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#1 FFXIsAstyanax
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The fact of the matter is that all technology fails to some extent. The Wii's hardware has a shelf life of 5 years anda hard drive can easily last five years. Should they stop putting hard drives in computer's just because they have a slim chance of failure. Of course not!

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Actually, there is a movement to replace movable-parts HDDs with solid state memory setups. Not only for the sake of speed, but also for the issue of reliability.
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#2 FFXIsAstyanax
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It's not for me. I brought it for my siblings to play not me I have another console that I play.

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So what? You might as well play it anyway. Or make them play it. Kids these days are so spoiled.

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#3 FFXIsAstyanax
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DK64 was a disappointment coming from the DKC series. Especially trading in co-op mode for those crappy multiplayer games. If they ever decide to make a platformer DK game on the Wii, I can only hope it's a DKC4 and not a sequel to DK64.
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I am sorry but you are resorting to extremes. Just because FF uses overrated cinematics does not mean FE cant use regular cutscenes that help you progress through the story with a sense of atmosphere and value. The game shouldnt use 1st generation walls of text but it also shouldnt use FF 2 hour cutscenes. I think you can at least admit here that this game needs some more cinematic value, whcih it does use slightly when it does its excellent buts rare and leaves you hanging.

No the pointer much like a mouse speeds things up tremendously. Making use of click and point and scrolling in a well balnced manner like some new wii games are doing is much better. Everyone would have appreciated if they added at least this because it does make a difference. Not to mention it would have been really nice if they added some sound effect on the Wiimote speaker.

i dont get what your trying to say about the multiplayer. People would still play the Campaign but depending on how well you utilize your tactics, will make for some long battles. And not to mention they can have different modes one where you are given a basic team that are at the same level and they can also give a mode where its your own custom campaign powered team.

RD was a dissappointment because it did not improve much and retained some small problems that have always ocurred in the series. The lack of improvement is its biggest dissappointment.

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I would accept animated cutscenes only under three conditions. First, they would have to be pausable. There's nothing worse than getting to an awesome scene and having to walk away while it's still running (or skip it because there is no pause function) because you have a real life situation to which you must attend. Second, the option to caption is a must. Playing games at night while your roommate's sleeping can screw up a lot of otherwise good cutscenes because they don't have a caption and you can't hear what they're saying. Lastly, scenes do have to be skippable. Especially in a game like FE, where I'll play through 10+ times, there are some scenes I just want to skip over. Some games are getting better at these, but there are still a good amount that disappoint in these. Possibly they could consider cutscenes that, with speech, function like character dialoges in Oblivion.

I still don't agree about the pointer, but that's just a personal difference in taste. Personally, I think I'm faster with the control pad, and I believe it would be more accurate in making quick rounds. I hope for you that they'll add Wii pointer functionality to the control scheme of FE11.

A basic team function is a good idea -- it worked decently in the Pokemon Stadium games. But the main feature in those games, as I believe would also carry into FE, is using your custom campaign team as your multiplayer battle group. To make major alterations to that would require you to play through the game again. That's what I was trying to get at. It's still a good idea to have multiplayer just in case, because it does work with this game.

I feel we'll always have our differences on some of these points. But what we (hopefully) share is the anticipation of the next FE game. Last rumor I heard hinted at Wi-fi, so we may see multiplayer yet. In the meantime, I'm off to play some more FE. Happy gaming :D
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GUYS!!!!!

They arent giving it a 6.0 because it does not have Miis. They are just giving us a feel of how much FE still feels like its GBA counterpart. The game is good but it deserves such a score if they are refusing to change. THIS DOES NOT MEAN BREAK A FORMULA. It means not giving us walls of text and say that our story folks!, this means taking advatage of a very useful function that is changing games every where and thats the IR which could have sped up and the play on there tremendously, another thing to think about is multiplayer think of how many skilled FE players are out there and how awsome of ashowdowns they could be.

The only things they change are small streategic content tweaks. We need more and I am hoping that their devs will listen and make a game that makes huge strides for a sequal but does not hurt the formula.

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This game is the best one yet and deserves at least what FE9 got. A 6 may not be an abysmal score, but it's an injustice compared to some certain games' marks on rival consoles.

The game doesn't need to alter its between-scene readings. I actually prefer them over something like FF's unpausable and usually unskippable cutscenes.

Making use of the pointer in the Wiimote would have been a BAD idea. It works ok for some games, but would just get tedious with grid and menu selections in FE. In the end, the default control scheme works just fine. Either way, though, GS would have found something to gripe about.

Multiplayer is ok, but still not a great idea. The multiplayer in FE would be based mainly on your team and not your tactics. So once you've beat someone or lost to them a few times, there's not much to change the gameplay formula other than starting over a new game. I don't know anyone who would play completely through an FE game just to play a couple quick multiplayer bouts.

Path of Radiance was by no means a bad game. And Radiant Dawn picked up where its predecessor left off -- improving the few aspects that needed work. I can see it only as an improvement, not a disappointment.
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Before then they were the over-protective "M Games are Evil!" type. Scorpion13497


Wow.. I could never imagine that. My parents were protective, but not about games. Since my parents' motto was, "it's too much if it gives him nightmares. And then he'll not want to play it anymore." So I was playing DOOM in elementary school.
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YOu are still 14 so it's understandable that you would like the wii. On my mature forums guys my age only play Creed, Crysis, CoD4 360, etc. Nobody is mentioning Mario, not that they have anything BAD to say about it except it's just for children taste in fun.

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Age has little correlation to maturity. I know more mature 15-17 year olds than 19-23 year olds. I'm over 20 years old and Creed, Crysis, and CoD4 are not fun in my book. They're boring and repetitive. And in case you want to question my nationality, I'm from the US. Yeah, a male 20+ year old from the US that doesn't like FPS games.

You'll learn at college that the Wii has an incredible fanbase among all the students and even some professors. And unlike the X360 commercial (a giant load IMO), I have yet to meet any women that will play Halo 3 or the 360 in general. They will, however, clap and dance happily if you have a Wii on campus that you both can go play. So it seems Nintendo's doing something right with the Wii if everyone (barring those who attack it because they're too full of their own machismo) wants to play it.
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[QUOTE="FFXIsAstyanax"]I think you're assuming the consumer sees the games offered on the 360 and the Wii on equal footing. Those who buy the Wii do so because of the games, not because of the hardware behind them. They don't care if the game is stored on DVD, HDDVD, BluRay Disc, or alien technology. The Wii appeals to many gamers because it offers a broader gaming genre than just FPSs and sports games (yes, there are other genres out there). Sure, there are a few quality games on the 360 that don't fall under those two; but they are very few in number. I don't feel like I'm missing anything special not having a 360 anyway. I have Oblivion on the PC (as most 360 games come to the PC anyway), and that was about the only one that interested me.

Believe it or not, there are some of us who look at the 360 line up and say "Yeah, they're all pretty much the same game." There are some of us who can only play so many FPS games without feeling "I've already played this before in the last game I bought." I know I felt that way after playing Halo 3 on my roommate's 360. I had to walk away because I got so bored playing it. I shut the 360 down, went back to playing my Wii, and had much more fun playing that. So my question is "Why would someone buy a gaming console if they didn't enjoy the games offered?"Casiotech

saying they buy the games and don't care about the hardware is exactly the reason why the wii sells.

Walked away from halo thinking you PLAYED IT ALL already? LOL, what are you going to say about 99% of wii games?



Of course it is! Why the hell else would you buy a gaming console other than for the games? I don't care about Bluray or HDDVD players. I have a DVD player and don't plan on getting anything higher than that for at least 3 more years.

As for Halo 3, I don't care to ever beat it. I played most of Halo 2 (skipped over 1), and that wasn't anything special either. Halo 3 outright bored me, and I'll probably never pick it up again (unless I'm incredibly bored). As for multiplayer value, Halo 2 is better hands down. Best bet is just to buy a used XBox (not 360) and Halo 2 for like 80 bucks, and even that's not worth it to me. Had the game been more entertaining, then I would have played more. But to me it just feels like another FPS.

As for the Wii games I own, I like them. Mario Strikers, Fire Emblem 10, NFS: Carbon, MP3, SPM, LoZ:TP, they're all good games. And I can't wait to pick up Mario Galaxy when the semester's over. Next year holds Brawl and Mario Kart Wii, among others. So yeah, I'm glad I got a Wii. And I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything by passing up the 360. Maybe if I won one in a contest I'd care more, but I'd probably just end up selling it and banking the money.
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I think you're assuming the consumer sees the games offered on the 360 and the Wii on equal footing. Those who buy the Wii do so because of the games, not because of the hardware behind them. They don't care if the game is stored on DVD, HDDVD, BluRay Disc, or alien technology. The Wii appeals to many gamers because it offers a broader gaming genre than just FPSs and sports games (yes, there are other genres out there). Sure, there are a few quality games on the 360 that don't fall under those two; but they are very few in number. I don't feel like I'm missing anything special not having a 360 anyway. I have Oblivion on the PC (as most 360 games come to the PC anyway), and that was about the only one that interested me.

Believe it or not, there are some of us who look at the 360 line up and say "Yeah, they're all pretty much the same game." There are some of us who can only play so many FPS games without feeling "I've already played this before in the last game I bought." I know I felt that way after playing Halo 3 on my roommate's 360. I had to walk away because I got so bored playing it. I shut the 360 down, went back to playing my Wii, and had much more fun playing that. So my question is "Why would someone buy a gaming console if they didn't enjoy the games offered?"
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[QUOTE="BET8390"]

IM just saying that people who haven't bought a next gen console will extually buy one when the price is justified by what they are getting. Right now, in terms of games and future proof hardare, the 360 is that console. ONly because the wii is less powered then most consoles and N profits 50 bucks form each console. So Once the 360 can reach the wii in terms of price point, without having to be "neutered" in your words then the people who were holding back on buying a console will most likely buy it. Remeber, only When what we cal "next gen" becomes highly adopted will it be considered "current gen" and there are still alot of people in the "current gen" ( I know these Phrases sound totally wrong but this is the nomenclature of who there are used, remember this is the internet and gaming Language and its not english :P)Casiotech

that's right, it has nothing to do with demand of course. Clearly, if it's competition is cheaper, all wii demand goes out the window.



Actually, if we consider the X360 as a substitute good for the Wii: A X360 price drop that affects the Wii's sales is considered a change in demand for the Wii.

As for the average consumer, they won't know how much Nintendo makes from each console sale. They'll also notice they're not getting the full package from the price-cut X360, and that will shy some away to the complete (and only) packaged Wii.