Posts Tagged With: wii
· June 25, 2008 at 5:45 am · Personal
Tags: fun, reviews, Video Games, wii, zapper
Over the past few days I have been playing a lot of the Wii’s Zapper games. The light gun attachment for the Wii is a lot of fun to use, and I wanted to make sure I got my money’s worth on the deal. Here are some of the best Wii Zapper compatible games I have bought thus far:
Link’s Crossbow Training
Yes! Finally Link gets his name in one of the Zelda games! Ok, this one I didn’t have much choice about due to the fact it came with the Zapper itself but I do have to say it is much more fun than I thought it would be. Having the anticipation that it would just be a demo title showing me "how to use" the Zapper it ended up being an entertaining "pick it up when you have nothing else to do" game.
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
I have been a fan of the Resident Evil series, even though this is my first actual game in the series to own. This game’s controls kind of makes you feel like the Zapper was a second thought (due to the fact you have to move your hand up on top to hit the "A" button a lot. Other than that it is another cool "on rails" shoot’em up that ends up being very entertaining.
Go through some of the historic places from past Resident Evil games and shoot a lot. That is this game in a nutshell.
Ghost Squad
Now I am not usually a big fan of the Army/Police first person shooter type games but for some reason this one looked as if it might be a lot of fun. I have not gotten to spend much time with it yet but from what I have played it looks great. There are also a lot of side routes you can take so one level never has to be the same twice. Another great thing about it is you change your weapon type up as you go to suit the situation. Tons of fun.
The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return
This title, as the name tells you right off the bat, gives you both House of the Dead 2 and 3 to play with your Zapper.
The voice acting in this game is so bad, it’s good. I’m a big fan of your campy horror movies though. I missed out both of these days the first time around but now I get to finally see what all the buzz was about. You would be amazed how gratifying blowing the head off a zombie really is.
Any More Games for the Wii Zapper?
From what I have seen, only other one I’m missing is some army/war game (Metal of Honor?) but that really isn’t my cup of tea. Know anymore Zapper ready games I should pick up for Wii?
· May 27, 2008 at 7:28 am · Hot Web Topics, Personal
Tags: mario, n64, nes, snes, Video Games, virtual console, wii, wiiware
I still have a little more room on my Wii for games, but I am coming close to having to ditch some previously downloaded titles for some new ones. Give me a couple more months, then I’ll join the chorus of people asking more disk space on the Wii (either via the SD card or by adding an external hard drive).
Here is my WiiWare and Virtual Console Collection so far…
- Super Mario 64 - Childhood memory, spend many an hour on this game.
- Sonic the Hedgehog - Never had a Sega, so thought I’d give it a shot.
- Sim City - Seems to be slower than I remembered.
- Contra III: The Alien Wars - Awesome fun, but really hard without a friend.
- Super Castlevania IV - One of the best Castlevania games to this day.
- Super Mario Bros. - Who doesn’t have this one downloaded?
- Internet Browser - Handy to check Gmail and Google Reader on.
- Mario Kart 64 - Fun, might might not make the cut if I need the room.
- Kid Icarus - Another (never played it the first time) game but happy I have it now.
- Everybody Votes Channel - Removed it since I only checked it out once or twice.
- Splatterhouse - Gory fun, but still lacks something…
- Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream - Fun boxing fun, where did Mike Tyson go?
- Castlevania - Maybe it’s just me, but this is really hard!
- Super Metroid - Could play this one forever, over and over again.
- Super Mario Bros. 3 - Best multi-player Mario game to date.
- Check Mii Out Channel - Removed it too, due to never using it for anything.
- River City Ransom - Reminds me of a bad 80’s movie in a good way.
- Defend your Castle - Well worth the $5 spent on it, and highly addictive.
- Dr. Mario Online Rx - I needed a puzzle game, and Dr. Mario delivers flawlessly.
Anything else I should check out?
· May 23, 2008 at 6:08 am · Hot Web Topics
Tags: balance board, exersize, fun, wii, wii fit
I love reading the opinions of others all of the Web. It seems like before Wii Fit came out, nobody could stand the wait and everybody wanted to play. Now that it is out, about half the people who wanted it are trying to find ways to shoot it down. Well I can say for myself, I have it (and the balance board) and I still love it.
Having spent two days with it - I can give it my two thumbs up. Sure, it isn’t going to make me into a body builder, but with the job I do I need something that gets me up and moving. My nine to five job is sitting right here writing articles or answering questions. Not a lot of physical movement there (my fingers could totally whoops yours though). The past two days I have looked forward to working out with Wii Fit for 30 minutes or so, so for me it has been a perfect fit.
Best review or resource I have read thus far actually comes from MTV. The walkthrough with a real physical trainer gives you an insight on what you should and should not expect.
· April 25, 2008 at 6:06 am · Personal
Tags: beatup, games, nes, river city ransom, rpg, virtual console, wii
Looking for a new virtual console game to play on the Wii, I downloaded and tried out River City Ransom. After hearing all over the Web that this game was an awesome old school NES release, I fell for the hype and gave it a shot. I have to say I am now joining the fan boys in saying that this game is a lot of fun. Never played it before yesterday (I missed most of the first generation of Nintendo) but I was happy my five dollars was well spent.
Pretty much it is a game like Final Fight, but with RPG elements built into it. So you can buy items and power ups to make yourself stronger - but the game is all based around a side scrolling punch, kick and throw way of thinking.
If your needing help, found this large map (looks as if it was scanned in from an old magazine article). Final thoughts are that the whole thing reminds me of a bad 80’s movie - but in a good way.
· March 25, 2008 at 6:04 am · Online Tools
Tags: easy, games, mario, no fuss, review, simple, Video Games, wii
From time to time, I’ll go to the video game review sites like Gamespot and others to see what is new in the world of video games. Unlike the other areas of tech I seem to be involved in, video games are purely for pleasure and nothing else.
The problem comes in when you want to just get some reviews. You have to battle through popup ads, pretty graphics and ten page articles. If you don’t have much time, and you just want to know how good a game it try No Fuss Reviews.
This site will deliver you what you want, need and love most about video game review sites the easy to read thumbs up or thumbs down. Type in any game title and then the console that it is on and you can get a simple one through ten review of the game.
Another neat feature is, let’s say you don’t know what the title is exactly but you know it is for the Wii and it has "Mario" in the title. just type in Mario, select Wii on the side and it will give you all the Wii games with Mario in the title.
· March 10, 2008 at 5:27 am · Personal
Tags: costs, money, nintendo, nunchuk, wii, wiimotes
I have had my Wii for a little over a week now, and I do love it dearly. In my opinion, it is the perfect system for my generation - the one that was raised with a bottle in one hand and a video game controller in the other hand.
Right now I could care less about graphic innovation, home entertainment or anything that the others are pitching. What I want is something that is fun to play which Wii wins at hands down.
One aspect that I didn’t think would be so damn addictive is downloading the Virtual Console titles. I download one, play it for a while and say.. “Gee, I sure would like to play that” and download another, then another, then well.. just one more. Ok, this will be the last one I promise! I am at the point where I think I may just have to set myself aside a “Wii budget” so I am not tempted to go overboard.
One more money related issue that bugs me about the Wii is that they sell the nunchuk and the Wii-mote as two different (and expensive) controllers. As far as controllers go I have 2 Wii-motes, 2 nunchuks, and 2 “classic” controllers. This way I figure I’ll get half of my controller costs out of the way. Spending $40 for the Wii-mote and then $20 for a nunchuk seems to be a little ‘bit of a money grab to me.
Well damn you Nintendo and your gaming goodness, you grabbed me. Now I’m off to go wait curb side for Super Smash Bros. Brawl to be delivered… what are you talking about, I don’t have a problem!
