is just the freakin' beginning!

[QUOTE="REVOLUTIONfreak"]

Unfortunately, I agree. Nintendo just doesn't have the excitement factor that it used to. I'll still look out for a new Zelda and (obviously) new DS games, but otherwise I'm not going to go looking for news from Nintendo.

I have plenty of 360 and DS games to keep me busy. I'm playing (and THOROUGHLY enjoying) Tales of Vesperia right now for the 360, and I'm looking forward to playing the new Castlevania in a few weeks on the DS.

lebanese_boy

That doesn't just go for Nintendo but for anybody who owns only one console, at this point if you really want to enjoy games you should get 2 systems and the combo of choice IMO is the Wii60. Not trying to begin a new discussion here but the point is, owning just the Wii will just make you beg for games and is pretty much self-torture.

When you own other consoles you've actually got some games to look for: Gears of War 2, Prince of Persia, Sonic Unleashed, Call of Duty WW, Fable 2, Banjo Kazooie, Halo Wars, Red Alert 3, Spiderman Web of Shadows, Batman, F.E.A.R. 2, Far Cry 2, H.A.W.X. and this is just the freakin' beginning!

if someone bought a wii now they would have a lot of titles to go through, the poblem is nntendo released all of their big franchises already. i highly recommend a wii to anyone to this day, this just wasnt that great of a year for nintendo.ThePrince8605

Yeah you're right, lots of titles to go through.... yes, with over 90% of them still at freakin' full price! Cheapest console? Well not anymore technically but it has the most expensive games. I'm just repeating myself; Assassin's Creed for 25$ or Cooking Mama for 50$ ? Choice ain't that difficult...

[QUOTE="ThePrince8605"]if someone bought a wii now they would have a lot of titles to go through, the poblem is nntendo released all of their big franchises already. i highly recommend a wii to anyone to this day, this just wasnt that great of a year for nintendo.lebanese_boy

Yeah you're right, lots of titles to go through.... yes, with over 90% of them still at freakin' full price! Cheapest console? Well not anymore technically but it has the most expensive games. I'm just repeating myself; Assassin's Creed for 25$ or Cooking Mama for 50$ ? Choice ain't that difficult...

[QUOTE="REVOLUTIONfreak"]

Unfortunately, I agree. Nintendo just doesn't have the excitement factor that it used to. I'll still look out for a new Zelda and (obviously) new DS games, but otherwise I'm not going to go looking for news from Nintendo.

I have plenty of 360 and DS games to keep me busy. I'm playing (and THOROUGHLY enjoying) Tales of Vesperia right now for the 360, and I'm looking forward to playing the new Castlevania in a few weeks on the DS.

lebanese_boy

That doesn't just go for Nintendo but for anybody who owns only one console, at this point if you really want to enjoy games you should get 2 systems and the combo of choice IMO is the Wii60. Not trying to begin a new discussion here but the point is, owning just the Wii will just make you beg for games and is pretty much self-torture.

When you own other consoles you've actually got some games to look for: Gears of War 2, Prince of Persia, Sonic Unleashed, Call of Duty WW, Fable 2, Banjo Kazooie, Halo Wars, Red Alert 3, Spiderman Web of Shadows, Batman, F.E.A.R. 2, Far Cry 2, H.A.W.X. and this is just the freakin' beginning!

[QUOTE="lebanese_boy"]

[QUOTE="ThePrince8605"]if someone bought a wii now they would have a lot of titles to go through, the poblem is nntendo released all of their big franchises already. i highly recommend a wii to anyone to this day, this just wasnt that great of a year for nintendo.REVOLUTIONfreak

Yeah you're right, lots of titles to go through.... yes, with over 90% of them still at freakin' full price! Cheapest console? Well not anymore technically but it has the most expensive games. I'm just repeating myself; Assassin's Creed for 25$ or Cooking Mama for 50$ ? Choice ain't that difficult...

And here's a better example: Oblivion for $25 or Cooking Mama for $50? :P

Assassin's Creed suckedREVOLUTIONfreak

:o BLASPHEMY!!!!!