Wii Moves Back on Top

[ChromeAlchemist]

still not going to buy it I learn my lesson from the gamecube

What lesson could you have possibly learned from GameCube that can be transferred to the Wii?

In other non-news, this just in! The Wii still has only like two games worth giving a damn about! (One is Super Mario Galaxy, and I'll give one-third of a game each to Metroid Prime, Zelda: Twilight Princess and Resident Evil 4: Wii version, which isn't really a Wii game)

You're wrong in my opinion, and you're wrong from a critical standpoint. Nothing more needs to be said.

Not everyone shares her enthusiasm, however. While Nintendo managed to pump out an impressive 550,000 Wii consoles over the week leading up to November 28, that's still roughly 30 percent lower than the nearly 800,000 units sold over the same period in 2008. "Those are weak numbers," analyst Etsuko Tamura of Tokyo-based Mizuho Investors Securities Co. told Bloomberg [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=ajfX.YT9MYO0]. "Wii sales are slumping."

What is this man on? 550'000 units per week three years after launch is excellent. I can sort of see where he's coming from in that it's 250k units less then last year, but Wii's must be getting close to saturation point now, those kind of sales figures can't last forever.

Agreed, but I'm sure he must know that. They'll get those sales again when Mario and Zelda come out, also Other M will cause quite a spike, but no one expects those kind of sales all the time.

 

[Aura Guardian]

In other non-news, this just in! The Wii still has only like two games worth giving a damn about! (One is Super Mario Galaxy, and I'll give one-third of a game each to Metroid Prime, Zelda: Twilight Princess and Resident Evil 4: Wii version, which isn't really a Wii game)

Really? That's the best you have to offer? You're a sad excuse of a troll.

 

[L33tsauce_Marty]

So how much does it cost now? 5$?

 

[DrDeath3191]

Boy and His Blob does not use motion controls at all. You should buy it. NOW.

I would, but they don't sell it anymore. Freakin loved that game, and still have two operational NES systems. If I could, I'd also pick up the original NES Kirby game, Rampage, Burger Time, Wreckin Bros, RC Pro Am, Megaman 1-4 (possibly 5), and if I could ever find it, that bitchin RPG of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Oh, not to mention all the classics like Zelda 1 & 2 (used to have, friend broke them), FF, Lolo3, and Bubble Bobble. Try picking through the flea markets for old system cartridges, but they either want absurd amounts for it (Zelda 1 they were asking $120, FF was $80), or all they have are fuckin sports games. And not even the half-decent ones like Blades of Steel or that baseball game where your team are all robots.

Not the NES game, the Wii game.

 

[Rouzeki]

My household's Wii hasn't been turned on since at least as far back as Xmas 08. There simply isn't anything fun to play on it, most of the "good" games are tiresome after a week or two, or only good to play through once. And there isn't a game on the horizon that at all interests me or my roommate, with only one older title on the "might buy" list.

The console had potential, but too much kid-focused content plus the need to shoehorn in all the gimmicky features just killed the thing. Like, is there even a game that released which doesn't make use of the motion controls? Just a traditional console game, no retarded flailing about?

I prefer the Wii over the 360 and PS3 personally, and there are a good number of games on it. The only reason why mine is off (as opposed to not having one) is because my DS and my PC games get more time out of me in general. I just don't sit in front of a console much anymore, and im a stickler for prices.

To that extent I do still search for what I think are big releases, and I prefer older school controls, so I pick out the games that don't use motion controls or give me the option to change it. I'll throw in Punch out!!(NES control scheme with wiimote), Tatsunoko Vs Capcom (gamecube controller, classic, OR arcade stick), and the upcoming Monster Hunter Tri , which can come packaged with a classic controller to play on. your not the only one who isn't that fond of motion controls, but y'just gotta look a bit harder, yeah?