Wii vs. GameCube - Wii, WiiWare & Virtual Console Forum

PoTher · 2011-11-03T10:41:17+00:00

With all the gloom surrounding the Nintendo 3DS and the dark clouds already forming around the upcoming Wii U (whoa, industry déjà vu), I wonder how Nintendo's worst selling console (GCN {Virtual Boy a handheld or a console?}) fairs against its best selling console (Wii). Is Nintendo better games-wise when they're at their worst sales-wise? The Wii may be more popular, but that popularity might just be a case of quantity over quality. Of course, the more popular the console, the more games it receives and thus the higher the chance its library being filled with less-than-stellar entries. But for me, its been months since I bought a decent Wii game @ retail (I think it was Donkey Kong Country Returns). This inconsistency didn't happen with my GameCube, though I've got slightly more games for Wii. So, how well do you think the Wii has fared when compared to its direct predecessor? Nintendo's presence? They never forgot Mario Kart on either console, but why didn't F-Zero and Wave Race make the drive over to Wii and its Wheel? Mario, Zelda, Metroid Prime, Fire Emblem, and Super Smash Bros. all made the leap. Ever since the N64, there's been talk about Nintendo needing to increase its efforts to entice 3rd parties. On the GCN, Link appeared in Namco's Soul Calibur II, and Sega/Amusement Vision developed F-Zero GX (which was all result of the Triforce deal). On the Wii, Metroid: Other M was developed by Tecmo/Team Ninja (nice to see a Metroid stage in DoA Dimensions), and both Snake and Sonic appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. with respective, game oriented stages. Second party offerings? GCN: Eternal Darkness, Metal Gear Solid (plus 3rd party collaboration with Konami), Metroid Prime (Retro quickly became an in-house studio). Does Nintendo even have any 2nd parties after the GCN era? Unimportant? How do 3rd party offerings compare between the two? The GCN may've fell short with the amount of 3rd parties, but Capcom certainly supported it, especially with main installments of the Resident Evil series. But on the Wii it's not quite the same. And while Sega supported both (even the GCN's modem), they seem to have a more powerful presence on Wii. And was it a good idea to make Wii sequels of GameCube games in franchises that are usually standalone entries? Was this topic even necessary?

Topic: Wii vs. GameCube

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zezhyrule
Sat 5th Nov 2011

What did the wii have again? Some waggly party games? No thanks.

[15:36] Corbs: Vita rules - 3DS drools!

zezloggery | i haz youtube | PSN ID: zezhyrule

[23:11] Phoen...

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TheKingOfTown
Sat 5th Nov 2011

GameCube was my childhood. GameCube FTW!

Why do people point to their wrists when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

PSN ID: CTID16

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misswliu81
Sat 5th Nov 2011

Mully wrote:

The Wii, however, with it's downloadable library of Virtual Console titles really appealed to me as a retroist.

this.

misswliu81

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