The hype is comparable.



For the Game Cube, everyone was proclaiming that this machine was going to sell head to head with Sony and that gamers who were burned on the N64 would come around for the Game Cube. I remember dozens of testimonies from fans claiming that Nintendo learned their lesson from the N64 and was ready to unleash everything with the GC. I remember the Capcom 5 announcement taking place a couple months before launch and how Nintendo fans were convinced that all major Japanese third parties would be putting out their marquee titles on the GC either as an exclusive or simultaneous release of a PS2 version. I remember the excitement Nintards had with the fact that Sonic Team was going to develop for the GC primarily, eluding to the fact that the system would be old school awesome, reliving those carefree 16 bit days.



For the Wii, people are expecting the waggle to reinvent gaming. Nintendo has learned their lesson again (shocking) and they have <games here> to prove it. Same old story with the GC. Only difference is that Nintendo fans are less arrogant before. For the GC, Nintards predicted that PS2 sales would slow down with the release of the GC. Many Nintards today expect PS3 to outsell Wii, although there are a delusional few who believe that the Wii will be the best selling machine. Then, of course, a few developer exclusives excite the base, complete with wild predictions about huge exclusives arriving on Wii. DQ9 anyone?



Of course, the results of the GC were disappointing. As someone who has witnessed the GC's shortcomings, I urge everyone to ignore the Nintard hype and make your own conclusions about the Wii. Do not fall into the endless hype that sugar laden nerds jabber on about. Nintendo could take a dump in a game and it will still be widely anticipated by these dorks.



As for me personally, the GC was a nonevent. I was a huge Dreamcast fanboy who still refused to see that the system was flatlined. So I stuck to my Dreamcast games and thought that this was gaming heaven. As for the Wii, I'm excited about it. I look forward to getting it on day one with TP, Metal Slug, and maybe Excite Truck.