The Wii just doesn't compare. To a casual optimistic gamer it serves fine. Everyone wants to fight in the Wiis corner, i can see this. It may have some sort of online play IN JAPAN!!!!I am living in NA so I have NA standards.....in respects it has no online experience. The bar I use for this is XBOX LIVE....Yea people cuss, name call and all that. You have options to use full online abilities down to bare minimums and you get superior graphics....what the hell are people playing online anyway!!!!!? Name some games, i know someone can. Then I will respond with honesty and credit the games if deserved. The bottom line is if you are looking for something different like a DS on Caffiene. The Wii is where its at. I enjoy some good Wii sessions it just stimulates in other ways.....PS. Next Gen is about Graphics and power, please someone dare say otherwise to the community.......The Wii....ahhh forget it! I feel liked everyone has been punked and they still dont know it. Where is Ashton!

The Wii has nothing for a real gamer, nothing. You cannot only own a Wii and be satisfied.

Its outdated and offers nothing new except a friggin controller. The Wii should cost about $129.99, then I'll buy one.

Also, this is why the Wii cant sell 3rd party games and the 360 is killing them in the software sales section where it all counts in the end.

I havent taken the time to educate myself? Next Gen is about playing games............? Thats the way it has been from the beginning.....every generation is about playing games! Dont kid around, the emphasis has been on whats under your hood and how does it output. I understand the WII...You seem not to understand what Im saying. I like innovative, but please, please dont give me a wiimote to play HALO, Heavenly Sword, God of war II etc.... Have fun with Strikers, and it online capabilities. I will too. Innovation is great and its coming along well. The Wii in no way defines Next Gen except for an innovative control scheme and Cooking Mama! There is a mass of people who have soaked this stuff up, good. Casual=WII Hardcore=360,PS3. Thats my point! A casual gaming machine and gamers who don't look deeper than super mario brothers soccer, basketball, driving, RPG and so on don't understand real true blue to the heart gaming. Ive been playing video games for years and years. Started out with atari 800. I got real serious when nintendo hit the scene. Nintendo began to fall back.... they came up with a smart plan to stay in the game. All of the sudden a company who was slipping to a Sony powerhouse comes up with some cool remote no graphics, power and(Ill give you this) a slowly progressing online community and capabilities defines this Generation. Slap me, I have to be dreaming. The Wii Hit up a new demographic, introduced your grandmothers to a new world. They left me behind. A Nintendo WII does not cut it. The bottom line. I guarantee a Real Gamer will say the WII cannot stand alone in his or her household. ps3 and a wii, 360 and a Wii. If you own it alone 1. You have been brainwashed, 2. You just ventured into this new world of gaming. 3. Just born. 4. Money is tight at the moment. 5. Waiting for Halo or HOME......please add to the list if youd like:)Its like the friggen ANTI-Christ here. Excuse the term.

I'm growing quite tired of this "hardcore" gaming culture reference and how nintento is ignoring it. I've had consoles all my like, never just one, had an NES and a Sega Master system, SNES/Genisis, N64/Playstation, GC/PS2, now I have a Wii and a 360, am I hardcore?? Or do I have to play Halo for hours on end in the dark?? I play the wii way more than my 360, because of the VC games, can't wait for Brawl and Galaxy couldn't careless about voice chat. I can surf the web via my wii, check weather, news et cetera (Which is a nice thing for those of us not living in our mom's basements, have jobs and a social life) play games and email friends. I find myself waiting and waiting for good games for the 360 and most fall short of the anticipation. I'm not saying that some of the Nintendo games have not fallen short, but at least I can load up Super Contra and kick some alien ass! Bottom line those who bash the Wii based on the fact that its graphics or online play is not on par with the 360 and thus does not appeal to the hardcore are living is a blind world of their own arrogance within a ridiculous pseudo-culture that makes them feel special. Basically, your just a number like the rest of us and you're not special nor are your demands or requirments for a certain console. Your ideology of what is "hardcore" is completely subjective and there are no established rules except "what sells" and "what makes money" nothing more. Nintendo did establish a separate market from what other companies were and are doing, but good for them, they're smart, others aren't. Its not a fad, or a trend, because the "hardcore" have been spewing that since last November, good call. Nintendo will do what they want and when they want too, they have the sales to back it up and now a huge fan-base, you may hate it, but thats only because your "special" little world of "hardcore" got shaken up and thrown for a loop. Gaming is more then graphics and power, its always been about fun and to be honest, Halo is nothing compared to Excitebike...know hat I mean. My point is you don't really count so shutup, because its annoying and whinny and just retarded. Also I'm better than you.

You wii lovers are HardCore. Im not knocking the poor thing. You made great points. I would express the same reasoning myself. Lets not get exaggerate please. eg. Excitebike and Halo. Thats a whole other argument youve just ignited. Im alone in the battlefield. The title of this article only attracts one lover. You play your VC for hours on end. Ill join you when the 80's return. I can't waste my energy anymore. You do YOU! and Ill do ME! and nintendo can do WII! Thats fair enough. I log out!

Somebody disagreed.....must of been a wild sling of the Wiimote to your head. Then you clicked the mouse.

The article claims that the Wii has mediocre graphics. I don't agree. If the Wii had the same speed CPU as the other two consoles, yeah, I would say it doesn't. But compare it to a system that has the same relative speed, the xbox (first one) and you can easily see that a lot of games look great. Even though it is slower, I think it does just fine. A few looks will tell anyone that the only difference between most 360/PS3 games and Galaxy is the High Def cable. That game pushes more than I thought the Wii had. If Wii were HD compatible, I'm sure it would be harder to tell the difference between some Wii games and the other systems games. I also think Nintendo isn't telling the real speed of the Wii. I think it is more around 1 Ghz because of certain games. Also, how do you explain 32 person on line multiplayer running at 60 fps? That is very shocking for a CPU rated at 749 Mhz. Also, anyone who says the Wii is kiddie and doesn't serve to the hardcore doesn't know that Zelda, RE4, Manhunt 2, Scarface, Metroid, Galaxy, and Brawl exist. (either that or they ignore it because they are jealous that their system doesn't have those games)...