Despite presenting stuff likeWii Musicas the future of gaming, Nintendo of America is still adamant that it has what the hardcore crowd is looking for. Good old Cammie “That Woman” Dunaway is here to explain how!
“I feel there are titles that should make that group stand up and pay attention next year,” explains Cammie, when talking aboutCall of Duty/BioShock/Halofans. “If you look at something like [Sega-published FPS]The Conduitthat’s really pushing the edge of graphic capabilities on the Wii and doing things that people didn’t think were possible. And I think, one, that makes other developers stand up and take notice. And two, that makes consumers say, ‘Huh. Maybe there’s something to this.’
“Or if you look at [Sega-published brawler]Mad World, just the sheer creativity of that graphic style and the impact of the black and the white and the red.”
I think it’s ironic indeed that the best looking stuff on a Nintendo platform is being published by Sega. BetweenThe Conduit,Mad WorldandHouse of the Dead: Overkill, it has been left to a former arch rival to put some really compelling stuff on the system.
As far was what Nintendo was offering thatdidn’tcome from a third party, Dunaway had very little to say for herself: “I would assume that a title likeSin & Punishment— and bringing that to the U.S. for the first time — would start to get at that action-seeking, thrill-seeking need that that audience has.Punch Out, while it may be more of a Nintendo fanboy [kind of game], still, I think, gets at that need for action.”
Yeah … try harder or don’t try at all, Nintendo of America.
