Like it or not, the Wii has problems. Whether you want to admit it or continue to live in a state of denial, it does and we should, as gamers, demand these sorts of issues be addressed and discussed. Thankfully, 1UP has put together a nice little rundown of just some of these issues. Agree, disagree, got anything to add?
- VC Games Tied to Individual Wiis: Want to play a little Bomberman at your friend's house? He's going to have to buy it, or you're going to have to lug your Wii over.
- Getting Online: If you won't join the wireless age then Nintendo just doesn't want you playing their online games. You know, if they had any.
- Being Online: Where the PS3 has a lousy, all-over-the-place online scheme with a handful of games trying to make it work, Nintendo seems to have a potentially great online setup with absolutely no games whatsoever taking advantage of it.
- 20 Hour Battery Life: ... it's the only one this generation that you can't just plug in to a USB port to recharge. You're either going to have to buy a battery charger, or stockpile an assload of AAs.
- Classic Controller: ... you have to plug the bastard into your Wiimote, further contributing to the flood of AAs going to battery heaven.
- No Pack-in Component Cables: At this point we're still just relieved that Wii even supports it, but it's yet another expense on top of an already big pile of stuff.
- Not Region Free: Once upon a time this might have been a lot to ask, but after the DS, PSP, PS3 and to some extent the 360 all let us play imports it's something we've come to expect.
- Weak Wrist Strap: ... you'd think they'd have made one that wouldn't break if you stare at it too hard.
- Short Sensor Bar Cord: It's just a shame that there isn't a longer cord, a wireless option, or hell, if the thing isn't actually communicating with the Wii why can't we just plug it into the wall?
- Mii Shortcomings: They don't have ears! How the hell are we supposed to make unflattering caricatures of the president?
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3:46 PM on 11.30.2006
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1UP eats and now that Katherine and her little dog too are they they can suxx0r it.
It's a shame the Wiimote doesn't have a Plug and Play type charge kit. I would've hoped the VC was region-free too. Oh well, it's not like the other consoles don't have their list of let-downs either.
lmao!
Finally! is refreshing to see someone talking about the Wii as an actual console and not the second coming of jesus. way to go!
I just would like to complaint about complaint number 9 8and 10), you can make a wireless bar (or probably buy one from a third party) or actually use candles. so the bar and the earless Mee's are no biggies.
I cant believe no_one has ever mentioned anything about the batteries before though. Isnt this the same reason they unleashed hell on the PSP when it was released? and at least you could charge the damn PSP.
11.-Lack of quality games.
So far there are only 2 truly worthy titles (zelda, rabbits) out of 100,000 or so promised for launch, and since they are stretching the release dates for all N games and promoting the console as "cheap to make games for! come and rape our players with crappy games! they truly like it!" dont expect that to change anytime soon.
I hope you REALLY like gamecube ports.
What was that farting sound? Oh yeah, here comes the godfather for Wii.
That is fucking hilarious! Bravo, man. Bravo.
"Lack of quality games."
Because that's not subjective or anything. Then again your word must be definitive. As long as you think there's a lack of quality it must be true.
12. The "pointer" insn't a pointer, its more like a mouse, needing compensation to get it where you want (on bigger TVs).
Glad everyone enjoyed the Moshzilla pic. I looked around for an animation but didn't have any luck...
Btw , congrats on taming the elephant here. At first I was doubtful but this turned out to be a great site redesign. good job!
Btw , congrats on taming the elephant here. At first I was doubtful but this turned out to be a great site redesign. good job!
And, considering how slow and infrequent Nintendo is in getting their top 1st party titles out, it's gonna look like GameCube all over again.
I'm pretty damn strong and I have yet to see evidence of the strap breaking or giving away. People swinging it at mach 9 probably will, but then again, they're dipshits. And I hope the short sensor bar is joke, I thought that thing was WAY too long. The Online thing can wait (you spread out two bullet points for this), personally; I don't know if people in the city realize that people in the sticks aren't so lucky to have a broadband connection. Same with the lack of pack-in component cables...we're not all loaded enough with cash to purchase all the other shit to enjoy the quality that they offer. And I still don't understand why everybody thinks the more quality games at launch the better; it sounds like it makes sense, but once you actually THINK about it, it really doesn't. Who seriously has the fucking money to enjoy them all if there were a ton? Nobody has rebutted me on this yet.
However, on the other notes, that does blow ass. My batteries already went out, and I'm kinda pissed about it. Rechargeable batteries, here I come. And I had no idea the VC games were linked to a specific Wii (I'm assuming even if you save it to an SD Card). Out of the blue, I had to resynch my damn Wii-motes as they suddenly decided not to turn on. Sure, the Wii isn't as awesome as all the fanboys would have you believe, but on the flipside it's not as shitty as you can make it out to be either.
BTW, I did get that wireless adaptor for the XBox, which ran $100 at the time and not to mention almost nigh impossible to find, and it certainly got me online, but playing was still a nightmare.
but the ps3 lacks games
preiod
:P
besides - rob you always bash the wii :P
Interesting is a design choice, and it’s platform independent. Ultima I was, and still is, interesting and thought provoking, and it ran on the Apple IIe.
Intense, to some degree, requires superior hardware. 32-player deathmatches at a frantic pace, or an RTS with hundreds of units where every second counts, or even Dynasty Warrior 6, hypothetically having a whole army of opponents on screen at once which you have to cut through. You need good hardware to do all those things. On the other hand, Robotron and Defender in 1982 were intense as well, so this can be accomplished on any system in some ways too.
Immersive is the key here. For a world to truly seem real, you need high-performance hardware. The sweat dripping off of players in NBA 2K7, the lush worlds of PS3 RPG’s like FF XIII, the high quality beam and explosion effects in the FPS games, and no pixelization. Add that in to a widescreen experience, and you will have games that draw you in and make you forget that you’re just playing a game at times.
The PS3 and Xbox 360 both cater to what an adult gamer wants. I don’t want any effing Pokemon games, damnit.
Husky Hog, how did that PS2 launch go as far as good games at launch? My oh my, how quickly we all seem to forget in the wave of Wii hysteria.
I'm not saying the Wii will never have good games, I'm saying it's going to be like the GameCube if 3rd party devs don't really deliver. The Wii will be a slug is all it gets is a majority of ports. It is completely dependent on original, Wii-tailored games.
Besides, considering how much game companies like the Wii, I don't think there will be a lack of third party games.
What kind of morons don't use rechargeables these days? Do people really still buy those Wal-mart tardpacks of like 70 batteries and then just throw them in the trash?
120 Proof, you bring up good points although two of them are rooted merely in stronger hardware, which I don't agree with...I believe the hardware of current gen systems and the Wii are good enough to give you that same experience, PS3 and 360 do it as though they're on crack...and "interesting" games is something that's not mutual to everyone. A game interesting to me may be terrible to you, and vice versa. I'm not quite 28, but I'm old enough to where I suppose I should be bored with Mario and Zelda, but I find those to be some of the best games out there. I mean, who says maturity lies in the games with the "Mature" ratings? The little 7 year old kids who ask their parents to buy it for them?
MY FUCKING SLOT-LOADING DRIVE DIED TODAY.
Remember that video last week of the wii spitting out the disc? Yup, same here. They're sending me a new one next week, and I'm losing all my VC stuff. :D
All the shit you put on it is tied to the serial number of that particular unit, so if something like a disc drive motor or a other hardware component decides to die, you'll lose it all.
Otherwise I pretty much love it. It's new, it's got problems, it's under warranty, who cares.
But if I have to complain:
You can't organize your address book even though every manual they have for the damn thing says you can.
You can't save gamecube data on the internal memory.
ps- anybody who has me in their address book and is nice enough to wanna keep me there, keep an eye out next week for my new number. The one you have is about to stop working.
And I will disagree with Ballistic on that comment, because I know there will be awesome stuff on the PS3 outside of licesnsed garbage.
If the slot drive does in fact screw up on legit discs, and not my dual disc theory from before, then that is definitely something that needs to get fixed. Though I thought they could still salvage your saves? If not, that's a major titty-fucking bummer.
WII OWNERS PLEASE READ THIS!!
I tried to insert a gamecube disc today and it wouldn't take it. Then I tried both Zelda and Wii sports and those wouldn't go in, either. It was just like the video going around last week. The fuckup definitely happens using legit discs, and I've never dropped the console on the floor or tried to stick sliced cheese into the drive or any of the other stupid shit people were accusing the guy in the video of doing.
I want everybody to read this, not because i want you to feel sorry for me having to go 4 days with no Wii, but because there are probably a lot of you guys who have been playing Zelda since launch day like I have and you haven't tried out the disc drive since then. Mine worked fine on launch day, it took GC discs with no problem, it worked like it was supposed to. So just take a minute tonight before you play to make sure your Wii is still slutty enough to do it with gamecube discs and other games. Mine won't let anything penetrate it.