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thebbps.com — A rather comprehensive list of ten things Nintendo needs should be doing to make the Wii a better console.

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  • wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -79/+16how about some games? How long are we supposed to play Wii Play and Wii Sports? Read My Lips: "Wii Drought"

    Mario Galaxy and Metroid 3 were supposed to be RELEASE titles.
    Paper Mario was "early Q1" now hopefully end of April.
    Wario Ware nowhere to be found, had been Q2 2007 previously.
    Mario Party 8 was supposed to be Q2, now ???
    • CanadianGeese, on 10/12/2007, -19/+7Slightly off topic, but Manhunt 2 on the Wii...mmmmm
    • SkippyDoorknob, on 10/12/2007, -7/+59Super Paper Mario will be out in 6 days (April 10). Wario Ware has been out for over a month.

      (at least in North America - if you are elsewhere then I have no idea)
    • Yukos, on 10/12/2007, -3/+41Wario Ware has been out of more than a month.....
    • tange1, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17Mario party 8 is due out June 30, 2007

      My copy of Paper Mario is supposed to arrive on the 18th or so (its out on the 10th, as poster above me said)
    • xerus, on 10/12/2007, -11/+34What drought? My Wii library is already 8 games big and has been increasing steadily. Howabout you try some third party games, rather than complain that Nintendo cant make a new game every day.
    • Aggort, on 10/12/2007, -17/+5You are a moron. Wario Ware is in my system now and Paper Mario soon will be.

      What a wiitard!
    • Thoughtgasms, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5Super Paper Mario is coming out on the 9th.
    • rodbibeau, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7If i could find one to buy, I may agree.

      but right now - I dont think they have to do a damn thing to make it better. If they sell out of every unit within minutes of them arriving at the store. it is the model of perfection.
    • aahpandasrun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Still, there's only been around 2 or 3 new first rate games released since the launch titles.
    • TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -6/+30I'm tired of all the stupid kiddie games for the Wii. Nintendo shouldn't corner themselves into that market again.
    • P373Y, on 10/12/2007, -23/+10or get a 360. with good online, good games, and no goofy motion controls for the 3rd party companies to screw up. not to mention xbox marketplace, game updates, all games in 1080i, auto resizing, xbox live arcade, the play and charge kit, 30 foot range with the controller. did i forget to mention anything else. oh ya component cables and the gamertag for a person, not individual games. so ya 360 has all of the things that this guy is bitching about. and they call wii a third generation console

      360 11
      wii 0

      btw wii sports, zelda and wii play are pretty cool, but other than that 360 owns. so ill give wii 3 points.
    • TheXeno, on 10/12/2007, -10/+9Ugh, I like Nintendo, I remember the good ole NES days (27 years old) when Mario Bros was pretty much the quintessential video game, but is it just me or does the constant reinvention of the classic character getting old?

      Is it just me who feels Nintendo and Mario needs to say goodbye for a while, maybe create something totally new...
    • turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3@the xeno
      the wii is totally new...
      yeah.

      oh and there are a lot of third party games that are good. It just depends on what you are looking for.
    • TheXeno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@turpenine

      True, I do see different games, but that wasn't my point, I'm referring specifically to first party titles. The slew of all those Mario/Mario world themed titles, churned out over and over again is something that's grown stale for me (in fact a long time ago). Name/brand recognition does sell, and they do truly try to innovate within each new churn, but I want to see a new world and new characters done with that world class first party software team. They've earned the trust by now, if they did something worlds apart from Mario land they might just spawn a whole new franchise with which they can redo every generation.

      I think I'm just tired of all the sequel everything in the whole media industry. I'd love to see some more pioneering, something that the 80's had a whole bunch of.
    • adhd123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@rodbibeau

      Wake up extremely early on Sunday. Get a newspaper and scan the ads for Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. One of them is bound to have an ad for the Wii and it will tell you how many they will have. Pick one and get there 30 min-1 hour early. I helped two people find one this past Sunday using that method, had to call and wake there ass up though. Some people are just lazy!
    • JackDoyle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Wario Ware? I played that game in January.
    • tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3aahpandasrun: It has only been out 4 full months - 3 first-rate games in 4 months isn't bad I don't think. Plus, let's not forget you have the entire library of Gamecube games to choose from, and several really good VC games and tons of others.

      If you can't find something really good to play on the Wii until the next brand-new AAA game, you aren't looking hard enough. I don't, however, disagree that it'd be nice to have another one of the first party games available by now.
    • Vishap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I want to know what happened to Dragon Quest. I wasn't surprised that it didn't become a launch title even though it was supposed to be, but going this many months without ever hearing anything about what happened to it is getting me worried. I'd also like to see a few more third party titles.

      Oh, and Castlevania. They haven't done too well with 3D Castlevania, but somehow I can easily visualize a bunch of fanboys swinging their Wii Remotes like whips, tearing through hordes of skeletons.
  • tange1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24"Give us more games" Thats the only one I strongly agree with. The other ones would be nice but I would be very happy just to have some of the games that are supposed to be out in 2007 now.
    • pistonhonda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25It doesn't really surprise me, but I was expecting Brawl to be out by now. As it stands, there hasn't even been a new video since launch weekend. I'll die if I have to wait for '08.
    • terminalpariah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31I think they will keep Brawl under wraps until Halo 3, MGS4, etc. are released to move some systems during the rush.

      Besides, it'd be 1000x worse for them to release an IMPERFECT Brawl.
    • MrKite, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3I agree. The only thing that console needs is lots of games. What are developers thinking? The console is sitting in more homes than both the PS3 and 360. If I ran a game development studio, I'd hop on that bandwagon right away.
    • afeitarse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19@mrkite

      "The console is sitting in more homes than both the PS3 and 360."

      Well, not to be an ass, but, in the interests of accuracy, the 360 is in many more homes than the Wii:
      http://nexgenwars.com/
    • furude, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2In the interests of accuracy, nexgenwars.com is a pile of bull. (Perhaps if they cited their sources...)

      Your point stands though.
    • MrKite, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@afeitarse
      I'm sorry, I don't agree with those numbers. MS couldn't sell many 360s at all in Japan, whereas the Wii is a mega hit in that country. Those numbers are based on US, UK, Aus, sales only.
  • Itazura, on 10/12/2007, -9/+641. Learn to resize
    2. Scrap the friend codes system
    3.Give us some online games
    4. Make Virtual Console games playable online
    5. Give us original downloadable content

    Sounds like you should have bought a 360 or PS3.
    • miggz06, on 10/12/2007, -33/+3jealous much?
    • Zero2aHero, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31You can't be serious... are you actually defending Nintendo in regards to these points?

      For being a top 10 list on digg, this one is well written.
    • ggnictee, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10@ zero2ahero
      Under normal circumstances I would call you a lier, defend Nintendo until the bitter end and then go cry in a corner becuase dangit you're right (sad face here) Nintendo desperately needs improvements. The worst part is how small and easy to implement they are and how much money I would give Nintendo for them. My own list after the jump:
      1- Mouse and keyboard (come on Big N you already have bluetooth)
      2- A Live service (go play xbox live, and then do that. I will stab my eye out with my stylus before is scratch another one of these.)
      3- an Indi channel (People will make games. You sell games. Not only do you make money off each download but you significantly increase the value of your system to me)
      4- USB hard drive support (the more room i have the more money i can spend on your downloadable content (and I will))
      four simple things that could be implemented with very little infrastructure upgrade cost to you and i will throw money at you. literally.
    • neokyotodragon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21@ miggz06

      The Wii is not perfect. There is always room for improvement, as there is with all 3 of the consoles. What is wrong with making suggestions to improve a system that is already pretty good? Wouldn't you want Nintendo to make their system better?
    • P373Y, on 10/12/2007, -18/+2actually their are 2 counsoles, the 360 and the wii.
      the ps crap is an hddvd player with a controller. btw losing all of its exclusives.
  • technonerd, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5Site's down. After only 38 Diggs, too.

    I don't think Duggmirror caught it either.
    • xelloss, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2"Wii needs a better server"
    • MrSidnet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29Who needs duggmirror when it's only a text article?
      ______________________________________________________________________
      It’s been nearly five months since the Wii hit store shelves and the frenzy died down - more than enough time for the dust to settle. The reaction to the console has been - for the most part - glowing. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few problems here and there. As such, in no particular order, here are ten things I’d like to see Nintendo do to make the Wii the machine we think it should be.

      1. Learn to resize: If you happen to be one of the lucky ducklings such as myself who happens to own a TV that displays in 16:9 and you own a Wii, then you already know my pain. The fact that all games aren’t required to have a 16:9 option is bad enough — but for some reason Nintendo seems to think it’s no big deal to have to manually switch the picture size on your TV every time you play a game. Luckily, there are fewer 4:3 games than 16:9 (although, those that are 4:3 are some of the best — Trauma Center, WarioWare, and Rayman included), so this shouldn’t be too big of a hassle then, right? Well hold on a second there buckaroos - you know what else comes in 4:3? Old games — like the kind you’ll find on your Virtual console. Having to switch to 4:3 manually every time I want to play Bomberman ‘93 or Super Castlevania IV isn’t a big deal, but it’s just enough of a pain in the ass that it makes me curse Nintendo a little every time. If the 360 is smart enough to resize on its own, why isn’t the Wii?

      2. Scrap the friend codes system: If you want to put another player on your friends list on Xbox Live, you need a very special code that nobody else will have — IT’S CALLED THEIR NAME. If Nintendo doesn’t want you to make friends with strangers online, fine. It’s a pain in the ass, but if they think it protects kids or some *****, who am I to judge? But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be able to pick our own friend code. Nor should my friend need to know mine just so I can put them on my list. They’ve made it such a pain in the ass that it’s literally easier to drive across country and play in your friends living room. Not cool, Nintendo. Not cool at all. Get on the ball and get this service retooled, asap. You’re reinventing the wheel here, and it doesn’t need it. I know you don’t want to be a copycat or anything, but please, just this once, look at what Microsoft is doing and learn from it. And while we’re on the subject of online whatnot…

      3. Give us some online games: Five months, forty plus games, and zero online playability. It’s an embarrassment, plain and simple. Nintendo swore up and down that this time around was going to be different. Clearly, they lied. Will the next Pokemon be online? Absolutely. Can you name another title that will be? Probably not. Ok — I think the next Super Mario Strikers game will be, but asides from that? In this day and age, the list of games with online play should be drastically longer than the list without. How WiiSports didn’t have online play is absolutely beyond me. And again, as long as we’re on the subject of online play…

      4. Make Virtual Console games playable online: The original excuse for keeping VC games locally-playable only was that Nintendo wanted to preserve these games exactly as they once were. Funny how things change when the shoe is on the other foot. Adding things in is tampering too much, but taking things out? As anyone who’s tried to use some of the classic passwords in Kid Icarus or tried to save some ghost data in Mario Kart 64 knows, Nintendo is willing to tamper away when it comes to stripping these games of their features. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — I’m tired of my wife kicking my ass at Bomberman ‘93. I won’t stand for it anymore, and since the only people worse than me are 6 year olds (and I’m not allowed near a pre-school after that thing with the stuff) I need to get online dammit!

      5. Give us original downloadable content: A lot of people may have forgotten this little tidbit by now, but Telltale Games announced quite some time ago that they were working on porting their episodic series over to the Wii and making it available on the Virtual Console. I was in touch with Emily Morganti over at Telltale a few months ago, and she told me that things were still on track and that we would still be seeing it as a downloadable item, although it was no longer slated for release on the VC. If anyone out there has a big fat magic marker and a piece of paper, you can probably draw your own conclusions (mine looks like a sailboat.) Nintendo is clearly planning on rolling out another channel — this one devoted exclusively to original content. Think about what that means for a minute. Not just great series like Sam & Max, but what about some original Nintendo titles? How about a brand new 2.5D Mario, exclusive to the Wii download service? Or maybe some downloadable add-on’s for games? Can anyone say “new Smash Bros. characters”? The possibilities are endless, but the question still remains — when, if ever, will we see it?

      6. Increase the scope of the Virtual Console: No, I don’t mean put out more releases faster than they have been (I think I’m one of the few people who has gotten used to this 3 or 4 a week system.) I mean increase the base from which you can pull your games. They can certainly do it - after all, they’ve added the MSX in Japan. Just think about all of the classic consoles, even in Nintendo’s own house, that aren’t being represented! Who wouldn’t want to download GBA classics like Advance Wars or the GBA Castlevania releases? And what about the arcade classics? Surely you’d rather pay for the original Donkey Kong instead of that stripped down NES port. There are a lot of options out there - from in house stuff like Gameboys to out house stuff like the Saturn - that people would line up to download. It would certainly be better than Urban Champion.

      7. Start marketing rechargeable batteries: You don’t have to include them with the system or anything, just make them available to those of us who want them. I’m getting tired of having to swap out rechargable AA’s every couple of days when I could just as easily stick my Wiimotes on a base or in a USB socket and keep things charged up. Third parties are starting to come out with these (Dan had a good experience with one set, I had a bad experience with another) - so why doesn’t Nintendo? Lord knows most of us would be far more trusting of a product with a big N on the both.

      8. Include component cables with every system: It’s a little late to do something about this now, but maybe in a year or two when the first price drops hit, Nintendo will do the right thing and start including a cable similar to the 360 pack in that will do both composite and component. It wouldn’t even be backpeddling - they can argue that in the few years that had passed enough people switch to HD to make it worth their while. Having been stuck for a couple of days after launch with the composite that shipped, let me just say this - if you own an HDTV you’re committed to spending the extra coin on components. The Wii looks like trash on a good TV with bad cables. With that being the case, is it really asking so much to see them packed in?

      9. Improve Wiimote reception: I’m not really sure who to blame this on. As anyone who’s played a handful of Wii titles knows, some games mimic your movements perfectly, while others make it look as though you have Parkinson’s. Either the developers who are getting it right need to share the secrets with those who are getting it wrong, or Nintendo needs to step in and give everyone a refresher course. Either way, something needs to be done here.

      10. Give us more games: Is it early in the system’s cycle? Yes. Is it too early to complain about a lack of available games? Probably. But I’m going to complain anyway, and here’s why: since development for the Wii is pretty much identical to the GameCube, why in the hell are there so few games out there? Granted, yes - there are more titles out now than would be for any other system this early in it’s life. But that’s the least we should have expected in a console using technology that developers have been working with for 5+ years. And more than half the games out there are simply Disney-style cash-ins that really have no right to call themselves games in the first place — The Ant Bully, Open Season, Cars, Ice Age — the list goes on and on. So if development for the Wii is so cheap and so simple, where the hell are all the games?

      /end rant
  • Spo8, on 10/12/2007, -16/+11This has gone on long enough. Stop using "Wii" to represent the word "we." It was fine the first few times, but is no longer unique and/or funny. Thank you.
  • someguy9, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19they really need to change this thing, I got mine in the holidays and extremely disappointed.
    • ST0N3, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4someguy, you are the first person that i have heard say that. sucks for you when everyone else loves it.
    • wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6@st0n3

      Your not being honest.

      There have been a myriad of people disappointed with the technical prorormance of the wii-mote. SSX Blur is virtually unplayable and cooking mama is the same.
      There is a serious Wii drought. In 6 months, please tell me which Wii game -- a first party AAA title?

      Nintendo choose the Wii mote for 1 reason: If they hadnt, if they had used a button-based controller, they would have been buried. They gambled *BIG TIME* this generation, and for now, it looks to be doing well.

      What first-rate video game, exclusively developed to utilize the Wii? The console is 6 months old.

      But unless the rubber starts to hit the road in a practical way, more people are going to get angry with the Wii Drought and realize that the novelty isnt worth not having any videogames to play.

      I can smell people turning on Nintendo's Wii Drought, and I can think this just might be the last chance they get in the console business. They just cant keep up.

      Mario Galaxy and Metroid - two of their in house 1st party games are going to be Christmas 2007 - a year late.

      My nephew has been seriously disappointed in playing Wii Sports over and over. Yes, the novelty wears off.
  • Nick22, on 10/12/2007, -13/+11)Agreed

    2)An obvious one, but agreed also

    3)Online games are comming pretty quick, and there is already quite a few that have been anounced to have online capabiltiies

    4)Meh, not that big of a deal

    5)Im pretty sure original downloadable content was anounced as a possiblity...

    6)Agreed..sort of

    7)Agreed, the batterys dont last too long for me, except the ones that come with the wiimotes seem to be pretty good

    8)Agreed

    9)This one is just stupid. If some games do motion controls better than others, that is all the game developers, not the Wiimote or even Nintendo. You can hardly blame the wiimote if certian game developers dont care enough to learn how to develop for it properly.

    10)There is alot of good games on the way...patience.
  • EmancipatedJake, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3What a bunch of babies! Stop whining and just enjoy your Wii. It is a gift from Nintendo. If you are getting tired of Wii take a break, go hang out with other people and your Wii will go and hang out with it's friends and just have a good time don't worry about what the Wii doesn't have but enjoy what it does have.
    • P373Y, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4or get a 360. with good online, good games, and no goofy motion controls for the 3rd party companies to screw up. not to mention xbox marketplace, game updates, all games in 1080i, auto resizing, xbox live arcade, the play and charge kit, 30 foot range with the controller. did i forget to mention anything else. oh ya component cables and the gamertag for a person, not individual games. so ya 360 has all of the things that this guy is bitching about. and they call wii a third generation console

      360 11
      wii 0

      btw wii sports, zelda and wii play are pretty cool, but other than that 360 owns. so ill give wii 3 points.

  • BenSerwa, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Wah wah wah!

    a) Everyone has been saying all this a hundred times over. This is not original or interesting in the least.
    b) Nintendo is working on most of this stuff. The rest is whiny and pitiful. Suck it up.
    • Hellmark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14System launched close to 5 months ago, and people are just wanting stuff that Nintendo led us to believe would be available at launch, especially when the competition had it 5 years ago. I love my Wii, I play the snot out of it, but zero online play sucks. Original downloadable content would be nice too.
  • TenMinuteParty, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12More options for Miis!!
  • XStatic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Integration with DS (why not do the voting thing with the DS?)
    Load games from the DS onto the Wii (like your own local virtual console)

    Downloadable Demos for Wii and DS.

    mp3, jpg, mpeg4 playback from PC

    Sure all this allows use of the Wii outside of buying $50 games, but come on give us some toys to play with in exchange for the hefty price tage of the console and the games!
  • selfdisplaced, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1"Learn to resize"

    maybe it's just me, but all my games seem to be fine in 16:9 on my widescreen TV? am i doing something wrong here or am i just able to find the setting in the options?

    I have trauma center, and it scales perfectly to my 16:9 tv...i don' thave to manually switch it or anything. i don't get it.

    maybe you shouldn't have bought that Insignia or Westinghouse cheap TV, and you'd be good.
    • pogfreak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8You are probably confusing the "zoom" or "stretch" feature on your TV with the game's native aspect ratio. Trauma Center is one of the (relatively few) games that does not support 16:9 mode. Its OK, my mother doesn't quite understand it either.
    • Soave, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Hmm, Wario Ware seemed to be displaying just fine in 16:9 on my TV. Pretty sure it wasn't on a stretch mode either. Maybe it has to do with having component cables?
    • Thundercat1971, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I also don't have this problem with the component cables. I thought that was the whole selling point of those cables instead of using the in-box cables. Well, that and doing 480p.

      I could be wrong but I don't think I have my tv set to zoom for the Wii. I do know that I've never once had to change the aspect ratio on my tv when switching to or playing the Wii.

    • JaybeasCorpus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I haven't quite figured out the aspect issues on the Wii yet either. From what I can gather, when you set the Wii to "Widescreen Mode," it looks to be just adjusting the images in the 4:3 image, and just expects you to stretch out the image. When the Wii is in Widescreen Mode and my widescreen TV is set to "Regular," it's still in 4:3. I have to switch the aspect to "Full" for it to take up the whole screen. It's kind of annoying.

      I didn't realize Trauma Center and Wario Ware weren't in 16:9 - probably because of the above issue, even if it's outputting in 4:3, I don't know any better because I have my TV stretching it, and it doesn't look bad.

      I'm still figuring out the nuances of my new TV, so maybe I'm just totally going about it the wrong way. If anyone has any suggestions or corrections for what I'm doing (without a standard "you shouldn't have bought a TV if you don't know how to use it" snark), I'd love to hear 'em.
  • nevetando, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3it comes down to the 2 big hitters...

    1) big time games. there are lots of fun and playable and enjoyable games... but nothing big time. where is the Wii's Halo is what I am saying. the dominate market changing game.

    2) online capability. Nintendo has the right thing going on with the Wifi and the free and the whatnot... lets get it rolling. Metroid 3, multiplayer could be that Halo for the Wii.
  • TDR25, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Though I'm an advocate for the Wii, I fail to see how this list is effective. Dont' get me wrong, it's a nice list of things I'd love to see, but since when does Nintendo actually listen to it's fans? Fans have been asking for many things from Nintendo for years, and the only thing Nintendo says is that they don't feel that it's necessary for this cycle of console, or "we're working on it," but it never comes to fruition. Nintendo is determined to do things their own way and their way only the way it looks.
  • realyst, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15From Nintendo:

    "Wii don't care. Wii're making money hand over fiist as it iis. Sii?"
    • Exhaust, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Sales will die down if they don't fix at least some of the things on this list.
    • hockey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@realyst

      Here is my lone point.

      THAT is the Nintendo I remember from my childhood. I'm in my 30's now and I remember the original NES in it's heyday and I remember the SNES in all it's glory. Nintendo was hands down the undisputed top dog in the home console video game industry then. They fell from that perch for one simple reason.

      They developed a "screw you we're Nintendo and we'll do whatever we want" attitude towards everyone both customers and developers. "Kiddie" games perception aside IMO this is the reason Nintendo fell from grace.
    • BTime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In regards to the OP, I agree 100% which is why I haven't purchased on yet. Well, that and the Wii is still extremely hard to come by in my area. Leaning towards the 360 at the moment, but I really don't want to line microsoft's pockets with any more of my money than is possible.
  • coolguy2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7did you just say "a rather comprehensive list of ten things"? Ten things doesn't sound very comprehensive to me. It actually sounds like a short list.
  • knetworx, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2As far as the list of games, compare Wii's list of games to PS3's: (and just for fun, sort them by release date, and see how many more Wii had at its initial release)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_games
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ps3_games

    And as far as online play, check out the article at http://wii.ign.com/articles/707/707504p1.html about Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Note the line: "...the game will be fully online playable in addition to featuring a robust multiplayer mode." I don't particularly know of any others, but I'm sure they are coming.

    And as far as extra downloadable content over Virtual Console? I've heard talk about Nintendo allowing developers to create their own games for Virtual Console. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find an article about it right now (if anybody has a link, please post it.)

    While it is true that the Wii remote can be flaky sometimes, most of the time it's because your sensitivity settings need to be changed, you need to move something out of the way between the remote and the sensor, or maybe you really do have Parkinson's. I'm not saying that's bad or anything, just take it into consideration. ; ) There is one trick I've heard of, but have not tried myself: the remote picks up motion based on infrared sent from the sensor bar, so you can use a different source of infrared to increase the signal your remote picks up (again, I have not tried this, but have heard it from multiple different people.)

    As far as the rechargeable batteries, there are Wiimote charging docks currently on the market. I saw one at Circuit City for about $25. It includes a replacement battery cover that has the rechargeable batteries attached, so all you have to do is set the Wiimote in the dock to charge it.

    Hope some of this information was helpful.
    • attractivetb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It's not quantity, but quality. Right now the Wii has great first party titles and great first party titles on the horizon...but most of the third party stuff is either kiddie games or ports from PSP and PS2....3rd party is not shaping up well.
    • Hellmark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I guess is just me on the controls, because every game I've played seems to have excellent controls (Wii Sports, Super Pangya, Excite Truck, Rayman, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Sonic, and Metal Slug Anthology). Then again, My friends and I pay attention to reviews and stuff, so we dont end up shelling out money on crap games, when we don't have a lot to spare.

      On the original VC content, Yeah, Ninty started talking about that back at E3 or something like that, but since haven't mentioned it, at all.

      However, on the online play, Brawl was supposed to be originally be out in January. They had Battalion Wars II running, online, at Leipzig, yet we don't even have a date on when it will be released. Mario Strikers Charged and Pokemon Battle Revolution are supposed to be the first games with online support, but those are still months away.
    • wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@attractivetb

      "Right now the Wii has great first party titles "

      What exactly are those? Zelda aside(GameCube port)
    • Hoov, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Excite Truck has decent controls. Once you run off the road though I tend to overcompensate and overshoot the track a few times before finally getting on it again.
  • knetworx, on 10/12/2007, -12/+8As far as the list of games, compare Wii's list of games to PS3's: (and just for fun, sort them by release date, and see how many more Wii had at its initial release)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_games
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ps3_games

    And as far as online play, check out the article at http://wii.ign.com/articles/707/707504p1.html about Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Note the line: "...the game will be fully online playable in addition to featuring a robust multiplayer mode." I don't particularly know of any others, but I'm sure they are coming.

    And as far as extra downloadable content over Virtual Console? I've heard talk about Nintendo allowing developers to create their own games for Virtual Console. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find an article about it right now (if anybody has a link, please post it.)

    While it is true that the Wii remote can be flaky sometimes, most of the time it's because your sensitivity settings need to be changed, you need to move something out of the way between the remote and the sensor, or maybe you really do have Parkinson's. I'm not saying that's bad or anything, just take it into consideration. ; ) There is one trick I've heard of, but have not tried myself: the remote picks up motion based on infrared sent from the sensor bar, so you can use a different source of infrared to increase the signal your remote picks up (again, I have not tried this, but have heard it from multiple different people.)

    As far as the rechargeable batteries, there are Wiimote charging docks currently on the market. I saw one at Circuit City for about $25. It includes a replacement battery cover that has the rechargeable batteries attached, so all you have to do is set the Wiimote in the dock to charge it.

    Hope some of this information was helpful.

    (Note: my previous post was cut off as I was adding an extra note to it.)

    The way Nintendo is, I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised to see Bluetooth keyboard support sometime in the future.
    • Exhaust, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10You're a blind Nintendo fanboy sympathizing spammer!

      I enjoy my Wii too but I think this list is spot on.

      Is it just me or are the Nintendo fanboys the most insecure. Can't even take a little list of improvements. The 360 and PS3 fanboy seem to admit their weakness at a little more often. Or have been beaten down enough. Every time you turn around its another article about how many have been sold. Longivity is the key to them winning. Fixing the issue in this list is the key to longivity.
    • knetworx, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Fan of the Wii? Yes. Blind fanboy? Not hardly. I actually work for a company that makes 360 games (and hopefully PS3 soon...we already have some dev kits, but not "officially" using them yet). I was simply trying to share some information that might help people, because some of the comments (and the article itself) seem uninformed.
    • Humm1977, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3@ exhaust

      Wouldn't you be insecure if you were a blind Nintendo fanboy considering how the N64 and Gamecube have been sh*t on by Sony over the last 15 years?
    • elev, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@ knetworx
      I'm not sure why you are being dugg down. I think your rebuttal contained just as good points as the original article. Actually, you pointed out some things that the author should have found in his research for the article (rechargeable battery). The Wii definitely has some shortcomings compared to the two powerhouse systems in the market now. It is very good that they are addressing most of the concerns of the author, without on-line play or good 3rd party support I doubt any system could be relevant for more than 2 years in the current gaming market. Looks like the Wii may be here to stay.
  • welsalex, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4How about an option for reordering the Channels? I hate having the channels/virtual games stuck in the order you download them...
    • NetPhantom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21if you hold the a and b button down together, you can drag them around! I learned quite by accident
    • LethaLImpuLse, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Hold A+B on a channel to move it around to a different spot.
    • knetworx, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0You can reorder the channels, just drag them around the same way you pick up Miis -- with A and B together.
    • ldkronos, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!! Somehow I never realized that.

      I've only bought a few games, so my first screen isn't even filled up yet, but is it possible to drag between screens, too?
    • the311neo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1hey man...you can move channels around if you hold a + b and then move them where you want...'nuff said.
    • spokenrope, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Hey I'm not sure, but I think that I heard somewhere if you hold A+B, you can reorder the channels.

      /sarcasm
    • dingdingding, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just click the A & B button and move the channel..
  • apgar, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — I’m tired of my wife kicking my ass at Bomberman ‘93. I won’t stand for it anymore, and since the only people worse than me are 6 year olds (and I’m not allowed near a pre-school after that thing with the stuff) I need to get online dammit!
  • Shanobi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2This "list" just seems out of touch with reality. The online games are coming within the next two months, there are a lot of games out there considering the time in this systems life, and most of the bitching just comes off as goofy and grasping.

    Oh, and "Improve wii-remote reception"? Are you high?

    In fact, this whole list makes me think the person who did this is...you can run down the list point by point, and just eviscerate any arguement made here. I'm not going to bother, but anybody who even half follows this stuff knows what I'm talking about.
    • wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I didnt pay $300 to "wait patiently and hope". I was promised galaxy as a launch title. now its xmas 2007, metroit as a launch title, now its "xmas 2007". Nintendo isnt my friend, i dont like being lied to and taken for a ride.

      Yes, improve the wii mote reception and / or its accuracy!

      I actually kinda like the game to respond to my intent. Blur and cooking mama (and Excite truck) are woefully spongy, mushy and imprecise. Hell, boxing is almost unplayable!

      Do you even own a Wii? Give me a break!
  • RAEP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The only thing I agree with him on are the online play things and the first party rechargeable battery packs. If the Wii could be given an online function like the Xbox I would be much more pleased.
  • popfrogs, on 10/12/2007, -8/+7Well, what does everyone expect? You bought the cheapest, weakest console. Nintendo is laughing and counting their money and you won't get any next-gen features from anyone but MS or Sony. Sorry guys.
  • givinupthefight, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Some very good points, i.e. rechargeable battery packs, a big hell yes.
    Still, also some contradictory statements in there, i.e. "was in touch with Emily Morganti over at Telltale a few months ago, and she told me that things were still on track and that we would still be seeing it as a downloadable item..........when, if ever, will we see (original downloadable content)?" The article states that they heard straight from the horse's mouth that a downloadable item was on track and coming, and then questions IF such items will be coming. Can't have it both ways.
  • Satertek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+611) Let me play my dang Zelda saved game.

    I want to be able to play my Zelda save that is saved onto an SD card, but theres no practical way to do it. I don't trust myself enough not to make a mistake in backing up, deleting and restoring my roommate's saved game file, which is the only workaround.

    The simplest solution would seem to be giving the SD slot load priority. When theres an SD card in, it will check it first for the saved game to load.
  • asurroca, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17It's about time something about the problems with the Wii hits the Digg front page. I think if half the people Digging up every Wii article actually owned a Wii, they would be inclined to agree with these ten points (and more).

    I'm really disappointed with it so far for most of the reasons the article touched on. Let's see, there's the fact that the web looks so ***** on my HDTV that I can't even read anything, and Nintendo expects me to actually pay for that feature! Then, there's the fact that some channels take nearly as long to load as it takes an operating system to boot up... the outrageously complicated and pointless friend code system... the lack of any real online gaming (trading pokemon does not count). And where's all that DS connectivity Nintendo promised? Oh, well, I can vote on stuff. And re-buy games I already owned when they were new (oh wait, I still have my NES hooked up, so there's no point). And there's the nifty money-saving feature, wherein the process of adding points to your account is so long and drawn out that you give up halfway through it, thereby saving your money.

    These are the reasons I don't see the Wii winning long-term. Eventually those millions who have bought the Wii are going to realize its numerous short-comings. Naturally, Nintendo has a chance to re-gain the goodwill they've lost with me (and everyone who agrees with this article). All they have to do is fix these problems, and I'll put on my Nintendo fanboy hat again.
    • psyonide, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3@asurroca

      Those millions of people who bought a Wii aren't all geeks who read tech blogs and post in Digg.com. This is one reason why I find it ridiculous when people make statements like "HD will decide this generation". The vast majority of the consumers out there aren't tech savvy and don't own HD sets. Hell, many of them don't even know what HD is! I know some people who have LCD flat-screens and connect their devices to it through the coaxial cables that came with VCRs. THAT is the average consumer. Not exactly the type to get stirred into a self-righteous rage over specs and numbers

      A good number of todays game players either weren't gamers or weren't even born during the NES era, so it's doubtful they have an NES hooked up to their televisions. Hell, I was a gamer at the time and owned plenty of NES games, but over the course of the past 20 years or so I seem to have misplaced my collection. So really, I'm happy to have a convenient way to play those classics again.

      P.S. Nintendo isn't expecting you to pay for the web browser. It's free until June, and even then you don't have to pay since you've already downloaded it. Nintendo isn't asking you to pay a single cent for it. And what part of the word "Beta" don't you understand?
    • Humm1977, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@ psyonide

      True, most people haven't got HDTV now, but this will change with time, as TV sets break down and people look to get replacements. Even if most people don't know what HDTV is (and I doubt that is the case) you would expect them to find out if they are buying a new telly, so this is not as big an issue as you think.

      Most people play old NES games mostly out of nostalgia. The people that do so are the ones most likely to have a NES at home, or the ones that are most likely to know where to look to get a freeware emulator and roms. And in Europe, where the NES effectively slipped under the gaming radar, it's not a big deal at all.

      The real worry I have for the wii is a couple of years down the line, when HDTV does take off (see above) and the cost of the TVs and PS3 all begin to fall into the affordable category. The 360 by then will also be cheaper. Wii games will look especially poor on the new TVs.

      Whatever happens, they need to ditch the friends codes proto, it cripples online play - it could end up being a mistake of mortal combat magnitude if they don't fix it soon
    • wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Its nice to see someone speaking honestly about the Wii on Digg.

      I bought the console for virtually two reasons: Zelda and Mario. So far, ive gotten a gamecube port and Galaxy, which was promised for launch is now "wait until Christmas". The motion control is novel, and i admit, people want to try it. But non-gamers try it and say 'meh' after a short while... the same "meh" most of the gaming communty says after a while.... Wii has burnt me big time. I promised myself I wouldnt get disappointed by Nintendo again -- and that in the end Mario and Zelda would be lots of fun, to "just relax, be patient".

      But Im not made of money, I didnt drop $300 on promises. Read my lips: The Wii Drought is getting under my skin.

      a Wii Mario title should have been *included* in the box with Wii -- not pushed back 12 months -- instead, we get Play and Sports which (imho) are development and demonstration exercises.

  • psyonide, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I'd have more respect for posts like these if it weren't for the "I want it all, and I want it NOOOWW" tone. Really, some of these self-important nerds who complain about consoles (not just Nintendo or the Wii) talk like 12 year-olds whining to their parents. I get it, your console doesn't have some feature you'd like and you're pissed off about it. Get over it. I mean, really, do you have nothing better to do with your life than sit at your computer and cry about video games?

    Anyway, if this guy really wants online multi-player, original downloadable content, screen resizing, 1st party rechargeable batteries, etc then he should just get an Xbox 360 and be done with it. I play my 360 when I want online and my Wii when I want motion-sensing fun.

    Lastly, what does this guy find so hard about switching rechargeable batteries? It takes only a few seconds to do it, and I only have to change my batteries every couple of days to a week depending on how much gaming I do. I find it more inconvenient to have to move closer to my 360 to play with the recharge wire sticking out of my controller. The 1st party rechargeable battery for the 360 is only 1800 mAh and I use 2500 mAh batteries which last 50% longer. That means you'll have to plug your controller into the 360 much more often than you'd have to switch out batteries. And as for the Wii-mote. As he stated, there are some 3rd party options out there. Pick one and use it.
    • OverG, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Mr,
      U have to understand that not all; people want to buy all three consolos like you , the US people,
      in some countries UK for example buying all three is equal to buying small Car..

      also games in some countries cost like 100$.
      so ...
      the solution I have online on Xbox ,1080P on PS, and motion on Wii doesn;t catch anywhere on the world. (except US)
  • jlebrech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Give the VC emulators multi-controller spoofing through the net. Then those games don't have to be modified at all.

    All that would be needed is to find a player to be player two in a lobby system and then both launch the game at the same moment.
    So basically it would be two games running, with one player being player on one game and also being player two on the other gamers system (or player one on both, not too sure).
  • Meatgrinder, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Cry babies...

    Like that Jim Squires guy said, it has only been five months since the first Wii was released. Wait at least a year before you start to complain on Nintendo. Xbox wasn't that perfect the first year either.
  • Elric1977, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1This list is gay. I have 9 games and play them all fairly regularly. The only one I agree with (half heartily) is online, but it's coming, no one expected it to be the first game released, so just relax enjoy both first AND third party games and wait like the rest of us.
    Buried, none of these are MUSTS,
  • OverG, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I have To agree with the writer,
    I think that the reason that Wii is so successful is because of the hype factor.
    I own one.
    Right now there is
    no games to play on it.
    no matter what people say.
    the games that do exist are pathetic , and doesn't worth the money.
    the GFX most of the time outdated,
    no On-line options.
    and right now the Wii mote isn't working well with most of them.

    The reason it still sell is because of Wii sport.
    This game is true fun , and show that there is a future to the system.
    but why they didn't make Wii sport on-line ?!
    the GFX is too much simple.


    all in all if Nintendo won't wake up, they are going to sell 20M and that is it.
    • kazimir34, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3You don't have to hit the enter key every 2 seconds.
  • graystar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The question I have is if the PS3 or 360 had a motion control would there be as much buzz?
    • wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2If it had motion control, the Nintendo fans would say "its not that big a deal". Put another way, If Wii *didnt* have motion control, it would be a massive failure.

      Yes, the Nintendo fans (We *all* have the same memories of NES/SNES, so give it a rest) would have still bought it to play the next Mario & Zelda, but they would have looked pretty foolish trying to suggest the Wii was a part of this console generation.

      Honestly, Nintendo had better do something quick to keep this momentum... Wii-2 will likely give up the pretense of being an all-ages console and concentrate on the lower-price (given as a gift kind of prices) market and the games that appeal to persons who arent old enough to work.

      In spite of the bravado here, i think that is what Nintendo did this time -- but the Mario/Zelda fans are pretty vocal trying to keep Wii going...again, i *still* have my NES/SNES in the living room so easy on the 'hater' nonsense.
    • hightower77, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1>>if the PS3 or 360 had a motion control

      Ok, you're right on the 360, no dice there. But the PS3 has this little thing called SIXAXIS. I've had good times with it so far. NHL2K7 (Goalie Control) and Flow (Nice little time killer so far, pretty impressive looking in 1080p as well.) so far. Not quite the same as the Wii, but it's still motion control.
  • PDelahanty, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1First they should get one into the hands of everyone that wants one. Only AFTER that should they tweak it. Why? Business. Sell what you've got to everyone that wants one...and then change it and sell version 2 to them too! Apple does it all the time with iPods...but if Apple announced the iPod Extreme and then announced iPod MoreExtreme before it could get the original into everyone's hands, that'd be stupid.
  • Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I'd like to see upgrades to the Mii channel... more options, more depth, and more surprises to keep it fresh.
  • HarryGreek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6My big issues are rehashed games (Resident Evil, Prince of Persia, Godfather, etc), VC pricing and the drought of games.

    I am sure one year from now there will be plenty of games. But, right now, the Wii isn't worth jumping into. Considering how in a year from now it should be $100 cheaper - which is what it should have been released as in the 1st place.
    • wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Super Paper Mario is an unreleased Gamecube port.

      Nintendo also has a diddy-kong racing and kirby title for the gamecube that they are going to bring to Wii. When they do that, people will call it an exclusive -- I call it ***** on the Gamecube owners and cutting their earlier losses in a last-ditch effort to stem the drought.

      The Wii drought is a replay of the GameCube drought, a replay of the N64 drought.
  • daridave, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Stop whining and be patient a few WEEKS. "Awesome games cometh your way, f00l" would say a fanboy, and they aren't all that wrong.

    I'm anticipating Super Paper Mario, it's going to keep me busy until Forza on 360 (eh, stop being fanboys and go multiplatform, please) and overall looking back and forward, my Wii is still a great investment.

    Sure those 10 points are valid, but geez, mr. obvious... let's starting making a list of 50 things SONY could do better and 20 Microsoft could, it'll be even easier... no console today is perfect.
    • OverG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That is correct, that you can find a lot of bad things on every console.
      but in the year 2007, when Internet is like TV today , you can not have any excuse for not having a full on-line capability, more then that! isn't Nintendo bragged that they have connect 24?
      connect 24 to what ????
    • wageslaven, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Im about 30, plenty of disposable income. We are (you and I) can buy more than one if we want... not going to put you in the poorhouse. ok.

      but, im a very frugal guy. i make a dollar, I save $0.70 kind of frugal (mostly motivated by ecological footprint (bug i digress))

      What the fanboy wars boil down to is, which is "best" if you can buy ONLY one. "Best" is very subjective...sure. But for simple economics most people cant buy more than one console per generation...

      in the end, do i regret buying a Wii? Yes, mostly I do. I'll maybe keep it until galaxy comes out, but I'll probably sell it while it still has some value... this time next year Im thinking the novelty will have worn off and the Wii Drougth will have withered all this early optimism.

      I'll be buying an XBox 360 Elite shortly and hopefully recovering ~$150 from my mistaken Wii in 10 months or so..
  • OverG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have to agree with wage here, I will keep that machine because :

    a) my GF like it very much,
    b) good when friends come to play party.

    but that is it.
    I will buy Xbox 360 or PS 3 for real gaming , I would not bury PS 3 so fast.

    but to tell the truth I don't see so many game that I would want to buy on either consoles (Xbox and Ps) in the PS there is nothing to buy,
    maybe motor storm.

    i n the Xbox Department things is a little better but not that much :
    Gears of war
    and Splinter cell,
    maybe a tennis game..
    that is it..
    so for this 4 games to buy a full console.. I am willing to stay on the fence with a cheap wii..


    also amazes me how Nintendo makes such a noise out of common things, like an article I read a week ago how they developed the pic channel and how much thought was put into it, are you kidding me?!

  • fuckdiggmods, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1How about a virtual fist that comes out of the TV and punches all of these whiny, self-proclaimed console industry experts? Give us that Nintendo.
  • AlMightyBob90, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0It's early days, accept it and move on.
  • Cyber_Akuma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Service Temporarily Unavailable
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

    Maybe they should improve their servers first.
    • NetPhantom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1just reload the page... jesus, not everyone has Fark level server space....
  • Kugellehr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1No real online play is kind of a joke, i mean the DS has more games for the internet then the Wii does. Give it time and nintendo will pick it up. They're crafty and have been keeping my attention for 18 years, and the wii is pretty revolutionary (but damn does wii sports get old, and call of duty sucks)

    So just give the wii some time and nintendo will pull it around.
  • Lonecow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think all games need the option to adjust sensitivity of the remote. I think that would solve all of the control problems. Like Sega thinks my hand movements are flawless so I can't make any errors, and Nintendo thinks I've had too much starbucks and over compensates.

    Regardless every game I've played on the Wii so far I have enjoyed.

    This list just really shines light on how petty and impatient fans are. As if we didn't already know that.
  • aludra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Online play isn't all that great and it isn't for everyone.
    Far too many egotistical people who accuses you of cheating because you're 10 or so years old(Even on games that were just released).
    Most conversation will become "You noob!" "No, you're the noob!"
  • Sonomakid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The only thing I disagree with is the last portion. It may be the same graphically, but they have to deal with creating a controller scheme that makes the most of the wii-mote. With the game cube you press A to jump, you press B to punch and use the joystick to move around. With the wii-mote if they simply stuck to those guns they would lose their audience. They would have basically made another gamecube. These are all amazing points but churning out games is never an easy task. This innovative console probably scared as many developers as it attracted. Now with the system's amazing success I can foresee more devs getting on board the gravy train, and as such we will see more games. But it still takes a while due to the interesting control scheme. I expect an influx of some very different and interesting games coming sometime in the next couple of years. I would say if we don't see the first signs of it by next year, then we can start to worry.
  • bpapa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh cool an article bitching about the Wii not being like a 360! unique!
  • madog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0For the people complaining about the lack of "adult" games: Mortal Kombat has been announced for the Wii.

    For the people complaining about the lack of games in general: so what? The systems been out for around 6 months? Stop bitching.

    And for the people who complain about the lack of features: again, so f---ing-what? My console doesn't need a ultra high true hd player or need to be made out of gold or have "freekin' laser beams on it". It's fine the way it is. Stop being spoiled. Be happy with what you have. I'm tired of seeing this bitching and moaning on the net about the Wii.

    Have a nice day.
  • ShoulderKnight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1As long as retirement homes and little kids buy this system; these changes are not going to happen for a while. Your not a gamer unless you have access to a 360, PS3 or PC next to your Wii.
  • Pentarix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"and since the only people worse than me are 6 year olds (and I’m not allowed near a pre-school after that thing with the stuff) I need to get online dammit!"

    Am I the only one that finds this sentence disturbing?
  • JoshReflek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1zelda reminds me of ocarina, gr8 game and all that, but...i've already played it.
    just like everything on VC
    i dont want to re-pay for content ive already enjoyed (vhs, dvd, bluray, hd-dvd)

    Nintendo should keep its friend code system, it makes sense for parents of gamers
    but for those of us who arent under 18, allow the option to turn it off and for the love of all things user friendly, use your mii's and mimic XboxLive / PSHome for the people who want to meet other gamers online, avoid the sad abortion of 'online support' the ps2 and gamecube displayed.....annoying halfarse support by releasing a nintendo licensed net adaptor for the Warp Pipe Project, requiring nearly a hack to get it to work or depending on developers to maintain their servers ala mgs3subsistance....bleh

    make it simple and easy to use, just like the wii interface

    its a great system, i enjoy it alot, listen to all the 10 year olds who grew up and still want to like your current gen offerings.

    quit staying stuck on kiddie content, yay gta4 and all that, but make something nintendo AAA quality that adults can get into

    If you must have tutorials that pander to newbie gamers, make them skippable (wii paper mario)

    school your 3rd party people on creating new content not just porting titles released a year or so ago
    make games centered around how super sick the unique wiimote and nunchuck can be (wiisports, wiiplay).
    not just remapped controls that make a game appear to be more interactive (marvel alliance)

    you can do it with the user installed base you have....
    come on nintendo....wake up!
  • GoodNamesRGone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i agree wit madog...pplz stop bicthin,dayum...and for da guy who losses to hiz wife,u suck stop playing da game...thankyou...; )
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