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How much did you like the Wii?

5/5 - Loved it! Underrated! 129 26.54%
 
4/5 - Great! 144 29.63%
 
3/5 - Good 80 16.46%
 
2.5/5 - Ok 47 9.67%
 
2/5 - Underwhelming/Bad 33 6.79%
 
1/5 - Horrible 26 5.35%
 
See Results 27 5.56%
 
Total:486
Azuren on 02 October 2017
Leadified said:
killeryoshis said:

Not my text below:

Personally, I think the Nintendo is a piece of right wing garbage akin to the
IBM PC.  Slow, out of date, but heavily marketed so that mindless dweenies will
think it’s the hottest thing since Zelda had her first period.  I have yet TO
SEE A SINGLE GAME ON THE THING SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN STUFF I PLAYED ON MY OLD ATARI 800 SEVEN YEARS AGO…..Yes, there are some nice games, but they do not do anything extraordinary and in fact clearly show the glaring limitations of the thing’s inferior pre-VLSI hardware.

On the subject of the Sega Genesis and the Turbografix 16.  At least these guys
are using hardware invented after the Apple II, give ’em credit!  The graphics
in these games are NICE!  I really can’t give a decent opinion as to which is
better, they’re both fantastic!

But now I get to stand on my soapbox and have some fun.  Correct me if I am
wrong, but isn’t the Atari 7800 superior hardware wise to the NES?  I heard
thing could manipulate 64 BIG sprites at once.  It was developed right when
the slump hit the videogame industry, and two fantastic and innovative games
Rescue at fractalus and Ballblazer NEVER got the recognition they deserved.
I have yet to see ANYTHING on the NES half as good as these wondrous
creations from Lucasfilm.  All I ever see are variations on the horizontal/
vertical scrolling find the magic trinket and or blow it up while a host of
randomly drawn stick figures get in your way theme.  I’d rather pay 25 cents
in an arcade and at least get decent graphics and sound.

This gets us to another topic.  Anyone who believes the Gamebody superior to
the Lynx is a complete loony.  However, I think there is a good chance the
Lynx will fail simply because the Gameboy is saturing the market.  I hope this
does not happen because I do not see anyone else creating truly innovative
software for home video games.  Even the Sega and NEC systems are only offering
souped up versions of the aforementioned theme…

The only really nifty games are being written for Amigas and ST’s with sorry
adaptions made for befuddled PC users who gladly shuck out the bucks when they
see screenshots from the ST and Amiga versions (usually the Amiga version :)),
and get the Nintendosized version of a formerly fantastic game.  One could
probably write neat stuff for the Mac II, but who wants to pay $7000 for a
video game ?  The saddest part about this tale is that the PC version by far
outshines the combined profits of Amiga and ST versions so now some programmers
are dropping the Amiga and ST and limiting their horizons simply for the bucks.

I’m writing what I hope is a truly innovative video game myself right now, I
am writing it on an Atari ST with plans for both Amiga and PC adaptations, but
the key word here IS adaptations.  The Amiga version will certainly be a little
better with the nifty sound and blitter chip, but I will need to write the PC
adaptation to make the thing truly profitable and that will be by far the
hardest part.  Anyone out there looking for games for the NEC or Genesis?  This
game would be PERFECT!  I already know the thing would crash and burn on an NES

In closing, this post rambled ALOT, but I have wanted to broadcast my views
on the NES monopoly and the general creative decline it has triggered for a
very long time…

Source https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.video/IKQkExqofSA

Other than a few things like the names and tech stuff, this forum post could have easily been written yesterday. 

Whoa whoa whoa, this came before the actual internet?!



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VGPolyglot on 02 October 2017
Leadified said:
killeryoshis said:

Not my text below:

Personally, I think the Nintendo is a piece of right wing garbage akin to the
IBM PC.  Slow, out of date, but heavily marketed so that mindless dweenies will
think it’s the hottest thing since Zelda had her first period.  I have yet TO
SEE A SINGLE GAME ON THE THING SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN STUFF I PLAYED ON MY OLD ATARI 800 SEVEN YEARS AGO…..Yes, there are some nice games, but they do not do anything extraordinary and in fact clearly show the glaring limitations of the thing’s inferior pre-VLSI hardware.

On the subject of the Sega Genesis and the Turbografix 16.  At least these guys
are using hardware invented after the Apple II, give ’em credit!  The graphics
in these games are NICE!  I really can’t give a decent opinion as to which is
better, they’re both fantastic!

But now I get to stand on my soapbox and have some fun.  Correct me if I am
wrong, but isn’t the Atari 7800 superior hardware wise to the NES?  I heard
thing could manipulate 64 BIG sprites at once.  It was developed right when
the slump hit the videogame industry, and two fantastic and innovative games
Rescue at fractalus and Ballblazer NEVER got the recognition they deserved.
I have yet to see ANYTHING on the NES half as good as these wondrous
creations from Lucasfilm.  All I ever see are variations on the horizontal/
vertical scrolling find the magic trinket and or blow it up while a host of
randomly drawn stick figures get in your way theme.  I’d rather pay 25 cents
in an arcade and at least get decent graphics and sound.

This gets us to another topic.  Anyone who believes the Gamebody superior to
the Lynx is a complete loony.  However, I think there is a good chance the
Lynx will fail simply because the Gameboy is saturing the market.  I hope this
does not happen because I do not see anyone else creating truly innovative
software for home video games.  Even the Sega and NEC systems are only offering
souped up versions of the aforementioned theme…

The only really nifty games are being written for Amigas and ST’s with sorry
adaptions made for befuddled PC users who gladly shuck out the bucks when they
see screenshots from the ST and Amiga versions (usually the Amiga version :)),
and get the Nintendosized version of a formerly fantastic game.  One could
probably write neat stuff for the Mac II, but who wants to pay $7000 for a
video game ?  The saddest part about this tale is that the PC version by far
outshines the combined profits of Amiga and ST versions so now some programmers
are dropping the Amiga and ST and limiting their horizons simply for the bucks.

I’m writing what I hope is a truly innovative video game myself right now, I
am writing it on an Atari ST with plans for both Amiga and PC adaptations, but
the key word here IS adaptations.  The Amiga version will certainly be a little
better with the nifty sound and blitter chip, but I will need to write the PC
adaptation to make the thing truly profitable and that will be by far the
hardest part.  Anyone out there looking for games for the NEC or Genesis?  This
game would be PERFECT!  I already know the thing would crash and burn on an NES

In closing, this post rambled ALOT, but I have wanted to broadcast my views
on the NES monopoly and the general creative decline it has triggered for a
very long time…

Source https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.video/IKQkExqofSA

Other than a few things like the names and tech stuff, this forum post could have easily been written yesterday. 

It just goes to show that the console wars are not new in the slightest!



jason1637 on 02 October 2017

5/5 best console of that gen. None can compete with nintendo when it comes to innovative hardware and amazing games.



Azuren on 02 October 2017
RolStoppable said:

In any case, the Wii spirit is back with Switch. I am very happy about that. The big question is how consequent Nintendo will be this time.

I disagree. The spirit in the Switch feels more SNES than anything else.



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Leadified on 02 October 2017
Azuren said:

Whoa whoa whoa, this came before the actual internet?!

It's Usenet so you should be able to find posts from up to 1980. The oldest post I could find was from 1982....which is a review of an Atari porn game.



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 02 October 2017
RolStoppable said:
The Wii was misunderstood and still is. That's why Switch was predicted to fail by the vast majority of people. The success of the Wii created the hardcore gamer/casual gamer dichotomy which became popular in gaming journalism and consequently infested discussions in gaming forums. Of course, analyzing the video game market in a strictly binary manner leads to huge errors. The Wii was deemed to be a non-repeatable success story.

But who bought the Wii? What was Virtual Console about? Didn't it send a strong message that classic games are worth remembering instead of being shoved aside in favor of modern games which are oh-so-good? The difference of 80m units between the GC (21m) and Wii (101m) didn't come exclusively from people who didn't play video games before; those people really only accounted for a small portion. Fans of classic video games and consoles drove Wii sales, because they like games that exist to be played, not that tutorial and handholding nonsense in modern games.

Then the Wii U came and Nintendo was all about AAA third parties all of a sudden. They didn't end up getting much after wasting most of the Wii U reveal time on EA, Ubisoft, Warner Bros. and others, but that hardly mattered in the big picture, because Nintendo's new message buried the console quickly.

After another 180, Nintendo unveiled Switch and emphasized the classic gamer again. Sure, Virtual Console is missing, but the new The Legend of Zelda was built on the foundation of the original The Legend of Zelda. Modern games that honor classic games are an even bigger deal than classic games themselves, because it means new games instead of something that has already been played before. Super Bomberman R and Ultra Street Fighter II were laughed off, but ended up as the best-selling third party titles so far. Coincidence? I guess it's worth looking up during which era Super Bomberman and Street Fighter II were popular.

What the Wii meant for me personally is that it made me realize how great classic games truly are. I've always bought the latest Nintendo console, so the gradual change over time in gaming was something that I considered normal and basically the way that things have to be, despite playing classics on my old Nintendo consoles every now and then. Virtual Console really drove the point home because I bought games that I had missed during their time. Many games were new to me and they were only a few hours long, but that wasn't a problem because they were fun from beginning to end. That made me really question if all the fluff in modern games is needed, or rather, if it should be tolerated.

Unfortunately, Nintendo was inconsistent with the Wii, so what felt like a return to form and a breath of fresh air ultimately drifted towards Skyward Sword and the Wii U, so back to GameCube times. While I liked the GC a lot during its time, in hindsight it became more and more apparent how much Nintendo had lost their way. The Wii U was for the most part a "what if the Wii never happened" console, save for remnants like New Super Mario Bros. U which were carried over to trick people into believing that Wii U was a true successor to Wii. The same goes for the Wii U name itself.

In any case, the Wii spirit is back with Switch. I am very happy about that. The big question is how consequent Nintendo will be this time.

Ahhh, a quality Rol post. Thank you for sharing your perspective



Platina on 02 October 2017

The Wii happened because of Nintendo's Blue Ocean target. They aimed to capture the casual gamers, and successfully did so

It is not fondly looked upon by many because of the motion control gimmick and weak power but it does have some great games.

I personally used the Wii to play more GameCube games, but it's still a good console, though I would say its library is weaker than compared to the GameCube or Wii U



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Cloudman on 02 October 2017

In my case, it was a cool console I really enjoyed during my college days, especially during its 1st year. Me and my friends used to all get together and play Wii Sports a lot. Those were good times~

Aside from that, it had some titles I really enjoyed, like Smash Bros, Mario Kart, and the Trauma series comes to mind. It also had Fatal Frame 4, which has been the most fantastic horror game I've played to date. Not much more I can say on the console, aside from I enjoyed it like all the others. I did like the motion control aspects of it.



 

              

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VGPolyglot on 03 October 2017
Leadified said:
Azuren said:

Whoa whoa whoa, this came before the actual internet?!

It's Usenet so you should be able to find posts from up to 1980. The oldest post I could find was from 1982....which is a review of an Atari porn game.

I'm interested, Blue



Nogamez on 03 October 2017

Great family console but yeah i didnt like it much as a normal console so i basically skipped it. Luckily Twilight princess was re-released in HD on wii u. Just need SSHD now