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What WiiWare/Virtual Console games should I get?

Satanic JesusSatanic Jesus Hi, I'm Liam!with broken glassesRegistered User regular
edited January 2009 in Games and Technology
I have no idea whats good or not, I like rpgs, but suggest anything good, please.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Super Mario RPG for SNES
    Secret of Mana for SNES
    Phantasy Star IV for...Genesis, I think?

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Can you post what you have?

    If Super Mario RPG or Phantasy Star IV isn't on that list, remedy it.

    God damn you Unbreakable.

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  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    yep, Genesis.

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  • Satanic JesusSatanic Jesus Hi, I'm Liam! with broken glassesRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Currently, nothing, urahonky.

    Super Mario RPG and Phantasy Star IV are on my list to be among the first downloaded.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Are you still in Ireland or are you in the US? Just want to see what games we can recommend.

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  • Satanic JesusSatanic Jesus Hi, I'm Liam! with broken glassesRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Oh, I'm still in Ireland.

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  • METAzraeLMETAzraeL Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    wait, PSIV was the really good one, right? I didn't know it was on VC, when did it come out?

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Like last week.

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  • METAzraeLMETAzraeL Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    sweet, I am all over that!

    also, for the op, Lost Winds is supposed to be a nice little platformer.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I will suggest that almost every game on VC that starts with the word 'Super' is worthy of a download.

    This may no longer be true, I haven't looked at the list in a while.

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  • Junior YankJunior Yank Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Apologies if these are on the obvious side:

    The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
    The Legend Of Zelda: The Ocarina Of Time
    Paper Mario
    World Of Goo (Wiiware)

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  • El ExtremoEl Extremo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Super Metroid! Get!

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  • gijohn13gijohn13 Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Hello fellow Irishman

    I strongly recommend super mario RPG. Got it a while ago and haven't regretted it.

    As for other titles get

    Donkey kong country 2
    Super metroid
    super mario world
    zelda: link to the past

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  • BugmanBugman Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I think it needs to be said again: Super Mario RPG

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  • naengwennaengwen Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Cho Aniki.


    What?


    Actually, there's some good import games on the VC; Sin and Punishment is excellent, for one. Alien Soldier's decent, though it's a bit more complex than Gunstar Heroes.

    Oh yeah, get Gunstar Heroes. And Dynamite Headdy, for that matter. Any other VC Treasure games that i've left out? Probably should get those, too.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I agree that if you haven't played Super Mario RPG before, give it a go. Excellent game. I remember playing that game for hours as a kid. I've still got it kicking around packed up with my SNES.

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  • carmofincarmofin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    bomberman blast and world of goo are excellent value for oyur money id say.

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  • Mike DangerMike Danger "Diane..." a place both wonderful and strangeRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Pokemon Snap and Harvest Moon both jump out as games that I enjoyed in their original forms.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    you are legally required to purchase Donkey Kong Country 2

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    you are legally required to purchase Donkey Kong Country 2

    This.

    Also, for some dumb reason nobody here (including myself in my first post) has said Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time yet.

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  • HaydenDerkHaydenDerk Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Apologies if these are on the obvious side:

    The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
    The Legend Of Zelda: The Ocarina Of Time
    Paper Mario
    World Of Goo (Wiiware)

    Nothing else matters.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    You know.. I never got into Paper Mario. I bought the GC version when I got my Wii, and never really liked it. Then, I bought the Wii version because I thought the platforming would be a redeeming quality for me, but no dice.

    I say Secret of Mana comes before Paper Mario, if you're looking for an action-y RPG.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Figgy: Try the 64 version. I didn't like the GC one either. Not sure why, something about it just threw me off. I enjoy the hell out of the N64 one though.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Figgy: Try the 64 version. I didn't like the GC one either. Not sure why, something about it just threw me off. I enjoy the hell out of the N64 one though.

    I'm pretty sure I did try it for a bit. I never did own it but for some reason I remember playing the GC version and linking things back to having played the first one.

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  • mntorankusumntorankusu I'm not sure how to use this thing.... Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    LostWinds is one of my favorite Wii games. It is basically the best use of the Wiimote pointer on the entire system, I think.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    you are legally required to purchase Donkey Kong Country 2

    Mind if I ask why? It is so fucking inferior to DKC1 in my mind.

    Every level in the game is a vertical jumping fest where you can never die because if you miss a jump, guess what? You are on the15 story of the level so at worst you'll fall back down to the 10th level and then you'll climb your way back up. In my mind, the only way to save this game would be if there was no 'backwards' scrolling soo if you fell more than 1 screen lenght you'd die.

    DKC1 blows it out of the water with its level design, which when you are playing a platformer is the only thing that matters.

    DKC1 is a horizontal platformer than isn't the most forgiving game ever.

    DKC2 is a vertical platformer and as far as I can tell, it is impossible to die unless you are 6 years old.




    My friend made me get this game with my remaining Wii Points and I've regretted it ever since. I've played through DKC1 like 6 times and got the 101% complete, but I can't stand playing 2.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What? DKC2 is unforgiving at times, but rather through enemies than falling.

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  • OhtsamOhtsam Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    you are legally required to purchase Donkey Kong Country 2

    I'll take the jail time over buying that game again

    Also Megaman 9 is pretty good but only if you like classic megaman games

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    World of Goo

    World of Goo

    World of Goo

    All the praise that the various gaming media have heaped on it is truly deserved.

    Also Lost Winds is excellent though short and My life as a King can be most addictive if you like that kind of thing.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I haven't even heard of this World of Goo besides the forum. What the hell kind of game is it exactly?

    EDIT: Never mind, just saw a trailer on Youtube.

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  • ModainModain Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    World of Goo

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  • algorythymalgorythym Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Download World of Goo over and over again until you start to clog your Wii's internal memory with artifacts from the re-writes and until only World of Goo will fit. Then play it, forever.

    World of Goo.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    algorythym wrote: »
    Download World of Goo over and over again until you start to clog your Wii's internal memory with artifacts from the re-writes and until only World of Goo will fit. Then play it, forever.

    World of Goo.

    Alternatively, Lost Winds.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Yeah, World of Goo is possibly the best game released last year, on any platform.

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  • IdolisideIdoliside Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    def World Of Goo, but if you are looking for a good party game get TV Show King, we got it in our house and had loads of fun. Its like one of those DVD TV Show games, but ALOT better...

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  • SolidhavocSolidhavoc Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    My Life as a King is great fun, at least to me.

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  • DomhnallDomhnall Minty D. Vision! ScotlandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
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  • SixfortyfiveSixfortyfive Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    naengwen wrote: »
    Cho Aniki.


    What?


    Actually, there's some good import games on the VC; Sin and Punishment is excellent, for one. Alien Soldier's decent, though it's a bit more complex than Gunstar Heroes.

    Oh yeah, get Gunstar Heroes. And Dynamite Headdy, for that matter. Any other VC Treasure games that i've left out? Probably should get those, too.
    All of the Treasure games that Sega and Nintendo own the rights to (for the current VC-eligible consoles) are on the VC: Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy, Alien Soldier, Light Crusader, and Sin & Punishment. Most of them are worth looking into.

    Gunstar Heroes is a great entry-level sidescrolling shooter. Reasonable difficulty, co-op, the weapon combining system, and all sorts of variety makes it hard not to recommend to anyone.

    Headdy is a very creative and original but unrelentingly difficult platformer (unless you're playing the JP version, which is considerably easier). The head mechanic is similar to Ristar's stretchy arms, if you're familiar with that. Also worth checking out, but you might want to look up the level select code if you can't hack it the normal way.

    Alien Soldier is a brutally complex and difficult shooter as far as 16-bit games go. It's awesome and one of my favorite games ever, but it's specifically meant to be played by people who thought Gunstar was too easy and didn't have enough bosses.

    I don't hate Light Crusader like most other people seem to, but there are better ways you could spend $8.

    Sin & Punishment is a superb rail shooter. A lot of people liken it to Star Fox or Panzer Dragoon, but I think Contra + Space Harrier is a more apt comparison. You need a GCN controller or Classic Controller to play it, and I'd strongly suggest going with the latter. The shoulder buttons make a pretty big difference.

    EDIT: Oh yeah, we're also talking about WiiWare. Get Megaman 9. Best entry in the classic MM series by far.

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  • carmofincarmofin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    well if were talking virtual console i think the ultimate games to get there are toe jam and earl 2 and landstalker. thats skipping the obvious mario/zelda stuff of course.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Star Tropics and Star Tropics 2: Zoda's Revenge

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