Gameplayer examines the recent comments by Satoru Iwata which states that there are no plans for a Wii Sports 2 as Nintendo don't take the 'easy way'. An odd comment from a company that has just phoned-in Mario Party 8.
"What an outrageous load of poppycock. The Wii has already reached plenty of new people, and it shows little sign of slowing up. Just last week, the Wii literally flew past Xbox 360 in global sales to nine million units. What's more, Wii Sports, whilst incredibly popular with the mass audience, is a deeply flawed title that would benefit from a sequel."
The Switch just isn't equipped for a killer sports title like the Wii was
A lot of the points made here are true, yet let's give it a chance, because like the author said, the Wii was a motion control console and everyone did view it as such while the switch is not, so the way people view the game determines how much they invested in it, so again let's give it a chance and see
Wii sports was truly atrocious and you're saying Switch Sports will be even worse? It does not bode well for Switch Sports indeed.
Wii Sports was ok for screwing around, but the games lacked depth. Also I'm not sure why it seems like they decided to stick with the automatic player movement so all you need to do is swing to hit something. Very noob friendly but not as much fun IMO.
Wii Sports was THE game for casuals. I don’t feel many casuals own the Switch. I can’t see this doing the numbers Wii Sports did.
Course it won't, the Wii was a phenomenon. Something new with the motion tech. A curiosity to almost everyone. Obviously Switch sports won't create the same impact.
Nintendo could be sitting on a gold mine with a past favorite.
Because we all miss accidentally throwing our Wiimotes at the TV, so let's throw some Joy-Cons.
I was always confused by Nintendo’s decision to kill the franchise. “Super” stayed with Mario titles even after the Super Nintendo. They can still use the Wii name. Hell it’s been so long that releasing a new one, or even an HD remaster, will tap into that nostalgia market.
Yeah i agree but i don't think Nintendo will be bringing wii sports to the Nintendo Switch samething goes for diddykong racing
A look at some of the best games that launched beside a new console.
Missing Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PS5 in this list. Love this game!
Do you guys want a sequel? Anyway, the wii has surpassed sales of 360 simply by Japan sales. 360 must sell in Japan. PS3 will secure at least second this gen if 360 keeps poor sales in Japan. PS3 and 360 will keep it tight in the US/ price cuts, games, and marketing will work back and forth in favor in 2008. Europe the same. But if PS3 breaks out on par with wii in Japan, it will be third for MS by next fall. Keep the comments real. SNES beat Genesis because of sales in Japan, despite Segas huge US gains.
"Nintendo don't take the 'easy way' out"
That's why we've got a bazillion Mario games (spin-offs included)and about 30 Pokemon games.
Yup, Nintendo's all about trying the hard way.
So? There's more to Wii than "Wii Sports".
"benefit from a sequel"? how about "get it right the first time" for a motto. i think devs everywhere should treat that like the hippocratic oath. can you imagine marketing the sequel to a game that would "benefit" from it? "try it again, we think we've got it this time!! really!!" lol
I always felt like Wii Sports was a way to get used to using the controller, not really a game in and of itself.
Other games have improved on almost every sport in Wii sports, and with good reason. Wii sports crams 5 games and some extras onto it, while a dedicated sports game only has that one sport and some extras.
If a sequal could help, it wouldn't help much. It would give people a full collection of sports, on 2 games, maybe, but they wouldn't be as in depth as a game dedicated to any one sport.
Now if they wanted to make a Wii Curling...hmm...