Comments on: my wii library http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/01/my-wii-library/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Paul http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/01/my-wii-library/comment-page-1/#comment-119077 Paul Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:29:51 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1487#comment-119077 MLB Power Pros and Persona in the same sentence!?!?! Call me shocked. But I can see what you're saying. And you're completely right about Super Paper Mario, which I really enjoyed. Totally forgot about it. MLB Power Pros and Persona in the same sentence!?!?! Call me shocked. But I can see what you’re saying.

And you’re completely right about Super Paper Mario, which I really enjoyed. Totally forgot about it.

]]> By: David Carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/01/my-wii-library/comment-page-1/#comment-119074 David Carlton Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:11:54 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1487#comment-119074 I've named one good Wii RPG: Super Paper Mario! Don't ask me to name two, though. On the one hand, of course both of you are right: there isn't enough breadth within a givin genre, especially third-party breadth, so I'd have a much harder time specializing on genres. (Especially if I didn't want to significantly lower my quality standards.) But I don't think that's all that's going on here. Boom Blox, Wii Sports, Zack and Wiki, Rayman, and Elebits are all games that depend significantly on the Wii controller, that would be impossible or much worse on other consoles. And Animal Crossing and Endless Ocean are games in genres that most other publishers aren't interested in putting out. So I do think that Nintendo really is expanding the design space here: it's not just that individual areas of the design space are less well represented, it's also that there are more areas in the design space that are represented at all. And I like that! But I'm also glad that I have a 360... Thanks form the MLB Power Pros mention, by the way. Kind of reminds me of another game I'm playing through right now, namely Persona 3. I’ve named one good Wii RPG: Super Paper Mario! Don’t ask me to name two, though.

On the one hand, of course both of you are right: there isn’t enough breadth within a givin genre, especially third-party breadth, so I’d have a much harder time specializing on genres. (Especially if I didn’t want to significantly lower my quality standards.)

But I don’t think that’s all that’s going on here. Boom Blox, Wii Sports, Zack and Wiki, Rayman, and Elebits are all games that depend significantly on the Wii controller, that would be impossible or much worse on other consoles. And Animal Crossing and Endless Ocean are games in genres that most other publishers aren’t interested in putting out. So I do think that Nintendo really is expanding the design space here: it’s not just that individual areas of the design space are less well represented, it’s also that there are more areas in the design space that are represented at all.

And I like that! But I’m also glad that I have a 360…

Thanks form the MLB Power Pros mention, by the way. Kind of reminds me of another game I’m playing through right now, namely Persona 3.

]]> By: Paul http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/01/my-wii-library/comment-page-1/#comment-119069 Paul Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:54:54 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1487#comment-119069 I don't know if you like sports games or not, but MLB Power Pros is a fantastic series. I got my buddy into the series and he really doesn't like sports games. What really drew him in was the rpg simulation of being in college. You go to class, meet people, get a job (if you want), practice and play games. Random events occur and you gain experience based on what you do and how well you do in the games. Oh, and the baseball part has been refined over the past 15 years or so. I highly recommend it. Anyway, I don't think your Wii collection is so much a reflection of your tastes, but the strange selection of games on the system. Name me one good rpg on the system. . . . . . . Exactly. Opoona? How about good fps games? I can think of a couple. It's such a strange catalog of games. I don’t know if you like sports games or not, but MLB Power Pros is a fantastic series. I got my buddy into the series and he really doesn’t like sports games. What really drew him in was the rpg simulation of being in college. You go to class, meet people, get a job (if you want), practice and play games. Random events occur and you gain experience based on what you do and how well you do in the games. Oh, and the baseball part has been refined over the past 15 years or so. I highly recommend it.

Anyway, I don’t think your Wii collection is so much a reflection of your tastes, but the strange selection of games on the system. Name me one good rpg on the system. . . . . . . Exactly. Opoona? How about good fps games? I can think of a couple. It’s such a strange catalog of games.

]]> By: Mory Buckman http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/01/my-wii-library/comment-page-1/#comment-119068 Mory Buckman Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:36:37 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1487#comment-119068 Most of the games <i>I</i> bought for Wii are on that list. And there's the explanation right there: If there were lots of good Wii games, you'd pick and choose the ones of the kinds you like best. But when there are so few decent ones, we'll just take as many of them as we can get, regardless of what kind of game. We've gotten less picky, because we've had to. If you only bought FPSs for Wii, you'd never play anything. Most of the games I bought for Wii are on that list. And there’s the explanation right there: If there were lots of good Wii games, you’d pick and choose the ones of the kinds you like best. But when there are so few decent ones, we’ll just take as many of them as we can get, regardless of what kind of game. We’ve gotten less picky, because we’ve had to. If you only bought FPSs for Wii, you’d never play anything.

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