by WillBaseton » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:12 am
As a Wii owner, I've been relatively lukewarm on the entire console since finishing Twilight Princess (I share Priam's rage at the inability of developers to make a game that doesn't have waggle shoehorned in), but there's certainly a few games on there worth getting.
Number one on the list: Gunstar. Fucking. Heroes. One of the best games on the Genesis in general, and one that actually has a halfway decent co-op play. Sure, it's a Virtual Console title, but it's worth the money. It was the first game I got on the VC, if I remember right. It's a classic.
As Priam said, Super Paper Mario's a decent game, but if sidequests or replayability are your game, it'll be sorely disappointing. I've actually not beaten it myself, but I tend to tire quickly of cuteness and its ilk. I'll probably finish it off at some point.
But if it's multiplayer you're looking for, Mario Strikers: Charged is actually quite a capable game, being the first US Wii game without the word Pokemon in the title to make use of the Wii's internet mode for PvP gaming. It's not the deepest game in the universe, but it's certainly fun, and it's endlessly entertaining to bean the hell out of Nintendo characters. Not to mention the music is pretty catchy for a sports game (Luigi's latin salsa theme, for example).
However, the single player mode has one fatal flaw: it has some of the most cruel, sadistic, mean, and assholish AI I've seen since the NES era. While the AI's relatively tame at the early levels, it starts to grow more insane as you progress and will VISIBLY cheat in the upper difficulty levels. However, as a game for two to four player hot-seat play, it's definitely worth a look (provided you have the Nunchuks to make it worthwhile, as it requires one per player).
I'll try to think of other noteworthy titles (I have something like 12 VC games and 7 disc-based games) tomorrow when I'm not exhausted, and if you want to talk in more depth on any of them, I'm available. Hope it helps some!