I love the Godfather movies, and I loved the Godfather game. I've played the PS2 and Wii version (Wii version was much improved) and they are great. There's a lot of hate I notice in the comments on the GFII trailers, but I don't care. I know that the game is loosely based on the second film, and takes some liberties, but I'm wondering what they are going to do after this one. I have some thoughts.

One thing they could do is use the flashback scenes from the second film as a game unto itself. Play as Vito Corleone and rise to power against Don Fannucci and the Black Hand. Start your businesses, etc. Maybe put some constraints on the violence since much of his power was gained through trust. Keep the violence for sure, but maybe there are more penalties for it. It would be a prequel game. Godfather II: The Beginning or something.

Not sure how they could base a game on Godfather III, but I'm sure they could. Maybe you play as Vincent Mancini/Corleone or maybe it picks up after the end of the film and it can be an open world for the Corleone family, where you will control the destiny and are not constrained by the plots of the films. I dunno. I think there is definitely room for more games after this in the Godfather series. I hope that this one is successful and this can be a decently long running franchise.

I'm not sure if anyone reads my blog. Probably nobody does. That's OK. I wanted to make an announcement anyway. Something very important in my life. I am now a father. My wife gave birth to our beautiful son on Monday, January 14th and we are a very happy household. A gamer in training, this boy will appreciate the classics. It's an amazing, indescribable feeling being a dad. Although my wife and I have been married for nearly 8 years, and he's only been here a little over a week, we can't imagine our lives without him.

The Virtual Console on the Wii is a great idea and I have taken advantage of it. The games on the old Nintendo systems, the Genesis, the TurboGrafx-16, and now the Neo-Geo almost makes the Wii purchase necessary by themselves. It could be more, though.

I think that the VC should be a one stop shop for all kinds of old-school games that many people have never had a chance to experience before or just can't play them on the old systems due to the age of the systems, cost, repair, etc. I think the VC should offer games from the Atari systems (2600, 5200, 7800, Jaguar), Colecovision, Intellivision, 3DO, Magnavox Odyssey, etc. With all the different controllers out there and the ones that Nintendo is currently producing, special retro controllers could be made available for these types of games. An all in one system with a library of classic games all across the spectrum of gaming history. That's what I want.