Topic: A little light reading for the Wii fanboyz

Here's an interesting article on how Nintendo have screwed up on making the Wii a system we all wanted:

http://hackmii.com/2009/02/why-the-wii-will-never-get-any-bet...

Enjoy. If you're technically minded, you might enjoy some of the other articles on the site too.

By the way, those IOS forks take around 1.8Mb (almost 15 blocks) each. In total, that means Nintendo have wasted almost 40Mb or 317 blocks of the 512Mb flash storage just to ensure that your system can still run your older games after menu patches have been released. Clever, eh?

I'm not technically minded, if I was, I'd disassemble you calculon, and insert a brain where that soggy pie lives.

I enjoy playing on my Wii despite all the things mentioned in that crappy read. But then I love Nintendo, not blindly, but because they have yet again, designed a console I love.

Ahh!! Too confusing!! I hate all computer-tech-talk. But thanks for the thought calculon!
I have no idea what it was saying and I didn't make it too the end but it sounds like people have too much time on their hands!! Haha!!

Word. And that's all that matters.

The Wii is a strong contender for my favorite console ever, and I've played on nearly everything. You can pick nits all you want, and I respect the desire to do so, but when the end result is something that brings so much joy to the gaming community--and the main complaint is that it doesn't bring EVEN MORE--I think it's time to stop worrying and start enjoying.

I've updated my opening post to give you guys an idea of where Nintendo is wasting your Wii's flash storage as an example of the quality of their system. 40Mb or 317 blocks of essentially wasted space.

Oh and I stopped enjoying the Wii when the software catalog dried up over a year ago. You can't honestly think that a couple of crappy make overs, two shitty peripherals another half-bakes Galaxy and a crummy 2D Mario platformer that laughably "pushes the limits of the Wii" are going to set the world alight do you? The rest of it is gumph, niche, largely forgettable and by modern standards, laughable. The only thing worth having a Wii for is the VC and the occasional (and by occasional I mean rare) WiiWare title that's worth buying.

By and large, the Wii is the worst console Nintendo have produced since the Virtual Boy. Recent sales figures and a total lack of prominent software prove it's a sinking ship. It's just a shame they had to base it on the Gamecube which was a great console with a great games catalog and no fluff whereas the Wii is the complete opposite.

I guess when you guys complain about memory limitations and lack of real updates to the system you also think Tinkerbell has to turn up and sprinkle magic dust on your console (although I'd have thought most Wii's have had enough dust by now) to make it happen. I guess ignorance is bliss and these forums certainly prove that point.

Oh and Machu, unless you passed your equivalent of O level Mathematics and Science before you hit secondary school I'd suggest leaving the insults about my intelligence out of the thread. I don't insult your intelligence, just the typical fanboy ignorance.

You're calling me ignorant so I'll say what the flip I want. You post a crap number-fest from a crap source that is knocking the Wii, and expect a positive response from Nintendo fans? No, you are looking for trouble and I am here to provide. Every console has it's faults, just read what the chicken said ffs... "stop worrying and start enjoying."

Thanks for the brief summary, Saves me reading it all - not that I would have - thought it would be about that, I read about this months ago in a magazine - anyway with the SD card fix there is in real terms now no problem.

So why is this light reading just for 'fanboyz' on the other side of the coin maybe it's just unnesisary Wii bashing ..hmm .

Thanks for the brief summary, Saves me reading it all - not that I would have - thought it would be about that, I read about this months ago in a magazine - anyway with the SD card fix there is in real terms now no problem.

So why is this light reading just for 'fanboyz' on the other side of the coin maybe it's just unnesisary Wii bashing ..hmm .

Thanks for the brief summary, Saves me reading it all - not that I would have - thought it would be about that, I read about this months ago in a magazine - anyway with the SD card fix there is in real terms now no problem.

So why is this light reading just for 'fanboyz' on the other side of the coin maybe it's just unnesisary Wii bashing ..hmm .

@calculon: When did you last buy a Wii game anyway? I'd love to know.

Gahh! pardon the typos n tripple, this work pc wont let me delete or edit.

Narf.

Another excuse to rant about how the Wii lacks the ability to enhance its online multiplayer scene, which is the complete opposite of Nintendo's intent. Their focus is on getting people to play --gasp-- in the same room together. I don't care any more about the Wii's inability to support new firmware updates or patch existing games now than I cared about the lack of ability to do that on the NES, SNES, etc. I like to play games, not goof around on the hardware or ruckus around with pre-pubescent idiots online. I'll take my single and multiplayer game with real friends where I can see and hear them face-to-face.

I used to love Nintendo, but the Wii/DS has ruined them for me, and is ruining the real gaming systems.

This is from the 68th comment below the article. The "real" gaming systems? Please, don't make me laugh. Whoever posted this can get over themselves. I like the PS3 well enough but the 360 and its broken construction can go screw itself. I'd rather not see the red rings of death just a few months after purchasing such an expensive console. At least Nintendo and Sony still know how to produce a reliable product that doesn't break down constistently.

From a technical guru's (read techno-whore) point of view, I can understand why the Wii has "ruined gaming" since all such nit-pickers seemingly care about is whether or not a system can support outside peripherals, update its firmware, or patch tiny portions of otherwise very playable games, rather than whether people can, you know, play games on it and enjoy themselves. But, I digress... The DS, however, I cannot see any reason to hate by any type of gamer since it has taken handheld gaming to a new level of not only interactivity but sheer breadth of title availability and has the most substantial gaming library on it of this generation, second only to the PS2 at the moment (and it's only a matter of time before it overtakes that).

Oh and I stopped enjoying the Wii when the software catalog dried up over a year ago. You can't honestly think that a couple of crappy make overs, two shitty peripherals another half-bakes Galaxy and a crummy 2D Mario platformer that laughably "pushes the limits of the Wii" are going to set the world alight do you? The rest of it is gumph, niche, largely forgettable and by modern standards, laughable. The only thing worth having a Wii for is the VC and the occasional (and by occasional I mean rare) WiiWare title that's worth buying.

Laughable. Utterly laughable. Anybody who's been playing through the Wii gaming library of 2009 is paying attention to what's in store for not only the rest of this year but especially next year knows the dozens of great titles already available to play. But, I suppose you don't care about any of them regardless, so it's a moot point arguing it with you. If you're more interested in what the Wii can't do from a technical/hardware point of view, I suppose you couldn't give a crap less about actually enjoying yourself by playing the games available on the system now. I don't understand what is so "dried up" to you about a library as diverse as the one the Wii has. When was the last time you played a game on the Wii much less looked at what's available already and what's in store down the pipe? I find it impossible for any gamer not to be excited about at least half a dozen of the great titles we've had come out in the past six months and have coming out until the latter portion of 2010. If you can't be excited about them... why play games? Seriously.

(although I'd have thought most Wii's have had enough dust by now) to make it happen. I guess ignorance is bliss and these forums certainly prove that point.

Now you're just being obnoxiously full of it. My Wii hasn't gathered dust since I bought it, seeing as I own over two hundred games for it (across retail, VC, and WiiWare titles), all of which are good to great and well worth playing. Can't say the same thing about the 360, which hasn't had a good exclusive come out on it that I've cared about in quite a while. Anything that's good or great on it can 99% of the time be played on the PS3 or PC. The PS3's got quite a few goodies coming its way and a dozen or so titles I'd like to play now, but nothing comes close to matching what the Wii has coming out next year. Nintendo still knows how to hold onto their exclusives.

Again, I care about games and it seems a shame you don't. Or at least don't care to find the great ones that are available for the system right here and now. Why do I want "system updates" when I could be gaming? And I have all the solutions to the memory problem I could need right about now: 4GB worth of SD memory. I keep my main Wii drive clean to the point that I still have almost 1600 blocks full and use it primarily for save files and the basic channels that were installed on the system. It's entirely manageable and not a problem of any sort.

But if you really need that ginormous 120GB hard drive, be my guest and help yourself to systems that require long install times and often long load times in-game as well. I think your "light reading" is more for 360/PS3 fanboys who have nothing better than to bash a system they find to be beneath them somehow. Who's the fanboy here, eh?

For further proof that the Wii is evolving into the new hardcore of gaming systems, please see these equally provocative thoughts: http://games.ign.com/articles/101/1019337p1.html

That link is very old news and interesting trivia, but means little to the quality of the experience on offer. I expect if you look under the hood long enough at any of the current console gen you can find issues with all of them.

On the whole this thread looks like a wind-up and I'm not having it.