[SethG]

I'm surprised not to find a thread on this already, since I'm so late to the Wii bandwagon.

I just hooked my Wii up tonight, and since I'm the only person awake in the house at the moment, I haven't been able to get the best out of the Sports package that came with the console and I haven't bothered to put in the Resort disk-- I think all of these sports games will be most fun with other players.

I also got Super Mario Galaxy, and I just played one level but it is great!

What games do you like the most? I think I can skip the Wii Fit package, which I've tried before at a friend's house, although I think the balance board has great possibilities. I read that the skateboard/snowboard games aren't the best, is this so?

I want Mario Kart. And sorry Wilf, but I'm pretty sure the Beatles Rock Band is in my family's future.

I also think I wouldn't mind having at least one of those gory shoot 'em 'til they kill you military/alien sort of games, just for me and other mature adults, if any of you can recommend one.

[splinky]

Seth, i spent all weekend thinking about which package i might buy. i think i'm going to the nintendo store in rock center tomorrow to play for a while and see what i like. did you buy a whole package or separate games and wii console?

i still can't wrap my head around the price but all the other kids have a wii so i want one too

[robert40]

After school everyday I play a game or two with my daughter. Mostly Mario Kart and she wins 9 out of 10 times. For Christmas we got Super Mario Bros. which is a flash from the past... Well not Pacman old but ancient to my daughter. Lots of fun!

[The Scream]

I got one for my son for Christmas. He outgrew toys at a pretty young age and doesn't ask for much (our daughter asks for a lot of things and the mister is a sucker who can't say no to her). He usually asks for books. So, we decided to splurge, since he really wanted a Wii and the price has gone down since it was first introduced. We bought the Wii Sports package that came with an additional remote. First day, he played for 6 1/2 hours, second day 2 hours and currently whittled down to a few times a week.

I try to avoid playing because it's so addictive. I haven't tried that many. I like tennis, boxing was pretty fun, but I can't get into bowling. The balance board looks like something I might like. I really don't know about Wii fitness being that challenging. The women I know who are really into it aren't that fit, out of shape really. Maybe there are different levels, I don't know.

I see Wii sports resort, mario kart and rockband in our future.

[peppyre]

I've never been a big video game person. I had a Sega system back in the early 80's and my ex and I had a Playstation when we lived together which was lots of fun, but I never thought twice about the Wii. After playing with one a few times....I want it! Considering I will have several months this year where I will be doing nothing but sitting on my ass, i think it may be the perfect entertainment and a totally justifiable purchase. Who knows, the Wii Fit may even aid in my rehab??

After watching a friend play Call of Duty, World at War....yeah...I think i could get into that. I like shooting things.

[The Scream]

I've never been a big video game person. I had a Sega system back in the early 80's and my ex and I had a Playstation when we lived together which was lots of fun, but I never thought twice about the Wii. After playing with one a few times....I want it! Considering I will have several months this year where I will be doing nothing but sitting on my ass, i think it may be the perfect entertainment and a totally justifiable purchase. Who knows, the Wii Fit may even aid in my rehab??

After watching a friend play Call of Duty, World at War....yeah...I think i could get into that. I like shooting things.

Again, the balance board really interests me. If there's a Wii Yoga, I'd buy it.

[flyfish]

I've been thinking about this too. I'd read (maybe on here?) that Wii Fit was essentially a very mild workout and that some of the third-party fitness packs (and even Wii Sports) would be better. Painterman just wants Rockband. Neither of us are much into cow racing...

[Anthony Bonner]

best game? FIFA 2010. I have 09, 10 is the current version

admins please close this thread. The question has been answered

(mario kart is pretty good too - although not going to bring me back to my college days, but the issue there is probably other things that were going on concurrently)

[SethG]

That FIFA 2010 does look good...

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[Behemoth]

Oh dear. We might need that.

[SethG]

Seth, i spent all weekend thinking about which package i might buy. i think i'm going to the nintendo store in rock center tomorrow to play for a while and see what i like. did you buy a whole package or separate games and wii console?

i still can't wrap my head around the price but all the other kids have a wii so i want one too

I bought the basic Wii ($200), plus another $200 worth of stuff: a second controller (with the new motion plus), Wii Resort (which comes with a motion plus attachment for my other controller), a second nunchuck, a NIMH recharge set-up for the controllers, component video cables, and Super Mario Galaxy, which was used and on sale.

What I find so seductive about the Wii is its build-a-better-mousetrap quality. Gaming systems were so predictable: faster processors, more memory, more and more graphics and levels for the same types of games. And then Nintendo took a big risk on a machine weaker than its rivals but which offered in its interface a whole new way to play games, and it turns out people love it. It is novel and fun.

[Anthony Bonner]

Seth, i spent all weekend thinking about which package i might buy. i think i'm going to the nintendo store in rock center tomorrow to play for a while and see what i like. did you buy a whole package or separate games and wii console?

i still can't wrap my head around the price but all the other kids have a wii so i want one too

I bought the basic Wii ($200), plus another $200 worth of stuff: a second controller (with the new motion plus), Wii Resort (which comes with a motion plus attachment for my other controller), a second nunchuck, a NIMH recharge set-up for the controllers, component video cables, and Super Mario Galaxy, which was used and on sale.

What I find so seductive about the Wii is its build-a-better-mousetrap quality. Gaming systems were so predictable: faster processors, more memory, more and more graphics and levels for the same types of games. And then Nintendo took a big risk on a machine weaker than its rivals but which offered in its interface a whole new way to play games, and it turns out people love it. It is novel and fun.

yeah the wii is the console for non-gamers - which is what I most certainly am. My hard core gaming 18 y/o future brother in law mocks it everytime he comes by the apartment.

That video actually doesnt' even show the coolest features of the fifa game - basically in the more advanced playmode yuo use the nunchuk to control the player with the ball and the controller allows you to draw on the screen where you want passes to go or for players without the ball to make their runs. Its a ludicrous level of control. On the flip side, the easy modes are incredibly easy so you don't get frustrated on the early parts of learning curve.

As a red-blooded, god fearing, free markets loving 'merican I played a ton of madden when I was a kid, and when I was talked into buying the wii by my fiancee, Madden and NCAA '08 were the first game I bought for personal use. I got Fifa '09 a year ago and haven't played anything else (granted I maybe play an hour a week)

Of course soccer as a game is still best suited for communists and homosexuals.

[The Scream]

Seth, i spent all weekend thinking about which package i might buy. i think i'm going to the nintendo store in rock center tomorrow to play for a while and see what i like. did you buy a whole package or separate games and wii console?

i still can't wrap my head around the price but all the other kids have a wii so i want one too

I bought the basic Wii ($200), plus another $200 worth of stuff: a second controller (with the new motion plus), Wii Resort (which comes with a motion plus attachment for my other controller), a second nunchuck, a NIMH recharge set-up for the controllers, component video cables, and Super Mario Galaxy, which was used and on sale.

It's the 'other stuff' that will keep adding up. I didn't know about Wii soccer until the mister insisted that should be our next purchase. Our son loves playing all kinds of sports and soccer is his favorite. Now our daughter wants Wii cooking, The list just keeps getting longer and longer...

[SethG]

...and when I was talked into buying the wii by my fiancee...

Your fiancee wanted you to buy the Wii?? Marry her immediately.

[SethG]

Okay, my wife is going to kill me, but my drumming son will be thrilled. I just ordered Beatles Rock Band with the instruments from Amazon-- they have a returnable, resealed used package for $119, which seems like a great deal to me.