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Try a Mario Sunshine screenshot that isn't all blurry and ugly and you don't really have much different left. Also Mario Galaxy uses different shading and emphasis the edges a lot, which gives the pictures some extra brillance, but that isn't really a sign of much improved power.

When you compare Link you have to take into account that SmashBrosMelee was a launch title for the console, current generation Gamecube games do look quite a bit better, compare it for example with Twilight Princess on the Gamecube, again, no big difference left.

I would be happy to be proven wrong, but so far it simply looks like Wii will have only minimally more power then the Gamecube. None of the Wii games so far looked like it couldn't have been done in the current generation. That doesn't mean they are ugly, Zelda looks great, but for a next generation console it really is quite a disapointment, especially for the price.

This is the first time I've bought a Nintendo console in any shape or form, but it has brought a smile to my face with the feeling of frontier games - trying out the waters with new ideas (though some of the best games also are quite 'traditional'). My fave though is a Japanese import.

You should try reading some of the threads on NTSC-UK about the dedication it takes to master PDOrta on the highest difficult. Or the threads on VGI's board that show just how much devotion Sega fan boys have to the Panzer Dragoon series.

For many Sega fans, the decision to buy an Xbox was made the minute a new Panzer Dragoon game was announced for it.

PDO may not fit your definition of a fanboy game, but the series undoubtedly has its army of fans who would follow it to the end of the earth. And those are just exactly the kind of people who would buy Metal Slug 3.

Although I'm probably not the best example, because I already bought Metal Slug 3 on the PS2 on Japanese import.

Later.