My mario 64 cart has 120 stars (yes by me) and is autographed by Miyamoto. I waited in line all night to get my Wii. When its drive crapped out I bought a shiny

My mario 64 cart has 120 stars (yes by me) and is autographed by Miyamoto. I waited in line all night to get my Wii. When its drive crapped out I bought a shiny new black one. I was honestly expecting to be able to play all the virtual console games on it. I used to have fun with my kids playing all the old games on the Wii. Now we don't play them. I hadn't even realized it till I read this post. Subtly, subconsciously, Nintendo turned me off gaming on the Wii. I wasn't mad or angry. I recall now seeing the virtual console and thinking "I could buy this again ... nah maybe later". When I thought of buying a new game, instead of a happy feeling, the feeling I got was how I felt when I was thinking about buying the games I had on my old Wii for the second time: "nah maybe later". And later never came. Haven't bought a Wii U. And yes, it is fucking insane that as a parent, I can't set up an account, online, and buy games and activate consoles. There is no excuse Nintendo. I have iTunes. I have Amazon Instant Video. I have Netflix. This is how you sell to me now, and it will be how you sell to my kids. My 9yo has an iPhone and that's what she plays games on. COPPA is no excuse. My kids watch Netflix all day, but who signed up for it? Madness.