Quote Originally Posted by Roto13 View Post
lets face it nothing nintendo produced hardware wise for several years now even approaches the ps2 for power. The Wii claims it but looking at the graphics and comparing them to the PS2 I'd say "barely scraping up on some of it" Never have I seen a Wii produce graphics equal to the cutscenes of FFX and FFXII not even during a cutscene.
Oh please.
I gotta second this.

I think everything you said was golden, but the Wii's hardware is certainly capable of outproducing the PS2. And if by cut scenes, you mean the FMVs, well, they take nill resourcess. About as much as a basic dvd player as a matter of fact. I do agree that it just really has not had that passionate game company push it, but games are about profit and wallstreet now, the passion of Squaresoft and other producers is just gone.

When I began with game design courses and seeing just what the software did, I nearly puked, and gave up on that. The bloatware invested in a game is amazing. Little to say, this is how a vast majority of games are produced now adays (grab maya for cool cut scense, 3d studio max and some third rate scritps, and blah blahb) it has become more cookie cutter, ergo, the attention to detail and perfection has just kinda... died off. Square has done a decent job in maintaining the perfection side on some of their games, but not all.

That all aside, nintendo is really not in the niche to attempt to out perform these other systems. They are in the niche of reinventing the power glove, and calling it new. They do not need top notch graphics, and dedicate more to the overall game experience.

I would like to see something push the limits on the wii, since I do believe it could show the PS2 up.

I on the other hand, do not even own any third generation systems. The whole video game and flame industry has just dissipated my interest nearly entirely.