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    Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label

    Was 2008 The Year of the Horse?

    Columnist: Ninty Gets Some Blame For Crappy Wii Titles, Too

    Nazis + Tibet + Zombies = UberSoldier
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    Image of Obey__ Obey__
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    What really scares me, more so than this shitfest of a bundle, is the fact that people still keep buying these games. What motivation does a developer have to make good games if he can just make some 2D pony game about painting rainbows to save the kingdom of dwarfs and make a quick buck.


    The Wii is a perfect example of so much that its wrong in the gaming industry.

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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    02/10/09

    @Obey__: Painting rainbows ain't easy. Dwarf Kingdom Massacre: Never Forget. *salutes, with single tear falling from left eye*


    Loved those little guys...

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    Image of bfwings55 bfwings55
    02/10/09

    @Obey__: Does anyone have any numbers for some of the shovelware games, other than Carnival Games? Like, do these games sell as well as people think?
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    Image of Gaff Gaff
    02/10/09

    @bfwings55:

    Little League, 0.05M [vgchartz.com]

    Pirates: Hunt For Blackbeard's Booty, 0.04M [vgchartz.com]

    Monkey Mischief 0.02M [vgchartz.com]


    Lifetime sales don't tell a lot though: for instance, how Little League sold 14K in the first week of release kind of boggles the mind. To put things into perspective: No More Heroes, Uncharted both sold 35K in the first week.

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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    Now it'll be easier for me to tell which games not to buy.


    The DS had something like this, Touch Generations. Only those games were good.

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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    So how long until some freak begins to hear "Islam is the light" (or something else just as non-existent) in one of these games and flies of the deep end?
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    Image of Perfectnumpty; Doesn't have a clue Perfectnumpty; Doesn't have a clue
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    Pirates: Hunt for Blackbeard's Booty...I'd plunder his booty anyday HARR HARR HARR.
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    02/10/09

    @Perfectnumpty: Remember when that could only mean what it was meant to mean?


    ah, corruption makes everything fun =D

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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    "children of any age."


    The Pirates game and Block party are rated 7+.


    World Championship Sports is rated 12+.


    That's not "any age", Activision. Yeah, they may be content appropriate, but parents already struggle with game ratings. Way to confuse them even further.

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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    Shuvl4All


    Branding games as shovelware so YOU DON'T HAVE TO

    Its brilliant, when people have proven to love shovelware so why hide the fact?

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    Image of Jezuz Jezuz
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    World Championship Sports: Everything you had with with Wii Sports, BUT NOW WITH A PRICETAG.


    Also are images truly screwed up on this site lately or is something wrong with my browser? I mostly mean the user images.

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    Image of duckmouth duckmouth
    02/10/09

    @Jezuz: Yes, most of the avatar pictures are missing on mine too, and it just says 'Image of Shiryu' (or whoever the commenter is) in red writing where the picture should be.
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    Pitfall is a nice platformer, toobad its the ->EXACT SAME GAME<- that it was on the GameCube... guess wich one id rather have.
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    Image of Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one
    02/10/09

    In reply to Activision Hastily Tosses Together Fun4All Wii Label
    "Parents can feel reassured that buying a game from the FUN4ALL range will make their children want to play outside."


    Fixed that for you.

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    Image of ComixZone ComixZone
    12/17/08

    In reply to Was 2008 The Year of the Horse?
    I haven't seen so many pics of fully clothed women and horses in one place...ever.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    12/17/08

    @ComixZone: YOU, my good man, have never gone to a Dresage.
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    Image of Winterbringer Winterbringer
    12/17/08

    In reply to Was 2008 The Year of the Horse?
    Nintendo, you've broken a lot of hearts to get your cold hard cash. I hope you enjoy being sell out whores.
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    Image of Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?! Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
    12/17/08

    @Winterbringer: what the hell are you talking about?
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    Image of Luffay Luffay
    12/17/08

    In reply to Was 2008 The Year of the Horse?
    There was just ONE thing that popped into my head when I saw that story. And that is, as follows

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    Image of Luffay Luffay
    12/17/08

    @Luffay:


    Sorry, I mean

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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    12/17/08

    @Luffay: That song is a total rip of a Norwegian song :|
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    12/17/08

    In reply to Was 2008 The Year of the Horse?
    Just because you mentioned wii fit. I've been finding that most these parents, and kids, looking for wii fit this holiday season, HAVE NO IDEA what it is. When shown what it is, I've seen them quickly change their minds and buy Mario Galaxy or w/e instead. I can't believe how mindless these folks are being in response to the hype.
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    Image of (Human) Gyaruson (Human) Gyaruson
    12/17/08

    In reply to Was 2008 The Year of the Horse?
    I'd love to ride that fine equine...


    ...The sexual innuendos are endless.

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    Image of Real Serious Assassin Real Serious Assassin
    12/17/08

    @Gyaruson: Ummm... From what I gather, you just said you would like to perform sexual acts on that horse. You, sir, are a equinophile.
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    Image of huginn huginn
    12/17/08

    @Real Serious Assassin: Zoophile
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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    11/23/08

    In reply to Columnist: Ninty Gets Some Blame For Crappy Wii Titles, Too
    There's blame for both sides to share. I don't claim to know how Nintendo operates, or how it decides what games to approve for the Wii, if at all. Maybe what they should do is just go to saying "Sorry, this game didn't pass our certification/testing/whatever. It's not good enough." The reason Nintendo could do this is because they are the leaders, the money of Wii owners is in demand moreso than with the Gamecube. Obviously, this is a two way street, Nintendo can't supply enough games on its own. But they can reduce shovelware, raise the standard for what's released on their platform maybe.


    At the same time, it's wrong to just blame developers for not bringing over multiplatform ports to the Wii. It's not as easy. The Wii can't be treated like the other two consoles. What needs to happen instead is companies either develop an altered version of their games, or *GASP* create something new for the Wii that is high quality! Unfathomable!


    Nintendo chose to make some very unique hardware that isn't so compatible with the other consoles, and has less graphical potential. Developers chose to get lazy because they feel that they can do so and make money.


    You stay classy Reggie.

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