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...
It's really hard to go back to reading regular newspaper comics after this. They just don't have the same flavor, if you will. Not that reading them before CC wasn't an excruciating pain anyway, of course.
For anyone who does, or doesn't know, V is awesome!
So i'm putting the hulu page for the new V up so we can all catch up on episodes. I'll also be posting the original V from 1984! It's got amazing writing and amazing hair!
The king of all internets does it again. I have no idea why, and I have no idea what this thing is he's talking about, but Neil Cicierega does it again by making me hooked.
The winner is <img src="http://www.lemonkle.com/gilcrest/gil20.gif">
By the end of this tale of madness and strange sorcery from beyond the stars, I think they summon an elder god.
