NINTENDO Wii 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - Happy Console Gamer

[@MrSadface]

Old video but I'm a new viewer to the channel. A high school classmate got it at launch and brought it into a computer class, we played Wii Sports and Raving Rabbids. Right then I decided that was the system I needed, so I wrote a long note to my family asking for it for Xmas, which I got with Twilight Princess. I was living on the west coast with my dad but visited my mom in NY for holidays, but the Wii came with me every time, over friend's houses, became the way I played GCN games, etc. Five years later I burned out the disk laser, crudely took it apart and fixed it (the front faceplate is held on with duct tape as the softer screws were drilled through) and then softmodded it so I can play my games off an external hard drive. A couple years later I moved back with my mom, and around when this video came out I reminded her how long ago the Wii launch was, so she told me about traveling all through NYC, including the big Nintendo store to find the Wii, and eventually gave up and bought it from a scalper for a hundred bucks more than retail. When I told her about how much I used it, the laser replacement, HDD/emulators, she actually conceded that we got our money's worth. The Wii also has a special place in my heart not just because of what it does represent but also what it doesn't. Because it came out when I was 16, that's around the time I started working, getting out more, dating, etc. It was around the era where I discovered what I wanted away from games, and then when the times came go home and play a video game, the console that was there was the Wii.

[@biogeniclife]

Wii had a major part in making VR popular.

[@euphan123]

Jon Withnoh really? I think the virtual boy had more to do with vr than the wii

[@aragorn100000]

VR sucks though (for now)

[@gordotiti]

Tristan Hobson What!? That thing flopped, sold 10 units, and you think that the Virtual Boy was the genesis to VR?

[@TheEregos]

It doesn't.

[@ninjamaster3453]

no, lawnmower man did.

[@bebop4one105]

I was there brother. My buddy and I waited in line all night in front of CIRCUIT CITY. Wii sports bundled with the console of course and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It was so cold in Los Angeles that night but we finally got in and got the console. We played bowling and tennis all day and it was fantastic. I'll never forget how much fun that was.

[@VGRetroQuest]

I was wondering in line at Kmart 10 years ago overnight for the Wii. it was such a great and strong console launch.

[@AaronVillalobos]

VGRetroQuest never knew kmart sold games

[@itsgonnarain6]

Its crazy how time flies. Love your Sunday videos.

[@gyorg3407]

Donkey Kong Country Returns is what got me into gaming / collecting.

[@DraculaXHunter101]

I still remember the Wii launch. On the release date, I went to every fucking retailer I could imagine. Still regret that I didn't pre-order the thing. I had to wait like three weeks later to get one. Once I picked up the Wii, I felt like the coolest 12 year old in history. Literally, playing Twilight Princess & Wii Sports really kept me hooked for days on end. Plus, being able to play Gamecube games on the system made it a thousand times better for me. Thank You Nintendo, Thank You. Then the post launch games were some of the most fun. WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Super Paper Mario, Sonic & the Secret Rings, Super Mario Galaxy, Pokemon Battle Revolution, Super Smash Bros Brawl, House of the Dead 2 & 3, Metal Slug Anthology, Mario Kart Wii, No More Heroes, Trauma Center: Second Opinion & so much more. So many gems on that console. Kept me busy, as much as what I did with my Xbox 360 at the time.

[@bstoppel1]

I had a similar experience. I got up around 5:30 and drove to Best Buy. There were like 50 people waiting, so I drove over to Toys R Us and there were only 3 people waiting. By the time they opened, there were like 30 people waiting. Only time I've ever waited in line like that for a system.

[@kiwigreen2456]

I got my Wii for Christmas and I was so amazed by it because I was used to the GBA to all of this motion control was a whole new side of gaming for me. My mom sold my Wii for 25 bucks with everything and I missed it so much.. Rip. But hey I recently got a Wii again and it’s amazing! Brings back so much nostalgia and I never knew you could play GameCube games on that so it opens another huge library!

[@tonyyaden]

I still play my Wii. All my retro games are emulated on there and I have the HDMI adapter for my new 65" tv I bought earlier this year. 10 years ago I did not stand in line, but I was having 1 hell of a time trying to hunt 1 down because they were sold out everywhere.

[@solar3mpire]

My on-line pre-ordered Wii was delivered a day early, so I had it already when the console was basically unavailable for the first 2 months. Wii sports (bowling) was incredible, even my grandmother played it! and liked it! It started a New Years eve tradition, of playing Wii. I took the Wii to my sisters house. We play Mario Party, Raving Rabbids 1 & 2, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2. This year we hope to finish Super Mario Galaxy 2 (100%).

[@sartanjay123]

Super Mario Galaxy, Okami, Twilight Princess, Brawl. Wii had a lot of great games and I have lots of nostalgic memories.

[@rubyweapon85]

my cousin and i sat in line at walmart for the midnight release. mom gave me the money and i had to hand over the wii/zelda to her until xmas morning. the wait was brutal to say the least. luckily we both managed to get one. having a ticket definitely helped. we saw many people leave empty handed D:

[@iluvgrapedrank]

The Wii was so successful that Nintendo couldn't handle the success, so they created the Wii U!

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

iluvgrapedrank pretty much

[@adameat3562]

iluvgrapedrank wii u is a great system, and fun

[@iluvgrapedrank]

I am really jealous of people that have the Wii U. :(

[@astraylia4522]

wii u is great with a easy jailbreak it can play everything of nintendo past in HD. its so good i have 2 XD

[@CoryCDS]

Only reason i want wii u is the star fox game on there, wish they just kept the wii a few more years

[@RodimusPrimal]

My wife bought ours a year after it came out and we loved many different games for it. Currently its hacked with emulators so I can play various ROM hacks with ease.

[@RiskyStrats]

The Wii came out roughly a month after my dad died. I have a lot of bittersweet memories of this console and its games. Especially when I played Mario Galaxy I kept thinking "Man, my dad would love this!". I love the console, it gave me a great way to escape reality when I really needed to.

[@AaronVillalobos]

Schecko Dam sorry to hear that dude .

[@RiskyStrats]

Thanks. That was years ago so it's all good now

[@megamarsonic]

Story time! Okay so I had to be about 16 when this happened. I was also more lazy than I am now (which probably means I was clinically dead), so I was still relying on my parents for my game systems due to not having a job. Of course, like most people, my mom did NOT get the Wii for me after waiting in line because they had sold out and Christmas came around without me getting the one thing I wanted most. Sometime in January (maybe Febuary, but I can't remember), my family went to Target to get some things they needed for... something. My brother and I head straight for the game section to play games on their kiosks. Of course, there isn't a Wii system to be seen on store shelves, which is what we expected. After playing on the kiosks for some time, my mom came to get us so we could go home. As we get to the car to put the stuff away, my mom asked me to lift the trunk door up and, when I did, I was shocked to find a Wii system sitting in the trunk waiting just for me. "A WII!?!?! B-BUT HOW!?" Well it turns out my mom also saw that there weren't any Wii systems on the shelves and decided to ask one of the people that work in the back if they have any more Wii systems. The man said "yeah I think so" or something like that and brought one out for her to purchase. Oh and all of this was done without my knowledge so that my brother and I could be surprised once we got to the car. Needless to say, I was a very happy teen that day. Unfortunately, my nephew (who was a little kid that always cried if he didn't get his way) became the destruction of my Wii some years later, but I will never forget the joy that system brought me from it's retail games to that kick ass Virtual Console you mentioned (Bomberman '93 FTW!!!). Besides, I have a Wii U now, so I can still enjoy that Wii goodness. :)

[@Xearrik]

10 years!!! That thing is practically a retro console. ;)

[@Klonoa7H]

The Wii was worth it if only for my favourite JRPG of last gen, Xenoblade, which honestly felt more next gen then most games last gen. Great voice acting, beautiful graphics, incredible battle system, fantastic story and characters and one of the best soundtracks of all time makes it an absolute must play.

[@Klonoa7H]

I got to play it in the summer of 2011, before it was even announced for America, so as a Brit, I was happy that the US were getting it to so they could experience it. :) Probably my favourite action RPG alongside KH II Final Mix and Rogue Galaxy.

[@vinnien]

Yeah I love FF7 also. Big fan. But that game is from 1997 and was not on the Wii.

[@StigmataSasha]

YES

[@charlieburnside5586]

picked it up for the new 3ds and it made me remember why I love to play games! not since Zelda OOT on the N64 have I got lost in a game world as much!

[@hippiedave1362]

Klonoa7H I always wanted to try the Xenoblade series. never got the chance to.

[@tyler6644]

Just imagine if the Wii had the wii u pro controller at launch, hdmi, achievement/trophies for retro and new titles, and a party/friends system like Xbox instead of friend codes.

[@joeygreathouse3029]

720P would not have hurt, most of those Wii games really deserve 720p at the very minimum

[@Benjamillion]

It sucks that the 3DS has to suffer the same problem with friend codes, Nintendo's too kid friendly and their Miiverse community is an even bigger problem.

[@Benjamillion]

I personally never cared about trophies and achievements. What's the benefit of it?

[@RayShadow278]

Absolutely nothing

[@Benjamillion]

I hate to break it to you klarkus, but game consoles are better without blu ray functionality because it ruins the lens on the disc drive. I had to get 3 Playstation 3 consoles replaced because of that.

[@DialSforSam]

I got my Wii on a Sunday in January 2007. Circuit City had about 30 of them, and I was maybe 10th in line. Waited at least two hours in the cold, but it was well worth it.

[@erikhoffman5659]

Its so crazy that its been a decade. I was in fifth grade and the wii was launching a day before my 11th bday. I begged my parents for it and they convinced me that there were no consoles left. To my surprise I open a wii along with twilight princess on this day 10 years ago

[@enriqueverdugo5731]

My fav game was Skyward Sword. They're rough times indeed, but I could always turn on the Wii to have a good time. Good video! Greetings from Chile!

[@dragonchi26]

I pre-ordered my wii and the Twilight Princess copy at an ebgames inside a wallmart, and the morning of, I got there super early and was 5th in line. I think I was standing there for at least an hour. I loved the wii at the time.

[@WilliamGeorgeBrowne]

I loved The Last Story! Xenoblade and Pandoras Tower were great too! Sin and punishment was great too!

[@ApenBaard]

I was 16 back then and it was exactly one week before the release of the wii. The phone rang... My mom had picked up the phone and she then told me that the local gamestore we had here in Breda back then had called and told her that we could pick up a wii RIGHT NOW if we could keep a secret. That same afternoon after getting it I called a friend over and we played the thing for 24 hours straight! I Loved it and still couldnt believe I had a wii a week early. Ended up getting a ton of great games for it in the long run as well. Most recently Rodea the sky soldier, that wii version is just excellent!

[@KWKBOX]

I was number #6 at walmart and got attacked in the parking lot after purchasing it. Luckily security took the perp down.

[@charlottestewart1851]

Jesus lol

[@BoganBrett]

Jeez, didn't realise Nintendo fans could be so bad

[@KJM1984]

@@BoganBrett Yup, Nintendo fans are just the worst. ;p

[@Applesgosh]

I can't believe it's been 10 fucking years. I had no idea I was 10 when it came out, and that blows my mind.

[@connorwalls5300]

So many memories with the Wii. So many awesome games on it.

[@ladynikkie]

still have mine and play with it. I remember it as a family Christmas gift in 2008

[@sammyyo461]

+ladynikkie same here!! I still playing and discovering "hidden gems" on the console's massive library and it's backwards capability with "GameCube" games!!^^

[@danielgoudelis4270]

Hey I'm kind of "new" to your channel and man I love your open minded approach at systems and games. I'm 40 years old myself and been playing since 1990. After all these years I fully support the fact that someone has to be open minded and positive to new ways of playing games and to artistic direction. I'll never stop gaming, I love your channel!!! Cheerz!

[@fireheartis1]

I didn't get my Wii until a whole year later. I had a to work the night of the launch, and it was actually really exciting seeing all those people lined up at the Walmart I work for waiting for the Wii. It stayed sold out for a whole year in my town. Luckily a co-worker of mine knew exactly how much I wanted it. He put one behind the service desk for me so I can buy it at lunch time. It was amazing how much fun I had with the Wii the minute we hooked it up.

[@wifidude98]

I got the Wii the summer of 2007. I loved the console and it gets WAY too much hate for the gaming community. The system had so many GREAT games and the controllers wasn't bad at all. It really worked! Sure didn't do that much when it comes to how you play the games but it just simply worked. My favorites we're Animal Crossing, Super Mario Galaxy 1&2, Mario Kart Wii, Manhunt 2, Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles & Darkside Chronicles, Excite Trucks, Batallion Wars 2, Wario Ware Smooth Moves, Smash Bros Brawl, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Medal of honor Heroes 2, Goldeneye.

[@AaronVillalobos]

GaymingTube Dude MOH Heroes 2 was fucking amazing to me at the time because that was my First online shooter I ever played. And it had 32 player online!!!

[@moviemastervevo1848]

GaymingTube Macworld, red steel, Tintin, Lego Star wars the complete saga.

[@Ristyo1992]

@@moviemastervevo1848 shovelware

[@mumfnah]

Wii was a classic. some great games, and a sweet emu box. when it first came out, quite a few pubs even bought this and had it set up with projection ... not something I'd ever seen before or even since. purely for the sports game, was good to see though

[@stucazzo2000]

I pre-ordered my Wii at Toys R Us in Ottawa, and I only showed up about an hour before the store opened. But the manager came out 15 minutes before opening and said that anyone who didn't have the Wii pre-ordered were out of luck. It was funny to see some people get on their bicycles and pedal to the next store to hopefully luck out on a Wii. :)

[@ZalmanZStar]

Xenoblade, Punch-Out, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Skyward Sword, Sin & Punishment, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, WarioWare... So awesome.

[@bradhogan2461]

I got it at launch. Just like Robman, I was friends with the boss from Game. He kept 1 aside for me, called me at midnight to ask where I was, I through on my bike gear & speeded there in half-hour flat. Walked in & out in 5 mins, speeded home, stayed up all night making Miis. I love the Wii. Deffo in my top 5 consoles ever.

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

I was 15 when this came out. Damn, time sure flies.

[@JimsGameRoom]

I only started playing Wii games on my Wii U and found a tonne of great gems. There's still at least 30 Wii Games I want to pick up!

[@randybradley4151]

I bought the Nintendo WII used for my kids for Christmas 2007 for 200 bucks with 10 games, 4 Wiimotes, 4 Nun chucks, 4 battery packs with chargers and all kinds of other peripherals.

[@lennywright5655]

Hey Johnny love the show! I never comment but your video brought back so many memories I had to share my Wii launch experience. I pre-ordered Zelda at GameStop a year before launch for the GameCube, after many delays I found out it was coming to the Wii first!? I went to GameStop to tell them "I have to get this game I've been waiting for so long" the manager said he'd put me on the list to notify me when I could pre-order the Wii. I got the call the day before I was going out of town! I go to the mall the GameStop was in before it opened (around 6:am) there was a line of about 10 people, I thought "all right I have a chance" the manager comes out, counts the people in line points to me and says you're the last one (oh shit!). On launch day I go down at midnight to pick the Wii up, at the time I had a crappy job and had to go in at 1:30am (also the first day of a second job) got home set up the console and played Wii boxing before going to work. At work all I could think about was Wii, such a long day. My roommate I worked with came up to me and was asking about the Wii, "what's it like? Do you mind if I try it when I get home?" I said "yeah I didn't have a lot of time to play before had to come in, it's cool you want to play it." When I finally got off work I had to go straight to my new job for a few hours! I remember reading the Wii instruction manual I brought with me when I had time, thinking all my friends are probably having a great time playing my new system and I'm stuck here! : ( That day seemed to take forever but when I finally got home it was worth it! I played the Wii for hours I had Zelda, RedSteel, Excite Truck and Wii sports (obviously) to play! So many fantastic memories and the wait made it that much more memorable.

[@vinnien]

Xenoblade made me spend sooo much time with the Wii. Love that game.

[@dschult3]

Xenoblade was freakin' awesome. I can't believe how many hours I put into that game!

[@simplyhenry99]

James Foxworth If you don't like it, that's fine. Still best JRPG of the generation.

[@SageOwl]

An exact quote from Tetsuya Takahashi (in case you didn't know that's the Xeno series creator, and he hates Xenoblade because of how simple the story was and the mass appeal it had).

[@vinnien]

Well I loved it. Every minute of it.

[@SageOwl]

vinnien Me too, but if you have played the other Xeno games, then you know where he is coming from.

[@2tonesg]

I love stories of personal VG history like this. Thanks, m8.

[@Silvergun_Raven]

2006 just felt like yesterday. I started my first job shortly before the Wii released and those years from 2006-2010 were something special (not just because of the Wii, but for other reasons; more games, what was going on at the time, etc).

[@slainemccool2875]

Loved the wii.... for a few months

[@prometheusdarkstar1725]

I loved the Wii. It had an amazing library and if you could adapt to the controls you would have a grand time. My favourite game would have to be The Last Story but damn if it didn't have a game for everyone.

[@BoomstickGaming]

Nice Wii launch story! I also have a super nostalgic story that I and my friends can all relate to because we also have a interesting overnight story on the Wii launch. We showed up the night before at a Walmart that was about 45 minutes away because everywhere else was sold out. We got their around 9pm that night and were the 1st people in line inside. We were set up right in the returns area so there was a few places to sit. It was me (with my Wii T-shirt that was handmade with sharpie” and 3 of my other friends. We were doing fine for the 1st few hours and then around 2am the boredom hit. The lady at the counter was sympathetic to our cause and brought us out this little crappy TV and said maybe we can get something to come in on it. We attempted to find some channels but to no avail. We then started to play little games around the store where one person would go out and find an item and then bring it back and the other person had to go out and find that same item within a time limit. This was fun for a bit but then… JACK POT! One of us stumbled upon one of those plug and play Atari machines for like $30. We all were about to spend ALL of our money on the Wii, so we pooled money together to buy the Atari machine to then hook up that that tiny TV and actually game while we waited. We do hours and hours of Atari games that most of us never even played before because we all started on NES but it was fun none the less. So this is around 8am, a few hours until they can release the Wii and one of my other friends who wasn’t in line actually brought us pizza which was awesome and that went well with our tiny Atari games. So the time is almost here for them to hand out the Wii’s but we had one last thing to do… we now have this $30 Atari machine that we have zero use for now…. So we sent one of the guys to go return it. We were cheap kids but we got our money back on that Atari machine that we just used for the last 5 hours and worked out perfectly. We then zombied on home with our Wii’s and proceeded to play Zelda and Smash Bros for a few minutes before we all decided to go to bed and start again as soon as we wake up. So that was my story from my late teenage years of the launch of the flawed but nostalgic Wii system.

[@Sparkykelly1]

Boomstick Gaming Haha that's very funny. Good thinking with the Atari plug & play.

[@GrayWoIf]

Boomstick Gaming I would of just brought a few DS's and Mario Kart

[@coldshadow3480]

Always like hearing your stories about how you acquired your consoles! Hopefully the Switch can regain the popularity of the Wii.

[@jbiz1995]

The Wii was the first Nintendo console my parents ever bought for us and that Christmas we got it was one of the best I can remember. We just set it up again and it’s still just as fun as it was almost 15 years ago!

[@SnipingIsFun]

While not perfect the Wii was still a great console with a ton of great games. I remember getting it from Blockbuster in the Summer of 2007. A employee there we knew contacted us immediately when stock was coming in and I had money saved up. Throughout my time playing the Wii some of my favorite games were Mario Galaxy 1&2, No More Heroes 1&2, Sin & Punishment Star Successor, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, Madworld, Wii Sports Resort, Mario Kart Wii, Xenoblade Chronicles, Pandora's Tower, Goldeneye 007, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Smash Bros Brawl, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Zelda Skyward Sword, etc.

[@FullmetalSonic260]

I would like to mention that it's such a coincidence that yesterday I moved my Wii from the inside of my shelf where it's been gathering dust for years. Since, I got my PS4 Pro I had to make room for it and my old PS3, so I had to move the thing out of the way. Anyway, I've had fond memories with my Wii, considering it was my first console not handheld that I've ever owned, being ecstatic about playing Super Smash Bros Brawl, discovering awesome games like Madworld, No More Heroes, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and all of the other great games I owned and played on it. The Wii was an awesome console and I won't ever forget the good times I had with it and my family. ^_^

[@FullmetalSonic260]

Damn, I still want to buy games for it too! Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Super Mario Galaxy, Xenoblade Chronicles, etc.

[@SeafoamSmiles]

I gotta say, even the box for the Wii was great. Those little drawers it had inside made transporting the console in a secure and compact space really really easy.

[@brentthompson2265]

I was incredibly hyped for the Wii. When I was in college, I got up at 4:30am to head to a Gamestop 45 minutes away to pre-order my Wii. My friends thought I was crazy for not pre-ordering a PS3 or buying a 360 but I was determined to get my Wii. I got there at about 5:30am and was the first one there. Other people didn't start showing up until around 7am and at about 8am I was finally able to get my pre-order. There were about 12-15 other people in line. I think I picked up m Wii about two weeks later on release night but Gamestop ran out of controllers to sell so I had to rush over to Walmart where the literally had one Wiimote and nunchuk left. Right after I picked them up, other people were looking for a Wiimote and nunchuk and were pissed that they were all gone. This was awesome, though, because I was able to go back to my college house and play my Wii with my housemates on release night. I had a blast with the Wii when it first came out. I played Wii sports with my housemates constantly when the Wii came out and we even had a Wii bowling league. Other people on campus would come over to check the Wii out and they played in the league. I got to play Twighlight Princess over Christmas break and thought it was great. Shortly after the console release date, my housemates and I bought several Virtual Console games and that was really awesome to be able to re-live some of the 8 and 16 bit classics. My housemate bought Mario Kart 64 but we didn't realize you needed either a Gamecube controller or Classic Controller so we were pretty pissed about that. Beyond that month or two after the release date, I don't remember there being very many good games for the Wii other than the two I mentioned and I don't think I was playing it that much. However, the following year I got Super Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario and Guitar Hero 3 and I was playing the Wii a ton again. The first time I played Galaxy I was amazed. The graphics were beautiful, the gameplay was amazing, the music was fantastic and I felt like it was the spiritual successor to Super Mario 64 that I had been waiting for. I really like Super Paper Mario and how you could switch between 2D and 3D. Guitar Hero 3 was a blast and I played it constantly with my housemates and even online sometimes. I didn't play my Wii that much after 2008 and then had to sell it but I bought a used one again last year and softmodded it. The Wii makes a great emulation box and now I can play all those games that I missed. I don't feel that the Wii quite lived up to its hype but it is a great system.

[@Sparkykelly1]

Brent Thompson Great little story. it's good hearing these kind of memories.

[@IRahkuBz]

i got my Wii in 2009 .. had tons of fun with the thing. a LOT of great games on the system. playing Wii Sports ( Bowling ) with my mom was and is one of my favorite memories in my gaming history.

[@Schmidteren]

Of course you played the Galaxy music. Now I gotta replay that!! :D

[@ProtomanBlues87]

I was working at Gamestop for the launch. We didn't do a midnight launch because that township wouldn't give our store authorization to stay open past a certain time. I remember there were 2 high-school kids waiting a couple hours before we opened. They said they didn't reserve one, and we told them we wouldn't have extra units, and they still waited. I remember they were still there after all the reserves were picked up and asked if we had extras, and literally cried when there were none.

[@Zohggy]

10 years already? Wow. The Super Mario Galaxy games were so good, love them. Donkey Kong Country Returns tho... that game blew me away. I'm a huge fan of the first 3 on the SNES and Returns on the Wii had EVERYTHING I could ever ask for. Then there is always Zelda and Mario Kart, can't go wrong with that :)

[@aragorn100000]

except returns didn't have the crocodiles dudes and the bees :-P

[@Huddy40]

So many amazing games and some of the best all time. Xenoblade Chronicles, Mario Galaxy

[@viewtifuljoe99]

I love the Wii. I still feel the cold in my bones thinking of lining up the 2nd weekend at 5am waiting for it. I really got into the system and looked forward to the weekly virtual console update as well as all the unique games coming out. I think back to the Wii as the return of 2d Nintendo mascot platformers, Little Kings Story, Muramasa, Zack & Wiki, and Sin & Punishment. I'll miss playing games with the Wiimote pointer on screen for sure

[@Temporalmixproductions]

Red Steel 2, Dead Space Extraction, Conduit, Metroid Prime trilogy, and Resident Evil 4 were my favorite games by far on the system.

[@iio58]

My midnight launch was a shady experience. Only place left with stock was in a very shady area of Manchester. Had to park round the back of a mall which was pitch black and go in the rear entrance. Once in the store it was great, people dressed up as Mario and Luigi and handing out mince pies. Everyone else's in line was really nice and fun. But then coming out into a known gangland area with hundreds of pounds worth of kit you just had a feeling you were going to get mugged for it all so it was a strange mix of fun and tension at the same time. Most memorable console launch for me that's for sure.

[@gurerozdil3203]

Unfortunately I was absent during launch but I was there when the final important titles such as The Last Story and Pandora's Tower arrived. Also the optimal setup for the Wii was the smallest plasma TV from LG which had the same native resolution of the Wii along with the component cables.

[@simplyerika351]

"I thought this controller was so fucki..." advertisement... "ng cool!" XD

[@reviewrustyitalianasscrack9996]

The best game ever created and designed in on the original Wii : Xenoblade Chronicles

[@raggeragnar]

OF_COUUU UUURSE! : OOHH YEEAAH !!! I loooooove that game !!

[@slainemccool2875]

OF_COUUU UUURSE! That and no more heroes were the only reasons I had one

[@abigfatbrownarmeniangenoci8058]

Get off the comments section, you fat fuck! I'm the "real" Jenk!

[@aragorn100000]

new 3ds baby :-P

[@reviewrustyitalianasscrack9996]

aragorn100000 The game is better played on big screen , especially with the Dolphin emulator on PC upscaled to 1080p/4K . I didn't like the idea to port it to the 3DS , the game is too big for a handheld

[@EgonEagleKritiker]

Some of my favorite games on Wii are Just Dance series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex, Goldeneye 007, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, Wii Sportd Resort and many Virtual Consoles games.

[@craiganderson7085]

I loved the Wii, games like Mario Galaxy, Zelda, The Last Story, Super Smash Bros Brawl. But the thing that I loved the most was the virtual console. During the early 90s we never had the TurboGrafx in my country, we only had the Snes, Megadrive (Genesis) and Neo-Geo. So it was fantastic all these years later being able to play all the games, like Bonk, Legendary Axe, Ys Books 1 & 2, that I could only read about and see pictures of in EGM when I was a teenager :)

[@benaiahburns4046]

I was going to make SURE I had a Wii Console. So, I got to Walmart (Walmart and Gamestop are the only stores that sold it, and Gamestop was already sold out) at 11:53 A.M. I waited all day long, from then until after Midnight to get a Wii. My wife also came there close to 2 P.M., and she brought a few friends to sit in line with us. I got the first Wii that night. When I got the counter, they actually DROPPED my Wii. I told them "I'm not taking that one" and they gave me another one. In all, I walked away with FIVE Wii's that night and sold four of them. With the help of selling the four Wii's and the one extra PS3 I bought, I was able to pay for my PS3, Wii, and have money left over. My Gamestop only received two PS3's and I was able to get them both. The Manager knew me, and I had asked for the PS3 long before anyone else. My friend also pre-ordered one, but in the end, he sold his to me. So that is how I wound up with two. That was a long and fun, and tiring night. My wife and I kept EVERYONE in order and in line all day long. Walmart didn't care. When they called us to get the Wii's, we went from the Garden Center, all the way to the Lay-a-way. That was over half the store. Anyone could have ran on ahead, but we got everyone to sign a piece of paper, with their name and the time they got there. They could go to get something to eat, etc. and still maintain their spot in line, as long as they didn't leave for hours on end. When we all scurried to the back, we AGAIN, all got in a single file line according to the list. I'm sure those worthless Walmart employee's were glad we were there. If not, it would have been chaos. Either way, it was a great time and one I'll always remember. I'm currently working on completing the Wii. I have around 930+ games for it. It will be my 41st complete library, of my 12,500+ games, and 337 consoles.

[@markracer3281]

Hey Johnny, I went out to my local Walmart on midnight-launch night back in 2006. I'm in line to discover they only had twenty five units and I was number twenty six in line. I haul ass to my local Target and camped out all night long until the next morning at 8am. I recall freezing my ass off as I waited for the doors to open. I got my system and the rest is history. Of course I didn't see another Wii on the shelf for almost two years later!!! Hopefully, the NES Classic Mini will be in stock before 2016 xmas. And yes, I did get a Mini on launch. The Wii is still a system I play until this day. The big reason I still play the system, is the Homebrew channel. With a simple softmod, one can play many retro games from many systems with the Wii. And with the wireless Wavebird controller, makes it all the sweeter to play. Also, using a component cable is a must for the ultimate video experience! This system is dear to my heart to this day, and thank you Nintendo for making my life just a bit more magical!!!

[@HybridAngelZero]

I love the Wii and still play it to this day. oddly, very few games I play on it use the motion controls, but the library includes amazing stuff like Xenoblade Chronicles, Arc Rise Fantasia, Pandora's Tower, The Last Story, Phantom Brave, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Muramasa the Demon Blade, Sonic Colors and of course the great Nintendo titles like Mario Galaxy, plus being able to play GameCube games, and downloading classic from all across gaming history... it really is an awesome console

[@PaleoSteno]

Yes! No More Heroes is such a great series that deserves to be talked about a lot more. It's so over-the-top and awesome.

[@stucazzo2000]

I got my Wii component cables at the Dollar Store for $3. It was in a Wii package that came with a Carry bag, component and AV cables and some lame plastic peripherals. Great deal!

[@NYYanks2003040506]

I had to wait until a few days after launch to get the system. Had one pre-ordered but was away at college the day it released, got home a few days later and picked it up along with a classic controller and a Wii shop gift card. First game I played was Twilight Princess. So many great memories. The Virtual Console was obviously awesome but so was WiiWare, especially Konami's Re-Birth series, really enjoyed Contra. That service also brought Mega Man 9 and 10, which was cool. The library for the Wii did have a lot of shovelware but anybody who says it wasn't a machine for 'core' gamers just didn't pay attention. There was Zelda Twilight Princes and Skyward Sword, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, No More Heroes 1 and 2, Sin & Punishment Star Successor, Punch-Out!!, Monster Hunter Tri, Sonic Colors, Donkey Kong Country Returns, GodenEye 007, Epic Mickey, Medal of Honor Heroes 2, Mario Kart Wii, Bully Scholorship Edition, Klonoa, Wii Sports Resort, MadWorld, House of the Dead Overkill, Resident Evil 4: Edition, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and the list goes on. Very underrated machine, I still have it ranked third behind SNES and GBA among my favorite Nintendo systems (consoles and handheld combined). Think the Switch will surpass it eventually but the era of the original Wii will always be one I remember fondly.

[@dmcintosh1967]

I have my Wii I got for Christmas back in 2010 and I was 10 years old and was paired with a 90s Sylvania TV. that was second console I owned first being the N64. the games I have for my Wii are SimCity creater,Wii sports,Wii sport resort, monopoly streets,Wii play, family game night 3, chicken shoot, Madagascar kartz, and toy story mania.my Wii,N64, Roku,DVD/VCR are hooked up to Samsung 1995 TV with stereo sound.

[@GrayWoIf]

Oh wow I did the same thing for the Majora's Mask 3DS. My local mall had a big GameStop which I knew would have it but literally across the street in this little strip plaza there was also a GameStop hidden in like a corner so I went there first and there was like 2 people at most complete graveyard.

[@ElBribri]

My brother bought a red wii a couple years ago...he barely used it, so he gave it to me and its practically brand new, I already mod it, the game has some cool games and some EPIC games, My first game was Mario Galaxy 2 which is superb. I started Twilight Princess, but I have it on hold because of college. But this machine certainly is great, playing Super Mario with 4 players was out of this world.

[@TuckerswordsINC]

I had Twilight Princess pre-ordered and I worked all Summer to save up for the Wii. I thought I could just walk in and pick one up, but it was sold out and I spent all week calling around to get one until the Friday of launch week when Toys 'R Us said they had 20 in stock. I drove up there with my mom, friend, and brother and got my Wii along with Excite Truck and Red Steel. We set it up and spent all night and morning playing it. I think the Wii is criminally underrated. It's my fifth all-time favorite video game console. My favorite games on it: Super Mario Galaxy Super Paper Mario Skyward Sword Metroid Prime Trilogy Kirby's Epic Yarn Kirby's Return to Dream Land Super Smash Bros. Brawl WarioWare Smooth Moves Wii Fit Wii Sports Punch-Out Xenoblade Chronicles Rhythm Heaven Fever Excite Truck Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions Sonic Colors Resident Evil 4 Tatsunoko VS Capcom

[@niktheslick1952]

Great video. I didn't get the Wii until about 6 months after launch. I remember seeing the first ads, those "wii would like to play" non-sense and thinking, this looks like a console made for casuals. I was so dismissive and it wasn't until playing the system at friends when I discovered just how fun this system is. Nintendo really made high quality 1st party games for the Wii. In addition to the games you mentioned, series updates of Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, Kirby and Punch Out are stellar. The Galaxy games are true gems, easily the best 3D platformers I have ever played. A couple of incredible games not mentioned are the wii exclusive Murasama the Demon Blade and Zack and Wiki Quest for Barbaros Treasure One thing I wish you mentioned was just how incredible and natural the motion controls were for some specific previously released games. Okami, Pikmin and Pikmin 2, Metroid Prime. It almost like they made these games for a system that didn't exist yet. It so hard to go back and play okami on PS2 or Gamecube Pikmin. It really makes you realize just how much Wii was a game changer

[@pika62221]

PSH! Amateur, I waited 73 hours in line for the Wii!! Sadly, I was actually 3rd in line...

[@captainkarnage9874]

lol, I remember doing that when I was a kid to get mine

[@TheLastLineLive]

also one of the best things to Nintendo's behest is that this is the only last gen console that is easily moddable... which opens up all kinds of avenues with homebrew, emulation, and other great stuff. Also being able to save Wii and GameCube games to an external hard drive was great.

[@UtsukushiSekai]

Still the best eshop experience I've had so far.

[@nin10jo]

I stood in line outside Walmart (they wouldn't let anyone inside) from 3pm until the midnight launch. I loved the console. Very happy with my purchase.

[@eloratings]

It was hard to find the Wii console at the launch. I had to wait for 6-10 months to get one. I finally got an original Wii at GameStop for $250 in the summer 2008. There were like 3 left at the store.

[@trentboyd1259]

nice to give the wii some love, , I was playing madworld just yesterday which is a bizarre conciendce, can't wait to replay some games like mario galaxy that games phenomenal

[@arthurvanparijs6121]

My parents got me and my brother the wii when i was about 5 or 6 years old. That makes it my first console ever. SOOO many good memories with this console!!! Does anybody remember the game: "OFF ROAD"?

[@Warbob11]

First month of the Wii being out I found one in a Target picked it up with Rampage, Metal Slug Anthology, House of the Dead 2 & 3, and Twilight Princess (which I took my time beat it 100% in a week). It is one of my favorite consoles to collect for especially all of the compilations, reboots, new ips, etc.

[@ThatOneGamerGuy31]

10 years already?!? I got mine on boxing day 2006 my parents were lucky enough to be at the register at game right as someone was returning a sealed one they had got for Christmas. That was the only one the store had and my parents snagged it for me with Zelda. I was so shocked that they actually managed to get me one since id heard nowhere had them. To make things better it was the day after I got my ps3 so I had so many great memories gaming that Christmas.

[@ChrisGildart]

I just finally got my Wii U hooked up to record footage. Gonna make me play more Wii games in the process.

[@GenerationZ313]

What I like is that they took the idea of having the wii remote and nunchuk in both hands and applied it to the Nintendo Switch's joycon.

[@cloudyxiii]

I love no more heroes as well. I remember lining up for this system at a best buy in Massachusetts for 16 hours and they only had 13 systems and I was 9th in line. they had plenty of games and controllers though. It's funny though because the night before when I lined up there was like 18 people and the next morning there were well over 100 people.

[@GamerWho]

Just pre-ordered at a store, walked in at about 11. Took it home. Twighlight Princess came a day earlier from Amazon.

[@IrieIslandGaming]

I remember my friends and I always got together for all night video game sessions and then the Wii came along and all night long motion games was killing us! haha We never went to bed so early in our lives! lol

[@tchitchouan]

What about the PS3 10 year anniversary

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

Tchitchouan Inouane what about it😠

[@tchitchouan]

Νοῦς he should do a video on it, since it launched the same day as the wii

[@MarshallMathersthe7th]

Yes he should! Ps3 was even more hyped i think. :D

[@tchitchouan]

marlb0r015 agreed

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

ok

[@eyepain313]

I always enjoy your videos. "Oh listen to the name Wii." That cracked me up. As I recall I had to wait almost a year after launch to get my Wii. The Christmas of 2007, I had to get on a waiting list. It felt like an eternity. 🤣

[@mathiasmorqubus]

The tv i bought a month before could only do component cable plus i bought a house that i had wired for 7.1. So it was February of 2007 before it was ever truly able to play with it.

[@MasterFallenHero]

3 days after the Wii launch my grandma decided she wanted one. I kept trying to tell her we wouldn't get one. We go down to the local game store. Someone returned one new in box in front of us. They let her buy it. She then spent the next year or so confused as to how anyone was having trouble buying them. To this day she just plays bowling on wii sports.

[@slavman68]

I remember getting it in a raffle at my schools fun fair on my birthday thats probably one of my favorite moments in gaming for me!

[@ruthlessedgeboy8591]

Two of my favorite games of all time are on the Wii, Rune Factory: Frontier and Xenoblade Chronicles. Harvest Moon: Animal Parade and Sonic Colors also captivated me for some time. But man, the lack of true HD support does no favors for some games.

[@AaronVillalobos]

When I look back at when I first got my Wii, I just wanted to play Alllll day and didnt want to go to school haha. I only had a Wii until like 2009 when I got a 360. Man I remember playing Medal of Honor Heroes 2 (32 player online!!) Mario Galaxy and Metroid prime 3. Ugh good times man..

[@AlexMolina93]

I remember that I got lucky of getting the Wii for Christmas 2006 just for Zelda: Twilight Princess, those were the days where you can't find the console anywhere else. It was the last Nintendo console I got at launch, because the Wii U had a lackluster launch.

[@AlexMolina93]

My favorite Wii game of all time: Xenoblade Chronicles, one of the best RPGs of all time!

[@aganhim]

For the record : in Europe (or at least in France) the date launch of the wii was 08.12.06, so its anniversary there would be tomorrow. I'll remember this date forever as the day I got a console at its launch date. And what as console ! I spent so much time on the Wii... Back then I was still in college, and I pre-ordered it like 8 months in advance (my friend and I were all over he Wii since it's announcement, when it was still project Revolution), in the Micromania (Gamestop french franchise) of my town... But the 8th of December was actually a school day, which I chose to attend (I could have gone to the Christmas market in Freiburg (Germany) with my class instead) just to be sure to be able to try it the day it came out... (Oh my god I was already such a huge nerd XD) I was worried I couldn't get to the shop before it closed so I sent my mom with my savings and A LOT of instructions as to what she needs to ask the vendor... and when I got back home, I almost jumped at her throat like "Where is it ? Did you buy it ? Don't tell me you forgot to buy it !" She actually got it, and I spent so much time on Wii Sports and Twilight Princess... For the record the other games I tried and would recommend to anyone who likes the Wii : - Super Mario Galaxy (great game, great music) - Xenoblade Chronicles (BUT it's really repetitive in gameplay, and a very long game so...) - Mario Strikers Charged Football (had so much fun with this one... really fun in co-op multiplayer !) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl (not quite as competitive as Melee, but still an awesome game and more casual-friendly) - Resident Evill 4 (the Wii version is sooo immersive, best version in my opinion) - New Super Mario Bros. Wii (the fun in multiplayer is quite unique... unless you tried the other multiplayer Mario) - Okami (really beautiful game, quite enjoyable, even though the PS3 HD version is even more pretty) - Super Paper Mario (probably the funnier of the serie, but lacks in gameplay...) Do not play : - Tales of Symphonia : Dawn of the New World (if you tried ToS on gamecube, you know it's good. This one isn't.) - Fire Emblem : Radiant Dawn (do Path of Radiance on Gamecube first. Gameplay is a bit better on Radiant Dawn, but the levels are completely unbalanced) - Animal Crossing : Let's go to the City (arguably the worst episode of this serie. Once again, stick to the original on Gamecube, or the new ones)