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12/18/08
Here's a thought...just f**king MAKE ONE FOR IT!
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With the current number of Wii's sold, if a decent mature games is made I'm sure it will sell well.
12/18/08
Well mature games have sold poorly on WII
12/18/08
Manhunt 2 sold poorly, but it was (as I understand) a pretty crappy game.
I believe there are millions of Wii owners clamoring for a well-made, mature, effort on the Wii.
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Take out the required motion controls and games will get significantly better. Motion Control is a horrible gimmick that ONLY works for Wii Sports.
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Super Mario Galaxies used very little motion control thankfully so, and the waggle to spin seemed tacked on at the end.
12/17/08
I feel sorry for your lack of motor functions. It must suck not being able move more than a finger at a time. Just as well, you should probably stop doing jenkem before reading about games, and may want to look at a good ol' NPD chart.
"Take out the required motion controls and games will get significantly better. Motion Control is a horrible gimmick that ONLY works for Wii Sports."
1.) Motion controls aren't required. It's just a strength and a tool the console has-- just like how not every DS game need use the touch screen.
2.) Motion controls can be adapted very well, and a Wiimote allows for aiming controls that could actually put a mouse to shame, depending on the user's own speed and accuracy.
3.) I'm sorry, but you're an idiot. =/
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Zelda on the Wii was total garbage with the motion controls. Given the option to go classic controller, it would have been a great game. I played it for an hours and never touched it again due to the absolute shitty motion controls.
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I pretty sure that there will never be a GTA on WII.
Well that what rockstar have said in the past anyway.
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12/17/08
Its public perception.
Parents are buying this thing because, well, part of the reason is because they don't hear in the news about their kid, little timmy, being able to get his hands on any 'Grand Theft Autos' or somesuch.
Look at the retarded (mini)outcry when a third party gun peripheral was made way back, for chrissakes.
Im all for putting M rated games on the Wii, but I guarentee you any company looking at doing it is going to be news huge if their game gets successful. This aint your PS3/360 here, which are like wild west towns, or your PC, which is more akin to an anarchistic sex paradise island where anything and everything goes. This is the goddamn Wii. When parents buy it, they're expecting to be moving to cleantown USA.
Hell, they can track your gametime and everything on it.
Just try to imagine what would happen if Manhunt 2 were released today and it wasnt a pile of shit. What Fox News and Washinton Post and Daily Planet(?) stories would have been run about 'MURDER SIMULATOR ON THE WII?!?!? YOUR KIDS ARE PLAYING IT'.
The first very successful M rated game is going to be running a sharp sword.
Good luck to you, Madworld, btw. I hope you kick so much serious ass that you become that game. I cant wait to see the parental reaction if it becomes a hit.
12/17/08
Well said!
12/17/08
As in 65 and up?
*ba da ching*
12/17/08
It sounds like...
Hundreds of anti-Wii fanboys, waiting to pounce. And none of them will have anything original to say...
12/17/08
Kinda like the hundreds of 360 and PS3 fanboys. Huh. Funny that.
12/17/08
Much like this post here.
12/17/08
And, here, we're not even arguing over the quality of the Wii, just the potential to put "M" games on the console.
And, the facts are simple. "M" games don't sell on the Wii, and they won't sell on the Wii. Understand, again, this is not a knock on the system at all, but it's a system with a tendency to only have games that have mass-appeal to succeed. "M" games are dedicated games. They are "Hardcore gamer" games. "T" and "E" games can also be "hardcore gamer" games, but "M" games will only be games that require dedication. And, historically, games like that haven't sold well on the Wii.
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12/17/08
Well did I say anything original?
/wink
Get it, har har!
12/17/08
It's like saying that T and E-rated games don't sell well other systems... doesn't stop some developers from releasing them.
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Really, I don't think Ratings are any way to rate games, if that makes any sense. I think the rating reflects the game's offensive content (or lack thereof), but has no effect on the game itself. An E rated game can be just as good as an M game.
12/17/08
I specifically said that an "E" game can be just as good as an "M" game. That wasn't the point of my statement at all. If you look to Komrade_Kayce's comment, you'll see that he essentially iterated the same attitude as my comment, but far more eloquently, and better detailed.
You yourself say that making a Madden is the way to make a financially viable game for the Wii. Family-Friendly, available to everyone, regardless of actual quality. But, to say that the level of offensive content has no effect on the game itself is an absurdity. Of course it does. Nobody is going to try and make a game with "mass appeal", and then limit it to a specific sub-group, which is what making an "M" game does. Hence, why it would be a poor decision on the Wii.
12/18/08
That's not a "fact" at all. Both RE games sold over a million copies on the Wii. One was a remake and the other a light gun shooter. Neither one of which should be selling over a million. So why did they? Because they are both GOOD titles. They just happen to be rated M. A better "fact" might be, SHITTY "M" games don't sell on the Wii.
If you don't believe me, please name a few quality AAA titles, you know, like Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto IV or the like that are M rated and failed on the Wii. Because I'm curious which games you're using as your evidence of the "fact" that M rated titles don't sell on Wii. No rush, I'll wait.
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Make a decent mature game for the Wii and then it'll be remotely believable.
No, Manhunt 2 wasn't decent.
12/17/08
But on the subject of mature Wii games many people on here agree that No More Heroes was a terrific game and I very much agree. It may be a short and style over substance, but the style was so insane and fun and the boss battles were so epic that I think it's one of the top games on the system and can't wait for the sequel in 2010.
12/17/08
Go play Gears of War 2. Now play Ikaruga. Tell me how the vulgar language and gore proved to be a more challenging and engaging experience.
The "M" rating is simply a content descriptor for those aspects which most people consider unsuitable for children. It has no bearing whatsoever on the gameplay, intelligence, or challenge of a title.