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Wii (that's not the sound you make when playing this)
It's no secret that I hate the Wii. Hate it. So what follows is a funny article that highlights huge problems for the Wii and all motion controls. Amateria actually commented exactly along these lines several months ago that people essentially pay $250.00 dollars for bowling virtually when they can pay $10 to play in real life. Still a funny read.
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/top-5-biggest-rip-offs-on-the-wii-/a-20091104114618373000
Nintendo has missed the mark in two very large ways:
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2) If the Wii is some sort of tool that allows these abstract controls in my hand to become anything, then why do they keep making accessories that only turn it into 1 thing? If I put my wii remote into a plastic mold that looks like a tennis racket, I now don't have an infinite number of possibilities, but I have a tennis racket. When I was younger my mom used to say that she would rather give me a stick to play with than a toy gun. The possibility existed for me to turn that stick into a gun among so many other options, but there still were many options for my fertile mind to work with. If she gave me a toy gun, my imagination would quit working, and I would only have a toy gun.
In any case, great article. I love gamesradar's blunt sense of humor.
Very valid points. I'm a huge fan of GamesRadar as well because of their humor and the fact that they obviously love video games, but never take themselves or the games TOO seriously.
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