Gaming Wii Ware: Is This Nintendo's First Blunder?

[elfsander]

Yep.. space is a problem, entering your credit card number with your Wiimote is not as good as with a keyboard, but it's still better than using a common controller..

Also, you can use an USB keyboard in the Wii shop channel. That's what I do.

Also the storage isn't a big problem, I use my SD cards to swap between games.

The only reason that the Wii hasn't dropped in price yet is because it's still completely sold out in many countries.

 

[osirisFIVE]

I think it's quite weird that he's comparing the 360's interface with the Wii.

Yeah, we all know how the 360's interface let's you play games while you download stuff. It's quite obvious someone's already biased. Haha, I actually thought the Mario progress bar was kind of cute. Yet, mind-boggling as there are 3 boxes for Mario to hit. There should be like 10 instead... with Labels such as 10% instead of the Question Marks.

Oh well, I'm guessing Nintendo was a less complicated environment when there's only one option per screen unlike the 360 which has a dozen things to do on one menu screen.

 

[Lumstar]

Yeah, $99 is Nintendo's final suggested price for Gamecube.

But some retailers now sell it for less to clear the units out.

 

[Eternal Myst]

the wii is over priced what are you talking about, you must be some kind of cheap ass, its only 250.00 really is that that much for a it how much do you think it should be really how much would make you happy, i have many great games and i have no proble with the price of any of, and trust me i am not rich. but what ever i guess.

It is over priced.It is just a gamecube with new controls and with online features.Im not saying
I don't like the Wii,Hell I prefer it over my 360.Wii is my favorite,but for Nintendo to charge 250$ for an upgraded gamecube is gay as hell.Maybe if had better graphics for games,and had a lot more memory.I mean it is sad my wii has 512m and my 360 has 120 gigabytes.Nintendo could have at least addes more space.

I am hoping there next console covers these features,and has DVD support,and maybe better online controls like the 360.Also maybe the feature of sending your virtual console games from your wii to your wiiii,or whatever they call it.

 

[Hitto]

Number one, I don't know what happened in America lately, but everybody's saying "gay this" and "jew that", stop, you're making your forefathers ashamed.
Number two, this dude only wrote some sensationalist crap about a TOY. Stop defending its honor. You all have better to do.

 

[FaRReR]

review made me download more WiiWare... hehehehe
stupid reviewer probably only spent 30 seconds with it.

 

[osirisFIVE]

review made me download more WiiWare... hehehehe
stupid reviewer probably only spent 30 seconds with it.

Haha, you got that right.
WiiWare's the only reason why I got myself a 2000 Wii Points card.

 

[Eternal Myst]

Nintendo is probably going to release a usb memory thing that will respond as if it was internal memory.

 

[Hit]

The story sounds like it written by a Microsoft fanboy that does not have a Wii
He'd better write "Is Microsoft a world blunder" I hate Microsoft, ripping people off with Vista to get some extra money for Windows 7

 

[CockroachMan]

I just bought my first WiiWare title.. no problems there.. just asked me for my Credit Card number and Zip Code.. that's less than 20 numbers.. didn't hurt that much

Typing friend codes on Brawl is a lot more painful IMO

 

[Pyrofyr]

How can ANYONE say the Wii is overpriced?

Upgraded Game Cube? The controller support bringing in all of this new crap, etc just makes it worth it.

In any case comparing all 3 of these new ones, the versatality of the Wii makes it better than the rest, and WAY cheaper than them. The 'core' packs might get close to the price of the Wii but the truth is you end up paying more as you pretty much NEED the extra stuff it comes with.

To say the Wii is overpriced is ridiculous unless you're using a general statement that all the new gaming platforms, because they are indeed ALL overpriced, but Wii is still the cheapest one by far.

 

[INTERNETS]

Upgraded Game Cube?

People have been saying this since the Wii was announced.

Anybody that brings this point, immediately discredit and go do something else. They are not worth it.

 

[Eternal Myst]

Upgraded Game Cube?

People have been saying this since the Wii was announced.

Anybody that brings this point, immediately discredit and go do something else. They are not worth it.

Ummm whats your problem it's true.As much as I love my Wii.It's just an upgraded gamecube with lack of features.512mb internal memory.Crap.Does not support SDHC cards.Crap.No HDD.Crap.Online could be better also.Crap it's not.

I mean Nintendo could have done better.Way better.
At least it's better than the ghetto looking gamecube.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Upgraded Game Cube?

People have been saying this since the Wii was announced.

Anybody that brings this point, immediately discredit and go do something else. They are not worth it.

...As much as I love my Wii.It's just an upgraded gamecube with lack of features.512mb internal memory.Crap.Does not support SDHC cards.Crap.No HDD.Crap.Online could be better also.Crap it's not.

I mean Nintendo could have done better.Way better....

Yeah, it's kind of impossible to ignore the fact that the hardware is last-gen. I too enjoy my Wii (

), but I'm not completely satisfied with it. However, my complaints aren't really with the hardware, so much as with Nintendo's lack of support. They're supporting the hell out of it in terms of marketing, but little else. Aside from MP3, most of their first-party games don't offer much motion-control, nothing that does much to distinguish those games from GCN games, and the storage issue is just plain absurd.

As it stands, the Wii is more of an Xbox1 minus the hard drive, at least to me it is.