Author Topic: Woohoo, got me a Wii! (Read 23311 times)

duckman2000 · « **on:** May 10, 2008, 01:10:30 AM »

I had sworn not to buy a Wii until I could casually walk into a game store, casually ask for a Wii, and they'd answer (casually), that yeah, sure, we have some right here. Today was that day, and the little system is all sorts of ~~brilliant~~ SHIT. Got myself Metroid, Mario Galaxy and some other random games. Thought about picking up Zelda, but I've played a bit of that before and it's just prohibitively unpleasant to look at. Any games I'm missing, that aren't also going to make me want to hurl from the ugly?

So yeah, Dear Diary and so forth, but whatever. Wiiiiiii!

demi · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:12:59 AM »

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Any games I'm missing

No More Heroes

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that aren't also going to make me want to hurl from the ugly?

MCD · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:14:13 AM »

component cable is a must unless you are playing on SD TV

duckman2000 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:15:06 AM »

Quote from: McDragon on May 10, 2008, 01:14:13 AM

component cable is a must unless you are playing on SD TV

I stupidly assumed the system would come with component cables. I don't know why in the hell I assumed that, really. :/

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:16:18 AM »

Turn off WiiConnect24 so it doesn't bake itself.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:16:53 AM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on May 10, 2008, 01:16:18 AM

Turn off WiiConnect24 so it doesn't bake itself.

Explain, please.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:28:59 AM »

i bought one last week and it sucks

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:37:37 AM »

Paper Mario looks pretty decent on a plasma/LCD because of its artistic style.

Zelda doesn't look too bad either. If you don't mind the motion controls, the WII version is better than the GC version.

RE4 is good too if you haven't played it yet.

Honestly, WII graphics are gonna look terrible on non-CRT TVs. The best thing to do is just to plug it into your old CRT if you still have one.

MrSingh · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:39:45 AM »

Congratulations on buying something worthless.

demi · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:40:23 AM »

:btw no Wii game is widescreen except maybe... 3... or 2, I lost count

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:46:52 AM »

Graphics is obviously not a priority for anyone buying a WII. What I don't get is how some people bash the WII's graphics while still playing PS2 games every week.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:47:53 AM »

because we didn't pay $250+attachments+tax for a ps2 recently?

MrSingh · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2008, 02:10:46 AM »

And PS2 has good games.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2008, 02:37:52 AM »

UK VC has C64 Games (IMPOSSIBLE MISSION AND LAST NINJA), and Aus VC has Cho Aniki. Best ROM machine ever.

everything else is shit. dont let the boom blox hype get to you

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14 on:** May 10, 2008, 03:12:45 AM »

duckman2000 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 10, 2008, 04:52:58 AM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on May 10, 2008, 01:46:52 AM

Graphics is obviously not a priority for anyone buying a WII. What I don't get is how some people bash the WII's graphics while still playing PS2 games every week.

I don't know though, Mario Galaxy is pretty spectacular. I don't really care what it does (or doesn't do) under the hood, it looks remarkable.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2008, 05:00:06 AM »

I have to get another CRT before I play my WII again. I gave my old 34" CRT to my sister.

My 24" monitor can't scale 480p properly and SD looks terrible on my LCD HDTV.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2008, 05:01:05 AM »

Every game I've played has looked sort of terrible on my LCD, except this Mario game. Holy crap that looks good. Of course, this boss fight is just bloody awesome.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2008, 05:02:43 AM »

I think SD is more okay when it's a cartoony style. Like I mentioned before, Paper Mario also looked pretty good.

Darunia · « **Reply #19 on:** May 10, 2008, 06:32:06 AM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on May 10, 2008, 05:01:05 AM

Every game I've played has looked sort of terrible on my LCD, except this Mario game. Holy crap that looks good. Of course, this boss fight is just bloody awesome.

Which bossfight? You'll find that Galaxy is pretty much awesome across the board and that it doesn't ever slow down, with each new set of planets unlocked. In fact, the best levels are all at the end (Garden galaxy).

And yeah on my lcd with component, it looks pretty fucking amazing.

It's by far my favorite game on the system, I'm glad to see you're liking it.

Keep the impressions coming, it's great to read stuff from people who're playing it for the first time

Bildi · « **Reply #20 on:** May 10, 2008, 10:41:45 AM »

Nothing much on the system can stand up to Galaxy or even Metroid unfortunately. RE4 is pretty damn jaggy in comparison (but still brilliant to play of course).

Endless Ocean is pretty nice underwater. It's not SPECTACULAR, but you probably won't hurl either.

Beezy · « **Reply #21 on:** May 10, 2008, 10:49:50 AM »

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the best game on the Wii.

tiesto · « **Reply #22 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:24:53 PM »

Kororinpa: Marble Mania, and I've heard pretty good things about Opoona.

Grecco · « **Reply #23 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:31:16 PM »

go Buy Zack And Wikki. By now it should be dirty cheap.

Shuri · « **Reply #24 on:** May 10, 2008, 01:51:26 PM »

even hacked, the console is not worth it.

Mondain · « **Reply #25 on:** May 10, 2008, 02:19:43 PM »

Quote from: shuri

even hacked, the console is not worth it.

pure truth

you should've just thrown the dollars out of the window, it would've been a better investment, and a lesser waste of time

in six years the system will have accumulated more ridiculous shovelware worth making fun of than all the other console systems EVER released

Mondain · « **Reply #26 on:** May 10, 2008, 02:23:51 PM »

finish No More Heroes and then destroy your Wii with a sledgehammer

and prepare to be shocked by the absolutely hideos image quality, I only got a Wii because I thought games through progressive component would look as glorious as on GameCube, but in fact it's like 3-4 times worse than on PS2 and I'm not kidding, I seriously never turn the system on anymore because it looks so awful that it's very, very repelling to look at Wii games in motion, it's a complete nightmare

it literally looks like shit, there's frequent dithering, poor colors, aliasing, pale tints, brown tints all over the place, videophiles on AVSForum are extremely pissed off at the fact that Nintendo borked their video output THAT bad

I'll only play Wii games when they release a backward-compatible Wii 2 with HDMI support, good image quality, a proper ATI GPU, and good upscaling to 1080p

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #27 on:** May 10, 2008, 03:01:05 PM »

Get Boom Blox, it's the only Wii game that matters right now.

Tieno · « **Reply #28 on:** May 10, 2008, 03:44:17 PM »

I've only really played Metroid, SMG and Zelda. Of those I've finished SMG.

Metroid is a really good game and surprised me, but near the end I had to backtrack to a different planet, got killed somewhere, shut it down and then get sidetracked into a few 360 games. Never picked it up since then.
Zelda, played for 20+ hours, same story as Metroid. Liked it a lot though.
SMG is just pure bliss, probably the least divisive Wii game because it's just that good and well-designed.

I'm finding it very hard to turn on my Wii again and it gets harder and harder as time passes by.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #29 on:** May 10, 2008, 04:45:56 PM »

I paid $300 for the PS2 within a month of its launch and was forced into getting another $200 of crap with it, it was the shittiest system visually of last gen, and you don't hear me lamenting said purchase.

Only game I can think of to add into the suggestions pile other than what's already been said is Metal Slug Anthology if you can find it.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #30 on:** May 10, 2008, 04:56:40 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on May 10, 2008, 01:37:37 AM

Paper Mario looks pretty decent on a plasma/LCD because of its artistic style.

Zelda doesn't look too bad either.

RE4 is good too if you haven't played it yet.

This man speaketh the truth. RE4 is perfected on the Wii and Super Paper Mario is good, if you can handle a slow story and long cutscenes. OP, it sounds like you already have the 2 best games for the Wii in Galaxy and Metroid, and those will last you a good long while.

demi · « **Reply #31 on:** May 10, 2008, 05:12:33 PM »

Paper Mario is GARBAGE dont touch it please

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #32 on:** May 10, 2008, 10:37:47 PM »

House of the Dead 2 & 3 Returns is worth the money.

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #33 on:** May 11, 2008, 01:27:52 AM »

Get Ghost Squad if you like arcade shooters or Virtua Cop. A good deal at $30.

Buy Nights if you liked the Saturn original. It's worth the $20 price tag.

Don't buy Super Paper Mario or No More Heroes. Both are garbage.

etiolate · « **Reply #34 on:** May 11, 2008, 06:05:05 AM »

These are games that are fun/I found worth buying:

Metroid Prime 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Zak n Wiki
Kororinpa
Super Paper Mario
Endless Ocean*

I haven't even played Brawl or Zelda yet, but if they're up to par for the series then they're likely good stuff. I am wary of Kart because I much preferred Double Dash to MK DS and Wii version sounds like the DS flavor of Kart.

*It is a deep sea diving game. It is relaxing and you take it at your pleasure. Don't go in looking for action.

Grecco · « **Reply #35 on:** May 11, 2008, 11:26:09 AM »

Quote from: CurseoftheGods on May 11, 2008, 01:27:52 AM

Don't buy Super Paper Mario or No More Heroes. Both are garbage.

I sincerely and utterly disagree on NMH (Agree on SPM sans the Third level)

GilloD · « **Reply #36 on:** May 11, 2008, 11:57:10 AM »

Sign up for Gamefly- So many games are worth just a rental it's not evenf unny. Also, get some lightgun shells (PERFECT SHOT!

) because the one thing the Wii does freakishly well is lightgun games. Rent Resident Evil:Umbrella Chronicles and Ghost Squad. <3

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #37 on:** May 11, 2008, 04:38:03 PM »

Ghost Squad gets boring after a few runs through, but it's a heck of a lot of fun for a few hours. Definitely worth at least a rental.

Mondain · « **Reply #38 on:** May 11, 2008, 05:21:17 PM »

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Sign up for Gamefly- So many games are worth just a rental it's not evenf unny. Also, get some lightgun shells (PERFECT SHOT! punch punch punch) because the one thing the Wii does freakishly well is lightgun games. Rent Resident Evil:Umbrella Chronicles and Ghost Squad. <3

they will only make you cry because they're severely downgraded from the original arcade boxes, and would play 100x better with a Guncon 3

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #39 on:** May 11, 2008, 05:55:51 PM »

Quote from: Mondain on May 11, 2008, 05:21:17 PM

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Sign up for Gamefly- So many games are worth just a rental it's not evenf unny. Also, get some lightgun shells (PERFECT SHOT! punch punch punch) because the one thing the Wii does freakishly well is lightgun games. Rent Resident Evil:Umbrella Chronicles and Ghost Squad. <3

they will only make you cry because they're severely downgraded from the original arcade boxes, and would play 100x better with a Guncon 3

Uh. Do you actually own a Guncon 3? I have one, and it's a cheap, plastic piece of shit. The thing comes with it's own sensor bars that works just like the Wii's, so I have no idea why you think it works better. I have had more calibration problems with Time Crisis 3 than Ghost Squad and House of the Dead 2+3 combined.

100 times better my ass.

Grecco · « **Reply #40 on:** May 11, 2008, 06:44:57 PM »

Lol better with a gun con? lol

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #41 on:** May 11, 2008, 07:47:56 PM »

I don't even know what's a guncon but just from Mondain's usual BS, it has to be a PS3 device.

demi · « **Reply #42 on:** May 11, 2008, 07:49:52 PM »

Mondain cant pirate a Guncon, he has never used it

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #43 on:** May 11, 2008, 08:19:34 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on May 11, 2008, 07:47:56 PM

I don't even know what's a guncon but just from Mondain's usual BS, it has to be a PS3 device.

Yeah, Guncons have been Sony-exclusive peripherals so far.

Guncon 3:

Sensor bars:

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #44 on:** May 11, 2008, 08:31:43 PM »

Wow, totally hideous.

Vizzys · « **Reply #45 on:** May 11, 2008, 08:35:25 PM »

id paint that shit black

fuck the law

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #46 on:** May 11, 2008, 08:35:55 PM »

Yeah, that's even uglier than any WII add-on.

The sensors also look like they'd be less accurate than the WII bar since they cover less area.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #47 on:** May 11, 2008, 11:44:14 PM »

hey guys

haha look at that pos, Sony loses again

edit: wooooo 5000th post

duckman2000 · « **Reply #48 on:** May 11, 2008, 11:49:13 PM »

Well, Metroid Prime Corruption licks ass.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #49 on:** May 11, 2008, 11:56:03 PM »

that game was worth it for the intro/title screen and its music... I got pretty pumped

its a decent game IMO

check out Mario Galaxy, No More Heroes and Kororinpa. All bangers

duckman2000 · « **Reply #50 on:** May 12, 2008, 03:59:45 AM »

Super Mario Galaxy is so fucking awesome. And honestly, the bee suit stuff didn't feel half as stupid as I thought it would. Now, surfing!

demi · « **Reply #51 on:** May 12, 2008, 04:05:45 AM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on May 11, 2008, 11:49:13 PM

Well, Metroid Prime Corruption licks ass.

Yep, I made a very thorough post about it, owned a bunch of nintards

demi · « **Reply #52 on:** May 12, 2008, 04:14:17 AM »

1 > 3 > 2

demi · « **Reply #53 on:** May 12, 2008, 04:15:10 AM »

here's my epic ownage thread

http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=13808.msg326774#msg326774

duckman2000 · « **Reply #54 on:** May 12, 2008, 04:15:34 AM »

I disliked Prime, liked Echoes a bit, and hate Corruption. Trust me, it licks ass. The saddest thing is that it really looks as if they tried adding all the things that message board Ntards have been screaming about, and it just goes ka-splat.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #55 on:** May 12, 2008, 04:54:42 AM »

Quote from: Borys on May 12, 2008, 04:22:09 AM

Wait... didn't you buy a Wii 3 days ago? And already beaten MP3?

I *SO WISH* MP3 have been released on GC as well. If Zelda: TP was why wasn't MP3?

Stupid Nintendo.

Because simulating door-opening actions with a Wiimote is central to MP3's gameplay.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #56 on:** May 12, 2008, 08:58:12 AM »

demi's pretty spot on with that, but I had a lot of fun with MP3 and I'd be more like MP1 >> MP3 >>>> MP2.

NME · « **Reply #57 on:** May 12, 2008, 05:19:54 PM »

My Wii is my Mario playing machine. Also, Blades of Steel.

I never could get into the Metroid games. I tried MP1 when it first came out, but the whole thing seemed like a chore to me; it never felt fun. I didn't even give the other two the time of day, which from the looks of things was the way to go for me.

I found out Friday that Mario Kart was out. I had no idea. I was always a sucker for those games, but I guess the wheel is a failure and...I just really don't care about Mario Kart anymore.

But Blades of Steel is pretty great.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #58 on:** May 12, 2008, 05:21:03 PM »

Quote from: Borys on May 12, 2008, 04:22:09 AM

Wait... didn't you buy a Wii 3 days ago? And already beaten MP3?

I *SO WISH* MP3 have been released on GC as well. If Zelda: TP was why wasn't MP3?

Stupid Nintendo.

Oh good grief no, I still haven't left the space station. It's just been hilariously bad so far.

Grecco · « **Reply #59 on:** May 12, 2008, 05:34:01 PM »

Mind you i never played MP2 but i liked MP3 plenty. Theres not as much backtracking shit as the first one. The controls work fine and it actually looks goood on an LCD vs something like Zelda.

It has his problems. Character designs (Non enemies, Non Samus) are shit. But thats their art directors fault if anything. The first space station probably tries to be too much halo

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