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I use my Wii every day, usually for Netflix or MarioKart. Don't like the Wii U, but I think the Wii was very well made, and is fun and natural to use My 16-yea

• ashark 10y ago
  Counterpoint: I'd consider the Wii one of the worst designed consoles around. 1) Way less portable than its predecessor (Gamecube, famously portable) and, for that matter, most other consoles ever made, aside from a handful of famously-giant ones (e.g. Atari 7800, 1st gen X-Box) due to all the accessories, "light bar", et c. Sure, you could take it with no nunchuck accessories and maybe pay extra for a wireless "light bar" if you really love buying batteries, but that's extra money and less stuff you can do with it when you get where you're going. 2) "Ugh, the light bar fell behind the TV again and all the wiimotes' batteries are dead anyway. Oh well, I just want to play gamecube... oh, I can't navigate the menu with the GC controller. And I need to click on the game I want to play to start it. Guess I'll just play PS3 instead. Oh, its controller's dead too. No big deal, can just plug it in." 3) Have to leave ugly GC ports/memory door open if there's anything plunged into it, even if it's just a memory card. If anyone or anything moves anywhere near your Wii on a regular basis while it's in this state, the door will break off eventually. However, the Classic Pro controller accessor for the waggle 'motes is awesome. I wish someone would make a nicer to-USB adapter for them than the ones from Mayflash, because I've had both revisions of those go bad on me now and I'd like a solid, reliable one.