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My life without a Wii (Recommendations)
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Hey good folks at PA. Think you could lend me a hand?
I've had a Wii since launch and enjoyed it thoroughly for it's first couple years. However, about two years ago I gave it to my mom so she could watch Netflix stuff on her TV and have been without it since.
Now, due to these tough economic times, I get to be a grown-ass man living at home with his mother for a bit, and I'm looking towards that Wii and realizing there is some gaming to be had there. However, I haven't been following releases for it that closely.
I can afford to purchase some of the games that have come down in price (I'm certainly aware of Galaxy 2, DKCR, and the Resort games, but I'd rather get more for less, if you know what I mean). What are the games that have been released these last couple years that may have flown under my radar or been forgotten about?
For reference, here are the games I already own (all from the earlier years). My tastes are all over the map so chances are if somebody liked it, I'd like it too. Also, I don't have a MotionPlus, but I'm not against getting one, especially if it comes cheap with something.
I've had a Wii since launch and enjoyed it thoroughly for it's first couple years. However, about two years ago I gave it to my mom so she could watch Netflix stuff on her TV and have been without it since.
Now, due to these tough economic times, I get to be a grown-ass man living at home with his mother for a bit, and I'm looking towards that Wii and realizing there is some gaming to be had there. However, I haven't been following releases for it that closely.
I can afford to purchase some of the games that have come down in price (I'm certainly aware of Galaxy 2, DKCR, and the Resort games, but I'd rather get more for less, if you know what I mean). What are the games that have been released these last couple years that may have flown under my radar or been forgotten about?
For reference, here are the games I already own (all from the earlier years). My tastes are all over the map so chances are if somebody liked it, I'd like it too. Also, I don't have a MotionPlus, but I'm not against getting one, especially if it comes cheap with something.
SSBB
Super Paper Mario
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Zack and Wiki
Dokapon Kingdom
Zelda: TP
Wii Play
Battalion Wars 2
SMG
Baroque
NMH
MP3
RE4
Super Paper Mario
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Zack and Wiki
Dokapon Kingdom
Zelda: TP
Wii Play
Battalion Wars 2
SMG
Baroque
NMH
MP3
RE4
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And Muramasa: The Demon Blade is pretty awesome.
Kirby's a little too fresh (expensive), but damn right I should be getting Muramasa. I loved Odin Sphere.
Thanks and bought'd.
Muramasa 2D - Action RPG made by the Odin Sphre guys. Very pretty.
A Boy and His Blob - 2D platformer that has a hug button. A HUG BUTTON.
MadWorld - Short beat-em-up game that was the funniest game I've played this generation (not something you'd play around your mother)
NMH2 - Sequel to NMH
S&P2 - I haven't played this one and it's supposed to be hard, but many have enjoyed it.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is perfectly fitted to the Wii controls, and one of the very few videogames to do anything interesting with interactive storytelling.
Sin and Punishment: Star Successor/Successor of the Skies is the best rail shooter ever made.
All three should be pretty cheap by now.
It's worth the full price.
...damn, this could end up expensive. Thanks guys.
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And holy shit, I've never heard of that Rune Factory game but it costs over $80 on amazon.
It's awesome fun, and I got mine on clearance at Best Buy for ten bucks.
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Thirded.
And don't make the mistake of thinking that Mario Galaxy 2 is just more of the same. Sure, it's one of the few direct sequels Nintendo's ever done, but somehow they managed to make it ridiculously better than the already-stellar original.
I'll put it to you this way. Most sequels can come up with maybe one or two fun twists on the previous game's formula, then rely on them for the rest of the game. In Galaxy 2, Nintendo comes up with an absurdly fun twist, uses it once or twice, then moves on to another fun twist. Then they do it again. And again and again and again and again and again and again and again, continually until the game ends. It's insane. And quite possibly the best Wii game out there.
Edit: I'll also stick up for Madworld, especially since the constant play-by-play by Greg Proops and John DiMaggio (the guy who does Bender on Futurama) is hilarious, and you can find it for absolute dirt cheap with very little effort.
Some WiiWare recs:
World of Goo
Bit.Trip series
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A King
Lostwinds / Lostwinds 2
Toki Tori
Swords and Soldiers
Cave Story
NyxQuest
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I desperately want SMG2 and the other Nintendo releases, but they're going to have to wait until I start pulling down a steady paycheck. In the meantime, I'll stick to grabbing one or two of the cheaper games every couple weeks while I catch up. It'll also give me time to, you know, actually play the games I'm buying :P
Edit: Oh yeah, the Wii is online if there is something I absolutely must have from that end of things.
Holy testicles, for real? Why? I see it at Gamestop all the time for 17$ or so.
No More Heroes 1 and 2.
Dokapon Kingdom
That's the new price. It looks like it's currently $28 used at GS.
Also, thanks XoB but I already own two of those games and just bought the other :P
If not, then Wii is cool too.
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Chalk up another rec for Sin and Punishment 2. Holy shit is it good. Newegg has it new for $16 with free shipping. Make it your next purchase.
I'll continue to vouch for NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. It was an iffy recommendation at full price, but you can get it dirt cheap these days. The levels where you play as the kids are still crap and the voice acting is fairly aggravating, but it has some of the most beautiful, imaginative looking levels since the original.
Metroid Prime Trilogy is worth a look if you can find it, but you most likely won't find it cheap.
Red Steel 2 is in my top 5 for the console. Absolutely awesome game thanks to the WiiMotion Plus controls. It's a western/Japanese first-person sword-brawler/shooter with great cel shaded graphics and a Spaghetti western soundtrack. Don't let the namesake fool you; the game is infinitely better than its predecessor and has very little in common with it. WM+ is required. You can buy the game bundled with it, but I honestly don't know how expensive it is these days.
Right, as a "special edition" it was taken off the market quickly.
Then again it made Metroid Prime 3 cheaper, if you just want that. The controls are damn fine on that one.
only reason I prefer the Wii version is that it works with all the controllers.
I only have two corded ps2 controllers but like 9 or 10 cordless wii ones. It also loads a slight bit faster, but that's just trivial.
Except Madworld is actually funny.
I mean the plot was total shit, but the gameplay was really fresh and fun.
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If you want to play a quality Metroid game on the Wii, just download Super Metroid off the Virtual Console or grab the Prime Trilogy.
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As a matter of fact....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8TXEvKFQg
The BIT.TRIP series is well worth your time and money. There are six of them total. I think the first three games are $5, and they go up from there. BIT.TRIP BEAT is the first, followed by CORE, VOID, RUNNER, FATE, AND FLUX.
My favorite is the fifth one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7f7OZpuffM
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And if you want more Sin and Punishment, the original N64 game is on the Virtual Console for 1200.
Actually, not sure I get to lime that, because I never played the Panzer Dragoon games. If Panzer Dragoon Orta is better than Star Successor, though, I may be forced to buy an Xbox tomorrow.
Sin and Punishment is also stellar.
Rabbids go Home is a fun Katamari/Platformer thing with a fun subversive streak.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: the Crystal Bearers (:the attack of the colons) is fun if flawed game also. Total worthless map and slightly wonky camera controls. But the characters are great and there's much chaotic fun to be had.
and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is sooooooooo worth it.
These are all fantastic choices. Shattered Memories and LKS being two of my most favourite titles for the Wii. I know you can get LKS dirt cheap now as well.
I'd like to throw Trauma Team into the ring as well.
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Sometimes I find Punchout for ten, other times for fifty. It's a really nice remake.
Also I can recommend basically every lightgun game besides Ghost Squad.
Batman: Brave and the Bold is meant to be a funny beat-em-up, and can probably be gotten on the cheap.
Endless Ocean 2 is worth looking into. A diving sim doesn't sound like a good game, but it has a fun story, incredible music and graphics, and is super relaxing to play with a huge amount of content.
Warioland: the shake dimension is a fantastic 2D platformer, with amazing hand -drawn sprites.
Excitebots is pretty cool, but if you can get Excitetruck for super cheap, just grab that.
Oh, and Sonic Colours/Colors is actually really good. Best sonic game in a decade, although admittadely that isn't hard. But it jettisons all the shitty friends, has a lot of 2D sections, an incredibly silly and light-hearted plot, and again - no shitty friends.
Forget the haters, it's a fun game. I personally enjoyed the plot and them making Samus an actual character, but your mileage on the plot enjoyment may vary.
The gameplay though, is absolutely wonderful. It has a neat third person to first person mechanic, and is a good step in taking the Metroid games and making them 2D without seeming 2D.
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I just wish I'd been able to get it at release for full price to better support the series/developers moving forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eVxRJoTewc
I just want to add that I am typically not a big fan of first-person type games, but I really enjoyed this.
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