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Billkwando
12/17/08

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So this commercial's gonna be gathering dust.....like my Wii. Hurhurhurhur.
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That mop mutant from NES.
12/17/08

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Have you guys seen the World at War commercial for the Wii?. A soldier climbing a tree here and there and the crosshair comes out for about a nanosecond. The rest of the commercial is the usual kids and grandparents having an orgasmic time holding a dildo and a massager. Gotta bait consumers one way or another.
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
12/17/08

@PsycheE: Geez the giant crosshairs were terrible...
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12/17/08

@PsycheE: There are three things really wrong with that statement, but I can't put my finger on it.
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Mister Jack got an iPod Touch!
12/17/08

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See, this is why a lot of wii game ads are focused more on showing people having fun while playing the game than showing more than a few quick flashes of the game itself. It ain't graphics that's winning Nintendo this war, it's the promise of fun. Whether or not they live up to that promise is a whole other issue altogether, but you can't deny that their marketing has done wonders for them.
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BaanuRass
12/17/08

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Isn't the sticking point for EA the definition? It says

"The originating agency had thought it preferable to use the Xbox footage, which was closer to broadcast definition, than to "up the resolution" of Wii footage to broadcast quality."

It seems they wanted the commercial to broadcast in HD and used the Xbox version because it is a high quality source. So basically old news that the Wii can't do HD.
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monkeybeach
12/17/08

@BaanuRass: We all know resolution isn't (anywhere near) the only issue that separates the Wii version of multiplatform games from the rest.
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KillerBee
12/17/08

@monkeybeach: this has absolutely NOTHING to do with "high-definition". If you read the article, it says broadcast definition, meaning that it is so bad looking that they don't even want to show it on TV.

This isn't a case of "the Wii can't do HD" this is a case of the Wii looks like so much shit, that we choose not to even show it on TV.
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Ted
12/17/08

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I'm just glad that the advert wasn't a family playing together with some over dramatic movements and YEESSSS I WON.

I don't know how the Wii ads are in America, but they can't be as bad as the ones in the UK. It's impossible.
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everygoodusernameistaken
12/17/08

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They should have just shown the authentic footage in all its pixelated, blurry last gen glory, like the Call of Duty 5 Wii commercials.
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
12/17/08

@everygoodusernameistaken: Oh man, I just started seeing those a little while ago after the ps360pc version was burned into my skull.

Seriously I thought something was wrong with my TV till i finally remembered it was multi-plat. Then it all made sense.
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Komrade Kayce
12/17/08

@everygoodusernameistaken:

Do you think those commercials are like punching wii owners in the face, considering the 360/PS3 commercials came out first?

"This is call of duty five. Looks awesome, right? Remember this."

Few weeks later

"This is the Call of Duty 5 that you Wii owners can buy."
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
12/17/08

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Eh not quite. Alot of games look pretty shitty on the wii, but there are some really good ones too. Its kinda like how the PS2 had terrible graphics at first and then to pretty damn good as they got the hardware down better.

The problem is they want to replicate multi-plat games and so they just downscale it till it works well enough. What they should try is make a related game for the wii version and take actual advantage of the wii for what it can do.

Also, call me a graphics whore but come on eye candy rocks. Its one of the only reasons I still watch "planet earth" once in awhile, that stuff is breath-taking but also a nice view of the world.
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Captain K'nuckles
12/17/08

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Not up to broadcasting quality? So EA completely mailed in this Will title? Perish the thought.
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angelfan91
12/17/08

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The wii has pretty bad graphics except for Super Smash Brothers Brawl. But, Halo 2 pretty much looks better than most of the games on wii. The commercial for World at War on wii is "not of broadcast quality."
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the7k
12/17/08

@angelfan91: I (and several friends of mine) felt the same way. The "World At War" graphics are as primitive looking as the original Medal of Honor for the PlayStation.
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sksk
12/17/08

@angelfan91: Because the Wii is only an OCed Gamecube, so technically speaking, the original Xbox is more graphically powerful and thus Halo 2 should look better than all Wii games.

But hey, cue some raving Nintendo fanboy to come defend this for us all.
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Skuld
12/17/08

@sksk: Hard to tell though, God of War 2, Halo 2 were very late releases in their consoles' life span. We'll have to wait 2-3 years to see what the Wii is capable of (keeping my eye on future High Voltage games, they seem interested in making optimised games).
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sksk
12/17/08

@Skuld: AS I said, cue the fanboys.

Logically, that makes zero sense - if the GC had a full lifespan and they got X out of, then if they OC the GC by 5% and resell they should get X + 5%.

Moreover, if developers are already used to the GC when it comes Wii time they won't be "adapting and learning". No, I'm afraid the Wii looks like crap because it really just is.
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StarStabbedMoon
12/17/08

@sksk:

Are you saying the Wii is less powerful than the GCN? Because from what you just said, that's all I'm able to conclude, except you conveniently left out the idea that developers are lazy and/or just don't care.

I only got 100% on my math tests every once in a while. Does making a few math mistakes make me a fanboy too? Or are you just trying to justify a minority opinion as logically incorrect?
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Superlocke
12/17/08

@sksk: Hahaha, more like cue the raving Xbox fanboy to hate on the Wii for no reason.

If you honestly think that the Xbox is more powerful than the Wii, then you clearly know nothing. Go look up some tech specs and educate yourself.

Hell the gamecube was cranking out better-looking titles than the xbox, with the wii it's no contest.

Faaaaaaiiiiiillllll.
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Altima NEO
12/17/08

@Superlocke: Actually XBox 1 is more powerful than the wii. Though their tech specs are pretty close, its Xbox's programmable pixel shaders that really gives it the edge over the Wii. Being able to do effects like normal/parallax mapping and realtime lighting make a massive difference in a games graphics.
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Sloopydrew
12/17/08

@StarStabbedMoon:

The Wii is less powerful than the GameCube as far as what it can do in game. The 5% extra power doesn't cover the 10% of system resources used for the channels, etc. that the GameCube didn't have. Making the actual games 95% of what we saw on the GameCube. There has still been nothing as powerful and smooth on the Wii as F-Zero was on the Cube. Unless you're playing F-Zero back-compat.
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Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one
12/17/08

@Sloopydrew: I hope you don't seriously believe 1) that the Wii is only 5% more powerful than the GC, or 2) that the channels use up any system resources when they're not running.
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Rhys
12/17/08

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Ahh, so that's why we never see any advertisements containing Wii game footage...
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lilaliendog
12/17/08

@Rhys: They always shows Wii game footage like with the new COD they show dark muddy details with barely acceptable frame rates as a guy and his buddy overact their part in the ad.
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Last Face
12/17/08

@Rhys: No, have you seen the World at War Wii trailers?

Seriously, I don''t blame EA one bit
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kylenalepa
12/17/08

@Last Face got his Steam account hacked....again.: Exactly what I was going to say. Those World at War commercials are painful.
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Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one
12/17/08

@lilaliendog: Pretty much every ad I've seen for every game on every console has stuttering frame rates for the in-game action. I don't care if they're slowing down footage to make it more dramatic or whatever, it just looks awful.
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jookie
12/17/08

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It's pretty much the eye candy.

Like how CSS was used instead of 1.6 for the CGS.
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Luke Plunkett
12/17/08

@jookie: Yeah, but CSS is available on the same system.
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