[Wii Send-Off] NintendoEverything Staff Opinions!
Our Biggest Disappointments on Wii
As cool of a console as it was, the Wii was far from perfect. Many people would even go so far as to say that the console was a disappointment and that Nintendo “abandoned” the core gamer! I certainly wouldn’t agree with that, but no matter how much you love it you have to admit that the Wii had its fair share of disappointments. Here’s what we chose as the biggest disappointments on Wii:
Valay says… Wii Music!
“In terms of games, I feel like I have no choice but to go with Wii Music. Everything about the title seemed promising when it debuted at E3 2006. How neat was it to see Miyamoto on stage waving the Wiimote like a conductor to Zelda music?
Sadly, when it appeared once again at E3 2008, things only went downhill from there. Remember, this is the title Nintendo chose to close out its conference. You had DJ Ravi Drums acting like a madman and some Nintendo staffers struggling to get through a Mario song.
The final product was incredibly disappointing and shallow. Nintendo could have done so much more with Wii Music, I feel.
Even the song list was disappointing. How is it that only seven Nintendo-themed songs are in the game?”
Austin says…
“I’m trying really hard to think of a game I bought that I truly didn’t have any fun with, but I’m really not sure there was one! Even The Conduit (which I know isn’t as great as the hype) brought me hours and hours of great times, and I never had the displeasure of playing Red Steel. So… I don’t know! I guess I’ll pass on this one.”
Patrick says… Major Minor’s Majestic March!
“Major Minor’s Majestic March (can I just call it “MMMM”?) was a collaboration between game designer and composer Masaya Matsuura and artist Rodney Greenblat, who previously worked together on the Parappa the Rapper series. I absolutely loved the Parappa games (Um Jammer Lammy might be one of my favourite games of all time) so I was really excited for their next project. Unfortunately it just wasn’t very good. MMMM still has a similar art style (or maybe it just looks like a PS1 game), but Parappa’s catchy tunes were replaced by awful covers of public domain songs. Parappa was definitely a bit shallow, but the focus on improvisation was an interesting idea that no other games have
really tried to imitate. In MMMM, you waggle the Wii remote in time with the music and sometimes point at things. Fun.
Laura says… Skyward Sword!
“Even though Skyward Sword looked beautiful and had a wonderful atmosphere, it still was a big disappointment for me. Having the opportunity to play it at E3 last year, I got all hyped up and pumped for it to come out. The entire Nintendo booth was stylized to show it and the Wii U off. When I finally got my hands on the game, it seemed like it was missing the excitement I had felt before. The story was fine and the visuals were fantastic, but for some reason it did not live up to my expectations. The open world wasn’t as open as I had hoped; flying the birds wasn’t as fun as I had remembered. It felt like it came in such a small package for the big hype it was given.”
Jack says… Wii Speak!
“I shouldn’t have been disappointed by this, as I should have had enough foresight to know that this wouldn’t pan out to be anything special, but Wii Speak gets my vote as the most disappointing occurrence that occurred during the Wii’s lifespan. Sure, lack of definitive third party support was a huge, huge negative, and individual games such as The Conduit and Red Steel left a bad taste in one’s mouth for a short while, but having to spend got dang twenty additional dollars on top of Animal Crossing: City Folk with the hopes of one day playing a bevy of multiplayer games like Call of Duty whilst chatting with random people on the internet, only to see that potential never realized was very infuriating. Very exemplary of Nintendo living ‘in their own world’ and not really realizing how huge online multiplayer communities are nowadays.”
