I feel I need to add a different perspective to this increasing Wii ***** fest.
Without doubt every single console has a slow first year when it comes to releasing games and content bar none. When I bought the PS2 at launch they had SSX and Timesplitters as launch games and after that? Nothing......for ages! I got so desperate for a new game I ended up buying Smuggler's Run and that was an awful game.
What I am saying is it's still early days, yes it's been 6 months but in console terms that's not a lot and these past couple of months are notoriously slow in the games industry...FACT
Okay, so Metroid has been put back and so has Mario Galaxy but what do you want? For it to be rushed and half arsed? No, of course not because some of the Wii's launch games were exactly like that and what happened? People b**ched about it! Sometimes I feel Nintendo can't win.
So the friend code system for online play isn't perfect and I would prefer to not have this system but to be honest, I think when Metroid comes out and I'm running around online blasting people to kingdom come I don't think I'll care that I had to type in some codes.
Surely nobody really cares that the Wii can't play CD's do they??? The Wiimote's can only hold info on about 12 Mii's, how the hell can they fit music onto it?? Also, I'm sure the "chat" stuff you're referring to will happen eventually as will the DS connectivity but WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE JUST WAIT?
Oh and by the way, Wii IS a gimmick? DS is "revolutionary"? Since when has touch screen been revolutionary?? I do like the DS but the majority of DS games use touch screen mainly to select a menu WOOOOW!!
The Wii is finally starting to pick up some pace, Super Mario Strikers Charged has just been released as the Wii's first onliner and it's had consistantly good reviews, the online system also appears to work well. Metroid has been given a release date of 20th August and it looks pretty special, Super Mario Galaxy is nearing completion, Nintendo have hinted at the demo channel and I'm certain that now the online games have started Nintendo have a few things up their sleeves.
I've been an avid gamer for 21 years and this console above all others offers the public more through it's menu's than any other. The news channel is well presented and well written, the weather channel (again) well presented and very accurate, the Everybody Votes channel is a bit of light harmless fun (lighten up people, c'mooon) and even the photo channel is fun when you use it. I just get the feeling that unless they release a new really important channel every week people will get p**sed off about it.
Just remember.....patience is a virtue
