Wii Wishes

[Big Seany]

I want a cricket game - that would be awesome. Also a Decathlete/Track & Field type game, and a sequel to Wii Sports with some new sports on it. So basically, sports games. I would also like a violent-as-**** first person thing with swords and knives and chainsaws and stuff, like what we imagined Red Steel would be but actually wasn't. Something really nasty, Daily Mail outrage fodder.

Am also hoping that the planned Resident Evil is out of the top drawer, as the 4th on the Cube is one of my fave games of all time.

[Riskbreaker]

1. Non-domestic games on VC - Ninty can plaster a big warning on the screen warning that JP games will not be translated.

2. Ability to organise Address book - a simple request, I just want to be able to organise the list by order alphabetical especially if I delete entries and it leaves gaps. Not much to ask really.

3. More online features, display friends who are online as mentioned earlier, more games featuring online modes, Wii sports deserves a sequel that can be played against your mates.

4. Sin and Punishment on VC.

5. Perfect Dark - I don't care if Ninty have to beg MS to get this, just strike a deal with them and cut them into a larger degree of profits from the purchases. I'll pay 2000 points, hell I'll pay 3000, I'll buy two more remotes just for this (is the desperation showing through here?). Just bloody get it on there!!!!!!!

[Commander Marklar]

if Nintendo turned and said we're releasing Waverace 64, but we're including an 8 player online mode in it, would you puke down your front or **** your pants with welcome?

Puke down my front? I'd rather have a new title than something shoehorned into existing code. More importantly, it wouldn't work on the existing game... they would likely be balance issues, course design and so on. I'd hate to be the one going in trying to rewrite an N64 game to add new features too

New stuff please. Unsure where multiplayer stands on the Wii but the DS is more than capable.

[Ouenben]

one more wish:

The ability to turn off extra controllers when going from multiplayer to single player without having to take the batteries out or wait for them to turn themselves off.

[Dogg Thang]

I'd rather have a new title than something shoehorned into existing code.

Who said it was an 'either or' situation?

I'd hate to be the one going in trying to rewrite an N64 game to add new features too

Yeah me too. Sucks to be that guy. Lucky I didn't apply for the job. If you did, you should totally withdraw your application. Nothing worse than doing a job you hate.

[Kit]

60hz/ 480p/ Region free Virtual console games - someone needs to tell Nintendo Pal TVs have moved on since the 80's.

Goldeneye, Conkers, Banjo Kazooie i.e. all the Rare classics.

A proper Duck Hunt remake with the smiling dog.

House of the Dead.

[Commander Marklar]

Who said it was an 'either or' situation?

'cos it's Nintendo

[Dogg Thang]

'cos it's Nintendo

Actually you've a point there.

[kez]

star wars

'nuff said

[leem0184]

Wii Sports to be expanded via downlaodable content to include other sports/games. Cricket, snooker/pool, darts, fencing, swimming, athletics could all work nicely in my opinion.

Metroid Prime 3 to make it out over here by April (wishful thinking?)

Sega to release Panzer Dragoon Saga sequel, Nights 2 and Samba De Amigo 2 for the Wii.

[choirboy]

My only wish is that the Wii had been more powerful, even though that's not something that can be changed now.

I know it's VERY early days but I played GEARS OF WAR the other day on my mate's 360 and was stunned by the graphics (obviously it played really well too).
Alright, so graphics aren't everything we know (I've been a gamer for 20 years, I'm not simply a graphics tart) and that playability is what counts but how nice would it have been to have both?

I feel somewhat gutted that we never seen visuals of that quality on Wii (yes I know it's early days) but this isn't just a case of being pessimistic. I truly feel that the Wii (based on hardware spec) will never achieve this level of visual quality which saddens me somewhat.
I don't think we'll see visual leaps on the Wii, exciting gameplay concepts will be the selling point of the system.
The Wii will end up being a complementary partner to the horsepower systems that MS and Sony have developed.
I realise this all makes great business sense to Nintendo, they don't have to compete at the same level and can target a specific area of the market.

But to me it's a shame that we can't yet have our cake and eat it after 30 odd years of console development

I can only imagine just how truly killer the Wii would be if it had marred both, amazing graphics with amazing controls.

I long for the day when we might see such a console with the best graphics technology, the most intuitive, innovative control system and the world's finest software houses all programming for it.

Sadly as this is a competitive industry which has no intentions of giving up their slice of the pie to create something universially beautiful for all types of gamers, I won't be watching for the pigs flying past my window.

Anyway, don't shoot me down for these thoughts.
Just putting them out there, seeing what rest of you think.

Btw, all the other wishes sound excellent Let's hope some of em come true.

[Richard.John]

That's my worry as well. When the second gen PS3 games start to appear we will see the gap widen even further.

[retrend]

While Im in the same camp, and would happily have paid another ?100 for 360 type visuals, I think the Wii visuals wont be that bad. Bare in mind that there isnt really any games just for Wii out yet, most are dodgy ports or woteva, Red Steel looks quite nice in places.

Devs will just have to be clever in their game design to make games look nice. The one thing that will suffer is level area size, which is a shame, and possibly the biggest downfall of the poor spec of the Wii.

The way I see it is that this is possibly the last, or second last round of consoles before we are seeing visuals that are photorealistic, Im sure Nintendo will be sorted next time round

[Resonance]

I am half thinking that with all of the hacking going on to get he Wii Remotes working on the PC, we might see some good looking PC games using the Wii Mote not to soon in the future (unofficial support), to compensate for the lack of graphical grunt.Crysis on the WiiMote might actually be good

[Kotatsu Neko]

I am half thinking that with all of the hacking going on to get he Wii Remotes working on the PC, we might see some good looking PC games using the Wii Mote not to soon in the future (unofficial support), to compensate for the lack of graphical grunt.Crysis on the WiiMote might actually be good

The trouble with Wiimote aiming is that it has a lag to it, it's not instantaneous. I guess that's down to the rate at which the sensor/camera in the wiimote checks the positions of the sensor bar lights. I guess that's not something which can be improved...

That said, it is better in some games than others, so it's possible developers can decide how much CPU they're going to dedicate to wiimote tracking.