PSWii Wii60 PSWii60 owners - How often does your Wii get used?
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This is contrary to my experience. If you can't stay in front, then you're probably not all that much more skilled than the people in 2nd-5th place. Yes, sometimes, you will get an unlucky run of getting hit by a blue shell, a red shell, another red shell, and then falling off the track, but if you're really that awesome at the game, you can get back up to 1st quickly.
You only get the big boosts if you are in like 12th place or worse, and if you're that far back, neither a triple mushroom nor a Bullet Bill is not going to take you to #1.
In shooters without player classes...in shooters without experience levels...in shooters without vehicles...
Mario Kart is not Gran Turismo. Yes, if you play it like it's GT, you will probably not do very well. But if you actually play it within its own rules, and stop trying to play it as though it were some other game, you can do very well. Of course, if you want to play a local game of "Cartoon Gran Turismo," you can turn off the items in VS mode.
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AI on max difficulity, i found it impossible to win by trying to stay in front. No problem to win if you just stay in 2nd until second last or last corner and overtake.
Maybe you can do it. kudos to you.-
Super Mario Kart and Shaun Whites snowboarding are the only two games that ever get used when we remember. Other than those it just gathers dust.
megadjango
Banned
I am playing Resident Evil DarkSide Chronicles and Silent Hill Shatered Memories
Johnny Awesome
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In the end, Wii is really just for kids.
djskribbles
Legend
If that wasn't sarcasm, I completely disagree. Several people I know in the age group of 23-32 own a Wii. I think the target audience is for kids and younger / older adults. The bulk of the teen / young adult age group seem to be hardcore gamers.
RancidLunchmeat
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I'm doubting it was sarcasm. You can tell by the "Mario Kart isn't GT" discussion we had in this very thread.
There's a lack of depth in the games because the goal of the Wii is to make it accessible to all ages. I don't know why people continue to try to refute what the Wii is. It was made that way on purpose, masterfully leveraged their IP, and is a runaway success for what it is.
There's a lack of depth in the games because the goal of the Wii is to make it accessible to all ages. I don't know why people continue to try to refute what the Wii is. It was made that way on purpose, masterfully leveraged their IP, and is a runaway success for what it is.
Silent_Buddha
Legend
Yes, but for many of them, they don't personally use it as much as the kids or the wife/gf I'll bet.
I have a hard time finding any single males that I know of that have a Wii that isn't gathering dust most of the time... There are some rare exceptions, of course.
Regards,
SB
djskribbles
Legend
Actually, most of them have toddlers that don't play games yet, or they don't even have kids. The Wii is a great system for when you have people over, regardless of age group... unless you're strictly a hardcore gamer. There's a reason why it's selling so much. The majority on B3D are strictly hardcore gamers, which is why it's the least popular system here. I'm more of a casual / semi-hardcore gamer and so are all of my friends / family.
You were talking about "skill," so I assumed you were talking about multiplayer. I usually do not think of machines as having "skill." But you're right, beating 150cc class just by cruising up to the front and saying there is impossible, since the computer will just give itself three blue shells and slam you with them at the end of the last lap. But so what? If you want to race a grand prix where merely knowing the course lines is sufficient to win, play 50cc or 100cc. If you want to race a more difficult challenge that requires pure driving skill to win, race the staff ghosts. The way I see it, the whole point of the 150cc class is to be an absurdly difficult challenge that can't be overcome merely by steering correctly and charing up boosts. It's still winnable. Complaining that you can't beat the 150cc class just by driving a good line is like complaining that you can't beat Halo on Legendary just by using the shotgun and circle-strafing.
If you're playing in multiplayer, the triple blue shell-slam doesn't happen, and a very skilled player can pretty much dominate the race.
i beg to differ. i'm yet to meet a seasoned gamer who does not play their wii regularly. all my friends who've had consoles for generations have a wii and use it fairly often. myself, the wii's easily the most played non-handheld system in the house (mainly by me - my wife is exclusively ds/psp). actually i believe that by now the wii's surpassed my cumulative ps2/cube play time. in contrast, my ps3 playtime amasses around tekken6, and until gt5 comes out (and logitech's g25 comes down in prices around here, greedy bastards) my ps3 will be mainly my relaxation console with flower (a pretty darn good easy-going game - i heartily recommend it to anyone and show it to non-gaming friends when they visit).
djskribbles
Legend
Well, none of the people I know are hardcore gamers, but from the several polls here at B3D and the people I've spoken to online (which are mostly on gaming sites with several hardcore gamers) most, if not all of the multi-console owners use their Wii the least.
