Top 10 Reasons Why the Wii Sucks

1. Controls

The Wii is geared towards making the player get their butt off the couch and moving, so the controls are based off of how hard you can whip the remote around. This ideology is not player friendly, if the player whips the remote around too hard things will be broken and somebody will get hurt. The games for the consul that do not require are often confusing because of the Wii’s remote’s over whelming number of buttons , 1, 2 ,home, c,z, b, a, and the control pad.

2.  Accessories

The Wii requires several different controls along with the standard remote that comes with it, such as the Nunchuk, the Classic Controller, the Wii Motion Plus, and Wii/ GameCube Controller just to name a few. Even if you buy all the accessories controllers if you lose the main Wii Remote you cannot load any of your games.

3. Batteries

The Wii remotes take two AA batteries, since it is a wireless controller as well as the main controller. If those batteries run dry in the middle of game play and you don’t have replacement batteries the only thing you can do if turn of the Wii and start all over again until or you could get creative and pause the game for a really long time or try to use static electricity to bring the batteries back to life long enough for you to save your game.

4. Model RVL- 001 vs.  RVL-101

There are two different models of the Wii the 2006 model RVL- 001 and the 2011 model RVL- 101. The RVL-001 allows you to play both game cube games and mat games such as Dance Dance Revolution. This model stands vertically while the newer one lies down horizontally. The biggest difference between RVL-001 and RVL-101 is that the newer model does not allow game play of GameCube games and mat games, so if you bought a new one with the idea that you could sorry to disappoint you, sometimes newer doesn’t always mean better.

5. Lack of Mass Multiplayer System

Unlike Xbox which has live, an online Mass Multiplayer System the Wii does not. The Wii only has a Webcam aspect and if you don’t have that the only way you can play with others is if they are all standing right there with you. Even if they are all with you only up to four players can play together provide that each one has a Wii remotes and accessories required for the game in play.

6. Fluffy Gaming

So you want to kill things huh? Well too bad, other than a couple titles like Call of Duty 4 and No More Heroes you are out of luck. The Wii’s games are designed for casual gamers, kids, and family gaming because of this the developers designed games such as Wii Sports and Mario Racing, instead of games like say Grand Theft Auto or Left 4 Dead. 

7. Fitness Games

Look I’m getting fit while playing video games! Oh really, you bought into this scam? The other aspect of the Wii is geared towards those who want a way to get fit in a quite fun manner. Many of its games are fitness games such as Wii Sports and Wii Fitness. They promise to help you get fit but how can flicking your wrist for under a minute get you fit , answer me that?

8. L…o…a..d..i..n..g

Loading ….loading…..loading… still loading .. up still loading….. loading…..l….o….a…d..i..n..g .. error please shut down the Wii and remove the disk then reload your Wii and reinsert the disk and start again. Enough said.

9. Fragile

Unlike the Holy Grail, when your Wii breaks you might not care after reading all of this. The Wii is very fragile if it drops it will break. There may not be noticeable damage on the exterior but the interior may be completely destroyed. One little drop could very well destroy your disc drive , so you will no longer have the ability to play games which is the whole reason it was bought in the first place.

10. Namesake

The Wii name is rather bland and sounds quite pathetic to the average hardcore gamer. The Wii is supposed to sound like the word” we” in order to encourage group game play. It was originally suppose to be called The Revolution (which in my opinion sounds a hell of a lot fancier and more appealing) but was instead dubbed The Wii. The only good thing about the Wii’s name is that it makes a good chant for “We are disappointed with The Wii…..”

-Antoinette Messina