I think that Red Steel 2 is going to be the best FPS on Wii when it comes out. As "meh" as it might have been, for a launch title, it was pretty good, in my opinion. Ubisoft is taking this franchise seriously. Recently, they gave the game to a different team of developers. They know they could have done better, so they're letting a different, more experienced team take a crack at the game. I don't even care if it's online or not, as long as it controls well, and as long as it's fun, I'll be happy. Yeah, the Wii has the POTENTIAL to be the #1 home for FPSs, but the developers have to take the time to make a worthwhile game.
Because that's not how the system works. You can't just allow a game to be put on your system and not endorce it. Nintendo sells the license to the game maker, and is, therefore, endorcing in right then and there. It's not like Rockstar makes a game without the permission of Nintendo (or Sony in this case, as well) and just puts it on the system. They pay Nintendo for the right to make a game on their system. There's no other way around it. The game needs to get dropped to an M rating, or it's going to be an abyssmal failure. Which is a shame, because I want it.
This is an old and tired argument that people are using against the Wii. It's pretty much a load of BS, to put it bluntly. There aren't enough "casual" games out there to say that the Wii is being overrun with them. There are a lot more "core" games out there than there are "casual" games. For every mini-game compilation out there, there are 10-15 non-mini-game compilations. The people that say that Nintendo is forgetting their core audience are wrong. Simply wrong. Nintendo is not only introducing new IPs, but their old, tried and true core games are all on their way. Metroid Prime 3? Smash Bros? Animal Crossing? Mario Galaxy? Those are not casual gamer games. The problem is that those games haven't come yet, and people are getting anxious. It's true that there is a bit of a gaming drought on Wii right now, but the same could be said about the PS3 and 360. We're in slow months. That's how it is. The Wii has been out about 8 months - it's still pretty new to the market. The big games are coming, and Nintendo is definitely NOT forgetting about the core gamer. I have 5 Wii games, and none of them (besides Wii Sports) is a "casual" game. And I'm planning on getting a lot more non casual games in the near future. It's just a lame argument that is being thrown around, and it's completely false.
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