Wii Need Quality

It's been close to two and a half years since the launch of the Nintendo Wii and you are barely starting to be able to find them regularly in stores. Moms, Dads and kids alike can't seem to get enough of that little white box. With how versatile, exciting, and involving the system is for people of all ages, who honestly isn't in love? Actually, most gamers aren't; anymore at least. Let me explain what I mean.

If you're someone like myself, who plays video games more than you probably should and own a Wii, chances are you haven't touched your Wii (no, not like that) since your last Smash Bros or Mario Kart party however many months ago. You've opted for the better selection of quality games the 360 and PS3 have to offer. Only seven of the couple hundred Wii games available have averaged a rank of 90% or better (gamerankings.com). That says a lot about the quality of its library. I've heard it over and over again from plenty of gamers; there just aren't a whole lot of appealing games for people like us.

The system is littered with heaps of crap (excuse my French). Games like Chicken Shoot, Balls of Fury, and NinjaBreadMan are among the countless game titles the Wii has to offer which keep me, and gamers like me, dissatisfied. I understand we aren't the target market anymore. The infantile controller schemes and pretty pictures can't win us over like they can the parents. With the DS practically printing money and the Wii selling like hotcakes, I would hope that Nintendo partners with some top developers to come up with the kind of awesome and high quality games that just might win me back.

I may sound like the typical angry gamer whose standards are so high that nothing can ever satisfy my never-ending thirst for perfection, but that's definitely not the case. I just want to be able to play my Wii and feel good about it. I just want to be able to play my Wii, period. I want to be able to view the Nintendo Wii as a core gaming system again, and not just as an entertainment system.