Despite people continually dismissing the Wii, it's a great piece of hardware for both serous and casual gamers. The biggest problem is the plethora of (often full priced) terrible third party games. There *are* great games, you just have to know which ones to go for!
Single Player:
Muramasa The Demon Blade
The Conduit
Metroid Prime Triology
older but great: Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy, Prince of Persia: Rival Swords, Resident Evil 4, Fatal Frame 4 (unfortunately only in Japanese - English translation underway!)
2 Player:
LEGO Indiana Jones 2
Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles
Dead Space Extraction
older but great: Obscure 2, Any of the LEGO titles (Indiana Jones Starwars Batman), Super Paper Mario
Multi-Player:
New Super Mario Brothers
Mariocart Wii
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Wii Sport Resort
WiiFit
Avoid like the plague:
Ju-on: The Grude
Alone in the Dark
You know, the new Super Mario Bros for the Wii is making me finally want a Wii. That and of course Mario Galaxy. But some of these other games look really good too, especially RE: Darkside Chronicles, and Muramasa: The Demon Blade. I also want to get Fatal Frame 4 for the Wii, and the new Silent Hill game for the Wii. But now that it's gone down in price, I might considering finally getting one.
You guys forgot the Bit.Trip games on WiiWare! I played the demo of Beat, and it's fantastic! I didn't want to stop playing it! So, I guess I should buy it at some point...
From what I've heard, each game has a different play style & different controls, and they're very challenging! And the price is great at 800 Wii points per game ($8).
Maybe in the future, Kotaku should do a seperate list for Wii retail games, and downloadable games. But, then, I guess you'd need seperate lists for every console.
@PSWii2008: I played Bit.Trip Void for the first time tonight - it's stupendous, especially on a nice, bassy surround system. I play the Bit.Trip series more than any other WiiWare games in my collection.
Has anyone done the math on how much the total amount in cash it would be if you bought Rock Band brand new and downloaded every single piece of content? That must be an astronomical number.
Regardng MySims Agents - my daughter has played all of the MySims games thus far, and this was the best one to date. She was completely sucked into this one for hours on end (and then after my kid went to bed, my wife would stay up to play it!). Lots of things to do, and the humor is great, and also enjoyable for adults.
Just a reminder. This isn't meant to be a list of games you should buy. It is meant to be a guide for those looking at which games they should and shouldn't buy.
If you are considering a game for the Wii, look at the list, read the review, then make up your mind.
What you shouldn't do is break our commenting rules and get off topic or start talking about whether this is news.
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Single Player:
Muramasa The Demon Blade
The Conduit
Metroid Prime Triology
older but great: Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy, Prince of Persia: Rival Swords, Resident Evil 4, Fatal Frame 4 (unfortunately only in Japanese - English translation underway!)
2 Player:
LEGO Indiana Jones 2
Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles
Dead Space Extraction
older but great: Obscure 2, Any of the LEGO titles (Indiana Jones Starwars Batman), Super Paper Mario
Multi-Player:
New Super Mario Brothers
Mariocart Wii
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Wii Sport Resort
WiiFit
Avoid like the plague:
Ju-on: The Grude
Alone in the Dark
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And for you cheapos who haven't yet played it, No More Heroes is a must play that can be found easy and cheap anywhere.
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I still believe this is the best game series of all time...
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From what I've heard, each game has a different play style & different controls, and they're very challenging! And the price is great at 800 Wii points per game ($8).
Maybe in the future, Kotaku should do a seperate list for Wii retail games, and downloadable games. But, then, I guess you'd need seperate lists for every console.
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To say nothing of the premiums the big corporations have placed on finding Mr. Right. It's outrageous.
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If you are considering a game for the Wii, look at the list, read the review, then make up your mind.
What you shouldn't do is break our commenting rules and get off topic or start talking about whether this is news.
I've got a ban hammer, and I need to swing it.
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Just off this list: Dead Space, Muramasa, New SMB, Contra ReBirth, A Boy and His Blob and Little King's Story. They all look really good.
*sigh*