Are/were you happy with the Wii?

My question to you is, are/were you happy with the Wii?

Obviously, my answer is yes, as I think the library and, believe it or not, 3rd party exclusives were some of the best games I have played. I also thought the Wii brought gaming back to its core, with games like the Nintendo staples and the 2D platformer games of 2010 being good examples. Obviously that's just me, I just want to know where you all stand :)

I bought it for the exclusives, I would have been pretty bummed if it was the only console I bought this(last?) gen. I've got about 15 games but I doubt they would have been able to keep me busy for 7 years.

No new F-Zero game made me sad.

I know quite a few people who own a Wii and think it's crap because all they own is Mario Party, Wii Sports, Just Dance, and other similar games. Quite sad really.Kenny789

[QUOTE="Kenny789"]I know quite a few people who own a Wii and think it's crap because all they own is Mario Party, Wii Sports, Just Dance, and other similar games. Quite sad really.AtelierFan

meh! overall its ok. :)

I'm happy with how the Wii turned out. It has some great games. Still, I'm glad it isn't my only console.

Most definitely.

I  poured a lot of hours into the system. Had a lot of fun with it :)

 

I'm quite happy with it. If I didn't get the Wii, I'd be missing out on many of the best games of the past generation. Nintendo just has the best 1st party studios in the industry even if they are working on comparatively weaker tech than the competition. In fact when I make a top 10 games list of the best of the past gen, Nintendo takes up half of the slots with Wii games. 

-Donkey Kong Country Returns (one of the greatest platformers ever created full stop)

-The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (an experience like no other. It proves that motion controls can be done so right)

-Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (the final chapter in one of gaming's greatest trilogies)

-Super Mario Galaxy (bringing 3D platforming to new heights)

-Super Mario Galaxy 2 (completely and utterly upstages the first in creativity, diversity, and content)

-Punch-Out!! (an unbelieveably well designed and challenging gameplay experience)

-New Super Mario Bros. Wii (a fantastic mario platformer with some of the best secrets in the Mario franchise in its entirety)

This is just a list of the games I feel deserve a 9+ score on the console. I'm not even counting all the other great titles exclusive to Wii. Good times. I believe I spent over 100 hours in each of the above titles.

I'm pretty happy with my system. I have around 40 physical games for Wii, then a small collection of digital games, pusing my overall library to nearly 50. As you've said, there are some really great 3rd party exclusives, Red Steel 2 among them. Some of those games did pointer control so well that it made me wish other games could run on the platform just so I could play them that way, including Mass Effect and The Darkness.

On top of all the great games I have, the system was extremely reliable. I went through five Xbox 360s before calling it quits in 2007, but my Wii has never given me any problems.

Wasn't the best, and I wasn't a big fan of the motion controls, but it had some great games. Overall I was pleased with the system, but like many others have said I'm glad I had other consoles to fall back on.

Yeah I'm happy because of the games I've played.

Twilight Princess, Super Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy, No More Heroes, Okami, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Klonoa, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2 were all fun games that I enjoyed quite a lot and games like Okami, Twilight Princess, Galaxy 1 and 2, and Brawl are easily what I consider some of the highest quality games I've played.

I'm going through Skyward Sword right now and am absolutely in love it and I have The Last Story waiting for me after that.  I played far fewer games on my Wii than I did on 360 before the stupid thing broke or on PC, but the quality of the games I played made up for it.

There were some duds though, Metroid Prime 3 left me super sad.  Such a disappointing game.

I had 25 games not counting VC titles.

Absolutely. There were a wide number of games that I could enjoy both by myself and with friends/family.

some awesome games games for sure but it should have been HD.  Mario Galaxy in HD would possibly be the greatest game of all time.

overall pretty happy but it could have been so much better with slightly better hardware (not saying match xbox 360)

It certainly was not my favorite Nintendo console ever, but I definitely got some fun out of it with awesome games like Donkey Kong Country Returns, Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, Mario Kart Wii, No More Heroes, the Galaxy games, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, and Xenoblade. Not to mention the Virtual Console and backwards compatability.

What I've always noticed, since around the N64 days, Nintendo consoles end up getting a ton of hate during their run, but once that generation is over, all the hates disappears and the console receives praise. (N64, Gamecube, Wii)

I wonder if the Wii U will gain a following. No doubt it has its defenders. Even if it fails, it may become a "Dreamcast/Saturn-esque" classic. 

The Wii is my favorite console and I am still getting a lot of enjoyment from it. I am trying to beat Metroid: Other M right now. If there had been a flood of additional Wii games in the last 2 years I would not have been able to keep up. I have 49 Wii games in my collection and 15 in the wishlist, and I might even buy a Wii game not on the wishlist on impulse. I even purchased extra controllers to collect them-the PDP afterglow controlers are a lot of fun. My plan is to save up to purchase a Wii U for Christmas 2013 or shortly after, because I am sure most of my games will work just fine on it, and I would have the added features of the Wii U (gamepad, HD, next gen games, etc.). As it is, I will be lucky to play all of the Wii games I presently own at least one time. When the Wii came out tiny LCD TVs were around $500. Now you can get a 32' TV for around $250. I will also have to get an HD TV at some point so the Wii U games will look even better. Perhaps many people held back from getting the Wii U because the Wii has been such a great console. But I also think that the recession cut into sales. It has been previously pointed out that sales for expensive phones and tablets were up despite the recession (the dollar is worth 16 cents less compared to 2006, gas is almost 1 dollar more now that in 2006). I just think people can justify getting a smart phone for example because "phones are a necessity" and "I need it for work" (as opposed to game consoles). In addition, the phone companies have made these hard to resist payment plans. I don't know what to say about tablet sales-they have been very popular for a long time. The Wii U has been critisized for having a tablet-like gamepad, but Nintendo has simply tried to incorporate the trend into console gaming.

Up until around midway through 2010 I was. I was very disappointed with how Nintendo handled the transition between the Wii and WiiU. The system had a lot long droughts too, but I count many of its exclusives among my favorite games of all time. I greatly enjoyed the system.

Yes, it's a great system. I have Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, Super Mario Galaxy, & 3 Zelda games. And then the Wii's VC. Overall, I'm very pleased.

Yea I played my Wii religiously from November 19th 2006 all the way through the end of 2008 and then after that I just lost track. It broke for a while too, not helping things and I lost all my data too. I didn't really pay a lot of attention to it from 2009-2011 until Skyward Sword. Then I jumped back in and enjoyed a lot of games I missed. All in all Im' pretty happy with how it played out and wish I had paid better attention to it in its prime

More than happy, it is easily my favorite console of all time. Games like Xenoblade, DKCR, NSMB, Fire Emblem, Monster Hunter, Red Steel 2, Silent Hill, and many others all made it a fantastic experience.TxTech1923

The Wii is the greatest console of all time.

Overall The Wii was the last system I bought during the 7th generation. I bought the Wii only when it was offered in Black. With 2 pack in games Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. along with the wiimotion plus controller. Plus a promotion for a secord wii remotion controller thrown in.

So I have 17 virtual console games and 14 retail disc games for my Nintendo Wii.

Compared to 56 Disc retail Xbox 360 and 7 Xbox live arcade games and 138 Playstation 3 Blu Ray disc retail games and 61 PSN downloadable games. 199 PS3 games in total. Both Retail Disc and Download games. 

So 199 games for my PS3, 64 games for my Xbox 360 games and only 31 games for my Nintendo Wii. So by far the PS3 and Xbox 360 far outnumber my Nintendo Wii games. 

The Wii is the last console I bought in the 7th generation and is the console I have the least games for only 31. Just 14 are Wii games the rest are from the virtual console 17 Wii VC games. 

So overall the Wii was "Meh" for me. my least favorite 7th gen console.

Absolutely. Obviously it could have done some things better, but it's tied with the SNES for my favorite Nintendo console. I have 31 games making it my biggest console collection, without even going into all of my Wii Ware and Virtual Console downloads. Some of the standouts for me are Xenoblade and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. I can't say enough good things about the Gamecube compatability either! 

Absolutely. Obviously it could have done some things better, but it's tied with the SNES for my favorite Nintendo console. I have 31 games making it my biggest console collection, without even going into all of my Wii Ware and Virtual Console downloads. Some of the standouts for me are Xenoblade and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. I can't say enough good things about the Gamecube compatability either! 

Pixel-Perfect

Overall The Wii was the last system I bought during the 7th generation. I bought the Wii only when it was offered in Black. With 2 pack in games Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. along with the wiimotion plus controller. Plus a promotion for a secord wii remotion controller thrown in.

So I have 17 virtual console games and 14 retail disc games for my Nintendo Wii.

Compared to 56 Disc retail Xbox 360 and 7 Xbox live arcade games and 138 Playstation 3 Blu Ray disc retail games and 61 PSN downloadable games. 199 PS3 games in total. Both Retail Disc and Download games. 

So 199 games for my PS3, 64 games for my Xbox 360 games and only 31 games for my Nintendo Wii. So by far the PS3 and Xbox 360 far outnumber my Nintendo Wii games. 

The Wii is the last console I bought in the 7th generation and is the console I have the least games for only 31. Just 14 are Wii games the rest are from the virtual console 17 Wii VC games. 

So overall the Wii was "Meh" for me. my least favorite 7th gen console.

Megavideogamer

[QUOTE="Pixel-Perfect"]

Absolutely. Obviously it could have done some things better, but it's tied with the SNES for my favorite Nintendo console. I have 31 games making it my biggest console collection, without even going into all of my Wii Ware and Virtual Console downloads. Some of the standouts for me are Xenoblade and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. I can't say enough good things about the Gamecube compatability either! 

AtelierFan

I used to. It was pretty cool, but it wasn't really my thing and I didn't see myself picking it up again. So I sold it. :P 

And I do recommend Xenoblade, even if you have to spend around eighty on it it'll likely average out to be around a dollar an hour. :)

No, the games are boring. I couldn't play the same game for over an hour.

(except for Guitar Hero)

Honestly I think the Wii has best console for this gen, but nothing certain PS3 is great too so it is hard to say.  Only console I regret is the Xbox 360.  I could count the number of good exclusives on that system with my fingers.  My Wii collection will be finished soon and I will probably have about 35 games at the end.  Probably only my Gamecube and PS2 collections will top that.

Only console I regret is the Xbox 360.  I could count the number of good exclusives on that system with my fingers. 

Sora278

My playtime and knowledge of the 360 is limited and all, 

but I really can't think of any major 360 exclusive franchises outisde of Forza, Gears of War, and Halo

Well I do not consider Halo good. XD  But Tales of Vesperia and Lost Odyssey for the 360 too.

Well I do not consider Halo good. XD  But Tales of Vesperia and Lost Odyssey for the 360 too.

Sora278

Yes, but more so because of the virtual console than Wii games. My highlights for the Wii are Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess, and TP was a GC game technically.

Absolutely.

When it comes to multiplatform titles it was not as good as the GC, but it had great exclusives.

I think Nintendo has released some pretty awesome games on their Wii console.

Off the top of my head:

No More Heroes, Super Mario Galaxy Series, Brawl, Skyward Sword, Punch Out... the list just goes on and on :P. Glad to have owned one :)