I’ve played both versions and the Wii controls are better. It’s the first 3D Zelda in which the spin attack move is actually useful again.
Oh, maaaaaan. That sucks. I wore my fingers raw working through all the Merc missions and getting the damn hand cannon. Now I gotta do it again? Can’t I just stick my GC memory card in and load my saved game? Pretty please?
It’s different. Much more stuff to change and play through of course but it’s not a perfect game by any means. The swing is not realistic, the putting can be frustrating, and the graphics can be choppy sometimes. It’s a EA Sports-of-the-year first iteration, so there will be more and depending on when they plan to release the next one if I were you I would wait for the next one, hopefully they will iron out all the annoyances.
That said, it’s the game I tend to play most. 
No love for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock? Some younger kids might have a tough time with it. My 15yo son loves it. So do I.
If you want to break a sweat, the Rabbids are the way to go. Or get Dance Dance Revolution for a full on work out. Wii Fit also looks promising in this regard but it’s not available yet.
Lemme see what I have that hasn’t been mentioned…
Bust-a-move Bash: Max 8 players, but despite this it sucks as a party game. The multiplayer mode gets very chaotic and only lasts a couple minutes per round. Decent timewaster solo, but nothing special. Avoid like hell if you’re colourblind.
Bleach: Shattered Blade: I haven’t actually played this, though my husband enjoys it. It looks like something that would be best enjoyed by fans of the series. Graphics are a nice blend of cel-shading and texturing though, it gives a nice realistic look while keeping very true to the style of the series.
Naruto: Clash of the Ninja 3: Not much change from the GC version, though more characters and multiple special moves per character. I personally don’t like the movement system, it’s a bit unintuitive, especially with more than two players on the screen. Great game for a series-based fighter, but not enough change from CotN2 to keep me interested.
Soul Caliber Legends: Decent adventure game that’s very reminiscent of the SNES era. Controls are simple and intuitive enough, although step attacks are a pain to try and pull off. More worth playing for the story than anything else–it tends to devolve into a bunch of arm-waving. The split screen makes the two-player mode feel really cramped.
Transformers: For fans only. There’s a lot of unlockable content, including movie trailers and a clip from the original cartoon, but overall nothing special as far as gameplay goes.
Trauma Center: Second Opinion: I wish I had the DS version to compare. The controls are a bit shakey because of the wiimote, and I wound up giving up around the start of chapter two because of an operation that required quick tool swaping and reactions. Otherwise not a bad game from what I’ve seen, it just wound up pissing me off. Especially when trying to play in the afternoon–the sunlight was screwing up the sensor.
Well, if you have an SD card (easy to get…some digital cameras use them for picture storage), you should be able to find a save game online fairly easily.
Yet another vote for Super Mario Galaxy. It’s the most “fun” game I’ve played in a long time (that might only make sense to gamers.)
Wii Sports and Wii Play aren’t worth the plastic they’re printed on, IMO.
Super Monkey Ball was pretty fun with my wife and parents, but I don’t think I’d ever play it alone or with other seasoned gamers.
Call of Duty 4 (I think?) was the only FPS I’ve played on Wii so far. I was really digging the controls but I personally don’t much care for realistic games.
I was thrilled when a friend loaned me Super Paper Mario . . . but even to a guy who likes a lot of story (me), it’s a lot of story . . . the first couple hours seem to be 1 minute of gameplay for every 5-10 minutes of cutscene. I played through level 1 - 4 and haven’t had the motivation to pick it back up yet.
I’m waiting anxiously for Mario Kart Wii. Mario Kart 64 was IMO the best game on that system and possibly the best multiplayer console game ever.
Hm. I’m not above cheating. Oh, I will if I have to. But there’s something about using someone else’s saved game that feels like wearing someone else’s dirty underwear. I just can’t do it.
That would be Call of Duty 3. CoD 4 is available on the 360, PS3, PC, and DS, but not the Wii.
Touché, good man.
We just got Mario and Sonic at the Olympics and I love it. It’s so much fun. It’s rather athletic, for a video game, which makes it more interesting to me.
How old are the kids? My friend has a 3 and a 5 year old, and they don’t have the skills (yet) to play some of the more complex games with jumping and timing, but they really love Cooking Mama. It’s good for the little kids.
A problem with games for the Wii is that there’s a lot of dumping old titles from the PS2 and other consoles onto the Wii. A lot of game developers want to cash in on the hype around the Wii and essentieally, are shipping older games “with added Wii content”, which is basically shaking the nunchuck instead of pushing a button to achieve the same action.
It works quite poorly, as in Tomb Raider Anniversary, where it’s almost random if the grappling line will actually extend and hit something or if Lara will fall to her death prompting a *very * long loading sequence and climbing a ton of ledges again from the last checkpoint.
Zack & Wiki is a lot of fun, though I have to wonder what the developers at Capcom was smoking when designing the game.
I will second Mario Galaxy, it’s our most recent title and it’s a blast playing it with my 6 year old son, who’s getting good at it.
Another game we have that I like that we play a lot is Excite Truck Racing. It’s a riot and the graphics are decent.
I’ll also second Rayman Raving Rabbids…it’s a total crackup and a quasi-workout game.
I am surprised at the lack of love for the Wii Sports disc. My son and I have marathon tennis tournaments, and you really do break a sweat playing that game. It’s so much fun! Also the bowling game is awesome! Baseball/Boxing sucks, and the golf is pretty weak too.
As for Tiger Woods Golf, I have the 2007 version and the poster above pretty much nailed it. It has it’s quirks, but overall it’s the best golf game I’ve ever played on any system, and that includes the likes of Golden Tee.
I’m looking for a good reccomendation for a baseball game and a solid FPS myself. I’m hearing all this good stuff about Metroid and COD 3 (which I already have on my PC).
My kids are addicted to Super Mario Galaxy. Their mom, who hates video games, is addicted to Super Mario Galaxy. I can sit and watch it like a cartoon.
Galaxy is a great game, but it could have been done on the game cube.
MY wife and I like to play Wii Play, only for the pool and wheres waldo game.
Metroid was good but hard.
Warioware was disappointing. Not very mulitplayer friendly.
Pool Party or whatever its called SUCKS. Run from it.
Generally the Wii is over rated IMHO but there are some decent games on it.
You actually ninthed it, and in only 34 posts that’s got to be some kind of record :D. If anyone is sitting on the fence about this game, here’s your proof. Yes, it’s that good.
Most consoles are a bit of a dud when they launch. It takes awhile for the software to catch up to what the hardware can do. Xbox was “Halo-only” for a lot of people for the first couple years, but it eventually matured into one of the best consoles ever, IMO. I think the Wii is good now but it will be great in about 2 years.
If you’re going to dig up Virtual Console games, get a Classic Controller.
The GameCube controller is poorly suited to VC games in my opinion.
Depends what you’re playing. The GCN pad is good for some N64 games on the VC, and you can use the Wii-Mote for NES, Genesis, and Turbografix games, but you’ll want a Classic Controller for anything else.
My six-year-old niece plays on Easy - Slow mode. My seven-year-old nephew was playing regular Easy by the end of Christmas Day (and hilariously, does the whole rock star jump in the air thing at the end of the song). I strongly recommend this one for the whole family. Word of warning: you’ll find yourself strongly desiring two guitars for co-op career mode.