Wii General Discussion

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Eh, if you're getting it for your dad it wouldn't be so terrible, but I mostly speak against the game so people won't support it and thus would create more shovelware crap instead of games that should actually matter and be made (like Metroid Prime 3 or Zack and Wiki).
Oh, I get what you mean. Yeah, Metroid Prime is at the top of my list, just after DiRT, but Gamefly jumped to Wario Ware. :ouch: I have pretty much every PS3 and Wii game on there, so I will hit even the worst at some point.

How much support does a rental to try a game out give them if I don't buy it in the end?

So far my Wii experience has not been to support the best of games as my Wii collection currently consists of Wii Play, Madden 07, and Tiger Woods 07. To EA games and a mini-game collection, although it is the best of them to this point. This doesn't include VC titles, of course.

I borrowed Zelda, and had no desire to replay it after I finished so I didn't buy that. I plan to buy Mario Galaxy when it comes out and Metroid Prime, but I almost never buy used when I can get it cheaper from Gamefly.
 
Well, for this old-timer (actually I'm only 26) last night was the first time to ever play a Wii. :D
It was fun, we had many people in the room (6 I'd say) and we all took turns. Everyone has a Mii (sp?) and my Mii was spot-on. :lol:

Played Boxing, Baseball, Tennis, Golf, and Bowling.
I had time to get good with Bowling, Tennis was natural, and Golf was suprisingly difficult (only got to play 3 holes).

In any case, I was very impressed with the Wii-Mote's sensitivity. As the sensitivity and connectivity of the interface grows I expect to see some of the best games ever. Flight sims and sword fights will never be the same once someone gets it right. 👍
 
Glad you enjoyed it. It can truly be a fun system and has a bunch of potential.

In any case, I was very impressed with the Wii-Mote's sensitivity. As the sensitivity and connectivity of the interface grows I expect to see some of the best games ever. Flight sims and sword fights will never be the same once someone gets it right. 👍
And that is the trick. Most of the motions in games amount to waving the remote aimlessly. Shooters have potential as well, especially with the Wii Zapper coming out. So far, of the games I have played, Wii Sports has made the most of the controls, and Tiger Woods has held a lot for me too. The biggest problem is that people are trying to just jump on the Nintendo cash cow and are throwing whatever trash they can on the system. A well developed game could be incredible, but no one is trying hard enough yet.
 
Nintendo just released a complete list of all upcoming games. Joystiq has the coverage.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/11/nintendo-flaunts-mega-sized-wii-and-ds-release-list/
Oct. 1: MLB(R) Power Pros from 2K Sports
Oct. 1: Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire(TM) from D3Publisher of America(R)
Oct. 2: Crash(R) of the Titans from Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Oct. 5: Balls of Fury(TM) from DSI Games
Oct. 8: Donkey Kong(R): Barrel Blast from Nintendo
Oct. 9: FIFA 08 from Electronic Arts
Oct. 9: Bleach: Shattered Blade(TM) from SEGA
Oct. 9: LOONEY TUNES: ACME ARSENAL(TM) from WB Games
Oct. 10: Arctic Tale from DSI Games
Oct. 15: Sea Monsters from DSI Games
Oct. 16: Thrillville(R): Off the Rails(TM) from LucasArts
Oct. 22: EA PLAYGROUND from Electronic Arts
Oct. 23: Backyard Football from Atari, Inc.
Oct. 23: The Sims 2(TM) Castaway from Electronic Arts
Oct. 23: Rockstar Games Presents(TM) Table Tennis from Rockstar Games
Oct. 23: The Legend of Spyro(TM): The Eternal Night from Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Oct. 23: NARUTO(TM): Clash of Ninja(TM) Revolution from TOMY Corporation
Oct. 25: M&M'S(R) Kart Racing from DSI Games
Oct. 28: Guitar Hero III(TM): Legends of Rock from Activision
Oct. 29: Battalion Wars(TM) 2 from Nintendo
Oct. 30: Ben 10(TM): Protector of Earth from D3Publisher of America(R)
Oct. 30: Showtime(R) Championship Boxing(TM) from DSI Games
Oct. 30: NEED FOR SPEED PROSTREET from Electronic Arts
Oct. 30: THE SIMPSONS from Electronic Arts
Oct. 31: Manhunt 2(TM) from Rockstar Games
October: Spider-Man(TM): Friend or Foe from Activision
October: Bee Movie(TM) Game from Activision
October: Tony Hawk's Proving Ground from Activision
October: Ultimate Duck Hunting(TM) from Detn8 Games Ltd.
October: Mercury Meltdown Revolution from Ignition Entertainment
October: Namco Museum(TM) Remix from NAMCO BANDAI Games America
October: Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity from The Game Factory
October: Avatar: The Last Airbender(TM) - The Burning Earth from THQ
October: Bratz: The Movie(TM) from THQ
October: Cars: Mater-National from THQ
October: Nicktoons(TM): Attack of the Toybots from THQ
October: SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis(TM) from THQ
Nov. 5: Fire Emblem(R): Radiant Dawn from Nintendo
Nov. 6: DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party from Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Nov. 6: LEGO(R) Star Wars(TM): The Complete Saga from LucasArts
Nov. 6: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games(TM) from SEGA
Nov. 12: Super Mario Galaxy(TM) from Nintendo
Nov. 13: Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 from Atari, Inc.
Nov. 13: Godzilla Unleashed from Atari, Inc.
Nov. 13: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary from Eidos, Inc.
Nov. 13: BLOCKS from Electronic Arts
Nov. 13: MEDAL OF HONOR HEROES(TM) 2 from Electronic Arts
Nov. 13: LUXOR: Pharaoh's Challenge from MumboJumbo
Nov. 13: Geometry Wars(TM): Galaxies from Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Nov. 19: Link's Crossbow Training(TM) (packaged with Wii Zapper(TM)) from Nintendo
Nov. 19: SMARTY PANTS(TM) from Electronic Arts
Nov. 20: Jenga World Tour from Atari, Inc.
Nov. 20: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords(TM) from D3Publisher of America(R)
November: Trauma Center(TM): New Blood from Atlus USA
November: Star Trek: Conquest from Bethesda Softworks
November: Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey from Disney Interactive Studios
November: Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour from Disney Interactive Studios
November: High School Musical: Sing It from Disney Interactive Studios
November: Garfield Gets Real from DSI Games
November: Furu Furu Park from Majesco Entertainment
November: AMF Bowling: Pinbusters! from Mud Duck Games
November: Ghost Squad(TM) from SEGA
November: WWE(R) SmackDown(R) vs. Raw(R) 2008 from THQ
November: Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 from Ubisoft
November: CSI: Hard Evidence from Ubisoft
November: My Word Coach from Ubisoft
November: Petz: Catz 2 (name not final) from Ubisoft
November: Petz: Dogz 2 (name not final) from Ubisoft
November: Petz: Horsez 2 (name not final) from Ubisoft
November: Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 from Ubisoft
Dec. 4: Alvin and the Chipmunks from Brash Entertainment
Dec. 4: The Golden Compass(TM) from SEGA
December: MX vs. ATV(TM) Untamed(TM) from THQ
December: Super Swing Golf(TM) Season 2 from Tecmo, Inc.
December: Rygar(R): The Battle of Argus from Tecmo, Inc.
December: Cranium: Kabookii from Ubisoft
December: Nitrobike from Ubisoft
Holiday 2007: NiGHTS(TM): Journey of Dreams from SEGA
Winter '07: SoulCalibur Legends(TM) from NAMCO BANDAI Games America
Jan. 21: Endless Ocean(TM) from Nintendo
Feb. 10: Super Smash Bros.(R) Brawl from Nintendo
Feb. 15: Yamaha Supercross from DSI Games
Feb. 19: Sonic(TM) Riders: Zero Gravity from SEGA
February: No More Heroes from Ubisoft
February: Wild Petz Tigerz from Ubisoft
March: Obscure: The Aftermath from Ignition Entertainment
Q1: LUXOR 3 from MumboJumbo
Q1: One Piece(TM): Unlimited Adventure(TM) from NAMCO BANDAI Games America
Spring '08: Mario Kart(R) Wii (name not final) from Nintendo

They also released a list for DS, but since I don't have a DS and this is a Wii thread I only listed the Wii games. The link above has the DS games too.
 
So my wife and I rented MySims. She is enjoying it much more than I am.

Here's my review:

First, I have to describe the game. Sims Builder or LegoSims would be a better title for this game as it does not resemble a traditional Sims game at all. There are no bathroom, cleanliness, hunger, happiness, etc meters. The game is somewhat linear as you are a builder who has the power to build with "essences." Essences come in the form of little icons and encompass all sorts of things, such as happiness, rainbow trout, dark wood, cake, video games, action figures, crayons, eyeballs and a few hundred other odd things. You can use them as building blocks or as a pain on your building blocks. The key to essences is that they are the only way to make a block not be plain wood.

So, as the builder you are responsible for creating all the buildings for businesses and homes. You are also the person who builds the tools, such as stoves, beds, TVs, etc, used in the homes and businesses. The other Sims always want essences incorporated somehow. This creates a kind of puzzle because you have to incorporate them into the object without making it unusable.

Anyway, you have to go find business. New citizens will stay at the hotel until you find them and ask them to move in. Then you have to find them and see if they want anything.

The main goal is to rebuild a rundown town into a five star town again. Once you achieve that goal I have no idea what happens, but I figure a couple of more plays and I will have it. As the open housing spaces are limited and there is only so much you can improve a town I have a feeling you eventually hit a point where you just walk around acting like normal Sims game, even though you get nothing out of it.

It is very cutesy, as you can tell from the pictures on the Web, so it appears for children. However, it requires some creative and imaginative thought which is the only thing keeping me playing at this point. Creativity and imagination is not bad for a kid, but when my wife is getting confused I wonder what will happen to little kids who see very cute cartoon like characters and want to play.

Then there are the load times........the game will load for everything......and it will pause just to change the lighting to night.......and it loads to enter your workshop......or to enter a different part of town.......or to enter anyone's home.....or to even open the pause menu. The load times and pausing is absolutely horrible. It is like playing Sims 2 on an underpowered PC.


Anyway, it is fun if you like resource management and Legos, but I quickly become bored with it and even my wife, who thought it was the coolest Wii game ever at first, is thinking it should remain a rental.
 
I don't know but I got an SNES disc for the Wii and there are rape games on it, how scary is that. But on the other hand, Super Mario Galaxy is pretty freakin' awesome. The whole planet thing is just so cool, once you get used to the idea it's really fun to play. :) I just wish I could figure out how to get the other 2 of the 6 stars on some of the planets (There's 3 default ones, 1 more a comet and 2 others somewhere I have no idea how to get).
 
But on the other hand, Super Mario Galaxy is pretty freakin' awesome.
That is UR MR GAY. Look at the cover art on your box and there are stars on the lower corners of a few letter in the title and writing those letters spells UR MR GAY.

So, is there a classic controller option?
 
I don't think UR MR GAY supports the classic controller, but you don't want it anyway, because the controls are very simple and intuitive with the Wiimote and Nunchuck. Most of the game is nothing but control stick to move, Z to crouch, A to jump, B to fire star bits, shake the Wiimote left-right to spin, and move the pointer to collect star bits. Then there are the optional camera controls, which are just the D-pad (works just like the C buttons from Mario 64) and the C button (centers the camera behind Mario if possible).

That's about it, excluding minigames with the Wiimote that still work quite well (for example, there's a stage with a ball that Mario balances on -- you hold the Wiimote with the pointer facing the ceiling, and tilt it around to keep balance and move the ball).

By the way, I'm having a blast with the game -- it's definitely a much better effort than Sunshine, and I still liked that one.
 
You guys make me so jealous that I can absolutely not find a Wii anywhere in my area.
 
You guys make me so jealous that I can absolutely not find a Wii anywhere in my area.
I had to get up at 4:00am and hit two stores to get mine. Now it is random chance that I will occasionally see one on a shelf, but that hasn't happened since Christmas shopping began.
 
well, I have good news. I went to toys'r'us and they guaranteed me a wii if I go on Sunday before they open at 9. Please pray to koopa-Jesus that I get mine.
 
Nearly an entire year and they're still practically impossible to find? I guess I should consider myself extremely lucky to have gotten one on launch day.

Good luck, Omnis.
 
Yeah, most people I with them have gotten them via random phone calls that go like this

Guy 1 : "Hey man, get down to Wal mart now"
Guy 2 : "Why?"
Guy 1 : "They just got a few Wii's in!"
Guy 2 : "Crap, I'll be there in a minute"

Followed by frantic key finding and driving.

Nintendo created a win machine here folks.
 
Good News, everyone! I'm now a true Wiitard! :D

Just got mine from Toys R' Us with about 25 other people who were waiting outside. Got Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda, and Metroid with a buy 2 get 1 free deal too.
 
Good News, everyone! I'm now a true Wiitard! :D

Just got mine from Toys R' Us with about 25 other people who were waiting outside. Got Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda, and Metroid with a buy 2 get 1 free deal too.
Congrats. Zelda's not my thing, but you pretty much snagged the three best games for the system thus far, lol.
 
Good News, everyone! I'm now a true Wiitard! :D

Just got mine from Toys R' Us with about 25 other people who were waiting outside. Got Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda, and Metroid with a buy 2 get 1 free deal too.
Congrats, man. And you got the three games worth playing. WiiPlay is probably the only mini-game set worth buying, mainly because it has a Wiimote in the package, which makes it a $10 game that actually has some good stuff in it.
 
It's almost a crime to be charging as much sa they do for some of the Mini-games they have out. Wii Play will probably be the only one I get, and like others, I just got that for the remote!
 
It's almost a crime to be charging as much sa they do for some of the Mini-games they have out. Wii Play will probably be the only one I get, and like others, I just got that for the remote!
Well, I actually enjoy the shooting gallery, 9-ball, tanks, and cow riding games.
 
Good News, everyone! I'm now a true Wiitard! :D

Just got mine from Toys R' Us with about 25 other people who were waiting outside. Got Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda, and Metroid with a buy 2 get 1 free deal too.

Ha, nice picks on the games. Be sure to set the sensitivity in Metroid Prime 3 to the highest setting. Takes a moment to get use to, but is quite nice once you do.
 
I did a search for a Wii New and used. I knew this "waahaa! I can't find a Wii" was BS... The reason is everyone that has a Wii isn't buying it for themselves, they are scalpers. :rolleyes:

Lame...
 
I did a search for a Wii New and used. I knew this "waahaa! I can't find a Wii" was BS... The reason is everyone that has a Wii isn't buying it for themselves, they are scalpers. :rolleyes:

Lame...
Well, that was a given, but it is legal, so what can you do?

When I got mine at Circuit City three others went to BEst Buy, whcih opened an hour later and got one there too. When my wife and I were standing there and the two of us only wanted one ticket the manager looked absolutely stunned. I don't know whether it was the fact that my wife was with me or that we weren't looking to scalp one.
 
Hazaaaaa!

Finally got hold of a Wii for Xmas. My little bro will be happy. Got a covert call off a women in work that they were in stock and one was being kept aside for me :D Got there and it was already bagged top and bottom, that's how quiet they were keeping it. Add to that my staff discount, but sadly only Tomb Raider or Golden Compass were included in the bundle, and only Golden Compass was in stock :banghead:
 
Hazaaaaa!

Finally got hold of a Wii for Xmas. My little bro will be happy. Go a covert call of a women in work that they were in stock and one was being kept aside for me :D Go there and it was already bagged top and bottom, that's how quiet they were keeping it. Add to that my staff discount, but sadly only Tomb Raider or Golden Compass were included in the bundle, and only Golden Compass was in stock :banghead:
Sell it and buy UR MR GAY.
 
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