Wii = Gamecube 1.5? YES says Beyond 3D

[Rob2600]

Need for Speed Most Wanted and Ridge Racer 6 vs. GT Pro Series and Monster 4x4 World Circuit

Need for Speed Carbon was released in December 2006 for Wii. Why not compare that?

[Rob2600]

the fact that 3rd party Wii games look like ass is even more discouraging considering the 5 years experience with the GC should have well prepared them for the Wii.

I agree with you about that. Some third-party developers are producing nice-looking Wii games, like EA and Ubisoft, but overall, third-party Wii games should look much better.

Julian Eggebrecht of Factor 5 agrees, too. This is from IGN.com's interview with him on February 8, 2007:

"IGN.com: Resident Evil 4 was a beautiful GCN title. Rogue Squadron was doing things at launch that developers still haven't done on Wii. Why do you think that is? Are studios getting sloppy on Wii?

Julian: Yes. I'm so disappointed knowing exactly what the Wii can do - and I still think nobody knows it better than we (no pun intended). I really have to say, boy, am I disappointed! They all have finally figured out, five years into the hardware's life cycle, how to do at least basic shaders and a rim light, but that's what everybody does. But I still don't see enough bump and normal-mapping, if any. I still don't see enough post effects, even though you have insane fill-rates with Wii. I don't see any of that. I was digging out Rebel Strike the other day and was looking at it, and we had some people who were visiting ask, 'Why isn't anybody else doing this on Wii?' And I am at a loss. I really am."

http://wii.ign.com/articles/762/762984p1.html

[UniHamachi]

I'll take Carnival Games. I'm not into FPS at all.
We were actually comparing soley on graphics. I know, it's shallow.

[esquire]

Need for Speed Carbon was released in December 2006 for Wii. Why not compare that?

Because Carbon was not a system release for the 360. Compare Carbon for the 360 and Carbon for the Wii, and there is no comparison.

Even better, compare Carbon for the Wii and for the PS3, both system releases, and there is still no comparison.

Other than perhaps Kart racing games, I do not see the Wii being a successful platform for the racing genre. Most of your hardcore racing enthusiasts are going to want the superior graphics and will not care about the gimmicky Wiimote controls. If they wanted something like that they'd more than likely just purchase a steering wheel controller. I've played Excite Truck, GT Pro Series and Monster 4X4 World Circuit, and graphics aside, they simply do not hold my interest. Excite Truck is nothing more than a tech demo IMO.

[Garry Silljo]

We were actually comparing soley on graphics. I know, it's shallow.

I'll still take Carnival Games. I prefer cartoonish to realism.