I loved my Wii. I have many fond memories playing games like Wii Sports, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, among others. I still remember the exact day I got it, January 16th, 2008. I was so excited, and I may always cherish that time. In fact, 2008 was pretty much the only year that I was ever a Nintendo-first guy, as I've almost always been more on the PlayStation side.

I voted ok. It did have some great games but there weren't that many for me. I think I used my wii more for playing gamecube games than actual wii games. I was quite late getting a wii as was enjoying the 360 and PS3. I was such a huge fan of the super nintendo, N64 and Gamecube but the wii wasn't really following that heritage, it was a new approach which didn't gel with me.

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Personally, I think the Nintendo is a piece of right wing garbage akin to the
IBM PC.  Slow, out of date, but heavily marketed so that mindless dweenies will
think it’s the hottest thing since Zelda had her first period.  I have yet TO
SEE A SINGLE GAME ON THE THING SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN STUFF I PLAYED ON MY OLD ATARI 800 SEVEN YEARS AGO…..Yes, there are some nice games, but they do not do anything extraordinary and in fact clearly show the glaring limitations of the thing’s inferior pre-VLSI hardware.

On the subject of the Sega Genesis and the Turbografix 16.  At least these guys
are using hardware invented after the Apple II, give ’em credit!  The graphics
in these games are NICE!  I really can’t give a decent opinion as to which is
better, they’re both fantastic!

But now I get to stand on my soapbox and have some fun.  Correct me if I am
wrong, but isn’t the Atari 7800 superior hardware wise to the NES?  I heard
thing could manipulate 64 BIG sprites at once.  It was developed right when
the slump hit the videogame industry, and two fantastic and innovative games
Rescue at fractalus and Ballblazer NEVER got the recognition they deserved.
I have yet to see ANYTHING on the NES half as good as these wondrous
creations from Lucasfilm.  All I ever see are variations on the horizontal/
vertical scrolling find the magic trinket and or blow it up while a host of
randomly drawn stick figures get in your way theme.  I’d rather pay 25 cents
in an arcade and at least get decent graphics and sound.

This gets us to another topic.  Anyone who believes the Gamebody superior to
the Lynx is a complete loony.  However, I think there is a good chance the
Lynx will fail simply because the Gameboy is saturing the market.  I hope this
does not happen because I do not see anyone else creating truly innovative
software for home video games.  Even the Sega and NEC systems are only offering
souped up versions of the aforementioned theme…

The only really nifty games are being written for Amigas and ST’s with sorry
adaptions made for befuddled PC users who gladly shuck out the bucks when they
see screenshots from the ST and Amiga versions (usually the Amiga version :)),
and get the Nintendosized version of a formerly fantastic game.  One could
probably write neat stuff for the Mac II, but who wants to pay $7000 for a
video game ?  The saddest part about this tale is that the PC version by far
outshines the combined profits of Amiga and ST versions so now some programmers
are dropping the Amiga and ST and limiting their horizons simply for the bucks.

I’m writing what I hope is a truly innovative video game myself right now, I
am writing it on an Atari ST with plans for both Amiga and PC adaptations, but
the key word here IS adaptations.  The Amiga version will certainly be a little
better with the nifty sound and blitter chip, but I will need to write the PC
adaptation to make the thing truly profitable and that will be by far the
hardest part.  Anyone out there looking for games for the NEC or Genesis?  This
game would be PERFECT!  I already know the thing would crash and burn on an NES

In closing, this post rambled ALOT, but I have wanted to broadcast my views
on the NES monopoly and the general creative decline it has triggered for a
very long time…

Source https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.video/IKQkExqofSA

The Wii was a great, underrated console that had lots of solid hardcore gaming experiences that were, unfortunately, overlooked.

bought a wii this summer instead of a switch. so many great games still wait to be beaten..

The Wii will mostly be remembered for ;

RE4's Awesome motion controlls
Super Mario Galaxy I & II (best mario games to date)
Xenoblade Chronicles
De Blob I & II
Donkey Kong Country Returns

And all the Zelda games! (wii + gamecube, and virtual console)
The Twilight Princess
The Four Swords
The Collector's Edition (Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask)
The Wind Waker
A Link to the Past
Skyward Sword

I loved the Wii, but I think it was a missed opportunity. The Wiimote was pure waggle without the MotionPlus add-on, which was introduced late in its life. Nintendo should have released a Wii 2 with MotionPlus built-in (and used in all games) rather than the stupid Gamepad.

I'm curious : Do you feel this way about the Switch so far?

Like I said, the Wii and the PS3 are pretty much the consoles that make me want to get into older systems! So fascinating

To me, the Wii was a trendy game console that sold initially off of a gimmick and a really good tech demo (Wii Sports). It left a lasting, negative impact on the market by feigning a healthy market (most people who purchased Wii's would not go on to purchase more Nintendo hardware, partially due to peripheral fatigue), and infected more training gaming experiences with motion controls that, in hindsight, were unnecessary and unwanted. Hell, the Wii's popularizing of motion controls goes all the way to the XB1 being overpriced due to the insisted bundling with Kinect.

Was Wii good? It gave me Brawl, Madworld, and No More Heroes (that last one particularly earning a standing ovation the moment I heard the phone calls coming from the Wiimote, prompting me to actually place it next to my ear like a phone). But it also gave us Move and Kinect. So while it did some good, my overall (and need I stress, personal) opinion is the Wii did more harm than good.

The Kinect for the Xbox One was advertised almost entirely for it's voice recognition ..... not it's motion controls. 

But yeah the Kinect and Move are the Wii's fault.