I believe 2006 was one of the best years Nintendo has had in a long time. The DS really hit its stride solidifying itself as the portable platform to own (and maybe the system to own), Wii launched (it really works!) and was well received by just about everyone, and the GBA continued to sell very well.
So was last year just a sign of things to come? Is Nintendo just starting to gain home console momentum hot of their DS success? In 2007, I’m betting Wii will surpass total sales of Xbox 360 and the DS will have its best year yet in terms of units sold and hit games being released. Metroid Prime 3 and Mario Galaxy will blow minds, and we’ll see a ton of sleeper hits peppered throughout the year for both Wii and DS. Sadly, I feel Wii’s online system will launch to much criticism not realizing its full potential. It will work, but just not as friendly as I hope it to be. So what do you predict for Nintendo in 2007?
New Wii colors by the holiday
Houglass actually released…not the date bumped from dec, to march, to now is it oct. nov.?
Digging deeper into DS games that use WiFi I'm finding them to be more and more easy to use and not requiring the Friend Code which is an optional thing. In Starfox Command and Portrait of Ruin there is no required Friend Code needed to find opponents and I feel that if these games don't use it, then many games for the Wii wont use it as well.
Hey anonymous, that brings up an interesting point. You don't actually need the Friend Code to use Nintendo Wifi Connection. It's funny then that Nintendo decided to use a 12 or 16 (I'm getting confused now with Wii numbers) digit code to use the system. They could have kept the system of verifying each player/friend, but substituted names for the numbers. It would essentially be the same thing. The names would have to be on the server, one per customer type thing, but the system would still work as Nintendo had intended it to work.Totally off topic, my bad. The Wii is going to take flack for not having a billion games released during the year, but VC Mondays will have some stellar releases with Super Metroid, most of the Zeldas (#2 seems to be the next one), and others, hopefully more N64 and SNES games. Brain Age (or Big Brain Academy, whichever is coming to Wii) will shower the Wii with non-gamer friendliness, and we may hear something about Wii Ware games through the download feature. Just an inkling, but it will begin. A huge bomb will also occur. Possibly Wii Sports 2, with online functionality.
I predict a new improved version of Wii much like in the spirit of the DS lite and the GameBoy Advance SP is going to come out. A version of the Wii that everyone wants instead of the original Wii.Hey what happened to all that Wii that are supposed to be ready way before the release date? I still can't get my hands on a US Wii, at least at an acceptable price (250USD).
Well developed wii games will begin to show. What we've seen now is similar to the launch of the DS. The wiimote will become more fleshed out, and the games will make better use of its functionality. The attachments will begin to flow, and new ideas for games will be shown at all of the conferences (not just new ways to play… new games like drum hero or something). I don't think the system will be updated until Christmas 07, or spring 08, when the relaunch of the wii coinsides with the launch of the marquee titles (mario 128+, corruption, brawl, etc)
In 2007 the Wii will probably get DVD support via a hardware or software update, a USB hard drive add on device to store games, demos, movies.. that you download.Also more games that require a DS to play with. Pokemon or Zelda 4 player game would be nice but I expect a poker game where only you can see your cards would work best.
Wii Sports 2 (aka Wiinter Games) will feature ~Curling~ (my 2nd fav. Olympic sports).YO!!!! \o/ \O/