New to Wii!

[Shooty*]

Hi all,
Bought a wii today. Made some money flogging my arcade machine and boards on Ebay. Am currently having psychotherapy for low self esteem/ anxiety and one of the things I obsess about is money. Was going to put it into savings, as I always do, but wife and I were chatting and thought sod it, I know I want one, let's buy it.

So we did.

And have spent the afternoon laughing at the Sport Tennis game. And playing golf. Great fun.

I got battle of the bands and Lego Indy with it as well. BOTB is, IMHO, crap. Will be flogging it.

BUT.. I need you help... must have games, please, with an emphasis on fun, humour, 2 player co-op if possible, and repeat-playability.

I'm thinking: big brain academy, perhaps?
Might get Zelda for some more "mature" running around fun. And I've got my eye on Force Unleashed and Batman Lego in future, but as of right now, what's hot?

[shadowmaster]

Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros Brawl

And House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return if you like killing zombies

[spazman]

Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Galaxy, Boom Blox and Lost Winds (from the online store)

[ky2900]

Zelda, probably Wii Fit

[Shooty*]

Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy: Is mario kart as good as tne SNES version?

And is galaxy actually fun? Have read mixed reviews.

[Mike Fishcake]

Sometimes the artificial "intelligence" is a bit skewed on Mario Kart Wii if you're playing against the computer, but it's still a damn good game. Online play is where it really comes into it's own.

Super Mario Galaxy is one of the most beautiful games ever to grace any console. It's a MUST HAVE. That's not exaggeration BTW, it is genuinely an absolute essential. If you can only buy one game, buy this; you won't regret it. Despite the Wii's "limited" graphical capabilities, Super Mario Galaxy is fantastically designed, the music is some of the best I've heard in a computer game, and the game play is perfect. Absolutely perfect. It's a real, real joy to play and no gamer should ever turn down the chance to play it. It's sort of a "one and a half" player game, in that you can have a second player helping out by picking up star bits and stopping enemies, but you can't play with two characters or anything like that.

I'm surprised you've read mixed reviews; I fail to see how ANYONE can think it's anything but superb. and I don't remember seeing any negative reviews.

[Bazzlad]

Is mario kart as good as tne SNES version?

No. Nothing is. Mario Kart on the Snes was a pixel perfect game, the CPU didn't cheat - if you were good enough you could lap up to 5 of them (you couldn't do that on ANY Mario Kart since without cheating), the weapons were balanced and fair - no last lap, last corner blue shell woes, and the handling of the karts were perfect. Kind of like Street Fighter 2.

No Mario Kart has come close since, and I've had, and completed every single one.

This, is comfortably the closest since - it has the same, pick up and play factor, and also the same, you can get amazingly good if you put a lot of effort in. It's a fun, rewarding, frustrating laugh a minute (especially with your friends) experience.

Add to that the effort Nintendo put into longlevity in one player, multiple cups, vehicles, reverse tracks, downloadable challenges, time trials, ghosts etc

Edge gave it 5/10. I don't think I'll ever read Edge again - this game is what games used to be - pure, unadulterated fun. The most fun of this generation, easily.

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Mario Galaxy is simply an amazing platform game - IMO on a par than Mario 64 (just).
The reviews say it all 97% on metacritic - which takes every review and works the average out, with a 90% + User rating (unlike Halo and GTA 4).

These are the games for you.

[steve threlfall]

To echo Mike and Bazz...

Mario Galaxy and Mario Kart are more than worth the price of the system alone- they really are that good

Mario Kart online? Sheer brilliance

[Bazzlad]

To echo Mike and Bazz...

Mario Galaxy and Mario Kart are more than worth the price of the system alone- they really are that good

Mario Kart online? Sheer brilliance

Pm me your friend number if you want a whooping

[steve threlfall]

Pm me your friend number if you want a whooping

Will do when i get it all set up

I have only played it at a mates house party so far but i loved every minute of it (except for the leader shell that robbed me of 1st, on the final lap of my first online race )

Need to set up my wireless internets

[Bazzlad]

Will do when i get it all set up

I have only played it at a mates house party so far but i loved every minute of it (except for the leader shell that robbed me of 1st, on the final lap of my first online race )

Need to set up my wireless internets

Mate, honest truth, I've been blueshelled. 3 times. On one lap.

You don't know the meaning of the word frustration until that happens.

[cleggbigd]

me and pals where playing for money....i got blue shelled on the line and lost lol

[Lanky123]

Wii play is worth looking at if you are going to get another Wiimote. Some of the games (cow racing for example...) are fun for a little bit and Scan sell it for less than the price of a remote anyway.

[Shooty*]

I was pleasantly surprised with the internet connectivity. Was amazed I was allowed to set a static IP and present with the MAC address without having to wade through pages of crap.

[Spud1]

I'm surprised you've read mixed reviews; I fail to see how ANYONE can think it's anything but superb. and I don't remember seeing any negative reviews.

It will have mixed reviews as while it is much, much better than sunshine, its still no Mario 64, and still has its problems...the lack of any sort of large world during most of the game is its biggest flaw imo - theres too much focus on having lots of tiny little sections of a map and having you jump around between them. Fun for a while, but you start to long for a large open ended map like in previous mario games...

Its still an amazing game and one of the best I have for my wii, but its no mario64 beater, thats for sure.

Guitar Hero 3 is another must have purchase for the wii - along with galaxy and MK thats the other one i've played to death.

[thebawp]

Edge gave it 5/10. I don't think I'll ever read Edge again - this game is what games used to be - pure, unadulterated fun. The most fun of this generation, easily.

What! That's crazy! I despised Mario Kart Double Dash, so I approached MK Wii with trepidation. I'm happy to say it's the most fun I've had in a racing game since Mario Kart on the Snes. 5/10?! How? Why!

Anyway, back to the original topic - I'd recommend Ghost Squad if you can pick it up for less than £15 for some good multiplayer shooting action (it's very cheesy and quite short, but a lot of fun anyway). Also, if you're looking for a quality single player game (along the lines of Zelda) you can't go wrong with Okami or No More Heroes.

Also, Wii Fit is pricey, but quite fun, I've not got it myself, but tried it out as my mum has it (mad, my mum never touched games for years until the Wii came out!). Ditto with Guitar Hero III.

Oh, almost forgot to mention PES 2008 is a quality football game for the Wii - I haven't played a football game for years until this one, and it's amazing how much more fun and easy to pick up it is with the wii specific control scheme.