Why Nintendo Fanboys Support the Wii

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I got Sonic and the Black Knight this week and after playing the game for a few hours, I wondered why I am even a Sonic fan despite most of his games sucking lately. This made me also think about Nintendo in general. Why do I keep defending them and playing their games? Probably because they made some great games in the past, just like there was a time when Sonic was great. But how much longer should I stick with them when they are not the same they used to be?

Nintendo this gen have made Galaxy one of the greatest games of all times.  Mario Kart Wii is the best Mario Kart ever, Brawl is generally regarded as the best Smash Bros.  Pikmin 3 will probably surpas Pikmin 2 (if they ever decide to make a new Pikmin rather than porting old Gamecube games).  We also have the great Wii Sports.  So not sure what you mean by not the same as they used to be.  And Sonic was always rubbish next to Mario.

Let's be honest here: Most of us (as in Nintendo fans) would have defended Nintendo no matter which choices they made this generation. Here are some examples:

I agree with this.  I find it shocking that all we have had in a while on Wii is Gamecube ports, Animal Crossing ported from DS and Wii Music yet some Nintendo fans defend this.  It annoys me even.  Some things are just not defendable no matter how much you like a company.

Graphics: Last generation we were proud to say that our console of choice, the Gamecube, was a technological masterpiece. Higher performance than the PS2, but still more affordable. This generation? Graphics somehow hit the point of being good enough, now that Nintendo has backed out of the race for more horsepower.

You have to say looking at sales this gen compared to last gen and looking at what has happened to Sony that Nintendo not only made the right choice there but they made the super right choice.  Would be nice if Wii had better graphics but Nintendo could not afford to release an expensive console.  And games is their only business so they couldn't sell console at a loss so releasing a console with great power at an affordable price was not an option.

Online: It had hardly any importance at all during the last generation, because aside from Sega's Phantasy Star titles, no games supported it. This generation we drool over Mario Kart Wii because it has lagfree online play. There are these friend codes and some other annoying things, but all in all, it's once again "good enough". The features of Xbox Live or PSN aren't really needed for us to enjoy online gaming (at least that's what we say).

I agree here once again.  Friends code is the most retarded thing ever.  It's super retarded in the first place but what is even more super retarded is that there is a separate code for each game.  Talk about the dumbest thing I ever heard in my life.  There have been so many times I have been up against someone in Mario kart and I have thought wow we are on level footing and having great competition if only I could select for us to be friends after the game so we can race another day.  But no that can't happen cause we need to exchange retarded codes and I have no idea what his code is.  That people defend this is totally shocking.

Controller: With the introduction of the Wiimote we started to claim that playing console games the old way was getting boring and that it was time for something new. However, a button press replaced by shaking the controller, like it is used in countless games, is hardly innovative. The pointer has some advantages, but it doesn't take away from the fact that the Wiimote simply has too few buttons to work with more complex games. Nevertheless, we Nintendo fans defend it as being one of the greatest innovations in gaming history.

Wii sales have shown that this is the greatest decision Nintendo have ever made.  If you are questioning it then you know nothing about business.

So yeah. As you can see, we are happy with everything Nintendo does and would defend them no matter what. Some of us even bought Wii Fit and/or Wii Music, like the sheep that we are. But as a wise man once told me:

"I have no problem with being a sheep as long as Miyamoto is my shepherd."

There's certainly a lot of truth in those words for many of us. After all, Nintendo raised our sorry asses better than a parent ever could.

Thanks for reading.

Thanks for posting. Agree with some points while some other points just mean you wanted Nintendo to do what they did last gen and fall even further behind and risk dropping out of console business.