The Wii is really not worth it
Not another anti-Wii blog post.... well actually we don't see that many of those but.... oh I just felt like making one damnit!
So recently I've had nothing but cold feelings towards Nintendo mainly for focusing 100% on casual gaming. What else is new? Pretty much everyone is this way now. Sure the Wii does have its share of fun (otherwise it wouldn't even sell) but when about 95% of the library is crappy ***** games then I don't really find it really reassuring. Yes I'm not exaggerating, about 95% ! I can only think of about a dozen of great Wii games, not any more than that. Also VC games don't count, since they're logically from past consoles. Plus Wiiware has yet to produce something virtually interesting in my opinion. Sure Nintendo is making tons of cash because of the Wii, and well I'm not an analyst or anything but I know Nintendo's investing in a temporary market. Casual gaming should never be your main focus or else you're just going towards self-destruct.
The casual/non-gamer isn't as interested in gaming then the hardcore gamer, meaning that this person wouldn't buy any more then maybe 3-4 games per year (no jokes) whereas the hardcore would buy about 8 or more per year. So who would be in the best position at the moment? Nobody! But Microsoft seems to be doing ok in these kind of terms and so far is the clear winner of the 7th Generation of home consoles (for me at least).
Honestly who judges a winner based simply on sales numbers? Only an ignorant if you ask me. The PS2 was the clear winner in the 6th generation based on quality(for me) and sales numbers (for the idiotic masses). Yes sales do matter at some extent but it's always all about the games. And so far, the Xbox 360 has the games. The Wii has some great games such as Brawl, Mario Galaxy, Okami, No More Heroes and such. But these games sadly represent the extreme minority of the Wii library. Let's all be honest with ourselves here, who is looking forward to any game on the Wii? I'm looking forward to The Conduit..... and the next Zelda game.
At that point this Zelda game has become an urban legend, I'm beginning to even doubt that we'll see it on the Wii and not on the next Nintendo console. Right now Nintendo wants to make us think that they've launched a true Wii Zelda game with Zelda TP. That is simply a GCN game (an excellent one, for sure) with Wii controls tacked on. It's nothing close to a Wii game. Link's crossbow training was a joke and personally I think it should have never even seen the light of day but Nintendo just showed us that they're ready to ''casualize'' even Zelda.
I'm going to come out honest now; I'm losing interest in Zelda, I'm losing interest in Nintendo and I've almost lost complete interest in the Wii. I never even thought that I'll lose a slightest interest in Zelda someday but Nintendo has managed to do it.... to me! The biggest Zelda fan-boy in the world! They actually have managed to do it!
The 7th Generation began very well for Nintendo with the DS (and is still managing to be great so far in that zone) but with the Home consoles..... I'm ready to call the Wii a failure if this keeps up.
I'll be done complaining soon when I get my Xbox 360 by the end of this year, I honestly can't wait. I know this console at least won't disappoint in terms of games and content. The Wii is really nothing short of a joke compared to the 2 other consoles and no matter how much millions it'll sell, if it doesn't get the games, it's a total failure.
PS: BTW I finally changed my banner! Even further shows me losing interest in Zelda. I think it looks better than the previous one and sort–of blends well with the current Gamespot background color.
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