For as long as one can remember, Nintendo has always carried this air of 'childishness' about them. Even going back to the days of the NES and SNES, they were primarily seen as a kiddie company, with games such as Kirby series not helping to dissolve that image. With Wii, for a moment it seemed a change was near. However, after seeing a handful of mature games on the platform, can we call it a success?
DS-x2.com asks: are mature games a dying breed on the Wii?
VGChartz's Evan Norris: "Is Ocarina of Time as legendary as I remembered it? For the most part, yes. In spite of a handful of missteps — a few obtuse puzzles, some tedious backtracking, and a clunky stealth sequence — I don't believe the last 23 years have been unkind to it. Ocarina remains a brilliant example of the medium, a landmark game that shaped the future of its own franchise and 3D gaming in general. After more than two decades it retains its inventive dungeon design, challenging puzzles, dynamic combat, wistful storyline, unforgettable music, and empowering open-air freedom. I feel confident calling it one of the greatest games of the fifth generation, even if I'm no longer prepared to list it among the five best games ever made."
Pure unadulterated fun. They don't make them like this anymore...especially not the triple A industry.
Back when video rental was a thing, I rented out Majoria's Mask, I never finished it though. I did buy the 3DS version before the eshop shutdown, so maybe one day I'll finally play through the whole thing, it's amazing how well these games hold up though. I briefly played Ocarina of Time for a while and it was really fun.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.
Nintendo has announced the SNES and Super Famicom games gracing the Nintendo Switch Online library this month, and there are some gems to enjoy.
Strange headline, as I thought the star of the show was Super RType. I almost bought RType Dimensions EX this last month and was just thinking, man I wish we had the SNES one somewhere on Switch. That's where I got my start w the series and I was beyond excited to see it drop this week!
The Wii is seen as a child's gaming machine.
The problem with the Wii, is that it hold so much promise, but ended up being gimmicky.
I think Game Companies are having problems figuring out the Wii's audience, hence the lackluster sales of most games on the Wii, outside of Nintendo's own and a few others. I think the demographics of the Wii are made-up mostly by casuals who bought one due to hype or those that are really new to gaming, and buys perhaps a few games here and there more probably to impulse. The CORE GAMERS are definitely a minority on the Wii.
I mean just take a look at FF:CC Crystal Bearers, it's a Big Name game, from a popular franchise with great production values made by a known developer SE. You would have thought that it's a shoo-in for great success since it ticks all the right boxes for a Blockbuster Triple-A Wii Title, right? And yet it only sold 36,000 copies. That is quite telling, considering it was released in Japan, a country where RPG is a religion, and with a 10 million install base. To say it's sales are disappointing is an understatement.
Something tells me, that those CORE GAMERS who have bought the WII early on, may have become disenchanted with the Wii, and have bought themselves an HD console to supplement and supply what it lacks, but they ended up discovering that it better suit their gaming needs. That is why most Core games don't sell well on the Wii, it is because the CORE GAMERS are purchasing their games for their HD consoles rather than the Wii.
This leads me to conclude, that there maybe alot of Wii out there, but a good portion of them is left unused, collecting dust.
The Wii has a wide line-up of games of all genres. There are a lot of "mature" games, games for childs and games for all kind of gamers.
Let's face the facts: Would MadWorld a success on the PS3 or Xbox360? Most probably not. It's a niche game with no big graphics budget.
No More Heroes sold almost 500.000 copies on the Wii, and No More Heroes 2 will probably sell more. Will the conversion from No More Heroes for the PS360 even reach the Wii sales? Everyone says no.
FF: The Crystal Bearers has low sales in Japan. But most people estimated this. It's not an RPG it is an action-adventure and got only a decent score from famitsu. A "normal" FF-Game or a game with a higher score would have better sales, like Monster Hunter 3 did (the most successful third party game on a non-Handheld console in Japan in this console generation). The biggest Japan-RPG for 2010 is a Wii exclusive: Dragon Quest X. And this game will probably sale millions of copies like the DS Version of DQ9 did.
Umbrella chronicles sold about 1.5 Mio copies. Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles will probably sell better than Umbrella Chronicles. House of Dead Overkill sold 420.000 copies.
In 2010 we see games like Metroid Other M, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers, The Calling, Tales of Graces, Mario Galaxy 2, Dynamic Slash, Red Steel 2, Monado-Beginning of a New World, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Epic Mickey, No More Heroes 2, Endless Ocean 2, Monster Hunter 3, Sin&Punishment 2, Dragon Quest X, etc. You see many "mature" games and many core games in this list.
The rumor that some kind of games not selling on the Wii occured because Wii games has a different sales curve than PS360-Games. Most Wii games has steady sales for many month, most PS360-Games make 95% of their sales in the first month (or the first few days).
And so even a "flop" like MadWorld sold over 340.000 copies until now, despite the low first week sales. Even Dead Space Extraction is by 80.000 now and probably will have decent sales in the end. On the other side I could name a number of "mature" games that flopped or has disappointing sales on the PS3 or Xbox360.
The Wii will of course get more "mature" games, because they sell and the publisher make money with this kind of games on the Wii.