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Aye, seems like a very fair price to me. Nintendo release enough must play games for every console to make £200 worth it even if not one else makes any good games for it.

Bloody hell.

Really tempted by that....

I've ordered at that, because I'm really not certain that price will stick. So, now I've a month or so to decide if I actually want it.

My Hols will start then and thats a really reasonable price, and if it matches the Wii's output it's a worth it....

Name 10 Must Play games for the Wii.

Super Mario Galaxy

Cock.

Yeah, the two Galaxies and possibly Animal Crossing if you haven't got the DS version. That's all I can do.

I preordered one anyway, seems worth a punt.

Mario Galaxy,
Mario Galaxy 2,
New Super Mario Bros. Wii,
Metroid Prime 3,
Super Smash Bros. Brawl,
Kirby's Epic Yarn,
Excite Truck,
Zelda: Twilight Princess,
Zelda: Skyward Sword,
Rhythm Heaven Fever.

Although I guess it's subjective. And those are just ones Nintendo made. MadWorld, Boom Blox 1+2 and Sin & Punishment 2 are all solid, and then there's a load of enhanced ports like RE4, and all the new play control games.

Edit: And you have more than a month to decide, that date is a placeholder, it won't be out until towards the end of the year. I reckon November.

TwiPrin I consider a GameCube game. Smash Bros I've always disliked and Excite Truck was a decent enough racer, but hardly a must play.

Excite Truck was the shit, one of the best arcade racers in ages.

TREE RUN.

I disagree

Madworld was excellent.

I can't believe people are still giving Nintendo money.

The last time I gave Nintendo money was for the DS Lite. I can't see it ever happening again.

That's a terrible list by anyone's measure. It's got an awful back catalogue of utter shit and very few great games -unlike every Nintendo console before it. It's a real enigma with its massive popularity but dreadful software.

Not by my measure, but I will happily agree that their previous consoles had far better software libraries. It seemed like the gamecube got an utterly stellar game every 6 months or so.

I agree.

It was rather let down by the rather unpredictable control method.

And Metroid Prime 3 was by far and away the worst, as not just because of the not very good controls.

I think one problem with the wii is that I never felt particularly in control. Well, aside from things which pretty much ignored the motion control. The technology wasn't up to the task.

And they stole my damn stars.

It's absolutely not an enigma. It has stuff that casual folk like.

Second, not my measure either. It has some cracking games. Super Mario Galaxy is worth the entry fee alone. One of the best games ever made. No hyperbole. It's fucking fantastic. I didn't love my Wii as much as I love my Xbox 360, but writing it off entirely is a little brash.

But I also agree with Dave. I haven't ever played with Motion Plus so I can't speak for that, but the original Wiimote is pretty pants really. The best games I played used its functionality sparingly. Thankfully the WiiU has a sort of proper controller (and a proper proper controller if you want, and the Wiimote...).

Name 10 Must Play games.

Ah shut up.

Exactly.

But thinking about it, whilst there aren't many (less than 10 i'll bet) great games there are some games that have changed the gaming landscape: Wii Sports and Wii Fit, in particular.

Landscape? You mean landfill, surely.

Never had a wii and there's a few Wii games I fancy playing, I'm interested to see what happens with the touchscreen controller, I like the idea of browsing through Netflix on there and then watching stuff on it if the telly is being used for something else (although admittedly I can already do this with the iPad but don't often), also the controller will apparently also work as a universal remote which is another slight draw. And then obviously the uncertain promise of a few decent games to play down the line. For £200 it seems worth a go.

I would say that Nintendo have been more influential than they have been brilliant with the Wii. They kicked off the whole motion control thing, and both Sony and Microsoft followed. Same goes for making games for people that don't like games.

Edit: Amazon have stopped taking preorders now. I'll keep an eye out for good prices elsewhere.

Never knew that.

Excite Truck

Er...

[edit]Actually, I think it's fair to put Wii Sports in there, too.

List of all Wii games : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_games

Top 25 Wii games from IGN

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/104/1048874p1.html

Top 25 from Gamesradar

http://www.gamesradar.com/best-wii-games-all-time/

Top 25 from Metacritic

http://www.metacritic.com/feature/25-best-wii-games

For a games system it did come with a lot of new ideas , however very few of them actually were as revolutionary as they first seemed.

DJ Hero?!

It's acetits.

DJ Hero is fucking excellent and much more genuine fun than fucking Guitar Hero. Mind you, it's not exactly a Wii exclusive so I don't think it's existence is an argument for the quality of Wii games.

The later levels of Super Mario Galaxy looked fun, but the first couple of hours were tedious in the extreme. There should have been a box to tick that would allow you to certify you were over five years old and save yourself a boring time where there was never any threat of taking damage. Or having fun.

Wii U order cancelled by Amazon. New and annoying kind of market research? I don't buy that it was a genuine error, not left up for that long.

Sounds like Shopto were possibly more on the money than first thought then.

Sounds like more Nintendo cuntery to me.

I can't see anyone else at fault here.

At the risk of changing the topic somewhat... Shopto have the Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collector's Edition for £11.86 on 360 and £12.85 on PS3 (you lucky Brits... the 360 version is region-locked so I haven't been able to get one of your crazy-cheap copies). They also got a rather good THQ 10-pack box of games for the PC for £14.86 (Dawn of War 2 Gold is easily worth a fiver IMO, it was my GOTY 2009 and I was just replaying both campaigns yet again a couple of months ago. I think the other games would be worth a tenner together, too ).

When I get my Wii U, I'll be eager to play Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, No More Heroes, Punch Out, Tatsunoku, Madworld, Epic Mickey, Donkey Kong.

Console versions of Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition for £14.95 (360) and £14.95 (PS3).

#currency=USD" class="postlink">Tank. Twelve grand.

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Anyone noticed the Games on Demand sale? PoP The Forgotten Sands is £3.99! Is it any good? Anyone fancy taking a look through and recommending something? They're all a fiver or less it seems, and that's about all I have so I want to buy something half decent!

No wait, everything is £3.99 I think! Impressive! Some are launch titles mind. Table Tennis is on there. That's worth a go. Alone in the Dark is shit. GRAW. Blazing Angels - that any good? Perfect Dark Zero. VP Party Animals. Virtua Tennis 2009. Sega Superstars Tennis. Facebreaker. Kameo. Conan. Dark Void.

A proper sale! Finally!

I enjoyed Blazing Angels. Decent arcade flight bastard.

Conan is worth the cash monies. Facebreaker is fun with two people, but has a shit single-player.

I have Conan!

It's a toss up between PoP, GRAW, Blazing Angels and VT2009. Whaddya reckon?

Conan and Dark Void are both good.

I've bought all the kiddie games. 480pts each, very reasonable.

Do they spuff cheevos for fun?

Damn it! Why do I have to be so skint? I mean, we're not talking classics here but this is cheap. Plus it'd send a clear message to MS that we want more of this sort of thing.

I dunno. I hear that any EA game you buy via Games on Demand doesn't actually include the online pass element of their fuckery. So you have to buy that as an extra cost. Worth bearing in mind for any future sales.