The Wii Is Now Old Enough To Drive

The Wii Turns 16 Years Old!
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[@Sam_Richins]

I got my Wii because of an awesome neighbor. I remember my brother sitting me down anf telling me we likely weren't going to get a wii. In comes the neighbor. He is a pilot and was a couple states over. He called my parents because he found a Wii in a random store, and asked them if we wanted it. Of course, they bought it off of him. The crazy thing is he had a kid my age and one a couple years younger, but they didn't get a wii for another year. Awesome dude (also helped us frame an addition to our house)

[@tokyomations9012]

What a wholesome story

[@thanksgivingh6185]

lol damn, i hardly ever get a hello or eye contact from neighbors

[@bigflx2754]

@@tokyomations9012not for the neighbours kids

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

In the days leading up to the Wii's launch, I was never more obsessed with something's release date than anything else in my entire life. I even camped out in front of the store the night before its launch! I'll never forget it. The Wii remains one of my favorite console memories. There were so many great games, and amazing memories I had with it. Good times.

[@nymbosox84]

Me too! I camped out for 29 hours, was first in line at Walmart for mine

[@PikaLink91]

I was 15 when I got my Wii. I remember the forecast and weather channels were some of the highlights for me. It made it feel like a more adult console with a lot of "stay in touch with the world" features. Twilight Princess was my first game on the thing and I loved it to death, still my favorite version over GC and Wii U.

[@AquaTwist_]

I’ve had my Wii for 15 years and still play Wii Sports at least once a year to this day. Definitely my favorite console of all time! :)

[@leecrawford6560]

I still have mine as well

[@inosuke4708]

Omg this is crazy to think 😢 I remember waiting in line with my mom outside of circuit city (lol) to get my wii! So many amazing games and times with my fam on that console! Now 24 haha

[@Moonchild1607]

I got my Wii when I was 16 in 2006. Delivered a lot newspapers in rainy days to get it. I pre-ordered it so I was a very early adopter. And all I wanted to play was Twilight Princess.. After being hyped for 2 years with some screenshots and a awesome trailer. Good times! ❤️

[@InJeffable]

Not counting specific iterations of consoles like the Game Boy Advance SP and the 2DS, the Wii is the only Nintendo console I've never owned. I was a poor college student when it came out and just couldn't afford it for a while, but I wasn't even interested in getting one later on. I had The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for GameCube and that was all I really cared about. Nothing else on the Wii really grabbed my attention, and it seemed to be geared way too heavily toward the casual crowd for me to take much notice of it. When the Wii U came along with backward compatibility for Wii games, that cemented my refusal to ever get a Wii.

[@PikaLink91]

Okay major respect to Felix for playing the violin at that age.

[@robsiddall9731]

I remember falling asleep to endless ocean quite alot not a bad game just very laid back .. loved it

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

Happy Anniversary Wii!!! I’m glad I still have mine

[@gamemassacre1251]

Still have my Wii, and I’m just a month younger than it, so many memories of growing up with the console and had many happy memories of games like Mario galaxy, Wii party ect

[@bondyaliano]

The first console I bought with my own money from my part-time job just before I graduated high school. I was so proud of it 🤣

[@Why_you_change_the_subject]

The wii was my very first console and i still have it

[@nicodoise]

I always go back to playing Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii when I'm looking for a cheerful game. The game and the soundtrack are perfect, just one of the games that always makes me smile.

[@thanksgivingh6185]

mario galaxy is probably my least favorite 3d mario, but even I can say it has one of if not the best video game soundtrack of all-time. listening to that music never fails to cheer one up.

[@hollandvw4250]

I remember that I got my Wii on a complete whim. My parents and I were grocery shopping like every Saturday, and just like that, they bought me one. I don't remember if it was because I was on my best behaviour that day or if my dad got a bonus and didn't know what to spend it on, but it was a special day that I miss dearly. I didn't even ask for it.

[@Danominator]

Now it can get a Mario Kart Wii License!

[@MrJdub1983]

I remember the day I bought my Wii. I wasn't lucky enough to be able to preorder. So instead, I got up at 4am some freezing November morning, and stood outside Circuit City with sleet coming down, for several hours. But I got it!

[@Akira.2492]

One of the first memories i have with the Nintendo Wii was before i actually owned one. My friend had just gotten his and brought it over to my house. I had a gaming chair at the time that you could hook up the audio to, so we hooked it up to the wii and turned up the volume and bass up to max. We ended up going into the 100 pin bowling game and we put the chair on its backside because thats where the subwoofer was, once the transition from one round to the next happened the bass SHOOK the whole house! It was hilarious and a very distinct memory for me, haha.

[@GameBlock_]

Most of my childhood memories are with the Wii U, but I remember spending so much time playing Wii sports resort and Lego Star Wars the complete saga on the Wii and on the Wii U’s Wii mode.

[@angelachavez7720]

I purchased my 1st Wii at Kmart. I stood outside 3rd in line for 4 hours. Management gave out tickets at the door because there was more people in line than Wii's available. Alot of disappointed people in line that day. I was so glad I got to the store when I did. Used a vacation day to take off work. Today I am still playing my Wii. Right now Skylanders Giants. I play it more than my current consoles and I know I can play the game on the newer consoles and I have the game for the newer consoles but, I just like using the Wii remote and Nunchuck. I have a PS5, Xbox X, Xbox one, Playstation 1, 2,3, and 4. They are sitting quietly. I also have the Red Mario bundle Wii also purchased at Kmart. Happy Anniversary Wii!!

[@marcch72]

I still have my Wii. We used to play Mario Party 8 a lot at the time. Twilight Prinses, Metroid Prime 3, Monster Hunter 3, Resident Evil 4 and The Last Story were my most played games

[@YTSirBlack]

I got my Wii in Christmas 2012, it had Wii Sports and Wii Party bundled in. As of now, i still have my 6 yo Wii U and my Wii library is Expanded.

[@bigbluespace21]

I got my Wii from saving up I didn’t know it had released until 2008 but I was a Nintendo kid growing up. Gameboy, Nintendo 64, & Gamecube just had fun with those but I had to get a Wii once I knew. Got Galaxy with it and loved it from the start!

[@twincast2005]

I remember the pre-launch hype around the Wii. I had just started my year studying abroad in (the outskirts of) Tokyo. My local department store wouldn't even accept pre-orders. I rode the train into the city proper (Shinjuku, Shibuya, Akihabara, Odaiba and occasionally elsewhere) at least once, usually twice, per week, and one day I was just strolling through Yodobashi Camera Akiba as usual and noticed a not huge, but still unusual number of people standing in line at the registries of the video game department, followed by me seeing the signs that they got some new Wiis, the second or third batch overall, so I just joined the line, and maybe ten minutes later or so I was walking out of the store with a bag carrying the hot item of the year. A surprisingly large number of people were in awe that I managed to get one at all, doubly so when I told them how randomly I came across it. Anyway, swinging a sword in Twilight Princess was the number one reason I wanted a Wii to begin with, and it remained my top game of the console. And I own somewhere between one and two dozen Wii games, but IIRC not many third-party, let alone anything obscure.

[@mildlydispleased3221]

My parents got the Wii exclusively for Wii Sports and pretty quickly gave up on it. I remember for the first years of my early childhood, the Wii just stood there next to the TV collecting dust and then one Christmas I got Mario Kart Wii and NSMB Wii and finally this mysterious box had a purpose.

[@Arik_Cool]

When i was younger (circa 2011-2012) I got a Wii from my brother who stopped playing it. I got Wii Play, Just Dance Kids 2, Just Dance 3, and Reader Rabbit.

[@DazzaS83]

I was 23 when the Wii was released. Thankfully I managed to get it on day 1 because I reserved it at HMV ridiculously early. But the day of its release in the UK- 8th December, is also the same day as my sister's birthday so I didn't touch it until the following day. The game I purchased on day one was LoZ: Twilight Princess. Of course it came wirh Wii Sports which I played with friends and family when they came over. But in the evenings and weekends when I didn't have plans, it was all about Twilight Princess. Speaking of which, where are the Switch HD ports for it and Wind Waker.

[@timothyclair5797]

So glad you brought up The Beatles Rock Band! Unboxing that and setting up the instruments was a family affair.

[@RodaMoonknight]

Felix's Dad gaslighting him is the most entertaining and intriguing story I've heard xD

[@Happymonday2015]

Officially the best thumbnail ever made

[@WiiManLei]

I remember getting my Wii and Mario Kart Wii from one of my big cousins. I don't remember if I got any other games to but I do remember getting Mario Kart Wii. I remember thinking Mario Kart Wii required the Wii wheel accessory because we saw that Mario and Luigi were using Wii wheels on the box art. The only controller I was given was just the Wii remote I think(?) but we still tried it without the Wii wheel and we were surprised it worked. I was about 4 years old when I got a Wii so it was my first ever console and stil remains one of my favourite til this day. Unfortunately I don't have a Wii anymore but I'm hoping to get one this Christmas.

[@Mr.Foxhat]

Conduit 2 is one of the best hidden gems on Wii, and best FPS on the system. One of the best titles to end its lifespan with a bang.

[@DarkRulaMedia]

Getting a Wii on the Christmas of it's launch year, then waiting until February for Excite Truck 'cus it got delayed from launch. Great memories... And also Mario & Sonic, Wii Party (and Play, and Sports, and especially Sports Resort), Mario Kart Wii. And also some weird oddities like Wheelspin and Mini Desktop Racing. Awesome load of fun, it was.

[@JalapenoPrime]

I absolutely love the Beatles rockband, I occasionally still play to this day, it's awesome with all the custom DLC

[@steefffff]

I loved the Beatles: Rockband! I also became a huge fan of the Beatles because of it! Those were the days.

[@EricasTouch]

This was my second console after the GameCube. I had all my GameCube games on it then I had Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Play, Wii Play Motion, Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus, The Sims Castaway, all the MySims games, and The Sims 3 which were specifically for the Wii. I wish I had known about the Animal Crossing games for the GameCube and Wii back then. Hopefully all of these games eventually get ported to the Switch (I have Nintendo Sports which is the successor to Wii Sports). I miss my Wii and these games. I never got to experience the Virtual Console on it though.

[@blemski]

Idk what's crazier, the Wii is 16 or the fact that I got mine after leaving the bar on my wife's(then girlfriends) 21st birthday to go wait inline at target at 3am for launch. She is 37 today and we are getting old

[@Jake76667]

fun fact: the gamecube is now old enough to drink. it released on september 14, 2001 in japan & november 18, 2001 in north america

[@BeyondKnight]

I remember going to Toysrus and seeing a poster for Super Mario Galaxy 1, and seeing how cool it was and preordered it then and there before I got my Wii, With the Wii I was calling every store and they were all sold out, except for a Best Buy that was about 2 hours away and went with my mom to get it, I was so happy to finally get it!!

[@DrViperVideos]

The wii was the first and only time my dad ever played a video game. Wii sports, simple to understand, he only likes sports and loathed video games, but that was the exception

[@CRex]

I have a similar story about opening up the games before the console - this happened to me when I got my GameCube on Christmas Day 2002, and I was kind of confused until I opened up the actual console. IIRC the first games I got were Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, and Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. There may have been others but I can't remember off the top of my head, though I do remember Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly feeling kind of off, which was probably down to its now infamous abyssmal performance on the console.

[@kodyneal9643]

I got my wii from my Cousin who got for me as an early birthday present, one of the first games i got for it was Skylanders Giants my mom bought it for me at Christmas and i played it everyday after school.

[@CrazyguysGamingCGG]

I only got the wii in 2014, but it is one of my favourite consoles

[@SuperPaperPokemon]

My parents got a family Wii because, well, family console. They used it for Wii Fit mostly, and I loved to play Wii Sports tennis with my father. Nowadays I'm a full on video game fan, and I don't play with them any longer (they aren't too keen on video games) but man... those ultra casual games were sick.

[@NYYanks2003040506]

I know it gets a fair amount of hate, but the original Wii is one of my favorite consoles ever. The Virtual Console and retro-style games available on WiiWare were awesome, but even just its main library was great. Aside from the obvious ones, there were a lot of good 'niche' games... Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, MadWorld, House of the Dead: Overkill, The Last Story, Klonoa, Ghost Squad, Dragon Quest Swords, No More Heroes 1 and 2, Xenoblade Chronicles (it was niche at the time). Great library. From 2006-2010 I actually used it almost as much as my Xbox 360 and more than my PS3.

[@cutieincosplay]

Wii is growing up ☺️💕

[@crowing2113]

Wiis are only like 100 on Amazon they’re such a great system that’s awesome. Mario kart, Zelda breath of the wild, Mario party… so many great games I love it ❤❤❤

[@maerceci2643]

Where l live the Wii can now drink beer and wine.

[@Dragozan]

My first Wii game was Eledees (or Elebits in the states). I usethat game as my main example of how our sense of critique changes over time. I thought that was such an amazing, magical game for the Wii. But playing it recently, I can only focus on the jank and the performance. It made me realise just how little you think about that stuff as a kid. Kinda miss it, if I'm honest XD But yeah, Eledees will always have a special place in my heart

[@Dwyzero]

My brother got his Wii at 12yr old and at my 9’s I got to play it. It was a whole new world full of adventures… It was there where I completed my first Mario Game, It was there where I first played a Mario kart game… Wii sports and play are both exciting as well that I remember myself jumping and running around the room to hit the ball or punch the bot. My friends also came to my house a lot, and we played like no tomorrow. My Wii’s still alive, and it’s good to know that now he can drive me around 😎 P.S: I still have my Mario Kart Wii cd till this barely day. If someone wants to play, just text around 💪.

[@retrospect]

Don't do this to me. I remember getting this for Christmas , best year of my life.

[@Blood-PawWerewolf]

I read the title and i was like “uhhh… wat?…”

[@KingYoshi93]

I love this channel!

[@ColonialSun-mg6tq]

I find it extremely hard to hate on the Wii sure there are some waggel controls but man that library has some quality shout out to tasonoko vs capcom

[@SonderSoulll]

I do love the wii I first had mine in 2010 or 2011 and had a phillips crt

[@Victini7472]

the wii can now take its rowdy younger brother on a road trip, and also bring along its younger, cooler cousin too

[@theinfiniteone6958]

Still my favorite console to this day

[@jasonmcy1]

you know that one video with the wii manuals

[@Aidentendo]

That’s the first thing I thought of!

[@jasonmcy1]

@@Aidentendo right! lmao

[@alisteruiz]

Thats how i knew about the wii being old enough to drive

[@jasonmcy1]

@@alisteruiz the video know leads misinformation haha

[@AymNBlast]

Dokapon Kingdom, my childhood! I would love for that Atlus franchise to come to Switch in the future!

[@thunderm00se88]

They actually did a good job with the Beatles Rockstar graphics. The chords shown and animations to fit the music were accurate most of the time which must have been some work to pull off. As a musician myself getting this game back in the day I was amazed by it! The models themselves are cartoony-looking but at least consistent in style overall. I also feel like pulling The Secret Rings of the shelves to feel for myself if it really was as bad as I remember:P Aside from that the Wii is one of those consoles that still gets me excited to play it after watching a KZbin video, weirdly more so than other consoles which I prefer. Anyway, time for some Wii, great video guys!!

[@MrWall14]

I was 4 and my dad got a wii in the company raffle. Me and my brother opened it that Christmas.

[@babyalexander]

Ironically enough, my brother is also able to drive on the exact same day

[@MasterFallenHero]

Somewhat related. I opened a VMU like first one Christmas and then my last present was a dreamcast. I was angry my mom thought it was a gameboy or something. My wii thing. I was eating dinner at my grandma's house when it was on the news CONSTANTLY about how it's sold out. My grandma was like angry the "wii machine" is hard to get. That night she says let's go to EB Games. I'm like ???? Because I didn't have money. We swing over. There's a woman in front of us returning a Wii. She announces intent to buy a Wii and gets that one. She then proceeded to spend 2 years to wonder why people just don't go to the store and buy a wii like she did. Not appreciating the luck of what just happened.

[@AstralToastie]

God I loved Wii Party so much. I hope they make a successor to it someday..

[@Bilbo51]

I wasn't sure if this was a joke. They made Wii Party U on the Wii U, which I quite enjoyed.

[@prestonandtom9337]

I was 2 months old when it came out.

[@AidanRatnage]

In my County the legal age to drive is 17.

[@Al3XB85]

I qued outside hmv Oxford Street for 6 hours on the eve of the launch for my wii

[@kapitonhariton8831]

Bought Wii to play Marios and Zeldas. But mostly were playing wii sports bowling and Just Dance :)

[@helmeren3828]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

[@RareSun]

0:47 I can't, I didn't exist

[@absolutely0bsolete330]

My WiiU is pretty much my Wii.

[@varoennauraa]

There would be ca. 100 Wii games that I would love to see released on eShop for Switch!

[@dabud8454]

It's weird thinking that I grew up with the wii despite that we're the same age

[@leeartlee915]

How in the heck had Zion heard of that weird metal ball game? That was impressive.

[@Markde9876]

Stop making me feel ancient, Nintendolife!

[@bb8shouse]

The GameCube is almost old enough to drink in the US. The DS is almost enough to drink in the UK. The Wii is one year away from driving in the UK since 17 is the driving age over here

[@nickred652]

Would love to see a game like Mercury Meltdown Revolution on the Switch! It would be perfect for it!

[@friendlyotaku9525]

Hopefully it doesn't crash because then... Wii U Wii U

[@leecrawford6560]

wait if I'm 26, the Wii came out when I was 10? if so, that makes it 16yrs old whoa

[@wareforcoin5780]

My divorcing parents worked together to get a good spot in line to get my sister and me the Wii at release. That was the last time they ever bothered to work together again. lol

[@metrih7]

What's the music at 18:00

[@spotlessstar]

Don’t forget that the GameCube can drink now

[@alisteruiz]

Sorry wii, u arent old enough where i live Just wait another year

[@juliannocartagena2007]

Ok then. Now that the Wii is 16, it’s about time I recommend Help Wanted (Job Island in Europe) to you all.

[@Kcalien]

Excitebots 2 please

[@Nathan-mu1pz]

The Wii is now as old as the super Nintendo was when the Wii was new

[@LeggereugualeVivere]

read the title, tho it was 18 years old and were confused

[@Joeynator3000]

...I miss Mercury Meltdown Revolution. I wished a dev studio out there or something would port that over to Switch.

[@Ozma2]

Having an English guy saying the legal driving age is 16 is weird, 17 here.

[@nelson-haha89]

When I got my N64 for Christmas I opened Mario 64 first and was like, "What? We don't have an N64? What am I going to do with this?" Very similar to Felix's story, just a different gen.

[@mellow8176]

being thirteen sounds like the exact right time to experience no more heroes LOL

[@_mikut]

And the GameCube is old enough to drink...

[@freesheep0]

15 with a special license

[@crammergamer1303]

ITS THE WII AND I HAVE 2 WIIS

[@thelibyanplzcomeback]

In 2024, the Wii will be old enough to vote in a possible runoff election.

[@eddierabelo5569]

Fuck I'm old I got my Wii in 2007 I was a 7th grader

[@jasonmcy1]

🥳

[@catriamflockentanz]

I don't know where Zion lives but I am pretty sure that Felix can get to a shoreline faster by going any cardinal direction but south... 24:22 Given they added Wii Fit Trainer in Smash the sales of Wii Fit probably were kinda high. Otherwise nobody would bonehead such a non-character in.

[@mikeobannion2129]

Yooo! LETS GOOOO

[@ndprod.animationenthusiast9376]

*Internal Screaming Has it really been that long?! I remember begging my parents for years for it until I got it thanks to a sale at Gamestop. Funny enough, Most of my family got the console before I did.