Hello all,
I'm likely what you would call a "Hardcore Wii Gamer", although I don't much care for labels, and I was wondering why wherever I go, I seem to get flack for choosing the Wii as my console choice of this generation. It never fails. Either I'm being told that the Wii is a kiddie piece of crap, or people are trying to convince me to “get with the times” and get a 360/PS3. I don't understand why that is at all.
Sure, the Wii has tons of shovelware, but that always happens when lazy developers want to make a quick buck and throw a garbage game on a successful console. I don't see how that somehow cancels out all the good content the system has to offer. Games like No More Heroes, Metroid Prime 3, MadWorld, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, and Muramasa to name a few, are what I would consider quality. They all have a unique style, great gameplay, and appeal to the "hardcore". These games are also a great example of why I chose the Wii over the 360 and PS3. Although it's no secret that the other consoles have more "hardcore" games, they don't have games with the personality or style of games like that very often, and that's what appeals to me, personally.
I'm also a big fan of classic gaming. I likely would have bought a Wii for the Virtual Console alone. Having access to games like Super Mario Bros. 3, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Solider Blade, Castlevania or Donkey Kong Country without having to drag out old consoles is a dream come true for me. But I also like how the Wii keeps old school gameplay alive with new releases like Punch-Out!! Wii, New Super Mario Bros Wii, A Boy and his Blob, Super Smash Bros Brawl and Blast Works. Couple that with all the new content coming out of the WiiWare service like World of Goo, Cave Story, and the Bit.Trip. series, and we start to have a hell of a line up on our hands already.
Now I’m not trying to convince anyone that the Wii is superior to the 360 or PS3, that’s for each individual to decide. What I’m just trying to learn is why in my own experience, despite all of the great content the Wii has to offer, it doesn’t seem to gain the same level of respect from the “Hardcore Gaming Community” that the other two consoles do.
Thank you for reading, and I encourage everyone to leave their two cents below. :)
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Be yourself and worry about what YOU think about a console.
Yeah, just play what you like and enjoy the hell out of it. I own all three systems but don't prefer any one of them. I just play what I like and that's that.
@sheppy
I was never the Sony guy and I understand it.
*doo dee doo doo dee*
That's about what I've been able to gather from pointless complaints about the Wii. There are plenty of legitimate complaints to be made, but the ones that always ARE made are the pointless ones.
I will definitely continue playing what I want to play, regardless of what anyone thinks. Thanks guys
This comes up all the time for all this consoles. In fact any console throughout history. It just doesn't seem to be enough that YOU like yoru console and ist games. It just isn't enough that other people feel as passionately about the same console. What it comes down to is that somewhere in the world people hate that same console. It grates on the nerves doesn't it!
It must be something human. Who knows maybe dolphins and chimpanzee get the same thing from their peers too, but human or not we don't like it when people think the thing we like sucks. We quickly equate the dislike of the object for a dislike of us. Wii sucks becomes someone telling us "you suck" in our minds. They never said, "you suck" but that is what we hear.
I know what you mean xandaca. I'm interested to see what will come from the Playstation Move and even Natal, although I'm not holding my breath on that one, but for now the Wii seems to be the only place to find those enjoyable niche types of games.
But yeah, I love my Wii.
My point? I don't get how so many people have to comment about how they had to sell it. It confuses me to no end. I'll never understand it...
Amen Caostotale. When you start looking at the overall package the Wii has to offer, it really gets outrageous to hear comments like that.
Also, people tend to hate things that are popular or love them. You're either a long time fan, or a part of the fad. You start listening to some little punk band, but when they blow up and become Green Day they're not cool any more because everyone else likes them and now you're less special. So even if the music is decent, you still hate it out of principal.