Wii News: Call of Duty 5 in 'near 360 graphics' shocker

[steve O]

Read this somewhere, looks like COD 5 is coming to the Wii

According to our friends BGB, the upcoming shooter Call of Duty 5 is set to feature graphics that a SNES wouldn't be embarassed to output, in what could be a earth-shattering event for Wii owners.

More specifically, they report that the game "promises to look closer to its PS3/360 counterparts than any other franchise." Aha, that's the get-out clause then. It's hardly difficult to make a game look more impressive than most of the multi-platform ports the Wii has been inundated with since launch.

Now we all know the Wii is technically underpowered compared to the Xbox 360 and the PS3.

Unfortunately for gamers, however, developers aren't mentally underpowered - they realise full well that making lots and lots of money doesn't necessarily have to go hand-in-hand with thinking of lots and lots of good ideas and actually bothering to implement them properly, and neither does it mean they have to make any effort whatsoever in terms of graphical output. Because the Wii is 'all about the games,' they scream, whilst wiping their arses with £50 notes and giggling all the way to the Ferrari.

No, it isn't.

That's a poor excuse for money-grabbing apathy.

A nice angry rant, but an almost completely justified one. Shame it's unlikely to change anything.

The few Wii games that deliver the whole package properly put shame on all the others, but to apparently little effect.

How would I sum up my experience with the Wii so far?

A truly sad waste of potential.

[CEK]

I have to agree with that article, the Wii really is a waste of potential, almost all Wii games now are party games, nintendo has sold out to the casual gamers market, I hardly even play my Wii anymore, there's only 3, maybe 4 games on it worth replaying, I use it more for Gamecube games now.

What a waste.

[huntsman]

Yep im with CEK i got new wii mote skins in oct and used em for the first time a week ago. It is to much party games they need to make some serious games.

I think cricket would be awesome on the wii if they put effort into it.
If COD 5 comes out and is good i would be happy. All my friends have 360's and they're all like ' oh cod4 is sik ' and it is, nintendo put some effort in.

But probs on skate it, that is pretty cool

[gennaro494]

don't take this the wrong way but i'm pretty sure when you purchased your Wii..that you honestly didn't think that this was gonna beat or compare to a PS3 or Xbox 360?..
Yes they've sold out for party games..
but you have to remember it's easier to port a 360 game to PS3 and vice versa..
with the Wii..they don't have the same guts...wii is not even close to those other 2..so when you have to port a game from the other 2 you have to Rewrite the whole game for Wii's hardware..
So don't think you will see anything close to 360 at all..
Oh well..
Just my 2 cents..
Enjoy your wii, enjoy what they have out there..if not sell it..!