Is There a Future For Mature Games On Wii?

digitalfever writes "There are more than 50 million Wii systems worldwide. Logically, the audience for a wide range of games and interactive experiences should be rather big, but based on the evidence so far, either that's not true — or publishers have been hedging the wrong bets. No one has conclusively proved the case for (or against) the viability of mature games on Wii, but 2009 was a litmus test on a number of fronts, including the DS. The results aren't encouraging. "

Re:No

[MichaelSmith]

My son plays Star Wars: The force unleashed on our (his) Wii. The graphics on that game are much more like PC games than the Wii Sport games. I am just not much into games myself.

Re:No

[Toonol]

Yeah, there's a lot. And, keep in mind that some 'childish looking' games are absolutely very appropriate for adults. "A Little Kings Story" looks like a cross between Pokemon and a Fairy Tale, but has very sophisticated gameplay and humor.

Some of the games for the Wii you could consider 'mature' in the gritty/violent sense are: No More Heroes. The Conduit. Madworld. Resident Evil 4. House of the Dead: Maximum Overkill. Dead Space: Extraction. Left for Dead. Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (I LIKE that one!).

Games that are good, but not packed with sex/violence, are: Fire Emblem. Phantom Brave. A Little Kings Story. Murumasa. A Boy and his Blob. Super Mario Galaxies. Metroid Prime 3. Tales of Symphonia: A New World. Okami.

Upcoming games that look to be good: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Final Fantasy:Crystal Chronicles:The Crystal Bearers (two colons in that one). Metroid: Other M. No More Heroes 2. Red Steel 2. Monster Hunter 3. Dragon Quest X.

I kind of went overboard responding to you, because experience tells me that there will be all sorts of posts saying that the Wii has no games, and probably complaining about the inch of dust that's accumulated. If you look, there are plenty of decent games.

Re:wii go postal

[Anonymous Coward]

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/QuakeGX [wiibrew.org]
And for nethack: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/UAE_Wii [wiibrew.org]

Re:No

[scot4875]

Most games in general are shit. This has been true of all consoles in all generations. The Wii is not special in that regard. Has everyone already forgotten the huge amount of shovelware that the PS2 had?

The same can be said for pretty much any medium: most music, movies, books and TV is shit.

--Jeremy

Re:No

[Anonymous Coward]

Nobody bought Excitebots because it was already a Wii launch title, only better.