The Wii is the only console I've ever got on day one. My oldest brother and I actually camped outside a Target to get the Wii (we were so hyped). I bought Zelda: Twilight Princess with it (it came with Wii Sports), and I beat the game in about a month. What a game! And you're right, there are so many great games here. For me, the ones I really loved were Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Punch-Out, Super Paper Mario, and the Kirby games.
Machine Memories: Wii
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 On 02/25/2023 at 08:37 AM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
After about a year of shortages, I was finally able to get a Wii from Dell Computers in the Spring of 2008. I got it mainly for Virtual Console. I thought it was so cool to be able to buy games from their previous systems online, some of which were hard to get in the wild.
The system was a sensation with its novel motion controls and unique controller arrangement. I could never really get used to the controls in the games I wanted to play, so I got the Classic controller. But, there were some game sessions where friends of mine, who didn’t play many games, came over to play Wii Sports with my regular gaming buddy. That was kind of fun, but just a novelty. The games I played were largely standard types and didn’t have motion features in them.
There are so many games, but these were the series I got into for the first time on Wii.
The Conduit 1 and 2 were rare exclusive FPSes for Wii that used the wiimote and nun chucks. I enjoyed it but never could get used to that controller situation.
Epic Mickey 1-2 were unique, and dark, takes on Disney’s character. You had to paint color back into the world. I love the presentation of this game somuch, I wanted a custom Epic Mickey Wii console to go with it.
Endless Ocean 1-2 were scuba diving sims. You took pictures, did science and hunted for treasure. I loved it. You don’t need to fight something to have fun in a game.
Kirby’s Dream Collection, Epic Yarn, and Return to Dreamland got me into the Kirby universe. I love the character design of the series and the creativity of a game like Epic Yarn is astonishing to me. All hail Kirby!
Rayman Origins keyed me into the brilliance of Michel Ansel and his team. The presentation of this game is so stunning to me that even though I dislike platformers, I had to play this one. I love the humor imbedded into every moment of this game too.
Sakura Wars, So Long My Love introduced me to a long running anime series in Japan and showed how well multiple genres of gaming can be combined in one package. I loved seeing a bit more from the developers who also worked on Valkyria Chronicles.
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor was a shmup I saw running in a kiosk at Gamestop and couldn’t stop watching it. There’s just so much popping out of the screen in this game.
Super Mario Galaxy 1-2 told me that all I needed to do to get into platformers was to put them in space. I love the setting for these games so much, I’ll put up with doing a jump forty times to get it right.
I still have the Wii I got back then. I love its small size and Gamecube backward compatibility. I’d recommend it, and any Nintendo system really, to anyone new to gaming.
TV Time! Commercial. In retrospec, the only thing that's funnier to watch than people playing VR games is people playing motion control games.
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