Have Nintendo players become a bit disoriented?

[Nekobe]

I've been a long-time Nintendo gamer, and lately, I've been moving to other platforms. Namely, the PS2.
Despite it being last-gen, I have noticed that many PS2 games are much more graphically intense than most Wii games. (Excluding the few Wii first-party titles that actually had good production values, such as Metroid Prime 3 and Zelda: Twilight Princess.) In my opinion, they also have better gameplay (Although, I am not trying to say that motion control is bad, it's just that most Wii titles rely too heavily on the novelty of the controller than actually creating a good gameplay experience, exempting Metroid Prime 3 and Sin and Punishment 2)

I've been seeing many of the less graphically-intense PS2 games being ported to the Wii directly, but I realized while playing Onimusha yesterday, that if it were released originally on the Wii, it would be hailed as having great graphics and gameplay, and would be fiercely defended as a great Wii game. It was released on PS2, but its reception was that the graphics were okay. The PS2 had higher standards of what constitutes a "good game"

This brings my overall idea to mind: Have we lowered our graphical standards for the Wii? While the Wii is actually graphically superior to the PS2, why do its games look worse? Thankfully, some games do utilize the Wii's full potential (Such as Sin and Punishment 2), but it seems the majority of the Wii's library is comprised of PS2 ports, shovelware, and first-party titles with lots of BLOOOOOM.

I think we've become disillusioned from relying on the Wii as our entertainment source, and lowered our standards of what good games are. Speaking purely from the experience of buying a used PS2 after having only the Wii for a long time, I've been finding that I enjoy PS2 games more than Wii games, and I've been a Nintendo gamer all my life. I even sold my original PS2 to get Super Smash Brothers. Complete Nintendrone.

Fanboys, please do not participate in this discussion. Don't give excuses about how great Zelda and Metroid look, because that's all you've played. For those of you who actually play the Wii's library, let's look at the Wii as a whole.

[Oracle]

Lowered graphical standards? For ports? Yep. That's basically what's to be expected, but in the end, I suppose some people are simply making do with what's being offered to the Wii these days. It's not all bad, though. Besides, it all boils down to how it's played.

[coconut833]

You make a really good point . I say this in the fact that i just recently bought a 360, mainly for the graphics. Nintendo has never been a big company on graphics.

[Abanaz]

Originally Posted by Nekobe

I've been a long-time Nintendo gamer, and lately, I've been moving to other platforms. Namely, the PS2.
Despite it being last-gen, I have noticed that many PS2 games are much more graphically intense than most Wii games. (Excluding the few Wii first-party titles that actually had good production values, such as Metroid Prime 3 and Zelda: Twilight Princess.) In my opinion, they also have better gameplay (Although, I am not trying to say that motion control is bad, it's just that most Wii titles rely too heavily on the novelty of the controller than actually creating a good gameplay experience, exempting Metroid Prime 3 and Sin and Punishment 2)

I've been seeing many of the less graphically-intense PS2 games being ported to the Wii directly, but I realized while playing Onimusha yesterday, that if it were released originally on the Wii, it would be hailed as having great graphics and gameplay, and would be fiercely defended as a great Wii game. It was released on PS2, but its reception was that the graphics were okay. The PS2 had higher standards of what constitutes a "good game"

This brings my overall idea to mind: Have we lowered our graphical standards for the Wii? While the Wii is actually graphically superior to the PS2, why do its games look worse? Thankfully, some games do utilize the Wii's full potential (Such as Sin and Punishment 2), but it seems the majority of the Wii's library is comprised of PS2 ports, shovelware, and first-party titles with lots of BLOOOOOM.

I think we've become disillusioned from relying on the Wii as our entertainment source, and lowered our standards of what good games are. Speaking purely from the experience of buying a used PS2 after having only the Wii for a long time, I've been finding that I enjoy PS2 games more than Wii games, and I've been a Nintendo gamer all my life. I even sold my original PS2 to get Super Smash Brothers. Complete Nintendrone.

Fanboys, please do not participate in this discussion. Don't give excuses about how great Zelda and Metroid look, because that's all you've played. For those of you who actually play the Wii's library, let's look at the Wii as a whole.

I completely agree. Hopefully with the next console they actually put some effort into their games, graphically and gameplay-wise. And that's not just for Nintendo, it's for all those third-party companies mostly. And Nintendo should step it up on stopping shovelware. 9/10 Wii games are shovelware. The one is usually a really good game, though.

[Oracle]

More like a 7/10 if you look deep enough.

[Rookie]

It is kind of sad that the Wii usually has worse graphics than a decent last gen game. I don't think I've become too disoriented about it though, seeing as I rarely buy games for it, unless you count VC. The only game I bought and my standards really lowered for it was Tales of Symphonia 2, but that's for the series more than the Wii itself.