Another View on the Wii
I'm sad now. I can't really explain why. Just am.
However, with that in mind, I felt that I should make my views known, mostly because I'm pompous and feel that everyone should know what I think. I don't believe that Wii criticizers are necessarily against the Wii itself. In reality, they might actually find the Wii fun. I'd like it to my relationship with the New York Yankees.
You see, as a Red Sox fan for about 15 years, I felt it was my right, nay, my duty to hate absolutely everything about the Yankees: the owners, players, fans, hot dog vendors, etc... The older I got, the better I understood the dynamic of player-to-team. The players are just doing their job, just like the owners, agents, everyone. They want to win, because in baseball, that's the job.
Then, there are the fans. On average, Yankee fans are the most obnoxious, self-inflated, ignorant jerkstores you can meet. (If any of you are Yankee fans, I don't want hate mail or flaming. Just take solace in the fact that my local triple-A baseball team, formerly the Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, moved away to be replaced by the Yankees. Huzzah).
Now before you get your megabytes in a bunch, realize that no, I'm not calling Wii fans obnoxious, self-inflated, or ignorant. Far from it, in fact. Wii people are usually very intelligent people who are very easy to get along with. There does seem, however, to be a degree of self-importance, as though the Wii is the second coming of Kong (Donkey, that is). People latch onto it, making it bigger than it actually is. It reminds me of Mac people, chortling contemptuously at PC people as though the Mac OS can simultaneously run iTunes, cure cancer, bake chocolate chip cookies, and get me into the hottest Latin discos and Turkish bathhouses at the same time.
Sure, sure. Mac is all well and good, but have you read PC's book? It's fantastic. Seriously.
Honestly, all of this consumer loyalty doesn't make sense to me. Considering that the heads of Microsoft, Nintendo, Apple, Dell, the Yankees, and the Red Sox wouldn't piss in my mouth if my teeth were on fire, it really comes down to doing what makes you happy. Enjoy what you enjoy, without caring enough about its social implications, or how much money it donates to Darfur. It's a damn video game. Have fun. Go Sox!
Remember when I said I have no ill will towards Yankees players? I forgot about this ass clown.
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Right now, I don't think anyone knows how revolutionary the Wii will be. It could spawn everything having controllers like the Wii. It could spawn every system having a different control system (Which would be pretty damn system), Nintendo and only Nintendo could follow one of the above routes, or everyone could just go back to classic controllers.
Now, if you're talking simply about game quality, etc., I'll agree with you that it's not nearly as good as people are making it out to be... yet. With TP and SPM being the only two good games with longevity that I can think of right now, that really isn't very good. That said, I think we'll have to wait a bit longer to see if the Wii gets a good deal of good games, stays in this slump, or just goes up to a medium level.
Objection!
Sun, 10 June 2007 07:30PM
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i don't know what kind of crummy mac you have, but mine is like a personal valet, chauffeur and chef all in one. plus it was free and came with a large sack with a dollar sign on it. oh, and also, it cured my necrotizing fasciitis (still waiting on the cancer thing, though).
Makyo
Fri, 01 June 2007 01:28PM
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As the author of the piece this is responding to, who also happens to be a Mac user, who also happens to have a rather high level of self-importance, I would like to respond to what has been said here. However, since all the points are pretty much spot on, it wouldn't look too good for me to rebut them.
However, I will add: Red Sox? Yankees? Who cares, it's baseball!
Sean
Fri, 01 June 2007 12:31PM
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Photoshop isn't a game.
Joe
Fri, 01 June 2007 12:11PM
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wait, macs don't cure cancer? what the fuck?!?!
Jimmy
Fri, 01 June 2007 12:02PM
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