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Say what? What does Hawaii have to do with food and cooking games? Is it illegal to ship food to Hawaii or something?
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I was joking, that was just the first thing that popped into my head when I could not find a major retailer that would ship it to Hawaii. You see they are extremely cautious about food brought into the islands. See our Department of Agriculture’s website. When I tried to buy my niece an ant farm I was told that we’d have to catch them ourselves and that we could not order them through the mail like you can on the mainland.
I couldn’t wait and ended up buying GH3 today. Talk about addictive. Even when I could no longer comprehend the colored circles, my fingers were cramping, and my shoulder ached, I didn’t want to stop playing.
I’m sorely tempted to get a Wii if only because it hosts some of my favourite franchises (Zelda, Metroid, Mario). I’m not particularly bothered about it being a graphical powerhouse or having conventional games on it - in fact the game that piqued my interest the most was Trauma Centre because it seemed a bit different. My mum is really into the idea of having a Wii too, so we could play party games on it. Maybe I’ll get one as present to myself in the new year.
[QUOTE=Cubsfan]
I will add that I’m not impressed with the Wii so far and I’ve had it for almost a year, played 10 games or so from a range of genre’s (including Zelda, Metroid, Warioware and Rabbids) and don’t see any end in sight for the mediocrity. .. 360 is almost hitting it’s prime stride. There are a huge number of must play games on that system, and the PS3 to a lesser extent.
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Yeah, but all the “must play” games I’ve seen reviewed for the Xbox/PS3 are pretty violent. Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, Splinter Cell, etc., not exactly games I can play with my kids around or let them play. Or that my wife would want to play. Which means I will get nearly zero time to spend myself playing them, and I am at best a casual gamer, and FPS games make me motion sick on a large screen HDTV.
On the other hand, the Wii is a great hit with my kids. And this is even before the Mario Bros. Smash Brawl game comes out – they love the aforementioned Raving Rabbids game, another game called Elebits, and even some otherwise rather lame games play-wise in Pokemon Revolution and Rampage: Total Destruction (which I got for myself out of nostalgia for the old arcade game, only to realize that dang, this is just the same thing over and over). And my wife loves the Lego Star Wars game.
Are any of these types of games available on the Xbox/PS3? Or just not talked about?
I am filing Nintendo Wii into the same folder I filed Disney. People BELIEVE they like everything from them, sans their own frigging better judgment. I so need to be in advertising.
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I don’t know about that. It might amount to something like dumping your Yahoo! stock (or never buying Google).
Look at this dude’s projects. Or at his ideas for user-head-tracking (Reminds me of my stupid movements, trying to peer behind walls during deathmatches on the original Doom).
I don’t know if anyone’s following up on these ideas on Nintendo’s (or, for that matter, any game developer’s angle). But the non-obvious yet simple ideas that the remote opens up… they could open up exciting angles for games.
[QUOTE=jsgoddess]
I can’t afford one (or can’t find one at a price I can afford, really. Five hundred dollars for a game system? No.)
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True story: my best friend just got a Wii the day after Xmas (ironically, just as I was busy smashing my finger to purple swollen-ness while playing on my own Wii), simply by walking into a Target to exchange some busted merchandise and noticing that they had a couple on the shelves in the video game area. Incredulous, he asked if those were really Wii units for sale or just empty boxes. The rather bored clerk said, “Yeah, we’ve got a bunch more back in the storeroom too.” I guess people just didn’t think to go to Target to get a Wii, 'cause I know there were people on line starting at stupid hours of the night to get these things at Best Buy and Circuit City and Toys R Us and whatnot.
So, he bought one for MSRP, which is actually the cheapest of the game consoles out there now at about $250. And he hadn’t even really been looking for one, just sort of in the mood to get one if he saw one for list price, and what do you know, he did just that.
[QUOTE=robardin]
Yeah, but all the “must play” games I’ve seen reviewed for the Xbox/PS3 are pretty violent.
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Are any of these types of games available on the Xbox/PS3? Or just not talked about?
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Well sure there are games suitable for kids. Looking at Amazon.com here’s how the game ratings break down:
XBox360
Everyone: 39
Everyone 10+: 13
Teen: 56
Mature: 33
Rating Pending: 49
The stereotypes are basically true, Nintendo games are oriented towards kids, XBox games are oriented towards teens and adults, and PS3 doesn’t have a huge number of games. The Wii seems like it would be most kid-friendly, but you can find plenty of kid games for the XBox360 as well, although many of them are sports games.
[QUOTE=robardin]
True story: my best friend just got a Wii the day after Xmas (ironically, just as I was busy smashing my finger to purple swollen-ness while playing on my own Wii), simply by walking into a Target to exchange some busted merchandise and noticing that they had a couple on the shelves in the video game area. Incredulous, he asked if those were really Wii units for sale or just empty boxes. The rather bored clerk said, “Yeah, we’ve got a bunch more back in the storeroom too.” I guess people just didn’t think to go to Target to get a Wii, 'cause I know there were people on line starting at stupid hours of the night to get these things at Best Buy and Circuit City and Toys R Us and whatnot.
So, he bought one for MSRP, which is actually the cheapest of the game consoles out there now at about $250. And he hadn’t even really been looking for one, just sort of in the mood to get one if he saw one for list price, and what do you know, he did just that.
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I got my Wii on Father’s Day weekend. I went into the local everything-store (Fred Meyer), and peeked into the electronics department. A clerk asked if she could help me, and I said that I was just checking for Wiis. She said “oh, we got six of them this morning, we just haven’t put them out yet.”
I had been present when the same store sold the last unit from their previous shipment, which was why I was bothering to look for them instead of thinking of them as something unobtainable.
[QUOTE=FlyingCowOfDoom]
Wii Sports is more of a demo of the Wiimote than anything else. The only good part of the game is bowling. The angle at which you “throw” the Wiimote affects the spin of the ball. You should reserve comment until you’ve played some games that use the full capabilities of the Wiimote, like the aforementioned Wario Ware, Zelda, Mario Galaxy, and one of my favorites, Super Monkey Ball (the darts minigame is awesome).
I’ve had my Wii for 1 year and 3 days and I’ve played it at least several times a week since then. In my opinion it’s the most entertaining gaming system evar.
–FCOD
p.s. I love Disney too, avec my own frigging better judgement.
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Sorry to hijack, but I have to tell you about another game you’ll love if Monkeyball is your thing. It’s called Marble Mania, and I found it used at gamestop for like 14 bucks. It’s GREAT fun, and the boards/levels are actually even more innovative and mind-bending than Monkeyball. There’s no minigames, but the races are well worth the cost of the game.
[QUOTE=robardin]
Yeah, but all the “must play” games I’ve seen reviewed for the Xbox/PS3 are pretty violent. Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, Splinter Cell, etc., not exactly games I can play with my kids around or let them play. Or that my wife would want to play. Which means I will get nearly zero time to spend myself playing them, and I am at best a casual gamer, and FPS games make me motion sick on a large screen HDTV.
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This is true, but there are some good games for kids on 360. You are right though that the mustplays are typically violent.
[QUOTE=Mosier]
Sorry to hijack, but I have to tell you about another game you’ll love if Monkeyball is your thing. It’s called Marble Mania, and I found it used at gamestop for like 14 bucks. It’s GREAT fun, and the boards/levels are actually even more innovative and mind-bending than Monkeyball. There’s no minigames, but the races are well worth the cost of the game.
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According to Metacritic, Mercury Meltdown Revolution is even better, and it’s only $20 new.
[QUOTE=Autumn Almanac]
I have to admit, the first thing I did after getting a Wii for Christmas (woo!) was download and play F-Zero. Sure, Super Mario Galaxy looked cool and all, but… F-Zero!!
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Oh my god. When I can afford a Wii at last, that will be the first thing I do…
