I really disagree with those who said that he hates Nintendo. Remember he gave Galaxy 2 a 10.

What I think happened was that the game wasn't entirely what he wanted it to be and decided to give it a worse score than, he felt, it deserved just to get a reaction. He basically said "it's not the best Zelda, in my opinion, so why not give my review some easy buzz"... and he succeeded.

If you see him in interviews etc... he says stuff like "but it's a very good game but even if the controls were perfect it would still get the same score". He was really inconsistent and it's just so obvious that he felt it deserved around an 8.5 but decided to cut a bit more. Repeating "it's not a perfect" game over and over won't do him any good seeing as there is a fine line between 7.5 and 10.

Some like to compare this to Twilight Princess' 8.8 but it's quite different. Sure you had the Zelda fanboys going crazy but in that case, the reviewer?s opinion matched the grade. Second of all an 8.8 is more or less a 9 (it's a damn good grade is what I'm saying).

[QUOTE="FIipMode"]but they had the worst console, so to me they made the wrong choice, luckily they are trying to turn things around next gen.GreySeal9

Their goal is to sell consoles, not please FIipMode.

even as someone who prefers Nintendo, I know that's the wrong way too look at things. Yes their goal is to make money but we can have an opinion about them if we want.

[QUOTE="conkertheking1"]

Hahaha you do know that Nintendo is richer than Sony? But Microsoft is richer than both. Also Nintendo's consoles were more powerful than the Playstation 1 and 2 sooo they had the money and ability, they just decided to take a different direction.

Haziqonfire

That might be so but Nintendo is far more restricted in what they can do. They're not a large multimedia business like Sony and Microsoft, they focus on video games and that's it.

thanks, that was my point. They knew that next gen they couldn't afford to do more of the same (cause Microsoft and Sony were more able to) so instead of "more" they focused on "different".

[QUOTE="KBFloYd"]

yes it was genious by nintendo...the reason its backfiring is because sony and MS copied the only thing that made the wii unique...motion controls.

if there was no move or kinect...i garuntee you nintendo would still be on top.

potsiiscool

not sure I agree with that. I don't think the market the Wii tapped into moved to the kinect and move. Motion controls just ran their course and the Wii had (with some exceptions) relied on that. It's probably why I'm hyped for the WiiU (not soled cause it's too early but definitely hyped). It's traditional enough but also different enough to appeal to both core and casual gamers. Time will tell though

lol, my dyslexia is kicking in: sold*

yes it was genious by nintendo...the reason its backfiring is because sony and MS copied the only thing that made the wii unique...motion controls.

if there was no move or kinect...i garuntee you nintendo would still be on top.

KBFloYd

not sure I agree with that. I don't think the market the Wii tapped into moved to the kinect and move. Motion controls just ran their course and the Wii had (with some exceptions) relied on that. It's probably why I'm hyped for the WiiU (not soled cause it's too early but definitely hyped). It's traditional enough but also different enough to appeal to both core and casual gamers. Time will tell though

Yeah, and also because of all the great games the Wii will be getting in the future. Oh wait...

To be fair, Nintendo touched a market that was willing to hand over their bank statements upon request. They took a risk and has now made the most profit -- wasn't even a competition. So yes in terms of money, which all the companies are obviously trying to get more of, they did make the right choice. What I disagree with is how little they've used that money to establish more games for the Wii this late in its life cycle, in comparision to their rivals.

I'm supposing that they're saving all their game ideas for the Wii U. Using the same name as its predeccessor, their won't be much of a backlash where, I'm guessing, Nintendo will quickly shutdown on any future titles for Wii 1. The consumers will be overdriven by nostalgia and praise for Nintendo for bringing HD that they're forgetting the drought of games they had to endure just for waiting.

Vogyn

completely agree.

Nintendo is a tiny company compared to microsoft and sony so if they tried to make the Wii a powerhouse, it would have backfired. Anyone who makes this risk seem smaller than it was is just blind (it wasn't a random gamble, it was a strategic move). However, their risk is having a smaller backfire right now. The Wii is completely dead and I think no fan can deny that (WiiU hype can't hide something this obvious). Still I think they did (if not the best) a very good move with the Wii that has, overall, paid off.

Without PS4, and Xbox 720 to compare to it it's senseless to say the WiiU is powerful.

clr84651

nothing wrong with speculating while waiting for E3. If you are talking about making bold statements, then I agree.

lol 585$ for a casual console emosexualsRYOU

I suppose you are too young or too stupid to understand what "different currency" means...

Cool, but at the end of the day no one cares about media attention.

GD1551

Um, yes they do. Companies care about media attention.

[QUOTE="AtariKidX"]And the PS3 is a very...very Powerful, Powerful Machine.Did that mean anything..??bonesawisready5

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