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Wii Game Reviews!

ECHO — GMT

Alright, it needs to be said. Most of the games out for the Wii right now are for little kids. I had difficulty deciding which title to buy at launch because I'm not really into Spongebob or Cars (sorry folks!). So I hope everyone can avoid buying dud games by posting your reviews here for others to learn from. My first title is Elebits. On the surface it may seem like a pokemon clone, but it's far from that. The story is pretty dumb. I didn't take the time to follow it because of the atrocious voice acting. Essentially everything in the world is powered by little pikachu-like creatures called Elebits. You have to capture them using the Wii remote (Nunchuck is used to move around) to power things in the environment. The more you collect the more rooms you can enter and the more devices you can activate (which in turn gives you more Elebits). The catch is that Elebits tend to hide under/in/behind objects. This is where the real fun begins: the Wii remote also acts as a gravity gun to move/open/tip/shake objects. The more Elebits you capture, the larger the objects you can move. The physics in this game are so realistic and fun to interact with it's almost more entertaining to mess up a room than actually capture the Elebits. Multiplayer is nearly identical to the single player missions except there are up to 4 cross hairs on the screen instead of 1 (only one player controls the camera) which can get pretty chaotic. On the downside the graphics are less than stellar. Obviously they won't be Xbox360 or PS3 graphics, but they're sub par for even Gamecube standards. However, the reason for this becomes apparent in multiplayer mode when objects are flying everywhere and the game lags. It's also pretty challenging to open a door (you actually have to twist and pull the remote towards you like a doorknob) and flip over devices that have fallen on the floor. Overall this game is pretty fun, but judging by other peoples reactions, this is a love/hate game. You'll probably be better off renting this game first to see if you like it, considering this isn't the cheapest Wii title out on the market ($50).

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supertoast — GMT

Twilight Princess = Godly I have been playing it way to much It's so wonderful, except for climbing vines, I swear to my ocarina on the shelf that the climbing in this game is so very, very annoying. Second only to the swimming I'd have to say though.

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emetakleze — GMT

Twilight is awsome! But I have to agree with vine thing, very annoying if you dont have a straight on view. Swimming isn't bad once you get the Zora armor. My son has started playing Splinter Cell and Call of Duty. Just by watching him, Call of Duty looks flustrating at first. The movements with the remote (and you can't use a cube controller, which I thought would be easier) are precise, but a little tedious if you arn't fdc (front dead center) to the sensor bar. I can't wait to try it. Splinter Cell looks fun, but he nor I have played it enough to say quite yet. I gotta say, I love WiiSports! It's a blast with a couple of people playing! I also like the fact that you can get older titles. We just purchased ToeJamb and Earl (which my wife and I used to love to play back in the 16 bit days) and can't wait to start opening presents! Nintendo has been dropping titles in about every couple of days or so, so they are atleast consistant. The only draw back is the price. tj and e cost 800 points, so 8 bucks. I was willing to pay as it was a nastalga thing for us, but really a little high for someone who just wants to try it out.

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Deunan — GMT

dont have the WII yet, but played Twilight Princess and it Rocks!

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Okinesu — GMT

if you dont have a wii but want to play zelda:tp then just play ocarina of time because they are the same thing

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Deunan — GMT

Okinesu wrote:

if you dont have a wii but want to play zelda:tp then just play ocarina of time or you can just get the regular Gamecube version of Twilight princess.. because they are the same thing

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ECHO — GMT

Anyone download any retro games? I've downloaded Super mario brothers for the NES and Bomberman for Turbografx. Bomberman is awesome! You can play with up to 5 people! (4 remotes + 1 gamecube controller). Super Mario is good nostalgia, but gets kinda boring after about 20 minutes of playing.

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Okinesu — GMT

sega's gunstar heroes is pretty fun as is street fighter which is hard

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Icey — GMT

Hey, I don't suppose you'd have an opinion for Red Steel? I've been fencing with both rapier and longsword / katana for a year and a half now, and I was wondering how realistic the swordplay was. I realize there will be some quirks, such as the player having to stop themselves when their weapon is blocked since Force Feedback can't quite stop the player's hand / sword when they are parried. I've heard mixed things about the game, including Gamespot's 5.5 review, and was also wondering about the game as a whole. I really wanna try it, but unfortunately between my friends and I we have just about every console except for the PS3 and Wii.

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5p33d0fD4rk — GMT

Don't trust gamespot for wii reviews [-X

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ECHO — GMT

5p33d0fD4rk wrote:

Don't trust gamespot for wii reviews [-X

I read IGN for game reviews. They seem to be right on the money (most of the time).

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Pyramidion — GMT

Well, this isn't exactly for the Wii, but I just beat Zelda: Twilight Princess on the gamecube (heard it's the same on the Wii, just mirrored) and it is possibly my favorite console game I've ever played. The story is incredible as are the massive dungeons. I highly recommend this game Wii or Gamecube. Took me a little over 40 hours to beat it and I enjoyed every minute of it. I could not find one thing wrong with this game, maybe it's too good hmmmm.... /:)

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supertoast — GMT

Pyramidion wrote:

Well, this isn't exactly for the Wii, but I just beat Zelda: Twilight Princess on the gamecube (heard it's the same on the Wii, just mirrored) and it is possibly my favorite console game I've ever played. The story is incredible as are the massive dungeons. I highly recommend this game Wii or Gamecube. Took me a little over 40 hours to beat it and I enjoyed every minute of it. I could not find one thing wrong with this game, maybe it's too good hmmmm.... /:)

I'll prolly get a chance here soon to play it on the cube, so I might be able to give it a nice comparison sort of thing. The game itself is still amazing though. My only real complaint is how linear the majority of the dungeons where. Now most of the Zelda dungeons have always been pretty linear, but I guess there was just more importance on key-management and navigating to get to certain rooms in an order. With TP you never really ever had more then 1 key, and the dungeons all were pretty much run throughs.

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5p33d0fD4rk — GMT

The only thing I didn't like about Twilight Princess was how EASY it was. Nintendo really needs to learn how to add a hard mode. Then again you could always go through without collecting any heart contaners :O

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ECHO — GMT

One thing I'm amazed with is the mechanism that can load those tiny gamecube discs anywhere on the slot-loading drive. I've had quite a few computers with slot-loading drives so I have to fight my instincts to put a disc in.

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Pyramidion — GMT

5p33d0fD4rk wrote:

The only thing I didn't like about Twilight Princess was how EASY it was. Nintendo really needs to learn how to add a hard mode. Then again you could always go through without collecting any heart contaners :O

true, the games ending was much easier than I expected, but the story made up for it.

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Tidu! — GMT

I'm 14 hours into TP as of now, and I can say that it ranks up with OoT... At first the story seemed a little wacky, but it's normalized a bit and now it's more understandable. My favorite sequence thus far is after the lakebed temple with the piano in the background, it was awesome. A thing I don't like about the dungeons is the amount of running and backtracking you have to do. What makes it even worse is the 4-5 second pause between each door. It got on my nerves after a while ;) The lakebed temple took me so long. Like mentioned earlier, I'd rather have harder dungeons with less running and more puzzles... I also don't like the "Midna jumping" parts, little gimmicky (and frustrating) to me. But I still love the game :D

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Pyramidion — GMT

The Hylia lake temple was probably my least favorite as well, but my favorite one is coming up for you pretty soon. I wasn't a big fan of the story either at first due to it being rather confusing, but as you go along it gets very enthralling.

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UntamedSub — GMT

Tidu wrote: "I also don't like the "Midna jumping" parts, little gimmicky (and frustrating) to me." Yea, don't ya just wanna smack her sometimes? LOL

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Tidu! — GMT

Alright, I'm 25 hours into it now, about to go to the Sky Temple thinger. What was your favorite part? Entering the Temple of Time was pretty sweet and yes, I wish I had the huge red hand in midna's head so I can smack her with it :p

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supertoast — GMT

Oh god, I pray for your sanity. That sky temple is possibly one of the most annoying places ever conceived of in a video game.

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Pyramidion — GMT

My favorite part is definately the desert temple because the boss is so much fun. The sky temple was ok, a little bit annoying, but that boss was a little disappointing for how far you are in the game. But yes, cherish the desert temple and all of it's goodness, I think I may play the game again just to go back there... hmm....

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UntamedSub — GMT

Are you completely done with the game Pyra?

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Pyramidion — GMT

UntamedSub wrote:

Are you completely done with the game Pyra?

Yup beat it about a week ago... took me 40 hours, but I found all the bugs and about 45 Poes. I think I may go back and find the cave in the desert that has 50 boss' in it... that may be fun :-D

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UntamedSub — GMT

Any opinions on the new Sonic game for the Wii? Was thinking about getting it... I liked Sonic for the Sega, altho I was younger then.... I figure if anything, atleast the kids would like it. I am only like 9 hours into Zelda, usually play it when BigD is home....haven't played it in awhile...played some Rayman and got the new 9 game Wii disc w/ free remote, good deal. Now wanting to buy Sonic lol.... anywho just wondering what anyone's thoughts were on it or if ya'll have heard any reviews. Thanks!

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Pyramidion — GMT

Actually I did hear one review of it, sorry to say it wasn't that great of one though. All I can really remember is that the load times were "obscene" but other than that I can't honestly remember how the gameplay was. I loved sonic for Sega, but haven't played any since then.... still have my Sega hooked up at home lol.

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ECHO — GMT

I was considering buying Sonic for the Wii, but I don't have enough Wii credits nor will my internet connection allow my Wii to connect at the moment. I'm sure game play will be much more comfortable now that you don't have to use those cramped Genesis controllers. As for the long loading times, I wonder where the game was saved to. Might get faster loading times on the SD card instead of the internal memory. ::shrugs::

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Tidu! — GMT

Just finished Twilight Princess, 30 hours without going out of my way for hearts/poes, etc. I did forget about that desert boss, THAT was definately cool. And I didn't mind the sky temple really, I guess I got lucky. That boss was insane too. This game has some great bosses. But I think the last battle was ridiculous, once I beat the 2nd part I was like "What? that's it?" and then the greatness began (I'm trying not to give out any spoilers ;)) I love the swordfighting and all the manuevers once you learn all 7 of them; I'm happy the last battle was just a swordfight...

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Grizzled_Imposter — GMT

I read a couple of reviews of the new sonic game. all of them were negative because of poor camera angles and level design. I am a real fan of sonic so I was actually considering buying it anyway. If i were you I would head down to blockbuster and see if they have it, that way you get to buy it if you like it. our local blockbuster don't have it yet....

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ECHO — GMT

Ok, I just realized you guys are talking about the NEW sonic game instead of the Genesis version. Duh...

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UntamedSub — GMT

ECHO wrote:

Ok, I just realized you guys are talking about the NEW sonic game instead of the Genesis version. Duh...

:)) Someone's not the fastest turtle out of thier shell this morning haha J/K

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ECHO — GMT

Has anyone downloaded Mario Kart 64 for their wii yet? That game rocked my socks and I hope Nintendo preserved the uberness.

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emetakleze — GMT

UntamedSub wrote:

Any opinions on the new Sonic game for the Wii? Was thinking about getting it... I liked Sonic for the Sega, altho I was younger then.... I figure if anything, atleast the kids would like it. I am only like 9 hours into Zelda, usually play it when BigD is home....haven't played it in awhile...played some Rayman and got the new 9 game Wii disc w/ free remote, good deal. Now wanting to buy Sonic lol.... anywho just wondering what anyone's thoughts were on it or if ya'll have heard any reviews. Thanks!

My son just picked this up yesterday, I'll let you know what we think.

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Hobo_Joe — GMT

Anyone played Need for Speed Carbon? that game is the best one I've played so far.... And how about Red Steel??

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Ratar_Killer — GMT

I've started Avatar and am having lots of fun, but I am a sucker for these game types.

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Chameleon — GMT

Hobo_Joe wrote:

Anyone played Need for Speed Carbon? that game is the best one I've played so far.... And how about Red Steel??

Thanks for showing me the game Hobo. It looked pretty cool. I like the Subaru you were driving. Like I said, they have that game for the PS3, maybe sometime, I could rent it or something and see how it looks.

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ECHO — GMT

I forgot to post about this a while back, oh well. Mario Kart 64 for the Wii is awesome. It's actually better than the original version in GP. The system never bottlenecks, game play is always smooth. I never got a chance to try playing with more than two people, so not sure how the system fairs with four humans. I wouldn't expect it to be all that bad. The controls on the gamecube controller are identical to Double Dash's layout, so nothing new there. Don't have a classic controller to try it out. Definitely worth the $10 download.

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ECHO — GMT

Just got a copy of Mario Party 8. Played a little the other day and will post a more in-depth review once I get to play around some more. It's weird transitioning from traditional controllers to remotes. I'm so used to simply tapping A to roll the dice, but in the newest version you swing the remote up.

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ECHO — GMT

I kinda left my Wii on the shelf up until the other day when I played a little with friends. Mario Party 8 is excellent. It's definitely not your typical copy-and-paste star hunt that has plagued so many of the other MP games (I have 4 and 6 for gamecube... not that great when compared to 1/2/3 on N64). Each map has a different twist to the game. One map called Tycoon town is a little like monopoly. The object of the board is to have the largest investment (coins) in hotels on the map. If you own the largest investment in any hotel, you get the stars from that hotel. Hudson did a great job of capitalizing on all the features the wiimote has to offer. The amount of motion sensing involved in minigames wasn't quite what I was expecting, but I suppose it's for good reason. You would get really tired of the game if you had to constantly flail your arms around, so some minigames are classic button crunching. I also really like the fact that they mixed up the character selection. You can play as obscure Mario characters like Dry Bones (the skeleton koopa) and Hammer Bro. On the downside, the game still cheats at times. I lost three times in a row to Yoshi (single player)... every time I'm about to win, the computer owns me at every minigame. The voice overs are still a tad annoying, but livable. It's probably better than having the characters speak the game text word for word. Overall the game is good looking, polished, and fun to play. 8.5/10

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Chameleon — GMT

Some of those games for the Wii look pretty nice. I haven't played my PS3 in months. Just haven't had the time. I only have one PS3 game anyway. There is one that I saw that looks pretty cool. http://videogames.yahoo.com/ps3/videos/ It is the 'Force Unleashed' game. It doesn't look too bad. I'm hesitant to get an interest on any game that is based on a movie, however.

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ECHO — GMT

Four words: Star Fox 64! Just as good as the original version. I personally like the 1 player mission better than multiplayer. The only negative I can think of, other than the odd 64 to gamecube controller conversion, is the lag. Swarms of ships cause the game to crawl. Still worth the download. Oh, and it's also pretty tough to get used to the higher analog stick sensitivity. I spent about 30 to 45 minutes on the alternative venom mission against star wolf because it was so hard to get the aim right. Them wolves gots moveses!

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Pyramidion — GMT

Echo's post reminded me about Mario Strikers for the Wii. I don't own a Wii, but i've played this game multiple times with friends and I love it. I owned the older version for the gamecube, but this one is excellent. It is a soccer game, but it's done like an arcade game. It's easy to pick up and a blast to play with friends. The single player is very dull, but if you want a good sports multi player game, definitely give this one a try!

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ECHO — GMT

I rented Wario Ware: Smooth Moves earlier today. Me and a friend spent basically the whole day playing this game. It's highly addictive. The point of the game is to accomplish a series of random tasks within a small period of time. This game will not disappoint the twitchers out there. It's a lot of fun to play with other people... you look like a fool while posing and waving your arms around. The only real fault I see is multiplayer mode. You can play with up to 12 people, which is great, but you have to share one remote between everyone. Smooth Moves looks incredibly stupid, and it is to a degree, but it's so much fun you'll forget you're trying to dance like a monkey in front of others. 9/10