Easily the VC. The Wii Ware service has been pretty lame to date with very few titles of quality. The majority of content on Wii Ware is shoddy crap that Nintendo promised they would never put on the service.
Wii Ware has a very long way to go before it comes even comes close to matching the number of quality titles seen on VC now.
Personally, I think WiiWare is better. I already own most of the best games on the Virtual Console and even if there's a game that appears which I want and I don't have, I'd rather get it on the original system. I like WiiWare because it brings new software and most of the time it brings some interesting concepts, like Lostwinds, World of Goo and Beat.Bit Trip.
Despite the spotty release schedule and offerings, Virtual Console still has a lot of must-play classics, plenty to fill the fridge. WiiWare has a few standouts, but not yet enough to compete with some of the best all-time games.
I think it is a bit unfair to compare them, Wiiware being all new content and most of the games in the virtual console catalogue being games cherry picked out of over a decade of gaming history.
I would say VC because it has so many classics. I mean, seriously, OoT, Mario 64, Super Metriod, Punch Out!, Super Mario World, etc., etc. So many great games. And I have World of Goo on my PC anyway.
Sigh all you want, friendbrother, but it's true. VC is markedly overpriced and WiiWare has, like, three really good games, the rest being pretty much shovelware.
Sigh all you want, friendbrother, but it's true. VC is markedly overpriced and WiiWare has, like, three really good games, the rest being pretty much shovelware."
I dissagree. I dont find the VC overpriced at 5 bucks per NES game and 8 bucks per SNES game since the rare ones would easily fetch 10 times that. And i'd rather have 3 good wiiware games and a bunch of crap than nothing at all.
Sigh all you want, friendbrother, but it's true. VC is markedly overpriced and WiiWare has, like, three really good games, the rest being pretty much shovelware."
I dissagree. I dont find the VC overpriced at 5 bucks per NES game and 8 bucks per SNES game since the rare ones would easily fetch 10 times that. And i'd rather have 3 good wiiware games and a bunch of crap than nothing at all."
"I dissagree. I dont find the VC overpriced at 5 bucks per NES game and 8 bucks per SNES game since the rare ones would easily fetch 10 times that. And i'd rather have 3 good wiiware games and a bunch of crap than nothing at all."
For one, if you know where to look and you're not looking for rare games (and really, how many rare games are there on VC at the moment?), you'd pay as much, if not less, for a real cart than you would for a VC download. And for a VC download, there's nothing to show for it; no tangible cart or anything. For as much as, say, F-ZERO X is on Wii Shop Channel, I can go buy, say, Bionic Commando Rearmed, which has better everything.
As for WiiWare, that argument only holds water if the only system you own is a Wii. I think it's pretty undebatable that the quality of games on Live Arcade and PSN vastly eclipses that of WiiWare games.
"I dissagree. I dont find the VC overpriced at 5 bucks per NES game and 8 bucks per SNES game since the rare ones would easily fetch 10 times that. And i'd rather have 3 good wiiware games and a bunch of crap than nothing at all."
For one, if you know where to look and you're not looking for rare games (and really, how many rare games are there on VC at the moment?), you'd pay as much, if not less, for a real cart than you would for a VC download. And for a VC download, there's nothing to show for it; no tangible cart or anything. For as much as, say, F-ZERO X is on Wii Shop Channel, I can go buy, say, Bionic Commando Rearmed, which has better everything.
As for WiiWare, that argument only holds water if the only system you own is a Wii. I think it's pretty undebatable that the quality of games on Live Arcade and PSN vastly eclipses that of WiiWare games.
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Everything you are saying is a matter of values, namely YOUR values, which are not necessairily the same as everyone elses. For example, I would much rather play F-Zero X then Bionic Commando. Rare games? Im not sure where you plan on finding Sin and Punishment(that would work on an american N64, the real Super Mario Bros 2, Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen, Super Castlevania 4, Actraiser, Super Metroid, Breath of Fire 2, Phantasy Star IV, and Super Mario RPG as cheap as you can get them on VC. and then they are all together and in as good condition as you can get them in. There is an undeniable convenience factor to the whole thing.
I have SSFIIHDTR, Castle Crashers, Ikargua and Castlevania Symphony of the NIght, but that doesnt mean i dont appreciate being able to play World of Goo and Lost Winds. There arent a lot of games on the other services that match up with World of Goo.
"World of Goo and Mega Man 9 don't count on account of them being available for other platforms. Any computer under the sun can run World of Goo. :\"
Considering its sold much better on the Wii than on PC, im not sure your arguement holds water. And i didnt mention Megaman 9, even though it did come on wiiware first. Besides, how many of those cute little XBLA games aren't available on anything else? Braid is going PC on the 10th of this month. All of the games i own for it other than Castle Crashers are available somewhere else.
Besides, dont ignore the VC arguement. If you can find Secret of Mana somewhere for me for 8 bucks, i may just buy it off of you.
"World of Goo and Mega Man 9 don't count on account of them being available for other platforms. Any computer under the sun can run World of Goo. :\"
Considering its sold much better on the Wii than on PC, im not sure your arguement holds water. And i didnt mention Megaman 9, even though it did come on wiiware first. Besides, how many of those cute little XBLA games aren't available on anything else? Braid is going PC on the 10th of this month. All of the games i own for it other than Castle Crashers are available somewhere else.
Besides, dont ignore the VC arguement. If you can find Secret of Mana somewhere for me for 8 bucks, i may just buy it off of you.
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No wonder I like you! You put things just out there and don't care! Blunt and honest! :D
"World of Goo and Mega Man 9 don't count on account of them being available for other platforms. Any computer under the sun can run World of Goo. :\"
Considering its sold much better on the Wii than on PC, im not sure your arguement holds water. And i didnt mention Megaman 9, even though it did come on wiiware first. Besides, how many of those cute little XBLA games aren't available on anything else? Braid is going PC on the 10th of this month. All of the games i own for it other than Castle Crashers are available somewhere else.
Besides, dont ignore the VC arguement. If you can find Secret of Mana somewhere for me for 8 bucks, i may just buy it off of you.
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No wonder I like you! You put things just out there and don't care! Blunt and honest! :D"
The Virtual Console has Paper Mario and all the Donkey Kong Country games on it, which play to my nostalgia of old games that I played a bunch but never owned, so that is another point in its favor. All they need to do is release the old Fire Emblem games in english (which I know they won't do) on it.
Wii Ware also has some good stuff, World of Goo and the Strong Bad games are pretty awesome, even if they are also on the PC. But in the end, Nostalgia wins.
"The Virtual Console has Paper Mario and all the Donkey Kong Country games on it, which play to my nostalgia of old games that I played a bunch but never owned, so that is another point in its favor. All they need to do is release the old Fire Emblem games in english (which I know they won't do) on it.Wii Ware also has some good stuff, World of Goo and the Strong Bad games are pretty awesome, even if they are also on the PC. But in the end, Nostalgia wins."
Virtual Console for the fucking win! If WiiWare games didn't blow so much dick, and more were like World of Goo and Mega Man 9, then I could see myself saying the opposite.
I'd probably go with the Virtual Console. To be honest, that's probably the main reason I wanted the Wii is just for the Virtual Console (I got it for Christmas). Plus WiiWare doesn't have much that's turning my interest. I already have Mega Man 9 on XBLA and World of Goo looks good but there are so many VC games I'd put over that.
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