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    The Nintendo Wii is a home video game console released on November 19, 2006. The Wii's main selling point was the innovative use of motion controls that its signature Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers allowed for. It became the best selling home console of its respective generation of hardware.

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    #1  Edited By Darigaz

    be quite frank gaming should continue to be a niche market. As a matter of fact, Id love it if every casual gamer fell off the face of the planet, and stopped parading around in our faces (our meaning the people to take gameing seriously)
    You cannot argue that gaming is a lifestyle for some. Weather i choose to co-exist with these people who ruin video games is up to me. Nintendo should have taken thier press conference somewhere else because my mom who plays wii doesnt watch E3. I watch E3. I spend 80% of my free time playing video games.  You have to understand what comes from casuals invading my superawesomecoolgameing space.
    I get to look at stupid shit like Twitter and Facebook as options on my Xbox.
    Just so stupid ass airhead sister can enjoy something she isnt capable of using to its full potential. She can have fun somewhere else. Or Nintendo can bring thier marketing to a different location. The melding of the two worlds bothers me on a personal level because I take what I do and the skills I have developed seriously.
    Nintendo blew it. Wiis games blow, dont be silly. Retail price for any wii game besides SMG is an absolute rippoff (yes, Wii retail price, not xbox etc)
    I can't handle thier poor design/marketing issues. They are going to lose thier new base to microsoft because now the xbox has thier gimmick, but better. Im FUCKING SICK of rehashed titles keeping them afloat. Pettagree? ARE YOU KIDDING? Do you idiots understand how being a company who needs money works? Nintendo has no choice but to shove "new" old titles down your throat. Because they know people will buy them, mario mario mario mario, samus aran, samus aran samus aran. Are we done yet?
    DS is the only thing they did SEMI-right. Because kiddy games work for handhelds.
    TOO BAD TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM IS FOR WII. Oh wait, Japanese people like the Wii.

    sorry for my spelling/grammar errors.

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    #2  Edited By Meowayne

    You're blind, lazy and ignorant.
    (I also found the only people that cannot get themselves to have fun with "kiddy" games are kids)

    , Muramasa (2D action)
    , Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Fighter)
    , Fragile (Adventure)
    , Red Steel 2 (FPS)
    , The Conduit (FPS)
    , Gladiator A.D. (Fighter)
    , Grinder (FPS)
    , Sin&Punishment 2 (Arcade Action)
    , Final Fantasy: Chrystal Bearers (RPG)
    , Dragon Quest X (RPG)
    , Silent Hill: Homecoming (Survival Horror)
    , The Grudge (Survival Horror)
    , Wii Sports Resort (MotionPlus Techdemo)
    , Grand Slam Tennis (Sport)
    , No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle (Action)
    , NFS Nitro (Racing)
    , Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles (Arcade FPS)
    , Rabbids Go Home (platformer)
    , Dead Space: Extraction (Arcade FPS)
    , Another Code R (Adventure)
    , Tales of Monkey Island (Adventure)
    , A Boy And His Blob (Platformer)
    , Monster Hunter 3 (RPG/Action)
    , Cursed Mountain (Action Adventure)
    , Dawn of Discovery (RTS)
    , Wii Fit Plus (Sports)
    , Let's Tap! (Sports?)
    , Super Mario & Yoshi Galaxy (Platformer)
    , Metroid: Other M (Action)
    , New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Platformer)
    , Endless Ocean 2 (Adventure)


    You're not part  of Nintendo's audience anymore. Yes. That's why they don't advertise the games that appeal to you anymore. That's right.

    But that doesn't mean the games don't exist.

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    #3  Edited By BODDAH

    Joke topic?

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    #4  Edited By AgentJ
    @Meowayne:
    You still dont have cave story and tales of graces on that list. Im filing a complaint with... someone...
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    #5  Edited By Feanor

    I don't think video games in general should be a niche market.  But certain genres of games should stay niche.

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    #6  Edited By Kr3lian
    @Darigaz said:
    " be quite frank gaming should continue to be a niche market. As a matter of fact, Id love it if every casual gamer fell off the face of the planet, and stopped parading around in our faces (our meaning the people to take gameing seriously) You cannot argue that gaming is a lifestyle for some. Weather i choose to co-exist with these people who ruin video games is up to me. Nintendo should have taken thier press conference somewhere else because my mom who plays wii doesnt watch E3. I watch E3. I spend 80% of my free time playing video games.  You have to understand what comes from casuals invading my superawesomecoolgameing space. I get to look at stupid shit like Twitter and Facebook as options on my Xbox. Just so stupid ass airhead sister can enjoy something she isnt capable of using to its full potential. She can have fun somewhere else. Or Nintendo can bring thier marketing to a different location. The melding of the two worlds bothers me on a personal level because I take what I do and the skills I have developed seriously. Nintendo blew it. Wiis games blow, dont be silly. Retail price for any wii game besides SMG is an absolute rippoff (yes, Wii retail price, not xbox etc) I can't handle thier poor design/marketing issues. They are going to lose thier new base to microsoft because now the xbox has thier gimmick, but better. Im FUCKING SICK of rehashed titles keeping them afloat. Pettagree? ARE YOU KIDDING? Do you idiots understand how being a company who needs money works? Nintendo has no choice but to shove "new" old titles down your throat. Because they know people will buy them, mario mario mario mario, samus aran, samus aran samus aran. Are we done yet? DS is the only thing they did SEMI-right. Because kiddy games work for handhelds. TOO BAD TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM IS FOR WII. Oh wait, Japanese people like the Wii.sorry for my spelling/grammar errors. "

    Sorry isn't going to cut it, bub.  That was the most incoherent, poorly written jumble of words I have seen in a long time.  And I browse the IGN boards from time to time.
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    #7  Edited By AgentJ

    Unfortunately for him even video games is a buisness. meaning microsoft, sony, nintendo are all concerned about how to make more money. So if they make more money by appealing to the mainstream, this is going to happen.

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    #8  Edited By Emilio

    Dude, ...
    1. Go outside and take a walk around your block
    2. Go get a girlfriend and watch a movie with her
    3. Get on facebook and share a silly video with your friends
    4. Go on giantbomb and bitch about casual gamers

    In that order please.

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    #9  Edited By Marzy

    Gaming should be allowed to be enjoyed by everyone. Expanding the games market to a wider range of people is a good thing, I don't understand why anyone else would think differently?

    To be honest, I wasn't interested in Super Mario Galaxy 2 or the new Metroid game. On the other hand I was loving Wii Sports Resort, the archery game looked great fun and I loved the way it introduces you into the game. I thought it was a clever way of introducing everyone to Motion-Plus.

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    #10  Edited By PureRok
    @Marzy: Exactly. Anyone who says things should "stay niche" are just elitists.
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    #11  Edited By Meowayne

    AgentJ: Announcement thread will get an upgrade with pics and all the new titles soon. If only I could edit the title. : (

    I want to call it "Top 35 announced Wii games". Mods!

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    #12  Edited By Godwind
    @Darigaz said:
    " be quite frank gaming should continue to be a niche market. As a matter of fact, Id love it if every casual gamer fell off the face of the planet, and stopped parading around in our faces (our meaning the people to take gameing seriously) You cannot argue that gaming is a lifestyle for some. Weather i choose to co-exist with these people who ruin video games is up to me. Nintendo should have taken thier press conference somewhere else because my mom who plays wii doesnt watch E3. I watch E3. I spend 80% of my free time playing video games.  You have to understand what comes from casuals invading my superawesomecoolgameing space. I get to look at stupid shit like Twitter and Facebook as options on my Xbox. Just so stupid ass airhead sister can enjoy something she isnt capable of using to its full potential. She can have fun somewhere else. Or Nintendo can bring thier marketing to a different location. The melding of the two worlds bothers me on a personal level because I take what I do and the skills I have developed seriously. Nintendo blew it. Wiis games blow, dont be silly. Retail price for any wii game besides SMG is an absolute rippoff (yes, Wii retail price, not xbox etc) I can't handle thier poor design/marketing issues. They are going to lose thier new base to microsoft because now the xbox has thier gimmick, but better. Im FUCKING SICK of rehashed titles keeping them afloat. Pettagree? ARE YOU KIDDING? Do you idiots understand how being a company who needs money works? Nintendo has no choice but to shove "new" old titles down your throat. Because they know people will buy them, mario mario mario mario, samus aran, samus aran samus aran. Are we done yet? DS is the only thing they did SEMI-right. Because kiddy games work for handhelds. TOO BAD TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM IS FOR WII. Oh wait, Japanese people like the Wii.sorry for my spelling/grammar errors. "

    Don't blame Nintendo for Microsoft cashing out on the Casual market.
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    #13  Edited By BloodRavyne

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