Wii... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[CelesJessa]

Originally Posted by Nique

-Epic Mickey
-New Super Mario Bros.
-Wii Sport/fit/whatever
-Super Mario Galaxy
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
-Mario & Sonic at the Olympic

So let's talk about that! Which games should I start playing?

I think you should start playing the New Super Mario Brothers. I borrowed it from my brother for a day and my best friend and I played the crap out of it. We pretty much could not stop until we beat it. It is a blast, but I love multiplayer games like that, and I love Mario platformers.

[mauve]

New Super Mario Bros Wii IS pretty damn fun, especially in multiplayer. Multiplayer is freakishly fun and often unintendedly hilarious because everything you do can have unforeseen bad consequences on your fellow "teammates." (Or maybe not so unforeseen if you're playing for the lulz. You can "accidentally" pick up fellow players and hurl them across the stage, "accidentally" steal powerups, "accidentally" use your teammate's head as a springboard to grab distant items and "accidentally" end up ruining said teammate's jump in the process, sending them off a cliff to their deaths.....) But it's a lot of fun with other people. It's a fairly difficult game, in my opinion (or maybe I just suck) but it's totally worth it.

Plus, the difficulty level is amusing in multiplayer because failure is everyone and everything's fault. As my sister so eloquently put it: "This is the only game where I can sit here and rage at the TV in a fake Mario voice and not worry about offending Player 2 in the process."

[Kim]

If you aren't play NSMBW as a versus game, you are playing it wrong.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by greed

One thing no one else mentioned is Muramasa the Demon Blade. It's a spiritual successor to Odin Sphere and is a pretty fun brawler with absolutely amazing 2D art.

Play Muramasa with the Classic Controller. It doesn't work otherwise. However, it's a fantastic game if you can stand games that require immediate, reflex-based thought to win.

Originally Posted by Grand Master Kickface

Dokapon Kingdom is a brilliant multiplayer game. It's a combination of a party game and an RPG. It has the amazing ability to bring the subtleties of people's relationships to the forefront: i.e., if you play it with someone you sort of don't get along with, you're going to want to rip each others' throats out by one hour in, and if you play it with someone who eagerly wants to share the experiences that happen to you, you'll both have a great time. It's great for testing if someone is relationship material.

Monster Hunter Tri is an all-around fantastic action game. The learning curve is somewhat steep, but eventually things start to click, and it just feels good to play after that, like when you have that Megaman level perfectly memorized and you can run through without stopping. The online experience is great too (although the fact that you share "lives" can make you want to punch your teammates through the TV), but even the offline experience alone is enough to warrant the purchase.

Dokapon is only good if you have other humans to play with who can dedicate days or even weeks to play a round. If not, skip it. If you have people, then it's an awesome, hateful experience you can't get in any other game.

Monster Hunter is another game I didn't recommend because it's hard. It takes a long time t accomplish anything at the beginning, and it takes a long time to accomplish anything important after that. However, a successful hunt against all odds gives a sense of satisfaction that you won't find in most modern games. Go for it if you want a long, long game that keeps on giving.

So, yeah, MH Tri and Muramasa are a little difficult, and Dokapon hates you, but they're all fantastic and in my library.

[ZAKtheGeek]

Little King's Story? A lot of people that play it seem to really like it... I personally didn't think it was that good, but entirely worth playing, for sure...

[greed]

Originally Posted by phil_

Play Muramasa with the Classic Controller. It doesn't work otherwise. However, it's a fantastic game if you can stand games that require immediate, reflex-based thought to win.

I had success with the GC controller. But yeah I wouldn't want to be using a Wiimote.

[synkr0nized]

Originally Posted by NonCon

If you aren't play NSMBW as a versus game, you are playing it wrong.

<3

[ZAKtheGeek]

I found that Muramasa was fine with the nunchuk.

[Grand Master Kickface]

Originally Posted by ZAKtheGeek

Little King's Story? A lot of people that play it seem to really like it... I personally didn't think it was that good, but entirely worth playing, for sure...

Definitely seconding this. While the gameplay isn't anything amazing, it's one of the most imaginative games on Wii, easily rivaling any Mario title. All the little details of the game are bursting with personality. How can you not love a game where one of the boss battles is an obese French monarch that you bounce around a field like a pinball? The soundtrack of creatively arranged classical tunes is fantastic too. I actually researched and starting listening to some old composers because of this game.