I think you nailed it…

I have no Wii games. I did but, I sold them and I really don’t miss them. I do (oddly enough) have no blocks left on my Wii because it is full of old games I’ve downloaded.

I don’t think this is a Wii thing. I think what is happening is, we are getting old. I don’t mean we are going to be 80 years old and still play NES games (which… maybe we will). What I mean is we really have no time to do anything anymore. I come home from work, I’am tired, I don’t want to start searching for star bits across the galaxy. Even though I play every Mario game that comes out, I really have no energy for it. I think since old school games are simple and we pretty much know the paths to take, we know it won’t take much time to either beat it or get to a save point.

Look at Willie (VenomSymbiote). He is 15 and he said he plays the Wii almost everyday. I think the games we buy or play before graduating High School will pretty much lay out the way we play and what we play for the rest of our lives. Every game I buy now is either an already an established series I’am familiar with or some kind of re-made old school game. I usually will never buy a game I have no former knowledge of. Maybe it’s because (subconsciously) I don’t want to deal with learning about a whole new series, and maybe I know I don’t want to so I won’t even waste my money.

I also did the same exact thing with brawl\melee. I unlocked almost everything like an animal in the previous Smash Bros game. This time? Barley even touched it. I think that means with every Video Game system that comes out, this “not playing games” situation is going to get worse until one day we give up and just play the old school systems.

Sorry if this don’t make sence to anyone, that’s just how I see it.

I’m sure it would get used more if A) I had another controller and could play multiplayer (could do online but…meh), B) Had more people to play it with (don’t really have any gamer friends, at least not anymore). and of course C) If there were more games I wanted to play. There’s still a few out there that I havn’t picked up yet but aside from a couple of Wiiware games (Mega Man 9, WOO!) I’ve only purchased two games all year. I don’t download VC games though, but that’s just because I prefer to own the actual cartridges and stuff and play the games on their original systems.

Let’s put it this way. I still love my Wii, will not get rid of it and look forward to what will come out in the future, but I’m definitly going to be picking a 360 soon .

I was totally behind PlayStation when it came out, likewise for PS2. Then Halo single-handedly brought me on board with Xbox. And I’m already “invested” in XBL, so when games that interest me come out, I generally buy the 360 version.

Couldn’t care less about Wii. As I predicted early on, Wii games tend to be gimmick-driven and involve flailing around randomly. Just not my cup o’ tea.

The review on Animal Crossing: City Folk I read this morning over at WiiFanboy almost motivated me to go out to the local GameStop and buy the game, though. But seeing as how I got laid off last Friday, I thought it best not to do so.

-Jaime D.

Since I got a new gaming PC I am ready for a lot of left 4 dead and I have been addicted to Fallout 3. I admit I am becoming the FPS fan I never thought I would be. I def. intend to go back and get bioshock and half life 2 games because I totally missed them first time around.

But I do see what you mean. I am taking the time to play through the real FF tactics again on the PSP, Kirby Superstar on the DS, and of course Chrono Trigger when it comes out. I will say Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kongquest is my comfort game I will always take the time to beat again every year or so.

So needless to say I def. agree, it hard for me to beat every game i currently own, but that is okay with me cause I know there will be one day I am so tired of new stuff I turn to my shelf and see a game I never played sitting there and I will pop it in and be happy I own it.

I am looking forward to buying many Wii games next year, and the sheer potential of the Wii will not make me get rid of it. Then again, I haven’t “gotten rid of” any console yet.

I think about playing Brawl occasionally, as well as some VC games, but there’s no overwhelming drive like there used to. I don’t exactly know why that is.