Why would you encourage everyone to buy a game when you know for a fact not everyone will enjoy it.. Are you just a really big fan of the economy and advocate for consumer spending?

From a retail standpoint it doesn't matter, there's current technology now at an affordable price that could be implemented in consoles and show a large graphical difference.

A new PC with the highest graphic quality available is nowhere near the cost of a new car. That comparison is out there.

Japanese companies are some of the most competitive backstabbing businesses in the world. You've completely lost me.

Besides, there is nothing to gain from working together. The tech in the Wii U is completely different from the tech in the other consoles, and they're too expensive to be combined. There's no great secret technology these companies have access to, just different directions.

If they all collaborated with the same product, we'd be stuck with the same direction. That's a horrible idea, especially for some of us that aren't on board with the cheap casualized gaming scheme. They already take aspects from one another and implement them in their own product, that's as much as we need to see from that.

Competition drives innovation. Theres a reason monopolies are are frowned upon. They're not good for anyone.

PCs don't cost as much as new cars and there is a large graphical leap there.

There's tons of room for improvements. And people have the misconception that the only improvements to be made are looks. Physics, AI, the amount of content that can be handled on screen all at once are all concepts that have plenty of room for expansion.

We're far far away from having a Mass Effect style MMO with Crysis style graphics in which tens of thousands of people can be engaged in a large scale war over a certain galaxy. There's so much more to come.

This may save a lot of people some money.

So the Wii U has a solid year of enjoying multiplats, and it can't even run those properly. Oh well, at least now Nintendo-only gamers can still play all these games they pretended not to care about when they were inaccessible on their platforms.

This is one of those games people rate highly because it's a launch game, and then when actual games start coming out, we all realize how much better this could have been.

I'll trade you my vote for the implementation of personal messages.

Since I'm not going on forever about this...

360:
GTA IV
Bioshock
The Orange Box
Mass Effect 2
Skyrim
Red Dead Redemption
Portal 2
Batman: Arkham City
Oblivion
Call of Duty 4
Modern Warfare 2
Fallout 3
Mass Effect 3
Rock Band 3
Guitar Hero II
Rock Band
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Rock Band 2
Mass Effect
Assassin's Creed II
Bayonetta
Tom Clancy GRAW
FIFA 10 & FIFA 12
Dead Space 2
NBA 2k12

Wii:
Rock Band 2
Rayman Origins
Rock Band 3
Resident Evil 4
Okami

*intentionally left out downloadable games, which would only help the 360..
** these are highly specific parameters. expand upon these and the gap increases.

Same exact parameters. If you don't see a difference there, there's nothing I can do for you. Or anyone for that matter. lol

Have a terrific day

You really want me to look up the numbers for all of those games? lol

And okay I'll make this simpler. It's a person who is paid to objectively look at a game's faults and assess them in accordance to the entire game.

You're just a consumer, which has been known to enjoy just about anything. Why should I say the Wii is doing just fine because there are plenty of third party exclusives you enjoy?

This makes no sense. It's like me saying "well I enjoy twice that many on the 360, so that wins!" and then asking you to accept that.

Tangent? There is nothing more closely related to the original point. lol

The Wii is lacking good third party exclusives. You try to disprove this by listing poorly rated games, YOU like. I use a source other than my own opinion which shows how few games there are.

It's basically your very own opinion vs. every aggregate review site. I'm not sure why we should go off of your opinion here.

Oh I apologize, there are FIVE. Five very highly (>90) rated third party Wii games. Two of which are Rock Band.

Next article of discussion: "I play games under 90"

Awesome. Pick any value. Count the number of third party titles over that number. Do the same for other consoles. Compare.

There is no personal opinion in here, and no 'sulking' as I do not care how much anything sucks, personally. This is an objective comparison that hurts the fragile egos here on this site.

Four highly rated third party exclusives? That's not far off I'm afraid. I'm not sure what I'm 'backpedaling' from. lol

It's pretty clear you are unable to distinguish your personal opinion from any sort of objective discussion. Which is fine, I admire your individuality. All of those reviewers lay out all of a game's faults for you, and do you care? Heck no, you completely ignore them and enjoy those games anyway!

I could never have such strength.

I'm not basing my opinion off of anything. lol

There is an objective and subjective view. I enjoy what I like, but that doesn't matter to everyone else.
When it comes to looking at a library objectively, subjective opinions do not matter.

It's okay that you think the Wii's library is the best thing ever, but when compared on a level playing field with its competition, it doesn't compare.

Your opinion is fantastic though and I'm glad you have one, just like the other six billion or so people.

Yeah, I meant quality games. Those rated highly by the majority.

If I were seeking a minority opinion I wouldn't come here. lol. There is at least one person in the world that believes EVERY Wii game is a great game. I dont rely on that opinion to judge a console.

The only objective way is to take a set score, and count over that score on an aggregate review site. Anything else is completely subjective. Most of those games you listed are recognized as being poor by the large majority of critics. Can't believe you listed The Conduit. lol

Much less than the other consoles when it comes to third parties. That was the point.

I don't need to provide the numbers, they are available for everyone to see.

Haha you got me. I suppose Africa counts as a continent as well. : )

I can't slip anything past you guys.. lol

I'm inclined to support that LK, the repetition of your avatar throughout these comments will make them much easier to read. So have at it.

It's not like I have to do any work either way, metacritic does that for me.

Logic? I'm too busy feeling sorry for other countries.

Thats nice though that you think these prizes are made out of top of the line material inaccessible to the public. I don't want to ruin that for you.

I'd prefer that as well. If you offer the incentive up front, THEN there's no excuse for disappointment.
They should do away with this and expand on the rewards.That way you know what is coming with your purchase when you spend the money.

Now I have to feel sorry for Europe too? That's an entire continent! lol

I'm not sure I have enough in me to feel sorry for all of the lesser fortunate parts of the world.

@TeeBeeDee

So in exchange for quite a bit of valuable market research you received something that cost them far, far less value to make..
I like that angle too, I can work with that. Still, it's an incentive program. People don't buy purely for the incentive, but it's expected with the purchase. So when the incentive isn't what was expected, people have a right to be disappointed.

Like I said earlier, I can't think of another incentive program that notifies you of your prize after your purchase. When you do these surveys and purchase these games you're hoping that there will be something worth the money and effort.

I don't think playing cards and posters, which someone could make at Kinkos, qualify as that.

Now I have to feel bad for people in Africa AND Scandinavia? lol

We didn't spend our money just to get these prizes

And people don't purchase soda bottles solely for the code under the bottle cap.

Some of you seem to have trouble differentiating an incentive from something that is actually free.

What more could you ask for?

More than like four third party games on a console? At least a number in the same ballpark as the other consoles?

Well, I buy their products to enjoy the products themselves.

Then you can be happy as always. That doesn't mean everyone has to be, and they shouldn't be ridiculed because of it.

If people redeemed all of their bottle cap codes in anticipation of something cool and were let down by a pack of Sprite playing cards, they can be disappointed as well.

Whine moan grumble. Say what you will, you don't HAVE to get ANYTHING extra from Nintendo!

It's not extra. It's an incentive program for buying their games.

They don't do this because they just like you. It provides people with an incentive to purchase their products. Just like those stupid promotions on bottle caps.

You have to buy your way into this category. It's perfectly acceptable to be disappointed by the choices of the promotion. The only difference between this and other promotions, is that you don't know what the prize is until AFTER you spent your money.

Yet we should all be grateful because grandfather Nintendo is looking out for us..

Oh don't worry I know

My car breaks down? It's okay, there are 10 year old kids in Africa that don't even have cars!
My airline loses my luggage? It's okay, there are kids in Africa that don't even have suitcases!
My bananas go bad the day after I buy them? It's okay, people in Africa don't even have bananas!

Didn't fact-check the last one but you can just assume it to be true.

lmao. I love that Africa quote.

Yes, I should be totally grateful for absolutely EVERYTHING because someone is worse off than I am.

What amazing logic to live by.

You received a poster for spending hundreds of dollars.

You can justify that however you'd like. I'm still not sorry to be missing out on 99 cent posters.

Well I'm sure sorry I didn't spend a few hundred dollars for a complementary poster.

Well it's certainly not all about the visuals..

Horrible idea.

Well there's nothing I love more than purchasing games I've already played nearly a decade ago.

Especially on a system that has no games.

What? I thought his job was to praise the next Nintendo console and consider it a viable threat. Since when do companies try to make the competition seem silly?

Not sure what I shake my head at more, some people commenting or the site for publishing this article.

Where is that favorite user thread? I have an addition.

I don't even have to say anything here! Great job Rift.

LEGO LEGO LEGO!
Bought this for the 360 of course, but it's Lego and Pirates so it must be good on the Wii, nonetheless. (sort of less though..)

Anyway, a seemingly good review and score for the Wii version.

Oh that's awesome.

I'm glad they've improved a ten year old game. I know they were short on time and all but it's nice they care enough to put forth such effort.

Hardly; all they wanted to do was make something better than they ever have before, and deliver an experience to wii gamers that other studios were not.

lol nice try.
They HYPED their game as that, and the second coming, while putting out a half (another word for butt, rhymes with glass..)ed product.

It's fine if you're easily fooled for someone working hard, but some of us aren't.
They totally got what they deserved. If they truly cared about making a great game, they would have done much better than the mediocre at very, very best products they put out.

They're an awful dev with an awful understanding of ethics in their profession. They deserve absolutely no respect.

This makes me so happy.

It's nice to see High Voltage exposed as the inherent scum of gaming I've always claimed them to be.

Go back to making licensed shovelware, guys, so at least people won't mistake your "work" for real games.

Tired of spending countless hours searching for sites as good as Nintendo Life?

I have to admit.. I lol'd.

Sports games can not have drastic change, anyways. I have this discussion every year about Madden. The biggest transition it can undergo is visually or because of the controller. There's nothing more that can be done with the Wii's limited hardware, and it already takes advantage of motion control.

Besides that, it can only have new courses, characters, challenges, online features, etc. And no additions like those will significantly change the game.

And if games had to have considerable change in order to score the same, or higher, games such as Pokemon Black or any Final Fantasy would score like 2s, despite holding up well against brand new games.

_{P.S. Stop expecting Madden to be drastically different. It simulates the same sport every year, people.}

Please make more. I like seeing people annoyed for petty reasons.

Why would it annoy me that you like playing the same games over and over and over?
I couldn't care less. I have other gaming devices that I use much more frequently than anything Nintendo because they're regularly supported by NEW games.

And I don't even have time for those! Heck, if you Nintendo guys ever get a new game that is actually decent, I'll have even less time!

Nothing better than a remake of a remake of a free game. And the 3DS continues to live up to it's great fame of remakes.

There are a lot of us that are really enjoying the game.

There's a lot of people out there that enjoy any game. That's not saying much.

Meanwhile, I'd like to thank you Jon for not being lenient with this one. Seems like people judge these games off of perceived effort, rather than the actual product.

When the actual product sucks, the effort doesn't really matter.

Steel Diver is developed by not only Nintendo, but head honcho Miyamoto was in charge of the project

Really? Then that's kind of embarrassing.
I guess just further proof Miyamoto has lost his touch with modern gaming.

A couple side points:

1. Wind Waker is the greatest Zelda to whoever said they wouldn't mind that remake. If it's any consolation I would hate that one the least.
2. Surprisingly I don't actually care, on a personal level, what Nintendo does with their time, as I hardly ever play Nintendo games.
Zelda (Except WW), Metroid, Pikmin, Star Fox? I'm not a huge fan. The only franchise I REALLY like is Paper Mario. (And there's something about Wind Waker..)

It's the principle I have a problem with. If every publisher did this, half the games being made would be remakes.
At least Sony bundles a couple/few games, puts them in HD, adds a bunch of new content, and sells them on a single Blu Ray disc. Nintendo? Take one game, add average to flat out awful motion control, and release again.

If Nintendo's lazy philosophy of "rinse, release, repeat" carries over to the consoles/ handhelds I actually like, then you guys can be like "lolol Alex take that" lol

Edit: On a side note, a few of these games being mentioned as ones Nintendo fans have overlooked, have been overlooked for good reason.
Steel Diver? Most agreed it was mediocre at best and was just "published" by Nintendo.
Pikmin, I'll give you that one. Chibi? No. >.>

because of games like starfox that will really benefit and feel new. can't wait for that one.

It's like this..

A. Play a game with new technology.
B. Play a game with new technology except you know everything that happens.

Why people wouldn't prefer sequels, at the very least (God forbid Nintendo tries a new IP..) is so beyond me it's not even funny. I'm pretty sure I have a better hold on the string theory.

So far I can name as many remakes in store for the 3DS as I can new games from Nintendo. That's pathetic. If that's your thing, awesome. I'm just glad the rest of the world doesn't share your perspective, or I'd be riding a horse to work.

new games are lame.

That is terrific. There are also people out there that love classic cars. Should manufacturers not evolve and produce new vehicles?

That's fine if you don't think gaming should evolve, but that doesn't mean you should encourage the industry to stagnate so you can play the same games over and over and over.