Wii games that dont use Wiimote....

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wclem wrote:Games that I can play 100% classic control or GCN control.

Mario Galaxy is classic control compatible?

By the way, can you tell I know little about the Wii.
Your original request is strange. The games I listed either can use the classic controller(s), game cube controller, or primarily use the Wii remote on its side or something, and if there are any motion controls, they are limited to a light shake. Only a couple use the wii remote and nunchuck combination, but again, use very little motion control (if any). It really is limited to a shake. It's not like ... excite truck or using the wheel in Mario Kart Wii where you have to rotate the controller precisely. It's just, wiggle it and that one action will happen.

In Mario Galaxy, it functions as the spin action. It's simple, and is a very slight wrist movement and doesn't execute if you're not actively doing it. (You'd have to drop the controller or something to make it happen accidentally) And, no Galaxy does not support the classic controller as far as I know. (I don't even think that would work very well)

It's a little difficult to say, list games that don't use the system's main controller :P
So, I was trying to figure out why you wanted to avoid the wii remote, as far as I can tell, you just don't want games with complex motion control requirements. Like, aiming with the remote in combat, or all sorts of combination movements to make things happen. Which none of the games I listen require.

All the games I listed use motion controls very sparingly and in very simple ways, if they even use them at all.

Honestly, you'd just have to try it to see if you're OK with it or not.
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Satoshi_Matrix wrote: . . . that said, there ARE games that use the Wiimote extremely well and once you get used to it, you'll love them too:

Metroid Prime Trilogy
Trauma Center games, especially Trauma Team
House of the Dead 2+3 Return
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
I will also second House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return. The Wiimote - if nothing else - is a great controller for light gun games. I recently added both Ghost Squad and the Gunblade N.Y./L.A. Machine Guns compilation to my collection...good times.
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prfsnl_gmr wrote:
Satoshi_Matrix wrote: . . . that said, there ARE games that use the Wiimote extremely well and once you get used to it, you'll love them too:

Metroid Prime Trilogy
Trauma Center games, especially Trauma Team
House of the Dead 2+3 Return
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
I will also second House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return. The Wiimote - if nothing else - is a great controller for light gun games. I recently added both Ghost Squad and the Gunblade N.Y./L.A. Machine Guns compilation to my collection...good times.
I totally agree and I actually just recently picked those games up too. :)
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wclem wrote:Games that I can play 100% classic control or GCN control.

Mario Galaxy is classic control compatible?

By the way, can you tell I know little about the Wii.
Mario Galaxy only works with the Remote and Nunchuck. However, you can get third party controllers that work better such as a Nyco Karma. I'm nuts on the Wii and also do not care for the shaking of the Remote. There are a lot of games that work pretty well with the Remote such as the "Lightgun" style of games liksted. FPS games also work well, imagine the instant point to shoot versus an analog stick to aim.

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harper wrote:
prfsnl_gmr wrote:
Satoshi_Matrix wrote: . . . that said, there ARE games that use the Wiimote extremely well and once you get used to it, you'll love them too:

Metroid Prime Trilogy
Trauma Center games, especially Trauma Team
House of the Dead 2+3 Return
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
I will also second House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return. The Wiimote - if nothing else - is a great controller for light gun games. I recently added both Ghost Squad and the Gunblade N.Y./L.A. Machine Guns compilation to my collection...good times.
I totally agree and I actually just recently picked those games up too. :)
GameStop dropped the price on Gunblade NY/LA Machine Guns to $4.99 last week...just in time for the "buy 2 get 1" sale on used Wii games... :P
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I appreciate all the advice guys. Gonna look into some of the games suggested. (and try to be open minded to the control scheme) Thats why I love posting on this forum, somebody always helps you out. I really bought this for GCN gaming and just thought I might luck out and find some Wii games that worked with something other than the Wiimote.

It is just one controller that I have not been able to adapt to well. If I could use an SNES controller for all the Wii games I would be happy as can be. I think I just get irritated with it too fast. Though I can see it being good for lightgun games. I have watched my daughter play and she is sitting there point at this and doing that and I just cant get into it.

Nobody else on here has issues with it? Geez I must just be an old geezer.

It looks like the new (Wii-U is it called?) is gonna go back to a more regular controller (just with a screen in it)?
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If you are an "old-fahioned" gamer like me, you should spend some time with Punch Out! You hold the Wiimote sideways; so, it controls exactly like Mike Tyson's Punch Out on the NES.
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wclem wrote:It is just one controller that I have not been able to adapt to well. If I could use an SNES controller for all the Wii games I would be happy as can be.
There are some sideways Remote control games that simulates a NES gamepad. You could even mod a Remote, I did this with a NES gamepad.

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CRTGAMER wrote:
wclem wrote:It is just one controller that I have not been able to adapt to well. If I could use an SNES controller for all the Wii games I would be happy as can be.
There are some sideways Remote control games that simulates a NES gamepad. You could even mod a Remote, I did this with a NES gamepad.

Wii Sideway Remote Games List - http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 33#p615833
I might have to try that one. Then I will not be able to complain LOL.
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