Comments on: armageddon has come http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/ Video Game News, Reviews, and Rants Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: skintari http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/#comment-1815 skintari Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:48:05 +0000 http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/#comment-1815 There are a few games that do a great job with the new technology. Good examples are Elebits, Rayman, and hopefully Mario Party 8. But they are short lived experiences. Outside of Zelda, there really isn't a Wii game that you can "sink your teeth into". Armageddon <i>could</i> have been a great fighter. If the game was made with the casual gamer in mind and not someone that was already familiar with the MK battle system. A few flicks of the wrist should have gotten most of the moves to react, but it didn't. And that was my point. Coulda been so much more. And I know it's the devs that can make or break a system (right Sony?), but Nintendo has really left me feeling empty with the lack of original games. I haven't tried Paper Mario (that's totally my fault!), but it'll be almost a year from when the system released till Metroid Prime comes out. There are a few games that do a great job with the new technology. Good examples are Elebits, Rayman, and hopefully Mario Party 8. But they are short lived experiences. Outside of Zelda, there really isn’t a Wii game that you can “sink your teeth into”.

Armageddon could have been a great fighter. If the game was made with the casual gamer in mind and not someone that was already familiar with the MK battle system. A few flicks of the wrist should have gotten most of the moves to react, but it didn’t. And that was my point. Coulda been so much more.

And I know it’s the devs that can make or break a system (right Sony?), but Nintendo has really left me feeling empty with the lack of original games. I haven’t tried Paper Mario (that’s totally my fault!), but it’ll be almost a year from when the system released till Metroid Prime comes out.

]]> By: ned http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/#comment-1808 ned Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:07:55 +0000 http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/#comment-1808 nice nice

]]> By: Afterlifer http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/#comment-1805 Afterlifer Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:13:59 +0000 http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/#comment-1805 It's not really Nintendo's fault, it's stupid developers. I think the beauty of the Wii is its ability to be either a standard console with a standard controller, or a party console that will interest even non-gamers. It's developers who may doom the Wii by releasing games that should be controlled by a controller and are instead controlled in a gimmicky way by the wiimote. Fighting games should never ever ever be controlled by a motion sensing device, it's just a horrible idea. It’s not really Nintendo’s fault, it’s stupid developers. I think the beauty of the Wii is its ability to be either a standard console with a standard controller, or a party console that will interest even non-gamers. It’s developers who may doom the Wii by releasing games that should be controlled by a controller and are instead controlled in a gimmicky way by the wiimote. Fighting games should never ever ever be controlled by a motion sensing device, it’s just a horrible idea.

]]> By: beuks http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/#comment-1802 beuks Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:41:49 +0000 http://www.wayiplay.com/2007/06/19/armageddon-has-come/#comment-1802 Yeah, it sounds like the Wii version's only saving grace is that you can play it with a Classic or Gamecube controller to make it essentially the same as the PS2 version. So if one has a Wii but not a PS2 and wants to play MK: Armageddon, they're in luck. I think Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for Wii did a decent job of incorporating, optionally, again, if I remember correctly, the motion controls. The game played fine, and was great if you wanted more of the X-Men Legends formula. Yeah, it sounds like the Wii version’s only saving grace is that you can play it with a Classic or Gamecube controller to make it essentially the same as the PS2 version. So if one has a Wii but not a PS2 and wants to play MK: Armageddon, they’re in luck.

I think Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for Wii did a decent job of incorporating, optionally, again, if I remember correctly, the motion controls. The game played fine, and was great if you wanted more of the X-Men Legends formula.

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