5. Sleek Design
The Wii is smaller than other game systems and has a nice stand for display. As such it doesn't look out of place on your entertainment center. Also it's fairly quiet compared to other systems.
4.Virtual Console
All systems these days have downloadable services, but when it comes to old games the Wii is where it's at. The best old games are Nintendo and Genesis games and you can find many classics here at reasonable prices. Also you can buy a Classic Controller that is perfect for old school gaming.
3. Party Time
The PS3 and 360 are great if you want to play a shooter by yourself in a dungeon or want to go online and play with a bunch of racist 14 year olds. What if you have four people in the same room that want to play though? That's where great party type games on the Wii come in. Smash Bros, New Super Mario Bros, Mario Party, Boom Blocks, and Mario Kart just to name a few.
2. SD card storage.
There's nothing like knowing you can move your data around. There's also nothing like not having to pay exorbitant amounts of money for additional storage. While the Wii doesn't have the ability to display much of the information you could put on to an SD card, at least the developer put the slot on there so you can try. LAN cords and networking just to play some music is a pain.
1. First Party games.
Was it made by Nintendo? Then it's a good game. The majority of title Nintendo directly produces for the Wii are the most excellent games you can play on the system. The amount of detail and the perfection of the gameplay makes them so. With few exceptions *cough* Wii Music *cough* if it was published by Nintendo it's worth owning.
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5. No DVD playback.
It would be something if in order to play DVDs the Wii needed a $50 piece of hardware soldered on. That's not the case. The disc drive of a Wii is a DVD drive. It has the ability built in but Nintendo doesn't want to pay the royalties to enable DVD playback. The point is driven home by a hack that does allow DVD playback.
4. Rubbish online gameplay.
4. Rubbish online gameplay.
The Wii has an excellent built in ability to connect to the Internet. Having said that, good luck finding a match without grabbing a couple friend codes. With the exception of Mario Kart, nearly all online games suffer from lag unless you register a number of friend codes. Also no talking!! If a child goes online no doubt the only other players online are 38 year old pedophiles, and Nintendo can't risk a lawsuit.
3. No HD support
This one stinks, but is understandable. Having a Wii display in 1080p would be like kissing an ugly chick with the lights on. Allot of people that want HD on Wii don't understand that the reason their PS3 looks so pretty in HD is because the next-gen graphics. The Wii graphically is a glorified Game Cube, so maybe they should stick with progressive scan.
2. Wonky Controls
When Nintendo announced the Wii and the Wiimote it caused an avalanche of excitement. Finally we could play games without pressing buttons! We could be Link and cut down Gannon with fluid sword strikes and could blast aliens as Samus with pin point accuracy! The actual result however was a little different. While the infrared sensor works decently for aiming and shooting, the amount of waggle involved in motion controlled games detracted from gameplay in most cases. The best motion control games are the ones that use it sparingly. With the release of the Motion Control Plus there is still hope for a more authentic gameplay experience, but few developers have games that use the device.
1. Focus on the "casual" gamer
When the Wii revolution came around fan boys gloated at the sales figures. Look how many Wii's have sold! You can't even find one! You know who were buying those Wiis? Soccer moms and grannies, that's who! Developer have taken notice and are now churning out exercise and bowling games at an alarming rate. If it's not targeting at old people the publishers make games for kids ages 3-10. Where are the good games? Not just for hardcore gamers, but for gamers in general? Nintendo may be making a killing, but they also may be making themselves a fad and alienating the core audience that made them great.
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