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Originally Posted by scarlett  I have a Wii, but I sort of approached it from a whole different angle. I was looking sideways at the wiimote, wondering just how annoying it was going to be. Now I'll admit it's kind of fun to wildly swing that thing around like a sword while I'm playing Zelda but in the end I'd rather have a D-pad and some shoulder buttons. Or WASD plus a mouse. Whatever. It's just a gimmick. |
I'm sorry - I fail to see how the Wii is a gimmick. You said it, but you didn't really explain it. As for the shoulder buttons, the nanchuck has two there, and the Wiimote itself has a D-pad. Both are used perfectly in Zelda.
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Originally Posted by scarlett I think the Wii is revolutionary in that it's reaching out to a new demographic... |
Right, because of the amazing controls which can cater to everyone (not just new people). The games are what's lacking right now. The few examples that we have (Zelda:TP, Metroid Prime Hunters) really do show how hard-core games stay hard-core but merely change controllers to widen the audience and still maintain difficulty. (TP was easier
by design, not because of the controls.)
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Originally Posted by scarlett but in the end, the people it really hooks are going to be the closet gamers; people who didn't know they liked games because it was geeky or they just never exposed to it and don't know they like video games. The price of the Wii is pretty darn cheap in gamer-land and I think a lot of people will try it out because of that and because it's new and different, but I also bet a lot of people will discover they really couldn't care less about games and their Wii will end up collecting dust. It doesn't even play DVD's. |
In the end, people who don't like golf won't play it. In the end people who don't like to take early-morning walks won't. In the end people who don't like video games won't play them. It's common-sense, but that doesn't make the Wii any less because of it.
The DVD thing isn't an issue for me. Most people have a DVD player already - the Wii's would be redundant. Besides, if it weren't for the things Nintendo left out, the price would be much higher.
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Originally Posted by scarlett All it does is play games and in the end, a game is just a bunch of puzzles, reflexes, trouble-shooting and role-playing (varies depending on which genre you focus on). If that's not your bag, a different type of controller probably isn't enough to keep you coming back. |
To clarify, this and the above "in the end" point both apply to
all consoles, not just to the Wii. If video games in general just don't "click" with you, then you won't be playing any console. Again, that doesn't make the Wii any less because of it.
Whoever said easy-to-play, hard-to-master games weren't fun? The Wii brings intuitive games to everyone, but that doesn't mean they will be easier to beat.