10th November 2015, 10:35 PM
Wii & Wii U
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Rodea the Sky Soldier -$56, new. Yes, I bought an actual new game, even though it'll surely be cheap in not too long. Rodea for the Wii had quite the saga before it finally released -- this Yuji Naka (of Sonic fame) game was finished in 2011... but then the publisher decided to do a 3DS version, then a Wii U port of the 3DS version. And just when release of the Wii game seemed hopeless, this year it finally happened. In the US though, it's packed together with the Wii U game, in one case. The Wii game is supposed to be the better of the two, over the 3DS/Wii U game, and it's why I got this. While all first-printing copies of the game include the Wii game along with the Wii U one, if there are future printings they said it probably won't be included then. Still I'm sure the Wii game won't be hard to find, but that is something worth mentioning. Also though, after waiting so long I wanted to play the game, and get the one Wii game this year that is worth getting and isn't a toys-to-life game (though I may get more Wii Skylanders games sometime). I played the first level, and Rodea is fun. It's very much a Yuji Naka game, both in its flying-based gameplay, visual style reminiscent of a Sonic game, or its ... so far very Sonic Adventure-esque storyline, and by that I mean seriously overdramatic... so yeah, it's both good and bad. It's fun to play though, I like it so far for sure. In the Wii game, you control it by pointing at the screen and then hitting a button to fly there. You can then retarget or do an attack while flying. Fun stuff. The 3DS/Wii U game apparently has a more conventional control scheme, and teh game is more adventure-focused instead of the more arcadey score-focused Wii game. Naka only actually worked on the original Wii version.
Wii
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz - $3, complete - Finally got this, after years of considering it.
PSP
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Sonic Rivals - complete, $6 - Something I've wanted to try.
Xbox
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Midtown Madness 3 - $4, complete - I'm not the biggest fan of these point-to-point racing games so I don't know if I'll like this one, but this is supposed to be a good game, so I picked it up.
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Rodea the Sky Soldier -$56, new. Yes, I bought an actual new game, even though it'll surely be cheap in not too long. Rodea for the Wii had quite the saga before it finally released -- this Yuji Naka (of Sonic fame) game was finished in 2011... but then the publisher decided to do a 3DS version, then a Wii U port of the 3DS version. And just when release of the Wii game seemed hopeless, this year it finally happened. In the US though, it's packed together with the Wii U game, in one case. The Wii game is supposed to be the better of the two, over the 3DS/Wii U game, and it's why I got this. While all first-printing copies of the game include the Wii game along with the Wii U one, if there are future printings they said it probably won't be included then. Still I'm sure the Wii game won't be hard to find, but that is something worth mentioning. Also though, after waiting so long I wanted to play the game, and get the one Wii game this year that is worth getting and isn't a toys-to-life game (though I may get more Wii Skylanders games sometime). I played the first level, and Rodea is fun. It's very much a Yuji Naka game, both in its flying-based gameplay, visual style reminiscent of a Sonic game, or its ... so far very Sonic Adventure-esque storyline, and by that I mean seriously overdramatic... so yeah, it's both good and bad. It's fun to play though, I like it so far for sure. In the Wii game, you control it by pointing at the screen and then hitting a button to fly there. You can then retarget or do an attack while flying. Fun stuff. The 3DS/Wii U game apparently has a more conventional control scheme, and teh game is more adventure-focused instead of the more arcadey score-focused Wii game. Naka only actually worked on the original Wii version.
Wii
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz - $3, complete - Finally got this, after years of considering it.
PSP
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Sonic Rivals - complete, $6 - Something I've wanted to try.
Xbox
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Midtown Madness 3 - $4, complete - I'm not the biggest fan of these point-to-point racing games so I don't know if I'll like this one, but this is supposed to be a good game, so I picked it up.