Okay, we give in! We're buying a Wii for Christmas. What do we buy?

The Game Room
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Relax - it was only a reaction to an observation. Look upthread - I’ve offered up actual advice and conversation.

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Thank you everyone for your input and suggestions! We did run out and get in on the Walmart deal with the free $50 gift card, so thank you myskepticsight!

Also found a Wii Resort at Target left over from Black Friday that had TWO free Motion Plus accessories. Cool.

Off to Amazon to order the rest of our stuff and a few extras that I hadn’t planned on that ya’ll have recommended! I’ve decided to wrap everything and put it under the tree and put it from “The Dogs”. My husband will not be amused. :smiley:

And, sorry that this was a “repeat” sort of thread, but I’ve been around since 2002(?) and I didn’t even know this forum existed, let alone would be used for wii stuff. I thought “The Game Room” was for those online mafia games and crap. Who knew?

Thanks again for all the help and insight!

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Strongly recommend Beatles Rock Band.

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Doing the same (with a $500 budget for a complete Wii kit):

Best FPS game for the Wii? Looking for chance to hunt each other and others without necessarily having to go online.

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I’d recommend having 4 WiiMotes and 4 Nunchuks in total. (It’s always fun for more to play along). I haven’t tried the motion plus, so I couldn’t recommend it, but I have heard that it does not improve on games that aren’t built for it. As for an extra MarioKart wheel? I wouldn’t bother. We used it once and chucked it in a pile with the other one that came with another Wii game. I wouldn’t say they’re worthless, but…well, I think they’re worthless.

I would also skip the wii charging station (although there’s a new one out there that does it without having to plug the WiiMotes into slots) they’re a pain in the butt due to the strap always getting in the way and require a finesse to make sure they sit in the charger. After a couple months of dealing with that, we got rechargeable batteries and a charger and consider that enough.

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Totally disagree, which simply means you should try it yourself before deciding. I love it–I find it to be more ergonomic than the controller itself, it makes it easier to hit the “B” button, and it’s surprisingly fun to use. But YMMV,

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Metroid Prime Trilogy.