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  bbb7002004 | May 26, 2008
  I don't feel like the interface is really that bad, certainly not as bad as the article makes it. The storage problem on Wii is a huge oversight on Nintendo's part, but has pretty much been discussed to death already. We know its a stupid and easy to solve problem, and according to Iwata, Nintendo is finally getting around to fixing it. Beyond that, the other problems listed don't really bother me. Having grown up playing the original Super Mario Bros., watching the Mario sprite run across the screen collecting coins and breaking blocks is both nostalgic and fun. And the coins don't represent progress, the blocks do, rendering that entire part of the argument useless.
  Also, most of the Wiiware and VC downloads are very small, especially when compared to some of the stuff you can download on 360 or PS3, meaning very small download times, at least on a decent connection. By the time I got into a real game on Wii, most any download would be finished, defeating the point of playing a game while downloading. It makes much more sense on the other consoles who offer much larger downloadable content, and thus much longer download times.
  Finally, the credit card form isn't really that cumbersome to fill out, and not saving the information does keep a parent's credit card number out of little Billy's hand. While this security doesn't matter to an older gamer like myself or the writer, it is very important for younger players, to which the Wii is appealing, ones who would be tempted to run their parent's credit cards to the limit on Wii points.
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    TwilightPrince | May 27, 2008
    Agreed. The three major points they make in this article are all easy to solve problems.
    
    First, we all know that Nintendo will announce a hard-drive at E3, or the ability to use SD Cards as a hard-drive. So this won't be a problem for much longer.
    
    Second, if you don't want to enter in your credit card number every time, simply go to the nearest gaming store and purchase a Wii Points card. (no credit card needed)
    
    Third, like bbb said, the three blocks represent progress during the download. Once Mario hits the first block, you're about 33% done with the download. The second block is about 66%, and once he hits the third block, the download is complete. I don't see the problem here?
    
    And by the way, how is the main interface bad? You go to the Wii Shop Channel, you click the button that says "WiiWare", and it lists all the WiiWare games available for download. Choose your game, wait for the few minute download, then play.
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      Seeker X | May 27, 2008
      1) Quite sure he was unaware that Nintendo was working on a solution, so you can't blame him for being worried about memory issues.
      
      2) That's still an inconvenience nonetheless. Hell I can't imagine me typing my entire billing number/address over and over again.
      
      3) I will admit that he was reaching for something when complaining about the whole Mario download design, but if the downloads were that short, I don't know why he's complaining about not being able to play when the download's over.
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  nnkklo | May 27, 2008
  1. I laugh at the people who thumbed those posts down. Obviosly a Microsoft/Sony fanboy who had nothing better to do.
  
  2. Everything with Wiiware is simple, it was designed so that the entire family can do it. The interface is simple, downloading is simple, the only difficult thing is storage.
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  Remino52 | May 27, 2008
  After reading this a almost agree.
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  bk man | May 27, 2008
  But WiiWare looks really fun. I hope that they come out with better games