Wii Turns 15 Years Old - Our Memories and Experiences

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[@Yae_1995]

My dad passed away last month. Still remember us frantically calling gamestops to get a preorder of this system. I love you dad

[@KnightsDisillusion]

I will forever love the Wii for giving me so much unforgettable memories. It was so crazy for me to have my whole family sit down and just play video games together. Good times.

[@wii58739]

Same here man same here... so many good memories!

[@Jkhorve]

Wait, i know you

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

100% agreed. Beautiful times.

[@acoloradolife5135]

My only issues with motion control was having to move the cursor to the edge of the screen to get the character to look.. Like in Twilight princess felt it worked perfectly. Destroy of humans not so much. An for that reason it made you have to sit directly in front of the tv. An a long playthrough is gonna involve more effort to play then just using your thumb to aim. Also developers I think had a hard time developing motion controls since it was a new concept.

[@MZ99698]

Zion’s story of how his grandpa lined up to preorder it for him was very sweet, such a lovely grandpa grandson memory.

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

The Wii was my _life._ Never before, or since, had a game console captured my heart and imagination. My 12-year-old self was obsessively anticipating the Wii's launch every day. So much so in fact, that me and my parents and friends even camped out in front of Kmart on the night before the console's grand American launch on the 19th of November, 2006! This was the first and only time I ever did that for a game system. And that was a memory I will never forget. My first three games on it were fantastic: Wii Sports, Excite Truck and Zelda: Twilight Princess. I played them every single day as part of my daily routine, and my library of games steadily grew from there, culminating in the release of my personal most hyped game of all time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Wii represents a huge turning point in my life. Sentimental memories aside, it was fun, it was unique, innovative and whimsical, it was peak Nintendo. And it was beautiful. I feel like it's very underappreciated these days in hindsight. I understand motion controls are a huge pet peeve with a lot of people...but my experiences were, for the most part, flawless and enjoyable. Many games such as the aforementioned three launch titles, Mario Galaxy 2, Mario Kart Wii, World of Goo, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Xenoblade and Zelda: Skyward Sword remain some of my favorite games of all time. Thank you, Wii, for some of the happiest memories of my adolescence!

[@Plamindandbodywurks]

The wii was horse shit. I love the switch though...

[@agege]

@@Plamindandbodywurks L

[@KingKeshane]

Only was a playstation guy my whole life, only played Nintendo on the Handhelds, GBASP and DS found out my GF had an old Wii sitting around and now im going through the Wii and GameCube library wishing I played these games sooner

[@Dele83]

I love my wii! Take me back to 2006!

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

While many people think the Wii took Nintendo in the wrong direction until the Switch, it still had its fair share of true greats, Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, World of Goo, Xenoblade, look me in my face and tell me those are bad games, go on I dare you, not to mention the Virtual Console started the retro boom, still to this day one of Nintendos finer consoles. Some could argue a casual audience led to a flood of shovelware, but the PS2 had that problem too (lots of people bought it for the DVD player first and foremost), so I don't think that's fair.

[@iBMcFly]

I loved the Wii U, so I was good with it.

[@xxsusmasterxx5491]

Two games that are really good and are needed to be mentioned, Zelda Skyward Sword, and Donkey Kong Country Returns.

[@TheLegendOfNiko]

Wii Sports was a game changer

[@backup_almeknassi9824]

":While many people think the Wii took Nintendo in the wrong direction until the Switch" Many people think the opposite of this, the Wii generally gets more love for what it did than the switch. Tbh these days people like to think Nintendo became bad right around switch online.

[@XanderVJ]

The comparison with the PS2 is flat out wrong. The PS2 had a lot of shovelware, but unlike the Wii, it didn't become the main bulk of its catalogue. Not even close. If you compare launch dates during their respective primes, the Wii had around 5 genuinely good games a year, while the PS2 had like 15-20. There's just no comparison.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

21:00 It's No More Heroes that has the speaker use the phone functionality. Sylvia would always speak through it to encourage you to head for the Garden of Madness.

[@Mr.Foxhat]

I remember that I was so confused about that part where he pulled out his phone and walked super slowly. I always turned off the speakers on Wiimotes to save battery lol

[@AlexFromDroitwich]

Came here to say that, yeah. Good shout.

[@Infamouslbx]

The Calling uses the phone as a main function in a horror setting. I think that's why Silent Hill brought that up.

[@gabrielmoreirabr]

Wii was my childhood dream, an amazing console!

[@player1videogames128]

So true, my childhood too!

[@fluffibuni8663]

I was 38 when the Wii launched, and gaming on 360, PS2, Gamecube and GBA (SP). While I was interested in getting a Wii (to play Twilight Princess), I didnt get swept away by all the early hype and excitement around it, and decided to wait for the game library to deepen, and for a game that truly offered me a 'new-gen' experience, with lots of features. That game was Medal of Honor Heroes 2 ... a superb campaign, an on-rails light-gun arcade mode, 32-player online matches and fabulous integration of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk's features. I bought my Wii in 2008 with MoHH2, Twilight Princess, Rayman Raving Rabbids and of course Wii Sports bundled in ... it was a superb weekend of gaming on my new console, and the start of a great connection with a gaming platform that I still enjoy now. I have over 100 physical games and around 80 digital, and still pick-up the occasional pre-owned disk if I see a game for the right price.

[@Axecon1]

The Wii was the first home Nintendo console I owned. So many treasured memories playing Smash Bros Brawl.

[@sonbendys7432]

This Is my favourite Nintendo console, so many AMAZING games I played on this console. Rayman origins, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquillity FRICKING BIG BRAIN ACADEMY FOR WII! And so many memories, playing Wii sports with my Family, DKC Returns with my Dad, I played Mario Party 9 with my friends at my 11th Birthday Party, I spent so much of my time playing Rayman Raving Rabbids by myself. This will always be, The Best Console. EVER.

[@DE23]

The Wii and DSi we're the first video game consoles I ever played!

[@aisadal2521]

I was just watching your video about your 3DS memories! Man, it's really hard to believe it's been 15 years since the Wii came out. The nostalgia is real! It came out when I was in elementary school; I'm now close to graduating from college 🥺 In any event, thanks so much for sharing your memories, and allowing us to join you on your nostalgic journey 🥰💖😄

[@mariowalker9048]

I know what you mean. I was 10 when it came out. I still remember the wii kiosk at Walmart in 2006.

[@Mr.Foxhat]

Aside from Metroid Prime 3, I have to give Conduit 2 massive praise. High Voltage Software took all of the criticism from the first game, and made one of the top 10 best Wii games with 2. I need a Conduit 3.

[@cnnickanddisneyfanboy9523]

Classic Nintendo systems: -NES (1985) -GameBoy (1989) -SNES (1991) -N64 (1996) -GameBoy Color (1998) -GameBoy Advance (2001) -GameCube (2001) -Nintendo DS (2004) -Wii (2006)

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

The best thing is the Wii is all of those (maybe Wii U for DS) and more thanks to VC, Retroarch and Nintendont!

[@newbmystic1729]

The wii and switch are my all time favorite Nintendo consoles

[@spectrosrage]

Little King's Story is one I feel needs a mention. It was essentially Pikmin with a larger, free-roaming world, life sim and city building elements. It was such a fun, albeit very weird game, lol.

[@genericnintendofan5409]

So many fond memories of playing the Galaxy games, Mario Kart, Epic Yarn, a boy and his blob and Link to the Past with the Virtual Console. The Wii is so cool. Also Exitebots is the bomb

[@meikahidenori]

My wii still gets alot of play time. Taught my eldest daughter how to play monster hunter on it with Tri's co op arena abd we're still having a blast with it (only playable with the wii remotes - the controller was usable with the game, but the mechanics were 100% suited for the remotes as underwater combat was way less clunky). I have alot of games that won't ever get ports either like Mad world, Crystal Bearers and the Conduit so It gets alot of use just because of that. I'm old enough that I've lived with and mostly owned all the Nintendo consoles, my dad even owning two old game an watches.... I feel ancient and I'm not 36 yet 😅 Also the game your thinking of Alex is No more heroes 1& 2. Both games had Silvia call you on the phone via the wii remote speaker and hilariously with Rabbids go home they had an extra app where it reflected the inside of the remote on the tv screen, so as you shake it the rabbid gets violently thrown around and the remote speaker played the noises of the Rabbid so it was more believable that it was inside it! My youngest of my two kids absolutely loves it 🤣

[@MichaelVickers2007]

I’m getting a Wii for Christmas so I can mod it which will be fun

[@jagkopp]

Here’s an unknown fact about Skyward Sword for Wii: It doesn’t use the IR sensor. Like, at all. I replayed the Wii version this summer while the hype for the HD remake was going. Then I started playing it while laying in my sofa, sideways away from the TV. I found it weird that it worked. So I started experimenting. When you boot up the game, you have to use the sensor for the calibration screen, but that’s the ONLY time you need it. After that was done, I tried putting the sensor in a drawer, completely hidden from view, turning sideways from the TV… and it still worked fine. Just press down on the d-pad to calibrate the pointer, and that’s the centre. So the game only uses gyro aiming. The only instances it uses the sensor bar is on the first calibration screen, which is weird why it would need to do that in the first place, when it completely ditches it afterwards.

[@party_joey5115]

Yeah Skyward Sword was all Wii Motion Plus

[@Indomavel2112]

That's a fairly known thing, though.

[@cephalopod17]

So many fond memories of the Wii. My favorite hidden gem title has to be Endless Ocean and its sequel. Those were such relaxing games. I know Arika might be better known to some people for Street Fighter EX or Tetris 99, but man I don't see enough love for Endless Ocean. Seeing a new one on Switch (in glorious HD!) would be glorious.

[@logancosta3110]

I dont think I've ever heard anyone else talk about Endless Ocean. I adored that game so much

[@Daniel-yz3zf]

Yeah Endless Ocean was brilliant! Very therapeutic

[@mikej2020]

My most fond memory of the Wii is when the demo was first made available at Nintendo World in NYC, and I got to play it for the first time. I literally waited online for three hours just to play Wii sports for five minutes. They let you choose one sport to try, and I chose the golf. Was it worth the three hour wait? Absolutely yes!

[@theretrogamingman6478]

I remember when the Nintendo Wii came out, (It don't seem that long ago) Anyway, I remember there was tons of great games for this system such as Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, & The Legend Of Zelda:: Skyward Sword, just to name a few.. The Nintendo Wii will remain as one of my favorite Nintendo game console of all time! :)

[@tomhank896]

The intro commercial was such a rush of nostalgia

[@Cookiedon15]

I bought a Wii as a wedding gift for my brother and his wife. I never owned one myself until I bought a used one a couple years ago.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

Aw, that's so sweet!

[@Mr.Foxhat]

@@s.p.d.magentaranger1822 I think you mean that it is "sWiit."

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

@@Mr.Foxhat ayyyy

[@cjt217]

I have had the Wii in a little less than half of my life, because I'm apparently a year or so older than Alex. My brother and I finally convinced our family that we needed the Wii, but missed out on pre-order opportunities. I would call K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, and game shops a few days a week until April when we finally were able to pick up our own Nintendo Wii! I used most of my residual cash reserves to scrap by and get Twilight Princess at Sam's Club, which was the first LoZ I played fully. So many great memories

[@samugai7]

Love this system. It’s still sitting in my entertainment center alongside my PS5 and it still gets playtime as recently as earlier today for Thanksgiving pregame. Got Wii Sport Resort loaded along with the Balance Board under my sofa ready to play.

[@ahmadx1x1thebestnickname71]

BRING IT BACK, it was a riverflow of MEMORIES and NOSTALGIA 😔💧

[@AstralToastie]

The Wii was the first console I remember playing. It introduced me to the Wii series of games (which should totally get ported already). It also introduced me to god-damn Kirby. I gotta give props for that. I probably wouldn't be the same person without playing Adventure Wii, Epic Yarn and Air Ride with my brother all those years ago so that's gotta count for something!

[@iBMcFly]

Me and my kids still play it

[@nerdydaddy922]

The Wii version of force unleashed had motion controls that were pretty awesome. It also had a PvP duel mode that my friends and I played endlessly

[@logancosta3110]

Monster Hunter Tri is my favourite in the series, also WarioWare Smooth Moves deserves more love. Endless Ocean, there were so many hits that didn't get as much attention

[@Dele83]

Deadly Creatures was fye!!!! Definitely needs a sequel on Switch

[@nejuw]

loved the Wii, started playing it again a few months ago. Much more fun than any other console.

[@Kirkpad]

Holy crap 2007!!!! That slapped. What a year. Galaxy and Smooth Moves and omfg so much goodness. Zack and Wiki, Endless Ocean .. wow

[@ColbertAwesome]

I will never forget those awesome memories playing the wii with my cousin

[@rivercruz9695]

I'm so happy Zion talked about Trauma Team! I played the game with my cousin and I miss both him and the game very much. I hope an HD Trauma collection comes to Switch somehow.

[@PikaLink91]

I got the Wii for my 15th birthday along with Red Steel, Wii Sports (bundled), and Twilight Princess. Loved that little thing and its impressive library of virtual console games.

[@Oda2396]

I played trauma center too and it was amazing, I had a lot of fun with the game and also have a lot of great memories playing it with my sister! I think it was one of the more immersive wii games that used pointing as the main way for interaction.

[@ressljs]

I had Trauma Center 1 & 2 on the DS, and considered getting it on Wii. But it seemed like touchscreen was what the game was designed around, I wasn't sure how it would translate to the Wiimotes. I think it's a shame they didn't make a Trauma Center for the Wii U. That game would have been the perfect use of the game pad.

[@SupaWaluigi]

Love the Wii, love hearing everyone’s thoughts about it. Such a big part of childhood and growing up for me, and whilst in school having a Wii was seen as uncool and you couldn’t play the same games as your friends were, I’m incredibly fond of the console, and there’s still a ton of games I need to go back and find!

[@sipster1014]

Was so excited for Mario Kart Wii (28 year old). Crazy how excited I was. Supposed to be released Friday but for some reason it was delivered a day early. Explosion of joy

[@PikaLink91]

At one point in grade school I was mocked for looking forward to the Wii, but then I met in school one monday where my best friend (who was the one who had "mocked" me) stood up and said he had been at an event that weekend and had to admit to me that the Wii actually was super cool.

[@aisadal2521]

Boxing from Wii Sports still remains my favorite sport of all time 💖😄🥊

[@TheLastZonai]

Please, make a part 2 🙏🏻 - Monster Hunter Tri (I'm sad that you forgot it, actually 😭😭) - Zelda Skyward Sword - Muramasa, - Okami (at the time the controls were cool), - No More Heroes - Tatsunoko vs Capcom - Metroid Other M (yes, I like this game, not perfect but I like the action that it introduced to the series), - Madworld (Platinum ❤️) - Little inferno - Donkey Kong Jungle Beats - Let's Tap - The Conduit 1 and 2 - Disaster Day of Crisis - Red Steel 2 - Endless Ocean - World of Goo - Dead Space Extraction

[@NYYanks2003040506]

I know it got a bad rep among 'hardcore' gamers but I never understood why. Tons of great games with lesser known ones like The Last Story, Klonoa, Sin & Punishment Star Successor, Zak & Wiki filling out the lineup with the mainstream stuff like the Zelda, Marios, Metroid, Punch-Out, etc. The Virtual Console and retro-style WiiWare games like Contra ReBirth were brilliant. Wii was in my top 5 favorite Nintendo systems behind SNES, Game Boy Advance, DS, Game Boy/Color. It's dropped out of the top 5 now as Switch is just behind SNES, imo, but still tons of great memories from the Wii era. I remember the day I got home from college for Thanksgiving vacation and heading over to Gamestop to get the system. The rest of that day was spent playing Twilight Princess. The hype was real and through 2010, the console had a very nice run. If 2011 and 2012 hadn't been so quiet, the Wii might be more fondly remembered.

[@jeremyjmusic]

As someone who *did* go to a midnight launch, this channel never ceases to be able to make me feel old 🙄😅

[@SJMan2022]

the wii was my first video game system with Mario kart wii and my first track was Sherbert Land. I love the wii and don't mind motion controls, too bad I sold my wii, mario galaxy 2, and new super mario bros wii(at the final boss). Im also disappointed in myself for not buying super smash bros brawl because I expected the game to have every video game character(sounds like a licencing nightmare) and for everyone to be friends and not fight

[@jairodominguez04]

I never had a Wii, but I still would like to play some of these games.

[@omegabrain230]

This was my first home console I got it around 2008 and I absolutely loved it was my childhood and I had so many memories of games like super Mario galaxy 2 Wii sports resort and Donkey kong country returns made so much of my family come tougher

[@RetroGamingNook]

Here in the US, every Tuesday was awesome for virtual console releases before changing to Thursdays. Pointer controls can get wonky with large windows or bright sunlight, but fixing that (heavy curtains) makes it practically flawless. Also, our newest cat did chewed up the sensor bar cable when she was a kitten 3 years ago. So many good memories! Thanks.

[@jonathanwilson7949]

Just what I needed for my homework this evening thanks y’all

[@jetsetradio01]

This video reminded me that I went to a Wii pre-launch 'roadshow' with someone from (I think) the IGN forums. It was in a shopping center in Sheffield so I had to get the train from Leeds. I met the guy and we waited for the stand to be set up... and waited and waited. The person from the shopping center told us that the Nintendo rep was stuck in traffic. We sat there for hours. He finally arrived and set up the booth. We only got to try it for about 5 minutes before a big crowd formed to try the console. I just had a look and found my pics from the event I'd archived from 2006. Good times :)

[@spunkflunk]

Man I remember being 11 playing wii sports all night. Some of the most fu I had in my life. It's so primitive now lol.

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

I remember when my brother and I got our Wii a couple of months after launch. My bro went to our local video rental store (Roger's Video) and they got two or three consoles in stock, my brother didn't have enough for it, so he called me up and told me what was going on, I ran over and threw down the remaining $$$ and secured a Wii for our family + a couple of game's.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

My first console! So many memories of playing/ watching people play JD: Disney Party, Wii Sports Resort, and Mario Super Sluggers at summer camp.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

You guys took less than a minute to make me feel old just for being a couple years older than you. Thanks. /s

[@avalanche1990]

Yeah no kidding. Several times lately I've been reminded that some that I watch on KZbin are either slightly younger or older. 🤣

[@mattjcwig]

Christmas 2006 will forever be known in our family as Wiimas

[@davidsarton976]

I agree with Zion; the Trauma games are super underrated. It's silly to have arcade-style controls and weird, international-conspiracy storylines for a surgery sim, but they were good, good fun.

[@TromaDogg]

A hidden gem for me is Rodea The Sky Soldier. Unfortunately it was only released in the West as part of a combo pack with the abysmal Wii U port which is why most won't have played it, but the Wii version, which is how Yuji Naka intended it to be played, is tons of fun and had a far superior control scheme and powerup system. Definitely worth picking it up on Wii U, and then just ignoring the Wii U disc and sticking to the Wii version instead.

[@AreYouShore464]

There was an arcade shooter I remember adoring called Eledees (or I think Elebits in America) where you were searching for these little creatures who inhabited electrical appliances inside your home. So much chaotic fun

[@trentevans8820]

I love these discussion videos. Requesting more in 2022 😊

[@bradhogan2461]

I'll always remember doing all-nighters playing Wii Sports. Mariokart Wii was another banger from the time, many an all-nighter playing that 1!! Some fantastic games like those you've already mentioned (Metroid Prime 3, Super Paper Mario, Wario Shake Dimension) got them all at launch. Still don't buy that many launch games today, But the Wii was proper magic. How do you guys feel about HotD Overkill? That was like the arcades were actually in your house!!

[@PearangeProductions]

Wow, the first console I ever had (and still have!) turns 15 years old today. Unbelievable.

[@Scrubber89]

My Story is the same as Alex. I fell out of love with Nintendo during the Wii era. Got myself an xbox 360 and that was my new main console. I did later get a wii and quite enjoy it.

[@Great-Documentaries]

15:30: Pointing was not the big part of the Wii. It was flailing the Wiimote around. It wasn't gamers that made the system what it was, it was adults who were buying their first ever (and only) console for motion controls. They did not care about nor buy Resident Evil 4 or GoldenEye or Red Steel 2. And it's a shame that the guy who bought a used Wii had trouble with it, because the pointer ALWAYS worked. Motion controls may not have always worked, but the pointer always worked. If the infrared bulbs were out or if you had direct sunlight (contains infrared light!), that could interfere. Also using non-OEM Wiimotes causes that. But a proper Wii setup just simply works for pointing.

[@lindadurrant43]

I cant believe its been 15yrs already

[@Fondoofus5542]

I got the DS and the Wii in a bowling alley on my birthday when I was turning 3, and we were obsessed with it. The DS and Wii were my first two Nintendo systems, the DS was my first true machine that I can take with me wherever I want, and the Wii was the system that truly introduced me to the magic and brilliance of Nintendo in general. And while it wasn’t an overpowered machine and wasn’t super focused on cool features and other BS, it was just all about simple fun, and that’s what Nintendo was and still is (kinda) all about.

[@DerpyMcSquirtle]

Remember queuing up outside blockbuster to pick up my Wii on launch day…loved that console so much

[@YocoWheelin]

Probably my most played system even to this day. PS2 a close second. And yeah I got mine launch day, a few days later I got Excite Truck, which is an awesome game.

[@paulonetto9652]

It's just a personal opinion, but I think that the Wii was the best videogame ever. There was a game for everyone, it was the first (and in my opinion the only) time when everybody in the family, or ppl who just didn't liked videogames, would play and really have a good time. At the time I had a ps3, and I remember going to a friend's house to play his Wii, where we would always call a bunch of friends (lots of them even weren't into games and stuff) and play a ton of games, sometimes with 4+ players playing simultaneously. And then I couldn't justify why I hadn't chosen the Wii for my home console. I mean, Ps3 had better graphics, but Wii was a lot funnier and interesting in every other way (even the graphics were not bad, as games were designed around it). It was only some years later, lots of years later, that I bought a used Wii console to fill that void of not having played a Wii properly. Today I have a Switch, which resembles again that thing of a "not so potent/graphics console caught between the crazy machines of ps4/ps5 and xboxes", and I am extremely happy with it. I think Nintendo consoles are the only ones that go beyond of being just a "CPU for gaming", they are a whole different thing.

[@jeremyjmusic]

Also Excite Truck was only a launch game in the US, we didn’t get it here until February the following year 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Joeynator3000]

I forgot about Deadly Creatures, wouldn't mind this getting a remake or a sequel on modern systems. Another memorable Wii game (besides MH3 because I won't shut up about it, lol) was Elebits, I enjoyed that game.

[@Terranigma23]

One of my favorite game on the Wii it was "Little King Story". It was a really fun Pikmin like game. I hope to see it on the Switch one day. :)

[@klone57]

Memory block is back?! LETS GOOO!

[@JohnSegerclucka]

I haven't gamed in over 20 years. And then in July I bought myself a used Wii. In 2021. This console has reintroduced me to gaming, and I absolutely love it. I don't care that it's a 15-year-old console! I've already amassed 43 games. They are affordable and so much fun! My favorite game would be "House of the Dead Overkill"

[@Zauberkaffee2001]

Mine too

[@martinnguyen2458]

I bought the Wii in the summer of 2008 and I enjoyed it very much.

[@massimofallani]

The wii was my first ever TV console that i’ve owned to myself, i did played other home consoles like the original Xbox, PS2 and PS3 but I never owned them, other family members owned them, but the wii was the one i owned and can play at anytime, my favorite game on that system was skylanders, you guys remember that game, it was so mind blowing even coming from my 7 year old self at that time, huh but i got more game like mario kart wii, mart Galaxy 1&2, new super mario bros wii, wii sports, wii sports resort, DKC returns, smash brawl and some ice age game based on the 4th movie, man good times with that system

[@jaymartinez711]

Wonderful video

[@pintavodki]

The Wii was the reason I found Nintendo Life (or, to be precise, the WiiWare World at that point), and that is reason enough to love it.

[@OofEight]

So glad that Fragile Dreams got a special mention. I think my personal pick for my favourite hidden gem I owned though was probably The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces. Being from the Ace Combat dev team, it's not exactly looked at terribly fondly compared to their other games, but it was a very bold experimental title that committed hard to its unique controls, the plot honestly was a perfect complement to the (highly underrated) Sky Crawlers film and it still had all the Ace Combat magic to its stages and worldbuilding. Also still love The Last Story. Don't have much else that really qualifies as particularly overlooked/hidden in my library since i was looking more at growing my DS and (oddly, I know) PS2 collections at that time. Well okay I also have Pandora's Tower but... well, that's seen ports and it's also not a favourite of mine. Speaking of I really wish Wii U had seen more Wii ports in retrospect... I also got a lot out of the (tragically even more limited) range of titles available in the Wii Shop Channel over here in New Zealand. People throw shade on their ports of the DS Ace Attorney trilogy but honestly I consider the format it took, making the first game's bonus case a separate DLC item kind of made it the perfect way to play the games as a fan interested in experiencing them in release order. I never got any of the ReBirth games which I deeply regret, knowing what they brought to the table at the time, but I *did* try out a lot of other things like Cave Story, the select few Family series party games from Arc System Works (which weren't great but some were acceptable options for when i had friends over), Muscle March (one hell of a game there), chick chick BOOM (a very good enhanced port of a surprisingly good competitive 1v1 flash game), MotoHeroz (the now forgotten but then surprisingly great multiplayer-oriented Trials-like game), Bomberman Blast, FFCC: My Life as a King and others. And demos of plenty of others like the bit.Trip games. Plus the exceptional Virtual Console lineup (even though reduced to only a bit over half that of the japanese one). The inclusions of titles even unreleased in PAL regions prior was huge and I got a lot out of it too. The various SNES JRPGs (putting aside the presense of Square, Ogre Battle is brilliant) and the all guaranteed excellent (albeit definitely overpriced in retrospect, Nintendo Points Cards weren't exactly cheap...) N64 lineup (I didn't get some until Wii U but still had a blast with the likes of Mario Party, Smash and Ogre Battle 64 back then) were already more than enough to complement absolutely everything else the console offered both in and out of its own games, but then going into overdrive with its Turbografx, Master System, Mega Drive, Commodore 64 and Neo Geo offerings (even if i tended to skew away from many of those systems' titles, generally just trying oddities like Gain Ground, RPGs like Ys Book I & 2 and Phantasy Star, Bomberman titles... and some SNK fighters too (though not many since I already had prior exposure to most series outside of wiiware anyway)). Sadly didn't dive into GameCube backwards compat since controllers and games simply weren't around in stores here by then and eventually just jumped to Wii U for housing my regular Wii fix. Either way though, Wii's VC was pretty OP. Still disappointed at the wealth of titles that skipped Australasian markets or even exclusively New Zealand on the service such as FAST Racing League, Snowpack Park or Overturn, not to mention the Japan-exclusives like that Pokemon Mystery Dungeon trio or that one escape game from INTENSE in the Simple series... It wasn't as bad about that as their more handheld eShops at least. Anyway yeah Wii had a lot going on all around it and I'm glad people remember.

[@captainsomeister]

Happy anniversary to the Wii

[@Prince_Sidon]

i modded my wii i still have it. still play it. still love it

[@nosewaxjawkavic431]

Twilight Princess, Revenge of King Piccolo, PokePark 1 & 2, Metroid Prime Trilogy, SSB: Brawl and Sin & Punishment are the games that make the Wii so nostalgic for me. I could go back and play these games over and over just because of the nostalgic feels. The games themselves are really good too .. in my opinion.

[@Dmpurcell90]

Love these conversations

[@misterzygarde6431]

I do wonder how it would’ve done if it was as powerful as the Xbox 360. Probably not as well but it would likely still do well.

[@markellhawthorne2921]

It would've costed Nintendo a lot of money.

[@james441]

It outsold the 360 anyway

[@Mr.Foxhat]

Looking at the Gamecube, I suspect that the Wii being made with the mindset of power over unique gameplay would have possibly ended Nintendo in the console wars. Their sales were going down and down from N64 to Gamecube.

[@ThomastheDankEngine8900]

@@james441 same with the PS3. Outsold both, and the PS3 outsold the 360

[@thefalsesheps5408]

I had an unhealthy amount of time sunk into the call of duty title's on Wii. Wii Sports Resort, Animal Crossing, Endless Ocean and The Conduit were also top tier.

[@earlyriser03]

Oof…right in the old age. I remember putting my Wii on layaway in Summer 2007 only to promptly pay it off the very next week. I retired it in 2012 when Wii U came out but hooked it up last year when an internet outage forced my Xbox into a neutered state (all digital future, am I right?). A soft mod for Mother 3 and various conquered GameCube and Wii games later, that little white box remains under my entertainment shelf to this day. It will probably be retired again someday, but it has absolutely served me well for 15 years and counting.

[@ChicagoBulls1984]

Excite Truck was my favorite launch gave ever!!! What a console!

[@Jethwright]

For me, my hidden gem was DDR II as it was essentially the last hurrah for the series on console, and it had my favorite song list outside of Extreme

[@bmumble]

I love my Wii. It's still connected and I dust it off to play from time to time. The controls definitely got better after MotionPlus was introduced though...

[@Xray19]

While Playing the Wii here and there, but not til late 2011 I have own Wii

[@SteamPunk96]

my Wii hidden gem would have to be Kororinpa! I think it falls under the Marble Madness (Saga?) title in the US, it's simple, easy to learn, hard to master and all around just good fun, I 100%'d it multiple times as a kid and again recently as a 25 year old.

[@Infamouslbx]

There's two in the US, Kororinpa Marble Mania, and Marble Saga Kororinpa. Both are great games.

[@player1videogames128]

Wii was so fun for families, memories were made!

[@lalastars8092]

happy birthday jon

[@philipsparks6089]

Dragon Quest Swords was one of my favorite games to play when I was younger. The scale I felt when I played it really made it feel immersive and the motion controls were done very well. Another one I have memories only from a friends house was Cocoto’s Fishing Master. We would take turns in between fish and just moving through each map was awesome. Another small one is Pokemon Rumble which I really enjoyed as an 8-10 year old. Idk if any of these hold up.

[@wesreleases6346]

I really wish I had take better advantage of the Wii Shop Channel while it was up. I made a few purchases that I just can’t understand, but missed out on many good games available. I really got back into the Wii as a teenager, years after my family was through with it. I got lots of GameCube games and worked my way through some of the hidden gems of its library.

[@iBMcFly]

The entirety of the comment at 9:49-10:05 touches home for me in a big way.

[@alyxoj1361]

I wanted one for Christmas. In the UK there was a huge rush over Christmas just after launch to get Wii. Retailer GAME was back-ordered and still fulfilling pre-orders. My parent's preorder was pretty far off and it was getting close to Christmas so my Dad walked into Game and said he came to pick up his preorder. My Dad is renowned for his bamboozling and he somehow got the guy to bring out a binder with all the names of preorders so my dad just said read the one off the top of the list and said it was him. Sorry to whoever was denied their Wii from GAME in Christmas of 2006. I still have it and no you still can't have it!

[@alex-sh5ed]

My childhood console......💙