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The Wii is by far my least favorite system they've put out. The only game's I've played that truly benefited from the controller were Wii Sports and Resident Evil 4. It can be argued about FPS's, but for every other game, it felt like a gimmick. It's sad, that graphics and the controls have ruined so many games for me with what's been their most successful system in years. There are a few games (Mario) that are still playable for me, but most are not. I'm glad they're going back to a somewhat traditional controller for the Wii U, but I'd still just like a GC or classic controller with out the screen.Icanplaythat said:For over 20 years I played and owned Nintendo games and consoles. The NES and SNES where my exclusive machines in their respective generations. The PC, PS1 and Saturn were played more, but the N64 was still there, just as beloved as its predecessors. Then came the vastly underrated GameCube; as my interest in JRPG's dissipated and most other games on the Xbox and PS2 were available on the PC, the only thing keeping me invested in the console market was Nintendo. Sure I had an Xbox, but it was a dedicated Halo/Madden player. Sure I had a PS2, but I lost interest in the way Japanese games were being designed and the only game I ever completed on the platform was GTA III. The only thing that kept me from playing games exclusively on my PC was Nintendo.
The first time I saw the Wii demonstrated my heart sank, I was shocked at the positive response some people had. How this garbage was/is lauded as a revolution/evolution of games is still mystifying to me. I still had hope that "regular" control methods would be included in Wii games; after all, it has GameCube controller ports. Alas, most games are waggle only.
Sometime in 2008, my brother took a trip to the west coast and he lent me his Wii. I intended to spend 2 weeks trying to play some games and understand why people were digging this. I played Metroid Prime 3, Zelda:TP, Mario Galaxy, No More Heroes and De Blob. Holy shit was that controller a nightmare, I came to know it as the grand ruiner of games. I never felt the pointer was in the right place in any game, the waggling in Zelda broke my spirit. My 2 week mission turned into a 3 day depression session. I packed it up and dropped it off a couple of days later at my brothers apartment as I was checking his mail.
So I have no consoles, only a PC; I might buy a PS3, but that would only be to play Madden with my brother. Has anyone else turned away from consoles as a result of Nintendo's waggle revolution? Did Nintendo break Your heart?
Postscript: I know many of you feel differently, feeling vindicated and whole when able to play games with people who never "got it" before. Elated at the idea of being able to play video games with your mom and dad. Meeting and having relations with a person you meet at a "Wii party". I acknowledge those people exist and I say good for you, but that doesn't change the fact that I hate the Wii and it prevents me from playing Nintendo games.
EDIT: Alright, I'm probably being melodramatic by saying "Nintendo broke my heart", but you get what I'm saying.
I will say this about the Wii remote and nun chuck set-up. It would be perfect for VR games using a helmet or head tracking. There was an arcade game I played (picture linked below) that had a similar set-up. It worked really well for it, but unfortunately we don't have that.
http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-images/virtual2.jpg
