Nintendo being lazy
– Peer not sure why so many people are getting upset
– Peer wishes you could play New Super Mario Bros. Wii online, sort of lazy/not caring, people are defending it
– Wario Land: Shake It! ran in 4:3 and people were defending that as well
– People are accepting flaws because they are Nintendo
– Sam understands fans who are defending Nintendo
– Nintendo didn’t really upgrade much with Animal Crossing
– The podcast members still feel that Mario Bros. Wii is an amazing game
– Nintendo spends a lot of time making sure a level in Mario is great and making sure you’re not waiting
– Wii is a disc-based system, never notice anything is loading
– Craig thinks Nintendo is starting to get in the habit of rehashing old stuff
– Nintendo has reinvented their franchise in the past, so Peer says you have to forgive the podcast crew for being a little disappointed
– Peer thinks Galaxy 2 will be a safe sequel, which is fine, but if it happens 3 more times, then you start getting disappointed
– Peer wasn’t disappointed that Mario Bros. Wii was like the DS game or anything like that, it’s more about the lack of progress
– The way Nintendo envisions themselves, they don’t go to the same lengths as others do to impress people
– Craig thinks Nintendo will remove GameCube support from the next Wii
– Have to give Wii credit since it has changed video games, Nintendo has innovated in that regard
Wii achievements
– Peer likes showing achievements to other people
– Adds a reason to connect with other people
– Not about the achievements necessarily, more about letting people you have a game and letting them know what you did in that game
– Fran surprised that Nintendo didn’t do achievements first, Nintendo likes to reward their players
– No one’s arguing to have achievement grinding
– There are a lot of hardcore Nintendo fans, Nintendo doesn’t give you a way to connect with others and show off that you’re a fan
– The podcast team still loves Nintendo
Phoenix Wright
– Now on WiiWare
– $10
– Straightforward port, and that’s all
– Basically DS emulation running on Wii
– Craig thinks that’s lazy, but ultimately it’s still a good game
– Peer thinks that’s unacceptable since he didn’t buy the Wii to play DS games
Next Wii
– Peer predicts something that has a ton of flash memory or hard drive, won’t have GameCube support
– Craig believes it’ll be awhile before there’s a brand new system out of Microsoft or Sony
– Removing the GameCube ports could result in a lot of outcry
– Maybe Nintendo could release some sort of USB adapter that could add those ports
– Not talking about the “actual” new system because that could be in 2015
– Iwata said next DS would have higher res graphics
– Craig heard rumors that friend codes will be going away for Wii, it’ll just be a system code
Reader questions
– Good Japanese games if you can’t read the text: Platformers, fighting games – New Super Mario Bros. Wii (no adventure games, no RPGs)
– IGN should be getting an almost finished version of Red Steel 2 in a few weeks
– IGN doesn’t have a recent update about The Grinder, last time they saw it was at E3, Sam doesn’t think The Conduit 2 will happen
– Peer thinks Zelda Wii will be a departure, hoping it isn’t just a Zelda sword-fighting game with puzzles, doesn’t want it skewed toward the fighting that much. Sam hoping MotionPlus won’t be that big of a deal in the game.
– Not sure what’s happening with Retro Studios right now
– Metroid Prime Trilogy isn’t shipping anymore
– Peer wants GBA, SNES games for a DSi VC. SNES could be tough due to screen resolution.
