What is your least favorite and most favorite console?

[the7k]

I can understand saying a system like the VB, Jaguar, 5200, or even SMS is a least favourite, but saying the Wii just baffles me. Go play some Club Drive on the Jaguar, and report back.

Never owned a Virtual Boy, Jaguar, Atari 5200 or Sega Master System.

I do own a Wii. It's the first time I've ever sold a system. Ever. I ended up buying it again due to Tatsunoko vs Capcom, but that's the only reason I still have it... and since my computer can near perfectly emulate it now, I'd consider selling the system again were it not for the fact that it only sells for like $25 used these days.

Virtual Console seemed fun until I realized I was paying $8 for SNES roms while Sony was selling PSX ISOs for substantially less - I unfortunately didn't realize this until I had already blown near $200. If only I had spent that money on Steam.

The Wii is also the point at which I feel Nintendo of America stopped being Nintendo. No longer willing to take chances - even when those chances are sure fucking bets like Fatal Frame 4 and The Last Story - all they want is to flood their system with Mario spin-offs. Do we really need the umpteenth Mario Sports game when freaking Xenoblade has not made it over here yet?

Moreover, the Wii has had a negative effect on the video game industry in general. I'm not saying it was all hunky-dory when it was just the three Bs of gaming (Bullets, Blood and Boobs), but the glut of shoddily made carnival games and dance offs are not being confined to just the Wii itself - they are spreading like a plague. Like I said, it wasn't all gravy and rainbows before when it was just macho-male power fantasies, but this sure as hell isn't helping.

I'm not buying another Nintendo system unless it's region-free. Nintendo of Europe and Japan still have their heads on straight - it's just Nintendo of America I am extremely 'at odds' with.

[CFFJR]

I'm sure my low tier will piss some people off, to which I say, oh well. No hate, that's just how I feel about it. The NES was my first game system, so it isn't bias. As for Sony, again, no hate, I just generally don't care for any of the systems. 99 times out of 100, if a game is available on multiple systems, Playstation is the last place I look.

Nah, I hear you, but what about the absolutely massive list of great PS1 and PS2 exclusives? I would find them pretty hard to ignore, unless you just generally turn a blind eye to the Sony side of things in general.

Oh, they definitely have a solid library. Its not that I outright ignore them really, so much as my interest lies elsewhere.

That said though, there are games and franchises exclusive to Playstation that I love. Jak and Daxter, for instance, is one of my favorite series on any platform.

I guess the way to put it is that with games on other systems, I'm more willing to explore and try stuff at random, but I evaluate PS stuff case by case.

I'm sorry if that doesn't really make sense. I know its not the strongest defense of my position.

[Breetai]

The 3DO is actually a pretty sweet console, though. There are dozens of good games on it. The multiplatform games are generally better on the 3DO that the PS1 or Saturn.

Literally dozens? As in more than 24?

In my opinion, yes. More than 24 worthwhile games are on the 3DO.

[Hazerd]

The 3DO is actually a pretty sweet console, though. There are dozens of good games on it. The multiplatform games are generally better on the 3DO that the PS1 or Saturn.

Literally dozens? As in more than 24?

In my opinion, yes. More than 24 worthwhile games are on the 3DO.

list them, and only Exclusives.

[alienjesus]

Literally dozens? As in more than 24?

In my opinion, yes. More than 24 worthwhile games are on the 3DO.

list them, and only Exclusives.

Considering how he specifically said he feels multiplatform games are often better on it, I think thats unfair.

[Redifer]

I can hardly think of enough good games on the 3DO to count on my fingers. Road Rash is an amazing game, but it runs more smoothly on the Playstation and even moreso on the Saturn. Gex scrolls at half the framerate at the PS and Saturn versions and looks pretty rough as a result. Return Fire might be a bit better on the 3DO than it is on the Playstation due to the PS's extreme warping of polygon graphics that it loves to do. I enjoy Need for Speed more on the other systems as well as they not only kept the boring gameplay that was in the original, but added an actual game on top of it with more tracks as well.

[Breetai]

The 3DO is actually a pretty sweet console, though. There are dozens of good games on it. The multiplatform games are generally better on the 3DO that the PS1 or Saturn.

list them, and only Exclusives.

I never made the exclusive claim. As quoted above, I included games that were multiplatform in that claim. Maybe there are more than 24 worthwhile games that are exclusive, but I'm not claiming that off the top of my head.

I guess my main point is that I think the 3DO is unfairly knocked, when it's actually a decent system. It's not really in the "mainline" or retro systems that people need, but I'd say it's at or near the front of the pack for non-main systems (unless you count the TG-16 as a non-mainline... I think it's a necessary system for collectors).


About Gex, I have never noticed the difference in framerate. I own both the 3DO version and the PS1 version. I'll have to compare them. I generally like the 3DO version because it saves. The PS1 only has passwords.

[Soldier Blue]

The 3DO is actually a pretty sweet console, though. There are dozens of good games on it. The multiplatform games are generally better on the 3DO that the PS1 or Saturn.

list them, and only Exclusives.

I never made the exclusive claim. As quoted above, I included games that were multiplatform in that claim. Maybe there are more than 24 worthwhile games that are exclusive, but I'm not claiming that off the top of my head.

I guess my main point is that I think the 3DO is unfairly knocked, when it's actually a decent system. It's not really in the "mainline" or retro systems that people need, but I'd say it's at or near the front of the pack for non-main systems (unless you count the TG-16 as a non-mainline... I think it's a necessary system for collectors).

Did it come out in Japan?

[swiftzx]

Sigh, I'm gonna post this list again:

Wii games worth owning imo:

A boy and his blob
Arc rise fantasia
Baroque
Batman: the brave and the bold
Battalion wars 2
Blazing angels: squadrons of WWII
Bomberman Land 2 wii
Boom Blox
Boom Blox: bash party
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: modern warfare reflex
Castle of Shikigami III
The conduit
Conduit 2
de Blob
de Blob 2
Dead Space Extraction
Epic Mickey
Dokapon kingdom
Donkey kong country returns
DBZ: budokai tenkaichi 3
Elebits
Excite truck
Excitebots
Final fantasy crystal chronicles: echoes of time
Geometry wars: galaxies
Ghost squad
Goldeneye 007
Guilty Gear XX accent core plus
House of the dead 2 and 3 returns
House of the dead: overkill
Ivy the kiwi
Kirby: epic yarn
Klonoa
Legend of zelda: twilight princess
Little king's story
Madworld
Mario kart wii
Mario sports mix
Mario strikers charged
Mario super sluggers
NBA jam
Medal of honor heroes 2
Metal slug anthology
Metroid prime 3
Metroid prime trilogy
Monster hunter tri
Murasama: demon blade
Naruto: clash of ninja revolution 3
New super mario bros wii
Nights: journey into dreams
No more heroes
No more heroes 2
Okami
Punch-out
Redsteel 2
RE 4: wii edition
RE darkside chronicles
RE umbrella chronicles
Sakura Wars
Samba de amigo
Samurai showdown anthology
Samurai warriors 3
The sky crawlers: innocent aces
SNK classics: vol 1
Sega and sonic all stars racing
Sonic Colors
Super mario all stars
Super mario galaxy
Super mario galaxy 2
Super paper mario
Super smash bros brawl
Tatsunoko vs capcom
Trauma center
Ultimate shooting collection
Wario land: shake it
Warioware: smooth moves
Wii sports
Wii sports resort
Zach and wiki

[CFFJR]

Did it come out in Japan?

The 3DO? Yes.

Its region free too, as I understand it.