What do you think about the WII?

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

I'd buy one, but only after I buy a PS3, since that would compliment my PSP. Of course I'd mainly get it for the back catalog of games.

 

[OmegaXIII]

I've enjoyed the Mario games for it but never really bothered beyond that. Just mostly not my thing

 

[xXAsherahXx]

I strongly dislike it, it is not very responsive, it has really bad games, and it attracts non-gamers (I'm looking at you soccer mom and 6 year old child playing Wii Sports Resort, I see you).

 

[WaysideMaze]

Put simply, I don't like motion controls.

They don't make me feel like im actually waving a sword, or playing tennis etc. They feel like unnecessary exercise. I have exercise equipment for that. I play games to relax. It's just not for me.

 

[Thaius]

GET OKAMI.

That is all. It is one of the best games you will ever play, and easily the most beautiful interactive artistic experience ever. Seriously. Go. NOW.

There are also some great downloadable games on it, like the Phoenix Wright series and Humungous Entertainment's old point-and-click kids games like Spy Fox. Seriously, those are awesome.

As for the Wii itself, it's a pretty good system, but the support behind it has dwindled and been filled with stupid crappy minigame collections. There are some real gems in there, but you have to find them. I recommend going to a site like Gamespot and looking at all their Wii reviews organized by rating. Good stuff.

 

[buttscratch63]

It has a ton of great games

Super Mario Galaxy
Zack and Wiki
Resident Evil 4
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty World at War
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Super Mario Galaxy 2
No More Heroes
No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
Monster Hunter Tri
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
Okami
Dead Rising: Chop til you Drop
Dead Space Extraction
Mario Kart Wii
Wario Land Shake it
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Red Steel
Red Steel 2
Madworld
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Paper Mario
Sonic and the Black Knight
TMNT: Smash Up
Rabbids Go Home
Prince of Persia the Sands of time
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
Muramasa the Demon Blade
Little King Story
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Excite Truck
Battalion Wars 2
Sonic Unleashed
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Wii Sports Resort
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Punch-Out!!
The Conduit
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Mario Strikers Charged
Excitebots Trick Racing
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Samba De Amigo
Super Monkey Ball: Step and Roll
Nights Journey of Dreams
Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing
Sega Superstars Tennis
Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Guilty Gear XX accent core
King of Fighter's Orochi Saga
NPC: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
A boy and his Blob
Warioware: Smooth Moves
Deadly Creatures
Silent Hill Shattered Memories
Cursed Mountain

Upcoming Games:
Metroid Other M
Zelda Wii
FlingSmash
Epic Mickey
The Conduit 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Tournament of Legends
Sonic Colors
The Grinder
Batman: Brave and the Bold
Xenoblade
Pokepark Wii

Wiiware:
World of Goo
Nyxquest
Dr. Mario Online RX
Pokemon Rumble
Eco Shooter 530
Tales of Monkey Island 1-5
Strong Bad episodes 1-5
Lost winds
Lost Winds 2
Cave Story
Magnetica Twist
You, me, and the Cubes
Warioware D.I.Y. Showcase
Art Style: Light Trax
Art Style: Cubello
Art Style: Rotohex
Mega Man 9
Mega Man 10
Phoenix Wright 1
Phoenix Wright 2

 

[elcamino41383]

i sold my wii, thought it was a piece of trash and a waste. If there is a must have game for it though, its No More Heroes, by far

 

[chozo_hybrid]

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Basically, this list.

Most people who think they have an "informed" opinion on it, went around to a mates and played Wii Sports and that was probably about it. I know most of my friends who hate the Wii have never even played it because "They know they'll hate it" and it's that kind of ignorance that brings out the console fanboy war talk... I have a Wii and a 360 and I use them as much as each other.

i sold my wii, thought it was a piece of trash and a waste. If there is a must have game for it though, its No More Heroes, by far

Could you perhaps explain why it is a piece of trash?

I strongly dislike it, it is not very responsive, it has really bad games, and it attracts non-gamers (I'm looking at you soccer mom and 6 year old child playing Wii Sports Resort, I see you).

Every console is guilty of having "bad games" and what is wrong with getting other people into games? They start with the simple stuff and then move on if they like it to the bigger stuff.

 

[Jack_Uzi]

There is no I in... wait a minute.. that was another saying. No sir, I do not like it. I don't (want to) own one, but I've played on it a few times. It had a hard time registering my movements and the games I played on it made me wonder for what age this console was ment.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

It's got a lot of crap, but if you have an eye for a good game there's many hours of gaming to be had with a Wii. Ignore the snobbery that it often gets greeted with on these forums, there are countless great games for it, the most recent of which, Super Mario Galaxy 2, is one of the most critically-acclaimed games of all time, probably second only to Ocarina of Time. Not bad for a console that's supposedly only for little kids.

and it attracts non-gamers (I'm looking at you soccer mom and 6 year old child playing Wii Sports Resort, I see you).

And this is a bad thing because...? Surely if gaming is ever going to be accepted as a mainstream form of media and art, it's going to have to expand it's audience. You want controllers to remain in the hands of (predominatntly) teenage/early 20s males, in a world where gamers are branded as murderers-in-training after every school shooting or similar tragedy?

 

[Korten12]

I have a wii but dont use it often... SMG1 bored me despite me liking every mario before it, and NSMBW. so i'm not getting SMG2... but its not the controller is not what I dont like about it, its the lack of good games, while u can find good games they are far an inbetween. and with Miyamoto going to be making Zelda easy from what I am guess from his quote "We are trying to make Zelda, which has become very complicated to play, easier to play."

The reason I love Zelda is for it being complicated, I like having to truly think in dungeons to complete them but if they make it eaiser just so more people can play it I dont see myself buying the new Legend of Zelda...

though this wasnt much of the case in TP.

 

[DrDeath3191]

I love the system. Yes there's tons of shit for it, but the same could be said for the other systems. Besides, you don't have to play the shit, so it's a moot point.

My personal favorites are Monster Hunter Tri, the No More Heroes Games, Red Steel 2, and the first-party titles.

 

[xXAsherahXx]

It's got a lot of crap, but if you have an eye for a good game there's many hours of gaming to be had with a Wii. Ignore the snobbery that it often gets greeted with on these forums, there are countless great games for it, the most recent of which, Super Mario Galaxy 2, is one of the most critically-acclaimed games of all time, probably second only to Ocarina of Time. Not bad for a console that's supposedly only for little kids.

and it attracts non-gamers (I'm looking at you soccer mom and 6 year old child playing Wii Sports Resort, I see you).

And this is a bad thing because...? Surely if gaming is ever going to be accepted as a mainstream form of media and art, it's going to have to expand it's audience. You want controllers to remain in the hands of (predominatntly) teenage/early 20s males, in a world where gamers are branded as murderers-in-training after every school shooting or similar tragedy?

I just don't really want gaming to become something that is childish like going to a G movie. There are good G movies, but there is always the annoying kid crying. That's basically what I want gaming NOT to be. Yes I do want gaming to remain in the hands of teenagers/early 20s males.

 

[Lem0nade Inlay]

I have a Wii, and I have spent hundreds of hours playing games on it.
Games like, No More Heroes (which I seriously recommend you play if you haven't), Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3 (which again I strongly recommend) and the Red Steel games are all big winners.
As well as the more 'play with friends games' like Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Guitar Hero 3/4/5 and Mario Kart.
So if your ignorant friend says that "The wii sucks cuz the graphics r gay!!" don't listen to him! Give it a shot.

 

[Latino Gamer]

I play both my Wii and PS3 often.

For the Wii, I freakin' love No More Heroes 1 & 2. Currently playing Tatsunoku vs. Capcom.
Of course, you can't go wrong with the 1st-party games: Smash Bros., Mario Kart, Galaxy.
House of the Dead: Overkill is also a lot of fun.
Shop around Wiiware and Virtual Console for some interesting games too.

Also, I never had a gamecube, so now I'm playing gamecube games as well.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

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But it isn't going to become childish. It's just branching out. You think gaming companies are stupid enough to just abandon a whole section of their fanbase just to churn out minigame compliations? No. Some companies will go this way, but then they always have, and probably always will. Companies aren't that short sighted that they'll abandon a whole portion of their fanbase that way. And besides, if someone likes the idea of gaming, but is intimidated by jumping straight into Gears of War or something, then why shouldn't they buy Wii Sports or something to get a feel for it? Why shouldn't people buy the sort of games they're comfortable with? They're still just as much a gamer as you are, even though they can't pull off headshots from miles away on Halo.

If anything, it's this attitude, that people who play 'casual' games are somehow the pond scum of gaming, that is childish. Be thankful that gaming has finally evolved into something approaching a mainstream form of media, and is not the enemy anymore.

Also, saying you you want gaming to stick with the same target audience is incredibly short-sighted and narrow-minded. Do you know what happened to the comic book industry? It became so obsessed with pleasing the 'hardcore' fans that comics became increasingly complicated, with stupid amounts of characters and plots so complex they required several spin-off comics to even understand. The hardcores loved it, of course, but anyone who picked up these comics for the first time was fucked. They had no hope of getting into it, so they didn't bother. The hardcore fans bought all these comics, and the industry had a short boom. But then, the hardcores grew out of comics, or at least couldn't find the time in their lives to read as many of them any more. Because there were no new fans to replace the hardcores who dropped comics, the industry collapsed, and it still hasn't recovered. The same thing will happen to gaming if it doesn't branch out and attract new gamers, which thankfully, it is doing. So no, Nintendo are not making gaming 'childish', they're actually saving it. Again.

 

[Girl With One Eye]

The only games I enjoyed when I first got it were house of the dead overkill, and the wii sports boxing game. Now Im looking to sell it, doesnt have the same entertainment value anymore.

 

[xXAsherahXx]

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But it isn't going to become childish. It's just branching out. You think gaming companies are stupid enough to just abandon a whole section of their fanbase just to churn out minigame compliations? No. Some companies will go this way, but then they always have, and probably always will. Companies aren't that short sighted that they'll abandon a whole portion of their fanbase that way. And besides, if someone likes the idea of gaming, but is intimidated by jumping straight into Gears of War or something, then why shouldn't they buy Wii Sports or something to get a feel for it? Why shouldn't people buy the sort of games they're comfortable with? They're still just as much a gamer as you are, even though they can't pull off headshots from miles away on Halo.

If anything, it's this attitude, that people who play 'casual' games are somehow the pond scum of gaming, that is childish. Be thankful that gaming has finally evolved into something approaching a mainstream form of media, and is not the enemy anymore.

Also, saying you you want gaming to stick with the same target audience is incredibly short-sighted and narrow-minded. Do you know what happened to the comic book industry? It became so obsessed with pleasing the 'hardcore' fans that comics became increasingly complicated, with stupid amounts of characters and plots so complex they required several spin-off comics to even understand. The hardcores loved it, of course, but anyone who picked up these comics for the first time was fucked. They had no hope of getting into it, so they didn't bother. The hardcore fans bought all these comics, and the industry had a short boom. But then, the hardcores grew out of comics, or at least couldn't find the time in their lives to read as many of them any more. Because there were no new fans to replace the hardcores who dropped comics, the industry collapsed, and it still hasn't recovered. The same thing will happen to gaming if it doesn't branch out and attract new gamers, which thankfully, it is doing. So no, Nintendo are not making gaming 'childish', they're actually saving it. Again.

Hm, that's quite a mouthful, it is a bonanza of information directed at making me go "Oh I must be wrong". No, I'm not in the wrong. Neither are you. I just don't want to see gaming design things specifically for young lings. It's like being in the movies (yes I'm using this again) and your seeing some good previews and you see this one you know is specifically engineered at pleasing little children. So, you go "Alright, I suppose I can allow this to pass" but, then you see a whole montage of really shitty jokes that are just bland and horrible. You think "Man, not even little kids want to see this pile of feces. This is what movies have become?"

So, it is alright to see some kiddy games, but I don't want to see them become the norm. It kind of puts gaming in a bad light for me. Kids shouldn't really play video games until they can grasp basic story mechanics and develop a mind that can somewhat appreciate them.

And with your comics thing, complex stories are good, if you want to actually pick up a comic and understand it, start at numero uno. Basically my point of this whole really long spiel is, I don't want to see gaming dumbed down too far.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

snippington

My point was that gaming isn't going to become more childish, just because there are more accessible 'casual' games than ever before doesn't mean that the whole industry is going to follow suit. It's sad that some developers are using the need for these accessible games top pump out brainless, simplistic drivel, but it was always going to happen like that. When I go into a film, and I see a trailer for a shitty film, I don't go "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE MOVIE INDUSTRY", I decide that, often, shitty films are released and I get over it. It doesn't spell the doom of an industry just because some companies are bandwagon-jumpers out to make a quick buck, this is how it's always been, from the Atari days onward.

As for the comic analogy, I wasn't stating my own personal beef with it, and I don't have a problem with complex stories, I was simply stating facts. All that comic industry crash actually happened, and I was just drawing parallels with what was happening in the games industry, ie a fanbase which was growing further away from the mainstream, and becoming more exclusive, but without any large influx of new fans to keep it going when the old 'hardcore' fans either give up or dedicate less time to their hobby.

 

[xXAsherahXx]

snippington

My point was that gaming isn't going to become more childish, just because there are more accessible 'casual' games than ever before doesn't mean that the whole industry is going to follow suit. It's sad that some developers are using the need for these accessible games top pump out brainless, simplistic drivel, but it was always going to happen like that. When I go into a film, and I see a trailer for a shitty film, I don't go "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE MOVIE INDUSTRY", I decide that, often, shitty films are released and I get over it. It doesn't spell the doom of an industry just because some companies are bandwagon-jumpers out to make a quick buck, this is how it's always been, from the Atari days onward.

As for the comic analogy, I wasn't stating my own personal beef with it, and I don't have a problem with complex stories, I was simply stating facts. All that comic industry crash actually happened, and I was just drawing parallels with what was happening in the games industry, ie a fanbase which was growing further away from the mainstream, and becoming more exclusive, but without any large influx of new fans to keep it going when the old 'hardcore' fans either give up or dedicate less time to their hobby.

You are annoying me a bit. I have an opinion, fucking deal with it, don't just write a whole page long speech on how I am wrong. I haven't discredited everything you have said, and that's is all you're doing to me. Show some damn courtesy. I got your point, now get mine, then shut up, and we can live in peace.