Wii Thread 4.0, WEEUWEEUWEEUWEE!

Podcast stuff:

funny segment where they were ragging on people who believed they got paid by HVS

Matt heard a rumor that the reason VC titles have slowed down is because nintendo is seeing more sucess with wii ware recently so they’re leaning towards that. He really doubts that though.

Prime trilogy plays well of course.

M: UA2 for wii won’t have online multiplayer…not surprising

Apparently Nintendo is dropping alot of money in their R&D budget right now. Like more than usual so they’re definitely working on something…

NyxQuest for Wiiware is pretty good so far.

Matt says again he’s going to visit Retro in the next couple of weeks around August 7th.

that’s about it.

can someone please give me a list of 10 must have games for the wii.

you may want to be a little bit more specific because I know how the majority of SRK dislikes smash dispite it being fun. I’ve also been keeping the list on the first page updated as stuff comes out…do you want a top 10?

Here’s my top ten. Note most of these I play with my kids:

  1. Super Mario Galaxy
  2. Mario Kart Wii
  3. Wii Sports Resort
  4. Super Mario Strikers
  5. Wii Music (seriously, we play it a lot)
  6. MegaMan 9
  7. Gradius Rebirth
  8. Tetris Online
  9. Dr. Mario
  10. Sim City Creator

Note my list is probably as far from the core SRK Wii fan as you can get. But I like these games. They aren’t in any specific order.

New Wii Games that have been dropped to $20 until Sunday at GS:

Animal Crossing: City Folk
DK Jungle Beat
Excitebots
MadWorld
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Wario Land: Shake It
Wii Music

Is animal crossing with the mic or no? It between that or madworld if so.

Punch Out
Galaxy
Twilight Princess
No More Heroes
Mario Kart
TvC when it comes out

…shit that’s all I can really think of. The rest are hit and miss. I actually only enjoyed 2 of those games in my list. That’s No More Heroes and TvC, and even TvC got boring after like 2 weeks of playing.

I haven’t had a chance to play Punch Out but I haven’t wanted to either. Plus it doesn’t help I gave my wii to my sister for her birthday. But I have heard good things about it.

Wario Ware is really cool…

yes,

Smash and Punch Out are on my to-buy list… possibly No More Heroes. i’m not to sure about The Conduit… judging by some of the reviews i’ve read.

No More Heroes is a must have.
I might buy a Wii again just for the second one.

ok I wasn’t entirely sure what type of list you wanted…my must buy would be

Metroid Prime Trilogy (I would put corruption but there’s no point when this drops)
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
House of the Dead: Overkill
Zack and Wiki (if you can find it)
Twilight Princess
Punch-out
Boom Blox Bash Party
Excite Truck
No More Heroes

MadWorld would be on here if you like beat em ups and as good as I think the Conduit is I’d only recommend it if you haven’t really been playing shooters on the other consoles and you dig the wii’s control setup better for them.

I updated the front with more games that happened to show up in our books…2 of them being Fragile and Ju-On and it looks like Arc Rise may have got pushed back to 2010.

Nintendo Can’t Explain Low Hardcore Sales:

Iwata is watching his unfold via a one sided window
Consumer: :(…you guys don’t have a lot of good hardcore games…
some 3rd parties: Here ya go!
Consumer: looks at products and then proceeds to toss them over their shoulder and continue about their business of playing Shoot You in the Face 5
Iwata:…wait what!?

Ubisoft Shifting Casual Focus to Natal, Wii

YAY! More Imagine: Insert thing here! Just what we’ve always wanted! I’m still waiting on Imagine: Cooking Babies guys…make it happen!

UFC Series Headed to Wii:

wasn’t expecting that.

If you’re curious to see what RE: DC’s boxart looks like then click here

Monster Hunter 3 - Japanese 4 days to launch trailer

1:36 The classic controller pro looks so much like a Dual shock controller in this guy’s hands…it’s not even funny.

Spyborgs - SDCC 09 Co-Op Gameplay Part 1

Spyborgs - SDCC 09 Co-Op Gameplay Part 2

Punch-Out!! Sequal Would Evolve Series:

Those who complained about ‘Punch-out being the same as the old’ may just end up getting what they asked for.

Monkey Island Dev: Iphone more Powerful than Wii

basically developer of monkey island and strong bad title ssays this one one of the forums and they didn’t take too lightly to the comments. I’m wondering if this is somehow true or if this guy is just trying to cover his own ass.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade - Swordplay Trailer
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/828151/marvelous-interactive-project/videos/muramasa_trl_swordplaytrailer_72909.html

this game needs to hurry up and come out.

Monster Hunter 3 - Japanese 3 days to launch trailer

more japanese talking mixed with some gameplay

Nice to hear about a sequel but PO Wii was good for what it was IMO.

Mario Kart Wii is fun, Baby Peach is so cute X3

I thought Punch-out!! was great but there are those who think of it as new ‘rehash’ and nothing more.

Discipline Revived:

I…don’t know what to think about this Wii Ware game. It’s being done by Marvelous. It’s definitely strange.

Nintendo Details Release Plans

Wii Fit plus at 20 bucks in japan…not bad

Japan’s Numbers:

DQIX may still be beasting but MH3 is about to come from behind with the surprise roll up and pin.
Nintendo’s Earnings Fall

They’re making a third of what they did last year. Still raking in money though just not as much.

Naruto Shippuden: CON Rev 3 - New Jutsu Trailer

Odama Rasengen and 2 other jutsu’s and you get to see Granny Chiyo.

Super Meat Boy - Nintendo Channel featurette

Dr. Fetus hmm?

Cursed Moutain - Dev Diary Voices in the Wind
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14270799/cursed-mountain/videos/cursedmountain_trl_bts_72909.html

Talks bout what you’ll hear sound wise in the game.

70 new Overturn screens:
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/142/14298320/imgs_1.html

Remember that arena robot typish game that I posted about that was coming to WiiWare? That’s what that is and it’s supposed to be coming this Monday. Wonder how it will turn out.

MH3 - Japanese 1 day trailer

There’s always someone in the comments who’s like ‘make this for the 360!’

Interesting news not related to Wii:

PS2 outsold Ps3’s and PSP’s last quarter. All I can say is that system is pretty tough.

I’d like to introduce you guys to Project Q. It’s being done by the same guys who are doing Cave Story, Night Game, and La Mulana.

Project Q in Action:
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/22975/q/videos/project_q_proto.html

What is Project Q Q&A:

They said this game looks like a game called Flashback on the Genesis that I’ve never heard of or played. Game looks pretty awesome and if you’re an owner of another system and don’t currently have a Wii then there’s a chance that it may show up on one of the others…it hasn’t been completely decided yet.

Guitar Hero 5 Wii Blowout:

Same features as it’s other breathren, no friend codes, and it’s going to have wii to Ds functionality with 2 exclusive modes - A stage show/manager music video creator for mii freestyle on the ds and Roadie Battle. I’m interested in what Roadie Battle is since he’s already saying it’s a blast but we won’t find out till next week. This only applies if you’re not completely tired of ‘Hero’ yet and you happen to own a DS.

MH3 - Japanese Launch Trailer

no talking…all gameplay

VC/WW Monday 8/3
Virtual Console
NES - Tecmo Bowl

WiiWare
OVERTURN
Sexy Poker

I’m surprised they released an M game for WiiWare. Tecmo Bowl is a decent return for VC, though.

…Sexy Poker?

Get. The FUCK. OUT. Go to hell, Gameloft.

yyyyup…sexy poker. I didn’t know there was an arcade version of Tecmo Bowl.