Iwata on Wii

[Lingyis]

tarheel91 said:

Lingyis said:

 

yeah, but would they keep playing it? my parents, my uncles, all think it's a completely pointless game, and dissed it as "a game for you guys, not us". sure, they'll try it a couple of times, but they won't come back to it.

so there. it's not at all meant to be casual.

This is a reason why personal accounts never work. It's so easy to be a one-time thing and there's hardly enough data to draw a reliable conclusion from. I would point out that some people are so used to not playing video games that they reject them as a form of entertainment before they're even shown it. I've seen people say that exact same thing about Wii Sports and no one can deny it appeals to casual gamers (among others).

of course--however, 90% of people who i showed wii sports to had an interest.  i've run into a few people who aren'ts interested.  the appeal difference between warioware and wii sports, for my sample, huge.  that is absolutely significant, even if my sample size is small, or perhaps even biased.  in the end, you need to make a judgement call.  and yes, it's gonna be subjective.

my judgement call is that warioware is nowhere near as "casual" as wii sports.  neither is it as casual as BBA--for my sample, BBA is a lot more popular.   sales would suggest otherwise, and i think it's because warioware is just such a much better game overall.  

that being said, holding any game up to wii sports is unfair.  i can't imagine anything that's as "casual friendly" as wii sports.  wii fit is gonna be "casual friendly", but doesn't look like it's got as much of a fun factor.  however, there are certainly multiple elements in warioware that unequivocally make it very much casual unfriendly.

in the end, it's just my opinion, and you could very well be right that warioware is more casual than i give it credit for.