Erik designs the Wii 2

[Erik Aston]

sethnintendo said:

6 player local multiplayer gaming sounds fun.  However, that would be pretty damn expensive.  Nintendo is king of add-ons so to have 6 controllers with their add ons would cost probably around 250-400 at least.  I barely have 4 Wiimotes (mainly due to getting Wiimotes from bundled games, Wii Play, Wii Party, etc).  I have 4 Wiimotes, 3 nunchucks, 2 classic controllers, and 2 WM .  At least they finally put WM into the controllers.  I don't have enough money to have all the add-ons for 4 controllers.  I understand the importance of local multiplayer gaming.  However, since I graduated college a few years back and moved, I rarely have 3 friends over at my apt at one time.  I am more interested in online than local at this point.  I would rather have it the other way but due to schedule conflicts with friends, etc local multiplayer just doesn't happen that often for me anymore.

One thing Nintendo needs to due about their online is to just have a system code.  Get rid of the annoying FC and just have one system code.  Have it like PSN/Live also where you can see when your friends are online and what games they are playing.  This would be very helpful for online experience (also would basically cost nothing to implement these features). 

Yeah, controllers need to come complete. No doo-dads. And they would need to sell the system with 2 in the box, plus other 2 controller game bundles. That would make getting 4 or 6 controllers somewhat less expensive but WAY less annoying.

One other thing is that games that are more of compilations like Wii Play should come with a download code so that you can download the game to your system, and access all the games off the Wii menu without putting the disc in. That would really extend the life of games that people might only want to play for 5 or 10 minute bursts. Plus, then people could give the download code to a friend instead of putting it on their own system, which would really get people talking about the game.