So...

***Booyakasha*** · 11-10-2011, 05:20 AM

...as a semi-objective gamer, I'm curious to know---what is your current take on the Wii?

Personally? I respect Nintendo's business acumen. They pulled a classic 'zig while everyone else is zaggin' move this generation and cornered a largely-untapped demographic. If anyone had told me eight years ago that Sony and Microsoft would be suckling hind-teat to the big N today, I'd have been surprised as can be. One must also acknowledge the success of the VC---making great swaths of its classic catalogue available on the current console (for a price) was a great idea, as Ninty's back-catalogue is unmatched (between in-house games and those of defeated rivals like NEC and Sega).

That said, I feel like Nintendo doesn't make many games for me these days. Of this generation's platforms, I feel like the Wii was the least essential (again, speaking solely for myself)---going solely by numbers, I've bought a lot more games on 360 and PS3 this year (not solely because of exclusivity, either---

like, even when a game

releases across all three platforms, I tend to choose the 360 or PS3 version, inasmuch as I consider the dual-analog set-up as more-or-less a standard).

Don't misunderstand me---I'm not looking to start a fight, here. Just want to hear what you all think.

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-10-2011, 01:53 PM

Personally, I think the Wii has had a lot of underutilized potential - mostly because everyone was pretending the "casual" market was or is attracted to anything other than fads. I really dig the whole return of the 2D sidescrollers thing they've got going on, though, and I loved Metroid Prime 3 and Twilight Princess as well as a good handful of third party titles that I think are really worth owning. I'm more of an arcade gamer at heart, so I liked the tendencies of games such as Red Steel and the Conduit.

For me, personally, the PC and Steam have made all consoles irrelevant. I buy Nintendo systems for the first-party more than anything, and the others are really weak on that subject. They get a lot of exclusive deals with 3rd parties, but that makes me more unsympathetic.

So, generally, the Wii is the only console this generation I felt made itself worthwhile, if only for a bit. The lack of titles doesn't make it a poor system, certainly. It just means Nintendo should've had something planned for this gap and they screwed up.

Dizzy · 11-10-2011, 02:25 PM

I have no well-written opinion speech. But here's what I do think; the Wii had fewer top-tier games than it's predecessors, but that, in turn, made me appreciate the top-tier games it DID have more.

Random User · 11-10-2011, 03:49 PM

I've played the Wii the most this current generation, considering its low cost and the fact that I got it fairly soon after its release. I couldn't really afford the PS3, and I didn't see any games on it that I would be dying to play, but I got the 360. I enjoyed the 360 and played a lot of games on it too, but then it got itself the Red Ring of Death a few years later, so I've been playing solely the Wii and DS, as well as some older systems, this past year or two.

**X-3** · 11-10-2011, 07:10 PM

You're not really alone, Boo. The Wii missed out on a lot of good games because of the differences in power (I guess) between it and its competitors. Yeah.

11-10-2011, 05:20 AM	#1
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	So... ...as a semi-objective gamer, I'm curious to know---what is your current take on the Wii? Personally? I respect Nintendo's business acumen. They pulled a classic 'zig while everyone else is zaggin' move this generation and cornered a largely-untapped demographic. If anyone had told me eight years ago that Sony and Microsoft would be suckling hind-teat to the big N today, I'd have been surprised as can be. One must also acknowledge the success of the VC---making great swaths of its classic catalogue available on the current console (for a price) was a great idea, as Ninty's back-catalogue is unmatched (between in-house games and those of defeated rivals like NEC and Sega). That said, I feel like Nintendo doesn't make many games for me these days. Of this generation's platforms, I feel like the Wii was the least essential (again, speaking solely for myself)---going solely by numbers, I've bought a lot more games on 360 and PS3 this year (not solely because of exclusivity, either--- like, even when a game releases across all three platforms, I tend to choose the 360 or PS3 version, inasmuch as I consider the dual-analog set-up as more-or-less a standard). Don't misunderstand me---I'm not looking to start a fight, here. Just want to hear what you all think. Last edited by Booyakasha; 11-10-2011 at 05:20 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

11-10-2011, 01:53 PM	#2
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Personally, I think the Wii has had a lot of underutilized potential - mostly because everyone was pretending the "casual" market was or is attracted to anything other than fads. I really dig the whole return of the 2D sidescrollers thing they've got going on, though, and I loved Metroid Prime 3 and Twilight Princess as well as a good handful of third party titles that I think are really worth owning. I'm more of an arcade gamer at heart, so I liked the tendencies of games such as Red Steel and the Conduit. For me, personally, the PC and Steam have made all consoles irrelevant. I buy Nintendo systems for the first-party more than anything, and the others are really weak on that subject. They get a lot of exclusive deals with 3rd parties, but that makes me more unsympathetic. So, generally, the Wii is the only console this generation I felt made itself worthwhile, if only for a bit. The lack of titles doesn't make it a poor system, certainly. It just means Nintendo should've had something planned for this gap and they screwed up.

11-10-2011, 02:25 PM	#3
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	I have no well-written opinion speech. But here's what I do think; the Wii had fewer top-tier games than it's predecessors, but that, in turn, made me appreciate the top-tier games it DID have more.

11-10-2011, 03:49 PM	#4
Random User Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Equestrian Republic of Spanglidesh Gender: Posts: 3,562 Thanks: 320 Thanked 195 Times in 143 Posts Blog Entries: 4	I've played the Wii the most this current generation, considering its low cost and the fact that I got it fairly soon after its release. I couldn't really afford the PS3, and I didn't see any games on it that I would be dying to play, but I got the 360. I enjoyed the 360 and played a lot of games on it too, but then it got itself the Red Ring of Death a few years later, so I've been playing solely the Wii and DS, as well as some older systems, this past year or two.

11-10-2011, 07:10 PM	#5
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	You're not really alone, Boo. The Wii missed out on a lot of good games because of the differences in power (I guess) between it and its competitors. Yeah.