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oniyide on 12 July 2014
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burninmylight said:
oniyide said:
burninmylight said:
oniyide said:

 

you just think Just Dance is overrated? Interesting. But IMHO thats my problem. Why should you HAVE to do research for a system like that I shouldnt throw a dart in a store and hit some shovelware title. If i have to do research just to get to some decent games, not even good decent then that console's library in the end really isnt that good. IMHO.  The irony is that people who think is overrated are the people doing the research they are forum goers liek me. Just Dance people love the system for hte most part. 

See thats the thing thats not good enough, nto when you are basing your entire console around it. It aint hurting gameplay but it aitn enchancing it so whats really the point at the end of the day? Better off just sticking to a regular controller at least then you know its gonna work. And there were some games they just shoehorned it in just to say they had it that did make it worse (looking at you DKCReturns) Thats just me.


Well weren't you saying Just Dance is overrated by its audience, essentially? Perhaps I misunderstood.  My point is that if you're a serious gamer, you shouldn't be throwing darts at any console's library, you should be doing your homework on what and what not to play. If you're not a serious gamer, then you're probably cool with mindless drivel like Just Dance. And if you fall into the former category, then you should know that the Wii has plenty of good games for you.

If I owned a PS2 in its heyday, I wouldn't walk into a store and randomly pick out a game based on it's box art or something along those lines. Why would I do that for the Wii? For that matter, why would you (not in general this time. YOU, oniyide)? Are you telling me you close your eyes, point your finger, spin in a circle, count to an arbitrary number and pick a game based on where you stop? No, I'm quite sure that all of your game purchases are well informed decisions.

Furthermore, it's not the fault of the Wii itself that many of its best games never got any real estate on store shelves that were dominated by the likes of Just Dance and the Michael Jackson Experience. That doesn't make those games any less meaningful or deserving of attention. The fact that you have to go out of your way to find the Wii's hidden gems only serves to make my point, and the point of this thread: the Wii is the most underrated Nintendo console. I don't think there is anything else I can say without repeating myself, so please feel free to rebuttal. However, if I have nothing more to add, I will not waste your time or mine with a resposne.

But i dont just go in a store and pick randomly. Im just sayng that I COULD walk into a store and pick randomly and hit some shovelware nonsense. that is an issue ive never really had with any home console ive played on. I have done my research and ive found the WIi DIDNT have many games for me. Thats my whole point. Hell i got my Wii around the same time as PS3 and i STILL have a huge backlog of PS3 games and there are still some coming that i want to play that havent even seen release. Thats something i cant say for the WIi.

Those games were dominated by the likes of MJ and Just Dance becasue THOSE are the games that put up the big numbers. So you cant really blame retailers for putting those games front and center. Now with that being said I personally cant take it seriously as a gamer if those are the games that are front and center. I think they are overrated because they barely even work but thats just me. 

At the end of the day its all about preference. I think the library just isnt that good hidden gems or not. I thought the 1st party titles actually went down in quality (Mario Galaxy is the exception) and the 3rd party games were of course terrible. My point was i dont have to go out my way for most other systems to get a good game. There is no shovelware nonsense to wade through with the others. Even PS2 didnt have it that bad. IMHO i think a lot of the games for the system is overrated because the other games suck so bad they look way better next to it. Ill use Goldeneye as example. Love that game probably my most played game on WIi. Played it from release up to when they shut servers down. Now it still think its overrated because its just a good FPS. But its probably the best on the system, which in itself is sad and backs my point up. Now take that same game and throw it on PS360 and it doesnt even register becasue those systems have WAY better games it doesnt stack up to the halos, killzones, bioshocks hell even CODs of those systems.