And I bet Windows Solitaire obliterates and other PC based game.
While this is true, Wii Sports is a disc-based game. Which makes it the equal of any other Wii game and not an always available option like Windows Solitaire.
The only console comparison that would match that would be the Xbox 360’s Hexic HD (a seriously underrated puzzle game).
I’ve got Mario Galaxy and it’s been sitting around. decided t fire it up today and got the first 4 or 5 stars pretty easy. The Wii controller really feels like a crappy add-on for this game so far. The game isn’t bad. I may stick with it just to beat it, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Yeah, but to extend your metaphor, the Wii’s a PC that’s optimised to play Solitaire and Peggle and to make an half-hearted stab at anything more complex.
There might be games down the line that turn it into a full-strength gaming platform, but publishers only started to see the Wii as a potential river of gold a year or so back, and we probably won’t see those games coming down the pipeline until late next year or early '10.
It’s not a hard game (other than finding all the remaining stars after beating the game grumble grumble . . . ), so it’s not going to push your puzzle-solving or platforming skills too awful hard. I found the controls to be incredibly natural but I’m in the minority based on the people I’ve talked to. It may have something to do with my large hands and all other controllers feeling like kids’ toys to me (except the original Xbox controller, which was probably the best controller ever designed IMO and got panned and made fun of so relentlessly they discontinued it :mad:.) I love the freedom of having half the control scheme in each hand, independent of the other half.
Right. It doesn’t seem too hard (I just started the thing, really).
You liked Goliath? I didn’t mind it at all, but I preferred the Type-S. Both are much better than any PlayStation controller. I never got used to those things.
Hm, I thought the Solitaire was a good comparison. You buy a PC and it comes with Solitaire on it. You buy a Wii and Wii sports comes with it.
Would people buy Wii sports if it was sold seperately for $50? (not being snarky, just a hypothetical question)
Yes. It’s the bestselling Wii game in Japan (the only region where it’s not offered with the system).
I think they could flesh it out into an awesome $50 game with slightly improved graphics, longer and more complex gameplay, more options, etc., but as it is I would not pay more than $10 for it. I hope Wii Sports Resort isn’t as simple as Wii Sports.
I’m with you. The only time it gets thrown into the Wii is if a parent wants to play it. Even then, I’l tell them to go and “play some motherfuckin’ Halo”.
Hell, even the free/bundled Super Action Baseball that came with the Super Action Controllers for the 8-bit Colecovision system c. 1984 gave the players control over fielding, and was therefore enough of a game to keep us going back to it.
Wii Sports is basically proof-of-concept for the user interface - I don’t understand how it made it into distribution in its “almost a game” state. 
Christ, I’m old.
IGN justed posted its top 20 Wii games you should own here.
Not including the games previously mentioned here but on the IGN list, I would recommend SSX Blur. It a sports titles & has fun, clever motion controls (not necessarily ground-breaking controls, but clever).
I also strongly recommend Super Mario Galaxy. It is one of the only video games that my wife has ever played. She loves it, and she never played any of the previous Mario games.
I would argue that assessment. mrscritter and I are both 40+, and we’re both firmly in the “video game generation” - IOW, we grew up with video games, spent WAAAAAYYYY too many Saturdays (and waaaayyyy too many quarters) at the video arcade, have owned at one time more than a dozen video game consoles/handhelds (me - 2600, NES, Genesis, TG-16, PS1; her - Colecovision, Intellivision, SMS; both of us - SNES, N-64, PS2, GameCube, Gameboy (original), GBAsp, DS, Xbox360 and Wii), and a completely unaccountable number of carts and discs. Even with all that experience playing video games, we still like popping in Wii Sports and playing a game of Tennis or Bowling. And, as one would expect, the majority of our friends are our age and have the same kind of video gaming background and also play Wii Sports quite often.
Maybe housewives 50+ or 60+ might fit the description (and I’d even argue some of the 50+), but 40+ is roughly the age of the first generation of video game players that grew up with video games as a constant presence (remember, Pong itself is going to be 40 in 2012 - a little less than 4 years from now!).
Getting back to the OP, I would agree with the Bloom Blox suggestion - I am an inveterate puzzle solver, and this was the first Wii game that I was late returning to Blockbuster, and is the next one I’m going to be purchasing (as soon as the Christmas bills are paid 
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If Wii Sportsmight be considered a “demo disc” by some, then Wii Play is even MORE “demo disc”-ier. However, since it comes with another Wiimote and is priced at just $10 more than a Wiimote by itself, it’s not that bad a purchase and there are still a couple of games on there that are absolutely addicting to me (the game about picking the odd Mii(s) out has had me going for hours at a time - although since you have to start over each time, it may get frustrating for some).
If you’ve played Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords on one of the other platforms, you may want to skip it, but if not - get it. This has got to be, hands down, the best match-3 type game around, especially since it combines elements of an RPG. You are playing against an opponent (most of the time, there are a few elements that require solo play or solving puzzle boards), can cast spells and get magic equipment to enhance abilities/make trouble for the other player, and other stuff.