NintendoDpad writes:
"Has anyone ever gone to the local Target or maybe Walmart and looked in the Wii section at games? You have probably seen your share of shovelware engulfing the lone core titles on the system, but have you ever really looked hard? People have been complaining that the Wii cant sell core titles and although in my opinion they are wrong it is hard for me to counter that argument until today."
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.
Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, the Battle of Hoth, and one of the boldest Star Wars multimedia projects ever made. Here’s why Shadows of the Empire still matters.
This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆
But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.
Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.
Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.
As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .
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I really wish Metroid Prime would have done better. Good article.
Well actually shovelware outsells core games becausbe many of Wii's userbase is children under 7 who dont know how to play games. Instead the parents buying minigames for the child.
I've had this same problem ever since I have owned a Wii. I have to constantly call retailors in my area or specifically order them in to find any of the good ones. Anytime I could easily find me and my little horse (not that I would want too) but finding something like Tales of Symphonia or Rune Factory tends to be quite a pain. I won't order from Gamestop now since I found out they give your credit card numbers to a scam called Reservation Rewards.
i think the reason the WII bothers most gamers is that we see potential for the industry taking the same direction as mainstream cinema years ago. IE produce crap that panders to the masses
But like that industry, quality will always be produced...just in lower quantities.
What makes it interesting to me is that the movie + TV industries have improved to compete with gaming + has been doing a lot better because of it.
makes a good point