Poll: Have you played the Wii yet?
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Hm. Depending on your tastes, I think the Wii has plenty of decent games - just about 8x the amount of things you wouldn't wanna play. It has a similar "shitty-to-good" ratio as the Gamecube.dnaloiram said:
A friend of mine has both a Wii and a 360 and of course he plays the 360 more because of the better online capability and he prefers first person shooters and such, but he enjoyed No More Heroes in a hilarious manner, MadWorld (again in a silly hilarious manner), didn't exactly like Metroid Prime 3 (which I find surprising since I loved the first two), and surprisingly enjoyed Zakk and Wiki.
I have played Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Excite Truck, Twilight Princess. Everything for hours.
I expected Sports would be intuitive, but it was anything but. The input scheme was not responsive, nothing like doing the things IRL, and it was also not as clear as regular videogame controls. The result is that you have to learn a new, additional layer of obfuscation which didn't exist previously. It's hard to imagine something more frustrating to a gamer than obfuscated, sloppy controls. I'm afraid a lot of the "newcomer" attraction to the console might be based on that the controls turn a lot of the game into luck, meaning the player is not responsible for their win or loss.
Overall verdict: meh. None of the games I played even come close to warranting buying the console. I'd like to try Trauma Center, Metroid Prime 3, SMG and maybe some titles region-locked to the Japanese Wii, but that's about it. For someone who hasn't played them on previous consoles, Okami and RE4 would be good buys. I hear Okami and RE4 got good ports, but that's hardly relevant to someone who has played them already.
I expected Sports would be intuitive, but it was anything but. The input scheme was not responsive, nothing like doing the things IRL, and it was also not as clear as regular videogame controls. The result is that you have to learn a new, additional layer of obfuscation which didn't exist previously. It's hard to imagine something more frustrating to a gamer than obfuscated, sloppy controls. I'm afraid a lot of the "newcomer" attraction to the console might be based on that the controls turn a lot of the game into luck, meaning the player is not responsible for their win or loss.
Overall verdict: meh. None of the games I played even come close to warranting buying the console. I'd like to try Trauma Center, Metroid Prime 3, SMG and maybe some titles region-locked to the Japanese Wii, but that's about it. For someone who hasn't played them on previous consoles, Okami and RE4 would be good buys. I hear Okami and RE4 got good ports, but that's hardly relevant to someone who has played them already.
Alrighty, it seems that you have only played the ealy Wii titles. There are some pretty cool ones out right now and coming soon that may hold your interest a little more. For example:tellmeimaninja said:
Madworld
No More Heroes
De Blob
Smash Bros. Brawl
Klonoa
Trauma Center: New Blood
The Conduit
Mario Galaxy
Zack and Wiki
Wii Sports Resort (I know you didn't like the first, but this is much better than the first. Plus, you get Motion+, which is pretty cool)
And stuff coming up that you might want to look out for:
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
The Grinder
Muramasa: Demon Blade
Red Steel 2 (a good reason to get the Motion+ from Resort)
Galaxy 2
Dead Space: Extraction
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
The content for the console has gotten much better over these last couple of years. Give it more time, and developers will make cooler games for it.
I don't own one, but I have played on a few.
I'm sort of leaning towards getting one (when funds allow) purely for the new Zelda game, but I'll certainly get a GC controller and use it as a Gamecube too (Eternal Darkness <3). I'd possibly consider stuff like Guitar Hero for it, but I don't know. Something I've got a slight interest in though!
I'm sort of leaning towards getting one (when funds allow) purely for the new Zelda game, but I'll certainly get a GC controller and use it as a Gamecube too (Eternal Darkness <3). I'd possibly consider stuff like Guitar Hero for it, but I don't know. Something I've got a slight interest in though!
I own one. It's not great but it's not like the spawn of Satan like a lot of people here make it. It has its moments and the virtual console is great but good luck finding games for it.
I played on Mario Kart for like one and a half races round my friends house. I didn't get a good feel for anything to do with it at all so based on that I'd be more inclined to answer no even though I technically have.
Played SSBB very briefly at a friends house. I asked him if he had a normal controller, he didn't, I went home. Never really liked Super Smash Brothers anyway. It's annoying in fighting games when the guy who ALWAYS beat everyone else is being a real dickhead about it, but in SSB, with Pichachu and all of the other retards with cutesie-wutsie voices... It's just too much for me to handle if I want to stay civilized.
I like your thinking, and really hope that this is the method behind the casual gaming madnessmikecoulter said:
Yes, a friend o mine has one. When I visit him we often play a couple of games of SSBB or Mario Kart Wii. it usually lasts only an hour or so.