Worst console you've owned?

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Senlis said:

hotrodx said:

Senlis said:

hotrodx said:
The Wii is my least favorite. But everyone I know loves it. Wish they're the ones who paid for it.

I guess the problem was that I bought it because of its popularity, and not because of its games. I was also thinking that I bought it for my kids, and me playing it was just secondary. For all the joy it brought to others except me, I guess I got my money's worth.

I'm pretty confident that as this generation goes on, the Wii library will grow and change my perception of the Wii.

You are looking for some good games?  Maybe I can help, what is your favorite genre?

 

I like RPGs, which I felt the Wii is lacking right now. I don't like FPS that much (though I play them), so that's just ok for the Wii.

I like action games in the vein of Devil May Cry. Survival horror, too.

I loved Trauma Center for the Wii, btw.

 

 

Trauma Center is awesome.  I've beaten the first and second ones.  It depends on your tastes for RPG's, but I would highly recommend Baten Kaitos Origins (Yes, a GC game).  Don't let other card based RPG's taint your opinion of this one.  The card system works great in the game and keeps you on your toes during battle, which is a good diversion from traditional turn based style of RPG's.  There is a lot of party customization and side-quests too, including the colosseum.  The original Baten Kaitos is good too, but doesn't have quite as good gameplay, sidequests, stories, etc.

There is also Fire Emblem for the GC and Wii.  Good challenging turn based strategy.  I have beaten the GC one, but not the Wii one.  The Wii one is basically a GC sequal to the first one, so I would get the GC one first.

Honorably mention to Tales of Symphonia for the GC.  I own it, haven't had a chance to play it.  Also, Skies of Arcadia for the GC is good if you like collecting things on an RPG, but I should mention it is a direct port of the Dreamcast version.

I think that coveres what you can get from the GC backwards capatability.  There is Chocobo Dungeon for the Wii which I have heard is a lot of fun despite being simplistic in design and story.  There is also another game I saw a review for, I believe it was Dokapon, that is a party game and RPG hybrid.  I heard it was really good.

Other than that, check out the virtual console for some old scholl RPG goodness.  I bought a PS2 to satisfy my RPG needs.  I really have to many of them to finish (I still haven't finished both Baten Kaitos, prolly a 60+ hour endevor for each)

 

Hey, thanks for the tips. I haven't really used GC backward compatibility much.

Let me just clarify that I bought the Wii as a "dad" rather than a "gamer", hence I wasn't really into the library when I bought it.

But just like any market-leading console, the important games will come later and the library will improve. I guess it's the same feeling for PS2 early adopters in the first couple of years. Then boom!

Maybe if I didn't buy the Wii early and bought it later, then it would have a bigger impact on me.

I think some defensiveness of some Wii fans on this thread (I hope you don't mind) is because of the way the title is worded. It says "Worst console" and it makes it sound bad. That's the reason why I used the words "least favorite". If you have great consoles, something is bound to be "least favorite". It just happens to be the Wii for the moment in my case.