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ameratsu on 27 January 2009
Mr Khan said:

I have found that, on the majority, the Wii haters tend to gravitate towards Western games, which is where the Wii has failed. I've also found that the Wii haters (dislikers, whatever) tend to desire serious, realistic games with compelling story, immersive graphics and sound, online co-op (or online versus, either way). Pretty much all the features that the Wii lacks. It isn't to say they disdain the kinds of games the Wii gets (though they often do), but they crave immersive, story-driven gameplay

 

I crave none of that. I prefer simpler games with hidden depth and lots of replay value, which the Wii seems to be setting everything up

 

Completely untrue. Even if I like co-op, or immersive gameplay, does that exclude me from other genres? I hardly think so. I really like well-made indie games, racing games, strategy games, platformers, music games, puzzlers, dual analog shooters, action games, and action rpgs. Graphics and high quality sound aren't a huge hangup for me, as I regularily play ps1 and ps2 games. There are quality issues and a general lack of a nice variety games on the Wii as the dominant console. Go look at the PS2's early library and see the broad range of well-made titles for that console after only a couple years on the market, and you'll see why I "don't really care for the Wii" yet.



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lilwingman on 27 January 2009
sc94597 said:

@OP No from what I observed people who dislike the Wii fall into many different categories not just the one you mentioned. They either dislike at least 1 or most of the time more of the following things. These aren't in any particular order btw. These are also the main reasons there could be others that I didn't mention.

1 They don't like Japanese games as much as Western games, and as you mentioned the Wii doesn't really do well in that area.

2 They don't like Nintendo games. One of the main appeal of the Wii is 1st party games, and it always has been. If you don't like at least one 1st party series then you most likely won't like the Wii as a console.

3 They are loyal to a brand. This is also could be called being a fanboy. Most of the time these people stick with their company of choice no matter what. They  will defend this console just because of growing up with them. There is nothing wrong with this unless they start bashing other consoles and pointing out the flaws of these consoles because of this.

4 They don't like the Wii's controls. I can't see what is wrong with the Wii's controls, but there are many people who dislike this and dislike the Wii aswell because of this.

5 They don't like the graphical capabilities. Personally I am fine with the graphical capabilities of the Wii, and have been fine with those of the PS2(which are ALOT worse than that of the Wii). There are some who can't have anything less than HD and won't be interested in ANY games on the Wii because of this.

6 They aren't very up-to date on the Wii's library and think that there is only shovelware and nothing else.

7 They think the Wii is for girls and kids just because alot of their friends think that. (I see this alot in school). This is mostly teenagers my age who think this.

Anyway there isn't only one reason why people will dislike the Wii, actually there are tons of them. I could tell you this though that there are tons of reasons to dislike any console and its games, and its ok to do so. That is as long as you don't try to tell somebody they are wrong or made a bad choice for choosing to like such console.

 

Me.

All-around solid post.



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Phoenix_Wiight on 27 January 2009

to me, its kind of sad in a way, especially when it comes to the graphics. its almost as if i didnt play 360 games cause i dont like the way marcus phoenix looks, or something like that



kylohk on 27 January 2009

People who don't really care for the Wii don't like its games in general. Especially when they denounce the main titles as rubbish automatically when mentioned, and don't give the Wii as much credit.



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mike_intellivision on 27 January 2009
frybread said:

Gamers who don't like Wii generally:

1) Grew up with 3D games.

2) Are males between ages 10 and 25.

3) Like you said, stick to one or two Western genres.

4) Aren't attracted to new or weird games.


Strange little games always attract me, Parappa the Rappa, Mario Paint, the first Sim City, etc. Nintendo has them in spades this gen, both on DS and Wii.

I would make the age range more like 13-35.

That is just based upon the responses of this thread.

Basically, the Wii takes some letting go of pre-conceived notions. If you are too attached to the status quo -- dual sticks, high end graphics, etc. -- you do not like the Wii by defintion, regardless of the types of games if offers.

 

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FinalEvangelion on 27 January 2009

PS3 has White Knight Chronicles (as far as I'm concerned, it is part of the current line-up) and Valkyria Chronicles for jRPGs I really like. Xbox 360 has Lost Odyssey and Tales of Vesperia. This coming year, PS3 is getting FF 13 and Xbox 360 is getting SO4. As a Japanese / jRPG game fan, this is why I like HD consoles. At the latest, I will get a Wii when DQ10 comes around. If something that is extremely compelling comes before that on Wii, I will re-buy it. I'll consider reviews by actual jRPG fans before looking at metacritic.

MGS4 is also there and that is definitely a high quality Japanese game, even if more Westerner's like it. But, many Westerners don't like the amount it focuses on story, so it's not quite in the same league of popularity as Gears, Halo, and GTA outside Japan.

Let's not forget that PSP and DS are going to be the main systems for jRPGs for quite a while as the portable market is much more important than the home console market in Japan.



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