Disappointed with the Wii

[Bear-Max]

So, after weeks of trying to track down a Wii (including some very early morning trips to Virgin Megastores and bus journeys a-plenty) I finally got a Wii that my Mum's mate had ordered but didn't need.

And after being so excited, I just feel underwhelmed. Wii Sports is absolutely brilliant, and for a good few hours I've had a laugh playing. However the system's really not offering me anything else. Zelda... I thought I'd love it, but it's just not my cup of tea. I also thought that the Wiimote would be PERFECT for FPSes, but alas after borrowing Red Steel and playing CoD3 at a friends I find the controls extremely flawed. I could run rings around a Wiimote user if I had a joypad any day. There's just no games at all that interest me given the shovelware-filled launch lineup. The only games I really want to play are SSBB, Super Mario Galaxy and WarioWare. But do 3 games warrant the purchase of a console?

To exacerbate the problems, I'm also in the pickle of being left-handed. Not only would I normally use the movement analogue stick with my left thumb, but I hold a remote with my left hand. That means I'm left at a disadvantage whatever way I hold the Wiimote and Nunchuk.

Not to mention that the whole Wii interface is pretty pedestrian compared to that of the 360 (and even the PS3 if you get over the plainness of it all).

I'm just not as impressed as I thought I'd be, really. And even after all the "new console excitement", I just want to go back to playing Gears of War. I feel like I've just wasted £185, and I can't even return it.

Oh and by the way, none of the "omgzorz ur an idiott!111!", because opinions aren't what make intellect. And none of the "give it 2 me", because we both know that's not happening.

[T0M]

i like the wii but i guess its all wat your into and all tht

[@K]

Try and sell it on ebay or something.

[Aeon]

Myself after spending over 3 weeks tracking one down ...

I found myself very unhappy with the quality of the Wii, I heard so much about simple was best but i saw it as totally the opposite. Not only is the Wii very simple but i dont find any depth in it (feel free to argue) but i feel that when you opt to use a joystick you find the games fairly basic and there isn't too much to it ...

I returned mine though to the comet shop assistants horror who looked at me like i'd done something wrong (I laughed).

I had fun, but it wasn't worth it for me

[Digital]

So, after weeks of trying to track down a Wii (including some very early morning trips to Virgin Megastores and bus journeys a-plenty) I finally got a Wii that my Mum's mate had ordered but didn't need.

And after being so excited, I just feel underwhelmed. Wii Sports is absolutely brilliant, and for a good few hours I've had a laugh playing. However the system's really not offering me anything else. Zelda... I thought I'd love it, but it's just not my cup of tea. I also thought that the Wiimote would be PERFECT for FPSes, but alas after borrowing Red Steel and playing CoD3 at a friends I find the controls extremely flawed. I could run rings around a Wiimote user if I had a joypad any day. There's just no games at all that interest me given the shovelware-filled launch lineup. The only games I really want to play are SSBB, Super Mario Galaxy and WarioWare. But do 3 games warrant the purchase of a console?

To exacerbate the problems, I'm also in the pickle of being left-handed. Not only would I normally use the movement analogue stick with my left thumb, but I hold a remote with my left hand. That means I'm left at a disadvantage whatever way I hold the Wiimote and Nunchuk.

Not to mention that the whole Wii interface is pretty pedestrian compared to that of the 360 (and even the PS3 if you get over the plainness of it all).

I'm just not as impressed as I thought I'd be, really. And even after all the "new console excitement", I just want to go back to playing Gears of War. I feel like I've just wasted £185, and I can't even return it.

Oh and by the way, none of the "omgzorz ur an idiott!111!", because opinions aren't what make intellect. And none of the "give it 2 me", because we both know that's not happening.

If you really don't like it sell it on ebay you should get you're money back no probs

[summer]

i was going to get one today (instead opted for a 360). it's great technology, but i think it's not being put to good use. with most nintendo titles (super smash bros, super mario galaxy, new metroid, new warioware) not out until summer 2007 at the very earliest, it's just not worth your £170 right now in my opinion.

[Neversoft]

I like the Wii, it is a very smart piece of technology. But I am rather disappointed by the games and the control system they have. It's seems that the games developed and published by Nintendo are excellent and control very well. But others have horrendous controls. I cannot help thinking that they could have done alot better!
I was really looking forward to Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. But after playing it for 30 minutes, I was not pleased at all. The controls are... playable, I imagine that I will get used to them sooner or later. But it is the fact that the nunchuck controls the camera views that really flaws it. And there is no option to turn it off. The game is published by Activision, now they're a big company. I know that they can do better. I am not disappointed with the Wii but I am disappointed with Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and a few others that I will not go into at the moment.

[T0M]

i agree with death there could b better games

[Dal]

The hype for it seemed creditable enough to buy after reading some of the views and comments on it, i seem to go back to my old view on the wii that it doesn't live up to the 360 at all.
I'll probably stick to my 360 that performs just as it should.

[maz906]

If you don't want it then sell it on Ebay since people have been selling the, for £800 and easily selling them.