Are Nintendo Wii Games Improving?
September 2, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Gaming
I love my Nintedo Wii but I’ve written, on several occasions, about how upset I was over the quality of a lot of the games. I felt like they were just pushing games out there for the sake of having a lot of titles in their library and, for the most part, I believe I was right.
Back in January, it was shown that ratings for Wii games were, on average, 6-7% lower than reviews for PS3 and Xbox 360. Pretty disappointing, huh?
Now, new market research is showing that Wii games are now considered to be on the level as those for the other consoles with all three of them getting reviews in the 66-68% range. The report was based on games that were released between January and July 2009.
It would be easy to blame Nintendo for the quality of the games before January and the improvements we’re now seeing but it’s not their fault – it’s the developers. I know it must be tough for a lot of them to make games that work with the motion-sensored Wii Remote (games like NHL 10 aren’t even trying) so it looks like they are finally figuring out how to do a better job.
Of course, the holiday season will be the big test as companies try to push out titles that will sell big at Christmastime so I’m expecting the quality to either greatly improve or tank. I know it could remain consistent with what we’re seeing now but I’m hoping there will be a change for the better.
image: Amazon
I definitely think they’re improving – now we just need more “core” games rather than just casual games. You look at titles like The Conduit, and you see that it IS possible to make a good, popular Wii game, even if you aren’t Nintendo and popping out Zelda/Mario games.
Agreed. I loved when games were “brands” know what I mean? Now, they are so disposable and forgettable but not too long ago, we were willing to wait months for an awesome game. I hope we get back to that.