Wii Virtual Console rant.

The Wii VC is a very good concept, but it's not executed that great in my opinion.



Starting things off, I hate how all the Wii point cards in retail stores only have 2000 Wii pts. ($20). I would've liked to see 1000 pt. cards ($10), 1500 pt. cards ($15), 3500 pt. cards ($35), & maybe even 5000 pt. cards ($50) along with the 2000 pt. cards ($20) in retail stores. Just a nuisance in my opinion.



Another thing that bothers me is that a lot of games on the European Wii Virtual Console run only in 50hz which results in a overall much slower game (around 17.5% more than 60 hz) The only games I could think of that run in 60hz in there are some JPN-only games & maybe the TG-16 & the Neo Geo games. These days, pretty much almost every game released in Europe is 60 hz instead of 50 hz. Nintendo seems very lazy, arn't they?

Let's also not forget that you can't change the controls of any games you bought in the VC AT ALL. The closest you can get to is that some games give you a choice if you want to use a Wii Classic controller, gamecube controller, or in some cases, a Wii remote. The problem becomes apparent when you download a VC game & the controls arn't good in your favor. So you pretty much have to buy at least either a classic controller or a gamecube controller, or delete the VC game, realizing you wasted $5-$10 all because of bad controls to you and the inability to change them.

I thing I find most bothering is the Wii's pathetic storage, around 2000 blocks. Sure, NES games on VC take up only 30 blocks or under, SNES games take around 30-90 blocks, Genesis games take around 30-50 blocks, & TG-16 games take around 30-50 blocks. Not so bad, eh? Try saying that when you're downloading a few Neo Geo games, TG-16 CD games, & N64 games. Those take around 150-300 blocks! Some Wiiware games take up 300 blocks! The Wii channels also take up alot of space. If you plan on downloading a lot of games on the Wii Shop channel, keep in mind that the space will fill up really fast. Sure you can use 1 & 2 GB SD cards, but you can't play directly from them. You have to move the games from the SD card to the Wii's system memory if you want to play them & it could take a while which ultimately ends up terribly inconvenient.

The Wii VC is ok, it's just that there's a few things that really bring it down though.