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Miyamoto on Wii Fit, Hardcore Gamers

With Wii Fit's U.S. release finally pinned down -- Nintendo revealed the price for its health-awareness game a few days ago -- the Wii Fit media blitz has begun in earnest. The $90 game and peripheral package has been a surprising hit in Japan, with sales closing steadily on the two million mark, yet that's no guarantee of success overseas. 1UP sat down with Wii Fit producer Shigeru Miyamoto to talk about where this unconventional game falls in Nintendo's grand scheme... and whether or not hardcore gamers should see the company's latest creation as a threat to their hobby.

Harry1906266d ago

those 'hardcore' games he is referring to are just Gamecube rehash.

wiizy6266d ago

gamers should think nintendo for making gamers mainstream... the same can be said about halo 3 , metal gear solid 4.. so hating will not help your cause ... you already sound foolish just saying that.

Shadow Flare6265d ago

so i don't suppose either the psone or ps2 with 100 million+ consoles sold has brought gaming to the mainstream?

ChickeyCantor6265d ago

shadowflare,
funny you mention that, and no one complains about the "crap" that can be found in the Ps2 library

Shadow Flare6265d ago

any popular console will get a load of crap games made for it sidar. Thats why fortunately the ps2 has a whole load of some of the best games made, ever. PS2 possibly has the best games library of any console

PumPum6265d ago

Hey everyone listen! The man whos whole career and fame is based on copying others and "making" "innovating" new games has something to say.
Gamesblow is a troll but he has some intresting facts about miyamoto.

ChickeyCantor6265d ago

Most of gamesblow "facts" are flawed.
dont just "read" his article do some research allong with it.

CRIMS0N_W0LF6265d ago

It has been scientificlly proven that Wii Fit is a gimick and Wii does not make you loose wieght.

Filanime036265d ago

another gimmicky peripheral from nintendo but sadly this piece of crap will sell. This will sell in the america and australia in which overweight and obesity are the number one problem. This will sell system and lots of people will buy it believe it or not which kinda sucks.

SaiyanFury6265d ago

Agreed. There have been results taken by scientific institutions and Wii-Fit doesn't burn calories nearly as much as normal exercise. I'm glad I work out on a regular basis.

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All Super Smash Bros. games, ranked

All of the Super Smash Bros. games are incredible, but which one stands as the mightiest of them all and has the best modes?

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DivineHand125124d ago

To me smash brows Melee is my all time favorite. I can't tell you how many hours I played that game between friends and family. When I was a kid, my parents couldn't afford a gaming console so I had to go somewhere that had an arcade like setup with the only difference being instead of arcade cabinets, they had big screen crt TV's and gaming consoles setup. I would go with my friends on special occasions after school or with my family on the weekends.

I would meet and make new friends at that place as we were all gamers and we also brought our game boys and would trade pokemon. I don't think those places exist these days but back then, it was easy to meet like-minded people and have fun for hours.

franwex123d ago

Well, I’ll add my extremely subjective ranking too. I won’t include the 3DS version as I don’t owned it. I did play it for a few minutes though.

5. Brawl.
4. N64 Smash
3. Ultimate
2. Wiiu Smash
1. Melee

BlaqMagiq1123d ago

Yup Ultimate for me BY FAR is my favorite.

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'Nintendo Music' Update Adds Wii Sports Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included

Relive the glory days of Wii.

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Super Mario Odyssey Turns Seven - Ranking the 3D Mario Games

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "With the Switch getting on in years and the prospect of a new Nintendo console growing closer, now seems like an excellent time to take a look back at one of its mascot’s two big evolutionary lines, particularly since we now find ourselves in the longest wait ever between 3D Mario games. Today marks the seven year anniversary for the release of Super Mario Odyssey, and with no full new entry in sight, it comfortably beats the roughly six year wait between Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, which should also be good news to anybody who broke a mirror that day.

3D Mario has delighted fans since 1996, maintaining an astonishing level of quality and bringing innovations not just to the 3D platformer genre, but gaming as a whole. Needless to say, it’s a hard task to rank a series where every entry is beloved, but I shall nevertheless undertake this risky venture with my head held high. Wish me luck."

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gold_drake229d ago

has it rly been 7 years already?

fk me.

Cacabunga228d ago (Edited 228d ago )

One of the worst marios.. i hated the fact it was only about finding the moons and very repetitive with the same bosses. There is no exploration in this one.
Galaxy 2 is still unmatched

TiredGamer228d ago

I played, completed, and enjoyed Mario Odyssey, but I tend to agree that I don't think it's the best 3D Mario. There was sense of sameness that prevailed after the first couple of worlds... not in the levels, environments, or aesthetics, but in the routine of each world. It just felt like each new environment was just the beginning of another checklist of moons to acquire, and the sheer number of them took away the sense of accomplishment I got from the stars in Mario 64 and the like. I can't exactly put my finger on why that is. Galaxy gets my nod as the best one.

Cacabunga228d ago

I enjoyed it too but i won’t even place it in my top10 mario games.. as you said you are just looking for stars and that irritating music everytime you find one.
Also the bosses are pretty much the same from begging to end. I would have have like some koopalings instead of these dumb useless rabbits

Chocoburger228d ago

I played a little of this game and freakin' LOVED it! But I forced myself to stop because I hadn't played Galaxy 2, which I've been playing every day for the past week. Cripes, Galaxy 2 is way better than I expected it to be! Even though I dislike the Wiimote and nunchuck controls, and it annoyed me a lot with Galaxy 1, part 2 just feels better and slightly less gimmicky when it comes to the controls.

Profchaos228d ago

Sunshine at number 7 no way. I get it's not perfect but it deserves better to date there has not been another 3d Mario that's managed to capture that same movement it's the most acrobatic feeling Mario to date.

It's by and large better than 3d land/world and I'd argue that galaxy 2 didn't offer any trie innovation it was essentially a DLC pack to 1

Personally it's
1) Mario 64
2) Mario Sunshine
3) Mario galaxy
4) Mario Odyssey
5) galaxy 2
6) Bowser fury
7) 3d land/ world.