I bought a Wii a few weeks ago and I’m sitting here trying to figure out why. I’ve always been primarily an Xbox gamer so needless to say over the last decade I’ve been playing a lot of first person shooters – I’m thinking that had something to do with my decision.
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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For Nintendo's games.
because mario can do anything on it looool
same reason I did, Galaxy, Zelda, Metroid, DK, Kirby, and games like Madworld and Conduit 2 - thats about it.
My GameCube was getting worn down.
I have a lot of great GC games -- the Wii was a perfect replacement. The GC games really have held up well, IMO. Some of them (like Eternal Darkness, which I'm playing lately) look pretty dang close to Wii-quality titles.
The GC was an amazing console. Its library is a huge boon to Wii gamers everywhere, IMO.
what i always find funny is how there are continuous articles and blogs from people explaining why they bought a wii, like it somehow needs justification. the wii isnt a technical powerhouse, we know that already, but it seriously has some of the most fun games ive played this gen or ever really. if i were to think of my favorite top 10 games ive played this gen wii titles would probably take 6-8 spots easily.