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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    The Wii is far from being a bust. Totally changed modern day gaming with the controller. Look at how quickly Microsoft and Sony jumped on board with that concept after the Wii was released.
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Nintendo, even if it struggles, can always rely on its past to make money, in one way or the other. They are the nostalgic staple of many current gamers, and that is big business, even if they dont have the most impressive console specs/gaming library on the market.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    HesCalledDyer said:

    The Wii is far from being a bust. Totally changed modern day gaming with the controller. Look at how quickly Microsoft and Sony jumped on board with that concept after the Wii was released.

    Exactly. I never owned a Wii, but pretty much everyone else I know had one. It was great for the casual gamer and from kids to older adults.
    It was tremendously successful. Though, with that said, it was also probably the system that collected the most dust after it's first year or two.
  • dankind
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    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    dankind said:

    No Mike Tyson's Punch-Out?

    Boo!

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  • SVRDhand13
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    mca47 said:

    SVRDhand13 said:

    Are we going to be able to add games through downloads?

    Man Nintendo has struck gold with Pokemon and now I think they'll continue to release systems and make a fortune. Good for them considering wii and wii U can be considered busts.

    How was the Wii a bust? It sold more than the PS3 and the Xbox...
    I was thinking of Wii U and GameCube.

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  • SVRDhand13
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    HesCalledDyer said:

    The Wii is far from being a bust. Totally changed modern day gaming with the controller. Look at how quickly Microsoft and Sony jumped on board with that concept after the Wii was released.

    It wasn't a bust but I don't think it changed modern gaming. There was motion detection beforehand and the future belongs to virtual reality.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,456
    edited July 2016
    SVRDhand13 said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    The Wii is far from being a bust. Totally changed modern day gaming with the controller. Look at how quickly Microsoft and Sony jumped on board with that concept after the Wii was released.

    It wasn't a bust but I don't think it changed modern gaming. There was motion detection beforehand and the future belongs to virtual reality.
    Most things exist beforehand. Nintendo made motion controls explode, as seen by it's success. It was also a console people bought games for, more games on avarage than for the 360 or PS3.

    So it was ofc one of the biggest successes in gaming history.

    The problem though was that they attracted a lot of new consumers that didn't stick around in their eco system and they also devaluated the brand for hardcore gamers. As evident by the uphill battle they have now. Compared to Sony who had problem with the PS3 but still had a strong brand and a loyal fanbase who wanted to stick around for the PS4.

    But hopefully NX (releasing in March 2017) will be a huge success for them and earn gamers and third party developers respect.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    dankind said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    dankind said:

    No Mike Tyson's Punch-Out?

    Boo!

    Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
    Man, fuck Mr. Dream!
    Haha. Big deal. Just a reskin. Understand Nintendo didn't want to keep around an asshole rapist.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    mca47 said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    The Wii is far from being a bust. Totally changed modern day gaming with the controller. Look at how quickly Microsoft and Sony jumped on board with that concept after the Wii was released.

    Exactly. I never owned a Wii, but pretty much everyone else I know had one. It was great for the casual gamer and from kids to older adults.
    It was tremendously successful. Though, with that said, it was also probably the system that collected the most dust after it's first year or two.
    Nintendo neglected it during the last years of its life. But it has like 9 games sold per console on average, so people bought and played games on it. Not just Wii Sports.

    But for a lot of Wii Sports/ Wii Fit soccer moms I bet it got thrown into a closet after a year.
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,997
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    SVRDhand13 said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    The Wii is far from being a bust. Totally changed modern day gaming with the controller. Look at how quickly Microsoft and Sony jumped on board with that concept after the Wii was released.

    It wasn't a bust but I don't think it changed modern gaming. There was motion detection beforehand and the future belongs to virtual reality.
    Most things exist beforehand. Nintendo made motion controls explode, as seen by it's success. It was also a console people bought games for, more games on avarage than for the 360 or PS3.

    So it was ofc one of the biggest successes in gaming history.

    The problem though was that they attracted a lot of new consumers that didn't stick around in their eco system and they also devaluated the brand for hardcore gamers. As evident by the uphill battle they have now. Compared to Sony who had problem with the PS3 but still had a strong brand and a loyal fanbase who wanted to stick around for the PS4.

    But hopefully NX (releasing in March 2017) will be a huge success for them and earn gamers and third party developers respect.
    "Most things exist beforehand"- I like that quote lol

    Look at the top 10 selling games of 2015. All use a standard controller. The future will include virtual reality aspects and location detection like Pokemon Go.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,806
    My nephew still plays Wii. (I refuse to buy him a PS4 or X Box because I know he will zone out and only want to do that 24 hrs per day. (Like most kids))

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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    It took me almost 2 years to find a Wii on sale. Bowling kicked ass. But the hardware limitations led to a lot of shitty games aimed towards kids. And I could never figure out why in the hell they didn't have a HD output!
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    You are correct, but the Wii still wasn't a bust.
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  • F Me In The Brain
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    Remember shooting those 3s in Double Dribble as well ^^
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    edited July 2016
    I made a mockup of what could have beenimage

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,806
    Does it come with a matchbook to jam above the cartridge to make the game work properly?

    I also wonder if you fall behind by too much in a game can you stomp on the floor and cause it to re-set?
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  • Malroth
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
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    Cool, but I still love the Wii & the game store. So many classic games across different consoles. They need to focus on making their next ma
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Here is a nice article. http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/nintendo-nes-classic-nostalgia-pokemon-go-1.3681493

    For years, Nintendo has been trying to recreate the insane success of the NES, when video games weren't 'video games,' they were 'playing Nintendo.'"

    So true.
  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    Jason P said:

    Games that should have made the list:

    Tecmo Super Bowl (licensing probably an issue)
    RBI Baseball (same thing)
    Contra
    RC Pro Am
    Baseball Stars
    Ice Hockey
    Blades of Steel
    Bionic Commando
    Metal Gear
    Pro Wrestling

    Overall, it's a solid list of games

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