Tendo City

Yup... as of last Thursday night. I've been pretty busy this past week (cousin's college graduation we had to go to, etc), and didn't get to making a thread then, but I am now...

As anyone following the 'bought' thread (hah, as if) I started getting Wii games a bit over a month ago, because I saw some for decent prices and though I'd pick them up because I was sure to get a system in not too long. So I already had three games. Then I got two cheap ones with the system, the two that come in the box, and then got three download titles. However, with the exceptions of two titles, I really haven't played most of them much at all, just an hour or less for the rest pretty much. Too busy with other stuff, and other games... and Fire Emblem...

Anyway, the system. I've played Wii games before, so I'm familiar with it. The black system is awesome looking though, and getting a Motion+ (and Wii Sports Resort I guess) free is great. I really did want the black system more, it looks so much cooler than the white one... I'm sure it'll become a massive dust magnet, but oh well. :)

Disc games
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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn -- Wow, on Normal this game is HARD! It's about as hard as Path of Radiance on Hard really, I think. I'm only on mission four, but keep losing... very tough, this is a lot harder than any previous US title on Normal. I'd say that perhaps this game wasn't made easier for US audiences? If true that's awesome. Fantastic game of course, and it'll take a long time to finish for sure at this pace. Then I'll have to try it on Hard... I love Fire Emblem games. :) I'll be playing this for months, minimum. I mean, I'm still replaying the GBA FE games, and I've owned those for years and beaten both of them several times...

Mario Kart Wii (disc only, so no wheel) -- Great game, I'll need to play it more. Very frustrating, but that's Mario Kart (both why I like it and why I hate it...).
Metroid Prime Trilogy -- beat MP1's intro stage, that's it so far.
Wii Sports -- I haven't bothered to play this copy yet.
Wii Sports Resort -- same as above.
Geometry Wars: Galaxies -- Got when I got the system, for $12. A pretty good enhanced version of the great arena shooter. Played it a little, it was worth getting.
MadWorld -- Got when I got the system, for $4. Got because it was so cheap. Only played for half an hour so far. Seems alright. Very violent, obviously.

Download
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Gradius Galaxies - Fantastic game! It is too bad that it has only five levels and is one player only, but other than that, it's just great. Great 16-bit graphics and sound, good challenge in the later levels (the first two levels on loop 1 Normal are easy, but level 3 gets harder), awesome Gradius gameplay... Gradius is my favorite shmup series, and this game's a very good new title in the series. Highly recommended!
Mega Man 9 -- The game I've played the most so far, along with Fire Emblem. I absolutely love the NES Mega Man games of course, and this one is every bit as great as reviews said. It is really hard, indeed, but it's possible with practice so far, with the help from items in the shop. It's such a great game... I'll get Mega Man 10 eventually for sure, after I've played more of this one and hopefully beaten it. :) At first I had a really hard time getting even halfway in any of the levels, but now I've beaten six or seven of the robot masters... I'm sure the Wily levels will be a nightmare though. :) This game is really so amazing though... a new NES Mega Man game. Who would have thought we'd ever see it? Sure, it's much harder than any NES Mega Man game, but considering that I have actually beaten most of the stages, it's not the hardest Mega Man game I've ever played -- I never even got this far in MM Zero 1, MM&B, or MMX6, to name a few of the hardest Mega Man games I have tried. This game is harder than the NES games, but easier than those three, perhaps in part because of how well they emulate the 8-bit MM games, which, as I said, are easier than the series later became. MM9 requires a lot of precision, but is doable as you learn it. So yes, I, at least, think that going with a NES style for MM9 was a fantastic, fantastic idea. :)
Eduardo the Samurai Toaster -- Had to get it of course... it's good. Has some flaws (a scoring system of some kind would be great, a few other things), but it is good.

... My PC's still the most powerful system I own though, the Wii doesn't come even close to a GeForce 8800...

Super Mario Galaxy

Definitely picking it up soon. It's #1 on my Wii 'to get' list.

Radiant Dawn is brutal. I still have yet to beat it, but other games demanding my attention had a part of that as well. Also, you're not missing much without the MK Wheel. It's a bit of a strange peripheral and a novel use of the Wii-mote, but 15+ years of playing MK on a gamepad have pretty much locked in that being how I play it :D

I'd recommend Super Paper Mario and Monster Hunter Tri, both excellent games.

It pains me to say this, but I was a little underwhelmed by Brawl. It's a great game, to be sure, but it just didn't have the magic of Melee. Maybe that's just me.

Excite Bots

EM, I dunno, I LOVED Brawl. I mean I recently played Melee, and while there are a few things I prefer in there (the chief among it is the nonexistance of "randomly falling on your arse for no reason", what were they thinking?), I still was glad to get back to Brawl. I just like the overall product better.

Dark Jaguar Wrote:EM, I dunno, I LOVED Brawl. I mean I recently played Melee, and while there are a few things I prefer in there (the chief among it is the nonexistance of "randomly falling on your arse for no reason", what were they thinking?), I still was glad to get back to Brawl. I just like the overall product better.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I loved it too and played it plenty when it came out. I dunno, I just don't see myself still playing it as the Wii's lifetime is coming to a close like I did Melee.

Among my friends it's pretty much replaced Melee. It's the ol' stanby when one of us buys yet another disappointing multiplayer game. We play for a while, then someone says "let's just play Brawl", and then we play Brawl, and then the fun happens. I've learned to control Pikachu's super smash a lot better lately.

EdenMaster Wrote:Radiant Dawn is brutal. I still have yet to beat it, but other games demanding my attention had a part of that as well.

I beat Path of Radiance on Hard, eventually, so I think I can do Radiant Dawn Normal... but yeah, it's really hard, probably similar to PoR US Hard as I said. It's a great game though

Quote:Also, you're not missing much without the MK Wheel. It's a bit of a strange peripheral and a novel use of the Wii-mote, but 15+ years of playing MK on a gamepad have pretty much locked in that being how I play it :D

I've played it with the wheel before, it might make it a little easier to control I think (and looks better), but yeah, it's just as good without it really. I'll probably pick one up sometime, but it's not that important, sure.

Quote:I'd recommend Super Paper Mario and Monster Hunter Tri, both excellent games.

There are quite a few good Wii games really...

Quote:It pains me to say this, but I was a little underwhelmed by Brawl. It's a great game, to be sure, but it just didn't have the magic of Melee. Maybe that's just me.

Eh, as you might remember I was never that big a fan of Melee... I'd play it multiplayer when others wanted to, sure, but after about the first two days I had it, it was never something I could play for hours on end and have fun. Four or five matches more like, really, maybe less. I never unlocked everything in SSBB, wasn't fun enough. I mean, SSB is good, but I like other kinds of games more really. So Brawl... I've played it a little. Seems pretty much like Melee, with slight changes. I might get it sometime... but yeah, not soon, and not for the kind of money it usually goes for.

A Black Falcon Wrote:There are quite a few good Wii games really...

Agreed, but without recommending the whole catalog, those were the two that I've probably enjoyed the most out of the system.