A lot of gamers don't care for Wii because of graphical power, and online capability's. But will the efforts of third party developers stepping things up change those thoughts?
When the specifications for Wii, at the time Revolution, were revealed, many gamers were disappointed by the supposable "GameCube 2.5? graphics chip, and most still are to this day. Because of this, many developers are not treating the Wii as a current generation console, but thats not all. Many gamers were also disappointed when it was announced that Wii would use friend codes. Since then, it seems that only Nintendo has been able to use the advantages to Wii's graphical capability's, and Wii's online. But that seems to be changing.
For a lot of people, Mario Kart Wii was their introduction to the franchise, and what a terrific introduction they had.
Major 2023 game anniversaries include The World Ends With You, Mario Kart Wii, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, among many others
Nintendo has provided a sales update on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and it's confirmed that the game has now outsold Mario Kart Wii.
Always remember Polygon's take on MK 8 and how it would end up being worse selling entry in franchise history. Oof. MK 8 deluxe is going to have one hell of a holiday. You know that Switch bundle is coming back.
Baffles me that they haven't made any new dlc for this, and yet they focus on the mobile game smh
I can only imagine that the Mario Kart devs have been hard at work on the follow-up to 8, hence why it got no dlc.
We can only assume that they'll show something next year if they are working on the next game. With the way Ninty has been announcing games close to their release they don't leave room for any leaked info
Its not like its the same developer. The one working on the mobile game isnt even a Nintendo developer
actually has a decent GPU. It is a lot more powerful than the Gamecube. It just can't use higher resolution textures like the 360 or PS3. Resident Evil 4 for Gamecube was one of the best looking games of last gen. There is no reason that developers shouldn't be able to surpass RE4's visuals by a long shot.
I think that the main problem is PS2 development. A lot of developers are porting PS2 games to Wii, when it is capable of much better. It isn't a big secret that Wii development is cheap, so developers are just pumping out shovelware.
Hopefully as PS2 development declines Wii games will improve.
The Wii could have been exactly the same, except with more power, but nintendo was too greedy.
Anyway they're basing this article on an opinion of a formerly good developer gone lame, which would naturally hype their own product. I seriously laugh at Factor 5's claim that the Wii's engine can do "everything the PS3 can do, and even more". So what's the point of even making a powerful console? Sony should have made a Wii then... oh wait.
Anyhow, same thing goes for the quantum engine, which was claimed to achieve PS3 graphics... but the images clearly show another Metroid. Seriously, I'm tired of developers trying to give the Wii a shot just because they'll make money, and try to make us gamres look like fools by believing their lies and bullsh1t. I don't buy it, and I'm skipping those games.
What's next, something about the vaporware that NIBRIS is supposedly developing?
Show some proof next time, morons.
BTW, as long as Wii games exist, PS2 will remain supported.
From the article: "After The Conduit was announced, some other Nintendo fan sites quoted the developer wrong, writing that the developer stated The Conduit would have “360 and PS3 graphics”. The developer said they were aiming for “360 like graphics”,"
It says also PS3 graphics. Hell, in N4G it was originally cited as PS3 graphics.
Then you say:
"Also, Factor 5 has developed a PS3 game, with their own engine. They stated their engine does everything the PS3 one did, and then some. So, if they have developed a PS3 game, and are now developing a Wii game. I'm sure they wouldn't release such a statement with out being sure of what their Wii engine can do as opposed to their PS3 engine."
And the article says:
"Lair wasn’t the best playing game, but it did look good, and the president of Factor 5 said that their Wii Engine “…it does everything that the PS3 did and then some, quite frankly.” So it’s more then one developer saying they could go for 360 or PS3 like graphics."
So why do you repeat what the article says? Let me show you what I said since you didn't read:
"Anyway they're basing this article on an opinion of a formerly good developer gone lame, which would naturally hype their own product. I seriously laugh at Factor 5's claim that the Wii's engine can do "everything the PS3 can do, and even more"."
Did you conclude I didn't read the article from that? For someone that has many bubbles, you surely don't impress. Especially with this comment:
"I'm sure they wouldn't release such a statement with out being sure of what their Wii engine can do as opposed to their PS3 engine."
As opposed to being sure that they WOULD hype their product, given that they have to SELL IT? Lair sucked as seen by the reviews, and Factor 5's president is a complete moron if he thinks he has any credibility. Well, at least he has you.
with something called a wii, i dont think so
as long as the games are fun, i really don't care how the graphics look. then again i don't want them to get to bad, but so far the graphics work for me.