Despite had plenty of great games at end, I didn't really loved it, it had too many casual games for my taste. I love much more Wii U over Wii.

For me, the Wii was a fantastic party system; from NSMB Wii to Mario Party 9. And it had a handful of great non party games too! Xenoblade Chronicles, The last story, etc..

My only gripe with it is only for the games that mainly focus on motion controls, doesn't always work as well if you're left handed :/

Looking for a place to plug in my Game Boy player.  What is funny is that the disc is worth over 2 times the amount than the actual adapter because you need the disc in order for it to work.  I still have both.

I give it a 4/5. I honestly should give it a 5/5 but I still have some gems in backlog territory.

Wii was the innovation... the greatest console of that generation. different. with great games. Playing with Power without the power.

Loved it!

it was perfect for its time and brought people back into gaming!

ps4 4ever :D

The only way I could call the Wii a bad console would be if I didn't have any fun with it. You don't need HD graphics to have fun. I don't anyway. I logged countless hours with friends in my old condo playing games like Mario Strikers Charged, MLB Power Pros, Mario Party, Wii Sports, etc. And when I wasn't playing party games, I had games like Super Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Fire Emblem, etc. Back then I even used it a lot for Netflix and YouTube. The Virtual Console was loaded with games. And, the console was compact enough that I could throw it in my laptop bag and bring it on vacation to play with my nephews. Was there shovelware on Wii? Yes. Is there shovelware on PS4? Yes.

Stay on topic

The Wii was a place. The Wii was a state of mind.

It was a fad bascally. Switch is not really like it at all because it's not driven much by motion games or the casual audience.

Switch if anything is probably more like a modern, portable N64. Only today cartridges are far more flexible of a format, you're not limited to 8MB = $60 and 12/16MB = $70-$80 a game. Today you can have 4GB-16GB for $50 and you have the option of digital storage too.

If the N64 could've had even 300MB-400MB cartridges for $50 and large internal storage on top of that ... it would've sold double what it did and outsold the NES.

But the basics are kinda the same ... N64 was very heavily driven by select big traditional Nintendo IP with a handful of developers supporting it (Midway, Acclaim, a bit of Konami). N64 was just choked off by not having enough games, Switch has more flexibility today thanks to much larger cart sizes, indie games, etc.