The Wii... Sucks

[Slothy]

We already have Twilight Princess and Super Paper Mario available, as well as a growing library of virtual console games. There's a few others I haven't had a chance to play yet, but I hear are great (Trauma Center, Elebits). Mario Party 8 is almost here, and let's face it: Wii is the system those games were destined for. Nights is on the way, as well as Smash Brothers and Mario Galaxy. There's also that "Sadness" game I keep hearing about that looks fantastic.

I've already got TP on the GC and may never play it again since I got bored senseless after two dungeons (it's OoT all over again no matter which way you look at it). Every VC game that interests me I also already own, and more importantly, I can generally find used copies of N64 games I want but don't own at lower prices than on the virtual console. The only other game you mentioned that even interests me is Trauma Center, but I would never buy any system for it. The games coming to the VC may interest you, but most of them are too short/shallow in the gameplay department to interest me much.

Let's compare this to the PS3, a system you (just speaking generally, here) spent $600 on because it's going to have a handful of exclusives eventually. Right, you just keep on playing Resistance. If it's any consolation, you can spend the next several months rebuilding your movie library on Blu-ray until something good comes out?

Ignorance must be bliss huh? I've had my PS3 since about a month after launch. In that time, I've picked up seven games. Two being dedicated exclusives, and VF5 being exclusive until August. I have to say as well that I've enjoyed every one of them far more than every Wii game I've played. As far as I'm concerned, I've already gotten my money's worth out of the console, and by the end of the year, I'll be playing games like Lair, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Heavenly Sword, MGS4, Warhawk, and Socom, and those are just the exclusive titles that I'm looking forward to. Go ahead; ask me if I'm dissapointed with my purchase.

I just think people are expecting a little too much out of this system so quickly.

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect more great titles than the Wii has released at this point. I've already mentioned a half dozen PS3 titles that look like they'll be great games without even getting into multi-platform titles, or titles that will be released next year, and not to mention the seven I already own. If the Wii can't match that with the developer support it seems to be garnering then it tells me there's something wrong, at least from my perspective.