My Debacle With The Wii

Their is a debate I’m having with myself on the Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2. The first Mario Galaxy game was simply amazing; I basically ran a marathon in that game and got all 120 stars in about a week. The Wii I had that save file on along with 35+ hours of Twilight Princess is gone, not getting into how it’s gone but it’s gone. I can tell people like I just did above that I got it but I have no proof of the matter; no cloud saves of the game, no tag I can recover to my new Wii and keep all that tracked, nothing. I’m really happy I got all the stars but I’m not too sure I’ll be doing it with Galaxy 2. I would hate to go through all that again only for the proof to vanish.

I hop on the Xbox 360 and conversations are started. People see what I’m playing and are always interested in my thoughts. Chat invites are always thrown around; lets talk while we play games together. Played Resistance 2 on the PS3 yesterday, messaged friends, got trophies, etc. Both PS3 and 360 are so heavy with showing off what you got and are extremely accessible to talk with gamers, meet new people, and discover new games that you might not have ever heard of or seen before. The Wii needs something like this, especially how they excited everybody with their pretty amazing E3 show.

I don’t want to turn this into another “the Wii needs this” list of items, I just want to say that Nintendo could make more money if they implemented something like what Xbox and PSN has. Look at PlayStation Plus, this is selling and I guarantee more than half the gamers out their have no idea what the hell this program is. You are promised a free game a month but what game? This month you got something great like Wipeout HD, but who’s to say you will like the other games they pick out; yet people are still buying it. That program is $50 a year with a couple extra months tacked on which could be a good deal for people that spend a lot of money of PSN. Xbox 360 Gold membership is essential to play games online so it’s a must buy for gamers wanting to get the most out of their gaming experience.

I recently started a thread on Giantbomb about a subscription service with the Wii and its universal that they wouldn’t pay a cent for it. I figured that would be the case but I still would like to see it more implemented. I really do want to play the Wii more. It was $250 but I still don’t think I’ve gotten that out of it. I also believe I would be on it more if it had some of the same features we love about 360 and PS3. What if they started achievements/trophies now and told developers they could put them into their old games (much like they did with PS3) Would you start becoming a collector? Could this actually bring more people to play their Wii. Remember, some gamers might only have a Wii, so this could be a huge upgrade for them. I don’t see myself becoming addicted to Wii achievements, but I’m sure many would.

I guess my debate comes down to the fact that I would like to see more done to the Wii to persuade me to power it up. Nintendo has the money and the resources, but are probably more into making the 3DS than trying to radically change what has made them so successful.