Topic: A little light reading for the Wii fanboyz

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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