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My poor ignored Wii. Help it!
Mr_Grinch
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Hi guys, we keep getting threads from new PS3 convertees wanting advice on games. So I thought it's about time there was one for the Wii, more specifically to help me.
I've had my Wii since near launch but after Super Mario Galaxy I got a PS3 and it wooed me with it's lovely exclusives and my Wii became a very expensive set of scales (I use Wiifit daily to chart my weight).
I spotted NSMB the other day and thought it looked cool and wished I had a Wii to play it on. Then I remembered I did, and snapped it up.
So what else have I been missing? Any interesting puzzle games? Any awesome 2d platformers? I could look for myself but I trust the judgement of you fine people.
Any suggestions to tag on to my Christmas List for Santa?
This is not an excuse to use terrible Wii-puns.
-looks sternly at LewieP-
I've had my Wii since near launch but after Super Mario Galaxy I got a PS3 and it wooed me with it's lovely exclusives and my Wii became a very expensive set of scales (I use Wiifit daily to chart my weight).
I spotted NSMB the other day and thought it looked cool and wished I had a Wii to play it on. Then I remembered I did, and snapped it up.
So what else have I been missing? Any interesting puzzle games? Any awesome 2d platformers? I could look for myself but I trust the judgement of you fine people.
Any suggestions to tag on to my Christmas List for Santa?
This is not an excuse to use terrible Wii-puns.
-looks sternly at LewieP-
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I do remember playing Boom Blox and enjoying it. I think Wii Sports might have been the most enjoyable game I played when I had my Wii. Mario and Smash Bros took too long to come out. And when I finally did get to play Smash Bros I was disappointed..I dunno why..
A pretty old game now but The Godfather was ridiculously fun, more than it should've been with it's awful graphics.
Then theres the two resident evil lightgun games that people swear by. I didn't think they were all that great but that's just me.
Boom Blox is a must. Like something every wii owner must have. Really good fun on your own and insanely fun in groups. Perfect for parties.
Zack and Wiki is a neat little puzzler type point and click adventure game. You might dig that if you were into the old school PC P&Cers.
Obvious suggestion here but Resident evil 4 wii edition is a definite title that belongs in every collection. I have the GC edition but still forked out for this on release and love it to bits. How Wii games should be.
That's all I could think of for now but there are plenty of others I've yet to try like MadWorld, No more heroes and the Metroid trilogy.
(There's also A Boy and his Blob, 2d platformer/puzzler, but I haven't played it yet. Opinions are mixed about it though)
EDIT: I agree with the above opinions of Boom Blox Bash Party and Zack and Wiki (though I still haven't beaten the last level) :?
360 had interesting things to play while you waited for the big names to come out though
-Metal Slug Anthology
-Resident Evil: The Umbrella & Darkside Chronicles
-A Boy and His Blob (buy it, dammit!)
-No More Heroes
-Rabbids Go Home
-House of the Dead: Overkill
-Metroid Prime Trilogy
-Punch Out!!
That should keep you for a while.
For every Mario and Smash there were plenty of titles to get along with like Zack and Wiki and Harvey Birdman and Nights and No More Heroes and Oopoona and Super Paper Mario and the myriad of light gun games, quirky party games and dozens of other titles just lying under the surface.
The first two years of the 360 was...the launch titles, Dead Rising, Fight Night Round 3....maybe some DOA4 if you're into that, Gears...CoD3, which sucked, some shitty sports games, and Halo 3. Not exactly my cup of tea.
But besides MP:Trilogy and Mario Galaxy I think you should be fine.
Apart from that, there's heaps of stuff. Little King's Story. Metroid Prime Trilogy. There's 200+ hrs right there.
Read Slash's page.
Boom Blox and it's Second
I bought Guitar Hero for Wii
Carnival Games
Super Smash Brothers
Some of the Rabbids Games
Mario Kart
and so on.
The few activity games, Wii Fit+, EA Active to name a couple, are pretty good too. As in, they really don't suck, but they aren't really games either.
Haven't got NSMB yet, but looking forward to it, and I did play Super Mario Galaxy and enjoyed it quite a bit.
You should check out WiiWare. They just started with demos (a limited sampling, admittedly), and there's a lot of great stuff.
Get this and Muramasa so you have two Wii games that look better than PS3 games.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
Today we get Bit.Trip Void, and I am excited about that.
Cave Story is due out on WiiWare sometime soon too. Sure, it's free on the PC, but they're redoing a lot of the graphics/music for the Wii.
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For Wii titles, I would recommend the following:
Okami Wii (though appeal and control ease might differ for each person)
Mario Kart Wii (better game if you can play online)
Brawl and Zelda (If you haven't played them)
Resident Evil 4 Wii (hey, it's still good!)
Metroid Trilogy (just for the value of the pack)
Wii _____ games (less terrible than you might think)
None of them are 2D beside Brawl, since I don't own many 2D wii games, but I would second the 2D games other posters here have suggested.
Geometry Wars Galaxies is a fantastic retro shooter.
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Madworld was fun for awhile, but it got way too repetitive.
It was the red box, wasn't it?
2D Platformers:
Wario Land Shake it!, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, A Boy and His Blob, and I'd also mention Muramasa The Demon Blade and Metal Slug Anthology. There's also Lost Winds 1 and 2, NyxQuest, Contra Rebirth, Mega Man 9.
Puzzle:
Puzzle Quest Kingdoms, World of Goo, Boom Blox Bash Party, Art Style Orbient, MaBoShi: The Three Shape Arcade, Tetris Party, You Me and the Cubes
You might be missing a lot of great games in other genres, but I don't know what you have or what else you're interested in, or I could make a bunch more suggestions.
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Oooh yeah, I keep forgetting that they remade that game for the Wii. :^:
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Does the game lose anything without the bongos? I was holding up on purchasing this because of the new Wii controls.
Not quite as kiddy as it would appear. Thankfully not as hardcore as most dungeon crawlers either - I like the balance.
Actually, it gained a lot to me. The bongos had a nice novelty factor, but they were tiring for the hands and didn't exactly have the same precision as a joystick. This is the same reason I play Mario Kart Wii with a Wavebird and not the Wii Wheel. They tweaked the gameplay mechanics, so now you have a lifebar during stages rather than banana consumption. It actually makes the game harder in places. Aside from that, it's just as fun as it was on the Gamecube, which was a lot of fun.
It gets forgotten or dismissed as being a port, or a budget title, or not Donkey Kong Country, but it's actually a real, hard 2D platformer that deserves the genre just as much as any other Donkey Kong or Mario platformer.
Edit: Um...ignore the avatar.
Everyone keeps recommending Resident Evil 4, I'll have to go back and try again but I sucked so bad at that it just wasn't fun.
Then I played the Wii version and it was like a completely different game. I was able to aim so well with the Wiimote.
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Same here, but my wii sounds like a buzz saw now, I think the DVD drive is going bad.
Waiting for Castlevania rebirth to hit, and s&p 2.
Mine too, its worrying me greatly, despite the fact I hardly ever use it. I read you could use a HDD now via the homebrew stuffs. I might look into that.