BaB Presents: Where'd Wii go Wrong

[BreakABone]

I guess, I should start stimulating activity in my own forum with a simple series looking at the 3 main platforms. The first being the Wii just because its the easiest I think.

While the system has been shown to be a monster in terms of sales and reputation and in my own eyes have created some truly innovative pieces of software, Nintendo really lowballed the console.

-The graphics. I am by no stretch of the imagination a graphics whore, and in my opinion it is pretty passable, but owning a 360 I can see where folks would have issue with the Wii games. On the same hand, I've mostly played the major Wii games where they try a lot harder.

-Friend codes. I don't mind ONE. A system friend code seemed to be a saving grace. One code sort of like a cell number or something and you are good to go, but no that is only good for certain things. I mean in order to do everyting online in Smash you need two friend codes. One to play and one to trade pics/ movies/ stages. It really is a pain in the ass.

-Online. I think it is passable at times, but there needs to be some uniformed system. There are leaderboards and ranks in Mario Strikers Charged but not in Smash Bros. There is the ability for a Mario Kart channel that isn't in any other Nintendo game. Don't substract. Keep adding. Make it a standard.

-Not the Wii's fault exactly, but 3rd party support can still be a little lackluster at times. It either gets ignored entirely, gets a watered down no effort port or well it gets a shoe-horned version.

Anyhow, those are the ones I know off the top of my head. Anymore? Some don't agree with?