View of Wii-fit from a non-Wii owner's prespective (No Wii owners allowed)

[CrashMan]

kingofwale said:

TWRoO said:
@kingofwale... I just want to ask, why can't you use the quote button? are you posting from a restrictive browser (phone?) or something?

regarding Wii Fit, I can't say I was initially interested in the ame at all, but the actual balance board opens up a lot of possibilities for me, and I hope soon that third parties get their asses into gear reagarding some neat ideas.

I have grown a bit more interested in the actual Wii Fit game though, because early on I had only seen videos for the Yoga, the Skiing and the football heading thing, which didn't seem worth it (the skiing looks good but I wasn't going to buy all that just for 1 minigame).
I am in two minds whether to buy it still, but that's mainly because it will be expensive and I rarely spend more than £40 on a game... I imagine I might get it when it is chaper and some other games have included the functionality of the balance board (no doubt all early third party efforts will just be copies of Wii fit, or else hybrids of Wii fit and DDR though)

 because I don't like box within box within box... lol, you catch my drift. 

 Thanks for someone for posting 2 videos. I've only seen Wiifit in action in the soccer game, but wow, poor guy's first pushup wasn't even counted. lol, what's your view on it? It kind of re-enforced my believe it's actually a 'workout video'. ;)

 also, here's people who said that PS3/360 fans better start getting used to mini-games, because it will be taking over. (or something of this sort), I utterly disagree. Sure, we will see tons of this kind of game for Wii, but I will not buy it and I hope most people won't (at least shovelwares), and big company will still make good, high budget games that push the graphical power on PS3 and 360.

 

what we will have is a huge division between Wii and PS360. If without games like Zelda, SMG, SSBB, MK, Z&W, NMH, MP3, there will not be any agreement between Wii and PS360 fans. 

 

That's exactly what it is, an interactive workout video with some workout style games with it as well.  Again, this probably won't interest you but it will interest a huge group of people.  Just remember, just because YOU don't find it interesting or fun, does not mean it is inherantly uninteresting or boring.

As to your last point, Iwata just reinforced Nintendo's commitment to those kind of games, so If they follow through with that commitment (which I am sure they will) they won't be missing any time soon.  Just because Nintendo is making games that are for everyone, doesn't mean they are stopping making games for those who enjoy more challenging endeavors. 

My only worry when it comes to Wii is 3rd parties.  I would hope that after their quick shovelware rush to cash in a quick buck on the Wii's success, they would start working on other bigger budget, quality games.  We SHOULD be hearing news of these games soon, if they are being worked on (which some devs probably are,) but I doubt we will see the shovelware flow slow down at all.

But as I have seen others say on these forums, a lot of bad games does not a bad library make.  A lack of good games does, which I don't think is something the Wii suffers from.