Wiiping in frustration.

[Steelrat]

Gimmicky controllers, on their own, do not create a revolutionary system. I played a demo Wii at a EB and it was somewhat lame. I tried the monster truck game, and the graphics were so bad as to distract from the gameplay. I was thinking about getting one for my kids, as they like their gamecube, but I fear the novelty of the motion controllers will wear off fast.

[Triangle]

Gimmicky controllers, on their own, do not create a revolutionary system. I played a demo Wii at a EB and it was somewhat lame. I tried the monster truck game, and the graphics were so bad as to distract from the gameplay. I was thinking about getting one for my kids, as they like their gamecube, but I fear the novelty of the motion controllers will wear off fast.

Yeah, the truck game was terrible.

The ones we have ( Wii sports, Zelda, and Redsteel) are amazing.

[tribalman]

sorry for the long repost. to the person who quoted me, my friend pre-ordered a wii as soon as he could. he then proceeded to wait in line over night to get it. /shrug.

and personally, i have a computer, if i wanted to play nintendo, snes, n64 games, i'd get an emulator and play it on pc instead of buying it on wii-whatever or doing this http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/11...ulator_on_wii/.

and personally, the whole gimmik behind the controller is lost on me. i've played wii sports, trauma center, and red steel. they aren't good games. controls are too laggy and too hard to get to control properly. i'm sick of hearing about games going from console to moblie platforms getting called ports, and now suddenly trauma center is good?

i guess there is no stopping nintendo fanboys and their closed minds.
i got my original wii right here, /pats gamecube, dust flys.

[personman]

My controller isnt laggy at all. You must not have adjusted the sensitivity properly on yours. I dont really like trauma center either, just because of all the dialog. The game is seriously 70% dialog, and maybe 30% gameplay. Red steel got awful reviews but Wii sports I absolutely have to disagree with you on. It's alot of fun. Rayman is also alot of fun with a bunch of people. I actually just got back from a party and we were playing Rayman and having alot of fun (yes, the girls too )

p.s. the gamecube sucked

[fcpchop]

I think nintendo fans are hyping it up way too much. I understand its a cheap alternative and in that sense its good, also because they tried something a bit different. But honostly you just cant simply overlook all the other things that go into making a good video game system. I cant see how in any way you can even compare it to the fun you would have with 360 or ps3. Sure it will be fun for a bit because its something different and new, but onced it gets a little old you will be bored and find yourself with simply medicore games and a cheap system.

[personman]

I guess it's just one of those things that you dont quite understand until you actually play it. The kiosks arent what I'd consider a good environment to play in. The wii is fun to play with a lot of your friends.
I know a friend who's selling his ps3 to get a wii after playing mine, go figure

[Archangel Kid]

Lol, I love how as soon as someone says good things about the Wii. They are automatically a fanboy . I haven't had a Nintendo product since, hmm... Game Boy advanced when it FIRST came out. Not the SP version. So I am far from a fanboy. The system just looks like its going to be tons of fun.

[jenarelJAM]

The way I see it, the commercials made it seem like a new concept, which, if it worked, would be incredibly fun. Hence me not going directly out into stores to buy one first thing. I mean, I'm skeptical of anything they show you in commercials. Hearing from friends, and from personman here, I'm sure I'd enjoy it. I mean, it's not that hard to imagine what it would be like, and assuming it works, It's what I've been looking for in a game system for a LONG time.

I mean, everybody likes duckhunt games. This has one built in.