Wii Tops E3 Game Critics Awards 77
Gamespot reports on the announced winners of the E3 Critics Awards. From the article: "Nintendo, which was nominated a show-high 13 times, took home the show's biggest prize for its Wii console. The system, in the running for the only two categories it could qualify for, was handed the coveted Best of Show award, as well as Best Hardware award. But the Japanese game-maker wasn't done there. The publisher grabbed three more awards for some of its games, including Best Handheld Game (The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS), Best Sports Game (Wii Sports), and Best Racing Game (Excite Truck for the Wii)."
Go Big N (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Go Big N (Score:2)
I dont remeber if it was Iwata or Miyamoto, but one of them said that, they specifically did not care to listen *current players* opinion, because, for them, everything is allright. What they wanted is to ask non-players WHY didnt they played, that is the whole point of the blue sea -red sea idea.
Re:Go Big N (Score:3, Insightful)
One might be able to conclude that the specific people who comprise the voting panel for the E3 Game Critic Awards might, but I would hesitate to draw any conclusions broader than that.
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as it has been said many times before, i believe the console maket will shift as well.
The Truth (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:The Truth (Score:5, Funny)
When video game designers start putting floppy titties in games I think they're going way too far.
Granny-Sag is just one feature NVidia really should hold off on. The market just isn't ready for it.
Re:The Truth (Score:2)
I always wondered if anyone really bought those granny porn mags. Seems the answer is yes.
PS3 is all but final at this point (Score:3, Interesting)
You can bet they're scrambling right now and PS3 might turn out pretty different from what was presented at E3, at the hope to not screw it up. Thing is, attempting to not screw it up is how they screw it up all the time.
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Won't be the first time they make changes too late, no?
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I can't think of how they could possibly anger their fans by not including Blu-Ray. Developers, possibly, for changing the game disc storage capacity. The hardware division that's intent on foisting it on everybody as the new high-density DVD standard? You bet.
The word that comes to mind when I consider Sony's market presence is "lumbering" - like too many people are trying to drive the Gundam. They can only move in a straight line, or fall down.
Big N doesn't have these p
Re:PS3 is all but final at this point (Score:2)
Is that an actual quote in the quotes up there? I mean as something a Sony rep said?
If so, things are far more ridiculous that I could ever imagine.
Re:PS3 is all but final at this point (Score:2)
For that matter, was the X-Box 360 eligible, or did they have a prototype at last year's show?
It would be nice if the article had mentioned what other consoles were nominated against it.
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Best Hardware
DS Lite (Nintendo)
Logitech G25 Racing Wheel (Logitech for PC)
PlayStation 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Wii (Nintendo)
Xbox 360 Wireless Headset (Microsoft for Xbox 360)
Re:PS3 is all but final at this point (Score:2)
Personally, I think the DS Lite is the most impressive gadget on that list, but it looks like the critics are all about the Wii.
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Yup, I bet Nintendo is pretty mad at Nintendo for stealing their award this year
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Why would I care what Nintendo thinks? Will they give me money if I cheer for them getting lots of awards?
I happen think the DS Lite is a pretty cool gadget. It's quite an amazing display of miniaturization.
The Wii, on the other hand, is perhaps the least impressive of three very unimpressive new living-room consoles. I mean, apart from a funky tilty controller thingie and (very) slightly better graphics, is there really a
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The DS Lite is downright tiny, yet still plays DS and Gameboy games. That's pretty freakin' cool.
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What is the PS3 but a beefed up PS2 minus DualShock, plus DualShake and Blu-ray?
What is the Xbox 360 but a beefed up Xbox?
I think you're missing the entire point of the Wii. Different and/or better gameplay. BUT OMG IT DOESN'T SUPPORT HD!!1one You're also forgetting the fact that the final specs haven't been released yet, only that they're based off the GC hardware. Big deal. Any argument about the Wii being less powerful is meaningless until we know the final spec
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Re:Am I the only one (Score:2)
everytime (Score:3, Funny)
Some people... (Score:5, Interesting)
I was recently talking to a co-worker of mine who thinks he's an old school hardcore gamer because he has been playing games "Ever since back in the day of the old Playstation 1" as he said. He knows I have all of the systems, and including some obscure old ones from back when, as he says, "not many people really played video games."
While having our discussion, he asked me if there were any games I had that he could borrow that I thought he could play and perhaps get his girlfriend interested. She normally gets bothered by him when he plays games and he wanted something he thought they could both enjoy.
My first suggestion was Katamari Damacy. He asked what it was, and I told him. His next question really bothered me. "How are the graphics?"
I admit this almost took me by surprise. I tried my best to describe the graphics and he seemed to lose interest in it. He said he didn't want to play something "so cartoony". We went back and forth overy several more titles and he kept reminding me about his tastes in games and what he liked, and was hoping I had some ideas for something that they both might enjoy.
I said "Dude, trust me, women love Katamari." But he kept trying to shift my suggestions more towards games with realistic graphics and he wanted war and sports.
Is it any wonder his girlfriend hates it when he plays games?
Oddly enough, I'm slowly starting to suspect that his tastes in gaming reflect a large portion of the non-tech-savvy, average joe gamer of today that think they're hard-core. "The Playstation Generation". What bothers me even more is they're probably soon to be replaced with a new "Xbox Generation" of kids who think games not only must look realistic but have to be online play to be any good.
n00bs.
Re:Some people... (Score:2)
"It's about monkeys in these plastic balls..."
*Interrupting me*
"What?!"
"Sigh, nevermind."
Re:Some people... (Score:2)
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1)The two sets aren't discrete. People do fall into both sets.
2)If you're talking about non-work related things to a coworker, its either small talk to be polite or he's a friend.
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Re:Some people... (Score:3, Interesting)
On a more serious/less ranting note... I completely agree with you that the PlayStation generation needs to stop calling themselves hardcore gamers--especially if they aren't willing to try out new games. Hardcore gamers are the people who
Re:Some people... (Score:2)
But yes, I agree. A real hardcore gamer would try anything in spite of it's graphical style, control scheme, or platform. Crazy Taxi would have been a good suggestion, actually. I never even thought to bring that one up. Shenmue I wouldn't have thought to s
Re:Some people... (Score:2)
Let me know how people react if you expose them to Shenmue as I was/still am shocked that my girlfriend and her sister got into it. My girlfriend plays game a decent amount, but just things like Paper Mario, Nintendogs, etc. (cutesy game
Re:Some people... (Score:2)
So...are Hardcore gamers people who still have RSI from too much Tetris in greyscale on a MacSE?...
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The graphics sucked, but the gameplay was incredible. I remember playing with three friends for hours on my C64. The supply-and-demand market in the game was incredibly simple yet always a blast to try to optimize.
Is there anything even close to the game available now?
Re:Some people... (Score:1)
Apparently this game was directly influenced by M.U.L.E.
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Simply put, It's not being a hardcore gamer that makes you like violence an
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Lessons I learned from Gaming... (Score:2)
1. Full screen games are exactly the reason why you still need a clock next to your computer.
2. While RSI may be dodgy science at times, the effects are real. Damn you Tetris.
3. Blue Elf needs food. Badly.
4. American's don't know when they have it good regarding network ping times.
5. Collectible Card Games aren't really as addictive as crack, but pre-painted minis are.
6. Beware of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. (How did that ancient gold dragon get into that 10'x10' room anyw
Re:Some people... (Score:4, Funny)
T-Shirt 1: Chicks Dig Katamari
T-Shirt 2: Chicks Roll Over for Katamari
T-Shirt 3: Chicks Go Head-over-heels for Katamari
T-Shirt 4: Katamari- Bigger is Better
Mod Funny or the Joke's on You! (Score:1)
The right method... (Score:1)
The best idea is just to engineer a situation where you can sit them down and get them to watch 2 episode (or in this case play for 20 minutes). It's like Nintendo says, "Playing is believing".
Re:The right method... (Score:2)
"Grave of the Fireflies" is about two orphaned children struggling to survive in the wake of the fire-bombing of Tokyo in World War II.
Hmm... That doesn't sound so ridiculous. I'll try another.
"Sailor Moon" is a series targeted to young girls, but also enjoyed by all ages and genders, about a middle-school girl who transforms into a Super-hero and protects inno
Re:The right method... (Score:1)
In any case, for everyone descriptionally challenged, I think my method is a viable alternative.
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Playstation Generation believes a huge myth (Score:2, Interesting)
The big myth is that people like him believed gaming became 'mainstream' with the Playstation. The Playstation Generation believes that prior systems such as the NES, Atari, and computers such as the Commodore 64 had very few people playing them. But, behold, Sony appeared and suddenly gaming became 'mainstream'. This has been the most effective marketing technique I've seen in console gam
More stuff that doesn't yet exist... (Score:1)
What's next, an award for Duke Nukem Forever?
Re:More stuff that doesn't yet exist... (Score:2, Insightful)
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Re:Don't give too much weight (Score:2)
Ah, but that's not neccessarily a bad thing. Two points:
First, he's a gamer. Gamers are used to traditional controllers. Naturally, playing games with the Wii controller feels weird for them - more so than for non-gamers.
Second, "steep learning curve" is not the same as "complicated". There's nothing wrong with having to learn playing a game. It's only wrong if doing so is boring or complicated. But it seems learning to use the Wii controller
Wii Sports??? Best Sports Game??? (Score:3, Interesting)
Sports party! (Score:2)
I imagine it would be a blast with friends -- and the Wiimote will make it much easier to talk your (non-gaming) friends into joining in.
Re:Sports party! (Score:2)
So... you're saying it would have been better with more realistic graphics?