So this's the end .... of the Wii.

[Asriel]

Conegamer said:

Raze said:

Its been pretty typical of every gen for Nintendo yet.

Wii - "OMG lol casualz!"

GC -"OMG Kiddie!"

N64 - "OMG Kiddie!"

SNES - "OMG Genesis!"

I will say when the Wii was announced, I was like WTF Nintendo?! But when I got to play it and eventually own one, it made sense.

What it did do is bring my gaming connection with my dad full circle. When I was like 4, we used to play Atari 2600 together a lot, and we played Super Mario Bros on the NES together. He played less and less as the games became more 1 player style. He came back to gaming with the Wii, completing the circle before he passed away last year. So, in the end, I'm glad the Wii came around, it brought my gaming mentor back into gaming for one last round. =)

That's a very sweet story and a very valid point

A lot of people forget about just what the Wii has done. 10 years ago a lot of people wouldn't be caught dead with a gaming console. Now we can all talk about Mario or at least Wii Sports, and the Nintendo faithful get all the support they ever wanted.

Without the Wii, gaming may well have been on its way out. You can hate on the Wii, but not the effect it had on the industry as a whole

Very well said, and a damn good story. When I was still living at home Wii replaced films as a Saturday night family thing to partake in together, so it gave us a little quality time I appreciated. Before the Wii my parents hated how much time/money I spent on videogames, now my mum even takes an active interest in what games I'm currently playing. It's something that's good to have, and even though I don't think the Wii has ever been able to reach it's potential, I think it's been on the receiving end of massive amounts of unfair criticism, and the impact its had on the industry will only truly be realised in the years to come.