So I've had the Wii now for a couple
of month's, and I think it's about time I gave my opinion, of what many
claim is the revolution of gaming. I don't claim to know what goes into
making a new system or what the motavation is to trying something so
out of the norm, but I applaud Nintendo for the brave step and a big
thumbs up for giving gamers something different.So is it worth the
hype? please read-On.
In simple terms the Wii remote is a genius piece of hardware, how it
recognizes all those slight movements you make is beyond me, it knows
when you tilt,rotate,or shake the controller it's that clever, it's
fantastic.
Nintendo however with all It's wisdom and forsight has got the Wii
wrong and is maybe aiming at the wrong people, I know you can't please
everyone, but in my mind you need to please gamers. And this is where
the Wii in time will fail, or should I say be in 3rd place.
We all love Nintendo, we love how the DS is an amazing system with
great games, we love the vision of a Nintendo future, but with all
these promises Nintendo are still stuck in the 90's even with this
amazing Wii remote. It's selling like hotcakes right now, everyone
want's to see and have ago, but beyond the control it offers nothing
new and lacks many features that should be there.
For a start the Wii gfx are last gen, im not a gfx whore but they
are plain bad, but my main gripe and although I just praised it, the
Wii remote is not a gamers friend. It becomes tiresome, annoying, and
frustrating to use, I find myself not enjoying playing the games,
because all of a sudden I can't relax and play, I have to shift
position and sit up straight, many see this as a good thing, I agree It
will stop kids from getting fat and turn them into tennis pros, It's
abit late for most of us gamers we are already fat bastards, but any
exercise is good exercise I guess.
I don't want to be moving about while playing, I want to sit back
and twiddle me thumbs, I like to find myself in that comfort zone,
where man and machine are joined in perfect harmony, and you know the
feeling im talking about where your are completely engrossed, you won't
get this with the Wii at all, because moving around and making gestures
doesn't allow you to relax and enjoy the same game you would on another
machine.
Multiplatform games is another area the Wii will always come out
last, the GFX will always be inferior as will online play, developers
will then need to shoe horn some Wiimote moves in for good measure, and
they will be the same things over and over, the ones that tire you out
after 5 minutes, like point at the screen to shot.
8/10 games will be party based so are boring as hell, It's as if
developers have no imagination left, so the only way to get sales is
making a party game It's pathetic. Someone is going to have to step up
and create new genres that compliment the Wii remote, otherwise the Wii
is going to be a flash in the pan and be overshadowed by 360 and PS3
like the Gamecube was.
Nintendo are going for a market that does not exist yet, just
because someone sees something that looks cool and different, they may
even pick up a Wii remote and have ago, but that does not make them a
gamer, I just can't see the market for a console which sole purpose is
to entertain at party's and please Nintendo fans, if the games are all
going to be the same It's not going to work in the long run.
Take Mario Galaxy, how can you communicate that game to a none gamer
that has picked up the Wii on a whim, you can't they don't know who
Mario is so who buys it apart from the Nintendo faithful?. You see
Nintendo are still stuck in the 90's with Mario and Zelda, yes the Wii
remote the greatest thing to happen to games in the last 10 years, but
it needs the games and at the moment it has none.
Bah!!! this is turned into a rant, for which I appolgize.
Let me sum it up, this is just my opinion. The Wii it's a great
machine with a new fantastic control, but It's being sold and marketed
to a different bunch of people, change is good, but when you are
forgetting your main market and focusing on something that is not there
yet, It's going to comeback and bite you in the ass, the Wii needs a
rethink in game design and needs brave developers to comeup with new
games and genres and Nintendo need to lead from the front, and at the
moment they are not, Party games suck.
Still earlydays, and maybe I have been spoilt abit with the 360's
game lineup, im just slightly disappointed in the Wii, and what it
offers me as a gamer.