Comments on: Nintendo’s Gambit http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/ Random babblings from a few digitally inclined people Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Kelmon http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2760 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:41:17 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2760 In Reply to <a href="#comment-2758" rel="nofollow">#14</a>: ...freak... In Reply to #14:

…freak…

]]> by: Cyrris http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2758 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:08:34 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2758 That's nothing. I'd be flailing my elbows and legs all over the place while playing Street Fighter 2 on my old SNES. Bugged the hell out of everyone. That’s nothing. I’d be flailing my elbows and legs all over the place while playing Street Fighter 2 on my old SNES. Bugged the hell out of everyone.

]]> by: Kelmon http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2751 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:43:58 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2751 In Reply to <a href="#comment-2739" rel="nofollow">#12</a>: On the subject of leaning when playing driving games, I still remember banking my body around when I first played StarFox on the old Super NES. Great days... In Reply to #12:

On the subject of leaning when playing driving games, I still remember banking my body around when I first played StarFox on the old Super NES. Great days…

]]> by: cookiejesus http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2739 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:15:32 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2739 So far, I'm siding with the Wii on this issue. It's not to say that I don't want a PS3 or a 360. It's just that so far none of the consoles has given me a title that I really need to have. Being a PC gamer for so long, I still love my FPS with the good ol' WASD and mouse. I will take HL on PC any day over HALO. So no, until Bioware and SK come out with their games, I'd be using my 360 or PS3 to exploit it's backward compatibility. Wii on the other hand, might be giving me warmed over games, or even 2-year old Ports, but it's giving them a twist to make them interesting. I hated the aiming system on RE4, but I'm looking forward to playing it on the Wii. We can't deny what Head said: "Moms want it". The wii is simply fun and not necessarily betting on capturing the interest of the Vermouths of the world. But on those who still feel overwhelmed by the amounts of buttons of a 360 controller or a SIXAXIS; those that jerk the controler sideways on driving games; and those who don't play videogames. I think developers might end up seeing the possibilities here, some are starting. And while for now the've taken the easy side of things, porting or adapting, it's only been a short time out. So far, I’m siding with the Wii on this issue. It’s not to say that I don’t want a PS3 or a 360. It’s just that so far none of the consoles has given me a title that I really need to have. Being a PC gamer for so long, I still love my FPS with the good ol’ WASD and mouse. I will take HL on PC any day over HALO. So no, until Bioware and SK come out with their games, I’d be using my 360 or PS3 to exploit it’s backward compatibility.

Wii on the other hand, might be giving me warmed over games, or even 2-year old Ports, but it’s giving them a twist to make them interesting. I hated the aiming system on RE4, but I’m looking forward to playing it on the Wii.

We can’t deny what Head said: “Moms want it”. The wii is simply fun and not necessarily betting on capturing the interest of the Vermouths of the world. But on those who still feel overwhelmed by the amounts of buttons of a 360 controller or a SIXAXIS; those that jerk the controler sideways on driving games; and those who don’t play videogames.

I think developers might end up seeing the possibilities here, some are starting. And while for now the’ve taken the easy side of things, porting or adapting, it’s only been a short time out.

]]> by: Head881 http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2667 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:41:13 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2007/05/nintendos-gambit/#comment-2667 I mentioned Resident Evil 4 previously, and while staking my FPS control claim on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, this seems like a decent harbinger: <a href="http://wii.gamespy.com/wii/biohazard-umbrella-chronicles/797383p1.html" title="" rel="nofollow">Wii - Five Stars - Editor's Choice</a> <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/residentevil4/review.html?sid=6172762&#38;tag=topslot;title;2&#38;om_act=convert&#38;om_clk=topslot" title="" rel="nofollow">Wii - 9.1 - Editor's Choice</a> <a href="http://wii.ign.com/articles/797/797837p1.html" title="" rel="nofollow">Wii - 9.0 - Editor's Choice</a> I'll give you the reader's digest version: Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition is the <em>definitive</em> version of the game. Why? The controls make the game better. Period. Will this work for every game? No. However, if the developers put the time into their games, this shouldn't be a rare occurrence either. Anyway, it is certainly an exciting phenomenon to be watching. I mentioned Resident Evil 4 previously, and while staking my FPS control claim on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, this seems like a decent harbinger:

Wii - Five Stars - Editor’s Choice

Wii - 9.1 - Editor’s Choice

Wii - 9.0 - Editor’s Choice

I’ll give you the reader’s digest version: Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition is the definitive version of the game. Why? The controls make the game better. Period.

Will this work for every game? No. However, if the developers put the time into their games, this shouldn’t be a rare occurrence either.

Anyway, it is certainly an exciting phenomenon to be watching.

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