Wii-views thread.

Warbie, can you chuck that in a quote tag? I thought that was you giving your actual opinion until i read the article. My bad i guess.

Anyway, awesome awesome awesome review.
 
I can't edit it any more.

It was far too well written to be a report of a Zelda game from me - you can tell those by the excess of \o/ and woohoos :)

You're right, it really does sound awesome!
 
Reginald said:
How would a game that was never coded to use motion-sensing controllers, suddenly use them? Especially as the Wiimote, even with the nunchuk, has less buttons than the GC controller.
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Do you seriously think I was asking whether the motion sensors would work with Gamecube games?
 
As if there was a lack of good TP scores :D

Go Nintendo rates TP a 9.9 (obviously somewhat biased source, but still)
Twilight Princess is the entry in the Zelda series that we will be talking about for years to come. You will no longer be using Ocarina as your comparison for future Zelda games…TP takes that honor. It takes everything that Zelda has done in the past, and gives it to you 10-fold. It also gives you a ton of brand new elements that you never knew you needed in a Zelda game. All that time that TP was pushed back was more than worth it. This is the definitive entry in the series. From here on out I will worry that the next Zelda title won’t live up to TP. That is how damn good this game is…I can’t even find the time to enjoy it fully. I am too busy worrying that the next one won’t kick as much ass. You need this game…and you need it now.
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Mattigus said:
http://www.gamespot.com/events/wiil...topslot;action;1&om_act=convert&click=topslot

Gamespot gave Twilight Princess an 8.8. Definately the lowest score so far. Haven't read it yet, but it is interesting how the site gave Ocarina a 10, and most sites proclaim that this Zelda sets the new standard.
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Because the guy that reviewed is biased when it comes to the Wii (see the Excite Truck review and various other Wii features on there). It's hilarious though, the gamespot forums are completely rampant with "Jeff is obese fat ******** *****". I bet he gave it that score to garner attention, just like Joystic did with their article :D
 
Gathered from the internet, in response to the gamespot rating.

I have decided to kill myself. There just seems to be no reason left to live. It all started about 20 minutes ago when I read a review...for the seemingly best game ever made. It got an 8.8.

That was it, how can I move on? This game was my only passion in life, and now its perfect score streak has been spoiled. It got a B. I get Straight A's just so I can play this game, and now I find out it only worth a B.

This is unsatisfactory.

Death to Gamespot.
Death To Jeff
Death To myself
Hail Allah

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anthrax.doc
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Everyones buzzing about the Gamespot Zelda review, but people might care about Madden 07 getting an 8.5 from IGN.
 
Mattigus said:
Everyones buzzing about the Gamespot Zelda review, but people might care about Madden 07 getting an 8.5 from IGN.
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Both of those reviews make me fear for the future of the industry.
 
8.5 is understandable for Madden since they actually added some cool content and multiplayer games for Wii. I think it looks like a lot of fun. Surprised that some of the other Wii games didn't score higher though.

That Gamespot guy was already anti-Wii. During their playthroughs in their live show he was bored out of his mind. No surprise.
 
Stigmata said:
Both of those reviews make me fear for the future of the industry.
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The 8.8 for Zelda was from Gamespot. The 8.5 for Madden was from IGN, and IGN gave Zelda a 9.5. Now if Gamespot gave Madden an 8.9, THEN I'd be concerned...
 
That review didn't sound so bad. It seems the reviewers main gripe was that TP was very similar to OoT - not a bad thing for many of us.
 
Mattigus said:
The 8.8 for Zelda was from Gamespot. The 8.5 for Madden was from IGN, and IGN gave Zelda a 9.5. Now if Gamespot gave Madden an 8.9, THEN I'd be concerned...
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Meh, it's more the fact that developers can get away with releasing the same game every year for a decade, while adding literally almost nothing to the core game, and still manage to pull a score far over the 6 or less that it truly deserves.

Zelda changes every time. New elements are added and removed, the art style changes, weapons and items are changed and swapped, dungeons are new, the narrative is new (though it DOES follow a formula)...

Yes, Madden can't change that much because it's been pigeonholed. No, that does not mean that it deserves an 8 for pushing the boundaries of its unbelievably tight self-imposed limits. Realistic football is not a genre.
 
Mattigus said:
Gathered from the internet, in response to the gamespot rating.

I have decided to kill myself. There just seems to be no reason left to live. It all started about 20 minutes ago when I read a review...for the seemingly best game ever made. It got an 8.8.

That was it, how can I move on? This game was my only passion in life, and now its perfect score streak has been spoiled. It got a B. I get Straight A's just so I can play this game, and now I find out it only worth a B.

This is unsatisfactory.

Death to Gamespot.
Death To Jeff
Death To myself
Hail Allah

*1 Attachment*
anthrax.doc
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ahahahaha
 
I guess HL2 wasn't as revolutionary as I thought then, what with all this fanboyism over Zelda.

I'd love to check it out though. Get a Wii. Ah, if only I wasn't going to Malaysia...
 
Edge reviews:

Zelda - 9 :)
Wii Sports - 7
Red Steel - 5
Monkey Ball - 7
 
Zelda is hugely overrated. That said, I'd be buying the Wii if it wasn't for the fact that my 360 broke and I'm going to have to get a new one.
 
Surely it's under warranty? The machine hasn't been out for a year yet - if the company you bought it from won't replace it MS will.

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Gamemaster scores uk scores (borrowed from NTSC)

Zelda TP 96%
Wii Sports 80%
Call Of Duty III 87%
Monkey Ball BB 86%
Redsteel 79%
Rayman RR 62%
Wii Play 50%
 
Warbie said:
That review didn't sound so bad. It seems the reviewers main gripe was that TP was very similar to OoT - not a bad thing for many of us.
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Yet he gives GoW a 10 for things like Sound and Gameplay. Hide behind cover then shoot for the entire game doesn't seem too original to me, and can the gun sounds really be that different to the 100s of other shooters to warrant a 10?
 
GoW is more than just hide and shoot - it's not static like GRAW and R6. You maybe hiding much of the time, but rarely stay still. It's very fast, hectic, and unlike any game i've played before. Probably not worth a 10, but easily a solid 9.
 
The Wii seems to be launching with a Whimper, not a Bang. A shame, because I always root for the underdog... Well, not in the UK where the console is far too expensive for what it is / for what it costs everywhere else in the world. Did see people flapping their arms around in Churchill Square, Brighton a few days ago mind you. Those a brave people :p
 
A whimper? Check out the number of preorders and the reviews for Zelda. For many people it isn't going to be a whimper at all :)

£180 seems like a bargain to me - especially when compared to how much it's going to cost to upgrade my pc. Now that really is a daunting proposition/gamble.
 
Warbie said:
A whimper? Check out the number of preorders and the reviews for Zelda. For many people it isn't going to be a whimper at all :)
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Preorders and actual deliverance on them IS impressive, but the reviews seem to be a simple case of "one 9+ game, 3 8s and a bunch of shit you'd never play unless you were trying to desperately justify having spent £180 already". But then I suppose many console launches are like this anyway... In fact, having a 9+ scoring game at launch is probably impressive. It's just a shame that it's a Zelda game, and my inclination is towards not touching it by proxy through a warehouse of 8" tall amazon women holding a barge poll originally commissioned for use on the Titanic.
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£180 seems like a bargain to me - especially when compared to how much it's going to cost to upgrade my pc. Now that really is a daunting proposition/gamble.
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As far as I see, £180 would seem an extravagance to be spent on making a Wii-equivilent PC, even though mine is 3 years old (I suspect that a 2600XP, 1gig ram, 9800pro PC is equal or even greater in power than a Wii. Correct me if i'm wrong of course.).
 
As far as I see, £180 would seem an extravagance to be spent on making a Wii-equivilent PC,
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You wont be using a Wii as a PC though. So comparing the prices is idiotic.

At least the games on Wii will play differently than the same old games with revamped graphics for Xbox and Ps.
 
Seems to me PS3 is the one launching with a whimper (minus the chaos and stupidity we saw of people clamoring over getting their PS3 to resell).

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/default_PS3/1028

They have a few games in the 80% range and some that are much lower.

The Wii however has Zelda (high 95%+ - marred only by Gamespot's anti-Wii reviewer :p) and a bunch of 80% range titles and a few that are below that.

Besides, everybody I talk that talks about the PS3 up here, says they wouldn't mind one for reselling it, but don't see anything they could possibly justify spending $600 for. Everybody that talks about the Wii wants to either get one or at least come over to my apartment to try it out.
 
StardogChampion said:
Yet he gives GoW a 10 for things like Sound and Gameplay. Hide behind cover then shoot for the entire game doesn't seem too original to me, and can the gun sounds really be that different to the 100s of other shooters to warrant a 10?
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I don't know if you've played Gears of War, but the sound deserves a 10/10. It's up there with Company of Heroes and Starcraft as some of the best ingame sound I've ever heard. Epic really outdid themselves in that department. Also, the gameplay doesn't have to be innovative or original to warrant a good score - it just has to be fun, which Gears of War definitely is.
 
kupoartist said:
But then I suppose many console launches are like this anyway
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Novetly factor aside, it's still more impressive than most launches. Certainly more than the 360, PS3, Saturn, PS2 etc. I can understand not being too impressed if you don't like Zelda :)O) and aren't excited by the prospect of 4 player Wiisports with friends.

In the world of pcs £180 gets you very little.
 
I probably won't get a Wii until Super Smash Brothers: Brawl comes out.
 
Cole said:
You wont be using a Wii as a PC though. So comparing the prices is idiotic.
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No shit. That quote is a response to another suggesting that there is some comparrison though, so I would appreciate you not taking it in isolation and calling me "idiotic".
 
Cole: it's quite reasonable to compare a Wii to a PC at least in terms of gaming... so comparing the prices is not idiotic. I also would like to point out that calling people 'idiotic' on here isn't entirely appreciated by the moderating staff.
 
I remember there was a thread here about two weeks ago about Nintendo having one more surprise regarding the Wii that had not been revealed yet. Does anyone know what that "surprise" turned out to be?
 
zleppelin said:
I remember there was a thread here about two weeks ago about Nintendo having one more surprise regarding the Wii that had not been revealed yet. Does anyone know what that "surprise" turned out to be?
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Exactly what I thought it would be:

Nothing


At least not yet...and I really doubt it'll come out later today before launch.
 
AmishSlayer said:
Exactly what I thought it would be:

Nothing


At least not yet...and I really doubt it'll come out later today before launch.
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I thought it was the "mii" feature....as in, the little guys that you make for the online wii community or whatever...and friends who bring their wii controllers into your vicinity get their mii and all their stats added to your wii.

Apparentley the controller has flash memory embedded in it somehow.
 
theotherguy said:
I thought it was the "mii" feature....as in, the little guys that you make for the online wii community or whatever...and friends who bring their wii controllers into your vicinity get their mii and all their stats added to your wii.

Apparentley the controller has flash memory embedded in it somehow.
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We've known that for months now.

There was recent talk of another revelation almost as big as the controller unveiling itself.
 
AmishSlayer said:
We've known that for months now.

There was recent talk of another revelation almost as big as the controller unveiling itself.
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"Surprise! The Wii's Weather channel isn't up until December 4th!" :p
 
Although OoT was a great game I never got the feeling of "OMG! This is one of the best games ever!". I always prefered playing 2D Zelda on my Gameboy for some reason. Never the less OoT was a fantastic game and TP looks absolutly superb.
 
...but, as has been said, I'm waiting for brawl. :|
 
Wtf red steel got a 5??

That looked very cool to me, I've never played zelda before and don't really want to. Why should I get a wii?
 
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