Mario Galaxy Video Review

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The Wii is overrated....mario has been done to death already...yea i grew up on donkey kong and mario bros. but with this system all that is really out for it that i see is mario and wii sports and maybe zelda and metroid,...but there\'s nothing there that would warrant a purchase....

You need a better argument other than "Mario has been done". It does not matter how many installments there is in a franchise, as long as the franchise continues to deliver triple A games.

Wii is still the absolute worst name for the console. I seriously think it would sell many more if it had a better name, and no I\'m not being sarcastic. Whenever I think of "Wii" I think of it as a toy and not a serious gaming system, and a $250 toy is spensive to me.

Well, I don\'t think it could sell "many more", due to the fact that stores STILL can\'t keep them instock.

[GmanJoe]

Anybody that still thinks the Wii is a gimmick does not own one.

It\'s a gimmick. I own it.

If it is a gimmick, then so is Sixaxis, so is Blu-Ray, so is Xbox Live and the list goes on and on.

The Wii is not a gimmick and with games like Mario Galaxy, it has proven this.

too many 3rd-parties are reluctant to make games for the Wii

It\'s getting way more, and way better 3rd-party support than N64 or GCN on their first anniversary.

And you said that it "might" be a gimmick. Don\'t go from "might" to "is" just for the sake of argument.

the graphics sure will be a gimmick  throughout the next year and beyond.
3rd party support is a joke, just like any nintendo system.
sure you have your rare A+ title here and there, but it\'s a wasteland otherwise.

artificial supply restraints + ebay capitalism = not being able to find a wii in stores.

SMG moved 500k its first week in NA. 325k in Japan.

Fastest selling Mario game ever. Not surprising, given the time it came out relative to the platform it\'s on. And that platform\'s success rate.

[GmanJoe]

Of course it will sell well. How many good games are on the Wii and look how many Wii consoles were sold?

the graphics sure will be a gimmick  throughout the next year and beyond.
3rd party support is a joke, just like any nintendo system.
sure you have your rare A+ title here and there, but it\'s a wasteland otherwise.

artificial supply restraints + ebay capitalism = not being able to find a wii in stores.

We can find Wii\'s easilly in Europe.

Anyways judging from the type of gamers that buy Wii it is heavilly consisted of non-gamers. Wii Sport bundles sell like hotcakes because many people get excited with that one title. Children are also very excited and it is perfect for a present. This kind of people are attracted to only a very limited type of games. Other than that Wii seems pretty much untouched or if touched it is very very specific Nintendo games that sell on it.

Thats why third party games dont seem to sell much on it. People arent interested on the genres and style third party developers tend to develop on it.

Nintendo wanted to target the non-gamer demographics that previously no one targeted. They succeeded at doing so and they are making money. But third  party developers? Not so much

This 1 issue is what really bothers me the most. I know the wii will have some steller games but is it really worth the purchase of a console for say 1 maybe 2 games per year. 3rd party for wii hold\'s little interest for me, wii attractions is based soley on nintendo\'s 1st party games and the only 3rd party game I can think of that interests me is the Nights game from SEGA.

I wonder what is SEGA\'s stance on the wii do they plan to support wii with some AAA games?

:jacked:

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It really is amazing the fascination people are havin with this wii thing, i was watching on the news, that these clowns that are waitin\' for discount stores(best buy, toys r us, walmart) to open on black friday, mind you these idiots are standing out in the cold and even camping out in sub-freezing temperatures, that when these stores finally opened, some opened as early as 5:AM, that most customers went straight to the electronics section and practically snatched up all of the wii consoles.

I just don\'t see it,...maybe the wii has a bunch of get together type party games for adults who don\'t know s**t about games and are just people getting into games for the first time, oh well i guess i\'m the minority cause when i think of wii i still think of kiddie console....the wand is a gimmick, and this thing is just slightly better graphically than the gamecube and hardly any 3rd party support, much respect to nintendo tho, people apparently are diggin\' it, it\'s just not for me.

[Titan]

I saw Mario Galaxy last night. I couldn\'t stop laughing. It was so gay. Wish I had the chance to play it though. It did look like fun when you get past how homosexual it is.

It really is amazing the fascination people are havin with this wii thing, i was watching on the news, that these clowns that are waitin\' for discount stores(best buy, toys r us, walmart) to open on black friday, mind you these idiots are standing out in the cold and even camping out in sub-freezing temperatures, that when these stores finally opened, some opened as early as 5:AM, that most customers went straight to the electronics section and practically snatched up all of the wii consoles.

That\'s ridiculous. I can\'t believe people do that. How about wait a week for the next shipment or go online and order it? Its a hell of a lot easier and warmer.

[Viper_Fujax]

That\'s ridiculous. I can\'t believe people do that. How about wait a week for the next shipment or go online and order it? Its a hell of a lot easier and warmer.

black friday is about the deals..would kind of defeat the purpose to wait for the next shipment and get it for the same price that you could\'ve gotten it a day before black friday...

people definitly do get retarded though. black friday is their ceremonial gathering

[Titan]

black friday is about the deals..would kind of defeat the purpose to wait for the next shipment and get it for the same price that you could\'ve gotten it a day before black friday...

people definitly do get retarded though. black friday is their ceremonial gathering

A lot of sales really aren\'t that impressing. Some are only like 20% off? Depends on the item I guess but nothing to me really merits me waking up at 3 in the morning after a full day of drinking and eating unless its something really impressive like 50% off a console or something. Seems pointless to me.