The Wii Turns 1!

[Emasher]

Its been a year in North America (which was the first territory to get it) since the Wii came out. So I guess its the first console to not be on general sale, a year after launch.

Just though I'd point that out.

[Kirbii]

:yay:
celebraition time come on yeah celebraition time come on ahhhh i think im going to have a party for the wii *goes to play mario party 8*

[LazyBoy]

http://www.fuzzco.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/yay.jpg

Or something like that.

[Dyson]

Very true. Not important until December 8th for me (I swear I'll never forget that release date :P)

[Retro_Link]

http://metaltown.50megs.com/dancingpenguin.gif

[Din]

Can't believe it's nearly been a year since the European launch. This year has gone so fast.

[Stalin]

A year, and only four games worth playing. It's a pretty sad state of affairs, really.

[dazzybee]

Thats 3 more than the 360 had and 4 more than the PS3 has.

[Hellfire]

Oh boy here we go again...

[Stalin]

Thats 3 more than the 360 had and 4 more than the PS3 has.
But there aren't any 'half decent' games to go with the four 'decent' games. It's just four decent ones (and I'm being generous there) and a vast sea of wankness.

[Fierce_LiNk]

But there aren't any 'half decent' games to go with the four 'decent' games. It's just four decent ones (and I'm being generous there) and a vast sea of wankness.

Do you even have a Wii?

There are plenty of good games out there. It's all down to you, as a gamer, to get off your arse and go play them.

[Slaggis]

A year, and only four games worth playing. It's a pretty sad state of affairs, really.

Lies, all lies.

[tapedeck]

Mario Galaxy is better than ten games right there...

[Emasher]

Lies, all lies.

QFT!

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Sports
Pokemon Battle Revolution
Dragon Blade Wrath of Fire
(4 Right There!)
Super Mario Galaxy
Wario Ware Smooth Moves
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Excite Truck
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Resident Evil 4
and many more...

You just to negative, Stalin.

[Noku]

and many more...


Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Guitar Hero III
Mario Party 8
SSX Blur
Super Paper Mario
RE:UC
...

The only things the Wii is missing is a shooter to put teh h4rdcor3 to rest, and a Bioware RPG to sooze the more sentient audience.

[Stalin]

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Sports
Pokemon Battle Revolution
Dragon Blade Wrath of Fire
(4 Right There!)
Super Mario Galaxy
Wario Ware Smooth Moves
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Excite Truck
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Resident Evil 4
and many more...

I've highlighted the good ones, although I feel I'm being little generous with some of them. I mean, Wii SPorts is nothing more than a tech demo, is it? And a demo for some pretty disappointing tech, at that. As for Zelda, well, it's been done to death now, hasn't it? As has Metroid Prime. The only really stellar game there is Mario Galaxy.

But you Nintards are quite welcome to disagree.

[tapedeck]

Wii Sports is the greatest, most accessible ingenious tech demo I've ever played then.

The other consoles can only wish they had something as influential and realistic as Wii Sports. I firmly believe it is the sole reason Wii is still selling so well. Most articles in the paper or most people you speak to praise the Wii because you can use it as a racket, bat etc... dafty.

I'd rather swing a remote and crack backhands across a "not bad looking" net with timing and motion than press "x" anyday.

And aren't the mii characters better than a generic character in a game? Wouldn't people relate to and not feel intimidated by playing with their own character rather than steffi graff or David Beckham or (insert sports superstar here)?

I firmly believe people will look back at the Wii and remember something that paved a new path and changed gaming forever. Just like the PS1 brought gaming to the "mainstream" Wii is getting into that groove and making gaming even "cooler". But not in a geeky way.

Wait till wii fit hits ...

[flameboy]

Well 1 year gone and I think this is the fastest I have aquired games;

Wii Sports
Wii Play
Zelda; TP
Red Steel
Wario Ware
Excitetruck
Sonic
Resident Evil 4
Super Paper Mario
Big Brain Academy
Metroid Prime Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario Strikers Charged

I've bolded the titles that if you are a fan of the series or the genre are worth owning a Wii for.

[Patch]

Oh boy here we go again...

You said it, Chewie.

[Jordan]

You said it, Chewie.

*Chewbacca noise*
"Harr... Nuuuurrrrrrrrrrrr...!"

[Maiky-NiSuTe]

hip hip hurray! and it is still selling out!

[Emasher]

I've highlighted the good ones, although I feel I'm being little generous with some of them. I mean, Wii SPorts is nothing more than a tech demo, is it? And a demo for some pretty disappointing tech, at that. As for Zelda, well, it's been done to death now, hasn't it? As has Metroid Prime. The only really stellar game there is Mario Galaxy.

But you Nintards are quite welcome to disagree.

TP introduced many new things to the series.
Pokemon Battle Revolution was an awesome game. Not only did it have proper online battling with random people but being able to use the pointer to make selections felt extremely satisfying.
Dragon blade wrath of fire was an awesome game the music was great. The control scheme was new but much better I thought than that of some other games, and the story was great for a basic hack and slash game.
I haven't played wario ware but everyone seems to talk highly of it.
How can you say metroid was just a sequel
Excite truck was extremely satisfying, fun, fast paced and exciting. It also had an amazing control scheme, the first of its kind.
Rayman was funny and was a great at parties. I though the bunnies have been the best characters in any game so far (except maybe TOS).
I've never played RE4 but I though that was obvious

[Zell]

To be honest, the only great games for the console are Mario, Metroid, Zelda and Resi. And Zelda and Resi are ports, so really it only has two games truly worthy of a purchase, unless of course you're a fan of a certain franchise.

*raises shield for inevitable attack of fanboys telling me excite truck is a great game*

[DCK]

It's been a fantastic year, hasn't it?

[Noku]

*raises shield for inevitable attack of fanboys telling me excite truck is a great game*

Dunno about ExciteTruck, but if you've got friends and booze, the Wii is your gateway to walhalla: RRR, RRR2, MP8, Wario Ware, Wii Sports, Brain Training do the trick rather nicely everytime ^^

[ReZourceman]

Has it really been that long?

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m20/ReZourceman/OMFG1.jpg

[ShadowV7]

Only 15 years till it's legal.

[Emasher]

To be honest, the only great games for the console are Mario, Metroid, Zelda and Resi. And Zelda and Resi are ports, so really it only has two games truly worthy of a purchase, unless of course you're a fan of a certain franchise.

*raises shield for inevitable attack of fanboys telling me excite truck is a great game*

What's your problem with excite truck?

[Goron_3]

What's your problem with excite truck?

It's a great game (i love it to pieces) but come on, it's hardly a 9/10 game.

Everyone who's not a complete fanboy will tell you the two big wii games are Metroid and Mario galaxy (although Metroid is strictly for hardcore fans so its really just mario). Resident Evil 4 is great but it's a port, and so too is Zelda:TP (the game itself is so last gen it's crazy...pretty cool though).

Excitetruck is cool but would you HONESTLY put it alongside Resi4 and Mario galaxy as Wii greats? No. Same goes for WarioWare, Pokemon and the other good ps2 ports (like scarface).

I'm not dissing the Wii; i love it to pieces, but there are only really 2 solid games on it and a bunch of other 'good' games on it. I mean, after the big 4 (Resi, mario, zelda and metroid) there's a small gap to the next layer of games (RRR, Trauma Centre, Madden 07).

[Zell]

What's your problem with excite truck?

I have no problem with excite truck. It has a problem of being an average racer, that only got any fucking attention because it used motion controls (that really added nothing to the experience) and because it was published by the supreme god of gods Nintendo.

Dunno about ExciteTruck, but if you've got friends and booze, the Wii is your gateway to walhalla: RRR, RRR2, MP8, Wario Ware, Wii Sports, Brain Training do the trick rather nicely everytime ^^

Yes, wii has a nice pool of party games, but still, none of those games are great party games. The best party game will come soon in the form of Guitar Hero.

[The-Ironflame]

I'm pretty disappointed with this year despite having Metroid Prime 3 and Mario Galaxy late on it's been fairly mediocre.
Three or Four of them are must haves in my opinion (Mario, Metroid and Trauma Center and maybe RE 4) three of them are something to consider (Sonic, Excite Truck RE4/SSX Blur). Trauma Center is the best third party game this year and that was out last year in the US.

The last 4 four months of this year would of made up for things if you go back to August before some of the delays. If one or two came out this side of the year it would of been a better year since most of the titles are much better than what was released earlier this year.
I wanted Zack and Wiki or Medal of Honour Heroes 2 at the very least this Christmas.

Now if you look at the US releases this year that is what I call a pretty good year despite Smash Brothers being delayed, they still have the likes of Zack and Wiki, Battalion Wars 2, Fire Emblem, Medal of Honour, Trauma Center New Blood and NiGHTS next month besides Mario and Metroid. Four of them are quality third party games consider it three if NiGHTS flops :p.

[ReZourceman]

I actually do think Excite Truck is a 9/10 game. I got aggeeess out of it. Far from a typical racer.