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Originally Posted by Kraken
If it wasn't for the DS and GBA doing so well, Nintendo would have definatly went the way of Sega.
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Not really. Remember, the GC started to actually make a profit hardware-wise way before PS2 and xbox could. GBA and DS sales obviously didn't hurt though
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Originally Posted by Kraken
It was largely the fault of those stupid mini-DVDs. Developers couldn't make the games equal on the GC as to the xbox and PS2, and for homebrew you ended up with a franken-machine in order to fit full size DVDs.
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I think we talked about this before. Resident Evil 4 is a good example. It took 2 mini-DVDs for the GC and almost filled one DVD-5 for PS2. But the GC version arguably looks better! Also, just because Nintendo didn't make their system to fit your pirating needs doesn't merit GC being dinged for anything! Besides... mini DVD-R works great
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Originally Posted by Kraken
That isn't to say that there weren't a bunch of good first party games for it, I would even go so far as to say it has better exclusives than xbox did. But none of these exclusives were as good as what the N64 had. Comparing Wind Waker to OOT and Mario Sunshine to Mario 64 is blashemy. Mario Kart and Mario Party were good as always, but weren't significantly better than on N64.
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I might be the only person in the world who's gonna say this, but I thought Wind Waker was better than OOT and Majora's Mask combined. There still isn't a game out that can match its near flawless cell-shading. Also, Mario Kart: DD beats the crap out of Mario Kart 64. Sorry :tongue2 I do agree about Mario 64 being better than Sunshine though.
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Originally Posted by Kraken
While the hardware is the same, the wii is different. It the machine for the gamers who don't have time for in depth games anymore. I sat down to play lost planet on the 360 a few days ago, I had an hour, the intro and opening sequence was >30 mins. I love games getting all cinematic, but an amazingly fun game that you can just sit down and play for 30 mins, is what people need, and that is what the wii delivers.
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Meh, that's what WarioWare is for. The only people I have seen liking the Wii around here are little kids and friends who are constantly high. Wii is a gimmick. One that will hopefully wear off quickly.