A PC gamers discovery of the Wii.

[Jaged]

Last year I came to the conclusion that I did not enjoy consoles. I sold my PS2 and Xbox and started calling myself a PC gamer, as opposed to just a gamer. I did not get excited at all about this recent round of consoles. I thought that the PS3 looked like the coolest of the consoles, but it didn't matter much to me because I was not planning on getting any of them.

Today I stopped by gamespot and decided to try out the PS3 and the Wii out of curiosity. First I picked up the PS3 and played some racing game (forget the name). It was like any other racing game I have ever played. The graphics were slightly fancier but nothing that impressed me having played with graphics on par in many of my PC games. I got bored and put down the controller in a few min.

Then I picked up the Wii-mote. The demo on the console was Excite Truck. "Oh great", I thought "another lame racing game. I hate racing games." I started playing and immediately realized this was something different. I always knew that innovative games were more fun in an industry plagued by sequels and knock offs, but because I had written off consoles I had never given the Wii a seconds thought. This game was fun, lots of fun. Not since F-Zero X on N64 had I enjoyed a single racing game. I was blown away. Nintendo had pulled off the impossible: Create a console that a die hard PC gamer like myself would enjoy (playing a racing game no less).

I will be asking for a Wii for Christmas. :D

[Mag-Mower]

Gimmick.

[Jaged]

Innovation.

[Mag-Mower]

Eyetoy.

[Jaged]

I didn't intend for this thread to be a debate over which console is better. The PS3 has its merits as well and I despise fanbois.

[Mag-Mower]

Im just saying. The wii controller is neat, in the same sense that the Eyetoy is neat. I just cant bring my self to seriously using that controller, all the time. Could you imagine using the eyetoy all the time? It would be hell. But as an additional peice, it works well.

[xmodum]

I'll stick to my 360/Gaming Comp....seeing as how I don't even have the money for anything else.

I might try it though if a friend gets it.

[Sentrosi]

You're comparing apples to oranges Mag.

Wiimote - You are physically interacting within many of the game the Wii has out and is developing.

Eyetoy - Only a handful of the games out for PS2 actually used the eyetoy.

Basically, the Eye-toy was developed as a "Oh look, this would be fun" and the Wiimote was developed to interact with the user.

BTW, I have not played either the PS3 or Wii, I'm just basing my arguement on what I've seen.

[Mag-Mower]

Fine, Ill just come out and say it: The Wii Controller Makes me feel akward.

[OneManArmy]

PENIS.








shit I missed the one word answer part of this thread. but @***37;!$ it anyways.

[Infernus]

I played the Wii, I just didn't enjoy it. It wasn't fun to me.

[LimpBIT]

I played the Wii, I just didn't enjoy it. It wasn't fun to me.

Yea same here. Just gonna stick to my PC and 360

[Hamma]

I was tempted to try it at best buy, but I just felt wierd. :lol:

[Kam]

I honestly wasn't sure how the whole wiimote thing would work, but that plus Zelda and I will never doubt it again.

[Ghryphen]

har

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[Heavygain]

I will say the wii is pretty sweet used properly, and Zelda pulls it off. My sister is getting one, so I will play it sometime in the future.

[Kikinchikin]

the wii remote does look rather phaillic

nontheless it loosks ikinda cool. 360 for me tho

[BUGGER]

My work got the Wii few days ago (Teen Center) and its pretty sick, Zelda is pretty much Zelda. Theres that racing game too which i haven't played yet but from the view its pretty sick. I think Nintendo did a great job with the Wii excluding the name. And the fact that you can use the gamecube controllers to play (for the gc games atleast) makes it all the better. We also downloaded Super Mario 64 and Sonic and those games are a blast to just fuck around with, I say the Wii is a winner. Atleast it drags away attention from the 360 on the other side of the room. :D



And howdy for all those that missed me. Highschool football sucked this season. :/

[Heavygain]

My work got the Wii few days ago (Teen Center) and its pretty sick, Zelda is pretty much Zelda. Theres that racing game too which i haven't played yet but from the view its pretty sick. I think Nintendo did a great job with the Wii excluding the name. And the fact that you can use the gamecube controllers to play (for the gc games atleast) makes it all the better. We also downloaded Super Mario 64 and Sonic and those games are a blast to just fuck around with, I say the Wii is a winner. Atleast it drags away attention from the 360 on the other side of the room. :D



And howdy for all those that missed me. Highschool football sucked this season. :/

Pfft who missed YOU? ;) Welcome back bugger :)

[Kikinchikin]

I've been playing my friend's Wii the past few days, and Zelda is incredibly fun. I think all doubts I had as to the controller have been eliminated.