The Wii is dead.....
Gilbrod
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It's official. The Wii is no longer being produced. It's a sad day for me, but here's an idea. Go out and buy a new one and keep it sealed in your basement, attic, or secret hiding place. It'll be a gold mine in ten years. Go see how much a unopened SNES is selling for on ebay. To date, it has sold 104+ million unites. More than the Xbox 360 and PS3. It had lots of great games. My favories were.... Zelda TP, Zelda: Skyward Sword, Metroid Trilogy, Wii Sports and Resort, Wario WareXenoblade Chronicles, Zak and Wiki, Smash Bros, Mario Galaxies, New Super Mario Bros, Fire Emblem, Muramasa Demon Blade, Mad World (black and white, but crazy as hell), Punch Out, Sin and Punishment, Mario Kart Wii, No More Heroes 1 and 2, House of the Dead (all four of em) and much more. I hope the Wii U starts getting better. Am I one of the few that enjoyed playing the Wii? I really wished they had a good online structure. I would've paid to play people online in Smash Bros and other games. Good memories.
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Haven't played it in years since I played Zelda and got carpal tunnel...True Story.0
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I wasn't impressed by the Wii, I love my WiiU though, god that thing is amazing!0
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Zelda and shooting games. I love to play my house of the dead overkill. THe kids like it too. I want a WiiU but I'm waiting for the price to come down0
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Wii was an underrated console that had some amazing titles, even if most were 1st party.
- Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
- Boom Blox and Boom Blox Bash Party
- Dead Space: Extraction
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Elebits
- Excitebots: Trick Racing
- Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
- Guilty Party
- Ju-On: The Grudge
- Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade
- Punch Out!
- Red Steel 2
- Mario Kart Wii
- Okami
- Monster Hunter Tri
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- The Last Story
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Metroid Prime Trilogy
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Rayman Origins
- Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
- Trauma Team
- Little King's Story
- Sonic Colors
- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
- Deadly Creatures
For a system ragged on for it's lack of games, it's had a pretty good lifespan as far as quality games, even if most weren't marketed well and/or didn't sell well.0 -
Mine still gets plenty of dance game play (JD, BEP/MJ/HH experiences, etc.). Recently seen at lot of Mario Kart and Sonic Racing use. I still RedBox stuff every month or so. I also like to buy games dirt cheap used and wait a long time to first play them; gives me the faux-feeling of a brand new game.
I'm the direct opposite of a bleeding edge gamer. I didn't buy my Wii until 3-4 years after release and got it new dirt cheap, plus extra controllers and a Balance Board for $68 new (BF deal). Should the hardware die, used ones have been readily available for sub-$100 for years (bought my 81 y.o. Mom one a couple years ago just for Wii Sport Bowling).
Waiting patiently for XBox One release to drive down 360 prices, I'll buy a used one with Kinect and a few used games.
*ETA: I still have a dozen or so unplayed games (e.g. Pikmin 2) that'll keep the system fresh for me for a while. I'm SOO underwhelmed by the Wii U that I might not get one of those until the follow-up system is released. I'm frugally-patient with my gaming.0 -
Dammit and I was going to buy a used one for the wii fit stuff. I don't want to buy something I can't ever replace if it breaks
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Brraanndi...If you buy a used one, you can always buy that a warranty for like $5-10 extra. Worry free. I am also sure Nintendo keeps refurbished ones around.
Genem30... I never did play a few of the games you mentioned. Kings Story, Excite Bots, Bloom Blox, Red Steel, Deadly Creatures, and Silent Hill. I'll have to look into them being that the games will hopefully be super cheap. Speaking of which, let's see what I can find dirt cheap.0 -
I've had one since release and haven't used it in literally years. I bought all of about 4 games, and since then not a thing has hooked my interest. It was disappointing, imo.0
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MY Wii is dead. Literally. Damn thing won't play discs, so we upgraded to a WiiU.
Not sure if I'd buy one for collections sake. My husband won't give away our broken one nor send it anywhere to be fixed, so...0 -
i have/had a Wii, but i also have kids, follow that one on through to the end. for me the only reason for buying the Wii was the next Metroid, and i was thoughly dissapointed in that incarnation. ever since it lost its battle with gravity and wont play Wii games anymore, i havnt found the desire (or cash) to get it fixed.
though some of the other uses for the Wii have been more fun, like the head tracking, and virtual whiteboard programs. that lets my son draw on the walls whenever he wants.0 -
Haven't played it in years since I played Zelda and got carpal tunnel...True Story.
Are you sure it's from Zelda...?
I suppose I'm a little sad to here. Granted, I hadn't bought a game for the Wii in probably two years, but friends and I played Smash on it so much in college, I think I might have worn away parts of the CD. I preferred Zelda: Twilight Princess to Skyward Sword, but enjoyed them both.
Wii was so amazing when it came out; the excitment of "NO CORD? ONE-HANDED CONTROLLER?" was baller at the time.0 -
Love my Wii. I use it mostly for Netflix, playing Uno with a friend, and am still trying to finish the Endless Ocean 2 game.:laugh:0
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MY Wii is dead. Literally. Damn thing won't play discs, so we upgraded to a WiiU.
Not sure if I'd buy one for collections sake. My husband won't give away our broken one nor send it anywhere to be fixed, so...
Dunno how techy you or your husband are, but you can softmod a Wii even without a working optical drive and just play games off of a hard drive plugged into the USB port. I had a Wii with a bad DVD drive that I softmodded, backed up all of my games to a small 2.5" external HD, and it's been pretty awesome. Games load SO MUCH faster, and there's no disc switching to worry about.0 -
I've had one since release and haven't used it in literally years. I bought all of about 4 games, and since then not a thing has hooked my interest. It was disappointing, imo.
IMO the Wii was nothing but a gimmick. The games themselves depended too much on gimmicky features and too few had deep, engrossing stories to capture my interest. Plus Nintendo's first party titles were never all that special IMO. All of the great NES/SNES games (for the most part) were third party titles.0 -
Love my Wii. I use it mostly for Netflix, playing Uno with a friend, and am still trying to finish the Endless Ocean 2 game.:laugh:
I've never met anyone else (other than the friend that hooked me) that played Endless Ocean. I'm trying to finish it, too...but I often waste time paddling around in the Gatama Atoll to relax. Or Cicero's Strait to poke Thanatos in the nose and run away.
In all seriousness, I keep my Wii for working out with Just Dance or Mario Party when I need to keep people entertained (who won't dance).
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Love my Wii. I use it mostly for Netflix, playing Uno with a friend, and am still trying to finish the Endless Ocean 2 game.:laugh:
I've never met anyone else (other than the friend that hooked me) that played Endless Ocean. I'm trying to finish it, too...but I often waste time paddling around in the Gatama Atoll to relax. Or Cicero's Strait to poke Thanatos in the nose and run away.
In all seriousness, I keep my Wii for working out with Just Dance or Mario Party when I need to keep people entertained (who won't dance).
Awesome about Endless Ocean! My friend (who turned me onto the game) is the only other person I know that has played it. Gatama Atoll is quite relaxing. I like being (finally) mostly decked out on my island with a jukebox and hammock.:bigsmile:0 -
My daughter loves the Endless Ocean games!
Dunno whats up with Wii U....there seem to be very few games for it, and virtually nothing of consequence from anyone other than Nintendo.0 -
Never got into the Wii, although I still have my old GameCube (haven't hooked it up in years, but I still have it!) I used to play the everlovin' crap out of the Metroid titles. The Wii U is interesting, but not enough compelling titles to warrant a buy just yet. Not saying I won't get one eventually, just waiting for a few must-have games to come down the pipeline before I invest in a third console (or a fifth, if you count last-gen.)0
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Awesome about Endless Ocean! My friend (who turned me onto the game) is the only other person I know that has played it. Gatama Atoll is quite relaxing. I like being (finally) mostly decked out on my island with a jukebox and hammock.:bigsmile:
I do love that hammock. Also the beach chairs by the campfire.
I've never seen a WiiU in action to know anything about it, and there aren't any compelling games like others have said. I watch a couple different "Let's Plays" on YouTube from PauseUnpause, and that's all the gaming interaction I need for that.
Plus, I have games for the Wii I've never finished, so until I do that, no new stuff for me. *glares angrily in the direction of Skyward Sword*
I rage-quit that about two hours after I started playing, and I've never been back. >.>0 -
The reason I still have my Wii my kids use it for Netflix.0
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WiiU owner here, too. Currently have Darksiders2, Mass Effect3, and Assassin's Creed3 on heavy rotation. If anyone wants to friend me, drop me a line.0
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Well it's truly a sad day of they are truly not being manufactured anymore! My Wii has been a lifesaver for my MFP routine! I found out you can burn 350+ calories in an hour doing Just Dance...and I finally got my Wii to talk to my router, so I can go on youtube and learn the just dance 2014 routines while I am waiting to buy the actual game! Some may have a low opinion of it, but seriously has been a lifesaver personally.0
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lol we just got a used wii for christmas. My kids are all young and they totally love it. And mom and dad enjoy it a little bit too. lol0
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That's too bad. Good thing the Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii games 0
