Wii get!

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

As the title reads, I just picked myself up a Nintendo Wii. Now I intend to get but one game and none of the accessories to tide me over until Brawl comes out and I can get that and the rest of the stuff for Christmas.

The question I pose to you, dear EoFFers, is what one game should this be?

I'm currently considering Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, as I've been wanting it for awhile. Paper Mario is also on my list but I'd been disappointed with it due to the fact that it wasn't another Super Mario RPG in terms of awesome.

Anything else that you all can suggest? It should probably be less obscure, because I intend to get it at Fred Meyer, where I work (Grocery/Other crap chain owned by Kroger and generally situated in Washington and Oregon) because I get 10% off. If the obscure title is especially awesome though, I may be convinced otherwise.

OK, go!

[Rostum]

If I were getting a Wii, I'd get Twilight Princess and Paper Mario. Seeing as I don't play games heaps like I used to, it'd tie me over until Brawl came out.

So yeah, try getting both.

[XxSephirothxX]

Get Twilight Princess, invest some money into Virtual Console games (like the original Paper Mario and any SHMUPs or other 16 bit games you'd enjoy) and then go to town on some cheap Gamecube games. That'd be my approach, anyway. There are plenty of decent Wii games, but so many GameCube treasures that it's worth buying them cheap before they disappear and using your Wii as a prettier GameCube until Prime 3, Brawl, and Mario Galaxy hit.

[Denmark]

Twilight Princess is a quality game, though definitely not up to Ocarina of Time standards (but what is these days?). You could entertain yourself with that for a while I'd think. It'd probably be better/more interesting on Wii than Gamecube (which is where I played it).

As for Paper Mario, I haven't heard a lot about the new game (since I've actually kinda fallen out of console video gaming for the time being considering I haven't bought myself any current-generation consoles), but my experiences with the first two Paper Mario games were very positive ones, no question. They're definitely different from SMRPG, primarily in the battle context, but also in the adventure context, but the dialogue is quite similar in quality (very well done and humorous). I find the battle system to involve enough strategy to keep me interested, and the puzzles one must solve add an extra element that SMRPG didn't really have (but there's slightly more platformer elements in SMRPG, and I don't know which style of gaming you prefer, if you even have a preference). Basically what I'm saying is don't eschew Paper Mario just because it's not quite like SMRPG.

If you're into the Metroid series at all, especially Metroid Prime, I'd also recommend Metroid Prime 3, which comes out on Monday. If it's anything like the first two games in the series (at least in storyline; obviously control will be different) then I wouldn't expect it to be anything less than spectacular.

Damn, this is making me want a Wii. *contemplates*

EDIT: wow, i just spent half an hour crafting a response that basically repeats what the two posts that got in before this one says. *lame* :rolleyes2

[Rostum]

Damn, this is making me want a Wii. *contemplates*

Yeah, it does make me think twice about getting one. I think I'll just talk my girlfriend into getting one instead. Then I can save for an Xbox360 or PS3.

[SnoopyG]

if you have friends, mario party would be a very fun game

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

I'm good on the Gamecube games, I have quite a few and am on a tight budget. Which is why I'm only getting one game (I'll be busy with other stuff anyway, so it should last me quite some time).

[Roto13]

Both Twilight Princess and Paper Mario are very good. Don't be turned off by the fact that Paper Mario isn't like the other PM games. It still manages to maintain the fun feel of the first two games. Twilight Princess is better, though, in my opinion. It's one of the few games that manages to make me want to stand up and clap at the end.

[Necronopticous]

In my eyes, Twilight Princess is the only must-have game on the Wii at this point.

[KH-Cloudy]

Guess you could try Mario Strikers Charged.

[Germ Hamee]

I would go with Zelda. It was the game I bought with my Wii, and I'm still very occupied with it.

[Slothy]

I'd go with a bunch of Virtual Console games. There's a lot of great stuff on there that would keep anyone busy for a while. I can't reccomend Zelda, particularly if you have an earlier one like Ocarina or Wind Waker. I found it dissapointing as the Wolf form in particular sucked, and the rest is so much like the previous games that you might as well save some money and just play through those again.

[ljkkjlcm9]

Zelda is the only must have title right now. Which upsets me because Fire Emblem has been out for months in JPN!

SO I'd suggest Zelda, and maybe Wiiplay because you get the controller too, and it's another fun lil game to play with friends. Otherwise, wait for Metroid Prime 3... Super Paper Mario just didn't get me into it like the other Paper Mario games, by a long shot.... have yet to beat it, or even get the 4th character

THE JACKEL

[JKTrix]

I'll be different.

DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 2. I loved this game to death, and I played it longer than I played Zelda. I even stopped playing Zelda a few times because I wanted to play DBZ.

Actually, scratch that. BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 3 is coming out in November, and it looks like it improves on the first Wii game. Besides having *more* characters (2 already had over 120 characters--even alternate forms of the same character had different movesets), the Wii version will have ONLINE MULTIPLAYER.

Also, the Wii gameplay has been changed for the better. In Tenkaichi 2, your special moves were mostly based on a cursor on the screen, and where you moved it on-and-off the screen. Now this could get a little awkward, because you'd constantly have to have your wii remote pointing at the screen in order to fight normally (if you had the cursor off-screen in a particular direction you'd be in a blocking stance). In Tenkaichi 3, all of the special moves are entirely gesture based, eliminating this problem.

There are other gameplay additions that apply to both the PS2 and Wii versions as well, such as additional movement types and counters. The Wii version is definitely the one to get. It takes a while to learn, but once you adjust to the controls it's much MUCH more dynamic than using a traditional pad. Doing a Kamehameha by holding B+Z and doing the kamehamotion is a lot more visceral and satisfying to me than pressing two triggers and a face button. You can still use a Gamecube/classic controller if you really want to. And the Wii version is online.
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But yeah, that's November. Save up for that one! Zelda should really be a no-brainer, which is why I went with something different.

Extra note, WarioWare>>>>>Mario Party.

[ljkkjlcm9]

Extra note, WarioWare>>>>>Mario Party.

QFT
it's a great party game that even the girls at my school love to play... that never usually play games... so yeah...

THE JACKEL