Comments on: Should There Be More M-Rated Games For the Wii?

By: Joey

Joey — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:06:17 +0000

Personally, if a person buy a game because it’s M rated, they aren’t much of a gamer. Most of the “adult” games are childish at best and medicore at their worst. Why should I play a crappy FPS game like Halo that doesn’t really add to gameplay, when I can play something fresh and orignal? The fact that a kids’ game like Kirby Super Star can easily outdo most of the games today in terms of actual fun shows the direction of gaming. No longer are games made to be fun, game developers go with the idea of the more blood in a game, the better it is. Pokemon is more of an adult game than most shooters and other games that have loads of blood because of the fact that it’s aimed for kids, but until you mature a little, you won’t realize the real good strageries to help you win, so then the game should have a stronger following by adult gamers. But they are often closed minded to kiddie games and ingrone the possibly of great gameplay, even if Pokemon has a bad story and average graphics.

We are talking about games people, not story, not graphics, not how much blood you can put in a game, but actual gameplay. That’s way more important than a content rating.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:10:50 +0000

I believe they ought to have more M-rated games. Gears of War and GTA are good ideas. I mean, who wouldn’t like to virtually cut somebody’s head off with a chainsaw?

By: Sven Vollstag

Sven Vollstag — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:06:08 +0000

…they used to say the nintendo 64 was a kids machine…
…then goldeneye…
…THEN perfect dark…

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:48:59 +0000

Yes their should be more m rated games for the wii

By: Haris

Haris — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:21:59 +0000

i think there should personally iam not always in the mood to play wii sports i want something ore interesting

By: ARKaMAN

ARKaMAN — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:20:27 +0000

Why not? If you don’t want to play M rated games on the WII then don’t buy them! For those who what to buy a M rated game for the WII should get the change to. I think it would be cool to play a lot of the M rated games on the WII.

-ARKaMAN

By: Seven71ne

Seven71ne — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:39:38 +0000

in my opinion, yes, i used to own a WII and the whole reason i sold it, was because all the games that were available for it were for kids. They made something very very unique, why don’t they use it to its full potential? They would get a lot more sales by doing that as well. But on the other hand, its hard to incorpirate the controls, as to what the character would do and such.

~Seven~

By: CharlB.

CharlB. — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:00:55 +0000

If they want to keep up with xbox 360 and ps3 then yes they should. It would spice things up a little….How many more Mario games do we really need?

By: Cygnus

Cygnus — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:14:10 +0000

Honestly? No.

As it’s been said, Nintendo does have it’s first-party content. Zelda, Mario, Metroid, all of that is more than enough to keep them almost afloat all by themselves.

However, when it comes to third-party content, you have to consider that the Wii, PS3, and 360 have their user base. The reason the Wii sells so well is because their user base of everyone, their parents, grandparents, and a monkey that likes to play fun, albeit usually simple games is what makes them so popular, and why they don’t need a heavier, more adult M rated game, and why the M-rated games aren’t selling.

Additionally, those who usually enjoy the M-Rated games, such as Gears of War, Metal Gear Solid, Halo, Resistance, Bioshock, etc. will also expect more of their machine in terms of performance, and as a matter of fact, the Wii just can’t put that kind of a show on, while a PS3, 360, or PC can.

Nintendo has it’s user base, and it’s user base that has adults in it, but those adults won’t go to the Wii for M-rated entertainment. They’re going to pick up their 360 or PS3 controller (or a keyboard and mouse) instead. The Wii has it’s place, and it’s trouncing the competition. Why fix what isn’t broken?

By: Bryan Miner

Bryan Miner — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:00:22 +0000

I think that there shouold be more m rated games for the wii sense the graphics can handle it, for people who say its for children no one said you have to buy the games that are m just make them availabile for those who want them

By: Amir

Amir — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:24:38 +0000

UncleJohn states a good point. Competition is sure to increase heavily so M-rated titles are important.

By: Jiro P. Florite

Jiro P. Florite — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:07:16 +0000

I think more quality titles should be released on the Wii as that is what will inevitably cause the console to diminish in popularity, a trait already seen among the “gamer” crowd. In that respect the content and as such rating of games don’t matter as much. If anything the way the ESRB’s ratings system works would mean that games that would normally be considered mature on the 360 and PS3 due to their ‘realistic’ graphics could slide as a teen title on the Wii by the sole virtue of not being as ‘realistic’.

I believe that developers should pay more attention to the Wii in general since, as was noted, it’s install base is unforgivably high for the ratio of crappy games to good games the system has. If this mean a developer wants to make a mature game, so be it because as long as it’s a good game it will sell to the “gamers” who have dust coating the system.

And if anyone pulls the whole “you can’t make a good mature game on the Wii” I’d like to point out all the quality titles the PSP is seeing that fall in the T and M ratings. There is no reason those titles, at the least, couldn’t be ported over.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:05:42 +0000

I have a Wii, and personally I think the Wii should stay mostly under M-Rated games. If Nintendo is mainly marketing to women and children, then adding more mature games might not lead these types of people to buy the Wii. I think that other gaming systems should be more for mature games, and the Wii should stay how it is.

By: Jonathon Brogden

Jonathon Brogden — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:54:35 +0000

When I think of the Wii, I do not think of gamer intensive with the headphones playing first person shooters. When I think of the Wii, I think more of a family friendly system where parents of older ages or younger ones that can play while be entertaining (seriously can you imagine your parents or young children playing Gears of War series?) I love the wii because I can get up and move, yes the controls may not be on the dot when you move, the Wii can still be fun to play with others. Like a girlfriend. Just to get together. But while I’m with my game geeks and have a Madden tournament, we bust out the Xbox 360s and PS3s, along with big screen tvs, we got it on. So if Wii wants to make a couple M rated games, let it be, not going to stop me. I love playing mario games like kart, Galaxy, and all those fun games that don’t need a M rating just to be good.

By: Jacknifetoo

Jacknifetoo — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:39:53 +0000

I personally think that the Wii should stick to being the “Family Console” and should leave all the M-rated games for the hardcore gamer consoles like the PS3 and 360. The Wii gets enough buisness of of families anyways.

Another thing about the Wii is that high end games need their graphics toned down to be able to run on the Wii, so anyone that wants to buy a M-rated game (that would usually have great graphics on the other 2 consoles) will have to sacrifice good graphics in order to run it on a Wii. so there really is no valid points of why someone would buy one of those games for the Wii.