Why did this piece of shit sell so well?

>>713773439 (OP)
The bluest ocean has the most fishes

the gimmick was very appealing to normies

It appealled to normies. You could have them in your dorm and women would want to come back just to "play with your wii".

Nintendo knew they couldn't compete with the PS3/360 so they gave us something completely different

>>713773516
you aren't some kind of sage sitting on a mountaintop retard just speak normally

Cheap

>>713773546
yep, the wii was when they gave up competing on graphical fidelity and went for novelty

It had good games

It's fun

>>713773552
So you don't know

>>713773439 (OP)
Lower price, new revolutionary gimmick, backwards compatability, and most importantly: word of mouth and Wii Sports. Then at that point, all they had to do was release more big name games like Mario Kart, Smash, Mario, etc. Sold itself.

the wii remote is ironically one of the best controller for shooters

My most played game on this thing has to be House of the Dead 2 at this point.

>>713773439 (OP)
>sells your console for you
turns out getting a good free game helps appeal of buying an expensive console.

>>713773552
Normal is as normal does

>>713773552
>you aren't some kind of sage sitting on a mountaintop
you don't know me

>>713773516
Wrong. Fish hate blue. That’s why fish left Earth long ago

I had a racing game, I think it was trucks or at least dirt courses. I wish I could remember, because I loved it at the time. I had one of the zelda and prince of persia games too. Actually not bad now that I think of it

>>713774004
Have you ever gone fishing in pristine blue waters?

>>713774061
Probably Excite truck

>>713774004
if you believe
they put a whale on the moon
whale on the moon

>>713773439 (OP)
It's amazing how poorly most games sold on there that weren't Nintendo brand or fitness slop.

>>713774095
Actually I think it was monster 4x4 world circuit. For some reason none of the wii covers stand out in my memory like n64 or ps2. It was fun not knowing every game in the store and just picking something cool

>>713773439 (OP)
Old farts needed to lose weight with Wii Fit.

>>713773552
stupid?

>>713773706
This, sad it got abandoned.

Shovelware machine for children. Honestly it barely had any decent 1st party games that weren't sabotaged by the motion controls. I regret buying one more than the WiiU. At least it had 720p

>>713773439 (OP)
There are way, way more people than you think that bought the wii and only played wii sports that came with it and nothing else
It was the perfect game to show off the gimmicks and for all the normies who don't play games to fuck around at a party or something

its great library

>>713773552
The mountaintop sages are getting really good at the bowling game

>>713775902
Trauma Center was sick

>>713774112
Automatic For The aquatic

>>713775902
Software attach rate for Wii was abysmal and half of those were terrible failures, star successor tanking treasure

>>713773736
>expensive
At launch the wii was 1/3rd the price of a ps3
Being cheap AND fun is what made it sell so well

>>713773661
You tell me

>>713775902
tatsunoko vs capcom being stuck on the fucking wii is this world's biggest tragedy
and with the licensing nightmare it will never ever get ported

>>713773552
The imbecile cries out in pain as he blames the wise sage for his struggles.

>>713775902
>weeb shit
>weeb shit
>weeb shit
Your PERSONAL list of liked games does not make them GREAT.

>>713778962
Western games are all trash

>>713777473
It was the easiest console in history to hack. You were a sucker if you actually bought Wii games.

>>713779150
It wasn't nearly as easy as PSP, DS, 3DS or Vita
At least in 2008
The real reason is that people bought it to play Wii sports, Wii fit and just dance. Nothing else

>>713778962
What constitutes a great library, then?

>>713775902
>Team Trauma
how have I never heard of this?

>>713773706
The links crossbow training gun is the best way to play resident evil 4

>>713773706
>Massive stride forward in 3D game controls and ergonomics
>Completely abandoned and relegated to VR after 7th gen because of the undercooked nature of the Wiimote, the Wii commercials and phoned-in multiplats on all platforms that targeted the worst controller of the gen (the 360 controller)
I will never not be mad that games have been primarily designed around what is essentially just the Sega Dreamcast controller for the past 20 years.
That said, Nintendo fucked up by not letting people just freely rebind controls in all games, so even FPS games were kneecapped by dumb controls.
>>713779782
Exodia FTK probably.

>>713773439 (OP)
>Why did this piece of shit sell so well?

Wii Sports. They convinced normies that this was a console even they could use.

>>713781094
Because it's trauma team I would guess

>>713779438
The DS required a flash card that you could only buy online. It was difficult for me as a teenager with no credit card. But the Wii only required a copy of Twilight Princess and a $10 SD card.

>>713782882
You can understand twilight hack is harder for the vast majority of Wii owners

I like the Wii, it was something different. The bad thing was it popularized motion controls and that other companies though their controllers needed and are randomly still found in games today that don't need it

>>713773439 (OP)
>Was fairly cheap on release
>Had good marketing
>Had a gimmick that appealed to geriatrics and middle age people as much as kids
>Included Wii Sports

>Animal Crossing on the DS sold like water and completely surpassed everyone's expectations
>Should we make a new Animal Crossing on our most popular home console?
>Nah just port the DS one and call it a new game lmao
Why did they do this

>>713775902
this is still my favorite wii game. it seems nobody else played it but it was a very cool spielberg produced physics puzzler

>>713784985
For me, it was De Blob

>>713773552
blue ocean business strat, look it up retard.