Wii has become a short term gimmick console for me.

thread= wii sells but so far it\'s been a gimmick

link= please sir can you tell me if my Wii is going to nose dive?

and stop kissing yourself

Wii is not a gimmick in the negative sense that you try to say it is. It\'s a gaming system, nothing more or less. I suppose the controller is too scary for you to comprehend? You are but a simple caveman, perhaps? Our advanced ways frighten you, it seems?
 

 
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Please advise me as to the relevancy of that link.

It\'s a gimmick right now, because no "hot" games out there justify the number of console sold. The cheap price and the press around the hardware mainly sold it.

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It\'s a gimmick right now, because no "hot" games out there justify the number of console sold. The cheap price and the press around the hardware mainly sold it.

bingo!...:fro:

Super Paper Mario totally sucks. Buy a PS3 instead. [COLOR="Black"]DO NOT READ THIS: I AM KIDDING[/COLOR]

Wii is not a gimmick in the negative sense that you try to say it is. It\'s a gaming system, nothing more or less. I suppose the controller is too scary for you to comprehend? You are but a simple caveman, perhaps? Our advanced ways frighten you, it seems?
 
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http://snltranscripts.jt.org/91/91gcaveman.phtml
 
Please advise me as to the relevancy of that link.

I didnt know "gimmick" translates into "scary" or "advanced".
 
I agree though. The controller has been mostly a gimmick so far. A gimmick feature on a gaming console. Nothing more nothing less.. Currently. I didnt say anything different. So perhaps you should explain your annoyance. Oh and that link.

It\'s a gimmick right now, because no "hot" games out there justify the number of console sold. The cheap price and the press around the hardware mainly sold it.

I agree. Thats what I was trying to say in the beginning. And I many times in the past said I am giving it the benefit of the doubt (which many times made me disagree with mm) depsite that I am still waiting for any major announcments.
 
This wont stop me  from expressing my current impressions though.

It\'s a gimmick right now, because no "hot" games out there justify the number of console sold. The cheap price and the press around the hardware mainly sold it.

Your logic doesn\'t make any sense to me. Look up the word gimmick.
 
Wii has a few gimmicks, but not because of anything you or Uni have said.
 
For that matter, PS3 and Xbox 360 both have gimmicks as well. I guess I don\'t see why this has become the negative buzzword for describing the Wii.

would you prefer "fad" instead?

 
Wii has a few gimmicks, but not because of anything you or Uni have said.

Because of what me and Natoma said its a gimmick? And because of what according to you?

would you prefer "fad" instead?

At least that makes sense.
 
It may turn out to be a fad. I doubt it\'ll be any less successful than Gamecube though. A fad amongst the main stream public? Yeah, that could definitely happen.

Just checked gametrailer\'s Paper Mario review btw. That looks like one fun game I ll be getting. Very nice.

 But I didnt see any real use of the Wii controller

It only uses the Wii remote. If you play it, you\'re using the remote.
 
I know what you mean, though, they worked in some pointing and some tacked-on motion sensing. As with Zelda before it, Super Paper Mario is a converted Gamecube game, so it was designed originally without motion sensing in mind.

Your logic doesn\'t make any sense to me. Look up the word gimmick.

From: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gimmick

1. A method of gaining customers or attracting attention by accentuating a certain trait/quality.


The Wii mote is a gimmick, in the sense that ATM, Nintendo speak of it as "Revolution" and "Innovation". It\'s their main point (with the price) of advertising.. yet, not much games fully utilize the mote.

Yes, that\'s what a gimmick is. Each console has its own gimmicks going for it. These are good things, they sell systems, get people\'s interest.
 
Every Wii game I\'ve played uses the remote.
 
Does it use every feature of the remote? Not always. Should it? No. Only when it makes sense? That\'s more like it.
 
Look at the DS. Not every game makes you use the microphone, it\'s there for games that need it, and not used for games that don\'t. There\'s nothing wrong with that, and there\'s nothing wrong with the way companies have or have not used the motion sensing of the Wii remote at this point.
 
Companies will use it as they see fit. I just don\'t see what we\'re trying to get at with all this.
 
At least with the definition of gimmick out of the way, we can agree that all systems and indeed all consumer products have at least one hook or gimmick, and that that\'s not only not a bad thing, but completely normal.

It only uses the Wii remote. If you play it, you\'re using the remote.
 
I know what you mean, though, they worked in some pointing and some tacked-on motion sensing. As with Zelda before it, Super Paper Mario is a converted Gamecube game, so it was designed originally without motion sensing in mind.

I ll be getting it anyways though

It\'s still different and original with or without the controller

I ve noticed that it has some classic stages of the old times remade as well, which brings nostalgia of the good old days