The problem is the franchises you are choosing. I'll give you Mario since you could have a Luigi, Peach or Toad running around in multiplayer. Metroid is a solo experience period. It is Samus against the galaxy. It's basically the same for Zelda, you have Link and...? Who is player two going to be? Tingle?

I have no problems with DLC, but these core franchises need to stick to the tried and true. So you think Metroid Prime plays like Super Metroid? Super Mario Galaxy plays like Super Mario World? Seriously? Both were also two of the highest rated games of their generations. I will admit, Zelda is in a rut, TP did nothing for me. I did enjoy the hell out of Phantom Hourglass though.

If Nintendo wants to incorporate those type experiences they need to do it in new franchises. I don't want xxD3atHxK1ll3rxx leaving me messages in Samus's ship.

Like I said before, incorporate the appropriate online content to each franchise but incorporate it somehow.

The 2 player aspect in SMG is neat, and the need to expand on that. And I have not played Prime so I cant comment on it but investing 20 or so odd hours of game play into a single player experience that results in a "Congrats you did it!" screenshot is ... well something I have grown out of I guess.

If I'm 15 again then yeah, but now not so much.

If its just some silly non-value-added-tack-on the leave it out. But certainly they have enough creative juice to find a way to build in some online aspects here to further enhance the replay value of these games.

Wait, what? Playing games is about playing games. It's about the journey, not necessarily the destination.

BTW, you can email that screenshot to other Wii owners to brag!

Metroid is one of the best on the Wii, easily. You should definitely check it out, especially when the MP1&2 wii-makes hit next year.

Animal Crossing. It's like video game crack. One hit of it and you are hooked.

Sure, but going on that destination with other friends or family makes it all that much better.

While I agree that some games are better experienced with others, some are meant to be isolated experiences. Metroid is certainly one of those series.

Wrong wrong wrong.

Take a look at the three games that received the most praise and awards last year:

Super Mario Galaxy
BioShock
Portal

Sure Galaxy has a tacked on multiplayer mode, but it's still basically a single-player only experience like both BioShock and Portal. Are you going to tell me that these three games offer 1990's type of fun?

Maybe on the GameCube, but I got bored to death of the DS one and will not be back for the Wii version which looks like a DS port anyway.

I agree, the Gamecube version is awesome but the DS version bored me to death. Like you said, it looks like the Wii version is nothing but a rehash of the game on the DS.

Amazon has Wii in stock as of this posting.

I read the AC:CF story in NP and nowhere does it mention you share a house like the DS version.

I then read one of the AC:CF previews over at IGN and it states:

So it appears that four people can each have their own house!

Totally agree. While I enjoy going online and playing Call of Duty against my brother and friends, or sitting in the living room playing Guitar Hero or something else with friends, gaming is still mostly a single player experience for me. I derive the most enjoyment out of sitting down with a game that has a solid experience; something with a story or goal I am pushing through. It's why RPGs are still a favorite genre. But, online RPGs have yet to capture me, as it's just not the same story-driven, character-driven experience.

Sold!

Anyone play Lightsaber Duels yet?

This dependency on the Wiimote needs to be broken. I realize that it's cheaper to do this than incorporate the BT needed to communicate with the Wii, but Jesus... You're talking to battery-powered devices now and the only thing one does is bridge RF wireless to BT wireless. What a waste.

Granted, it does look more ergonomically pleasing that Nintendo's own...

I don't see the dongle as much of an issue. Plug it in and sit the Wiimote on the coffee table.

It does look pretty sweet too.

The only "issue" is now you have 2 devices draining batteries. Just seems silly to me.

I would take a wavebird over that for most games.

^ That's what I thought but those old games are so ingrained in my brain, the buttons on the Wavebird are all fucked up. I would have to relearn how to play them all.

Rechargeables.

As I learned from My Cousin Vinny, no self-respectin' gamer uses disposable batteries.

I always have 2 or 4 AAs ready to go when the ones I have in die, but that doesn't mean I want to drain them unnecessarily.

I was totally expecting it to be a dongle into the Wii itself, which would have made sense. But to have to go through the Wiimote is silly. Luckily it doesn't affect me so I'll just leave it at that.

Please explain.

I think it has something to do with grits.

Opera WiiBrowser detailed.


- New buttons
- Wii Speak Compability
- See your Wii mail from within the browser
- tab cube keeps track of 6 tabs, can be made invisible
- 500 Wii Points
- due out this December
- If you paid for the first version of the browser, you don’t have to pay for this one

What if you got the browser for free originally?

Does that mean that if you got the first version for free, you have to shell out 500 points for the upgrade?

This thing is still useless until it runs newer versions of Flash.