Am I the only person who thinks that the Wii...

in some ways is violent?

I am refering to the Shooter games. For example the latest shooter for the Wii is Scarface. I feel FPS games are particularly more violent for a Wii b/c the gamer has to point and shoot at the person on the screen.

This is concerning for me considering that the Wii is mostly a children targeted product (although of course it is also a product for all ages and i personally think it is freaking awesome!) If parents disregard the game ratings on Wii games, i feel that FPS games on the Wii can be particularly harmful and damaging to young children who play them for it could cause them to become increasingly aggressive as well as potentially learn that they need to shoot a problem or enemy (maybe someone they dont like) in order to get rid of that problem and "pass the game"

Of course a simple solution would be for parents to be responsible and listen and follow game ratings so that children do not end up with mature games (or games that are not appropriate for their particular age).

Does anyone feel the same way about shooter games for the Wii?

And just for how many years has there been stuff like gun-replicas (like those attached on some arcade machines), light-guns etc... Man, you sound like the Wii is the first thing in the world to have a somewhat real feel to the shooting or something.

I mean that old stuff certainly hasn't affected anyone sane, in any bad way whatsoever. I am sure of it. Or else you need to be pretty screwed up from the beginning.

Finally, entertainment don't hurt ppl but the real world does.

Not for shooting, it really doesn't feel like shooting a gun. Stabbing and slicing feels great though. :Pgaminggeek

Agreed.

[QUOTE="gaminggeek"]Not for shooting, it really doesn't feel like shooting a gun. Stabbing and slicing feels great though. :Pnopalversion

Agreed.

Dead Rising + Hunting Knife + Wiimote = heaven.

And just for how many years has there been stuff like gun-replicas (like those attached on some arcade machines), light-guns etc... Man, you sound like the Wii is the first thing in the world to have a somewhat real feel to the shooting or something.

I mean that old stuff certainly hasn't affected anyone sane, in any bad way whatsoever. I am sure of it. Or else you need to be pretty screwed up from the beginning.

Finally, entertainment don't hurt ppl but the real world does.

Hardcore_81

Im only talking about next gen consoles! not every single computer game machine ever built

Where do you get that the Wii is targetted towards children? Show me an ad, a press release, or anything official from Nintendo that states such. You won't. It's been targetted towards everyone from the moment of its release.

As for your opinion... It's asinine. Do you have children or know anyone who does? If so, are you around them frequently enough to judge their behaviour and reactions to different stimuli? And at that, if that's the case, are you around various different children of different intellects, lifestyles, upbringings and other such factors to make a conclusive statement encompassing the entirely generalized term "children"?

I doubt it.

The Wii is no more harmful than toyguns or playing "cowboys and indians", "cops and robbers", tag, dodgeball, watching Loony Tunes, watching Barney, watching the news, seeing any number or television shows or movies... Or just living life.

Being around an idiot parent who preaches the virtues of guns and taking out your opponents on the football field is going to affect children more than a friggin toy. And that's all the Wii or any system is, a toy.

The Wii is simply a little more interactive than previous consoles. But thinking kids will react any different to it than when they got their first BB gun, or even their first cap gun, is just asinine.

Proper parenting is what's needed. Not even governmental controls, or any controls for that manner. Just parents doing what they are supposed to.

My parents let me watch R rated movies from a very young age, and once the ratings system was implimented I was allowed to play "violent" games (namely Mortal Kombat 2 comes to mind). I was also educated properly by them and taught reality from fiction and right from wrong.

Proper parenting, not censorship or fascism.

Okay time for a lot of commenting...

To MichealtheCM:

After reading numerous posts, I do understand how MichealtheCM views the Wii. As consoles today become more technologically advanced, and now that with a console such as the Wii on how you're able to both take it home, play it how you want, and do many different things and objectives, it opens up a wide variety of things - and this tends to both go good and bad.

I'll say this straight out - I'm 18. I've been playing videogames since I was just turning around four. I do understand what is real and what is not. I do understand on when to put the controller down (not meaning to throw it down and swear at everything including my pillows) type thing. Will and have I played the Wii? Yes. Will I own a Will? Eventually. Will I own Manhunt 2? Absolutely. I find personally with violent games (fighting / shooting / whatever) that if I'm frustrated at lets say, a co-workers, a friend, or whomever and of course you can't just go next door with a steak knife and say "**** you!!" and go all devil-like.

To Oilers99:

As I had said, things are becoming more realistic, and with motions of me cutting my neighbour's head off because their radio is too loud at 2 AM. You get those people in the world that just don't sit down and think, "Wait a minute, this is a game, it's not real. I'm pressing buttons and looking at a screen. I'm not getting in actual trouble. But if I go kill my neighbour, I will."

Overall, I do have to say, Nintendo is a more family-oriented console. How many actual M rated games are there out for it? Not many. They're all E and T. Even some of the T games could possibly be E rated.

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But one screwy story I still can't figure out is the Resistance using that Church in Manchester and now having Tony Blair being involved. All I can do is shake my head at that.

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