Does Anyone Care about the Wii?

Is it just me, or is the Wii essentially collecting dust in all of our Closets?

It's a shame, but similar to the game cube, the Wii has these huge game droughts, and for months at a time, my Wii get's no play. I've got Brawl. I've got metroid, Galaxy. But Then... What? I can't really bring my self to buy most of the so called "games", Like My _________ Trainer, or "Big Beach sports" or Extreme Jenga.

Sure, there are ports. You can play Lego Indy, or Guitar hero. But for alot of us, it makes more sense to pay the extra 10 bucks, to get a game that looks and sounds better, without the tacked on Motion controls, for either 360 or PS3.

I know that the Wii is leading in sales. Theirs no question of it. But After Wii sports gets old, it's over. Just leaf through the System wars pages. When was the last post about the Little nintendo? When was the last time the Wii made the front page of IGN or Gamespot?

So does anyone care about the best selling console? Wait better yet the best selling console by far. WiiFit having trouble keeping stock even.

naw I am sure no one cares.

So does anyone care about the best selling console? Wait better yet the best selling console by far. WiiFit having trouble keeping stock even.

naw I am sure no one cares.

Eltroz

Post Purchase.

Lawl. I wasn't playing mine til I got Wii Fit.Jandurin

Seriously? Um....self-parody?

I'd suppose you'd rather play Mario Kart, Metroid Prime, Zelda TP, Okami, Resident Evil, Super Smash, or Super Mario Galaxy, but, hey, whatever gets you off.

There is a hell of a lot of shovelware on the Wii though. Boom Blox got mixed reviews unf. Are there any decent games that came out for the Wii recently from third party developers? Their upcoming games list looks absolutely atrocious. Not a single title I'd be caught dead buying. Unfortunately the first-party stuff seems to come out for one brief stint and even that's been plugged up pretty good.

[QUOTE="Eltroz"]

So does anyone care about the best selling console? Wait better yet the best selling console by far. WiiFit having trouble keeping stock even.

naw I am sure no one cares.

mathew952

Post Purchase.

Oh I'm sure the people that bought one are staring at their shoes right now wondering what the hell happened.

The thing's just a plain disappointment---so much so that I'm actually ALMOST able to NOT regret buying a PS3 because the Wiis were out of stock.

I was expecting Playstation 2 all over again, with sales like that, third-party support should be phenomenal. It's an absolute accident of epic proportions.

The best thing for all of us to do would be to stop buying (and stop looking for...be kind to your local retailers' employees) the damn things.

I dunno. Just my opinion.

i still play my wii from time to time

after finishing NG2 and MGS4, i'm now playing okami

i agree that there's a lack of quality titles on the horizon, especially from nintendo

but E3 is not far away .. wait until after its over before judging the wii .. i expect nintendo to make a few big announcements

I play my wii very rarely, but when I do its a barrel of laughs.

Mainly with friends who are non-gamers after a few drinks, or mario and sonic olympics with my girlfriend.

Great fun either way.

I care about a new Zelda, Starfox, or Donkey Kong. That's as far as my allegiance goes.

I just got Twilight Princess a couple days ago so i've been playing my Wii now, but before that it was in the box for 4 months after i got all the stars in Galaxy. It just doesnt have anything like COD4 or MGS4 that would make me consider playing it as much as my PS3.

So does anyone care about the best selling console? Wait better yet the best selling console by far. WiiFit having trouble keeping stock even.

naw I am sure no one cares.

Eltroz

Color me suprised. I agree completely with Eltroz on this one.

Myself, and my family play our Wii all the time. Yes, Wii sports gets old, but there are several great games out there. I beat Super Paper Mario the other day (awesome game), and I'd like to get SMG and a few others. So sorry, there are several (million) people who care about their Wiis.

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]Wow. These threads keep getting dumber and dumber every time I log on to GS. I wonder how many more of these uninformed posters will continue to falsly believe that other gamers are in the same frame of mind as they are? darkslider99

[QUOTE="Eddie5vs1"]

Myself, and my family play our Wii all the time. Yes, Wii sports gets old, but there are several great games out there. I beat Super Paper Mario the other day (awesome game), and I'd like to get SMG and a few others. So sorry, there are several (million) people who care about their Wiis.

shadyd1717

^lol, lets get ol' little billy out the stroller for a rousing casual game of Mario Kart where my family members pose no difficulty for me what so ever yaaaay!

I fail to see the issue or why you need to mock Eddie.

Has soon as I am done with MGS. I will be picking up the Wii's newest AAE Blast Works.

I also do play SSB often now that I think about it.

The only days I don't use the Wii is when I get home from work late. I'm down 8 more pounds from Wii-fit, enjoying James Bond 'Everything or Nothing' on the GC and I'm still cracking away at strikers. Soon I get Mario Kart.

Nintendo has done a great job of keeping the momentum going with the releases this year. They are doing just as well as the other systems if not better in some areas.

Wii leads because its unique, not overly expensive, and attracts people who might not normally purchase a gaming system. I personally think thats cool. I give them loads of credit for their innovation. That said, I sold mine and got a ps3 about 2 months ago. Just wasnt into the wii type of games, wanted to play stuff like cod4 and missed my sports games and button mashing.

I got love for the wii, but just not as my only next gen system....found I just wasnt playing it.

[QUOTE="Eddie5vs1"]

Myself, and my family play our Wii all the time. Yes, Wii sports gets old, but there are several great games out there. I beat Super Paper Mario the other day (awesome game), and I'd like to get SMG and a few others. So sorry, there are several (million) people who care about their Wiis.

shadyd1717

^lol, lets get ol' little billy out the stroller for a rousing casual game of Mario Kart where my family members pose no difficulty for me what so ever yaaaay!

So does anyone care about the best selling console? Wait better yet the best selling console by far. WiiFit having trouble keeping stock even.

naw I am sure no one cares.

Eltroz

All the sales prove is that there is a lot of five year olds out there. oh and don't forget old people that like Wii arthritis treatment.

oh and before anyone gets even the slightest bit angry at me, I had a Wii and I traded it, so yes, the above is in fact . . . a joke.

Uh yeah... I play it all the time.

If you do even a little lookingm you'll find more than those 3 games. ever try Trauma Centre, zack and wiki, battalion wars, mario kart...?

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]Lawl. I wasn't playing mine til I got Wii Fit.BobHipJames

Seriously? Um....self-parody?

I'd suppose you'd rather play Mario Kart, Metroid Prime, Zelda TP, Okami, Resident Evil, Super Smash, or Super Mario Galaxy, but, hey, whatever gets you off.

There is a hell of a lot of shovelware on the Wii though. Boom Blox got mixed reviews unf. Are there any decent games that came out for the Wii recently from third party developers? Their upcoming games list looks absolutely atrocious. Not a single title I'd be caught dead buying. Unfortunately the first-party stuff seems to come out for one brief stint and even that's been plugged up pretty good.

Say what you want, Boom Blox is an excellent game. For recent third party support (but this is going back a little ways) there is No More Heroes and Endless Ocean. For really recent games we've also got Boom Blox, Blastworks, and FF My Life as King, as well as Little King's Story coming up.

As for first party, Nintendo aren't telling us anything until E3.

I still play mine everyday. Wii games, WiiWare games, GC games, VC games... I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time.LegendofNerd

[QUOTE="BobHipJames"]

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]Lawl. I wasn't playing mine til I got Wii Fit.Tylendal

Seriously? Um....self-parody?

I'd suppose you'd rather play Mario Kart, Metroid Prime, Zelda TP, Okami, Resident Evil, Super Smash, or Super Mario Galaxy, but, hey, whatever gets you off.

There is a hell of a lot of shovelware on the Wii though. Boom Blox got mixed reviews unf. Are there any decent games that came out for the Wii recently from third party developers? Their upcoming games list looks absolutely atrocious. Not a single title I'd be caught dead buying. Unfortunately the first-party stuff seems to come out for one brief stint and even that's been plugged up pretty good.

Say what you want, Boom Blox is an excellent game. For recent third party support (but this is going back a little ways) there is No More Heroes and Endless Ocean. For really recent games we've also got Boom Blox, Blastworks, and FF My Life as King, as well as Little King's Story coming up.

As for first party, Nintendo aren't telling us anything until E3.

Is it just me, or is the Wii essentially collecting dust in all of our Closets?

It's a shame, but similar to the game cube, the Wii has these huge game droughts, and for months at a time, my Wii get's no play. I've got Brawl. I've got metroid, Galaxy. But Then... What? I can't really bring my self to buy most of the so called "games", Like My _________ Trainer, or "Big Beach sports" or Extreme Jenga.

Sure, there are ports. You can play Lego Indy, or Guitar hero. But for alot of us, it makes more sense to pay the extra 10 bucks, to get a game that looks and sounds better, without the tacked on Motion controls, for either 360 or PS3.

I know that the Wii is leading in sales. Theirs no question of it. But After Wii sports gets old, it's over. Just leaf through the System wars pages. When was the last post about the Little nintendo? When was the last time the Wii made the front page of IGN or Gamespot?

mathew952

[QUOTE="Eddie5vs1"]

Myself, and my family play our Wii all the time. Yes, Wii sports gets old, but there are several great games out there. I beat Super Paper Mario the other day (awesome game), and I'd like to get SMG and a few others. So sorry, there are several (million) people who care about their Wiis.

shadyd1717

^lol, lets get ol' little billy out the stroller for a rousing casual game of Mario Kart where my family members pose no difficulty for me what so ever yaaaay!

:roll: I'm unsure of what your point was in your post. Was your intent to flame myself or my family? For your information, I'm thirty years old. I own a Wii, 360, and a PS3. When I stated my family and myself play Wii, I intended to portray that many people care about their Wii's. We play for family game night. Both my daughter and wife greatly enjoy playing and it's a way for me to get my daughter interested in the same hobbies I am, so that one day we can play more challanging games together.

[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="BobHipJames"]

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]Lawl. I wasn't playing mine til I got Wii Fit.Nintendo_Ownes7

Seriously? Um....self-parody?

I'd suppose you'd rather play Mario Kart, Metroid Prime, Zelda TP, Okami, Resident Evil, Super Smash, or Super Mario Galaxy, but, hey, whatever gets you off.

There is a hell of a lot of shovelware on the Wii though. Boom Blox got mixed reviews unf. Are there any decent games that came out for the Wii recently from third party developers? Their upcoming games list looks absolutely atrocious. Not a single title I'd be caught dead buying. Unfortunately the first-party stuff seems to come out for one brief stint and even that's been plugged up pretty good.

Say what you want, Boom Blox is an excellent game. For recent third party support (but this is going back a little ways) there is No More Heroes and Endless Ocean. For really recent games we've also got Boom Blox, Blastworks, and FF My Life as King, as well as Little King's Story coming up.

As for first party, Nintendo aren't telling us anything until E3.

But it was developed by Arika, so wouldn't that at least make it 2nd party?

[QUOTE="shadyd1717"][QUOTE="Eddie5vs1"]

Myself, and my family play our Wii all the time. Yes, Wii sports gets old, but there are several great games out there. I beat Super Paper Mario the other day (awesome game), and I'd like to get SMG and a few others. So sorry, there are several (million) people who care about their Wiis.

Eddie5vs1

^lol, lets get ol' little billy out the stroller for a rousing casual game of Mario Kart where my family members pose no difficulty for me what so ever yaaaay!

:roll: I'm unsure of what your point was in your post. Was your intent to flame myself or my family? For your information, I'm thirty years old. I own a Wii, 360, and a PS3. When I stated my family and myself play Wii, I intended to portray that many people care about their Wii's. We play for family game night. Both my daughter and wife greatly enjoy playing and it's a way for me to get my daughter interested in the same hobbies I am, so that one day we can play more challanging games together.

Good for you man, if more families did things together like this IMO kids wouldn't such crazy things that are being done now. Also I am guessing this is what Nintendo was aiming for.