The Wii, initial impressions

[theRepublic]

Rainbird said:

theRepublic said:

Rainbird said:

Trying to go online and shop is a small pain in the ass though. There is no basic overview of the content. Why do I have to use the search options in order to get an overview of all games on the WiiWare? Why can't I just browse by a category?

You can.

After you select WiiWare, a screen pops up that you can look at popular titles, new releases, search by publisher, search by genre, or search by title.  It is pretty much the same with the Virtual Console.  It is impossible to miss.

That's what I was referring to. I didn't search for anything, but I think it would be a lot easier to get a good look at the content if you could see games by letter or by genre.

Like, have a list of genres and pick the one you want.

Or is that already the way it is, and my idea of 'searching' for something is just way off compared to Nintendo's?

It won't let you search by letter.

There is an option to search by genre.  Select that, and a whole list of genre's pop up.  Select one of those, and it takes you to all the games in that genre.

If you go to new releases, it actually has every game listed in the order they were released.