Now that I've actually played the games.
I spent much of this year on 360 stuff, because I had just picked the system up. Also, many 360 games have more of a shorter expiration date, depending on online play as they do. Single-player games, I always figure I can pick up whenever (and I have too many games to HAVE to pick any of them up).
Anyway, with the embarrassment of Buy 2 Get 1 Free sales these days, I've kind of become... unhinged, just buying shit left and right. Wii Fit Plus, Muramasa, Grand Slam Tennis, Let's Tap, even Metroid Prime Trilogy (I'm a weak, weak man)!
I am loving the shit out of the games that I've tried so far (Let's Tap, Grand Slam, Muramasa). The Wii has had a really, really good year. An exciting year. An interesting year. It's really bringing the quirk. And I still haven't played A Boy and His Blob, Little King Story, or tons of promising WiiWare games yet. 2009 for the Wii has been a long, consistent run of excellent, bold software that doesn't fit neatly into genre definitions. It's a shame that 'hardcore' gamers still won't give it a chance. Perhaps it is exactly because that software doesn't fit neatly into genre definitions.
I dunno. Maybe I'm just a biased Nintendo fanboy, or whatever. But I don't give a shit about Forza 3. What I played of Uncharted 2 seemed tedious. And I love Ratchet and Clank, but I'm not really aching to play a sixth take on the same formula. The Wii is finally delivering a variety of quality gaming experiences, many of them completely unlike anything before. Now, we are not only just getting promising third-party games, we are finally getting third-party games that actually deliver on that promise. It's an exciting time, I think. If 'gamers' would only give the system a chance, I think it could have a really promising future.
On the other hand, maybe the advent of Natal and the Sony Wand will ensure that the Wii's bid for third-party gold won't come to fruition. On the other hand, maybe WiiHD will help. There are easily enough tentpole titles from Nintendo for 2010. Hopefully, third-parties can continue to fill the gaps (and are rewarded for doing so).
Also, New Super Mario Bros. looks to be the bee's knees.
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