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Why no Wii Games of the Year for 2008?Video Game publications and award shows are busy making lists and checking them twice, handing out accolades for the best games to grace their respective systems from the previous 12 months. On the Internet we’ve had heated debates about which games ultimately deserve to be crowned “game of the year”. There is much talk about the relative merits of Fable II, Fallout 3, and GTA IV. Even Sony’s quirky LittleBigPlanet has picked up some metal this year at award shows. What is completely missing from everyone’s lips as we fight over the game of 2008, however, is the Wii.At the VGA awards on Sunday, Grand Theft Auto ultimately took the honor. Last year, the Wii was similarly snubbed, with Super Mario Galaxy nominated, but finally losing out to Bioshock. This year the only highlight was EA’s Boom Blox, which took Wii game of the year, indicating either complete cluelessness on the part of judges or the lack of any meaningful competition. At least World of Goo picked up “Best independent game”. 
Was Boom Blox the best Wii game of the year 2008? The poor performance of the Wii at awards season is perplexing. In November the console sold an estimated 2 million hardware units in North America alone, setting all sorts of records and further cementing the dominance of Nintendo as the market share leader in this current hardware generation. How is it that the console with the most units sold by a landslide doesn't even have a single release in the running for the coveted “Game of the Year” category? The simple answer is that Nintendo dropped the ball, big time. At least from the perspective of the so-called “core” gamer, Nintendo’s first party offerings this past year have been disappointing. The company drew wide criticism for its desultory showing at E3 this year, where the most interesting things they had to show were a new version of Wii Sports and the underwhelming Wii Music. Where were the Zeldas, Marios, Yoshis and Kirbys that the Japanese publisher is known for? Not even on the horizon for 2009. It seems that Nintendo is so busy printing money with their incredible new console, they forgot to make any actual games for it. Source |
| randomer199 |
Hang on a moment, Super Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart Wii were both released this year. Why were they not mentioned?
And "the new version of Wii Sports" is nothing to be disappointed about, as it will bring with it the holy grail, Motion Plus. Yes, Nintendo haven't released a lot of games this year, but then again this was the same company who released nearly all of thier big franchise games in the space of a year. I think there is bound to be a point where Nintendo might be doing other things, like focusing more on the casual demographic. |
| NHshrike |
im prtty sure they don't like nintendo and boom blox is not that bad |
| EpE |
I am sure Nintendo will get games out more at 2009 |
| NHshrike |
with wii motion+ they have to |