What was the Wii?

[Darashiva]

Arminillo said:

Darashiva said:
It was a good system with some excellent games, but also some clear weaknesses as well. The motion controls were ultimately just a gimmick that saddled the console with an avalanche of shovelware, and generally speaking games were better off not using them in the long run. It also became a bit of a handicap for Nintendo as they tried to replicate its success with the Wii U, keeping the brand name but failing to do any of the other things that made the Wii a success.

The irony of the Wii to me personally is that it became such a massive success because of its mainstream appeal through its motion controls, but they were also its weakest aspect when talking about more serious games. Not quite among Nintendo's best consoles, but better than average thanks to the games Nintendo and a handful of other studios made for it.

the weakest aspect of the wii was not being hd...motion controls were an integral part of the system. Even throwing out the amazing core titles that used motion controls that may not be "serious" enough for you, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Red Steel 2, Skyward Sword, Goldeneye, the Conduit games, and especially Resident Evil 4 created unique experiences that cannot be replicated on other consoles.

In most cases I always felt that the motion controls added very little to many of its best games. There are exceptions of course, games that managed to do something interesting with them that actually made the core game better, but for the most part I rarely liked how the motion controls were implemented into the games. They were just a tacked on gimmick that had to be there because the motion controls were there. Like I said, I genuinely like the system for many of its games and have spent quite literally hundreds of hours playing games on the console, but in general that's despite the fact that they have motion controls, not because of them. The motion controls were a fun novelty for a while, but they had no lasting appeal for me.

And it's not just the Wii, I've never care for motion controls in general, but at least with the Wii they were, as you said, integral to the system, and a huge part of its appeal. When other companies brought out their own motion control peripherals it was just to try and cash in on the fad before it died out.