All purpose ILG thread for "What are you playing", Wii posts, and other misc. chatter

I'm also playing Three Card Monty w/ my credit cards, but that don't count.

WOOT
WOOT

I hope you were using the stylus. I only had trouble with that when using the d-pad.

I did just download the TADS system again, I had a lot of fun with that last time.

:(

(I'd look for one this Spring)

but somehow clubhouse games DS is seeing me thru this difficult time

If baby Mario yells "Hey! Hey!" one more time...well. You know. I'm on World 5 now. I've never beaten it, and haven't played it since I rented it back when it came out.

(IE dude, Boris is hardly a local phenomemon)

dude, i know, i'm just curious is anybody has to put up w/ him being their MP.

from the nfo

"Parallel Worlds is a fully hacked version of Zelda 3 (aka A Link to the Past).
A majority of the game has been changed. There may be a few rooms which can be said to be similar to some from the original game.

General changes involve:

* Brand new Overworlds, I promise you won't find an area which is unchanged!
* Brand new Dungeons, all dungeons are completely different from the original!
* New house indoors and caves, some of these you may find similar to the original game.
* New Graphics, a lot of the graphics have been changed.
* New Screen layout, similar to Ocarina of Time yet not exactly the same.
* Some new music, the original game had great music, these are not to be changed :)
* New Story, while some maybe similar to the original game, but it's intentional.
* A lot of other changes, and surprises!"

http://static.gamecrazy.com/images/ads/general/hpa_ad_preorder.jpg

...Hyakujuu-Ou Golion, as the lion-based Voltron series is known in Japan, is just one of the series planned for inclusion in the game. Joining it will be shows like Nadesico, Majinkaizer, and lots and lots of Gundam. A total of 18 series will make the cut this time around.

[...]

The "W" in the game's title is in reference both to the DS's two screens (the Japanese associate "W" with "Double") and to the fact that the game's scenario is split into two parts. Banpresto played similar tricks with the scenarios for the Alpha Gaiden and R entries in the series, only this time, the second scenario will follow the first after only a slight time gap.

Super Robot Taisen W is set for Japanese release on March 1st. Does the Voltron connection guarantee a US release? Hells no! But, thankfully, DS software is region free, so interested parties will be able to import.

I still love this game.

For a slightly different vantage point, here's a bit here about a gamer's life in Baghdad, from the vantage point of a 23-year-old Iraqi guy who plays the games off of his own generator. I can't read the actual article, which is slathered in so much Mtv.com flash abortion that my work computer won't load it.

If someone would be so giving as to c&p this shit onto here, i'd be grateful.

Baghdad gamer shares stories; others being told on new blog.
By Stephen Totilo

When a 23-year-old Iraqi in Baghdad named Wisam used to play the Gulf War computer game "Desert Combat," he didn't play as his countrymen. He fought with the American-led coalition forces. Most Iraqi gamers he knows choose that side.

It's not because they have a great affinity for the Americans, who Wisam refers to as "the invaders." There's a more practical motivation, he revealed last week during a late-night interview with MTV News from his home in Baghdad, where he was up at 1 a.m. and home because of a government-imposed curfew. "Let me just tell you, we are impressed by your guns."

Last month Wisam appeared in a five-minute video interview on the blog Alive in Baghdad. With "Final Fantasy XII" running idle on the TV behind him, he talked about his life as a gamer in the capital of war-torn Iraq. The broadcast of his tale was made possible by other young men, including Wisam's interviewer, Omar Abdullah, 22 — a Palestinian correspondent for the blog who has lived most of his life in Baghdad — and Brian Conley, a 26-year-old American who has run Alive in Baghdad as a counterpoint to mainstream-TV coverage of the war in Iraq since late 2004. All agreed to talk to MTV News about the blog, about gaming and why it was so important to tell Wisam's story.

Conley cited a comment he heard from an Iraqi refugee and blogger in Canada who had been asked why she bothered to share her story. " 'If we can tell interesting and compelling stories, it makes it harder for them to shoot us or to kill us,' " he recalled. "The most important thing for us to be doing now is to be saying, 'These are the people in Iraq and this is what they have to say.' "

Conley can't explain why he became fascinated with the country. He remembers watching Operation Desert Storm on CNN. He took Arabic in college and was taught by an Iraqi professor. Curiosities grew. In 2005, he was finally able to visit the country, and with a zeal for reporting, he befriended Iraqis and launched Alive in Baghdad to channel their stories. His team is now spread from the U.S. to the Middle East, and the site has aired dozens of now-weekly five-minute video interviews with Iraqis. Alive in Baghdad has featured conversations with Iraqi police, artists and one of its own correspondents, who spoke of being kidnapped and beaten by the Shiite Mehdi Army, led by radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Conley knew that subject matter was engaging a certain audience but wanted to expand its range even further.

Abdullah, who had filmed many of the interviews in Iraq, was game. "We've been trying to make a show about what people do at nighttime," he said. The government curfew in Baghdad starts at 11 p.m. on most nights, though Abdullah said people strive to be home hours earlier, before it gets dark. "People just want to get home so they can stay safe."

It was hard, and continues to be, to find interview subjects. "A lot of people are very, very scared to talk on camera in Baghdad," Abdullah said. "You don't know who's your enemy. You don't know who's your friend. Shia killing Sunnis. Sunnis killing Shia. Sunnis fighting the U.S. military. They'll go on in one circle."

Abdullah came up with one workable idea that was close to his heart. A gaming aficionado who reads GameSpot, regularly raves about "Metal Gear Solid" and will voluntarily stop talking about sectarian violence to rant about the graphics in "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," he suggested talking to people about games. Wisam was willing.

It turns out that Wisam is often willing to talk about games. He sat for Omar's camera and agreed to talk about that aspect of his life in his war-torn country to MTV News. But in both cases, despite the seemingly innocuous subject matter, he asked that his last name not be used out of concerns for his safety.

What's the gaming life been like in Baghdad? It has followed a path familiar to many European gamers, where the Amiga computer was the premiere gaming system at a time when the Nintendo Entertainment System dominated in America and Japan. Then the Sega Genesis was big. ("Mortal Kombat" on that machine was a Wisam favorite.) Then came PlayStation. Nintendo was never big. The dominant games were always the soccer titles, Wisam said. He couldn't find many folks like himself who, in his words, is a " 'Final Fantasy' freaker."

Wisam says he learned much of his English from "Metal Gear" and "Final Fantasy." (He had trouble with "Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King" because the English in that game is spoken with British accents.) Most of the games he buys are bootlegs, sold for about a dollar in Baghdad's Tahrir Square. "Before the invasion, we could buy a lot of games," Wisam said. "The games are available if you go outside. But maybe I'll get killed by a car bomb or [improvised explosive device]."

The American-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime changed Wisam's taste in games. He and his gamer friends used to enjoy first-person shooters like "Medal of Honor" and "Call of Duty." Then a real war started around him. "We hate the attacking, the gunfire in games," Wisam said. "We started to hate it." In fact, there's only one game with guns he can still tolerate. " 'Grand Theft Auto' is the exception. Because 'Grand Theft Auto' is like us."

Abdullah concurs, saying San Andreas looks like his city. "It was very, very similar to Baghdad. We were like, 'Oh my God. These are the same actions that happen in Baghdad.' There are some places that are divided. For each place, there is a gang ruling that place. You can go down the street and drive any car. If you want to jump on a motorcycle, you can do it."

Electricity is sporadic in Wisam's neighborhood. The local generator is on from 4 p.m. to midnight. To power his console, Wisam got a gas-powered generator. To get the needed gas, he waits in lines at a gas station, four hours at a time. He spends about $200 a month on electricity, money he says he collects from rent on some businesses. Otherwise, he doesn't work, which frustrates him. "I recently graduated from the Baghdad University English Department. I'm useless."

All this involvement with Western culture might surprise some Americans, but Abdullah said it has always had a foothold in Iraq. "Some folks in the United States, when they think about Iraq, they think they are just some people in a village riding a camel or whatever," he said.

Not so. Abdullah says he's a metalhead, for example — and that he's not the only one. Until a few years ago, a Western music station played several hours of metal in Iraq a day, he said. "I can assure you that there are more than 50 to 100 thousand Iraqis in Baghdad listening to Metallica right now," he said. He recalls walking through Baghdad wearing a Metallica T-shirt before the war. Neighbors would cheerfully flash a familiar heavy-metal hand sign. "A lot of people wave the devil horns in Baghdad, and if the situation is a bit calmer and the security is a bit better, you can come and try it yourself." The current situation in Iraq, however, compelled Abdullah to leave the country. He's in Syria these days.

After Wisam sat for his interview with Abdullah, Conley tapped him for translation work. Conley has tried to make his Alive in Baghdad effort reciprocal, providing tips and equipment, extra work and friendship to the Iraqis who help him make their stories public. He's got the whole arrangement tethered with shoestrings, burning through $2,000 a month while drawing about 10,000 viewers to each video interview. "We think we have about enough money for one or two more months, and then we're done," Conley said.

Visitors from around the world visit Alive in Baghdad. Each video has a comments section, providing a window not just to the wide-ranging support Conley's project gets but the criticisms of those who see it as propaganda. He resists what he calls "this really bullsh-- simplification of the conflict in Iraq that, 'Oh, they hate each other, and we need to get out of there because it's not our civil war.' " Conley clearly has a position, but he hopes people come to the site with an open mind. "We're trying to get people to think a second thought."

Conley, Abduallah and Wisam are all in their 20s and closely connected through new technology. But because of where they live or what they feel they've been called to do, they're also close to danger. All are on the move.

Wisam hopes to be out of Baghdad soon. "Next month I'll leave, Insha'Allah [God willing]," he said. He says he'd like to play the next "Grand Theft Auto," as would Abdullah. The games come out in the fall. In a sense that's close. But it's also far, far away.

Neighbors would cheerfully flash a familiar heavy-metal hand sign. "A lot of people wave the devil horns in Baghdad, and if the situation is a bit calmer and the security is a bit better, you can come and try it yourself."

This is awesome(and sad). Coalition troops need to hold Guitar Hero playoffs w/ the locals. It's like when you'd see vid of iraqis kicking around a football w/ off-duty British soldiers.

Abdullah came up with one workable idea that was close to his heart. A gaming aficionado who reads GameSpot, regularly raves about "Metal Gear Solid" and will voluntarily stop talking about sectarian violence to rant about the graphics in "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"...

gamerz R da same da whole world round

Hey Tom, how's Rocket Slime? Is it worth it? Can it actually keep your attention long enough to beat it?

the IGN review contains this sentence

above all else the game is just fun to play, moving and feeling very similar to a more mainstream version of Zelda

the last phrase of which does not compute.

I want to get PMD Blue but as above.

I really need to stop trolling the CL ads for used games. I'm blowing too much on these things.

Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn is coming out for the Wii at the end of February in Japan. No word on an american release, yet.

Head to your right. Knock out
the guard beside the truck and head south. In this area you will see three
dogs. Run down the center of the street and take the right path down and onto
the next street. Run past the dog here as well. You might have taken some
damage from the dogs, but don't worry, you'll get it back soon enough. Run
up next to the guard here and quickly punch him. Inside the truck you will
get ---Wii---

Prepare to quickly run down as soon as you exit the
truck and onto the next street. You will see two guards here. Wait until each
of them turns away from you and punch them out. Continue south. Punch the
sleeping dog and head south again. Pick a guard, punch him out, and head down.
More guards, you know what to do. Enter the top truck to get ---Extra game and WiiMote---.

You can thank me later.

Vice City still being tinkered with. It is so pretty and the music is so good that I hate to get out of the car. (That is probably the saddest thing I have ever written!)

God of War is good. Dunno about tips so much.

I think by tips I mean is there a better way than just button mashing?! Not to worry, I've only had it a short while so I'll pick it up myself.

I button mashed mostly for God of War, but I never played it on the Now You need Counselling difficulty or anything.

(the bit in that where you get to the view of Athens from the clifftop for the first time is fucking awesome).

Castlevania: SotN is coming for the xbox live

I want to finish it but it's getting too hard now :(

playing:
deadly rooms of death, metdroid echoes hold: if you have drod you must download this. possibly the best hold ever.

also playin zelda. the fishing is so hard! reeling things in tires my arms out incredibly quickly, guess i just need to get fitter

Oh yeah, a lot of that pile are going to be AWFUL. But it's still pretty cool. At the rate it's going it'll sell for more than the original retail cost by the looks of things! (already up at $20 per game basically).

That said, I mostly just play NES games on my DS when on trains etc.

its kinda like Parappa the Rappa for DS. there are little circles around the stylus thing that you have to tap along with the beat, or do other things like follow it around in time, or do circle'y motion things. its fun! and ashlee simpson "la la" is one of the songs!

I've heard of people getting all 100 in like 10 hours, so no.

AND THEN just a 10 min romp downhill and then ANOTHER boss fight? Well I had to put it away.

I came back though. Bowser and Baby Bowser flattened up and rolled away! LOVE the cut scene music more than anything! Although this is the absolute WORST game to play when commuting because of stupid Save Points instead of being able to save anywhere - really, get OVER save points in portable games PLEASE PLEASE.

Otherwise I am playing Bubble Bobble or whatever fannydangle the DS version is called - Super Rainbow Ultra Puzzle Bobble Endless Art (Omnipotent Troll Mix).

Is Sensible Soccer 2006 as bad as the one that came out for the PS1? That's going for £4.99 delivered.

I got stuck on a level on World 8 and abandoned it :(

Will come with wifi for head-to-head action.

i wish i hadn't downloaded MK64, it really hasn't aged well.
also - wtf nintendo with the "sorry can't save ghost data" bullshit? that is soooooo lazy.

It took me a while to get used to doing them on the computer, which is convenient but definately not as good as on paper. But this sounds like doing puzzles through a keyhole!

Zelda is zelda but better.

more of kitty playing DS

http://blog90.fc2.com/l/lovefami/file/323458152_64%5B1%5D.jpg

how the fuck do i get past this one? the little glowy squares are arranged in a large square

Metal Gear Solid the movie is coming, uwe boll will not be touching it.

Also, Peter Jackson-produced Halo movie died last year.

And they're working on a World of Warcraft flick.

Haha, I've not played one since the Megadrive one that came as a "double header" with NHL, though this week I bought '97. I'm seriously contemplating it though - are the remote gestures as great as they sound?

and just when you thought sony couldn't fuck over their euro fans any more

FUCK A WII. :(

(I'd look for one this Spring)

-- Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 6 January 2007 00:02 (3 months ago)

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http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_assist06_070828d_l.jpg

are those smash bros screencaps?

I hear it basically is going to make no sense. I am anticipating it mightily.

I am playing Madden, Forza, Gears of War, Geometry Wars, Table Tennis, Pac Man CE, Space Giraffe, and a few other random things. My housemate is playing Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, which is the Ren Faire-est thing I've ever seen.

I am basically doing the same thing with games as I am with books. I did, however, finally throw final fantasy tactics back in the ps2 to finish the fucker off once and for all. I am determined that rogue galaxy will be finished to my satisfaction before I start anything (FF12) else. Ocarina of Time and Dark Cloud 2 will probably have to wait. I am considering picking up Front Mission 4 again and starting over now that I have a better tv with component input to play it on, maybe it will look less muddy and impossible?

(bookwise, I have uncommon carriers, why things bite back, and jailbird sitting in various states of completion, and I just started normal accidents. pathetic.)

Madden, God of War II, Excitetruck + SSX wii wait in the wings, back on guitar hero again.
Sonic wii is fucking horrible.

Dear friends with Xboxes,

Please add Brilliam to your friends.

Thanks,

William M. aka Will M. aka Brilliam

I'm polyphonique.

playing Dark Cloud 2 and Jade Empire. Cute how they programmed same-sex relationships into the game, but only the guy can sleep with two chicks at once. I'll guess there'll be no mythical chinese fantasy spit-roasting in this game after all.

I added you, polyphonic/que.

i'm playing final fantasy viii and outrun on various emulators. need to get a cart of that shit.

hmm that wii thing seems kinda popular, why dont we just ...
http://www.myrealplay.com/

wii ssx and excitetruck kinda suck.
Not getting tired of online Madden, but I keep having to quit when girlfriend needs help around house! I need a way to send virtual apologies.

Tetris played fast

I rented for the PS2:

Transformers - Yay! I am a giant robot but my guns are weak :( Also controls when driving = rubbish. Great graphics though.

Tomb Raider Anniversary - After an hour had to stop playing. Way to stressful! Fantastic graphics and the sound is really effective!

Persona 3 is fucking insane. 78 hours in and no end in sight.

Mostly Forza 2 and Madden 08 of late.

Boreza, more like.

I am at the final bosses of Final Fantasy X-2. If I play one mission per sitting, it is entertainingly stupid. If I play it any longer I get brain damage.

ILG, tell me which game from my ps2 backlog I should play next. I'm looking for something fairly short but also something I can just goof around in.

shadow of the colossus
rogue galaxy
jak 2
resident evil 4
devil may cry
san andreas
disgaea

goof around = san andreas.

fairly short = not rogue galaxy

Rogue Galaxy is like Trace Memory compared to Persona 3. RE4 could take about 20 hours first time through, San Andreas is 40-50 if you're just doing missions. DMC and Shadow are probably the shortest things on there. I haven't played Jak 2, but if it's anything like the first it can't be very long either.

I'm so out of playing games lately, I've delved into Vice City Stories for a short while but still nowhere near the evening marathon ventures i'm used to.

I need to load up counterstrike sauce for quick fix

Even though I got a new 360, I've still mostly been focusing on Persona 3 because it's... so... good. I'm about 10 hours in (it says 18 because last night I left it on overnight because I was too tired to save-- can you save anywhere other than Tartarus?!) and I just got to the subway scene, which I think is the end of the first month. Are there 12 months or does the game continue even after that?!

I had heard it lasts one school year. I was thinking about picking it up, but after reading the recent reports on here on just how long the game is, I'm sort of glad I skipped. "78 hours and no end in sight!" That's too long!!!

I still need to finish San Andreas

The good thing about Persona 3 is that it's super episodic. You could totally play this game in 20 minute chunks and be completely content, I reckon.

wait abanana -- in that tetris video how the hell does he do it when the blocks are INVISIBLE???

he knows which one is coming from the top display, and they always arrive in the center of the screen. he's flying blind.

(between the entry point and where he slots it in, I mean)

His eyes are likely focused on the Next box in the main game, so it wouldn't be that much more difficult.

Oh, I beat Super Robot Taisen Original Generation 2 for the GBA today. It may be the best tactical RPG I've ever played. SO satisfying.

I'm 83 hours into Persona now, but the main reason it's taking so long is that I'm trying to complete Tartarus and there's over 250 floors. I'm on 211. I know a guy who gave up on Tartarus and just finished the main story in less than 70, so there you go.

Will, you can save at the front desk in the dorm, and that's the main place you'll be saving. Don't try to go to Tartarus every night,you'll just get Sick. Look at the Calendar in the System menu to see how long the game lasts and what your schedule is. It's one school year - in JAPAN, so 12 months including a one month summer vacation.

waaaoooo~ they have 13 months in japan?

but yeah... i would just save every time i went to tartarus, which was only when I was "good" or "great" and even then, it was like once an hour (one day, maybe two separated every time) so it wasn't too big of an issue, except for the two times I started falling asleep while playing (RPGs literally make me fall asleep now. it's awful).

including, not in addition to

And you don't start the next year of school after summer vacation like you do here, you just start the second term. Your next year of schooling starts immediately following Spring break in April:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_term#Japan

I don't know how you got 10 hours in thinking you could only save in Tartarus, that would've driven me insane. Even with the Dorm lobby point there aren't enough save opportunities. Some of the big battles with the cutscenes before and after can run up to 90 minutes without a chance to save.

VC news : japan only games (mario lost levels, sin & punishment) being released in europe but only available for the next 3 weeks, and turbografx CD/turboduo games to be released soon - already confirmed is Campest Game Ever (tm) Choko Aniki!!!!

I've played through the first couple chapters of Heavenly Sword. It's a great looking game and pretty fun and pretty easy, so far, maybe too easy. I hear it's quite short, so I'm trying to limit myself to only playing a chapter a night. The weirdest thing about it for me is that you don't look around with the right stick - you use that for rolling - so you can only turn your head a ways left or right with the triggers - kinda clunky. The game also has the dumbest puzzles I can remember seeing - mostly just throwing hats at gongs! But some of the environments you get to run around in are the best looking I've ever seen.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2007/20070912.jpg (to jeff)

The weirdest thing about it for me is that you don't look around with the right stick - you use that for rolling - so you can only turn your head a ways left or right with the triggers - kinda clunky.

You've never played God of War? It's exactly like that, only you can't even look with the triggers. My copy of this is on the way.

I got the "cop-out" ending to Persona last night in 92 hours, but I am a compulsive level grinder and NPC chatter. Looks like another 5-10 hours for the real ending, as it requires that you finish Tartarus.

Lately I've just gotten so used to left stick to move character, right stick to move the camera, that everything else (in a 3D game) feels a little weird - a little constricted. It doesn't break the game for me or anything though. I was trying to remember other games that were set up the same way - it's been a long time since I play GoW...

Congrats on finishing P3! What's the difference between the endings?

Well, the one I just got was quite the cop-out - you can choose to forget everything that's happened and go on living as a regular student, oblivious to the impending Armageddon. The good one requires you to fight against Death itself, "Nyx," which is lying in wait at the top of Tartarus. I'll let you know when I get there.

Broke out GoldenEye last night with friends for a 90-minute mini-marathon that began at 10pm, and much mirth was had. Suffice it to say, I came to work late today.

Tight controls, great gameplay, my biggest complaint only is that the graphics be sharpened, because I was having the hardest time telling my teammate from the other team -- and he was using JAWS.

i really hope goldeneye comes out for virtual console as i lost my 64 a while ago

Guys, follow link below for 2d goldeneye...

http://www.perfectrun.net/index.php?id=pageget/goldeneye2d

http://www.perfectrun.net/images/goldeneye2d/x002.png

I bought Endless Ocean today. Don't know if it'll merit its own thread yet. Anybody else played it?

http://members.fortunecity.com/delanay/gb2logo.jpg

The fish petting game? It definitely sounds different...

I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I suppose it's like a Pokemon game except with "real" creatures to collect. I thing I need to get an SD card so I can get rid of Haley Westenra tho but.

k this game is really good.

Tell me more tell me more

Is this out in america?

I'm trying to play WoW but the server is not cooperative.

xpost

It's a scuba-diving explore 'em up with yr archetypal Japanese emo plot. You get to meet whales and train dolphins and stuff, as well as exploring undersea ruins, caves etc. No aggro, and in theory you can do as little or as much as you like. Having said that, I finished the central quest and got the credits up on Sunday night, so the central story arc isn't very long. But judging by my book of found artefacts and sea creatures there's still lots of things to discover. It's not the greatest thing ever made but if you like non-violent ambient games it's pretty nice.

I'm thinking about picking Endless Ocean up when it comes out in the States, and if my wife ever gets sick of Rock Band I might actually be able to play it at some point.

Wii is Oriental for: I Having Orgasm!

Ocean sounds very ME. I'll be buying as soon as it touches down.

I borrowed Puzzle Quest for the DS over a week ago from a friend. Now I'm suffering from mild carpel tunnel syndrome. Seriously. Damn you Puzzle Quest!

Both Dewey's Adventure and Nights for the wii are far far far too twee for me to get more than a few minutes of playtime out of. I'm getting picky.

but is Nights any good as an actual game?

Does anybody know anything about Zack & Wiki? It's the number 5 scoring Wii game on Metafilter and it sounds pretty cool but the only UK place I've seen it for sale is Amazon. Should I get in quick before it disappears, Ico-style?

zack & wiki is a point & click puzzle adventure, like an updated lucasarts game (who really should put monkey island games etc on wiiware). the presentation & voiceacting are overcute & twee, but the actual puzzles are very well designed & get quite tough. its probably the best 3rd party wii game i've played (not saying much i know...)

If I had a Wii, I'd pick up Zack and Wiki as one of the first games I got.

guys trauma center second opinion NEVER ENDS

its like "hey you beat the big boss! now there are 3 more sections!! ENJOY"

Zack & Wiki is getting a January release in some parts of the world. Australia is one of them, so perhaps all PAL regions get it in Jan.

I couldn't play Nights for more than five minutes, so I don't know.
Zack and Wiki looks interesting; I'm an old SCUMM system afficionado. I loved Monkey II, maybe more than any game ever.

Hey, have we done a OPO: Videogame thread yet?
It's either Monkey II or SF II. Maybe.

I just finally got my A Licence in Gran Turismo 4

License

The most fussy game I've ever tried to play...

Is the Wii Trauma Center harder or easier than the DS one? i got to the aneurysm level and was like "fuck," this is impossible, tho the man beat it somehow.

I just got a 360 and I've been loving Marvel: Ultimate Alliance; am loving playing as Storm and just shooting everyone with lightning while flying in the sky.

Is the Wii Trauma Center harder or easier than the DS one? i got to the aneurysm level and was like "fuck," this is impossible, tho the man beat it somehow.

-- Abbott, Saturday, January 12, 2008 8:02 PM

going into 'healing touch' mode is tougher, what with having to draw a big star in mid-air. i felt like tossing the game out the window once or twice, but had nearly gotten through the whole thing by the end of our 5-day rental.

Zack & Wiki is getting a January release in some parts of the world. Australia is one of them, so perhaps all PAL regions get it in Jan.

Hell yes, thank you for this awesome news. I had feared that it would never come over here.

Does anyone know what the 2-player coop mode is like?

Does anyone know what the 2-player coop mode is like?

Player One points and clicks, Player Two telestrates like John Madden.

Zack and wiki is terribly fun. Can't wait for MLK weekend to engage.

k I have Zack and Wiki. Haven't played it enough to do a thread yet, but the learning curve is almost too gentle maybe, the script is pretty weak so far and it isn't really a point and click in the oldschool sense. And yet...it is fun. And I have a hunch it's gonna get pretty deep.

k I've played a few levels now and this is brilliant. Some really clever uses of the Wiimote, and some puzzles that need thinking thru but are solveable and make you feel like Captain Smartass when you get them right. It's maybe a bit linear, and it sacrifices Monkey Island-like plotting for pure puzzling, but this is pretty much fun in a bun.

ZakWiki is amazing--so simple but so brilliant. And the controls are definitely intuitive for 95% of it.

Just one thing--don't give in and look online for cheats, it ruins the extreme satisfaction you get finishing the whole thing. There are a few levels where things are really bizarre.

If you need a hint, post here! I can try to be somewhat oblique so as not to ruin it completely.

I'm playing Majora's Mask for the first time. I couldn't wait for it to show up on Virtual Console (if it ever does) so I bought an expansion pak and the game for around $35 total. Hooked it all up and boy do N64 games look like shit now. I've only played 2 days of it (in game time) but so far it seems very hard.

so, how much would you pay for a sealed copy of Chrono Trigger?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280196150761&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018

Given the ready availability of emulation I don't see any point in the insane prices some of these Snes cartridges fetch, other than collector fetishism.

Jesus christ. That's more than a PS3, fer God's sake.

kega and zsnes FTW

$1,217.00

wtf

Games I'm playing now:

Advance Wars, the first one. So far all of the stages require a 'trick' to solve, and combat strategy doesn't matter much otherwise. Really fun for 1 level per sitting.

Final Fantasy III DS. The bad old days of console RPGs. I just got to a place where if you don't have a white or red mage, you get stuck and have to load a saved game (assuming you didn't overwrite it).

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection. Loopy (Slitherlink) and Slant especially.

I suck at Advance Wars (all of them). I like the games, and enjoy them up until the point (only about 7-10 stages in, for me) where I begin losing 90% of the time. One particularly miserable day I lost a single mission several times in a row, got disgusted, pathetically used StumbleUpon to find a random online game, did the "IQ challenge", and only found 3 F's in a sentence that clearly had 6. Time to go back to bed FTW.

wooo zack & wiki is great. Only problem is, have promised the boy that I won't play it without him. So now its past his bedtime I'm bored. boo.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/2347649657_1f0cfd655b.jpg
Tons of updates on the SF2T HD blog in the last month:
http://blog.capcom.com/archives/category/super-street-fighter-ii-turbo-hd-remix

I need 3 more pieces of the piratey dude in Zack and Wiki. I've only looked at one tiny interweb hint which was some frankly ridiculous shit involving Captain Rose. Don't think replay value is gonna be massive on this tbh so might trade it towards Bully when I'm done.

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/4/0/b40a7d4e10c73bce26704b571b7a0c2d.gif

probably old but I still lol'd

i got Mario Kart Wii yesterday.
first impressions : far too slow. some lol mii integration into the environments. graphics are pretty ugly. the DS version is WAY better than this.
in summary, :/

Now that the patch for MLB 2K8 has been released, it's a pretty solid game. The pitching/batting interface is kinda like "Skate" (which I love). It's tough to navigate the menus and read captions on a standard TV, and a lot of the design choices are heinous, but it's a solid game of baseball when you add the patch update. Still sucks that they haven't updated the rosters, though.

zappi - are you using the wheel? If yes - does it feel stupid, or does it feel okay?

I'm very on the fence about Mario Kart after the disappointment of Smash Bros. This time I'll wait and see if the online works okay - otherwise, I'll just stick to my beloved Mario Kart 64

Yeah, I tried Smash Brothers at my pal's house and was pretty disappointed. It didn't seem like it used the Wiimote functionality at all.

I find Smash hell of fun but I agree that it is basically the same game as the Gamecube version except with more toys / characters (the fact that it plays far better with a Gamecube controller than with the actual Wii controllers is even clearer evidence of this). Since I've only played it locally I haven't experience any of the issues with online play but my Wii-owning friends state that it's hassle enough not to bother with. It definitely doesn't embrace the Wii's unique features but OTOH have any of the other big-name Nintendo titles out on the Wii so far done so either? The best contender I can think of is Metroid Prime 3....

wheel is stupid, i refuse to use. actually the motion control works ok, tho i'm mainly using classic controller.
game has pretty good online features shock horror, ghost data, rankings etc. no problem with matchups either so far.
still too slow though. boo.

is there any adaptor to play game boy games on a DS? just wondering.

i've never liked smash bros in any of its incarnations.

What is shock horror?

an expression of surprise.
what i should have said was : Mario Kart is the first Wii game to have online features that feel like they've actually made an effort. for once.
hey, Rock Band in the UK is going to cost £180 ie £360!!!

(ie $360)

been lpaying a bunch of space invaders extreme. distracting and fun!!

ROM check fail!

Nothing but MLB 2K8 until GTA4 comes out. It's a little unsatisfying but whatever.

I tried playing Irakuga or whatever but it's impossible.

czn - what are the different modes like in Space Invaders Extreme? Is it out over there already, or did you import from Japan or are you just playing the demo? It looks interesting - just not sure if there is going to be enough there to justify a purchase (it's not out over here for another month)...

I am playing a *cough*ROM*cough* and haven't had a delve into the other modes just yet - been concentrating on the single player... only playing intermittently, and very slowly making my way through it... but I like the redesigned visuals and nice audio touches i.e. it's done it that post-rez way where the sound syncs with the visuals... probably better to rent than buy tbh but w/downloads all games ain't no thing

I love my DS Lite.

phoenix wright 3 -- I forgot how slow the text speed is in these. still good. almost done of it.

prof. layton -- this game blows. A whole bunch of puzzle chestnuts that I never wanted to see again. the videos are pretty, though.

NY Times Crosswords -- still awesome. 1000+ puzzles!!! there's a code you can find on gamefaqs that turns off the lunchroom theme so you can do crosswords in black & white like god intended.

oh that would be great, b&w would make it so much better.

Looking forward to No More Heroes tomorrow!

I played the first mission and have yet to go back to it. It's pretty over the top, but felt kind of pointless?!? Like maybe I got all there was to get out of the game after finishing the first assassination. It's still sitting on my shelf tho...

Box art for Wii Okami has an IGN watermark on it! haha!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=276809&page=4 (halfway down page)

I played some Dragon Quest Swords last night and it was OK fun but it has a serious issue in that the entire atmosphere is just a reminder that you're not playing a REAL Dragon Quest game. Good music, excellent gameplay, everything is actually quite topnotch but fuck this, I want another real DQ RPG, not an arcade rails shooter with a miniscule dash of RPG seasoning.

I could actually do a bit of an essay on this problem as it affects Wii titles, in fact, but not right now

Been playing Mario Kart Wii for a few days now. The wheel is fun, if you can remember not to press the arrow buttons instead by mistake. I do miss some of the fun stuff from Double Dash, though. Also they've introduced a shitload of stuff in the weapons/prizes/whatever you call em that totally fucks you up if you're out in front - things that only affect drivers in front of you. I guess it evens things out a bit more.

Anyway, my big gripe is I can't work out how to unlock any of the ?? cups. Online forums say you have to place in top 3 on the cups but I've done this, in 100 and 150cc, and nothing's happening :( Any help?

ok i'm addicted to the online mario kart wii matches.
must. play. one. more.

Huh? This game is out?

I played the first mission and have yet to go back to it. It's pretty over the top, but felt kind of pointless?!? Like maybe I got all there was to get out of the game after finishing the first assassination. It's still sitting on my shelf tho...

-- Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:39 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark Link

Sadly accurate. It's like they give you a kinda fun game and then say "If you like this, fight through a bunch of GTA hunt-and-fetch quests and maybe we'll give you more".

i have balance board lolololol
its goofy

I got boom blox and SSBB today. Bring on the bad weather, you mother fuckers

Playing Wii Okami. Actually a pretty good game after the painfully slow first hour. tip: you can skip all cutscenes involving waka and not miss anything.

Boom blox is fun; you feel like a dork playing electronic jenga after awhile tho'. THE FUTURE.

No one will allow me to preorder wii fit. It is going to be a pain in the ass to get.

Anyone played the Sonic vs Mario Olympics? I'm tempted to buy it for VS party funtimes but always seem to get burned buying franchise games (ie. every World Cup soccer game). Having said that, how about Pro Evolution Soccer '08?

I've heard really mixed things about PES 2008, some people love the new mechanic and some hate it. I'd rent both games first.

Been playing Phoenix Wright 3 (Trials and Tribulations, aka the one with Godot), fun stuff as expected - feels a lot longer than the previous game.

Also been playing Gunstar Super Heroes, nice and surprisingly underlooked. Can't believe they accomplished that kind of sprite overload on the old GBA! I don't think I've seen DS games with that kind of on-screen insanity. Makes it understandable why there's no co-op, and of course it's not up to the level of Astro Boy, but even if it is mostly a remake of the original Gunstar, still damn fun.

Still playing wii fit!

Currently replaying all the Final Fantasy games, starting with the s/t. I'm just at the start of the Marsh Cave. My party is Fighter + Thief + White Mage + Black Mage and I keep getting killed trying to level up so that I can a) buy decent equipment and spells and b) actually beat the Wizards. Even w/an emulator, the frustration/tedium level is pretty high. I can't believe I beat this game a bunch of times on my old NES.

You might want to restart the game with Fighter + Fighter + Fighter + Black or Red Mage, it'll be a lot easier if a bit boring.

Party I've got is pretty good, it's more that I had forgotten how hard some of the dungeons in that game were.

2 years late, I am playing company of heroes, it is AMAZING.

Dear s1ocki: i noticed a few times that korova has a couple of amazing arcade games as cocktail tables, but since i only ever go on fri/saturday nights, they are completely covered in pabst bottles or whatever. is there a good time to go when it is dead, or, even better, full of giant arcade nerds playing galaga? i REALLY want to use those tables :(

haha!

any weekday night!

i used to dj there on tuesdays and let me tell ya, you'd have had no problem then :/

not sure why this is in the wii thread. but hey. good times.

all purpose ILG thread for
A) what are you playing
B) wii posts
C) other misc chatter!

unless i'm reading it wrong, in which case, WAGGLE CONTROLS WAGGLE CONTROLS

ya i always took that to mean wii-related chatter. or something. it's confusing.

y'know, pointless overworld aside, No More Heroes is still one of the best games I've played this year. I enjoyed it at least as much as GTA IV.

ok Mad World looks pretty amazing
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/20887

OMG guys I am playing EARTHBOUND on my wii - via the magic of (really quite easy) wii homebrew!!!!

seriously, it was too easy

the SNES emulation works great; as does the GBA emulator; N64, not so good

you need never pay for another rip-off VC game again!!

follow this guide, and when you're picking up the MPLAYER also grab the emulators

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/photos/guide-to-watching-dvds-on-wii/974747/

the DVD playback doesn't work so good yet either, but wahey

the magic of (really quite easy) wii homebrew is a MAGIC that you have to believe we are/nothing can stand in our way. Homebrew cards our reverend/bro got us = best wedding gift of all time!!!

You digging the Earthbound, czwn?

I got a 'maps' program for the DS which is really quite useful and would have been EXTRA useful back when I used to deliver pizza. (Looking at city map in car w/flashlight: not fun.)

oops I only have the magic of (really quite easy) DS homebrew. I do not have a Wii. My friend's magic of (really quite easy) Wii homebrew is PRETTY rad but the games freeze up more often than they should.

omg WiiSports is so insanely fun I cannot even DEAL

Too Human - which I think Diablo 2 will look a lot like. The actual gameplay is mostly button-mashing and too easy. 80% of your time is cut-scenes and managing your character's inventory and skills. It is pretty though, and destroying like 40 enemies in 30 seconds is kinda fun.

it grows and grows
http://img.skitch.com/20081031-jq3ncpu749ywummcq6u3y71kqh.jpg

disgaea??

you got into daytum? got any invitations?

DSi hacked already.

disgaea DS more specifically

no daytum invites yet but if I get one will send your way, will

what's daytum?

trying very hard not to buckle and buy a 360. i played HL2 for the first time on a friend's 60" HDTV and omg wau holy shit.

been trying to console (ha get it) myself with another run thru mercenaries and ico

disgaea DS more specifically

let me know if this is any good plz i wasn't really impressed with what i've played of disgaea 3.

forks, some web2.0 lifecasting bullshit

daytum.com/cozen

LBP looks pretty incredible. I am playing Fallout 3 now but don't want to read that thread in fear of spoilers/bias.

Daytum - huh. For people with friends who want to read their friends' grocery lists? It's like taking the mood tags from LJ or Facebook and making a site out of that alone... unexplored depths of tedium? I rather like the phrase "lifecasting bullshit".

boom blox is pretty fun but it's no dokapon kingdom

Playing: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. I just beat the main game. The post-game extras look pretty weak compared to the last few CVs, so I might put it down for a while. Also, the "second quest" (post-fake endboss) in this CV was the best yet.

On hold: Smash Brawl, and Shining Force 2 on Wii VC. I don't feel like playing console games for some reason.

Next up?: Mega Man ZX Advent. MM8 brought me back to the series; now to see what a decently-rated modern game in the series is like.

How do you think Ecclesia ranks compared to the other two DS games? (last CV I played was Aria)

for me it's better than "portrait of ruin" (which I found too fiddly, fiddlier than these metroidvanias usually are) and about as fun as "dawn of sorrow"; ymmv obv but if you loved aria (which I never played but have read it's considered the best of the post-symphony castlevanias) the consensus seems to be you'll love the castlevania DS games

personally (tho I'm a wuss, as attested by my inability to beat tubular) I think this game is pretty hard; it's no megaman 9 but you will die often; it's fun tho and I really like the collect-em-all weapons system (tho the 'glyphs' system doesn't as good as the souls system, for some reason) and the art-style is cool

I'm no connoisseur tho

PoR > OoE > CotM > DoS > AoS > HoD

I rank Aria of Sorrow low because it's the most obvious Symphony of the Night aper.

I liked the added challenge of OoE, although I wish they'd get rid of the elemental weaknesses. It was annoying having to switch between hammers and swords all the time.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42423.html

hey ilx mod TOMBOT if you're reading this you should pick up boom blox which is not only addictive and fun but also has an awesome sdtrk from mark mothersbaugh. one of the jenga levels has this jazz groove track that sounds like wtf awesome nintendevo and it is really rad.

can you guys do me a favour and vote for me even if you think the other videos are better?

http://tinyurl.com/5p93nz

err i'm brilliam

Boom Blox is pretty fun it's true! although actually I thought the music is the worst part, the loops are too short/obvious. I like being able to pick off the animals if I'm doing badly.

I voted for you Will, good luck. The arty last video was probably my fav tho

yeah, mine's probably the worst of the finalists which is why i'm basically begging for votes.

although actually I thought the music is the worst part, the loops are too short/obvious

i like the superobvious stuff like the one stupid track in the plumbing levels that has the most da-da-da ridiculous loops i mean, i know its stupid but i still love the stops and the random squiggle noise and the catchy inanity.

haha, awesome will; I voted for you

holy moly CHATZ is on fiyah tonight y'all should come on

^srsly, chatz is like wo 2nite^

Love this: http://www.lostlabyrinth.com/

is there a channel that lets you search for mii's by name?
http://images.miiplaza.net/tag/640/480/scale/980/Lemmy_2073_20061231152821.jpg

http://blog.wired.com/games/images/2008/12/05/animalcrossingwhoops.jpg

story

people behind Drawn To Life and Locks Quest have a new game. the concept is pretty amazing. have a look!

Today at Salvation Army I purchased Ninja Gaiden II, Castlevania II and Chip and Dale Rescue Ranger's for $2 each.

YESSSSSSSSSS

Score. I remember getting Rescue Rangers for a birthday present as a kid. Surprisingly good game but I remember it being too easy for me even then.

I haven't played it since the days when I would pop it in the NES right after the show was over!

Super nice haul, ZS!

It really was. I'd played the other two, but I've never actually spent a good chunk of time with Castlevania II before tonight. I see myself alternating between this and Fallout 3 for the forseeable future. We'll see which one I beat first.

OK, I was enjoying Castlevania II for a while, but these "puzzles" are fucking ridiculous. I just spent an hour walking around looking for the second castle, talking to everyone for the millionth time. Finally, I resort to GameFAQs for advice"

SCREEN 19:
Okay you will now see a large body of water. So like WTF are we
suppose to do now? Well, equip your Blue Crystal and crouch
down and hold it for a few seconds (toilet humor perhaps?) and
the screen will then scroll down revealing a hidden cavern.

F@#!*#&$&*#$#!!!!!!11111111

If I ever play this game again, I will make sure, on every screen, to hold a direction for 5-10 seconds just in case.

S)#(&$#(@*&$@#)*(&@#!!!!!!!1111111

Yeah, I think the retro pro-nostalgia post-backlash was too much. (I think most people were quite disappointed in Castlevania II at first, then after some time it's been rightfully or wrongfully hailed as a great chapter in its own right, like SMB 2 and Zelda II) There's some really cool things going for it - especially the music - but c'mon, the puzzles will always be unforgivable nonsense. And the villagers lie to you!

I actually came to it innocently, without any knowledge that it was the SMB2/Zelda II of Castlevanias. In fact, for some reason I thought that Castlevania II was renowned as one of the best Castlevanias. But fuck that. Still, I will probably think to myself "What a terrible night to have a curse" everytime I walk around in the dark by myself from now on, so props for that.

http://www.flyingomelette.com/reviews/nes/screens/cv2graveyardduck.gif

besides oblivion and SSF2THDR
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XVSQMN5JL._SS400_.jpg

if the pic i posted doesn't work go here: http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/oddities4.html

in fact, go there anyway.

just finished:
PixelJunk Eden (got all 50 whatsits. i'm done.)
Simon the Sorceror

currently playing:
Dragon Quest IV DS
Simon the Sorceror 2 (got both Simon games from GOG.com for $6 each)
SF ST HD

guys i might buy rock band 2. i don't know if this is a good idea or not. i've had a blast playing (drunk) at various people's places, but it's expensive and it's more clutter. the urge to buy this just came out of nowhere last week and hasn't let up.

It's pretty fun, and there's a lot of downloadable content at this point. It's only a superfluous fame if you already have Rock Band 1.

Superfluous GAME, rather.

I composed a new "Town Tune" for my gf's Animal Crossing Wii village this evening

for all its short bus qualities I have to say AC:CF (in my limited observation) seems like it has the kind of well-executed depth that a fool like molyneux could learn a lot from

Okay, I have a Wii from North America and am trying to make it useable in the UK. I bought an adapter from a possibly shoddy ebayer who claimed it would work on imported Wiis, but the voltage on the charge block only says 120V and the power leaad is an ugly black cord rather than grey. It actually looks like they've taken a US adapter (all the shock warnings are written in English, French, and Spanish) and stuck a UK power cord into it. So, question: will this actually work without a step-down converter or will it just explode my Wii? Please help :(

wait, you can't just buy the local line lump from a UK shop?

I haven't ever seen replacement adapters for big consoles in shops. Getting a UK cord for the DS was a breeze, but trying to find one for the Wii has been a challenge. Or I'm just a dumbass.

Getting v annoyed with Manhunt 2 on Wii not being able to skip past videos. Yes, the club is run by pervs, I know.

Can't really help wrt power adapters other than to say I would not want to plug in a 120V adapter into a UK power supply. I guess it might work, my wife brought a PC monitor over from the US which was perfectly happy having either voltage plugged into it.

nah, I sent it back to the guy I got it from and asked for a refund for it not being as described in the listing (and for being grotesquely overcharged on shipping). dude claimed the sticker reading 120V was an error and it should work, blah blah blah, but the thing was obviously an adapter that had been tampered with and I didn't want to risk it. anyway, I ordered one directly from Nintendo (I wish I'd known I could do that before wasting time on the ebay route). cost a bit more and won't be here for a few weeks but at least I can be sure it won't explode my machine.

so is manhunt 2 on wii worth playing in general?

I've had Mass Effect around for months now, borrowed it from my little brother, finally decided to try it out minutes ago, created my character, shit looks awesome - and of course I get redlighted! FUCKKK feel for me

RROD?

yes exactly, now I have to ship it off and go back to playing ps2 or whatever. it blows.

recommendations?

so is manhunt 2 on wii worth playing in general?

I haven't got that far on it yet, only played it a couple of times, but so far, I'm edging towards "not really".

Anyone know if connecting a Wii to an HDTV via component cables is worthwhile? I want to be able to PIP while playing Wii Fit.

Yes, it is.

Well, I feel like a dummy.

I had always assumed, for some reason, that the Wii MotionPlus attachment would be backwards compatible with existing games. Old news for everyone here, I'm sure, but it isn't. I thought this thing was going to completely eliminate all of the frustration of the weak motion detection in existing games, FUCK.

Going to buy Tiger Woods with wii motion+ this week. I've played other golf games, and other editions of Tiger Woods, but this is the first time I remember being really excited about a golf game - it seems like the motion+ tech is going to make it pretty amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe5_mHm201U

Surprised there isn't already a thread for it, but holy shit, Punch-Out!! is fun as hell. Perfect nostalgia-capturing, racism-abiding, old school bliss.

really surprised how well Another Code:R has turned out, the presentation & art style work beautifully together. hope they do a Hotel Dusk followup in a similar style.
(i mistyped that as Hotel Duck. would buy any game called this)

I'm playing DK Jungle Beat WITH BONGOS. This shit is fantastic, you can really tell it's by the people who did (at least I think it is) Mario Galaxy, lovely graphics and all. Wii developers be ashamed. Super fun, constantly throwing up delights and surprises and really excellent little touches. Quite compelling to get decent scores and string things together, though was a little disappointed it wasnt more rhythm based, or more like NiGHTS in terms of stringing stuff together instead of chucking unnecessary moves in to collect stuff.

Other than that, Peggle.

Jungle Beat was really damn good, I don't get at all why they bothered to bring it back to Wii without Bongos. I can't imagine it being nearly as fun without them.

Wii Sports Resort is way better than Wii Sports. I was pretty impressed.

yeh its pretty amazing. wish there was a option to fly without a time limit, i could spend hours just swooping around, so relaxing.
there are a lot of hidden modes in the game as well, holding down the 1 or 2 button before starting a sport unlocks them (eg 2 in archery removes the shrinking circle, 2 in table tennis makes it an 11 point game etc etc)

I was loving the shrinking circle in archery!

I think silent hill: shattered memories looks like it could be goty

playthrough part 1

part 2

preview

trailer

I'm looking forward to it. No combat, right?

fatal frame fan translation out soon too

I'm guessing his glasses break (shatter, even) at some point

are there enough games with torches for a s&d?

Trackmania Wii looking surprisingly good http://www.revogamers.net/noticias-4047-%5BCGC09%5D-TrackMania-Wii-en-v%C3%ADdeo.html
supposedly has non friendcode sharing, 8+ online, 200 premade tracks + editor, all the Mario Kart control configs, 60fps etc etc. hmmm we'll see.
if they marketed this properly though it could easily crossover to the mainstream.

Do they confirm that you will be able to race custom tracks online?

nah, they're still nailing down the online so haven't announced the details yet eg they've got 8 people online at the moment, but they are trying to increase to 16. really doubt online custom tracks though, i would guess they'd be more likely to go for a weekly 'download' track ala Mario Kart Challenge.

Metroid Prime Trilogy! buy it quick before Nintendo comes to their senses!

haha yes otm

seriously, the wii's upcoming line-up is great

No More Heroes 2
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Fatal Frame IV (fan translated)
Dead Space: Extraction
Fragile
Muramasa: the Demon Blade
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
New Super Mario Brothers Wii
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Metroid: Other M
Super Mario Galaxy 2

would also add
A Boy And His Blob
Monster Hunter 3
Sin and Punishment 2

oh yeah, definitely

seriously, super mario galaxy is the best game released this generation bar none fuiud

Of the above mentioned games I'm most looking forward to New Super Mario Brothers Wii, Sin and Punishment 2, Muramasa: the Demon Blade and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. A lot of variety to these titles.

Would also add...
Shiren the Wanderer
Red Steel 2 (looks great in videos)
Illvelo

and on wiiware You, Me and the Cubes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-kn_6FTj-o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xntbNjn17SU

Illvelo (I think)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jVp-xTUDI

Red Steel II is really coming along. Color me intrigued.

wasn't the first red steel really, really bad tho? (I never played it)

tht comment ws kinda dumb, sorry

illvelo looks great, so does red steel 2

I never played the first Red steel either. Don't think I missed anything.

Seems like they're really distancing themselves from the first Red Steel - RS2 sort of looks like XIII except your guy has a sword.

good call on XIII. I was trying to place the aesthetic.

Is anyone getting the Metroid Trilogy? There is a $10 gift card w/coupon at best buy - for $40 it seems worth it.

does anyone know if u can play jp/us gamecube games on a region-free hacked wii?

pretty sure yes, you can go all the way if you're putting on bootloaders and etc. anyway

I'd just be region freeing it via the twilight hack. will they still work then?

don't think so

Just curious what gamecube games didn't make it over there that you're interested in (it can't be much, right?)...

Which got me thinking as the only gamecube release I've been wanting to try out that never made it here was Doshin the Giant... so I "found" a copy this morning and it looks like it's now working in the Dolphin emulator (only tried to get it running but will fool around with it when I have more time later). Are there other gamecube games we've missed?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3861556933_c9ecfb73d8_o.jpg

it's not a case of playing games I missed out on it's just gamecube games still largely hold their value thanks to wii bc but on ebay ntsc/jp games are almost half the price so I thought it'd be easier to go tht route

Damn - I was hoping you were going to roll off a list of awesome games I knew nothing about. Yeah, over here, other than first party and one or two weird titles, you can get gamecube games really cheap (last time I checked). I bought pretty much all the gamecube games that vaguely interested me around the end of last year and still haven't played any of them :(

The only gamecube games (that I know of) that I still want to pick up, but haven't, as they're a bit too expensive, are Skies of Arcadia and Super Mario Sunshine (both going for around $60 US for new copies!)

jeff, have you played radilgy? reminded me of tht illvelo video u linked above

on offer at play-asia too (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-ga-49-en-70-19el.html4)

ah, ha, quick google reveals tht the developers of radilgy (milestone inc.) also made illmatic envelope (illvelo)

In the US (and and Japan and Korea, I guess) there's a comp (for wii) of three older milestone games with the somewhat crazy name of "Ultimate Shooting Collection" that came out earlier this year...
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Shooting-Collection-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B001BJ690E/

Radilgy / Radio Allergy is my favorite of the three titles. I haven't played a ton, but have been meaning to get back into them. Actually, I have a Hori Wii Arcade stick supposedly in the mail mostly for that purpose (was hoping it would come today). Chaos Field also had a single disc gamecube release, but that's the title on there I like the least (so far).

Wow, I'm surprised I never even heard about that compilation.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2n9f60m.jpg

did anyone ever play wiiware game lit?

why did america get such awful art for this
http://image4.play-asia.com/350/6f/pa.115758.1.jpg

illvelo is on deal at play-asia (£10) just now btw

As bad as the US cover is for the milestone shooting collection... the US cover for Illvelo is remarkably worse

i used to depend on insert credit actually telling me about these games coming to the US, I think - that's another one completely off my radar

With all this talk about the Milestone games, one should keep in mind that the best (newish) STG / shmup on Wii is still Castle of Shikigami 3 (by a long shot). Also Blastworks could / should be skipped.

Decided to pick up the Metroid Prime Trilogy today at toysrus (they're having a buy 1 Wii game get 1 half off, so I picked up Wii Sports Resorttoo, for family fun) and the packaging is awesome. Metal case in a nice see-through slipcover, big instruction book, history of Metroid art thing as well. Can't really believe that it is only $50.

internet browser now free, if you paid you get 500 points refunded - its been updated with a new version of flash too. black wiimotes (with wm+) and nunchuks coming soon (which would suggest a black wii being released soon - maybe black friday?). also wii fit plus is going to be only $20 in the US, biggest holiday seller comfirmed?

goddamn this looks gorgeous
http://uk.wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14326534/a-boy-his-blob/videos/boyandblob_trl_trailer_90309.html;jsessionid=u0ifj23m0l10

year of the wii

http://i44.tinypic.com/axxkw9.jpg

Name has been changed to Lost in Shadows...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlf-OWr_Akg

Available starting tomorrow in North America

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/3886318258_d8df535b90_o.jpg

i'm into both those!

Out of curiosity, are there any good online multiplayer games for the Wii? I'm particularly interested in co-op.

This is a good (tough) question. I couldn't think of any Wii games with online co-op, so i did a search and the (only?) game that seems to come up is Battalion Wars 2 - I don't know anything about it though. Watched a couple of videos & it really didn't look like much.

For versus online there's always Mario Kart, and I quite enjoy Grand Slam Tennis. Not having voice chat perhaps makes playing these games online against friends feel no different than playing against total strangers though. Is there an online version of Bomberman?

I'm bummed New Super Mario Bros Wii doesn't have online, because that looks like it would be a perfect fit.

i think Endless Ocean 2 is supposed to have online co-op with voice support? Wii is the wrong console if you want online gaming though.

From the Wikipedia page for A Boy and His Blob:

"Pressing up on the D-pad makes the boy hug the blob, which can be used to calm him down whenever he gets scared."

AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

TOTALLY

hahah

Hug my blob.

new trailer for NMH 2:

http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/no-more-heroes-2-trailer/329357

looks like it owns SO hard. 2d jobs look hilarious.

yup yup yup yup yup

oh man, i so want to play those games

I've been playing the Metroid Prime Trilogy. Actually, just the first game.

I am the definition of the target audience for this because I always wanted to play the originals but didn't have a Gamecube, and then held off on playing the 3rd and final game of the trilogy for Wii because I wanted to play through the first two first.

Incredibly old news, but Metroid Prime is awesome.

Playing "Osmos", which is awesome in its weird mix of Space War/Asteroids, with biological & orbital mechanics. Also, very much the ambient game, and needs to be projected against the wall of a club with a loud PA.

a new Wii channel is launching tomorrow :)
its ...... a horoscope channel :((((

Wii continues to define great concepts and lousy execution

jeff what's that odin sphere-looking samurai thing?

muramasa the demon blade, by the same dude's as odin sphere and grimgrimoire

oboro muramasa

I do want Muramasa but I hear (1) whooooooooooooooooooole lot of backtracking and (2) the controls are kind of hinky since you can't remap jump to a button instead of "up"

I bought Muramasa over the three day weekend game buying orgy and played about an hour of it... so a few first impressions... Graphics are indeed amazing. What backtracking I've had to do, well, it obviously feels unnecessary, but then again you can backtrack through an entire early level in around 30-45 seconds (I don't know if it gets worse later on, but it really didn't bug me). Didn't have much of a problem with the controls, though I was playing with the wii remote and have decided to switch to classic controller next time I pick up the game, as I think trying to use the joystick on the nunchuck didn't feel that great. I was playing on the harder difficulty and the combat reminded me of the new Ninja Gaiden games, but brought back to 2d - so, at times very button mashy and I didn't feel quite as in control as I would like - difficult to time switching between blocking and doing different attacks effectively because the screen is so busy with multiple enemies coming at you from multiple directions that it gets confusing. That said, at least to start it wasn't very challenging (did die once on the first boss and I guess one other time where I didn't select and use a healing thing in time - making me wish I could set it to auto). Overall, I ended up feeling kind of so-so about it to start, didn't feel super compelled to rush back into it over some other games that have grabbed my attention more the last couple of days, though still planning to get back to it. One of the best looking Wii games for sure, would almost believe it's in HD.

this looks weird, a ragdoll fighting game that you design the moves for then play online? reminds me a little of Joy Mech Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1namLzaBO74

It is weird - has been available on PC for a couple of years? I forgot this was coming to Wii - do we know when?

down as October in Europe.
i don't really understand how it works, do you have any control when you fight, or are you programming a windup toy & then setting it loose?

Freeware version is here (for PC, Mac, Mac PowerPC or Linux)...
http://www.toribash.com/

It has been a while since I fooled with it (like two years), but if I remember right, yeah, you set up the move and then unleash it like a windup toy.

I wasn't too into it, but it might be better on Wii and/or with two people

thanks jeff, will try out the freeware version

o_O

"Eager to show its disconnected patrons that their Wiis can do more than Wii Sports -- you don't even have to eject the disc! -- Nintendo has appointed pretty much anyone in Europe savvy enough to visit Wii's Connection Settings menu an "Ambassador." Here's how the "Connection Ambassador Promotion" works: Beginning in October (as seen in Japan), if you help another Wii owner establish an online connection, you and your incompetent friend will both receive five Nintendo bucks (500 Wii Points). (Presumably, when connecting for the first time, there will be an option to credit an Ambassador.)

And if you extend your services to the maximum of twenty previously offline console owners? You're looking at a 10,000-point payout ($100 worth of old games you probably have tucked away in cart form, plus all those WiiWare options) -- not bad, eh?

But wait! There's a more tempting perk to this promotion. As Ambassador, once you connect ten users, you'll achieve "gold status" and be free to download all first-party NES titles on Virtual Console. Oh, but it gets far better: Hit your twenty connections and -- you guessed it -- you've attained "platinum status," essentially granting you the keys to Nintendo's Virtual Console catalog. That's right, all first- and third-party NES, SNES and N64 games -- for free."

The update to the nintendo channel is well worth downloading (you have to go to the shop channel area to get it) if you like stats, as there's a new record area that shows you how many hours and times you've played each game on your console. Not surprisingly I've played Mario Kart Wii the most (22+ hours), but I was surprised to discover my second most played game was Geometry Wars Galaxies. Video streaming on the channel also seems somewhat improved.

yassssss!!!! turns out a boy and his blob isn't just a pretty picture

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-a-boy-and/57585

Anyone pick up badlands? I played for a bit last night and I kinda like it. I was basically looking for a fps diablo and this is close enough. If anyone wants to co-op, hollar.

Uh borderlands. Jesus. I didnt have my coffee this morning.

Excite Bike wiiware remake with online play & track editor! November 9th!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdkwEipL9SI

haha that looks kinda awesome. is this the first game that nintendo have made for wiiware? castlevania rebirth looks good as well.

looks like their first ad made in-house too

that looks so so so so so so so so so so awesome

look what the mailman dropped off today:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/trdn89/3164e189.jpg

(the hat)

goddammit nintendo where is my sin & punishment 2 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/video/niconico/sm8647605

Nintendo Profit Hit By Wii Sales

Nintendo was 'unable to show a new game to become the next thing'

"The Wii lost the best-selling console slot in the US and Japan in September."

^^^very misleading w/out context

how so? even with the PS3 price cut, it's still significant historically (though i know the PS3 had won out some months in Japan earlier in the year)

PS3 basically just launched (or re-launched if ur picky) imo: the price cut means it's now reasonably priced and the hardware revision means it's now actually not fugly = a flood of of first-time buyers, and it still didn't beat the wii by that much. the wii meanwhile got a minor price cut in the US and a 'technical' price-cut in the UK (u now get more for ur buck but it's still the same price) and no hardware re-design and it still sold pretty well

basically the PS3 was always going to have a stellar month in september due to its relaunch and repricing and rebranding

the proof will be in the next 3/4 months' NPD numbers

nintendo profits this year: $1.13 billion
sony losses this year: $1.06 billion

(gaming related divisions)

real talk. wii HD better have fkn gamertags

how does SM64 control on the GC/classic controller? fine?

Just moved to the US from the UK - my Wii finally arrived today. I stupidly bought a game on Amazon.com which is NTSC. Any way I can get it to play on my UK Wii? Putting the disc in does nothing. There seem to be lots of Youtube videos about how to hax0r it but do any of them actually work?

Ta.

yeh you can easily softmod it, just need an SD card.
this is a good guide http://gwht.wikidot.com/
install homebrew channel, then gecko os.