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Michirin9801

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #30 on: May 16, 2017, 03:15:13 PM »
You guys sure don't disappoint! Loads of great suggestions in here, I'll second pretty much everything and add a few of mine:

Warioware Smooth Moves: The 2nd best in the series right next to Twisted on the GBA, the game is absolutely hilarious and loads of fun either alone or with friends! It's motion controls done right.

Wario Land Shake it: Similar to the classic Wario Land games on the GB, GBC and GBA, not quite as good as WL4 on GBA, but I'd say it's easily the 2nd best! It's got beautiful hand-drawn graphics (I wish more modern games looked like it), and if you get past a bit of waggling here and there it plays fine too!

Muramasa the Demon Blade: You can also get it on the Vita in higher resolution, but the Wii version is pretty good too, I haven't played much of it but I loved what I did play, the graphics are once again hand-drawn and I LOVE them, they're gorgeous! It's got a whole lot of parallax scrolling too so that's good, and the combat is so satisfying! If I'm not mistaken It's a Metroidvania style game, and a good one at that!
You can use the Classic Controller with this one, so no waggling required!

House of the Dead Overkill: Want a horror B-Movie turned into an on-rails shooter? This is the game for you! I've only played it once on a friend's Wii, but I loved it so much that I can already highly recommend it!

Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition: You've probably already played it, but let me tell you, the Wii version is the definitive way to play it! Aiming with the Wiimote never felt so natural!

Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth: The last Castlevania game to use the classic linear style, and in my opinion, the last good Castlevania, it's got one of the best soundtracks in the series and the graphics and gameplay are basically what you'd expect from the series on a 480p system, a must-play for any fan of the series who owns a Wii!

Contra Rebirth: Same as the above, except with Contra, it's pretty damn good too! Although you might find it a bit too easy...

Gradius Rebirth: Same as the previous two, but with Gradius, you get the gist of it...

Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: No list of mine would be complete without a good'ol Fighting game, but this one uses the same engine as Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, but it runs on the Wii, and it does so pretty damn smoothly! Ain't that impressive? Well so is the whole rest of the game! Just make sure you play it with a classic controller or a Wii Arcade Stick, a must-play for fighting game fans who own a Wii!

By the way, hack your Wii, just do it, it's really worth it! Loads of great emulators for it!

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #31 on: May 16, 2017, 06:07:37 PM »
I agree that the Konami Rebirth series is awesome, especially Castlevania. Just be aware to toggle your Wii into 4:3 mode from the Wii's system menu for all the Rebirth games. This will make sure all pixels are crisp. Otherwise these three games are programmed to do some unnecessary scaling and filtering, returning a visibly more blurry screen. Try for yourself to see what I'm talking about.

Might only apply when using component cables.
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Michirin9801

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #32 on: May 16, 2017, 07:12:35 PM »
I agree that the Konami Rebirth series is awesome, especially Castlevania. Just be aware to toggle your Wii into 4:3 mode from the Wii's system menu for all the Rebirth games. This will make sure all pixels are crisp. Otherwise these three games are programmed to do some unnecessary scaling and filtering, returning a visibly more blurry screen. Try for yourself to see what I'm talking about.

Might only apply when using component cables.
Oh really? I didn't know that, I use a 4:3 TV with my Wii...

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #33 on: May 16, 2017, 07:48:00 PM »
Then you're good. :)
When Cinemassacre did their Castlevania Rebirth video on Youtube, they had their Wii in 16:9 mode. Pretty blurry.

Regular games are fine with the Wii set to 16:9.


EDIT: CV Rebirth Pro-tip: Hold right on the d-pad in the start screen to get to a level select. This will give you access to every level you've already reached during regular play.
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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #34 on: May 17, 2017, 06:55:48 AM »
Pretty much what everyone else said, it's better to just keep it. Plenty of awesomeness (plenty of shovelware too).
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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #35 on: May 17, 2017, 08:16:53 AM »
Exploring the shovelware is it's own joy entirely too. Lots of sub $3 games that are oddly playable.

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #36 on: May 17, 2017, 10:27:57 AM »
Red Steel 2 is my favorite Wii game. Lots of slicing and dicing.

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #37 on: May 17, 2017, 12:06:26 PM »
I'm keeping mine although I have slimmed down it's library and gotten rid of some of the box sets that came with music CDs, controllers etc...

I'm actually after one more title if I can get it at a reasonable price and that is Sakura Wars english release.

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #38 on: May 17, 2017, 12:24:13 PM »
I actually have an extra copy of that, but it's the PS2 version. Decent game.

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #39 on: May 17, 2017, 02:12:58 PM »
I seem to remember the PS2 version being better. Maybe it had both languages still? I can't remember.

To me that series died with Sega so I haven't played anything past part 4.

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #40 on: May 17, 2017, 05:23:53 PM »
Exploring the shovelware is it's own joy entirely too. Lots of sub $3 games that are oddly playable.

Boom Blox Bash Party is one of those strange but fun shovel ware titles. 
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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #41 on: May 17, 2017, 11:55:27 PM »
Exploring the shovelware is it's own joy entirely too. Lots of sub $3 games that are oddly playable.

Boom Blox Bash Party is one of those strange but fun shovel ware titles.

Since I am a cheap bastard, should we start a thread?

I'd buy some stuff just for *some* entertainment value—I do that with 8-/16-bit consoles, anyway.

Why else would I have been playing Magical Dinosaur Tour last night?

My kids didn't find it too compelling. But I wanted to squeeze as much entertainment from it as possible.
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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #42 on: May 18, 2017, 12:53:01 AM »
Tornado Outbreak was decent, I believe I paid $1 at Gamestop.

Spyborgs can be fun, it's got co-op.

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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #43 on: May 19, 2017, 02:27:31 AM »
Exploring the shovelware is it's own joy entirely too. Lots of sub $3 games that are oddly playable.
Couldn't agree more, such classics as Cooking mama, Hell's Kitchen and the mini games from Super Monkey Ball banana blitz. And how can you forget the Guinness world records game.
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Re: Is there much market for a Wii?
« Reply #44 on: May 19, 2017, 03:28:58 AM »
It's not a hidden gem or anything, but Link's Crossbow training is pretty fun. 

I paid 45 cents for it at Gamestop, CIB.  And that was before my power rewards discount.  :P
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