Slate Pans the Wii, Slate Loves the Wii

thatguywhoiam writes "Slate's Eric Sofke takes a few considered shots at Nintendo's latest console. He claims the Wii Remote has major accuracy problems, which are compensated for by too-easy games. Meanwhile, just next door, Chris Suellentrop says the Wii is even better than the PS3. Check out both sides of the issue." From the Sofke article: "The new Nintendo's flaws make me question who the Wii's audience will be. Kids don't want embarrassingly easy games. Casual gamers of any age will bail out the first time their crosshairs go AWOL. And hardcore gamers like me aren't going to bother with a magic wand that makes us less efficient at killing aliens. For a console that wants to start a revolution, making users doubt their reflexes is a serious design flaw."

Comments

Should be a different article...

[__aaclcg7560]

Slashdot Pans The Wii, Slashdot Loves the Wii

Re:To Be Blunt

[Anonymous Coward]

To be completely blunt, most of the control problems I have seen people have with the Wii have been problems with the user, not the interface.

Spoken like a true Linux-developer.

Scary

[Anonymous Coward]

OMG it's like when different people think different things... but on the same site! Whatever happened to good old fashioned values like Groupthink? :(

Penny Arcade

[schoolisdeath]

Boy, did they hit the head on the nail:

He says:
"I realized that the Wii isn't asking me to simulate a realistic swing. There's no reason to assume a batter's stance, and no reason to bother swinging the controller fast or following through--flicking the controller like a pingpong paddle works just as well. This is the Wii's biggest letdown--you don't need to stand up, leap around, or otherwise leave the warm embrace of your couch. The console senses motion, but compared with the full-body workout of a game like Dance Dance Revolution, you're not getting any kind of exercise at all."

PA says:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/13

I say:
He doesn't appear to understand a certain type of fun that videogames can provide. You _can_ decide to play it like Cartman playing WoW, or you could have fun. Your choice. He chooses to be a f***ing toolbox.

I'm not a Wii fanboy, but I have to say that article is pretty terrible.

The only intuitive human interface is the nipple

[tepples]

The only intuitive human interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned, including pen, keyboard, mouse, and gamepad. You just seem to forget the effort that you spent learning them because you learned them before age 12.

To the contrary.

[EinZweiDrei]

The only intuitive human interface is the nipple.

Not even that. Just ask the first woman I ever got naked.

Re:To the contrary.

[heinousjay]

But I haven't talked to your sister in forever.

And I apologize, I mean nothing by it. I just seem to be genetically unable to pass up the slow pitch.

Re:Psst.

[Anonymous Coward]

There's no room for funny when defending the honor of the Wii!

Re:Super Monkey Balls REALLY shows the shortcoming

[bogie]

"I dont have super monkey balls "

Baaawhahahawww

Sorry.

Re:Accuracy Problems, Pointless Bashing

[pythian]

(a lot of people on the gamespot forums recommend covering up any theoretical glass coffee tables that are between you and the system)

Please Note: This recommendation only applies to THEORETICAL glass coffee tables. Any actual glass coffee tables should be left uncovered.

Re:To Be Blunt

[AcidLacedPenguiN]

. . . You better hope she's expecting one, because if she wakes up christmas morning with a wii in her grasp I think you'll have some explaining to do.