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In regards to the article, I 100% agree. To further my perspective, The Nintendo Wii is pure crapfest for hardcore gamers or those like me who like a good shooter or deep game. I paid full price for my Wii, and thus I'll say what I want about it exept from accusations of fanboyism and trolling. -It is shit (for me) and I cannot wait to sell it. It was a waste of cash, through my own stupidity of course, and I wouldn't reccomend the console to any hardcore gamer coming from the PS2, Xbox, Gamecube generation.

In saying that, I love Nintendo for what they have done to mums, dads, sisters, and older family members in my family who, at a time, didn't understand my gaming habits. Now most of them have Wii's in their households, and its fantastic to see them sharing in the joy that can be had from playing video games.

I'm guessing this article is pointed towards those that own only and wii, and were greatly disappointed by the crap it has.

Protip: don't sell your wii, as it has excellent games once in a blue moon and you don't want to miss out on them

just save up for a 360, they aren't expensive

I think alot of hardcore gamers have given up on the wii, the only people who are buying it are individuals who aren't heavily invested in video games..like hardcore gamers and the Nintendo fanboys who cling to their marios, and zeldas. Games IMo that have run their course..but no nintendo fanboy will admit that.

Haha, I sold my Wii just before Christmas.

I never played it tbh, and when a big game comes out I can always rent it and use the one we've got at home.

The Wii isn't a bad system, in my opinion. It just doesn't have good games that would satisfy hardcore gamers. Nintendo might be making money by focusing mainly on these so called casual gamers (Of course, I can't call anyone who would play Wii Play a gamer ), but they're losing customers who are hardcore gamers.

That's why I don't want a Wii.To much crappy games.The only two games I'm even interested in on the Wii is SSBB and Mario Kart.

I would call myself a hardcore gamer so I'm happy to own a PS3 and get a 360 somewhere along the line.

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So I had only purchased ONE good game for my Wii in 2008.

And how is that Nintendo fault if your not buying games?

There were heaps of great games in 2008. Wario Land, Super Smash Bros Brawl, de Blob, World of Goo.

And there even more stuff released in 2007 to buy in case you missed out on it.

Now go on, call me a fanboy.

I'm pretty much a casual gamer and a longtime Mario fan, so I won't be selling my Wii at all. Still, there's not many games for it that I actually want, and I have my eyes set on a 360 in a few months. I'll still be playing my Wii later on, but there's a gaming experience to be had with the 360 that I know Nintendo isn't going to give me.

This guy is so right. I said it from the first day Wii was out : "You can't be a hardcore gamer wagglin your stupid Wii stick playing tennis or whatever". Wii has a few good games but Nintendo are considered criminals in the hardcore-gaming world, and should be replace immidietly by the X360 and PS3. My first perspective of the Wii was that it's a family-fun console, and they never done enough to prove me wrong.

I haven't brought a game for my wii since 2007. In 2007 I only got 1.

SUCH a good console...

I haven't touched my Wii ever since I got a 360 6 months ago. I should really look into selling it...

The last good game I bought was Resi-Evil 4 in August.


I traded it and all my wii games in and got me a PS3.


HUZZAH!

This is unreal. I just sold my Wii two days ago to buy a 360 and then this article turns up. What a coincidence.

Curious, since I still can't afford any of the three systems: what happened to all the fan craze from Nintendo fans during the last press conference? Wasn't that supposedly the "return of the hardcore Nintendo?"

Phooey, the DS has had an absense of Hardcore games for about a year! Where are all the articles about it? Judging from E3 last year I took a guess that Nintendo's drop of Wii games right now is due to the focus on the DS which lead to the lack of upcoming games to be excited for on the Wii.

I miss the way that the Game Cube was dependant on the Hardcore market... It forced Nintendo to really work on its games... My favorite games of four genres come from that one system...

I gave up on the Wii after E3 this year. Until then, I could tolerate wading through loads of crap for the occasional good game like Galaxy or Brawl(imo). But once they made it clear that they only cared about getting old people to play I fully turned my attention to my 360.

I still love my DS though, and refuse to buy a DSi.

I've always been a huge Nintendo fan, but I won't forgive them for what they're doing with the Wii. It had a lot of potential for shooters and there was a huge calling for a Star Wars game with the lightsaber. Never happened in a good way, and the system has like 5 shooters. Terrible.

But still, I'll be keeping mine. Brawl, Mario Kart, and Mario Party 8 are great games for when you're with a group of people. And Mario Party is extra fun if you imagine that people are dying in every game. Mario Galaxy is a great single player game, as well. But I'll be selling that one once I stop putting it off to play other games and finish it.

However, some good games look like they're coming out. Madworld and The Conduit look very promising.


tl;dr: The Wii is 90% suck. The other 10% is good games that are first party and don't have 'Wii' as the first word in the title. And like 3 third party games.

The only game I bought for the Wii in 2008 was Brawl. I bought Galaxy in 2007. Both were great games, however, do not make the Wii worth owning. Mad World looks promising. I really want to have a reason to play the thing, but there's hardly any good things to play on it.

I have a fair few games on my Wii that I find to be great fun and there are numerous other ones that I am looking forward too. I think the major problem for the Wii is that the number of casual games are districting from the serious games. Many of which are of quite good quality. The major problem is the assumption the Wii can't have good games which leaves many people unwilling to look and therefore many developers don't bother trying.

Instead of the view of the Wii immediately meaning 'bad games' we need to make it clear that it is the fault of poor developers.

As Halo Asassin Noted Brawl and Galaxy are examples of great games on the Wii. I personally argue if it can be done once it can be done a hell of a lot more.

Personally I can name a fair few other games I am looking forward to. As well as a multitude of others I have thoroughly enjoyed.

Ever heard of owning multiple consoles? You don't need to sell a console just because you didn't buy a game for it for a few months.

But whatever, I'll sit here enjoying my 360, Wii, and PS3; while you're tied down to one console only.

True hardcore gamers will play games . . . and play games on whatever system they have.

A hardcore gamer does not JUST like games that are 100+ hours long with a plot that puts several classic novels to shame. Nor graphics that rival real life. A hardcore gamer will play a game he or she likes . . . even if it's on the Wii.

I have the Wii, 360, PS3, PS2, GBA, PSP, and DS. And you know what? I'm not going to sell one just because I don't like every game on it. I'm going to keep them all because I can play games that I like, no matter what system it comes on. When I sell one, it will be because they stopped supporting it, and I'm no longer interested in playing games on it.

'Hardcore Gamers' is such a stupid term. It makes you all sound like those World of Warcraft addicts who spend 18 hours a day at their computer.

Anyway, I don't currently own a Wii but I plan to sometime soon. It's different from the same old setup that the 360/PS3 have and when I do play it with friends it's extremely fun. I wouldn't say it appeals to the masses but it's just pulling something different.

I have both PS3 and 360 and regret getting both. They are more or less the same thing, except blu ray and HDDVD business, but I would now much rather have a Wii then one of those. It may not be incredibly fun by yourself but with a few friends it can be something to do for hours.

I plan on keeping my Wii. It's 2009 line-up looks solid, and the Wii motion plus will be coming out this year. I can't wait to see what happens once it's released.

Somehow or other. I find it hilarious he said he bought a 360 from a crackhead. xD

Wii is full of different games for different people, maybe the shooters and a few others could be a bit better and whatnot but it ISN'T a piece of junk. :[

the wii is more like a toy with the young audience it's aimed at. But it isn't bad, just make sure you know what you're buying when it comes to the wii. All 3 consoles have crap games, the wii just has a lt mre

I really enjoy my Wii, but i am probably going to look into buying a 360, but both are good consoles in their own way, wii having it's classic nintendo games, while Xbox has great online, but the Wii is a good console though.