The Wii Game That Was Briefly Mistaken For An Xbox 360 Game

The sharp-eyed gamer, the jaded gamer and the snob gamer will not mistake the screenshot of Conduit 2 atop this story as an image of an Xbox 360 game. "That's a Wii game?" they will sneer. "Figures."

You can sneer at Conduit 2. You can roll your eyes. It is one of those Wii game equivalents to a tuxedo T-shirt, faking it in a way that won't fool most people. It's not a Wii game like Kirby's Epic Yarn or Red Steel 2 or Little King's Story or so many of the others that seem comfortable being their own fashion.

[NewsForMe]

Looks more like a Playstation 2 game.

[AEtherbane]

troll.....

Games looks good, probably much better than the first, people who haven;t played FPS games on the Wii dont know what they're missing, they're a lot of fun.

[THE MAX SPEED 21]

If this looks like any xbox360 game it's most likely some of the 2005 titles.

[InTheKnow]

...ARCADE title in 480p. I own a Wii...everybody should at this point but nothing on that console looks like a 360 game. Conduit looks like a nice game and I'm sure people will enjoy it but lets keep things real here. The Wii is a last gen system...everybody knows that...Moving on.

[seinfan]

No, everyone should not own a Wii.

[PS360fanboy]

They probably meant XBox but added the 360 to it.

[Darkfocus]

I never understood the hype over the first conduits graphics. I think it was just what the developers said that hyped it up because other than some half decent effects it was actually one of the worst looking most bland wii games I'd played.

[matey]

no the new screens look like 360 screens in 480p end of and the game looks better than halo reach in motion end of i was starting to think it looked rubbish myself but there is no chance ive seen videos that look amazing and look like it could rival ps3/pc in alot of cases

[CoreGamer]

thats quite a bold statement, i dont think it tops halo reach- thats just foolish. But the game does look better the the first and thats what really counts. But it still falls below Sonic Colors, GE, Galaxy and Other M in terms of visual strength.

[ChickeyCantor]

" in terms of visual strength."

ugh, you are mixing artstyle with engine features.

[kaveti6616]

No way does it look better than Reach in motion. Reach has fantastic visuals and motion blur for the most part. The Wii cannot pull off anything as impressive as that without using some kind of visual trick, like cel-shading and flat textures.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

i played the first conduit and it was surprisingly fun especially the multiplayer
and it felt very rewarding to kill someone online cause its kinda hard to point
and keep a steady aim at the person

[despair]

it looks really good, for a Wii game, I just don't see it, I mean the low details and lacking textures kinda give it away, maybe a really old and low budget X360 game and thats pushing it.

[ChickeyCantor]

If i recall correctly some people walking by their booth(The Conduit, not this) mistook it for a low-end 360 title, at first "glance".
Reading the comments on kotaku someone even claims they said Gears of War.
Thats just pushing it.

It does what allot of standard 360/ps3 games do, just not on the same level of power
(obviously).

People are just gonna put hate on them cause the first one was hyped like hell and disappointed many.
Now people are just adding stuff to hate some more xD

[Simco876]

Halo: Reach?

[Rob946]

those graphics are preety good for the wii.i wouldnt mistake it for a new 360 game but maybe a 360 game from like 2or3 years ago.still looks good for the wii though

[ChickeyCantor]

>_< they are talking about the first one, which was mistaken for a low-end 360 game.

[Loadedklip]

I agree with your comment Rob, ... maybe a 1st gen 360 title like Perfect Dark ... which looks like trash today. But to mistake it for a new 360 title???? nahhh

[Loadedklip]

It looks pretty good but the best looking game on the Wii is still the very under appreciated Metroid Prime 3.

The textures in that game is the ONLY Wii game that truly looks sharp even on a 50inch HD screen.

All other Wii games ... even Mario Galaxy games look a bit jaggy on a screen that size.

*Mario Galaxy still looks really good just not as smooth as MP3 at that size

[Darkfocus]

for me it was the opposite and I found galaxy the best looking but prime 3 was definitely a close second and the conduit comes no where near it at all...

[tunaks1]

imo other m surpassed galaxy and prime 3

[xX-PEIN-Xx]

never would've mistaken it for a PS3 game...

[despair]

really? there are some ugly PS3 games out also, check Last Rebellion that looks like a PS2 game, stop the stupid trolling people.

[Belasco]

Or that Gundam game that was a launch title, now THAT is still by far the ugliest Ps3 game.

[xX-PEIN-Xx]

Did I ever say the PS3 didn't have ugly games? The PS3 has a reputation of having the best looking games this generation. Because of that, the average person wouldn't look at The Conduit 2 without knowing what it is and think it was a PS3 game. Please don't put words in my mouth, thank you.

[blackburn5]

Exactly. I noticed they didn't mistake it for a PS3 game. I know the Wii has some good games but come on. The 360 can barely compare to PS3 games but if now they can barely compare to Wii games then something is very wrong with the 360. I mean lets be realistic here. The Will cannot reach those graphical heights and never will.

[tatsukishi]

Just another shooter add it to the landfill.

[ghostgaming]

looks better then the first, but it is not mind blowing (even for the Wii). Metroid Prime 3 is the best shooter (graphically) on the Wii. This game does have some lackluster details and textures.

[pixelsword]

Kotaku and trolling go hand in hand.

[Close_Second]

If it were a first gen 360 game then it would have been marked down in terms of visuals. You could maybe excuse the visuals if it were a Xbox Live game but not something that was a full priced retail game.

Are there some great looking Wii games. Yes. Do they compare to great looking 360 games. Nope. But I'm guessing Wii owners didn't buy into the Wii for the visuals.

[gumgum99]

lol, didn't they say that about Sonic Colors as well (which, by the way, can be mistaken for a 360/PS3 game)?