Mario Galaxy, Wii

[tommers]

Then I got a wife and she wasn't having any of it (unless it was dragon quest)

your wife has good taste.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Is not as depressing as you think. I look down on my street fighting single player days in the same way I sneer at my toy collection.

"I've seen the future and it will be..."



You sound like you're where I think I've been heading in relation to games and gaming...

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

your wife has good taste.

My wife is no gamer but has been with dragon quest from the start (no other game ever or since).

When she plays she is switched off from the world (which looked really weird when she played the really basic old versions)

At one point we were separated by law due to our nationalities. After three or four months of sobbing on both our parts I flew out to Japan to see her. Trouble was a new Dragon Quest Came out as I arrived. With only one TV I was subjected to watching nothing but the back of her head rolling robo computer dice for about two weeks.

 

[tommers]

My wife is no gamer but has been with dragon quest from the start (no other game ever or since).

When she plays she is switched off from the world (which looked really weird when she played the really basic old versions)

At one point we were separated by law due to our nationalities. After three or four months of sobbing on both our parts I flew out to Japan to see her. Trouble was a new Dragon Quest Came out as I arrived. With only one TV I was subjected to watching nothing but the back of her head rolling robo computer dice for about two weeks.

well, I've only played dragon quest VIII and dragon quest monsters but I probably would have ignored you too.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

"I've seen the future and it will be..."



You sound like you're where I think I've been heading in relation to games and gaming...

Hey don't feel so sad, it feels better when you let go.



Oh balls my daughter is off again. Maybe the real world isn't all that.

 

[Firky]

There are still the "trial Galaxies" to unlock, and all of the Hungry-sprite ones too....

finished it with 80 stars - doing the rest as i can be arsed, got flying mario the other night.

One of the best games on the wii, better than anything the ps3 or 360 so far imho which produce the same thing with better gfx

 

[tommers]

It does indeed. I've been tempted from time to time to start an 'jaded old gamers/haven't got the time anymore' thread but the thought is too depressing to really warrant a whole thread...

well... it's just different. I don't really have time any more to sit and play a game for 12 hours (well, unless I've got a day off and the other half is at work.)

Which is why the DS is such a godsend.

Plus, I get a bit pissed off with being served up the same game but with slightly shinier graphics.

 

[tommers]

finished it with 80 stars - doing the rest as i can be arsed, got flying mario the other night.

One of the best games on the wii, better than anything the ps3 or 360 so far imho which produce the same thing with better gfx

I'm only up to 14 stars, and I normally hate mario with all its cutesy rubbish, but this one is actually pretty good.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

well... it's just different. I don't really have time any more to sit and play a game for 12 hours (well, unless I've got a day off and the other half is at work.)

Which is why the DS is such a godsend.

Plus, I get a bit pissed off with being served up the same game but with slightly shinier graphics.

Yeah the DS was a real burst of coolness, a true return to the glory and joy of gaming for me. The Wii has some of that too but it's woefully underserved...that said I am missing traditional gaming (hence my 360 thread! ).

Not going to give up just yet.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Getting back to the topic; I read an excellent letter in issue 183 (the latest) of Edge, basically this guy talking about all his great gaming moments being Christmas morning and Mario related.

It made me smile, one of my fondest gaming memories was waking up Christmas morning, ripping open the SNES me and my brother got and plunking in Super Mario World. Cue playing the game ALL day and loving it!

And you know what I'll be doing in a few weeks time when my brother comes over for Christmas? Plunking on Super Mario Galaxy and playing it ALL day, the only difference is this time there'll be lots of beer involved!

 

[tommers]

Getting back to the topic; I read an excellent letter in issue 183 (the latest) of Edge, basically this guy talking about all his great gaming moments being Christmas morning and Mario related.

It made me smile, one of my fondest gaming memories was waking up Christmas morning, ripping open the SNES me and my brother got and plunking in Super Mario World. Cue playing the game ALL day and loving it!

And you know what I'll be doing in a few weeks time when my brother comes over for Christmas? Plunking on Super Mario Galaxy and playing it ALL day, the only difference is this time there'll be lots of beer involved!

I remember sitting at the dinner table with the Elite manual.... "dad, there's a speed setting in this game of dead slow" "oh, really?"



Thing is, I've never been really in to good graphics... I'd much rather a good game... So I feel no need to get a PS3 or Xbox 360... the wii and the ds will do for me at the mo.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I remember sitting at the dinner table with the Elite manual.... "dad, there's a speed setting in this game of dead slow" "oh, really?"



Thing is, I've never been really in to good graphics... I'd much rather a good game... So I feel no need to get a PS3 or Xbox 360... the wii and the ds will do for me at the mo.

Yeah me too although some games aren't making it onto the Wii it seems (Call of Duty 4 is the reason I want a 360).

 

[tommers]

Yeah me too although some games aren't making it onto the Wii it seems (Call of Duty 4 is the reason I want a 360).

ha! that's on the ds.





but yeah, I know what you mean. Then again mario will never be on the 360.

And do you really want something that number 4 in a series? ooooh, another shoot em up.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

ha! that's on the ds.





but yeah, I know what you mean. Then again mario will never be on the 360.

And do you really want something that number 4 in a series? ooooh, another shoot em up.

Yeah but I haven't played an FPSer in fucking ages and it LOOOKS sooo cool!

 

[The Groke]

Thing is, I've never been really in to good graphics... I'd much rather a good game... So I feel no need to get a PS3 or Xbox 360... the wii and the ds will do for me at the mo.

er.....yeah.....but


Having good graphics doesn't preclude something from being a good game does it.

IMO, though I love the Wii, there are still more good games out on the 360 at the moment, so that is my most oft-played console.

I am sure if Nintendo get their shit together and actually raise their output a little, the Wii will be able to compete with it!

 

[tommers]

er.....yeah.....but


Having good graphics doesn't preclude something from being a good game does it.

IMO, though I love the Wii, there are still more good games out on the 360 at the moment, so that is my most oft-played console.

I am sure if Nintendo get their shit together and actually raise their output a little, the Wii will be able to compete with it!

yeah, of course... i just meant that the wii and ds are adequately covering my needs at the minute...

well, except for rogue galaxy on the ps2....

In my current situation I can't justify buying another console.

 

[Firky]

I got flying mario looks really camp - he used to look better as a furry.