Wii Game recommendations

[bbrauch2000]

Just got a Wii finally and was looking at a few games but i'd rather not buy a dud

 

Anyone played Showtime Boxing or The Show? Those are the two im looking at right now. Otherwise, is there a better sports game i should be buying?

 

Also, how is the Zelda game?

[Brian the Automator]

The Zelda game is AWESOME, as is Super Mario Galaxy.

[Barbs4339]

Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is a lot of fun but it is a pretty good arm workout. My brother is in town and we played it for about 6 hours over the past 3 days.

[Fatter than Joey]

The Zelda game is AWESOME, as is Super Mario Galaxy.

 

Is that crossbow I see at the Wal-Mart for the Zelda game?

[Brian the Automator]

Is that crossbow I see at the Wal-Mart for the Zelda game?

That's something bundled with a Zelda mini-game... I'm sure you could use it for the Zelda game if you wanted, but it would probably more of an annoyance.

 

[Fatter than Joey]

Thanks Brian

 

My kids seem to like the Wii Sports better than the Mario Olympics.

[Katuluu]

MLB Power Pros is te best baseball game on the Wii right now. Think RBI Baseball crossed with Baseball Stars and a healthy dose of OOTP. Super Paper Mario rules and The Godfather: Black hand edition is pretty fun as well.

[logan82]

I think they are having a sale on video games at Toys R Us.

[mothershipconnection]

1) Zelda - just freakin' awesome. Buy it or be completely unhip.

2) Metroid Prime 3

3) Mario Galaxy

[jordanmuehl]

I was just watching one of my friends play "Super Mario Strikers", and it looked like a really fun game.

[Chio151]

Buy Mario Galaxy -- it's everything you loved about the Mario series, times 3. Control scheme is amazing, art is gorgeous, and yet it's still 'Mario'.

[Fatter than Joey]

Buy Mario Galaxy

 

I wish I had done that instead of Mario Olympics -- which the kids seem to like Wii Sports as much.

 

Does Mario Galaxy have multi-player capabilities? -- or Zelda, Mario Paper?

 

The kids love Guitar Hero -- This morning my son was battling Slash, after dispatching Tom Morello and Satan.

[Brian the Automator]

Buy Mario Galaxy

 

I wish I had done that instead of Mario Olympics -- which the kids seem to like Wii Sports as much.

 

Does Mario Galaxy have multi-player capabilities? -- or Zelda, Mario Paper?

 

The kids love Guitar Hero -- This morning my son was battling Slash, after dispatching Tom Morello and Satan.

Mario Galaxy has a "parent/child" mode where one person can aid the other... I'm not sure as to if it's meant for little kids or what, hopefully someone else can chime in. Zelda is single-player.

 

[Fatter than Joey]

Thanks for the help -- I am not a gamer. Wii Boxing will keep me fulfilled for the next 10 years.

[dadofandrew]

Will my smart 5 year-old be able to succeed on Mario Galaxy, or will it frustrate him? Any recs for a 5-8 y/o?

[jordanmuehl]

Mario Galaxy's well-tailored for the young folk, so he shouldn't have too much of a problem -- besides, the fun of video games is that they DO frustrate us a little bit.

 

Other recs for a younger kid would be (as I said before) Mario Strikers and Super Monkey Ball. Wii Sports is also great for little kids, but that comes bundled with Wii, obviously.

[Chio151]

Thanks for the help -- I am not a gamer. Wii Boxing will keep me fulfilled for the next 10 years.

Yeah, until you figure out the little trick about juking... then you just dominate. There NEEDS to be a great boxing game to come out for Wii, that thing is just an adrenaline rush for the first few weeks.

Will my smart 5 year-old be able to succeed on Mario Galaxy, or will it frustrate him? Any recs for a 5-8 y/o?

I think he'll get by most of it, but there are a couple tough spots with the control scheme and coordination between both hands and pointing to the screen that can be tough. As I say that though, I realize that often times the kids are better at this stuff than adults. Your 5 year-old would probably love Mario Party.

[bjkrautk]

I'm a bit torn -- I could easily recommend Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for the Wii, or I could recommend that people pick up the prior game in the series (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, a GameCube title which can be played on Wii.)

 

Provided you can find a copy, I'd recommend the GameCube game....since the Wii game is a continuation on the GameCube game (including the characters). Not to mention, presuming you can find a used copy, it will cost less (if turn-based strategy just isn't your thing).

 

The difficulty and strategic thinking probably isn't a good fit for a 5-year old (although I would probably resent that notion if I were still five).

[RobertR]

Games are expensive enough that I'd recommend renting any you have a doubt about. If you end up rejecting 1 out of 6, you're probably ahead in the long run.

 

Robert

[laserbomb]

Since no one's mentioned Resident Evil 4 yet I'll get it out there. Godfather was my other favorite, those are both one-player. It's been a couple months since we tried anything new because we got a 360 around then.

 

Also if you have wireless internet in your house, it's probably worth it to get your Wii to find it (should take under 5 minutes) and check out the Wii Shop. You can pick from a bunch of old games for $5-10. Over the last year we probably got about as much mileage out of those rereleased games as from the full-priced new games.

[dadofandrew]

We rented Super Paper Mario today, as it was the only title we could find. He is enjoying it so far.

[StrangeBreww]

anyone have or has played the wii wintersports game?

[wickedheat]

I'm probably in the minority, but I can't give Zelda a super high rating. Sure, parts of it are awesome, but there are plenty of stupid or frustrating parts for me to give it just an average rating. Overall I had fun playing it and would recommend it, but it's definitely not a 10 in my book. Probably a 6.

 

Mario Galaxy rocks, to be sure. That's a 10.

[logan82]

Zelda is awsome. I think it is a little to easy, but it is a great game.

[BuckyTuba]

i'm about to experience the wii for the first time.

then i'll see jimmie's chicken shack.

 

what. a. night.