To me, the Wii was a trendy game console that sold initially off of a gimmick and a really good tech demo (Wii Sports). It left a lasting, negative impact on the market by feigning a healthy market (most people who purchased Wii's would not go on to purchase more Nintendo hardware, partially due to peripheral fatigue), and infected more training gaming experiences with motion controls that, in hindsight, were unnecessary and unwanted. Hell, the Wii's popularizing of motion controls goes all the way to the XB1 being overpriced due to the insisted bundling with Kinect.
Was Wii good? It gave me Brawl, Madworld, and No More Heroes (that last one particularly earning a standing ovation the moment I heard the phone calls coming from the Wiimote, prompting me to actually place it next to my ear like a phone). But it also gave us Move and Kinect. So while it did some good, my overall (and need I stress, personal) opinion is the Wii did more harm than good.
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