Purkeynator wrote:I think they just burned out too quickly when the novelty of waggle control wore off about three years ago for most people. Really there were very few publishers with any big hits in terms of sales except for Nintendo and they are not producing any new software. So we may see the occasional shovelware title, the big titles are gone. By contrast there were some unique titles released on PS2 all the way up to last year, with sports titles still produced up to this year. Sports games never really sold on Wii.
but many people argue that the WIi has a great library of games and its not about motion controls
Fixed this for you:
BurningDoom wrote:
Just look at what great games the system gave us, mostly exclusives at that:
-Bit.Trip games
-Castlevania Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-Cave Story
-Contra Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-Data East Arcade Classics
-Donkey Kong Country Returns
-Epic Mickey
-Gradius Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return - (2 is a Dreamcast game, 3 is non exclusvie)
-House of the Dead: Overkill - (not an exclusive)
-The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - (not exclusive)
-Mario Kart Wii
-Metal Slug Anthology - (ported many times over)
-Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
-Metroid Prime Trilogy - (2 ports and 1 mentioned above it)
-Metroid: Other M
-New Super Mario Bros. Wii
-No More Heroes 1 & 2- only 1 is exclusive
-Pandora's Tower
-Pinball Hall of Fame games
-Rayman Origins - (not an exclusive)
-Red Steel 1 & 2
-Resident Evil- (port)
-Resident Evil 4- (port)
-Resident Evil: Zero- (port)
-Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles - (not an exclusive)
-Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles - (not an exclusive)
-Samurai Shodown Anthology- (neo geo game)
-Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
-SNK Arcade Classics - (ports)
-Super Mario All-Stars
-Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2
-Super Paper Mario
-Super Smash Bros.: Brawl
-Wii Sports
-Wii Sports Resort
Don't get me wrong, I like ports and remakes its convenient but it can't be mentioned as a reason to buy a console. Looking back at your list , seems like Nintendo releases are the only exclusive worthwhile titles
Purkeynator wrote:I think they just burned out too quickly when the novelty of waggle control wore off about three years ago for most people. Really there were very few publishers with any big hits in terms of sales except for Nintendo and they are not producing any new software. So we may see the occasional shovelware title, the big titles are gone. By contrast there were some unique titles released on PS2 all the way up to last year, with sports titles still produced up to this year. Sports games never really sold on Wii.
but many people argue that the WIi has a great library of games and its not about motion controls
Fixed this for you:
BurningDoom wrote:
Just look at what great games the system gave us, mostly exclusives at that:
-Bit.Trip games
-Castlevania Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-Cave Story
-Contra Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-Data East Arcade Classics
-Donkey Kong Country Returns
-Epic Mickey
-Gradius Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return - (2 is a Dreamcast game, 3 is non exclusvie)
-House of the Dead: Overkill - (not an exclusive)
-The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - (not exclusive)
-Mario Kart Wii
-Metal Slug Anthology - (ported many times over)
-Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
-Metroid Prime Trilogy - (2 ports and 1 mentioned above it)
-Metroid: Other M
-New Super Mario Bros. Wii
-No More Heroes 1 & 2- only 1 is exclusive
-Pandora's Tower
-Pinball Hall of Fame games
-Rayman Origins - (not an exclusive)
-Red Steel 1 & 2
-Resident Evil- (port)
-Resident Evil 4- (port)
-Resident Evil: Zero- (port)
-Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles - (not an exclusive)
-Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles - (not an exclusive)
-Samurai Shodown Anthology- (neo geo game)
-Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
-SNK Arcade Classics - (ports)
-Super Mario All-Stars
-Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2
-Super Paper Mario
-Super Smash Bros.: Brawl
-Wii Sports
-Wii Sports Resort
Don't get me wrong, I like ports and remakes its convenient but it can't be mentioned as a reason to buy a console. Looking back at your list , seems like Nintendo releases are the only exclusive worthwhile titles
You are REALLY stretching the term "port" here. Rebirth games are far from ports. Entire collections are worth far more for their price then buying each individual Neo Geo games for far too much. And how many of those "ports" are still only between Wii and GameCube?
And truthfully, I didn't know the PS3 got a port of those RE games, a full 3 years later.
Regardless, I don't recall being limited to only listing ports. By that mentality, then what's the point of buying an XBox 360 or PS3, either?
That list is far from incomplete in terms of sheer volumes of the variety of games. There were some dogs, but also other exclusives such as Sky Crawlers (not Landers) and Elebits. So many out there to discover.
CRTGAMER wrote:That list is far from incomplete in terms of sheer volumes of the variety of games. There were some dogs, but also other exclusives such as Sky Crawlers (not Landers) and Elebits.
Yeah, BD's list is far from exhaustive, and even when you exclude non-exclusives and port compilations, you still have a list that makes owning the console worthwhile.
Purkeynator wrote:I think they just burned out too quickly when the novelty of waggle control wore off about three years ago for most people. Really there were very few publishers with any big hits in terms of sales except for Nintendo and they are not producing any new software. So we may see the occasional shovelware title, the big titles are gone. By contrast there were some unique titles released on PS2 all the way up to last year, with sports titles still produced up to this year. Sports games never really sold on Wii.
but many people argue that the WIi has a great library of games and its not about motion controls
Fixed this for you:
BurningDoom wrote:
Just look at what great games the system gave us, mostly exclusives at that:
-Bit.Trip games
-Castlevania Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-Cave Story
-Contra Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-Data East Arcade Classics
-Donkey Kong Country Returns
-Epic Mickey
-Gradius Rebirth - (nes/snes game)
-House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return - (2 is a Dreamcast game, 3 is non exclusvie)
-House of the Dead: Overkill - (not an exclusive)
-The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - (not exclusive)
-Mario Kart Wii
-Metal Slug Anthology - (ported many times over)
-Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
-Metroid Prime Trilogy - (2 ports and 1 mentioned above it)
-Metroid: Other M
-New Super Mario Bros. Wii
-No More Heroes 1 & 2- only 1 is exclusive
-Pandora's Tower
-Pinball Hall of Fame games
-Rayman Origins - (not an exclusive)
-Red Steel 1 & 2
-Resident Evil- (port)
-Resident Evil 4- (port)
-Resident Evil: Zero- (port)
-Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles - (not an exclusive)
-Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles - (not an exclusive)
-Samurai Shodown Anthology- (neo geo game)
-Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
-SNK Arcade Classics - (ports)
-Super Mario All-Stars
-Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2
-Super Paper Mario
-Super Smash Bros.: Brawl
-Wii Sports
-Wii Sports Resort
Don't get me wrong, I like ports and remakes its convenient but it can't be mentioned as a reason to buy a console. Looking back at your list , seems like Nintendo releases are the only exclusive worthwhile titles
I dont get what the point is of highlighting that games are ports. I mean ports have to be played some where right..?
I feel like some gamers feel like ports or multiplats should be thrusted into this limbo, where they can never be discussed in the same sentence as exclusive games. Multiplats still determine the strength of a library, and a lot of those ports are not even shared by the Wii's competitiors.
Just found this ad for the black Friday sale for gamestop. I know there is another posting for metroid and xenoblade for 40.00. Here is the front of the ad. If anytime is a good time to get a wii its on black Friday. 39.00 for the wii system. Wow http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackF ... /GameStop/
Between the wii and metroid and xenoblade the wii is going out with a bang. I am soo saving up for this.
Forget all those Gamecube ports and shoddy anthologies (Metal Slug Anthology, from what I recall, had to be played with the Wiimote and you shook the controller to throw a grenade), these are the games worth getting:
Another Code: R
Battalion Wars 2
Boom Blox: Bash Party
Endless Ocean 1 & 2
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Geometry Wars
Last Story
Little King's Story
Muramasa: Demon Blade
Pandora's Tower
Rabbids Go Home
Sin & Punishment 2
Trauma Center: New Blood
Xenoblade Chronicles
Wario Land: Shake It
Zack & Wiki
Zelda: Skyward Sword
Then there's the standard Mario Galaxies, Smash Bros etc.
Currently playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist
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