Wii are not amused

While it is dif­fi­cult to argue against the fact that Nin­ten­do has be­come one of the most suc­cess­ful video game cor­po­ra­tions in the world, bring­ing the medi­um to the mass­es and ex­tend­ing the bound­aries of what we thought pos­si­ble with an en­ter­tain­ment con­sole, they seem to have done so at a huge cost.

[5yN4MWQU]

Clever title ;)

[Mista T]

that's what I thought :P

[N4g_null]

He has not played nsmbwii or seen the 10s from sin and punishment nore has he tried out red steel 2 and he is ignoring the new crystal bearers. And the title is old and lame , has been used. There is so many good games coming to the wii. It is possible you guys don't like consoles and need set top boxes like the hd systems.

[asdr3wsfas]

I like when he talks about shoddy wii controls like dual analog FPS isn't a joke. Or recycled IPs when we have 5 COD games in 2 generations everyone couldn't wait for, but that's ok cause it's not Mario?

Check this out:

"In fact, the most crit­i­cal­ly ac­claimed games on the Wii re­main those for which the pre­ferred method of con­trol is an old Game­Cube pad or the clas­sic con­troller, such as the su­perb Super Smash Bros. Brawl."

Those games aren't the top selling though. Mariokart Wii is actually somewhat refreshing because it has steering controls. I'm bored of old mario kart and old super smash bros and old FPS over and over and over. That's the exact divide here. This too:

"While the core se­ries’ in this list do have an un­de­ni­able qual­i­ty, it is hard to over­look the thin­ly veiled premise that Nin­ten­do is sim­ply milk­ing its most prof­itable fran­chis­es, with­out real thought as to how to ad­vance them­selves as a cre­ative com­po­nent of the in­dus­try. Com­bine this with an­oth­er shed load of ‘Wii Music’-type games and you are left with a truly di­lut­ed of­fer­ing to say the least."

hahaha, what would be really ground breaking is a new FPS...with one minor feature that YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE! Oh yeah, COD is mindblowingly unique, that's why they're still using the quake 3 engine. The game is essentially action quake with helicopters and leveling. Aiming with a wiimote saved FPS for me because it added controls that take months to adjust to. Otherwise COD might as well be action quake 3. Gears is unreal with steroid abusers. These FPS titles are running on engines that have been around for so long that I got bored of them on PC last gen.

See how he said wii music is one of those games lacking creativity? The point of that game is to make your own remixes and renditions of songs. There is no other music game like it except maybe electroplankton. It is designed to help the user express creativity with instruments they can't play. Stuff like guitar hero and DDR focus only on rhythm (and are done to death) while wii music actually revolves around composition. And he missed it.

I think NEOGaf sounds good right now.

[EvilTwin]

oobob -- Notice the big elephant in the room the author is missing by not going in-depth on? Metroid Prime 3. The Gamecube controller is certainly NOT the preferred method to play Prime games anymore. And in addition to adding in near-perfect IR/pointer controls, that game also introduced voice acting to the series and pushed the Wii harder than any other FPS has. Hardly a rehash.

IR/pointer controls also made projectile combat MUCH better in Twilight Princess, and Motion+ will fulfill the promise of sword fighting for Wii games, but hey...why bother mentioning stuff that completely destroys their argument?

[Revvin]

The Wii was a fantastic system for Nintendo. They were struggling against Microsoft and Sony who were going for raw power in their consoles. Nintendo devised something quite brilliant with the motion control, they thought outside the box quite literally designing a control system linked to what is essentially an overclocked GameCube. Sony and Microsoft were always going to follow this and in a way Sony was half way there with the SixAxis controller they just never saw the potential like Nintendo did.

Unfortunately for Nintendo Sony and Microsoft were always going to find a way around Nintendo's patents and bring out their own motion control and that leaves Nintendo in a precarious position. Unless they come out with yet another groud breaking innovation the Wii HD or whatever they call the successor to the Wii could be the start of their SEGA-like decline. They might be saved for another generation, maybe two by brand loyalty but they need to leap ahead of their rivals and I think thats hard to do.

[akashifire]

Nintendo will deliver. Just think of all the innovations they've bought for the gaming industry. I can't wait to see what they have in store next. Hopefully when they announce it, they would've dismissed some of their practices and adopt new ones.

[asdr3wsfas]

"They might be saved for another generation, maybe two by brand loyalty but they need to leap ahead of their rivals and I think thats hard to do."

Brand loyalty after the gamecube and n64...this site is hilarious.

[ECM0NEY]

The Wii is for kids and old people, minus Zelda and Smash bros. Nintendo betrayed the core gamer...

[asdr3wsfas]

If you ever talked to girls you'd realize they also love the wii. What are you, 17?

[Shnazzyone]

like most the trollers on this site they are more aroused by high polygon counts, advanced shaders and 3d models of sweaty overly muscular men then women.

[Mikhal5569]

I tried to read the entire article, I really did....but, this guy really needs to get a grip. First, he's crying because the console didn't live up to his ridiculous expectations ( a "true" virtual reality experience, perfect controls, etc.) Then he starts taking shots at Nintendo for "milking" the franchises?
Excuse me, but I would say the majority of the first party games are going in a much better direction then they were when they were in the Gamecube days. Galaxy vs Sunshine anyone? W Waker vs Twilight? etc.
Now, they're not only reviving old franchises such as Punchout, Sin and Punishment, the console is also creating new IP's such as NMH, Red Steel and the Conduit etc.
When peopple ever realize that Nintendo was never the problem, third party developers were. That's why the systems library of games was weaker then what it should have been early on. It's why the games looked liked crapped and were mostly poor quality or short. That's why they didn't sell. But, it's all Big N's fault, great logic guys.

[Shnazzyone]

under this guys veil of flowery language it is just another of the same kind of article we have been getting for years. Unoriginal uneducated arguments hidden beneath overly wordy statements such as:

""How­ev­ er, it seems rea­son­able to as­sume that it is not a lack of pos­i­tive crit­i­cal re­cep­tion that has truly al­lowed the stag­na­tion that we can wit­ness today.

in other words, "wii don't have enough games(IMO)"

Sorry guy, despite the fact that you can pontificate it does not mean what your saying is original or new. In fact it's the same trash articles wii owners have been reading for years and it's even more misinformed now then it ever has been.

Between the gargantuan list of games for wii in 2010 and the coming of 1:1 accuracy in motion plus. None of these arguments hold water. Just like they didn't last week, stop living in 2008, 2009 had tons of quality exclusives and now 2010 continues the trend. Of course, that would mean having to think about writing something unique in these seas of blogs and it's just easier to copy and paste the same crap from every ps3 and 360 forum on the web and just add flamboyant wordage.

Fail.

[TheTeam06]

Wii were never amused. The more money thrown at Nintendo, the lazier they get...

[Samus HD]

oooo you keep writing thees articles because the won this generation,../;' and the HD consoles failed

[DigitalAnalog]

This goes to show... having the most "sold" console doesn't guarantee you success. It tried to "capture" the demographic though it has brought video gaming in a "better" light, it still wasn't enough to convince nay-sayers that consoles are NOT children's toys.

[N4g_null]

Having the most sold does gurantee success. Yet if you expect to ride that success then then you will disappointed. Hype does equal sales which is what most hd gamers believe. true people hate the wii yet they are just hiding their true feelings. Most hd gamer are unsatisfide which is why they own so many systems.

The hate the wii because they evny it. That is all. Some people believe there are reasons why but there is only really one they want the wii's success and the want to believe it does not deserve it. What is sad is they where all wrong seriously the wii is the only real console this gen the hd consoles are mostly just low budget pcs and most of the hardcore will get a new pc or the next xbox because we all know it's coming. If games like mw2 tell you any thing it is that the hd gamers are not really into console games. You will never see some of the great arcade games selling on the hd consoles like games like mkwii or ssbb or nsmbwii. You will never see games with that type go game play on a pc or an hd console do well simply because just like the pc gamers most hd gamers are above playing those types of games , that is how they are this does not mean they are more adult also.

What is even sadden is the fact they people aggree with others pigeon holing them. So far out of all the console makers nintendo has the only system that was made to last and not break. They also care about hardcore gaming way more since they actualy let you play and enjoy what made gaming as big as it is today. Nothing is more hardcore than that.

Also who cares what the Internet is saying appearenty it was suppose to boycott mw2 yet they still made 3billion off of it lol talk about sheep.

[DigitalAnalog]

I can see your points, however the Wii has probably the worst console/game ratio purchases in gaming history other than wiisports/wiifit/mario and zelda franchise. It's like the wii is being bought SPECIFICALLY for those games only, which is sad. If this is the "defining" feature that would bring it to win then this would make it the saddest console war in history.

[N4g_null]

What is even sadder is the ps3 RUSH came from a price drop and xbox owners pissed at rrod consoles. What games have reached 14-10 million copies on the ps3, let me guess mkwii, ssbb, or the new nsmbwii hell has any Sony exclusive ever out sold amulti platfrom game on that system? Wait those where on the wii how much did kz2 sale, uc1 2, what else is there? Hmmmmm

Then on top of this nintendo took sony's casual gamers completly away wii games like wii resort, sports and wiifit crushing the pseye and the wand before it even came out. All Sony has left is casual movie watchers and gamers that hate console games or any thing pre era playstation.

Then they are crushed every time by developer support with bad ports. Leaving most Sony fans with just acting like n64 nintendo fans. They lost get over it luckly they still decided to support the system afterwards with games you guys enjoy.

[lizard81288]

tl;dr

from the jist i scanned, he's just doing the same old song and dance.
the wii, when used correctly, has great controls, especially for FPSs. when used by EA & Ubisoft, you get minigames, and crap, with poorly designed controls. as for nintendo milking it, look at everybody else, ratchet and clank, rockband,the hero Series,madden,COD,final fantasy. most nintendo GENs have 1 mascot per GEN. its just nintendo been out the longest in the current line-up. i'm amazed there's been 3 mario games on the wii. and nintendo still has to put a zelda wii(TP doesn't count, because its a GCN port), and kirby wii out there yet.

[BootHammer]

I got a Wii like a lot of you on launch and was super excited for it. I have enjoyed the few first party titles but man if you look back over the many years it is a pathetic showing for truly memorable titles for the core gamer.
Great for the kids and grandma's but I don't even bother checking out the gaming bin anymore while at any Best Buy or EB Games. Hope they do more than just make the next Wii HD. They need to bring back the Nintendo Seal of quality!!

[N4g_null]

I only order from amazon now because of certain retailers refusing to put certain games on the shelf.

The pure gaming stores are the worst offenders because there is no excuse for them not to have the game.

[sunday_times]

Mighty fine example of uninformed and delusional journalism