Wii: A failure

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CRTGAMER wrote:The Red Steel 2 Motion Plus package is clearanced at most retail stores (not Gamestop) for ten bucks! :D

Not my Walmart. :(
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A lot of mediocre games on the Wii, for sure. But New Super Mario Bros. Wii alone makes the system worth owning. I still have yet to check out Super Mario Galaxy and Donkey Kong Country Returns, but have heard tons about them. And I just can't wait to get my hands on Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Plus, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort may not be the most in-depth games, but they provide tons of entertainment at parties.
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Thing with the wii is that in terms of game library, it didn't really catch its stride until towards the end of its life cycle.

Looking at it right now as someone who's never owned one, I can confidently say that there are enough interesting games available to warrant a purchase.
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AppleQueso wrote:Thing with the wii is that in terms of game library, it didn't really catch its stride until towards the end of its life cycle.

Looking at it right now as someone who's never owned one, I can confidently say that there are enough interesting games available to warrant a purchase.


I think the Wii has always had a strong library...it was just hidden under the mountains of shovel ware for the first couple of years. I have a feeling that many Wii titles will become quite sought after in the next few years.
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Flake wrote:
AppleQueso wrote:Thing with the wii is that in terms of game library, it didn't really catch its stride until towards the end of its life cycle.

Looking at it right now as someone who's never owned one, I can confidently say that there are enough interesting games available to warrant a purchase.


I think the Wii has always had a strong library...it was just hidden under the mountains of shovel ware for the first couple of years. I have a feeling that many Wii titles will become quite sought after in the next few years.

Oh definitely, I can see stuff like Muramasa one day fetching a pretty penny.
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Wii games worth owning imo:

A boy and his blob
Arc rise fantasia
Baroque
Batman: the brave and the bold
Battalion wars 2
Blazing angels: squadrons of WWII
Bomberman Land 2 wii
Boom Blox
Boom Blox: bash party
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: modern warfare reflex
Castle of Shikigami III
The conduit
Conduit 2
de Blob
de Blob 2
Dead Space Extraction
Epic Mickey
Dokapon kingdom
Donkey kong country returns
DBZ: budokai tenkaichi 3
Elebits
Excite truck
Excitebots
Final fantasy crystal chronicles: echoes of time
Geometry wars: galaxies
Ghost squad
Goldeneye 007
Guilty Gear XX accent core plus
House of the dead 2 and 3 returns
House of the dead: overkill
Ivy the kiwi
Kirby: epic yarn
Klonoa
Legend of zelda: twilight princess
Little king's story
Madworld
Mario kart wii
Mario sports mix
Mario strikers charged
Mario super sluggers
NBA jam
Medal of honor heroes 2
Metal slug anthology
Metroid prime 3
Metroid prime trilogy
Monster hunter tri
Murasama: demon blade
Naruto: clash of ninja revolution 3
New super mario bros wii
Nights: journey into dreams
No more heroes
No more heroes 2
Okami
Punch-out
Redsteel 2
RE 4: wii edition
RE darkside chronicles
RE umbrella chronicles
Sakura Wars
Samba de amigo
Samurai showdown anthology
Samurai warriors 3
The sky crawlers: innocent aces
SNK classics: vol 1
Sega and sonic all stars racing
Sonic Colors
Super mario all stars
Super mario galaxy
Super mario galaxy 2
Super paper mario
Super smash bros brawl
Tatsunoko vs capcom
Trauma center
Ultimate shooting collection
Wario land: shake it
Warioware: smooth moves
Wii sports
Wii sports resort
Zach and wiki

There are other titles I didn't add, but I think you get the point.
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BoringSupreez wrote:
CRTGAMER wrote:The Red Steel 2 Motion Plus package is clearanced at most retail stores (not Gamestop) for ten bucks! :D

Not my Walmart. :(


i got mine from Target for $4.98 in a clearance bins months ago..
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sevin0seven wrote:
BoringSupreez wrote:
CRTGAMER wrote:The Red Steel 2 Motion Plus package is clearanced at most retail stores (not Gamestop) for ten bucks! :D

Not my Walmart. :(


i got mine from Target for $4.98 in a clearance bins months ago..

:shock: :shock: Very good deal! I bought two at Walmart months ago at ten bucks each.

@ BoringSupreez Have the employee scan the bar code off the Red Steel Bundle box.
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i can't believe this thread is still going on...

I am only convinced now that the Wii is a failure as a console
not financially
but boy is it not worth getting
well maybe now it is since its so cheap ...

I still say the really good thing about the Wii is that
i know no other console that will play gamecube,snes,nes,neo-geo, genesis, msx, 64 games in addition to wiiware+wii games
all in a small compact console...and you can do both legit or through emulation which is an addition i think because you actually have a choice

as for the Wii games only...
there are few good ones honestly, but all in all...ps3 or 360 makes so much more sense
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kingmohd84 wrote:I am only convinced now that the Wii is a failure as a console
not financially
but boy is it not worth getting
well maybe now it is since its so cheap ...
as for the Wii games only...
there are few good ones honestly,

:shock: really?! Did you even bother to see the list I made? Anyways, 360 and ps3 share around 80% of the same library anyways, while the Wii boasts the most exclusives.
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