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Nintendo Wii

Ja Di ksw said:
picture of a fat kid eating chips
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Ha, thanks, that is a fat child. There was some Wii picture before it came out that was circulated around, though. It had a kid on a couch, the chips were all over his shirt, and some quote saying "What, you want me to move?!" or something like that.

Good to know there are plenty of fat kid pictures out there, though. I feel good about being an American.
 
Ja Di ksw said:
Honestly, when we were kids we use to just run, nothing else, *just run* for fun. Now we don't want to move our arms because it's too tiring?
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I guess this is the part where I defend myself by saying I'm a tri-athlete or something (I'm not) and am in great shape (I kinda am). But I won't.

Some games for the Wii are more or less ports from other systems and have had the control scheme redone. It just doesn't make sense in having to flail my arms to throw to 2nd base.

If you're a fatty who plays too many video games, I'm sorry to hear that. Get a Wii and eat a salad. But for those who do work, and do exercise, and do get tired by the end of the day. The idea of playing the Wii is a bit too much work as well as confusing with some of these lame control schemes. I am thinking of selling my modded Wii (WiiKey) to get a 360.
 
I go for treks on the moors and do fell running, I regularly use our multigym and treadmill. I do a lot to tire myself out but I've never found anything as basic as playing Wii Sports (other than Boxing, depending on opponent that game really tires me out!), Exite Truck, Zelda etc and my arms aren't even that big.

If you're going all out when playing Wii games (flailing arms you said) then you're playing wrong. You don't have to go all out when playing since few games have 1:1 controls.
 
I am not playing wrong. I do just fine in the games I play. But the Wii is just not quite what I thought it would be. I think the games still have a ways to go, mainly 3rd party.
 
well i actually just bought a Wii, since i found a store that had them. i figure if i don't like it, then i'll take it back.

so far, it's great though. only have Wii Sports right now though

how is excite truck?
 
It's just before Mario Kart and F-Zero on the "real" scales. And is tremendous fun. There are 3 distinct vehicle classes - trucks, strange little nippy things and jeeps.
 
I was on an island this past weekend with excite truck like terrain...kept thinking what it would be like for real to drive like that there...actually not a pleasant thought. Put me in the camp that likes it though. Loads of quick fun.

Paul
 
twoodcc said:
thanks. i'll look into it. any other games you suggest for the Wii?
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Resident Evil: 4 is a very great game, even if it is just a port.
Super Paper Mario is good in small doses: Gets boring very quickly.
WiiPlay is ok.......I got it mainly for the controller, but it has a few decent games.
Excite Truck is amazing. Definitely a must have.
Warioware: Rent it, don't buy it. I beat it in about 2 hours.
 
Res 4 for sure if you haven't played already

Paper Mario was fun, but too much dialogue for me to play through again probably. They should have a feature that lets you turn story mode off and straight platforming after you've beaten it...

Strikers

I love Brain Age

Madden is pretty fun and I don't like US football games typically

loads others...PoP is fun, Godfather, etc...

Paul
 
Strikers is a whole world of fun.
Metal Slug for comedy and action.
WarioWare, RE4 are good buys.
 
Definitely second a lot of these recommendations, but do keep in mind your situation when buying Wii games--some of them are fantastic in a group but utterly awful otherwise. I play WiiPlay, for example, because I know someone that is into some of the games. That makes the game fun. Playing the games otherwise is pretty awful--it's basically a glorified Flash game.

Similarly, WarioWare is a really great game if you're playing with a big group doing wacky motions, but seems ridiculous playing alone (similar to playing Karaoke Revolution alone, for example).

Just my two cents.
 
phanboyjohn said:
but do keep in mind your situation when buying Wii games--some of them are fantastic in a group but utterly awful otherwise.
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This is true. The Wii is the first console I've owned that would never go in the bedroom. It's our first console in the living room. Part of the reason I put off buying RE4 was to buy some multiplayer VC games.

Even Galaxy has multiplayer support (which is funny, it's been semi-confirmed for a very long time now. some online shops had it listed as 1-2 players way before the co-op announcement). It's really inspiring to see this.
 
raggedjimmi said:
Even Galaxy has multiplayer support (which is funny, it's been semi-confirmed for a very long time now. some online shops had it listed as 1-2 players way before the co-op announcement).
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Wait, that hadn't been announced? A Nintendo rep told me at E3 2006 that a second person could use a Wii remote as the pointer for co-op.
 
I've gotta say just go for a walk daily if you want to improve your health. It's a pretty simple way to do so!

But concerning games, I think the Wii has a fair amount to offer.

Right now it's pretty bleak. I'd say current releases (I'll count August in this)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Sports
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves


In the future, though, I foresee the following to be good choices

Zack and Wiki: The Quest for Barbaros Treasure
Battalion Wars ii
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
 
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