Most of the Wii or Revolution games wich I prefer to call it, sounds less childish anyways, have bad reviews, with most being less than 7 out of 10, some are 5 out of 10, and the graphics looks worse than a PS2 from last generation.
And if I wanted to do excersive while playin, I'd go to a gym... |
Spoken by a man who misses the entire point of the Wii.
First of all, the codename was Revolution... same reason Windows vista is not called Longhorn. And the name of the console is great. It's an eye opener to invite a chick over to your house to play with your wiines (wii nintendo entertainment system). Not to mention Revolution-mote sounds way lamer than Wiimote. Besides, revolution sounds like a nerdy thing. Don't get me wrong, I'm a nerd and I would have loved that name, but that doesn't work with Nintendo's marketing target. They are trying to A) get gamers involved who traditionally wouldn't buy consoles and
not compete with the X-box or PS3 since it is the only true "next-gen" console. And by next gen, I mean a console that offers something... revolutionary (hence the CODE name).
The graphics aren't
supposed to be great. Otherwise the cost of the unit would be right up there with your 500 dollar graphics cards and other "next-gen" consoles. You can have great gameplay that makes games worth buying without having absolutely gorgeous graphics. In fact, the better the graphics, usually the less time spend on developing wonderful gameplay.
The motion sensor pwns. If you really think you have to swing about and "exercise while you play", you obviously have not touched a wiimote yet. I can, and do, play the games lying down. PC gamers usually play PC games (especially in the FPS genre) because of the incredible accuracy and speed of a mouse /keyboard system. But aren't the light gun games in the arcade much more accurate? Yeah, well that's about the accuracy you get with the wiimote... and when i say about i mean more, since the optional (though mandatory for good games) nunchuck is also motion sensitive, with a joystick. So you can move, point, adjust the joystick, pull the trigger, and if necessary for a fourth dimension of movement, use the D-pad on the wiimote, all simultaneously without any strain or change of intuition whatsoever. With SURPRISING accuracy I might add. If you improve the basic interface to any game, i.e. controls, you improve all games across the board, period.
And yes, the launch titles are fairly lacking. However, Zelda alone justifies a 300 dollar purchase. Any game after that is just an added bonus. Plus, you get a whole bunch of games that Nintendo will make you won't be able to get anywhere else until they crack out an emulator and add motion sensitive controls to a PC... good luck, I'll see you in 20 years.
Does that mean I'm going to stop buying/playing PC games? HELLZ NO! I'm only going to play Wii in addition to that. If i were a PS3 or X-box dork then maybe the story would be different...
