Months after launch, how much use does your Wii actually get?
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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The ps3 gets plenty of flak about lack of games whereas wii seems to get none. It shows its not just a problem with sony, but a problem all consoles have when they first launch, just like the xbox 360
everytime I go to the bathroom
In fact, the last time I turned it on was after the last update (about a month ago). :(
They need some new games with, and most importantly, ONLINE PLAY!!!!
I'm still playing beating Paper Mario. I still bust out Trama Center, Sonic, SSX, and Tiger Woods every other day or so. Also I still have a every weekend Bowling Tornament. It's hard to balance all these games/systems/and play time, but I have no life so it's cool ^.-
I don't really consider myself a hardcore gamer but I still play Zelda or Wii Sports every other day for about 30 mins. A few hours on the weekends. About 3 times a week, my girl and I will play Rayman or Monkey Ball for about an hour and a half or fiddle w/ the Everybody Votes and News channels. We host an occasional Monkey Ball tournament once every month or so.
Mr Murda, I totally agree w/ the online play sentiment. I'm kinda pissed that we (Americans) don't get to play Mario Strikers until over a month after EU gets it. I'm not really interested in our first online game, which is Pokemon.
I'll probably be playing more once Mario Party comes out as multiplayer games get WAY more playtime on the Wii at my place.