I have a secret to tell: some people didn’t like the Wii. Whether it was the glut of mini-game collections, the less-than-stellar ports, the mediocre hardware power, or the waggle control, plenty of people found a reason to hate Nintendo’s little white box. But time heals all things, or so they say. As we shut the door on the 7th generation of videogames and march onward into the 8th, a lot of the hate toward the Wii will naturally fade with time, and when that occurs, I believe that the Wii will one day be seen as a treasure trove of hidden gems. There are plenty of times in the past when a videogame console became popular long after it left store shelves (see the Saturn, the Gamecube, and the Dreamcast for reference), and despite how much vitriol it has received over the last several years, the Wii may very well be remembered as an underrated gem by the hardcore gaming community. Here’s why:
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
I don't hate the Wii at all.
The Wii. Classic Console.
Nah. I have nothing against the Wii.
I have plenty of good memories of playing SSBB with some bros.
I never hated the Wii... But I'm a fanboy, so my opinion doesn't count.
i dont hate the wii or any of nintendo consoles/handhelds
in fact i still own my ds lite and gba advance
and still love it^_^
though i hates SOME of its fans, they are very.... childish..