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[jjkjustin]

Nintendo attempts to quell the dearth of upcoming quality Wii software by announcing re-releases of both Pikmin games, Mario Power Tennis, and the first two Metroid Prime games for Q1 '09. The most noteworthy update to these re-releases seems to be the addition of Wiimote support

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[jjkjustin]

Saying that Nintendo continuing sets a new standard for a genre every few years is really stretching it, in my opinion. I take a look at all of the sequels that we've seen in the Wii era, and the only franchise that I feel Nintendo topped their old work in is the Smash Bros. franchise (which is funny considering that most people seem to feel that Melee is the superior game). Mario Kart, Super Mario, and Zelda, the only three other Nintendo franchises that I really see as stellar, have not topped themselves, as I'll take the N64 installments (and in the case of Mario Kart, the DS installment) of those franchises over the Wii releases any day.

As far as consistent quality releases go, I'm mainly thinking about how an Xbox 360/PS3 purchase would allow me to play The Orange Box, Metal Gear Solid 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, and pretty soon Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV, all games that I currently can't play because I thought that buying a Wii over the competing consoles was a good idea.

[ranmazuo]

I just have to call foul with your eighth point, Ian -- MGS 4 is certainly not the only major achievement in gaming to be found on the PS3. You are very tragically forgetting LittleBigPlanet, which is nothing short of amazing.

Okay, I guess I have to wonder about one more thing, too: you can truly, honestly say with a straight face that you enjoyed Twilight Princess as much as Ocarina of Time? Really? That would mean you're also putting it on the same level as A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, and The Wind Waker, and we can't have that. :P

[hid_edgar]

Brawl is slow and boring. Sure there are tons of characters, but it totally killed the tournament scene and the battles are really really boring compared to melee

[jjkjustin]

1) I'm putting serious thought towards it.

2) I wasn't big on the galaxy theme, and I felt that the level design in Super Mario 64 was way better.

6) Never been into Metroid for exactly this reason.

7) That's a DS game.

[jjkjustin]

Am not.