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I’m all for nostalgia, but does Nintendo ever intend to create another character or franchise to carry their brand forward?

They tried with StarFox, didn't work. Hell half the characters on Super Smash Bros. were attempts as creating a new flagship. People want Mario.

Sony also did some stuff for the PSP. Meh.

Yeah, I'm less than excited about it too, but with Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep coming out, I suddenly find myself with a strange fondness for the little piece of crap.

And say what you will about Nintendo's shameless pimping of decades old franchises, it still beats the hell out of last year's E3 showing.

Hell half the characters on Super Smash Bros. were attempts as creating a new flagship.

Dear Nintendo:

Release Mother 3 on the Virtual Console. It can't possibly cost you anything.

Also the new Metroid looks depressingly like every other space thing ever now. I'm ever so glad they took her from statuesque 200 pound Olympian amazon down to cute blonde thing. God knows we needed a bit more of everything that looks like everything else.

developer Kojima Productions announced the other day that “Metal Gear,” which has been solely a PlayStation franchise, will release a title for the Microsoft box.

Now you too can enjoy 20 hours of cutscenes! But I'm kidding, Kojima is way too batshit for me to be anything but happy with his continued insanity.

You may say that Wii is only advertising for children and families, but what with the other two consoles nearly ignoring that demographic, Nintendo is making good money. And honestly, I'd rather play Mario then play some graphic war game anyway. I'm in the military...I hear enough about war--give me Mario Kart any day!

Would it be possible for Dan or anybody to start a weekly video game article, much like the weekly music article?

You know, or be a cheap gimmick that will be replaced by normal controllers in 2 months.
This is the exact reason I haven't used my Wii in months. I'd rather play better looking games on my 360 and not have to flail my arms around and look like an idiot.

"...when I need to escape with a handheld game,
I hide in the office bathroom with Tris on my iPhone."

I play Scrabble on my cell every time I poop. Every. Single. Time.

I don't own any game consoles and I don't see why I should buy one when I have a pc which apart from doing many other things, i can play games on too. For a while I considered buying a PSP simply for its portability and because it looked good but there seemed to be a dearth of good games for the console so I didn't bother either.

The way I see it Wii is not for the "serious" gamer. Being something which you have to move for it focuses on sport titles and silly goofing around for parties, but mostly sports. It wants to present itself as a virtual gym which I think is quite innovative. I know people who use the wii who would never consider playing a traditional video game and think it's a waste of time. Seeing how video games are becoming ever more popuular and how games are not only for 'nerds' anymore I think Nintendo are cornering a market bigger than you can imagine. Quite crafty, isn't it?

I don't own any game consoles and I don't see why I should buy one when I have a pc which apart from doing many other things, i can play games on too.

Because not everything worth playing comes out on the PC, naturally.

Obviously you're not the kind of gamer who needs to play everything, which is perfectly fine.

I'm the kind of gamer that is constantly punching himself in the balls because he has kids to feed and take his money, instead of getting to spend it on consoles and games.

Yeah, Snath, but you get 'responsible adult' points, which I hear you can trade in later for things like dignity.

But can dignity let you chainsaw you enemies in half in high-resolution with force feedback controls?

Team Ninja is part of the development group for the new Metroid...and the game looks like Ninja Gaiden in space (frenetic third person action game in other words), minus the blood and severed limbs. I love the Metroid franchise, but I would not buy a Wii for this game. Bioshock 2 on the other hand will be a first-day buy.

Didn't Nintendo already release a game called "New Super Mario Brothers" on the DS? I remember playing that a few years ago. It was alright.

Also, the PSP is a frigging great handheld to have if you hack it and put a custom firmware on it. Aside from countless emulators from the Sega Genesis to the Super Nintendo, Neo Geo, CPS 1, 2 and even CPS3 (still in early development and kind of slow, but playable) you can also rip your PSP games on UMD and put them on your memory stick for faster access and download them for free, if that's your thing. The PSP has some great titles, it's just been a real slow year for it so far.

And because no one asked, I always play Ace Combat when I'm on the toilet. That or Streets of Rage.

I like my Wii. Paper Mario is fun, I like Link's Crossbow Training (coulda been longer) and Medal of Honor: Whatever. We have the Zapper gun and that makes it way more fun. I need to try Mario Galaxy. I keep hearing good things.

In the long run your paying more for consoles. how munch are paying for game on console. These days console games are like $70. how long are you going to be using your consoles. A $300 pc is alot more powerful than a $300 consoles. I can do alot more with my pc than a console too.

You get more play time with pc's than you do with consoles. You have access to mods,free games,mmo's and other games. These games can last you a very lon time.

I love the Wii, it fits into my "I'm nearly sick of gaming" play style. (Playing WoW for close to 3 years takes the fun out it like nothing else)

There is a lot of shovel-ware on the Wii, but I'm perfectly fine buying only a game or two a year. It's a good thing that Nintendo always puts out at least one solid game a year.

I would like to see some new original content come from them, Nintendo had relied too much on 2nd party publishers for cool new worlds to explore.

As someone who was literally raised on Nintendo my brother bought a SNES when I was 5, and we've owned every console of theirs since) I'm actually pretty OK with more Mario-based games. They tend to be pretty good, and while more 'adult' games consoles might release umpteen different franchises of FPSs, at the end of the day, they're a lot more same-y than most of the different Mario franchises (e.g., compare Mario Galaxy to Super Paper Mario)