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Author Dean Takahashi recently said about the upcoming Wii:

“If gamers don’t like the GameCube 1.5 graphics, then [the Wii] will fail. Nintendo’s biggest mistake may have been its failure to support high-definition graphics at all. I don’t know if the graphics will wow anyone.”

Now granted, both of Takahashi’s books are about the XBOX 360, so he likes himself the pretty colors. I don’t understand people who value graphics above gameplay (and the Wii is clearly more about the latter than the former). Gameboy continued to sell throughout the lifetimes of Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Genesis, Nintendo 64, and PlayStation. I’m not even counting the Gameboy Advance or the Nintendo DS which continue to sell today. Neither of these systems offer state of the art graphics, but what they do offer is a fun experience.

When it comes to next-gen consoles, my feelins are much more in line with that of game designer American McGee:

“I sense that Nintendo is going to capture the hearts of gamers while Microsoft and Sony stab each other in the neck for market domination. The only true next-gen console out there is the Wii. Everything else is just a video card and processor upgrade.”

Tags: stupid, videogames //