The Wii's VC is rather pointless...

The Wii's VC is rather pointless for gamers who did'nt grow up on those old games. They have no value to younger gamers, the audience that Nintendo is targeting.

I personally don't find many of the VC games fun because the game-play and graphics are way outdated and the games hold know sentimental value to me. How about people younger than me (im 19)? These games don't mean anything to these younger gamers.

Even though Super Mario Bros. is an amazing game, when compared to the 3d platformers of today, it is totally outdated and rather boring. Though Super Mario Bros. has one advantage, it is timeless and even now holds its greatness, but what about the other games? The ones that only gamers who owned those games back on the NES or SNES actually remember? Those games have no appeal to the younger audience today because they hold no sentimental value.

The VC is really pointless when it comes to today's younger crowd. Also who is going to spend $250 just to play way outdated games? Seriously, the VC is not a major selling point for gamers who have not ever played those old games.

I personally am not interested in it at all. Who wants to pay money for these really old games? Also what if you already own these games? You need to pay for it again just to play them on your console now? What is the point!

I'd argue the VC is it's strongest point. 

I am getting a Wii largely because of it.  I would love to play many of my old Nintendo games.

The Wii's VC is rather pointless for gamers who did'nt grow up on those old games. They have no value to younger gamers, the audience that Nintendo is targeting.

I personally don't find many of the VC games fun because the game-play and graphics are way outdated and the games hold know sentimental value to me. How about people younger than me (im 19)? These games don't mean anything to these younger gamers.

Even though Super Mario Bros. is an amazing game, when compared to the 3d platformers of today, it is totally outdated and rather boring. Though Super Mario Bros. has one advantage, it is timeless and even now holds its greatness, but what about the other games? The ones that only gamers who owned those games back on the NES or SNES actually remember? Those games have no appeal to the younger audience today because they hold no sentimental value.

The VC is really pointless when it comes to today's younger crowd. Also who is going to spend $250 just to play way outdated games? Seriously, the VC is not a major selling point for gamers who have not ever played those old games.

I personally am not interested in it at all. Who wants to pay money for these really old games? Also what if you already own these games? You need to pay for it again just to play them on your console now? What is the point!

 

Wasdie

also if you don't want to spend money then don't buy em and if you already own em don't rebuy em its that simple 

The Wii's VC is rather pointless for gamers who did'nt grow up on those old games. They have no value to younger gamers, the audience that Nintendo is targeting.

I personally don't find many of the VC games fun because the game-play and graphics are way outdated and the games hold know sentimental value to me. How about people younger than me (im 19)? These games don't mean anything to these younger gamers.

Even though Super Mario Bros. is an amazing game, when compared to the 3d platformers of today, it is totally outdated and rather boring. Though Super Mario Bros. has one advantage, it is timeless and even now holds its greatness, but what about the other games? The ones that only gamers who owned those games back on the NES or SNES actually remember? Those games have no appeal to the younger audience today because they hold no sentimental value.

The VC is really pointless when it comes to today's younger crowd. Also who is going to spend $250 just to play way outdated games? Seriously, the VC is not a major selling point for gamers who have not ever played those old games.

I personally am not interested in it at all. Who wants to pay money for these really old games? Also what if you already own these games? You need to pay for it again just to play them on your console now? What is the point!

Wasdie

Anything that allows me to play Gunstar Heroes, Link to the Past, Contra 3, Starfox 64, and Bomberman '93 is not pointless. It is godly.Hoffgod

I'm 22 and am loving the VC. Many of the titles on it cannot be easily found anymore, if at all. I'll gladly drop $5 for old classics that I played as a young kid.OceanLeet

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The Wii's VC is rather pointless for gamers who did'nt grow up on those old games. They have no value to younger gamers, the audience that Nintendo is targeting.

I personally don't find many of the VC games fun because the game-play and graphics are way outdated and the games hold know sentimental value to me. How about people younger than me (im 19)? These games don't mean anything to these younger gamers.

Even though Super Mario Bros. is an amazing game, when compared to the 3d platformers of today, it is totally outdated and rather boring. Though Super Mario Bros. has one advantage, it is timeless and even now holds its greatness, but what about the other games? The ones that only gamers who owned those games back on the NES or SNES actually remember? Those games have no appeal to the younger audience today because they hold no sentimental value.

The VC is really pointless when it comes to today's younger crowd. Also who is going to spend $250 just to play way outdated games? Seriously, the VC is not a major selling point for gamers who have not ever played those old games.

I personally am not interested in it at all. Who wants to pay money for these really old games? Also what if you already own these games? You need to pay for it again just to play them on your console now? What is the point!

Tristam22

I wish the VC had a LOT more of the older games up for download, but there are already some damn great games available for it, far from pointless, whether the user is a newer gamer who's never played the classics, or somebody who once played them and wants to relive the memories.

And I'm in favour of anything that gets Gunstar Heroes the recognition it deserves. ;)

If you wanted people to agree with you on your anti-VC stance, you should have posted that the VC was a great reason to buy the Wii instead. The only way to ensure one kind of response is to representing the opposing viewpoint. The threads people post in most around here are the ones they disagree with.WiiForAll

Right :roll:

Thats why people still actually play them. I would rather pay to play old great games then craptastic arcade games and old Atari flops and rehashes on XBLA. There are probably about 1000 great games worth downloading that will be available on the Virtual Console, I mean who wouldnt want to play Super Mario Bros 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Super Mario RPG, Donkey Kong Country 1-3, DK64, Blast Corps, Duke Nukem 64, Streets of Rage and other amazing titles like that. So you think people might not be interested in trying some of these old classic games, a lot of which hold up well over time? Man you must be living under a bloody rock. Go play your crappy XBLA arcade remakes and poor Atari flops.

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The Wii's VC is rather pointless for gamers who did'nt grow up on those old games. They have no value to younger gamers, the audience that Nintendo is targeting.

I personally don't find many of the VC games fun because the game-play and graphics are way outdated and the games hold know sentimental value to me. How about people younger than me (im 19)? These games don't mean anything to these younger gamers.

Even though Super Mario Bros. is an amazing game, when compared to the 3d platformers of today, it is totally outdated and rather boring. Though Super Mario Bros. has one advantage, it is timeless and even now holds its greatness, but what about the other games? The ones that only gamers who owned those games back on the NES or SNES actually remember? Those games have no appeal to the younger audience today because they hold no sentimental value.

The VC is really pointless when it comes to today's younger crowd. Also who is going to spend $250 just to play way outdated games? Seriously, the VC is not a major selling point for gamers who have not ever played those old games.

I personally am not interested in it at all. Who wants to pay money for these really old games? Also what if you already own these games? You need to pay for it again just to play them on your console now? What is the point!

Wasdie

Are you kidding? With the VC it gives people the oppurtunity to relive old games and for the younger generation of gamers to experience. Im 14 and i loved paper mario for the n64 and the paper mario for the gamecube, they are probablly my 2 favorite games of all time. And a couple of weeks ago i found out about super mario rpg. And ever since i found out about this i've been wanting to play it, and it's my most anticipated game for the wii. Check the sig lol, so to keep it you're statement doesn't apply for me and probablly a lot of other people out there.

First of all: Nobody's forcing you to buy the game :|

Secondly, VC games have been selling like hotcakes.  I don't know if that's from gamers buying games again, for the first time because they missed it, or just trying new things out. :o 

By your logic younger people aren't going to buy games on XBLA, games that may have lower production values, are 2D, etc.  Yes I know the VC games are old.  But so what?  Kids aren't going to just reject something outright because it's old.

First of all: Nobody's forcing you to buy the game :|

Secondly, VC games have been selling like hotcakes. I don't know if that's from gamers buying games again, for the first time because they missed it, or just trying new things out. :o

By your logic younger people aren't going to buy games on XBLA, games that may have lower production values, are 2D, etc. Yes I know the VC games are old. But so what? Kids aren't going to just reject something outright because it's old.

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