The Wii has ruined shooting games for me.

I was playing a few of my Gamecube games recently and decided to drag out Starfox Assault.  It was whilst I was playing the first level, trying to kill the boss by shooting specifically at at a mark on his hands, that I came to a realisation - traditional pads suck when playing a shooting game.

The wiimote is the most awkward controller I have ever used and is only good for on rails shooting games and untraditional controlled games (think warioware), as far as FPSs go, it sucks.

The 360 controller is my preferred method of playing fps games then my ps3 controller then my wii.  M/K is only suitable for RTSs and MMOs (support the 360 controller better damn  it!  Crysis treats the analog like the left arrows making driving awful!)

I especially find this slightly weird---> what shooting games on the wii?  There's metroid prime.... and then... uh... I guess if you have to COD5 on the wii... but everything else is trash.

I am talking in general terms, anything that requires aiming and shooting.  So that would obviously include Metroid, but also Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles, Elebits, Link Crossbow Training and Battalion Wars 2.  It doesn't take a lot of games to spoil you to how easy it is to use and how natural it feels.  Trash is a subjective term and not relevant.

Same problem, i tried playing Killer 7 after having beaten RE4 on the Wii. Just could not do it. I could not keep myself from thinking "wow would this have had IR aiming it would have been the best game ever". The "Play on Wii" series is a small consolation though, hope that some of the GC classics get remade with it.

The only thing the Wii did for shooters for me is make me stop using inverted y-axis controls. But I can still play a shooter on 360, as well as Wii, perfectly fine.

I'm avoiding RE5 for this reason.

Well, I am still not a fan of the Wii's FPS controls, with the exception of the two RE games out, though both of them are not technically "FPS's".  Medal of Honors 2 was an OK game that was fun for the few times I played it, and Metroid 3 controlled very well, though I never finished the whole game, but I still mainly play FPS on gamepads anyway so the difference is neglible.

I am hoping to see if the Conduit can change my mind, and I will reserve my opinions of Wii shooters until that game comes out, as it is said to be "the"  Wii FPS.  As of now though, I prefer my gamepad to the Wiimote. Maybe the new WiiMotionPlus will make stuff better, but any games using that feature will take awhile to come out from now.

I really don't like playing shooting games with the wii remote.  You have to keep your hand somewhere that the sensor and pick them up and that gets tiring.  I remember when I played Call of Duty 3 on the Wii and there were times when my guy would just start aiming straight up into the air and start spinning around if I tried to rest my hands on my lap for a few seconds.  In games where you only have to aim occasionally then the Wii Remote isn't that bad.  I just won't be playing anymore FPS on the Wii.

"I really don't like playing shooting games with the wii remote.  You have to keep your hand somewhere that the sensor and pick them up and that gets tiring.  I remember when I played Call of Duty 3 on the Wii and there were times when my guy would just start aiming straight up into the air and start spinning around if I tried to rest my hands on my lap for a few seconds.  In games where you only have to aim occasionally then the Wii Remote isn't that bad.  I just won't be playing anymore FPS on the Wii."

"MKHavoc said:

"I really don't like playing shooting games with the wii remote.  You have to keep your hand somewhere that the sensor and pick them up and that gets tiring.  I remember when I played Call of Duty 3 on the Wii and there were times when my guy would just start aiming straight up into the air and start spinning around if I tried to rest my hands on my lap for a few seconds.  In games where you only have to aim occasionally then the Wii Remote isn't that bad.  I just won't be playing anymore FPS on the Wii."

I always rest my hand on my lap, steady aim and not tiresome. It is how i play trauma center."

The Wiimote actually was designed as a mouse, which is why FPS work so well in the console.

"I really don't like playing shooting games with the wii remote.  You have to keep your hand somewhere that the sensor and pick them up and that gets tiring.  I remember when I played Call of Duty 3 on the Wii and there were times when my guy would just start aiming straight up into the air and start spinning around if I tried to rest my hands on my lap for a few seconds.  In games where you only have to aim occasionally then the Wii Remote isn't that bad.  I just won't be playing anymore FPS on the Wii."

"The Wiimote actually was designed as a mouse, which is why FPS work so well in the console."

Only when doing something on rails do I see the benefits of the Wiimote. Otherwise, it just feels clumsy.

"Willy105 said:

"The Wiimote actually was designed as a mouse, which is why FPS work so well in the console."

Not really.  The fact that the wiimote has to have an aiming zone and a turning zone sort of ruins all competition.

Can anyone really imagine halo 3 with a wii controller? a game where jumping and complex movement counts boodles?"

The Wii controls on RE4 are amazingly good. Really makes it hard to enjoy the RE5 demo going back to normal pads.

"MKHavoc said:

"I really don't like playing shooting games with the wii remote.  You have to keep your hand somewhere that the sensor and pick them up and that gets tiring.  I remember when I played Call of Duty 3 on the Wii and there were times when my guy would just start aiming straight up into the air and start spinning around if I tried to rest my hands on my lap for a few seconds.  In games where you only have to aim occasionally then the Wii Remote isn't that bad.  I just won't be playing anymore FPS on the Wii."

I always rest my hand on my lap, steady aim and not tiresome. It is how i play trauma center."

The wii has ruined nintendo for me, that company sucks in my mind now and i hate it.

"Willy105 said:

"The Wiimote actually was designed as a mouse, which is why FPS work so well in the console."

Not really.  The fact that the wiimote has to have an aiming zone and a turning zone sort of ruins all competition.

Can anyone really imagine halo 3 with a wii controller? a game where jumping and complex movement counts boodles?"

"The wii has ruined nintendo for me, that company sucks in my mind now and i hate it."

"SmugDarkLoser said:

"Willy105 said:

"The Wiimote actually was designed as a mouse, which is why FPS work so well in the console."

Not really.  The fact that the wiimote has to have an aiming zone and a turning zone sort of ruins all competition.

Can anyone really imagine halo 3 with a wii controller? a game where jumping and complex movement counts boodles?"

Complex movements in Halo 3.... lol..."

The only game I've played that used the Wii remote as an aim was Metroid Prime 3, and sure enough, it controls great. And though I guess it is much more fluid to aim at something with the Wii, it hasn't really ruined any other experience I might have with other platforms.

I can still play them prefectly fine but it takes a short time to re-adjust to the normal controls. I prefer the Wiimote though, the controls in MP3 were godly.

I played Call of duty 3 recently on the wii, it was easy enough, but I still dislike the Wii.

I can go back and forth pretty well (and play games still efficiently), but for me the Wii's shooter controls blow the rest of the console market away. RE4's Wii controls were done so well I breezed through the game compared to when I played it on PS2.