Topic: IGN: 2010: The Year of the Wii

I choose to be optimistic. And I hope that epic mickey will be the first game ever (?) to receive 100 on metacritic and to promote the game the VC will see 10 releases of Disney games including Duck Tales and Lion King.

Didn't IGN say that 2008 was the "Year of The Wii"? And didn't they also say that for 2009? Talk about inconsistency.

Sadly, I stopped caring what IGN said about 2 years ago. IGN articles and reporting represent a viewpoint that is so regularly different from mine that they simply aren't worth reading. Too bad though - I like reading positive reports about what's coming for Wii and think there are a lot of solid titles coming out this year to talk about.

On a side note, am I the only one worried that Epic Mickey is going to be a giant bomb? I love the concept but haven't seen anything that actually makes me believe the execution will live up to the potential.

Year of the Wii, maybe. Summer of the shrinking wallets, definitely.

Seriously, the article is right - this year is amazing. They didn't even mention the other multiplatform titles for the Wii like the Forgotten Sands, new Call of Duty?, Transformers Cybetron, Force Unleashed II...

and then there are other Nintendo titles on the horizon like Xenoblade and Last Story, and the Dynamic slash WM+ game (if it comes to the U.S.) and we know they must be working on StarFox and others... I mean, the reason is that people think that the Wii doesn't have enough games is because of one reason only: fanboys. And I know I'm guilty of the same thing, but if you really think about it, it's the only reason.... it's people going into forums and attacking the wii, for no reason, because amazing games keep coming.

And it has its influence, subconsciously on wii fans too. That's why so many people buy the wii - people that don't go into forums, that just enjoy their lives, and like the wii consoles without constantly seeing fanboys attacking it.

If all of that doesn't happen, I think you've ruined my year for me...

Hey man, that's awesome. When you've gotten a bit further into it, let me know, and we'll play some online! That's the one thing I'm missing out on with this game atm - online play.

I traded in some old movies I had in storage for some games and one of them was Chocobo's Dungeon just because you bring it up so much. This way I can decide if you are a saint or sinner lol Nah, I read the back of the box and remembered you always speak highly of it and since it was 14.99 new, I figured what the heck. (I also picked up Metal Slug Anthology new for less than a NeoGeo download )

Don't worry, next week 2010 is the year of the PS2 again

The game had an ultra-limited release in Australia - I had to pay $80 for a USED copy of it.

Of course, I've since got so much entertainment from it that it's the best purchase I've made in a long time. Chocobo is my hero <3

And I've since bought the piano music score, the CD soundtrack and a bunch of stuffed Chocobos, and the two DS mini-game collections, and Chocobo Racing on the Playstation Network. Square Enix is making a fortune out of my Chocobo obsession. >_<

I really hope you love the game as much as I do. Cause then we can card battle too!

Every year is the year of the Wii!

Kiss my butt IGN - You are lazy and stupid and I don't care!

Woot!

I stopped reading there.

No game is ever truly perfect.

I recently read an interview with Reggie Fils-Aime saying that Nintendo is making more money off of VC, rather than Wiiware, which means the VC isn't going anywhere any time soon. (The link was on this site, by the way.)

As for the rest of what you wrote, well, where the hell have you been? You do know what's coming out this year right? Mario Galaxy 2 (Super Mario Galaxy was 2007's Game of the Year), Metroid Other M, Monster Hunter 3, Red Steel 2, Tales of Graces, Epic Mickey, possibly the new Zelda (which Twilight Princess on Wii, was 2006's Game of the Year), and so-on and so forth. Yet, you have the guts to say this won't be the year of the Wii, when 360 is only getting Halo Reach and Fable 3 to be a contender for GOTY, and PS3 with God of War 3? Think again Smash1999.

....yeah you and me both.

let's not with the IGN hate here, shall we? thank you :3

@ChronoCross: You forgot Alan Wake on 360, and there's bound to be stuff on the PS3 later. I still think the wii will destroy the competition in terms of quality first-party games, but don't disregard the other systems as having a few titles.
Plus, 3rd party is what 360 and PS3 rely on. Without it (At least for Sony, seeing that they still don't have a series that sells like Halo does) they'd be screwed.

Nintendo's Competitors have already got Mass Effect 2, Heavy Rain, God of War III, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Darksiders, Bayonetta and Final Fantasy XIII this year.
And there's huge list of potential highlights announced for 2010:
Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, Alan Wake, BlazBlue, Red Dead Redemption, Mafia II, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Fallout: New Vegas, Castlevania: Lords of Shadows, PoP: The Forgotten Sands, Fable III, Halo Reach, Dead Rising 2, Max Payne 3, ...

Yeah, a loyal Nintendo fanboy should definitely stop reading at this point and wait for being picked up by his parents. I would also suggest that every criticizing of a Mario game should be strictly blocked out on all Nintendo fansites like boobs on American television.

New Super Mario Bros is a good game thanks to the classic gameplay of the former SMB-games. I'm disappointed about Nintendo releasing a full retail Mario game with a very low budget and without taking any risks. Nintendo was absolutely playing safe with NSMB for Wii and didn't try anything that wouldn't have been possible on SNES (e.g. online gameplay). That may be enough for a 10 € WiiWare game but it's not for a new Mario retail game in my opinion.

_{you think you're being cute, but i'm serious -- let's not with the IGN bashing. -- TBD}

@Faildude AWESOME avatar of the epitome of your name lol

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Blazblu not planned for U.S./EU release. The first bombed. PoP also for the Wii. I don't think people are looking forward for this particular Castlevania. There are some decent games but I think we'll see Capcom announcing more games for the Wii soon too since TvC seems to have been doing well. But who knows. Looking at your particular list, I think Wii's list looks much better, mostly due to Nintendo of course.