Wii Live’s Top 5 Things Nintendo should announce at E3.

vashivihan · 05-21-2008, 03:56 AM

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E3 is getting closer and closer. And as much as most people want it to die, I really hope it stays alive. To me, E3 was the place and time where it would be megatons after megatons of gaming announcements, and nothing could be more nostalgic than constant announcements from your favorite gaming company. There are only so many things that Nintendo could announce at this coming E3 that would really help out Wii. Here is Wii Live’s Top 5 Things Nintendo should announce at E3. Sorry for the long title.

5. More channels that are actually useful.

Nintendo finally released the Nintendo Channel in the US, which is actually a pretty useful channel. But why just have one? The Wii could really use some extra features, and although it has things like the Weather Channel, the News Channel, and the Check Mii Out channel, how many people actually use those? I mean, I would use the weather channel if it updated more often and if it had the city I live in, which the closest city it has is 30 minutes away from me. You may have already read Wii Live’s Top 5 Channel Idea’s. And if you haven’t, there is a nice link for you. Just go ahead and pick one any one of those channels. I would pick the Demo Channel. Who knows, maybe even the long awaited Music Channel will get a launch date!

4. Voice chat

This is flat out long over-due if you are going to have online gaming. It is predicted that we will soon get some form of voice chat, and NoA President Reggie Fils-Amie has already basically confirmed it. If you are going to play games online like Medal of Honor Heroes 2, or Battalion Wars 2, then you need voice chat. Nintendo, you have parental controls, so if you don’t want the kiddies being cursed out online it’s up to the parents to use them.

3. Quality games

There are just too many trash cash games for Wii, which I know are mostly from third parties. But, if Nintendo is going to allow this crap on their console then it’s up to them to provide quality games. I know there are some good third party offerings just announced but there needs to be more in order to overcome these crap games. We already know some games that are pretty much definitely going to be revealed at E3. Kid Icarus, also known as Nintendo and Factor 5’s worst kept secret. Pikmin 3 will likely be announced, and I can only hope we will hear news on Disaster: Day of Crisis, and hopefully Project H.A.M.M.E.R. will be revived.

2. A Hard Drive

Ah-ha! Thought this would be number one huh? I know that would be just way to obvious. And what good is a list if you already know what number one is? Back to the topic. This is the one piece of hardware that is just way past due. And to be honest, I always did want a HDD for Wii, but I never really had any storage problems because I didn’t download too many VC games so I didn’t really want one as much as everyone else did. Then WiiWare launched last week and boom, I’m already almost out of space. Now that WiiWare has launched it is almost guaranteed that Nintendo will announced a hard drive at this year’s E3.

1. A complete online service re-vamp.

I will be honest. I just flat out hate friend codes. It really does bring out the worst in Nintendo’s online service. Just having a friend code makes me feel completely restricted with online gaming on the Wii. I’m hoping that Nintendo’s new Pay to Play service will be more then just DLC, but if it’s not then I can only hope for a complete re-do for Nintendo WiFi Connection. There are games that have been stepping it up, like Mario Kart Wii, and Blast Works. But seriously, just get rid of friend codes. I could even deal with having the Wii console code, as long as it goes for all games. I can think of plenty of ways Nintendo could improve it’s online service, but I will save that for another article.

There you have it. E3 is coming soon, and I can only hope most of these announcements become a reality. But I guess we’ll just have to wait another 2 months to find out. Be sure to give me feedback about this article in the comments section. Don’t agree with the list? Post your Top 5 list in the comments section. Thanks for reading!

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its like they are reading everyone's minds.

sagema · 05-21-2008, 04:08 AM

5. An easier way to swap friends codes
4. More VC, no excuses
3. Make more usage of SD cards. C'mon!
2. Keep delivering great games, get 3rd party involved
1. Voice chat, or chat channel

vashivihan · 05-21-2008, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sagema

5. An easier way to swap friends codes
4. More VC, no excuses
3. Make more usage of SD cards. C'mon!
2. Keep delivering great games, get 3rd party involved
1. Voice chat, or chat channel

on your point 1:

release a chat channel and headset.
to use, go to chat channel, select from the list of friends, begin chat.
exit chat channel, go to disk channel and play games.

i think it wouldnt be too hard to do that right?

LevesqueIsKing · 05-21-2008, 04:17 AM

^Many have suggested having a 'chat' option appear when you click 'home' on the wii remote. It would work very easily.

Tis a good list, overall.

Gymdawg · 05-21-2008, 05:02 AM

Online play that actually exists
Online play that doesn't suck
Mature games
Games that don't rely on childish gimmicks
Third-party support

And yes, that's a quote of Atticus from To Kill A Mockingbird.

sorabrawl · 05-21-2008, 05:15 AM

Kid Icarus would be awesome

T3kNi9e · 05-21-2008, 05:26 AM

Voice Chat will never happen for the Wii IMO. Maybe on the next console when Nintendo thinks about "upgrading" but as of now, Nintendo is just really really against online voice chat or even true communication for that matter.

Hard Drive would be something that SHOULD happen because it's not only wanted but the Wii really NEEDS it. But Nintendo is stubborn and I heard they don't want to release one.

Quality games from Nintendo is usually a given, as for 3rd party... who knows.

Online Re-vamp is needed, but again Nintendo just seems to be very anti-online so I doubt they care because in there minds (and it's pretty true), the main consumer of the Wii do not care about online and they buy the Wii for single player and group play not online. Not to mention I don't think Japan is having problems so they're not worried

Napalmbrain · 05-21-2008, 09:08 AM

Doesn't the DS have voice chat, which can be restricted to friends only? How about they introduce that? That way they don't have to worry about paedophiles and such.

We NEED a hard drive now that Wiiware is out, or at the very least the ability to run games off SD cards. With Wiiware games taking up hundreds of blocks each it's going to be a pain constantly having to delete and redownload everything. Nintendo need to get their head out of the ground and recognise this.

Step up the Virtual Console support a little, they can slow down the releases towards the end of the Wii's life.

Better games and better online I shouldn't even need to say.

hencam[uk] · 05-21-2008, 09:45 AM

Am I weird because I don't personally see the need for a hard-drive?

I only have a couple of virtual console games, I will probably avoid wii-ware (not sure why exactly, it just feels like a way for them to release smaller / lower quality games and charge you for them!)

I have bought about 25 games, from Godfather to Wii Fit, and I can't see myself running out of space soon.

The main point I won't buy a HD is that it would be very simple for Nintendo to enable the SD card to be used as extra storage, if they release a HD then it's simple profiteering in my opinion.

Some of the people moaning about the lack of space on a Wii will be moaning how a Wii + HD costs the same as a PS3 or Xbox... it wasn't aimed at this area of the market originally so I think if they do try and target them it will be a "kludge" at best.

They'd be much better sorting online / voice-chat / 3rd party devs first.

Napalmbrain · 05-21-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by hencam[uk]

Am I weird because I don't personally see the need for a hard-drive?

I only have a couple of virtual console games, I will probably avoid wii-ware (not sure why exactly, it just feels like a way for them to release smaller / lower quality games and charge you for them!)

I have bought about 25 games, from Godfather to Wii Fit, and I can't see myself running out of space soon.

The main point I won't buy a HD is that it would be very simple for Nintendo to enable the SD card to be used as extra storage, if they release a HD then it's simple profiteering in my opinion.

Some of the people moaning about the lack of space on a Wii will be moaning how a Wii + HD costs the same as a PS3 or Xbox... it wasn't aimed at this area of the market originally so I think if they do try and target them it will be a "kludge" at best.

They'd be much better sorting online / voice-chat / 3rd party devs first.

Trust me, there's a definite need for a hard drive. People like me who like their VC games are struggling for memory space at the moment. Wiiware is only going to make it worse (Wiiware isn't just a way to shovel off games that aren't good enough for general release - I've downloaded one game so far, and I would consider it an excellent purchase).

hencam[uk] · 05-21-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Napalmbrain

Trust me, there's a definite need for a hard drive. People like me who like their VC games are struggling for memory space at the moment. Wiiware is only going to make it worse (Wiiware isn't just a way to shovel off games that aren't good enough for general release - I've downloaded one game so far, and I would consider it an excellent purchase).

Fair enough, it makes you wonder though why they didn't just bung 2gb in there to start with, it would have added a couple of quid to the price probably!

I'll look into wii-ware and try some of the games...

CantGetAWii · 05-21-2008, 08:55 PM

Hard-drive and headset are the big ones for sure.

Hard-drive would ease me as a Gamer knowing what room I have for games,and the headset would only enhance the online experience, and online right now is quite decent and will get better with voice chat. I really do expect Nintendo to reveal one of those if not both at E3.

As for Third Party support, its getting better. Games like MadWorld and The Conduit are taking steps in the right directions.

Tracks · 05-21-2008, 08:56 PM

sounds good. as long as mario isnt involved i will be happy.

Sovieto · 05-21-2008, 09:15 PM

lol so everyone wants the wii to get what the other consoles already have? im sorry but even coming from an un-bias point of view, isnt that sad its so far behind?

CantGetAWii · 05-21-2008, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sovieto

lol so everyone wants the wii to get what the other consoles already have? im sorry but even coming from an un-bias point of view, isnt that sad its so far behind?

Yes, and its kinda shocking that we don't have something like those already.

DS has Voice Chat, why doesn't Wii?

WiiWare, Virtual Console games, Wii Games etc. all stuff that takes up blocks, all stuff we need a solution for.

1337endo · 05-21-2008, 09:27 PM

Out of the original 5 he posted, I think voice chat and a hard drive are an absolute must. How much more fun would Mario Kart Wii be if we could talk to each other? Brawl for trash talking to each other(if the online is ever fixed God forbid).

And the hard drive, I don't even need reasons. WiiWare, Virtual Console, game saves, etc.