Wii games, any decent ones out there?

[editor]

Man, we're having a fucking hoot with the Wii Fit. It's brilliant!

 

[dooley]

zack and wiki is pretty underrated

 

[geminisnake]

zack and wiki is pretty underrated

Don't rate that at all tbh. Played it a few times and it's sat in the box since. I have found Puzzle Quest summat about warlords. I like that. It's been played virtually every day since purchase and I'm now at level 50 and building up strength to go after the final baddie

 

[dooley]

nah? it seemed like the perfect wii game to me - a mix of zelda, mario and monkey island. good use of the controller too

 

[Sunray]

Never said it was, I just think it was a boring comment, that's all.

Perfectly valid comment to make and I see that there are still no games, apart from a PS2 port Okami, that I would consider A list or genuinely original titles.

So much so that I've not switched my Wii on in 8 months and have bought a 360 which I'm much happier with.

 

[spanglechick]

I've recently bought Rayman TV party (but I'm too knackered to play it) and pickmin. Pikmin is the only game i've ever truly loved, so it's ace to see it tarted up for the wii.

 

[wtfftw]

I'm a bit late to the wii party. Been playing mario kart and super mario galaxy. Oh and Super Smash Bros Brawl or whatever it's actually called. That's lots of fun.
I was given Zelda so that's queued up. Sports and Play are fun but I sit out due to disability

 

[souljacker]

Guitar Hero!! Its fucking ace!!!!

 

[tommers]

No More Heroes is um... quirky.

Like it though. Proper old school computer game.

 

[cliche guevara]

House of the Dead is out next week, and looks pretty cool.

 

[Orang Utan]

Warioware Smooth Wares is great and Super Mario Galaxy is ace, though I had to give up quite early as it's very difficult

 

[ChrisFilter]

Perfectly valid comment to make and I see that there are still no games, apart from a PS2 port Okami, that I would consider A list or genuinely original titles.

So much so that I've not switched my Wii on in 8 months and have bought a 360 which I'm much happier with.

Who needs A list titles when you've got Cooking Mama?

 

[THINK!]

There was a woman on the radio this morning saying that Caravans were a pain in the arse because they took up too much space on the road.

This thread is at a very similar level.

 

[wtfftw]

There was a woman on the radio this morning saying that Caravans were a pain in the arse because they took up too much space on the road.

This thread is at a very similar level.

Take a different route?

 

[Malawi]

Take a different route?

How do you know what road they are going to be on?

 

[Mumbles274]

Mariokart is a great game although hate it sometimes for the opposite reason quoted before, that in the last lap you can be 200 yards in the lead only to be overtaken by everone at the last second!

Just got Paper Mario for my eldest, she loves it, intersting combo of 2d and 3d, slightly dissappointing retro graphics though. Good game play though, nice puzzle element, not too hard for kids.

I got Call of Duty WaW with a gun thing, finished the SP, not played MP but have it on PC and play on there most nights. Probaly gonna sell it soon. Graphics not up to much, playability ok but hard to get used to after using PC controls. Having said that once I got used to controls it got a bit too easy, PC version was hard throughout, died way more on that.

Overall I like it, 1st console I ever owned, mostly for the kids [LOl, aint they all] I think that the full potenetial hasn't quite been met with the games i've played. I would like to play Mario Galaxy.. that looks fab

Cheers
Mumbles274

 

[selamlar]

Raving Rabbids 1 and 3 are all good. As is Zelda.

 

[geminisnake]

How do you know what road they are going to be on?

~You know they'll be on the Nintendo road now~

 

[Sunray]

This is the state of Wii games and its hard to understand given that its sold shed loads.

If you look at the list of reviews of Wii games on Gamespot and sort by score, you will see that there are only 6 games in the top 20 that were made in 2008. The rest are from 2007 or earlier. That list also includes old refreshed Nintendo games like Super Mario Bro 3 from the SNES.

This is disastrous IMO good games sell consoles. I reckon that its going to the grave earlier than anyone ever expected. The only reason Nintendo are not fucked right now is that they made a small profit on the console.

 

[tarannau]

Your opinion doesn't really count for that much though, does it? Nintendo have a massive user base, makes a small profit on each console and continue to rack up lucrative, huge sales of games and peripherals, struggling to meet demand (wii fit anyone?). It's a great example of a company thinking slightly differently and opening up a new and profitable market sector - occasional game players rather than serious darkened room gamers.

Compare that to the efforts of the Xbox. A console burdened by terrible design and a fail rate close to 10X that of its competitors (30% returns!), with MS losing on every console sold, plus a returns bill of close to $1billion. The only reason that MS could survive is that it pitted some of its massive (excess profit generated) monopoly cash reserves to stay in the market, hoping for game sales to make up the shortfall eventually. The division's only beginning to turn a slight profit now. The whole thing stinks of scant respect for the customer, repeatedly releasing a faulty product. Or the PS3, hamstrung by high R&D and component costs and now a prohibitive exchange rate.

I think history will be very kind on the wii and Nintendo's change of strategy. It's a huge success story, returning some fun back to gaming and the console market.

 

[The Groke]

^^^^^

You would have thought they would have learned from the N64 and the Cube eh.

The SNES seems to be the exception to this, but I have grown used to the lean pickings as far as quality releases on a Nintendo console is concerned.

I haven't bought a Wii game in fucking ages and I can't see too much on the horizon likely to change that.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Your opinion doesn't really count for that much though, does it? Nintendo have a massive user base, makes a small profit on each console and continue to rack up lucrative, huge sales of games and peripherals, struggling to meet demand (wii fit anyone?). It's a great example of a company thinking slightly differently and opening up a new and profitable market sector - occasional game players rather than serious darkened room gamers.

Compare that to the efforts of the Xbox. A console burdened by terrible design and a fail rate close to 10X that of its competitors (30% returns!), with MS losing on every console sold, plus a returns bill of close to $1billion. The only reason that MS could survive is that it pitted some of its massive (excess profit generated) monopoly cash reserves to stay in the market, hoping for game sales to make up the shortfall eventually. The division's only beginning to turn a slight profit now. The whole thing stinks of scant respect for the customer, repeatedly releasing a faulty product. Or the PS3, hamstrung by high R&D and component costs and now a prohibitive exchange rate.

I think history will be very kind on the wii and Nintendo's change of strategy. It's a huge success story, returning some fun back to gaming and the console market.

Disregarding your bizarre bias, you do have a valid point. Problem is, 360 gamers are rewarded with A-grade titles month after month, whilst Wii gamers have been left with bugger all to get excited about for a year.

Perfect for family and party gaming, shite for your common or garden computer game fan. A real shame that they couldn't get the balance right... but then did they ever want to? Their strategy was to make a family fun box, which worked amazingly well. Why should they care that traditional gamers are left wanting? They have the 360 and the PS3!

Personally, I think Nintendo have started a new genre of console that sits seperately to the 360 and the PS3. Graphics don't mean much, neither do titles. As long as you can pull it out of it's box when you've had a few drinks at your dinner party, and jump around like muppets, who cares if the games are basic and nothing good's been released in months?

My Dad is a good example. The tight bugger would never even deign to pick up a joypad when asked to play with me or my brother on the Master System or Snes. Now he's bought a Wii. He's got Sports and Tiger Woods 07 (it was cheaper than 08 or 09). He's perfectly happy, why should he care about other games?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

^^^^^

You would have thought they would have learned from the N64 and the Cube eh.

The SNES seems to be the exception to this, but I have grown used to the lean pickings as far as quality releases on a Nintendo console is concerned.

I haven't bought a Wii game in fucking ages and I can't see too much on the horizon likely to change that.

The last game I bought was Mario Kart, haven't bought anything for the Wii since. In fact got a 360 because there were types of games I wanted to play the Wii wasn't doing enough of (that and no decent online play)...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

My Dad is a good example. The tight bugger would never even deign to pick up a joypad when asked to play with me or my brother on the Master System or Snes. Now he's bought a Wii. He's got Sports and Tiger Woods 07 (it was cheaper than 08 or 09). He's perfectly happy, why should he care about other games?

But that's the thing, Nintendo have said countless times they aren't interested in typical gamers anymore, the age of Nintendo as we used to experience (NES, SNES and to a certain extent N64) is over.

They've said they may not even may games in future, they just make whatever will make them money to the best of their ability, hence them once being a card maker...gamers with fond memories really need to realise that and seek their thrills elsewhere if the Wii is doing it for them.

 

[Clair De Lune]

I enjoyed The Simpsons game, Mario galaxy (not as much, lost interest as its so big, whereas The Simpsons game was challenging in different ways on each level which kept it interesting) Me and my daughter have fun with wii fit and Rayman raving rabbits 1 and 2. I have Tombraider but not had time to give it much of a go yet.
Overall I would say its a great console for kids especially, but not solely.

 

[Sunray]

Here's the problem for Nintendo.

Games make them money. People who buy the console and then maybe 1 or 2 games, occasionally getting it out when the friends come round does not make them a lot of money. Many people have been happy with just Wii sports.

People like me and others who like quality games will buy a steady stream of games for years.

 

[fen_boy]

But that's the thing, Nintendo have said countless times they aren't interested in typical gamers anymore, the age of Nintendo as we used to experience (NES, SNES and to a certain extent N64) is over.

They've said they may not even may games in future, they just make whatever will make them money to the best of their ability, hence them once being a card maker...gamers with fond memories really need to realise that and seek their thrills elsewhere if the Wii is doing it for them.

I doubt there are many gamers alive who can remember when Nintendo was just a card company, it was a long long time ago and Nintendo have been in the game industry a lot longer than any of their current competitors.

Nintendo have always been about in house game development and IP, they've always struggled with 3rd party support. It'd be a shame if they moved away from that in house development as a high percentage of my most fondly remembered games are Nintendo ones, I can't see it myself though they may shift to more 'casual' games, but they will still be in house and made with all the same attention to detail and charm you'd expect from a Nintendo game. All the best, and biggest selling, games on the Wii are in house - they'd be mad to stop it.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Here's the problem for Nintendo.

Games make them money. People who buy the console and then maybe 1 or 2 games, occasionally getting it out when the friends come round does not make them a lot of money. Many people have been happy with just Wii sports.

People like me and others who like quality games will buy a steady stream of games for years.

The big factor you're missing is Nintendo make money on the Wii, Sony and MS lose or just about break even on their consoles. Nintendo have cheated the standard console business model (sell console at a loss/make money back via software) by selling old tech under the guise of new gameplay...Nintendo are making money on both hardware and software.

 

[newme]

Here's the problem for Nintendo.

Games make them money. People who buy the console and then maybe 1 or 2 games, occasionally getting it out when the friends come round does not make them a lot of money. Many people have been happy with just Wii sports.

People like me and others who like quality games will buy a steady stream of games for years.

Whys that a problem? Theyve opened up a massive market of occasional gamers that actually bought a console when they never would have done before and made a profit on everything. Wii was the only console Ive bought since N64, mainly cos I failed to see what damn near every other console in existence since then has improved on a pc in almost any way whatsoever. Sony havent had a penny, Microsoft havent had a penny, Nintendo had the profit a game system, multiple control pads and a couple of games.

Which is probably a similar situation, albeit with different reasons behind it, for a massive segment of the population that actually went out and bought the thing. Hell just about everyone I know with kids has one, a lot of peoples parents appear to have them including my dad who hasnt bothered with games since the SNES was about.

Yet to think of a console that has actually managed to have a continous stream of games that were actually all of a good quality, with any replay value. Sure there maybe more coming out for certain consoles than others, but generally the pattern seemed to be buy spend a few weeks on it, find its completed and have no further interest and a useless piece of plastic taking up space. The Wii has a hell of a lot more replay value in it, making it better value to the majority of consumers for it who dont want to find they need to splurge every few weeks on something new cos the last release was only worth playing until completed.

 

[cybershot]

I think the Wii is in for a good year, plenty of AAA titles finally coming out for the system as developers last year decided the Wii's lifetime will quite easily compare with the 360 and PS3. So we should finally get some really good 3rd party titles.

House of the dead & deadly creatures which have already been released.

MadWorld has no UK date yet, but is out on March in the US and looks like a true gore fest, specially written for Wii with crazy two colour tone graphics. (check it out, it will all make sense) Then there's: Dead Rising, Muramassa, Sonic & The Black Knight, Call OF Duty Modern Warfare 2, The Conduit, (superb looking sci fi FPS) Red Steel 2 which rumours sound like will use Wii Motion plus for the sword fighting bits. Sin & Punishment 2, EA Sports Tennis (again probably use wii motion plus so should be pretty good.) Hopefulyl Pro Evo 2009 will be even better than the 08 game, which imo re-defined how footie games should be played. Punch Out (remember the old NES version, finally getting a remake) Wii Sports Resort, which will the first title to use wii motion plus. If you like RPG's then Arc Rise Fantasia is looking great. A new Rune Factory. NO Street Fighter IV on Wii, but hopefully Ubisoft will come up trumps with their Ninja Turtles Fighter game.