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  • @seralyna_
    @seralyna_ 2 роки тому +5050

    I think an important aspect of Bowling's success was the fact that you can play with 4 people with only one controller. It's easy to forget, but a lot of people only had one on the games launch, and it made it so that everyone could have a turn to play regardless of that.

    • @AslgamingOffical
      @AslgamingOffical 2 роки тому +110

      I've always loved playing as all my miis in one game bc of that aspect of the wii

    • @MrLoowiz
      @MrLoowiz 2 роки тому +82

      You can play Warioware with 12 people and one form baton.

    • @AslgamingOffical
      @AslgamingOffical 2 роки тому +10

      @@MrLoowiz even better

    • @elijahB
      @elijahB 2 роки тому +128

      there is something special about passing the remote from person to person, and watching as everyone takes their turn. it sort of makes the experience feel more connected; I wish this play style was an option in Switch Sports!

    • @thejet4672
      @thejet4672 2 роки тому +3

      I had a wii back then and never knew that!

  • @sharktobear
    @sharktobear 2 роки тому +1108

    a great testament to wii bowling: I am a recreation coordinator at a retirement community and we have weekly wii bowling tournaments. It's easy enough that a totally tech-illiterate senior can adapt to it, but still has a challenging aspect. It's also not so physically straining that the participants risk any injury (we also play wii tennis but that one is a bit more involved). Bowling is a really popular program for us even in 2022.

    • @joshua-we9xr
      @joshua-we9xr Рік тому +42

      A 76 year old couple just won a large Wii Sports bowling championship. ❤ Google it for good feels.

    • @Dionaea_floridensis
      @Dionaea_floridensis Рік тому +12

      Omg I used to work in an assisted living facility and we had Wii sports tournaments too! As late as 2021, I assume they're still doing it

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 11 місяців тому +9

      This is so cool to me.
      I think I'm going to buy a Wii and a copy of Wii Sports for my grandma and teach her how to turn it on and play.
      I have so many good memories of playing her in Tennis and bowling and she was tough! (She HATES losing) lol. This comment really warmed my heart. Thank you so much for what you do, and for the people you help ♥

    • @RemoWilliams1227
      @RemoWilliams1227 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@ZeranZeranvery cool

  • @commander2552
    @commander2552 2 роки тому +2678

    One of the few times "Widening for a broader audience" was actually successful and not corporate Bs to excuse horrible changes

    • @lolazaurus
      @lolazaurus 2 роки тому +270

      Companies often have a hard time telling the difference between "broader audience" and "lowest common denominator".

    • @KrisJoshJones
      @KrisJoshJones 2 роки тому +45

      @@lolazaurus bingo

    • @pilotwings65
      @pilotwings65 2 роки тому +42

      Wiidening

    • @ElliotKeaton
      @ElliotKeaton 2 роки тому +27

      And gaming forums everywhere collectively lost their shit over it.

    • @RemoWilliams1227
      @RemoWilliams1227 2 роки тому +2

      Lol absolutely

  • @LoveSickWorld
    @LoveSickWorld 2 роки тому +1512

    I’m a bit upset that my family never had WiFi while the Wii was in its hay day, I feel like there’s such a huge portion of the Wii that I didn’t get to experience

    • @palermoVmusic
      @palermoVmusic 2 роки тому +188

      I agree. I feel like that 2006-2009 timeframe where the Wii was huge, wifi wasn’t commonplace, at least in the smaller rural community where I lived. I remember hooking up our wii to hotel wifi around 2012 and experiencing mariokart wii online for the first time. Truly epic.

    • @rabbitman8535
      @rabbitman8535 2 роки тому +37

      I was extremely lucky that the one thing my parents had was WiFi, I remember playing Mario kart with other ppl around the world and it was so fun

    • @gaymer618
      @gaymer618 Рік тому +18

      I come from a family of techies, had 4 generations playing Wii sports.
      I miss my great nan, had childhood life so good.

    • @LoveSickWorld
      @LoveSickWorld Рік тому +11

      @@palermoVmusic same thing for me lived in a small Arkansas town and never had WiFi until like 2015 or something. I remember as a kid I always had a love for the older things like the original Zelda and Super Metroid, and I so desperately wanted to get into the store and get some of that old virtual console stuff. Little did I know these days the WII is still one of the only reliable ways that ever came out to play old titles lol

    • @Albionnn
      @Albionnn Рік тому +12

      I had a wii mini which didn’t even have a WiFi function 😭😭😭

  • @mariovsluigi9000
    @mariovsluigi9000 2 роки тому +1362

    This was also when the DS was at its prime. It was a great time for gaming.

    • @paulgilbert5278
      @paulgilbert5278 2 роки тому +20

      Yep

    • @maldium8625
      @maldium8625 2 роки тому +87

      Life was more simple and we had a lot of fun these lovely days

    • @muffinfighter3680
      @muffinfighter3680 2 роки тому +9

      @@maldium8625 man :(

    • @N.i.E.M.O
      @N.i.E.M.O 2 роки тому +3

      @Dominick Arcona
      Wii Mini sucked when it came out - and it sucks even more now. I'm sorry :(

    • @officialtbhoops
      @officialtbhoops 2 роки тому +1

      So much fun man

  • @jackpurvis576
    @jackpurvis576 2 роки тому +670

    I feel genuinely bad for kids who didn’t grow up with a wii. One of the most legendary consoles of all time.

    • @andrew7955
      @andrew7955 2 роки тому +5

      I was one of those kids sadly. I never got a Nintendo console until I bought myself a 2ds and then a switch

    • @rabbitman8535
      @rabbitman8535 2 роки тому +9

      I know alot of kids born in the 2000s that got it but not late 2000s, no one my brother knows owned a wii, he did cause of me wanting one I still own it 13/4 years later

    • @almightyauu
      @almightyauu Рік тому +12

      I used to be mad I had a wii instead of an xbox but damn im glad I had the wii

    • @barkley8285
      @barkley8285 Рік тому +3

      Wii was so shit. I took my ps2 and ps3 over that shit every time.

    • @rabbitman8535
      @rabbitman8535 Рік тому +12

      @@barkley8285 matter of opinion

  • @asahi7407
    @asahi7407 2 роки тому +173

    7:37 hearing that menu intro brought back memories I never even thought I had. That jingle is just pure childhood bliss.

  • @NewV0ice
    @NewV0ice 2 роки тому +81

    The moment the Wii menu theme hit, you took me right back to my family living room, playing with my sisters. Such a nostalgic song

  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica 2 роки тому +1396

    I type in things like "3DS/PS2/Wii Retrospective" disturbingly frequently on UA-cam, repeating the same action over and over again hoping that I would get to maybe see a comforting, detailed love letter to some of my favourite consoles. Liam, you and your channel fill the kind of niche that my emotions are based around, they're the kinds of things I can watch numerous times and never feel like my time is being wasted.
    Heh, you ever notice how on retrospective-type channels, because of the upload schedule and style of narrating, everyone has to hold their comments just long enough to the point where for each new release they have to just emotionally applaud the channel creator and the topics they come up with instead of addressing something in the actual video? It's funny in a way. Anyway, yeah, I like the Wii.

    • @jollygrapefruit786
      @jollygrapefruit786 2 роки тому +33

      I do the same thing. Not just for consoles but for games, movies, and albums in general. I find retro/old things to be incredibly worthwhile in terms of revisiting. Though they surely already made their statements and influence on their respective genres decades ago, they also still hold knowledge that can't be accessed without a deep dive.
      Games like MegaMan, movies like The Thing, and albums like Dark Side of the Moon will forever be relevant, not just due to their influence upon release, but also due to how they transcended their time period and ascended to being staple examples of how to succeed in their respective fields.

    • @richardnash6111
      @richardnash6111 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah I do it mostly with games. Consoles are such a broad topic that to do even one like the wii justice or say the N64 with it's notoriously shallow library it would still take 5+ hours to have any depth.
      Also yes, the sycophantic commenters on videos actively turn me away from creators. They seem fake or forced and there's no room for discussion of the piece of media being showcased in the video.

    • @davida12345
      @davida12345 2 роки тому +16

      So Are you like, a freshmen in college majoring in English but get on average like, c+'s?
      Or like, a beginning manga creator with your, "disturbingly" frequency of a bland ass google search or your "heh, you ever notice" piccolo like side talk to a Gohan that doesn't exist?
      Are you... Suuuure you like the Wii?
      You didn't even give any references and the work cited page is missing like usual.
      This was due like four weeks ago and you wrote 2 long sentences?!?
      You get a D+ on this comment.

    • @platinumdiamond7
      @platinumdiamond7 2 роки тому +10

      @@davida12345 if this is a troll well played my man

    • @Inactivechannel-r6
      @Inactivechannel-r6 2 роки тому +2

      Who asked

  • @nickwheeler5396
    @nickwheeler5396 Рік тому +46

    I'm surprised that the Just Dance series wasn't mentioned at all. It was pretty much the sole series that kept the Wii from phasing out quicker than it did

    • @sunemiku7804
      @sunemiku7804 Місяць тому

      yeah, i remember it was huge among me and my friends when we were younger,,, we played it once because our school bought a wii and then suddenly eveyone had just dance lmao

  • @eunaoseibrother467
    @eunaoseibrother467 2 роки тому +662

    The current 2000's nostalgia wave here in youtube has been a interesting one to watch, even though i lived in this time, i barely touched the internet culture and games from that decade.

    • @kittykittybangbang9367
      @kittykittybangbang9367 2 роки тому +14

      I only spent the 1st 5 years of my life in the 2000s, so there's a little bit of nostalgia there.

    • @retrogamermax8287
      @retrogamermax8287 2 роки тому +52

      @@kittykittybangbang9367 The nostalgia of the 2000s is strong for me because pretty much my entire childhood was the entirety of the 2000s. I was born in 1996.

    • @blakena4907
      @blakena4907 2 роки тому +27

      I was raised Mormon, and I mildly hate my family for keeping away from all of this stuff.

    • @jaytb2005
      @jaytb2005 2 роки тому +2

      I finished Mario Kart december of 2020

    • @mattwolf7698
      @mattwolf7698 2 роки тому +3

      @@retrogamermax8287 As someone who was also born in 1996, I remember 2003 and forward well though 2000 through 2002 is somewhat fuzzy. These people who can barely remember the 2000's though are like me with the 90's. So many people online rave about the N64 but it was pretty much before my time and I barely remembered seeing them as a kid as they were pretty outdated then.

  • @DatBisa
    @DatBisa 2 роки тому +254

    Somewhat disappointed the "Conclusion" Chapter isn't called "Wii Move On", but otherwise this video was almost two hours of almost straight speaking from my heart being done for me. Good shit!

  • @Low_Standards_Gaming_YT
    @Low_Standards_Gaming_YT 2 роки тому +244

    I have to admit that as an adult, I actually really wish things like weather and news would be integrated into menus again. I can remember as a college student looking at the supplemental pages almost daily.

    • @terry.1428
      @terry.1428 Рік тому +13

      I liked the built in multi media features of the Wii and PS3

  • @radioactivechimp
    @radioactivechimp 2 роки тому +891

    After 15 years of owning a Wii, I just learned about the blue glow around the disk drive being a notification today.

    • @pinkberry50
      @pinkberry50 2 роки тому +10

      ...how?

    • @tijmenteering9877
      @tijmenteering9877 2 роки тому +16

      @@pinkberry50 yeah what lol, plenty of games would send you "messages". Either this guy always unplugg8the power or he only played wii sports.

    • @ryankasch5561
      @ryankasch5561 2 роки тому +66

      @@tijmenteering9877 Easily, it didn't tell you what it was and I never specifically went to check the messages so I never learned that. I don't really remember it ever being blue.

    • @mikehunt545
      @mikehunt545 2 роки тому +2

      Did you know it also plays dvds? Easy to mod system.

    • @mafiapingu
      @mafiapingu 2 роки тому +6

      I did not know either, I've also had my wii for around 13 years and still use it nowadays.

  • @trashboat4620
    @trashboat4620 2 роки тому +1268

    The wii has so many flaws yet it is still the best console. The amount of memories I have with it is amazing, I really feel bad for those who did not get to grow up with one.

    • @deerecoyote2040
      @deerecoyote2040 2 роки тому +12

      I like the Wii, but the Xbox 360 was the best. Halo 3, MW2, Halo Reach. Can't get any of those on Wii.

    • @CiphersVII
      @CiphersVII 2 роки тому +77

      @@deerecoyote2040 bro MW2 was on wii 💀

    • @Wooly4
      @Wooly4 2 роки тому +43

      @@CiphersVII Nah, Mario World 2 was on the SNES, the Super FX chip meant it couldn’t be on Wii. /j

    • @CiphersVII
      @CiphersVII 2 роки тому +14

      @@Wooly4 lmfaoooo

    • @UNSCPILOT
      @UNSCPILOT 2 роки тому +25

      I actually dug our old Wii out of the forgotten corner it was in, cleaned it up, and homebrew modded it.
      It might have a dead disc drive, but it's one of the early units that still has the GameCube ports and card slot, it's actually surprisingly fun to use again, even with a VR capable PC, it's one of those systems that's just much more fun to play on original hardware rather than emulation (along with the 3DS for obvious reasons)
      For those who still have one, find it, clean it up, UA-cam has lots of good tutorials for homebrew modding so even if the disk drive is dead it can still play games!

  • @paetonlaur3655
    @paetonlaur3655 2 роки тому +77

    RIP Iwata-San. You will be missed and your legacy will live on.

  • @bencraig1249
    @bencraig1249 2 роки тому +205

    Did I just accidentally watch a 1hr 20 min retrospective on the console I have most fond memories of? I did. Great video, the flow between talking about different games felt incredibly natural.

    • @meee_5155
      @meee_5155 2 роки тому +4

      did I just do the same thing and it is now 1:45 am? Yes I did.

  • @TheSandwhichman108
    @TheSandwhichman108 Рік тому +36

    I remember a quote Iwata said during an e3 call conference about the 3ds. I think it still fits when thinking about the wii- On my business card I am a company director. In my mind I am a game developer. But in my heart I am a gamer. It didn’t feel like he was talking at others but with others. Truly a man of his time that left the world too soon.

  • @koniginator
    @koniginator 2 роки тому +147

    This is as much a Wii U thing as Wii, but I loved the Wii transfer channel that allowed you to bring your Wii channels and saves to the Wii U. The Pikmin carefully transporting all of your data to their ship and blasting off to a new civilization was adorable but bittersweet in a way.

  • @DauntlessBlade___
    @DauntlessBlade___ 2 роки тому +34

    Bro, when my whole family did baseball at night it was like a real tournament in the basement, so much hype! And I remember being physically EXHAUSTED after intense boxing matches. It was a true workout no joke.

  • @bareq99
    @bareq99 2 роки тому +388

    Man.. All these Mr.Iwata comments made me teary
    He's IMO.. The most underrated and underdappreciated person in the gaming industry
    With all of his goods and flaws
    He truly was a great man..
    Wish he was still alive spending time with his loved ones :/
    Thank you for this video!

    • @NintenDub
      @NintenDub 2 роки тому +29

      We all miss iwatta. The Wii u may have failed under his watch, but the switch was successful because of him. And for his peers to push his last wish kinda like samurai poured into smash ultimate with iwatta on his mind as a reason to keep pushing. Without iwatta, we may have not had earthbound. Without iwatta, it's possible that pokemon doesn't come out for the Gameboy in the us in 97, and instead gets scrapped, or gets totally skipped until the next version, which means pokemon doesn't hit here the same way and that whole wave never happens. It completely changes everything. And iwatta didn't have to figure out their atrocious code.he basically did self appointed overtime to help on the biggest franchise in the history of humans. I wish so badly iwatta was still here. Now that he's gone, Reggie's gone. Nintendo minute is over...there's no faces of Nintendo. They've left it to alot of these predatory UA-camrs that yell n scream and are fake excited for views while pushing energy drinks on kids. It's just sad. There's no faces during directs. Nindies are merely voiced over now. And that's it. And of course we get terrible Hollywood promotion crossover commercials. I don't like where Nintendo's going. They're the one company left in gaming who have seen incredibly high highs, and pathetic lows. And just cuz they're the most successful they've ever been now, doesn't mean they can't,and won't hit another lull. Which I guarantee in the next 15 years,can and will happen. And sadly that's what they're saving their gba,virtual boy,GameCube and DS games for... If they hit a lull,that's when we'll get an n64 or gba classic. And not a moment sooner. I just already miss someone like Reggie showing up In the limo for a game release and talking 3ds, right there on the street.with fans. I don't really care for Xbox,but Ohio Spencer is the current Reggie for all who love Xbox.
      Anyway rip iwatta. Sorely missed. The industry has never needed someone like him more than right now

    • @cubedmelons876
      @cubedmelons876 2 роки тому +32

      Yeah, for all his flaws, Iwata was the one big gaming CEO who actually felt like a real human being. Trying to push gaming forward because he was passionate about the medium, cutting his own salary rather than laying people off after the failure of the Wii U, etc.

    • @bareq99
      @bareq99 2 роки тому +18

      @@NintenDub totally with you except on the Reggie point.. I lost a HUGE amount of respect towards him after the recent contractors abuse stories that's been coming out.. Weather he's responsible or not, it's kinda hard for me to trust him now :/
      As for Nintendo failing again.. I kinda disagree there
      They are going mainstream, I think they will return to the power race against Sony and Xbox in the near future, because it is what's getting them the most money as you can see.. I doubt they want another risk again
      Rip Iwata indeed.. I don't even care if he wasn't at Nintendo anymore.. I just wish he was alive enjoying his time with his friends ans family because he truly deserved it..
      And that's saying A LOT considering we're talking about a damn executive! The people that are hated the most by everyone on earth next to landlords lol

    • @bareq99
      @bareq99 2 роки тому +13

      @@cubedmelons876 he's really one of a kind.. I don't think I've ever heard of another gaming CEO who climbed the corporate latter by.. Actually doing his job lmao!
      Only a game developer deserves to be a gaming CEO.. And it's so weird it only happened ones!!

    • @SausRelics
      @SausRelics 2 роки тому +9

      i didnt know who he was when he died but he is my favorite video game developer and always will be. im not doing him justice typing this on a youtube comment section but he made me the person i am today and thats just

  • @leaslame
    @leaslame 2 роки тому +21

    for some reason i put this on to watch while eating dinner thinking it was only 40 minutes. now im sitting at my desk in the dark getting emotional over my memories of the wii

  • @TylerA52903
    @TylerA52903 2 роки тому +103

    Even 16 years later I still find myself coming back to this awesome console every once in a while. It was my first console and it is my favorite console of all time

    • @internationallanguages-b4i
      @internationallanguages-b4i 2 роки тому +3

      I don’t wanna be that guy but the Wii was released 15 and a half years ago not 16

    • @benballier9580
      @benballier9580 2 роки тому +5

      Yep. To this day I still go back and play games on both the Wii and DS every few months. I don’t do that with any other gaming console, like my 2DS or PS2…there’s just something so awesome about that generation of Nintendo consoles.

  • @torugolago
    @torugolago 2 роки тому +37

    Man, I loved the Wii so much, I went trough my pre-teens and early teenage years with it. It was my first console where I really experimented with different genres of games, and it was where i played Zelda Twilight Princess which until to this day is one of the best games i ever played.

  • @Dragular
    @Dragular 2 роки тому +92

    "We can't change the future, but we can influence it." That was beautiful.

  • @Nathanator
    @Nathanator Рік тому +8

    Awesome retrospective! I’m 15 and my older brother and I grew up with a Wii in our household. We’ve had it since 2009; the Wii had a huge impact on my childhood and I genuinely feel like the Wii helped shape my creativity, personality, and who I am today. I’ve spent thousands of hours on this beautiful console and I still play Mario Kart Wii regularly. Many of my fondest memories from early childhood involve the Wii, either through playing games alone, with friends, online, using the different WiiConnect24 powered channels, or having its masterpiece of a soundtrack playing in the background. I’ve always been looking for detailed retrospectives on the Wii, and you absolutely nailed it with this one! Massive respect for including captions for the entire video too! :)

  • @baconlabs
    @baconlabs 2 роки тому +269

    you're already making me weep for the overall aesthetics of the Wii's user interface. The menu feels so vibrant as you fill it up with your favorite apps, VC retro games, and WiiWare indie games. To say nothing of the music, and I don't think there's a single Nintendo fan alive that doesn't mourn the loss of the Wii Shop music.
    Edit: Oh no, you made the same mistake I did with Wii Music! I expected something to support my budding interest in music composition, and all I got was a shiny noisemaker.

    • @mattblom3990
      @mattblom3990 2 роки тому +17

      I actually loved the tranquil ambience of the Wii Weather channel and just surfing late at night to see it was 40 degrees in Riyadh or 12 and raining in Berlin. The music made it feel like a dream.

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 2 роки тому +5

      The fun of Wii Music is in goofing around with friends playing music and improving your musical ear with the quiz games, perhaps a marketing difference could have prevented this.

    • @Nani.101
      @Nani.101 Рік тому +1

      This comment just made me hard realize that Nintendo could have done so much more with the Nintendo Switch home screen

  • @carsongiberson6923
    @carsongiberson6923 2 роки тому +19

    as a kid who grew up alongside the Wii, the nostalgia in this video gave me goosebumps.

  • @Jeusosa
    @Jeusosa 2 роки тому +193

    The Wii truly is the greatest console ever made, it had its flaws but I look back on it so fondly, so many memories and so much nostalgia

    • @spahr001
      @spahr001 2 роки тому +16

      I don't think it's the best ever, but it's my favorite.

    • @Spider-Complexion
      @Spider-Complexion 2 роки тому +1

      One of my personal favs as apart of my childhood but I think it had a limited library at times..

    • @RemoWilliams1227
      @RemoWilliams1227 2 роки тому

      @@Spider-Complexion As far as GOOD games I agree. That said I just did a mod/rom setup and got around 120 Wii games and around 50 GameCube (which really did have a very limited library). If you got all the shovel ware you'd need a lot more than the 500gb drive I used lol.

    • @ContendCreators
      @ContendCreators Рік тому

      GREATEST? No. But CHEAPEST PARTS? Yes.

  • @solidsadd
    @solidsadd 2 роки тому +12

    I could write large essay on the wii and the experiences it gave to me. It was the first console I bought with my own money, in 7th grade. From making my own stories in brawl, to running down the street with all my rockband gear inbound to my best friends house. It truly was something amazing

    • @kayakat1869
      @kayakat1869 Рік тому +3

      Omg, the taking Rockband guitars to your friends house is such a good memory.

  • @Bobthepetferret
    @Bobthepetferret 2 роки тому +168

    This is a great retrospective, but I do wanna clarify something about Operation Rainfall, because it's not entirely true that Nintendo didn't want to release the three games "in the West". It was only Nintendo of America that weren't interested, Nintendo of Europe were all for it. They even had a Xenoblade trailer in English ready to go for E3 2011, but NoA blocked it. The head of Nintendo France even seemed confused by this decision in an interview at the time. Here in the UK, we got the game two months after that, while you guys had to wait an extra year.
    I'd even argue that if NoE hadn't handled localisation duties, Rainfall might not have succeeded as NoA could have just brushed it off with "localisation is expensive and we don't feel we'd make the money back" which is harder to argue when your European arm already did that work for you. Which, if you're wondering, IS why Xenoblade is so aggressively British.
    A minor point, probably, but I just wanted to add this extra context

    • @airship_elyta
      @airship_elyta 2 роки тому +13

      that gives me a lot more appreciation for the European accents in the Xenoblade universe. thanks for this context :)

    • @benevans7564
      @benevans7564 2 роки тому +9

      I'm in Australia and Pandoras tower/xenoblade chronicles weren't that rare or expensive pre pandemic. Supply has dried up a lot now.

    • @RemoWilliams1227
      @RemoWilliams1227 2 роки тому +6

      @@benevans7564 yeah prices have gotten silly for retro games and systems. Which is why I no longer feel bad about emulating.

    • @Fox_Mccloud11
      @Fox_Mccloud11 2 роки тому

      Great clarification!

    • @Fox_Mccloud11
      @Fox_Mccloud11 2 роки тому +1

      @@RemoWilliams1227 'silly' is quite subjective. High prices show high demand, largely because of the quality of the games

  • @brycelavender2255
    @brycelavender2255 Рік тому +11

    I think getting one at 7 years old on Christmas is one of my fondest memories

  • @LordTechnopants
    @LordTechnopants 2 роки тому +52

    I have owned (& enjoyed) many gaming systems from 1979 onwards (consoles, home computers to PCs). One of the systems I had with the lowest attachment rate of games was the Wii, but..... I remember Christmas Day 2007 when we opened the Wii we had bought ourselves (my partner and I), having not been able to get one in the UK Christmas 06. We were home alone that Yule with no other family commitments (for once) and dinner was several hours late as we just couldn't drag ourselves away from Wii Tennis to actually cook ourselves the most important meal of the year, despite our empty stomachs. No other system managed such a feat and I thank the Wii for that memory. Happy days.

  • @ThisChannelIsAbandoned300
    @ThisChannelIsAbandoned300 2 роки тому +17

    The Wii brought me SO many Memories from playing games like Wii Party, Wii Sports, and Wii Sports Resort.

  • @leeartlee915
    @leeartlee915 2 роки тому +113

    It’s so weird. I never was bothered by the “waggle” of the Wii, if it was done okay. It being used in place of a button press wasn’t this huge issue for me as it seems to be for others. DKC Returns was fine, imo, with shake to roll.

    • @torugolago
      @torugolago 2 роки тому +3

      I get you, but honestly the waggle was actually well implemented in DKC Returns, while other games not so much.

    • @leeartlee915
      @leeartlee915 2 роки тому +8

      @@torugolago Well that opinion isn’t a popular one. People love to say “DKC Returns was great, except for that wag to roll thing. Thank God they fixed it on the 3DS release”.
      I’d actually go one step further and say that the waggle (when done right) was actually kind fun. I loved getting into the rhythm playing Mario Galaxy and suddenly I would shake the Wiimote to get Mario to stabilize. I kinda do that naturally with some games so it felt natural to a certain extant. But yeah, when it was done poorly, it was god awful. But most of the 1st party titles I thought did it justice.

    • @azmilog
      @azmilog 2 роки тому +3

      the problem was honestly that the wii was just another platform for a lot of games. games that were made for the wii were FUN with the wiimote, and games that had to worry about 2 other platforms were Playable with the wiimote. u could always tell the difference :/

    • @leeartlee915
      @leeartlee915 2 роки тому +1

      @@azmilog Did you ever play Boom Blox? That game technically could have been made for any system. But because you had to use that wacky Wiimote, it became like this ultimate version of Jinga and pre-Angry Birds. A lot have games have come and gone but the ones I played on the Wii stick with me *because* of that funky set up.

    • @marisstown
      @marisstown 2 роки тому +1

      the only issue i had on waggle intensive games was that it strains my wrists, but with someone who has better wrist constitution im sure it wouldn’t be a problem lol

  • @poolpartyjacob
    @poolpartyjacob Рік тому +1

    This is literally peak UA-cam content
    This video could have been 10 minutes of like “yeah it was cool and innovative and the motion controls were a lot of fun but ultimately bad and held the console back plus smartphones killed all the other random cool things about it”
    But instead a multitude of games are all chewed down to the bone in analysis in the context of the consoles development in time and like relevance to other tech and also at the end gives that beautiful life changing message about “trying and not knowing rather than knowing and not trying”
    Plus nostalgia is awesome and cool

  • @michaelyochim6016
    @michaelyochim6016 2 роки тому +272

    I’m surprised he didn’t mention how motion controls elevated Resident Evil 4. To this day, the wii edition may well be one of the best ports of that particular game.
    It certainly blew the prior GameCube and PS2 versions out of the water.

    • @venweasel
      @venweasel 2 роки тому +26

      It absolutely is the best version. It's so hard to explain to people that it is cause of the Wii's negative reputation. They don't understand what they're missing.

    • @DDDorsett
      @DDDorsett 2 роки тому +1

      Is there any benefit of playing the Wii version of RE4 nowadays when i can play the game on much more newer systems that can make it run better (and probably more easier to obtain?)

    • @venweasel
      @venweasel 2 роки тому +28

      @@DDDorsettThe Wii port has all of the extras of but It mainly comes down to the motion controls. It's just satisfying, especially while aiming. You might be able to replicate that sensation by playing the PC version with the mouse and keyboard. Idk though, haven't played the PC version.

    • @lindblumpickles3407
      @lindblumpickles3407 2 роки тому +9

      I think the Oculus version trumps the Wii version now. But prior to that, yes.

    • @KrazzeeKane
      @KrazzeeKane 2 роки тому +9

      @@venweasel I would say it USED to be the best version absolutely (though it could be beaten by running it via Dolphin EMU and using a PC Wii-bar to utilize the wii-mote on the PC with all the upgraded graphics of an emulator). But now by far the greatest version of RE4 is the Oculus Quest 2 version.
      It is an amazing port of the game and completely changes how you play RE4 since you are right in the action, pushing and slashing and shooting and panicking and running, its so fun I can't explain it properly. Any RE4 fan owes it to themselves to play the Oculus Quest version at some point if you ever get the chance.

  • @henryd98
    @henryd98 Рік тому +2

    My grandma bought my brother and I a Wii for christmas in 2011, listening to that music again, seeing the menu. It brought my to tears man, thank you for bringing those memories back to me.

  • @i8dacookies890
    @i8dacookies890 2 роки тому +41

    Wii can't predict the future, but Wii can influence it.

  • @Bboy_OatsnRice
    @Bboy_OatsnRice 2 роки тому +12

    Lovely video, and huge props to giving games like Red Steel 2, Sin & Punishment, and others that don't nearly get remembered as fondly as the bigger titles. Perfect video about the wii, and I can't believe how much a similar fate befell the wii u.

  • @cheesemanzombie9151
    @cheesemanzombie9151 2 роки тому +49

    Definitely one of the most fun consoles to return to

  • @osteohiveporosis6882
    @osteohiveporosis6882 5 місяців тому +2

    My uncle got my brother and I a Wii back in 2011. Having only played mobile games up til that point, our minds were blown by Mario Galaxy, NSMBW, Wii Sports, etc.

  • @Game_Hero
    @Game_Hero 2 роки тому +88

    Hot take : I find Wii Music to be fun, especially with friends to goof around and remix music. I can thank this game for my love of music. I loved the atmosphere and design of the game even if the gameplay itself was a bit too simple. Also I wouldn't exactly call John Lennon "public domain", lol.

    • @leeartlee915
      @leeartlee915 2 роки тому +5

      That is a hot take… one I don’t think many would share. But good for you for getting out there with your opinion.

    • @acegamergoldie1008
      @acegamergoldie1008 2 роки тому +6

      I found it fun as well, a simple but enjoyable family game (still not as good as wii sports or wii play).

    • @leeartlee915
      @leeartlee915 2 роки тому +1

      @@acegamergoldie1008 Really? Wii Music? I’m truly interested to know what you found fun about that game.

    • @timon_of_athens
      @timon_of_athens 2 роки тому +5

      @@leeartlee915 Wii Music introduced many to some of the greatest composers ever like yb and plaboi carti

    • @leeartlee915
      @leeartlee915 2 роки тому

      @@timon_of_athens Lol, you can’t be serious. How is Wii music people’s first exposure to those public domain songs.

  • @gtylerbrown2
    @gtylerbrown2 2 роки тому +8

    Its always interesting hearing people talk so fondly and passionately about things I have no love for. Good video!

  • @ericmay560
    @ericmay560 2 роки тому +12

    You only briefly mention it in the video, but what makes this console so special to me is that it made FAMILIES play. My parents, who only let us play games, ended up wanting to play Wii Sports, Resort, Wii Play and Wii Fit. My grandparents bought one and we would go over once a week to play golf with him, which are memories I will forever cherish.

  • @JohnSegerclucka
    @JohnSegerclucka 2 роки тому +8

    I bought my first Wii in June of last year and I play it everyday. "House of the dead Overkill," "Excite Bots," Mario Kart Wii," so many fantastic games

  • @dondavid6514
    @dondavid6514 2 роки тому +44

    Finally someone who sees the diverse library of the Wii
    I was happy this wasn't another "oh wii games be like wii sports mario bros galaxy Zelda shovelware"
    I was soooo happy to hear red steel 2,madworld, sin and punishment, muramasa, klonoa and NO MORE HEROES!!!!
    Good one to you sir
    I hope you check out some other wii games

  • @DanWhite1025
    @DanWhite1025 5 місяців тому +1

    No shit I stalked you on X (Twitter) today to tell you how much I loved this video. It came up on my autoplay feed through my earbuds while working today. Instant fan of your content and will check the rest out too. Great work man, and you are clearly talented at content creation, narration, scripting, etc. Cheers from Florida.

  • @scottjohnson4452
    @scottjohnson4452 2 роки тому +14

    BEST CHANNEL ON UA-cam. Thank you so much for all your doing your videos are literal holidays for me I love listening to your vids

  • @its_eli
    @its_eli Рік тому +2

    I waited for 18 hours for Wii and Twiligh Princess. It ignited my passion for gaming and now I'm enjoying the Switch. Long live Nintendo. Great documentary, it brought back so many memories.

  • @scottjohnson4452
    @scottjohnson4452 2 роки тому +19

    one of the greatest moments of my entire life was beating every one of my uncles and cousins in wii sports boxing when i was like 5 years old, and i will never forget it

  • @ninbendoyt3203
    @ninbendoyt3203 11 місяців тому +1

    8:57 Adding onto this, if you like the Wii and DsI ambient themes on its applications, you'll love Hiroshi Yoshimura's music, especially his albums Four Post Cards and Surround 1. I bet he was a huge inspiration for Nintendo when making the music

  • @duckychan8085
    @duckychan8085 2 роки тому +49

    I just started to watch your videos and your videos are the most binge worthy vids out there. They range from retrospective and overall fun content. Keep up the Work!

  • @rawsick
    @rawsick Рік тому +3

    I’m almost 30 and I have been really wanting to relive my childhood, and I didn’t go to the n64, or gameboys, i went straight for the Wii. This really was the greatest casual gameplay I ever loved

  • @evanthehuman1873
    @evanthehuman1873 2 роки тому +8

    Finally my favorite system that got me into Nintendo what I grew up on and seeing my favorite UA-camr talk about it warms my heart

  • @StarmisYTP
    @StarmisYTP 2 роки тому +5

    I wish I grew up with a internet connection with the Wii. I'm glad Wiimmfi exists because this console is really special.

  • @docbaker3333
    @docbaker3333 2 роки тому +18

    "Wii would like to play" words that defined my elementary School years I loved it I got a lot of goods games on it Brawl, Galaxy, Shake it Twilight princess I loved it to death and I still play it a bit to this day. Hell my parents rushed to hell and back finding a Wii for christmas since most stores where sold out until they found on in a Sears much to their relief.

  • @nuclearOptimist
    @nuclearOptimist 2 роки тому +5

    Seeing Trauma Center get some appreciation is so surprising. One of my favorite games growing up and suturing people up by wildly shaking the WiiMote back and forth is a core memory.

  • @joshua9832
    @joshua9832 2 роки тому +49

    The Wii is my personal favorite Nintendo console ever made. The switch, snes, and GameCube are close though. The presentation, innovation, creativity, excellent VC library, great First party library, and pretty good third party library.

  • @chrisrey0018
    @chrisrey0018 Рік тому +2

    This made me fall in love with the WII even more… i’m glad I grew up wit this!

  • @AlexBowesVideos
    @AlexBowesVideos 2 роки тому +20

    So beautiful for you to end the retrospective of Xenoblade Chronicles. It is just an absolute wonder and no game has ever, EVER had the impact that Xenoblade Chronicles has had on me. If you read this, I DEMAND you play the Definitive Edition, released 2 years ago exactly on the Switch. Thank you Liam for shedding more light on this masterpiece.

    • @godsendmusic5911
      @godsendmusic5911 2 роки тому +2

      I just bought 3 booting up the switch as we speak 😉

  • @rayminishi689
    @rayminishi689 2 роки тому +1

    Its a delight to see Madworld and No More Heroes get a mention on a lengthy video like this. They were of the many that disproved the Wii was just for children

  • @flameguy21
    @flameguy21 2 роки тому +39

    I'll never forget how my sister really wanted to play Super Mario Galaxy when we got our Wii and then never did while I played it like 6 times lol. Some of the motion controls in some games haven't aged well but it overall had some real bangers.

    • @Training_Wheels
      @Training_Wheels 2 роки тому

      I picked up galaxy 2. I didn't like it .. I never played the 1st one.
      I got Mario odysee. I played until new donk city or whatever it's called... got bored with it.. I guess I just don't like Mario anymore...

    • @nashwaf9
      @nashwaf9 2 роки тому +1

      @Mike Fitzgerald galaxy doesn't have 242 stars, rather only 120

    • @traviscunningham7062
      @traviscunningham7062 Рік тому

      242 if you count playing the game again as Luigi.

  • @andreskrasnikovas2400
    @andreskrasnikovas2400 2 роки тому

    Your reviews are truly elaborated and sincere. The level of complexity they dive in while talking about the consoles in every single way - music, design, history, sales - is incredible.
    I thank you for all the laborious work you put into these videos!

  • @ericchatham5833
    @ericchatham5833 2 роки тому +5

    I played so much on the Wii between 2006-2010. I forgot about Fluidity until now. Thanks for the retrospective!

  • @jollygrapefruit786
    @jollygrapefruit786 2 роки тому +24

    The Wii was such a great console.

  • @textbooktomorrow
    @textbooktomorrow 2 роки тому +1

    So many memories with the Wii, got one used about a year ago and did my best to get back every game we had when I was younger. It was so worth it to revisit those games and relive those memories. I will absolutely keep them for my kids to experience one day!

  • @viewtifuljoe99
    @viewtifuljoe99 Рік тому +1

    This retrospective did a really good job at capturing the bittersweet nature of the Wii. There were so many great niche games coming out on it but it was an impossible task for me to convince anyone I knew at the time in high school/college to try them out. Being slightly older than the kids growing up with the system, I was stuck in this awkward middle ground where I was seeing everyone around me and everyone on gaming sites brush off and mock the Wii while I was experiencing some of the most impactful games in things like Xenoblade, No More Heroes, Sin & Punishment, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, and Muramasa. I think we tend to forget how isolating that aspect of the Wii felt as part of the whole gaming culture of the time.

    • @ContendCreators
      @ContendCreators Рік тому

      You missed just cause gta dirt 3 skate 3

    • @viewtifuljoe99
      @viewtifuljoe99 Рік тому

      @flaminporky None of those are wii games, or niche.

  • @bodoque_csm
    @bodoque_csm 2 роки тому +40

    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Wii version is still one of the best video games experiences I've ever had

    • @Increda-bad
      @Increda-bad 2 роки тому +1

      That game on wii was awesome

    • @bertinernie31
      @bertinernie31 2 роки тому

      Played it on everything but the Wii. Sounds like it's time for a revisit

    • @bodoque_csm
      @bodoque_csm 2 роки тому +2

      @@bertinernie31 Definitely give it a try. The game is designed to make the Wii remote operate like a lightsaber which makes it super immersive even despite the terrible resolution. Plus the difference between the Wii and other platforms' version is crazy. On the first level it's literally night and day lol

  • @grunch610
    @grunch610 Рік тому +1

    This was an amazing video essay! Loved all the little puns in the chapters! TBH i haven't ever watched you before but this definetely deserves a subscription

  • @Waifu4Life
    @Waifu4Life 2 роки тому +7

    Not sure how the Switch's successor's will manage without Iwata behind it (yes, the Switch was released after his death, but it was in development and conceptualize way before 2015).

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman 2 роки тому

      I just wish the Switch interface was not so incredibly boring and the store not so incredibly slow and unintuitive to navigate.

    • @Waifu4Life
      @Waifu4Life 2 роки тому +2

      @@Ozzianman True, the Switch sure ain't no Wii or PS3 when it comes to it's UI.

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman 2 роки тому

      @@Waifu4Life PS3 XMB is one of the simplest UIs I have seen that still has a identity to it. I will give the Switch UI some credit though. It is simple and straight to the point, and those button sounds are very nice. I just wish they had a bit more fun with the design of the UI.

  • @lawrencemcstephens308
    @lawrencemcstephens308 2 роки тому

    Fantastic retrospective, Liam! You have become one of my favorite UA-camrs recently! You are thorough, vulnerable, honest, and truly passionate about video games. I appreciate that so much, and hearing your thoughts on games, coupled with the lore, music, and gameplay footage, made me realize how impactful video games are for me.
    Sometimes while listening to your thoughts on how different games emotionally impacted you and left an impression on you as a child or a young man, I would get misty eyed or choked up, remembering those same feelings from games that I've played. You grew up in a slightly different era, it sounds like you are younger than me by a few years, since I grew up with the NES, and the Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis were my two go to consoles, especially the RPGs. Final Fantasy 6, Chrono Trigger, Illusion of Gaia, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Secret of Mana, Super Metroid, Sonic the Hedgehog, etc.
    That era of games left those types of emotional impacts on me, and hearing your thoughts on the newer games, especially Wind Waker and other newer Zelda games that I mostly missed out on, made me want to repurchase those consoles for myself and play those games. Thank you for your attention to detail and your heart on sleeve approach to retrospectives on games that impacted you growing up. Keep up the good work!

  • @kayakat1869
    @kayakat1869 Рік тому +6

    The Wii was the best as a kid. I think at least 1/4th of my happy childhood memories were made by playing on it. All of my friends had it at their houses too, so we coul always play together. Wii Ski and Wii Sports Resort are so nostalgic to me.

  • @triptadabeach
    @triptadabeach Рік тому +1

    THE MOTION COMTROLS FOR MARIO GALAXY ARE AMAZINGGG I LOVED THe BALL LEVELS AND THE STINGRAY RACE LEVLLS💞💞💞💞its so magical

  • @GinGrayTonic
    @GinGrayTonic 2 роки тому +25

    Now I definitely need a retrospective on Xenoblade, because it is one of my favourite games ever

    • @joshshrum2764
      @joshshrum2764 2 роки тому +1

      I’d love it, and understanding the music of Undertale would be great too.

  • @henrybusch9334
    @henrybusch9334 Рік тому +1

    What I would do for the days where I wake up early with my brother, eat cereal, and rush to the basement to play Mario Kart or Lego Star Wars, Wii Sports, etc. It didn’t matter. Nothing mattered. I was in preschool/kindergarten. I didn’t have to worry about grades, college essays, social media, jobs, or anything. All I had to do was have the best days of my life. I am going to college this fall, and I still get a tear to my eye when I experience these sites and sounds. Anything to bring back the glory days.
    Thanks Wii

  • @acebee46
    @acebee46 2 роки тому +5

    I love the memories I have with the wii - I was that generation that just missed the gamecube and stuff like that, and the wii was my first exposure to video games

  • @Nero68
    @Nero68 2 роки тому +2

    Great look back at the Wii. I have never bought or finished as many games on a console as I did on the Wii. I was never bothered by the gimmicky controls that many people said. The Wii had some truly unique games that game me experiences that I will never forget. I want to highlight a few of my favorites (apart from the big Nintendo titles): Cursed Mountain, De Blob, Deadly Creatures, Endless Ocean, Kororinpa, Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars, Rabbids Go Home and Zack & Wiki. I think my favorite must have been Red Steel 2 which you mentioned. Everything felt so right.

  • @tallskeleton
    @tallskeleton 2 роки тому +3

    You did a great job - I’ve always avoided these retrospective videos as I’ve feared they would either be casual nostalgia fodder and my time would be better spent being productive, but I chose to watch yours and you did an amazing job with editing pacing, and word count
    Always felt like you had a good point being made and like this video was made very intentionally
    And the nostalgia factor was great too
    I was surprised to see you talk about excite truck

  • @HaasSpitta
    @HaasSpitta Рік тому +1

    The Wii Menu, background music is absolutely mesmerizing. I'm glad you broke this down. It's definitely one of the most memorable part of the Wii

  • @isaiahallen8199
    @isaiahallen8199 2 роки тому +5

    My first ever home console. Thanks again for the nostalgia!

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft32 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm surprised you didn't mention the Swordplay Showdown gamemode when talking about Wii Sports Resort... I remember it being a LOT more fun than it deserved to be. The intense music made it iconic too lol.

  • @jaywenzel3528
    @jaywenzel3528 2 роки тому +7

    My brother had a severe hand injury in 2008 and my mom got him the wii as a gift for all the surgeries he went thru. It really means alot to me to have been able to play games with him like wii sports and boom blox while he was recovering.

    • @Parker-nm9cg
      @Parker-nm9cg Рік тому

      BOOM BLOX! i was starting to wonder if it was a figment of my imagination 😭

  • @hopejoons
    @hopejoons 2 роки тому +1

    just thought i'd add my experience with the wii since i realized i never talk about it. lovely video btw and you've earned a new subscriber!!!
    the wii is soooo nostalgic for me. it was my first ever home console. i vividly remember it since at my cousin's house, my great grandmother and i played wii sports golf together and she loved it (she barely knew how to change channels on the tv, so honestly i was impressed) my grandmother, aka my great grandma's daughter, decided to get her a wii for christmas in i think 2007. i remember my brother and i being super jealous and always using it at her house to a point she just gave it to us. i was around 7 and my brother was about 3, and i remember giving him a wii remote that was turned off since he was desperate to play but didnt understand how to control things. (he later learned how to master mario kart at age 5 while i was at summer camp and beat my ass when i got back lol)
    i absolutely love the wii, but in hindsight, it was the most "normie" console ever, for lack of another term. i mean that in the best way possible, but still. i remember having friends that were surprised i hadn't played certain games since they grew up with things like the gamecube and n64, but i was the eldest child as well as the oldest kid in my generation on both sides of the family, so with my parents not being gamers i only experienced gaming with friends for years. thus, the only even somewhat iconic game i had was super mario bros wii, which admittedly we only had since my dad played the og one back in the day and was thrilled to show me it in a more modern sense. besides that, we had the basics, like wii sports, wii play, wii sports resort after a few years, and mario kart (the most played game at our house. i swear we had over 3000 hours by the time we stopped using our wii almost 10 years later.) otherwise everything else we had was either shovelware or too complicated for my 7yo brain to grasp since i hadn't had any experience with gaming and literally didn't understand fighting mechanics. as more of a gamer in my adult life, im going back and experiencing the games that were only slightly before my time since i hadn't been able to experience having consoles given to me from siblings or cousins.
    tl;dr i love the wii but wish i had more experience with actual games lol

  • @Hip-Gnosis1134
    @Hip-Gnosis1134 2 роки тому +5

    I have so much love for this console. It’s the first console I bought with my own money. Countless hours of brawl and Mario kart. Great video Liam, full of that good old nostalgia ❤️

  • @1andTheOnlyy
    @1andTheOnlyy 16 днів тому

    Thank you for this . Helped me feel and vision my old life . The good memories . Feel like a different lifetime . The friends and simplicity , family and memories , we all never knew could be so dear . The ds and wii was amazing man.. it’s scary getting older , wondering where life will lead

  • @1un4cy
    @1un4cy 2 роки тому +12

    Wii: Lets bring all of our past games to the Wii through the virtual console.
    Switch: Lets sell this collection for 6 months to capitalize on FOMO and remove all legacy content

  • @FGHypnotiq
    @FGHypnotiq 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing Video! Thanks for making the last 80 minutes of my work day fly by!

  • @gamepro31
    @gamepro31 Рік тому +5

    Operation Rainfall still stands as one of the greatest fan collaborations ever. Thanks to the people involved in pushing Nintendo to release these games. Xenoblade alone is now one of their premier franchises. All because of a dedicated fanbase who believed in its potential.

  • @thinkabout42
    @thinkabout42 2 роки тому

    This video's energy and passion are so impressive that I came from feeling next to nothing about Wii (only emulated a handful of games and that's it) to actually forming some nostalgic feelings about it.
    So much was covered that it makes it hard not to get attached to this console and the history period.
    Marvelous work.

  • @Nobutehuhh
    @Nobutehuhh 2 роки тому +7

    I have so many great memories with the DS download play feature. I miss when something as simple as the GUI had character. I understand why the switch is so simple, but I hope that philosophy isn't dying.

  • @FecklessHours
    @FecklessHours 2 роки тому +2

    This is now one of my favorite retrospectives thanks Liam. You did a fantastic job wrapping up the video too. Looking forward to that Super Mario Galaxy retrospective.

  • @donny2147
    @donny2147 2 роки тому +8

    Wii all know this was the #1 home console of our childhoods

  • @aheadsounds2522
    @aheadsounds2522 11 місяців тому +1

    one fun thing i find is that the farther away from the wii you are the more sensitive some motion controls get so you can start throwing bowling balls at extreme speeds.

  • @GoldSpider55047
    @GoldSpider55047 2 роки тому +10

    The Wii will always have a special place in my heart I will miss those times

    • @AlnilamDeOrion2615
      @AlnilamDeOrion2615 3 місяці тому +1

      Same here, i Wish i could have my Wii Back! 😢

  • @LetsGoGetThem
    @LetsGoGetThem 4 місяці тому +2

    The problem with creative controls like motion controls and making a console around said gimmick is that games developers correctly don't want to take massive risks just to completely redesign their games or even develop new games for such bad hardware when it's built around said gimmick, even with the huge installation base like the Wii had. It just isn't going to happen, they want every console to have standards that they can easily port to. Nintendo recognized this and took a step back from obscura with the Switch, with it's motion gimmicks firmly understated and even less utilized.

  • @nuclearepsilon
    @nuclearepsilon 2 роки тому +5

    Ever since I found your channel I was waiting for an eventual mention of Xenoblade, and it was at the end of such a massive video as well. Great video as always, I do love me some Wii

  • @scarrface28
    @scarrface28 Рік тому +2

    Amazing work on this, entertaining throughout, please continue to do more!

  • @saulosantos7929
    @saulosantos7929 2 роки тому +4

    What is that Persona looking game at 1:04?

    • @davidtrainor2115
      @davidtrainor2115 4 місяці тому

      I know this is 2 years later, but the game is Trauma Center: Under the Knife (specifically 3-4‘s surgery)