{"id":70836,"date":"2014-12-17T07:26:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T05:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70836"},"modified":"2014-12-17T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T10:44:54","slug":"all-wii-haters-this-is-what-you-missed-out-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/70836-all-wii-haters-this-is-what-you-missed-out-on","title":{"rendered":"All Wii haters: this is what you missed out on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you never had the privilege of owning a Nintendo Wii, then you missed out on some awesome gaming moments.<\/p>\n<p>Soaring through the galaxy collecting Star Bits, swinging your controller around wildly while playing tennis, exploring Hyrule with one of the most iconic heroes in gaming &#8211; this was all possible on the Nintendo system.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry if this makes you a bit jelly, but it is your own fault for not buying a Wii.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Nintendo Wii<\/h3>\n<p>The early success of the Wii took Nintendo by surprise, following the announcement of the console in 2005. Critics were concerned the Nintendo console would only\u00a0be seen as a &#8220;casual gamer&#8217;s platform&#8221;, and that it would be difficult to make waves in the hardcore gaming scene.<\/p>\n<p>These concerns were put to rest when Nintendo produced an array of games which captured the attention of gamers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>During its lifetime the console underwent a controller design upgrade, with the Motionplus attachment giving the control new depth and functionality.<\/p>\n<p>The Wii also received a Family Edition which removed support for GameCube games. The last revision was the Wii Mini in 2013, which further removed online functionality and the SD card slot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mCufArSg-SQ?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Games<\/h3>\n<p>The Wii had a vast library of games, some of which rank among the highest-rated games released to date. As of March 2011, just over 895 million Wii games had been sold worldwide &#8211; with 103 of those titles passing the million mark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The best-selling Wii games<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wii Sports \u2013 82.54 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Mario Kart Wii \u2013 35.53 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Wii Sports Resort \u2013 32.58 million copies<\/li>\n<li>New Super Mario Bros Wii \u2013 28.65 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Wii Play \u2013 28.02 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Wii Fit \u2013 22.67 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Wii Fit Plus \u2013 21.03 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Super Mario Galaxy \u2013 12.22 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Super Smash Bros Brawl \u2013 12.14 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Wii Party \u2013 7.94 million copies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>The highest rated Wii games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/wii\/super-mario-galaxy\" target=\"_blank\">Metacritic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Super Mario Galaxy \u2013 97<\/li>\n<li>Super Mario Galaxy 2 \u2013 97<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess \u2013 95<\/li>\n<li>World of Goo \u2013 94<\/li>\n<li>Super Smash Bros. Brawl \u2013 93<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword \u2013 93<\/li>\n<li>Rock Band 2 \u2013 92<\/li>\n<li>Xenoblade Chronicles \u2013 92<\/li>\n<li>Rayman Origins \u2013 92<\/li>\n<li>Rock Band 3 \u2013 91<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Cue the trailers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ceCktUEG4jA?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Xenoblade Chronicles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N7Xc6in86rs?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Super Mario Galaxy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rmN8DHZYNCg?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wii Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zqaPFAZS1K8?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Super Smash Bros. Brawl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PbetJKOQB7k?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Share your fond memories of the Wii, in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/70776-mygaming-is-sas-biggest-gaming-site.html\">MyGaming is SA\u2019s biggest gaming site<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/70654-how-much-mygaming-readers-spend-on-their-pcs-survey-results.html\">How much MyGaming readers spend on their PCs: survey results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/70498-sas-entry-level-broadband-prices-are-not-too-shabby.html\">SA\u2019s entry-level broadband prices are not too shabby<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wii does not get much love on MyGaming, but it was a decent little machine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":70866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,73,2486,151],"class_list":["post-70836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-wii","tag-wii-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71074,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70836\/revisions\/71074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}