Worst Nintendo Console?

Everyone knows the Virtual Boy is by far, the worst Nintendo console in history.

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Wii u. Flat out. Every ninety console I've owned since the nes, the wii u was ass trash

Virtual boy obviously

I want to say Wii U, but I think I actually preferred it over the Wii. The Wii was just so gimmicky.

Anyone who says the Wii U or any console other than the Virtual Boy must be ignorant of the history of Nintendo consoles. The Virtual Boy was a commerical disaster that it was pulled from the North American market in less than a year and was never released in Europe. That did not happen with the under-performing Wii U that managed to stay in the market years longer than the Virtual Boy.

Virtual Boy seems like the most obvious one.

Even if you ignore the financial failure, it poorly designed and got the Gameboy creator out of a job.

We don't speak of the Virtual Boy.

People seem to forget the Wii U was really good just didn’t sell. You had all that first party Nintendo U stuff plus it’s a fully BC Wii. I voted N64 but for those voting Wii U I gotta ask why not vote Wii since it does much less than the Wii U?

Definitely the Virtual Boy.

Ignoring Virtual Boy, yeah, probably the Wii U. I'd say Wii for being so gimmicky, but it did have some really great games. Too bad many of them were way worse than they should've been just because they forced unprecise motion controls on them.

In my case Wii was better simply because it had a few more games than Wii U that I liked. Wii U had a shitty 3D Mario game, very shitty Paper Mario game, pretty dissapointing Pikmin game, no Zelda, no Metroid. It never used the controller in a meaningful way and just made it bulky and uncomfortable to hold. Whole console felt like Nintendo weren't sure on what they were gonna make and just settled with something they didn't even like themselves.

And what do you mean with "Wii does much less than Wii U"? It did more, since it had more games. And it was fully BC with GC. Fully BC with GC is way better than being fully BC with Wii.

@Litchie: I agree. IMO the Wii was good in part because it was also a GameCube. That's way more interesting than Wii BC for the WiiU

Wii but I never owned a Wii U so others I see picking the U are probably correct. :P

The Wii/Wii U/Switch are the worst.

Wii.

The Wii was the most foul thing in the history of gaming. I thought I was buying a next gen system Nintendo!

I could have sworn we already had this thread a few weeks ago??

But answer is obviously Wii U!

NES.

Wii ruined me on Nintendo for two generations. I absolutely hate motion controls as the Wii proved to me. It killed Skyward Sword completely and the controllers sucked.

When I saw Nintendo planned to do more of the same crap with Wii-U it was an automatic pass from me. It appears Nintendo isn't quite done with motion controls given Switch has the ability but at least most games don't force that crap on you. Games like Mario Party that do force it... you guessed it. Automatic pass.

"Worst" is quite ambiguous.

I say Gamecube only because unlike every other Nintendo console, it really didn't try to do anything new or interesting. The Wii U under-performed at retail, but it at least tried to innovate even if developers didn't seem entirely sure how to capitalize on the second screen.

Miyamoto says that Nintendo's real mistake with the Virtual Boy was marketing it as a game console instead of a toy and that it would have been more successful if promoted as the latter.

Wii U. And maybe I was young or something but I used to love playing Wario World and Mario Tennis on my Virtual Boy so it didn't fail me at all

who cares...

All I know is the Wii was dope, and under-appreciated. Sky Soldier, MP Trilogy, MH Tri, Galaxy 2, Sin & Punishment, Xeno, RE4Wiimake... all sick among many more.

Also Im pretty sure that everyone slept on Pandora's Tower... that game is terribly underrated, one of the best games on the system, and is what all 3d Castelvania games wish they could be.

Nintendo 64 was. By relying on cartridges instead of the CD pushed millions of gamers to the PS One. If the N64 would have been CD based, the entire course of gaming history might be different.

Probably Wii U. (Ignoring VB) Almost no 3rd party support after its first year and outside of the typical heavy hitters, little support from Nintendo.

I feel like the Wii has some hidden gems alot of people (myself included) didn't play. And Nintendo atleast tried to put games out for it in the first couple years.

Gamecube had decent 3rd party support for a few years which elevates it above the Wii/ Wii U.

Virtual boy

Since its not an option then Wii u

Virtual Boy is the only correct answer.

Of the consoles listed, Wii U. The WIi U had some great games, just not in the quantity one would expect on a Nintendo console.

I'd say the Wii.

Not based on sales numbers, but ironically because of them. The Wii was a perfect recipe. It arrived at the perfect place at the perfect time with the perfect conditions to skyrocket it to success on the back of those who had previously not been the foundation of Nintendo's sustenance prior. Nintendo's direction was rewarded and reinforced with something and from an audience that didn't give a single **** about their long-term prospects, but convinced only of the potential and promise of a vastly incapable technology marketed brilliantly, of which they very quickly forgot once the fad passed. Nintendo bought into this and shifted their market demographic accordingly ever since. I don't believe the Wii's success was mostly due to Nintendo, I find it to be more accidental and coincidental, and even they were surprised at its popularity. And ever since, Nintendo has been chasing that golden goose of desperately thrusting their ***** at the wall in the attempt to find the hole that's going to pay off just as the Wii did.

Had the Wii failed, I believe it would have forced Nintendo to confront issues they've lagged upon for years to keep them up to modern standards that the Wii's stratospheric success allowed them to ignore for so long. The Wii's success permeates the Nintendo of present, it mars it, and it is in reality a curse from their past cloaked in the facade of success in their present of as far as I'm concerned. We still are forced to endure their useless superficial gimmicks that are nothing but a pain in the ass and a large impediment to be able to enjoy their games.

I attribute that to the Wii. By far Nintendo's worst console, as it has held the biggest ramifications on shifting Nintendo from a game-focused company who innovated their hardware to compliment them, into a hardware-focused company who relegated their software to guinea pigs in order to justify it. One who now seems adamant to make hardware their focus in the attempt to replicate the success of what they saw of how gimmicks could benefit them.......and their games, the heart of who they are and always have been as a company, have consequently suffered due to this fundamental shift in corporate philosophy.

I gotta know, how do you see the N64 as the worst Nintendo console?

Wii sold great but the motion controls just were not for me. Wii u had mario kart 8 3D world and breath of the wild so couldn't be voted the worst for me.

List is incomplete, the obvious one is Virtual Boy. But out of that list I'd have to pick the Wii, Nintendo was dominating that gen and focused too much on casual experience which made me really uninterested with their brand in many ways. I still bought the good games like Smash Brawl and Mario Galaxy (among others) but that console simple didn't feel right. I didn't hate the motion controls as much as others, I actually like the nunchuck+ Wiimote combo for certain games but it obviously didn't have a long lasting appeal.

@heathen75: really the reasons are because of how I feel about the N64 these days. Not just the N64 but that whole Gen. ps1, Saturn, and N64 represent that first dive into 3d that was just gross. Though I appreciate the pioneering they did i just can’t really play any of those games anymore with their mud like graohics and clunky consoles. Once the next gen kicks in with the gamecube and ps2 it became really playable and enjoyable for me. At the time the N64 was pretty great but it doesn’t hold up for me. My top 2 Nintendo consoles that have conquered the test of time are the SNES and the Gamecube. NES was to the SNES as I feel the N64 was to the Gamecube. Them figuring stuff out waiting for the tech to actually get good enough to accomplish some great looking and feeling games. When I looked at this list I thought for each console “would I wanna play anything on this system now?” Other than Mario Kart 64 I couldn’t think of one game I would play. Tried Goldeneye many times over the past few years and it’s just crappy now lol.

Thank goodness I never had an opportunity to experience the displeasure of playing a Virtual Boy. Having said that, I say the Wii because I really hate motion controls.

@enzyme36 said:

who cares...

All I know is the Wii was dope, and under-appreciated. Sky Soldier, MP Trilogy, MH Tri, Galaxy 2, Sin & Punishment, Xeno, RE4Wiimake... all sick among many more.

Also Im pretty sure that everyone slept on Pandora's Tower... that game is terribly underrated, one of the best games on the system, and is what all 3d Castelvania games wish they could be.

That game did look cool.. It came so late though, I was all Wii'd out by then. :P

The Wii was really not good, IMO. Following the amazing games on the N64 and GCN, the Wii just couldn't keep up. Additionally, the forced motion controls made the system a big pain in the rear. Motion controls are just gimmickry, and the Wii not even allowing you to get past the menu without using the Wii Remote's motion control was really bad.

The Wii was easily Nintendo's lowest point. I couldn't care less if it sold well. I couldn't care less that the Wii U tanked financially. The Wii U was a better console in every single way.

@Litchie said:

@enzyme36 said:

who cares...

All I know is the Wii was dope, and under-appreciated. Sky Soldier, MP Trilogy, MH Tri, Galaxy 2, Sin & Punishment, Xeno, RE4Wiimake... all sick among many more.

Also Im pretty sure that everyone slept on Pandora's Tower... that game is terribly underrated, one of the best games on the system, and is what all 3d Castelvania games wish they could be.

That game did look cool.. It came so late though, I was all Wii'd out by then. :P

Indeed right at the tail end of its existence... but Im glad my Wii elbow didnt lock up yet. It was a real gem.

If we're going by home consoles then it's definitely N64.

Well, the Wii and Wii-U were similar on the games front. But I think Wii had the edge on games, Wii probably had it least 20+ important games, wheras Wii-U barely crossed 10. - and of course Wii was at least a huge commercial success. Plus even if it was a "gimmick", there were a few games that used that "gimmick" and were genuinely brilliant. Wii Sports and Sports Resort on their own made the system worthwhile imo.... and really that's part of the issue with Wii. A huge chunk of the install base basically wanted nothing else but party games and Wii sports style games. Thus for a system with 100 million install base, outside of Nintnedo 1st party it was almost a shovelware machine.

Wii-U was just on another level of sadness. Total commercial failure. Underpowered. Overpriced. Plus I feel like the tablet was a gimmick as well, the whole thing was ill conceived. The tablet was a crippling mistake. It sold so poorly the shovelware companies weren't even interested.

@appariti0n: VB isn't a console though.

In what way wasn't it a console?

Thread doesn't include Nintendo Eye Destroyer(TM), aka Virtual Boy, i.e. this abominable instrument of pure evil:

Thread fail.

Virtual Boy. Didn't know a single soul that owned one. I imagine in 40 years, if you still have one, it'll be a collector's item selling for 10k haha.

I'm also not a big fan of the Wii; the only thing I ever saw anyone play on it was Mario Kart, Zelda, and Bowling. Motion controllers are terrible, too, as were the visuals.

LMAO! Dead at all these salty people voting for the Wii. The motion controls weren't even bad, and you could use GameCube controllers on the white Wii folks.

Anyway, the worst one to me was the GameCube. It didn't even have the best third party, so I don't get why people jerk it off so much. Even the Switch is going to get more third party support than the GameCube, way more. Also, the Nintendo exclusives just weren't good save for a few: Mario Party 6, Twilight Princess (definitive version on the Wii), Melee, and Star Fox Assault. Mario Sunshine is easily the worst game in the fucking series and Double Dash Mario Kart was a huge no for me. I never got into the other games like Metroid, Pikman, etc. Third party games weren't the best either. The only good ones were Soul Calibur with Link and that Spongebob game based on the movie. Other than that, they were a huge dud for me.

Dude, everyone (including me) in this thread is saying Virtual Boy is a console. Even Nintendo was trying to make it as a console. Where are you going with this isn't a console?

I voted Switch. And that’s coming from someone who’s owned every console Nintendo has ever launched (excluding a 3DS and including a Virtual Boy). The game selection is poor, performance is worse comparatively to its competitors, storage is abysmal, and online is a sad joke.

If I bought a Switch, I’d only own Mario Odyssey. One game is not worth a console/handheld hybrid purchase. It just isn’t.

For those voting Virtual Boy - have you ever even played it? Mario Clash, Wario, Tennis, Red Alarm, and Galactic Pinball are actually good games. Hell, even Boxing has its moments. And if you’re a Tetris fan, it has two variations of it. I’ve read that Space Invaders is good too, but it’s price has skyrocketed to the point of not justifying a purchase.

@valgaav_219: I am glad that you enjoyed the Virtual Boy. Actually, it's the first time ever that I hear about someone who actually likes the console.

The Pee U.

The Gamecube failed a bit in the market, but it was probably the most smartly designed console of that gen. It just couldn't compete with the PS2 marketing juggernaut. I guess Gamecube was missing some features like "online" or not being able to play DVD movies, but back then I didn't really miss those things (only played PC online at that point, literally never took my PS2 online, and watched movies strictly on DVD player not on game console).

I mean sure, it had the worst Mario game probably... and in contrast the Wii iterations of Mario were arguably some of the best... but that's just Mario. It's your own fault if you didnt' play the Metroid Prime Games, Star Wars Rogue Leader, Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Eternal Darkness, the GOAT Zelda games, Resident Evil Remake and Resident Evil 0, etc. Back then those were some of the best games of the generation.

Really, the amount of games on Gamecube - while not great - is probably comparable to the Wii overall. The 3rd party of the Gamecube was a "rebound" of sorts from the N64. It's really a sadder reflection on the Wii, because the Wii sold more than 5x as much as Gamecube and still barely exceeded it in the quality games department (if it did at all). The Gamecube, for a presumed "failure", actually had a surprising depth and volume of games. Of course the PS2 still dominated my mindshare, but at least I could bring myself to actually get a Gamecube and play extensively for a number of years at the end of the gen. I bought a Wii at launch and after the fad wore off, I only played a handful of games on it, I'm pretty sure I actually played the Wii less than Gamecube. The Wii-U was such an obvious disaster I couldn't even bring myself to purchase it.

I'm pretty sure that was designed as a portable device, i.e. the "Boy" in the name.