My thoughts on the Wii

[king_of_the_castle]

I've been thinking about it for a while, but I finally went and bought the Wii this weekend, and I'm really glad I did.  My thoughts on the console:

Positives: 

My wife loves Wii sports, this was a big factor in why I bought it, she doesn't play video games, but she has really enjoyed Wii sports, this is obviously why N is doing so well with this console IMO.

The graphics look much better than I expected.  The 360 is my other system so I thought I would have a hard time adjusting to lesser graphics on my HDTV, this was not the case though.  Although the style of the 2 Wii games I have (sports and play) are simple, they look great for what they are, and are very easy on the eyes.

The Wii has built in Wireless!!  I did not know this, and was pleasantly surprised.

Mii's are fun and easy to create, I've got pretty good likenesses me, my wife, and a lot of our friends.

The Wii is really small, compared to the 360, and quiet.

Excellent Backwards compatability, this is the other big reason I bought the Wii.  I never owned a GC, so I wanted to go back and play all the games I missed, in fact, I have only bought GC games so far.  I plan to DL Zelda OOT (my all time fav. game) and Paper Mario (never played b4) off VC, and I bought Mario Sunshine, Zelda Windwaker, Metroid Prime, and Paper Mario: 1000 year door.  Hopefully this will fill the Nintendo void in my life from the last decade, but at least I have a lot of new (to me) games for real cheap.

Negatives:

Virtual Console games are too expensive in my opinion, but this seems to be a problem with DLC on all systems right now, I really hope they see the light and lower prices in the future.

BWC is a little expensive and kind of a hassle, although this is partly my fault.  I bought the classic controller b/c I thought I needed it for GC games, turns out I need a GC controller, so then I went and bought a GC contoller, this worked, but turns out I couldn't save my games, I thought this was kind of BS, the console has memory, but there doesn't seem to be a way to save a GC game without a memory card, so I had to go buy one.  As I type this, I have a feeling someone is going to tell me a way I could've done it without the memory card....

Online seems to be lacking so far, but I have a 360 for that stuff, so it's not a big deal to me at the moment.

This one isn't about the Wii, but about Best Buy, Target, and Gamestop.  I'm sick of these stores trying to sell me extra crap I don't need/want.  I had to tell the checkout girl at Best Buy 4 times I didn't want their warranty, she kept telling me things like "these things break so you need this warranty" which I was appalled at, I know this is how BB and CC make a lot of their money, but it's borderline scam in my opinion.  Target wanted me to apply for their credit card to get 10% off like they do everytime I buy something.  Gamestop tried to sell me their gamercard thing and a magazine.  I'm seriously sick of this crap, I just want to buy whatever I'm purchasing and not tried to be upsold, I'm usually a pretty nice guy, but I think if more stores continue this crap I'm going to end up being a rude consumer, which I don't want to do, but they're leaving me little choice.  <end rant>

 

That's pretty much it, all in all, I'm happy with the console so far, and think I'll have a good time playing catchup on some Mario, Zelda, and Metroid games.