Rainbird said:
Khuutra said:
Rainbird said:
To finish off my part in this thread, I would like to say thank you for making a thread with some actual discussion on this subject, and keeping it as nice and 'clean' as you did. Good environments for discussion also spawn better arguments, and I am glad that I could contribute in a meaningful way.
And then it strikes me. What about yourself?  |
Ah ha ha ha, that's a good question.
What part do you want to know?
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No less than what you wish to know from the rest of us 
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Why I chose what I did? All right.
I think the primary driving factor in my own purchasing decisions - or playing decisions if you prefer, since this is more about time invested rather than money - is experience. I revel in experience in many ways: refinement of experience and novelty of experience are probably the two biggest. I love new experiences, and if I could I would play every game in the world just for th sake of being able to enrich myself in whatever wya that would enrich me.
That's one of the big reasons why I like the Wii's library (not the Wii, mind, this is about the games on a console rather than the console itself): it is full of new experiences. A lot of people consider the Wii's new games as "novelty" or "gimmicks", but this is not so for me: in these experiences I see the potential for immense refinement and focus, leading to new experiences down the line. Phantom Hourglass in my mind is sort of the realization of the potential of the DS hardware, and I hope that Nintendo will end up doing something equivalent for the Wii with the new Zelda game.
The refinement of experience is also important, though, and while it's true that I get a lot of just flat-out great experiences on the Wii (Super Mario Galaxy is still the most fun I've had in years), it's also the reason I picked up an Xbox 360: I also like the experiences that are offered there. Gears of War is great to me because it offers a very focused and tight experience in a package that allows me to play it with my little brother from hundreds of miles away.
Multiplayer is a big part too, and when it comes to that I can't reasonably think of a more fun time than the rounds of Smash Bros. and Mario Kart that I've spent playing with friends and family.
And yes, I will admit it: the Virtual Console is a very large part of my affinity for the Wii's library. I went years without proper access to an SNES or the ability to buy my own games for my NES and Genesis, nevermind owning a NEOGEO, and the ability to sink my teeth into so many games that I never got to play and which still hold up so well over time... I mean, I never got to play the original Punch-Out!! or Super Mario RPG before I bought a Wii. Hell, I never played the first Legend of Zelda. The Wii has helped me to discover a deep and abiding love for old games, which meeans a lot.
Anything else you'd like to know? Anything you are curious about?
