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Are Wii Going Through A Drought?

March 28, 2011 in Blog comments 3

The Wii is in a state of funk. Its loyal fan base continues to defend the console for the great titles it gets every once in a while. We analyze why the Wii seems to be in this drought and what is being done to fix this for the future. Cheers!

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    bbb7002004 Mar 29, 11
    Within the last half a year Wii had Monster Hunter 3, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid Other M, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Kirby Epic Yarn, Epic Mickey, and Golden Eye, plus a few other lower tier titles hit like Samurai Warriors, Fling Smash, and Just Dance 2. I'd say there would have to be something of a drought after that many titles comes in a six month period, especailly with Nintendo focusing on launching 3DS.

    The article mentions the new hardware somewhat, but then compares it to Sony's handling of NGP, which is still a year away. Nintendo was getting all the titles I just mentioned out a year a way from 3DS, so the comparison is apples and oranges.

    I'd say the Wii is in a drought, but all consoles hit that drought after the Christmas rush is over. The article mentions the other consoles getting games in a vague manner, but makes no moves to back it up whatsoever. I mean, really, what blockbusters have hit the 360 or PS3 in the last three months? Marvel Vs. Capcom and Bulletstorm?

    The Wii suffers from a lack of 3rd party support. We've all know that since the N64 came out. This is what Nintendo systems do.
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      Paradox Mar 29, 11
      Have you've seen the list of games coming out in 2011? PS3 and 360 owners have a lot to look for, with releases in the Summer and in holiday season weeks from each other. The Wii barely has anything worth mentioning on it.

      And for games released in the last three months, MvC, Bulletstorm, Killzone 3, Dragon Age 2, Homefront, God Eater Burst, Yakuza 4, Shogun 2, Crysis 2, Dissidia 2, Shift 2, and the 3rd Birthday. These aren't rare titles or anything either, all of these have a good following and are all hyped for. That's in this month alone too. All those titles for other consoles in a period of one month.

      Basically so far you guys have Xenoblade, the new Zelda, and Conduit 2.

      http://img153.imageshack.us/i/1301426528024.jpg/


      NGP is coming out this holiday season by the way.
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    Rinkydink Mar 31, 11
    Aside from the obvious big hitter Zelda, the Wii is in for a weak year tbh. It had a decent period of games towards the end of last year for sure, but games from then aren't going to make up for the lack of quality games this year aside from the exclusive gems. Pretty obvious that this is due to Nintendo focusing their efforts on the 3DS, which is in for a top year + shitload of games.

    The 360 is getting a pathetic amount of exclusives this year, the multi-platform games are saving their asses, but for this year, the PS3 is going to pretty much shit all over it.

    Personally this year is all about the PS3, PC and 3DS for me.

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