Does your Wii collect dust?
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No because i have both the gamecube fire emblem and the wii fire emblem so those keep the wii nice and running 
Now that I've almost become a PC gamer (transformation will be complete when I get Windows 7 on my Mac and dive into Skyrim for a few weeks), my Wii has only been used when I make YouTube videos (see: my Wario Land and Super Mario Bros playthroughs) and when I feel like playing through Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels again.
My Xbox 360's following suit, as I've only played it a couple hours per day, even though I'm with it 3/14 of the week. Part of the reason is that I'm running out of fun games to play, like Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer in which I ALWAYS get kicked immediately.
My Xbox 360's following suit, as I've only played it a couple hours per day, even though I'm with it 3/14 of the week. Part of the reason is that I'm running out of fun games to play, like Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer in which I ALWAYS get kicked immediately.
Which will you choose?
Yes, although I plan on getting more games soon.
Yes, although maybe I should try playing it more.
Yes, and I wish they made more games for it.
Yes, because the thing is a total failure
I choose orange.
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TBH I don't actually feel like there aren't games for it in general. I mean, some people who buy a different shooter every week and don't spend more than a few days on a game might feel that way, but for people like me who don't need more than a few games I don't see the Wii as having too many problems. For comparison, I do have about the same amount of games for my DS. The Wii just doesn't seem to have any games with the same level of playtime/replayability as the majority of DS games I've played (2 generations of Pokemon, 2 Scribblenauts, the World Ends with You). There are some that come close, such as SSBB, but I just don't see myself putting the same amount of time into it any time soon (unless there are games already out with this kind of playtime and I haven't heard of them, although the same could be said for the DS).
Yes, although I plan on getting more games soon.
Yes, although maybe I should try playing it more.
Yes, and I wish they made more games for it.
Yes, because the thing is a total failure
I choose orange.
Trial Version: Explanations expansion pack
TBH I don't actually feel like there aren't games for it in general. I mean, some people who buy a different shooter every week and don't spend more than a few days on a game might feel that way, but for people like me who don't need more than a few games I don't see the Wii as having too many problems. For comparison, I do have about the same amount of games for my DS. The Wii just doesn't seem to have any games with the same level of playtime/replayability as the majority of DS games I've played (2 generations of Pokemon, 2 Scribblenauts, the World Ends with You). There are some that come close, such as SSBB, but I just don't see myself putting the same amount of time into it any time soon (unless there are games already out with this kind of playtime and I haven't heard of them, although the same could be said for the DS).
No more than my 360, PS2, SNES, N64 or theoretical dust collecting unused PC software.
Although when it plays a disc my Wii will start to make a dreadful humming sounds, so while I'd love to finish Skyward Sword or plop in a Gamecube controller and play some Wind Waker or Baten Kaitos, it'd sound like a bag of kittens in a wood chipper. Also the PS2 is broken, I loaned Majora's Mask to a guy who I haven't seen in years (not his fault) and my Super Mario World Cartridge is broken, so in a way, the 360 is my only option.
Don't feel like Skyrim or Red Dead at the moment though, so eh.
Although when it plays a disc my Wii will start to make a dreadful humming sounds, so while I'd love to finish Skyward Sword or plop in a Gamecube controller and play some Wind Waker or Baten Kaitos, it'd sound like a bag of kittens in a wood chipper. Also the PS2 is broken, I loaned Majora's Mask to a guy who I haven't seen in years (not his fault) and my Super Mario World Cartridge is broken, so in a way, the 360 is my only option.
Don't feel like Skyrim or Red Dead at the moment though, so eh.
Yes. It does. The stupid piece of shit doesn't work anymore because Nintendo decided to change the way they made their disks halfway through the Wii's life cycle and required you to send it in to get it fixed. The problem? We lived in Okinawa at the time. We could not send it in from Okinawa for some reason. So yeah, it's collecting dust alright.
When did this happen? I have a year 1 Wii and can play Skyward Sword, No More Heroes 2 and etc. just fine. Is this a thing that only happened in Japan?kortin said:
yeah it defiantly collects dust for me, i personally use the Wii as a port for older games, i only have 2 wii games and everything else is downloaded Nes/Snes/N64 and i have a 3 gamecube games.
now..my PS2/XBOX360 * stares at massive collection * ....
wheres Donkey Kong 64 or Diddy Kong racing for download on the wii anyways? i know its from the old Rare, but Wii made Donkey kong returns with updated music from the old awesome games. wtf
now..my PS2/XBOX360 * stares at massive collection * ....
wheres Donkey Kong 64 or Diddy Kong racing for download on the wii anyways? i know its from the old Rare, but Wii made Donkey kong returns with updated music from the old awesome games. wtf
No, but my sisters tend to play on it more. Usually Mario Kart, New Super Mario, and Super Smash Bros. I jump in for that sometimes, but lately I've been using it more for Netflix (or Metal Slug). I popped Skyward Sword into my Wii once, saved my bird, and it hasn't gone back into my Wii since then. Maybe it was the freaking THREE MINUTE TUTORIAL on how to insert the Wii Motion Plus (which I don't even have, I just got a remote that had Motion Plus built into it) that made me feel like a moron that really turned me off from Skyward Sword. I need to find another Virtual Console game to try and tackle (repeating Act 6-2 of Ninja Gaiden gets tedious and irritating after a while). Or I need to motivate myself into playing Xenoblade before that gets buried in dust. Or I need to finish Wind Waker or Thousand-Year Door again.
I guess the point is that we're still using my Wii. Even for Wii games. Although the selection is kind of small, and I'm not that motivated to play it when I have my DS.
Nintendo Consoles by how much I enjoy them (handhelds not included):
NES > GC > SNES > Wii > N64
I guess the point is that we're still using my Wii. Even for Wii games. Although the selection is kind of small, and I'm not that motivated to play it when I have my DS.
Nintendo Consoles by how much I enjoy them (handhelds not included):
NES > GC > SNES > Wii > N64
nope not at all, I have my fully modded to play back-ups of wii and game-cube games. Then I play through old psx iso, sega saturn, snes, mame, gensis/game gear, sega master, gba/gbc/gb, neogeo and turbo grafix roms~. Hell I get more game-play out of my wii then I do on my xbox and ps3 combined.
That description isn't entirely accurate. Some of the earlier ones had trouble reading double-layer discs, which no games before SSBB used, so no one was able to tell that it affected them until that time. When bigger games started coming out that needed the extra storage space, it became kind of obvious. I'm pretty sure they kept the repair/replacement program going for the optical drives going for a looooooong time though (might even still be going), because my girlfriend didn't have hers fixed until maybe the beginning of last year, and they still did it at no charge then.Cheesepower5 said:
As far as mine, I got it at launch, and the only reason there's no dust on it is that it's somewhere that gets cleaned weekly. I probably use it at most once a year at this point. The slow pace of game releases, as awesome as they are when they come out, the relatively high price of games, and the sheer insanity of Steam/Amazon/GOG sales and Indie Bundles has pretty much completely turned me into a PC gamer at this point. There are still a handful of Wii games I've missed that I'd like to go back and play at some point, but I just can't justify paying $20-50 each for them when I have a huge backlog of great PC games that cost 10% of that.
