I have no objection to the whole "games are simple but fun" philosophy. Well, I do, a little bit (It's like only ever reading Young Adult books and Harlequin romances), but that's not why I dislike the Wii.


Anything the Wii does, the other systems can do better. And not just obvious things, like graphics and processing speed.

Take the new super mario brothers game. It's basically a Mario 3 (an NES game) clone, with a few new things thrown in. The best way to control it is by holding the controller sideways.

Except... holding the controller sideways is awkward. It's a little too small, the buttons are placed a little... off, and it makes it difficult to use the shake feature.

And the games that take advantage of the Wii's motion sensing? Generally, the same thing could be accomplished more intuitively with a controller.


I've played the old Worms game on an Xbox 360. The controller's many buttons made moving and using weapons easy. Aiming, shooting, using a sheep launcher, whatever, no sweat. And I didn't have to carefully line up a slightly buggy remote control, and I didn't have to writhe around like a worm to get my guy to move.



So, to answer your questions: The problem isn't with you, or your wheel, but with the Wii itself. It's mediocrity is fundamental to the platform, and any games that rise above that do it in spite of, rather than because, of it.