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"what is the appeal of these animal crossing games? Seems like it would get boring real quick unless you had no other way of interacting with other humans than the Wii... no?"

I had a friend talk me into getting the 'Cube version for $15 a few years ago. They're just easy going games (which isn't everyone's cup of tea). I know running around doing "chores" doesn't sound like fun, but it appeals to the OCD side of me.

After reading the review I think I'm going to hold off. I was hoping for some newer content.

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 1:57 PM. Reason : :]

11/18/2008 1:56:39 PM

I ordered CoD and lego star wars yesterday. EXCITED.

11/18/2008 2:06:15 PM

When you go to the city on Animal Crossing, you can go to the "shampradoodle" salon or whatever and they can make over your character look like your Mii

its freaky

11/18/2008 4:41:11 PM

Anyone play the new Castlevania game?

11/19/2008 11:29:23 AM

I was into Animal Crossing and MySims for like a week, then I realized it was just a giant vicious circle with no end and I promptly ditched them. That doesn't go to say I'm not a sucker who wants the new MySims Kingdom game...

11/19/2008 2:22:29 PM

I returned MySims the next day after buying it. I was highly unimpressed.

But I recently got Harevst Moon: Tree of Tranquility and I have been playing that non stop. I never played any of the previous ones so I wasn't sure if I should spulrge and buy it, but did it anyway. There are a lot of side things to learn and the quests keep it interesting and give people a goal to aim for. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with it

11/19/2008 4:56:26 PM

I might have to pick up Skate It, looks like it could be fun.

11/20/2008 7:03:24 PM

TIGER WOODS 09 FREE PLAY..... opinions?? Are the controls really better than the first one?

11/23/2008 1:57:52 PM

if anybody is still looking for a wii, and you want to come to rocky mount, target had at least 20 last night, all in an electronics storage cabinet usually used for cameras.

11/25/2008 1:55:08 PM

Anyone pick up ToS2? I have ToS and I was wondering if it would be something that I want to put on my Christmas Wish List.

11/25/2008 5:29:40 PM

^Yep, I got it.

Here is the deal . . . it takes a while to get into it. The beginning is VERY tedious and has a lot of dialogue. The main kid is a whiney emo and sounds terrible. It does get better after a while though, and his voice literally changes in battle. There is definitely a lot more awkward J-humor in this game.

The monster system seems gimmicky at first, but I have accepted the critters a bit more. They are annoying though, because they are not counted towards actually being a member of you party even though they take up a slot. They cannot be human controlled, cannot be set to use items, and cannot manually be told to use any Artes (in or out of battle). The most frustrating part is that since they are not "real" members of your party, they are ignored when it comes surviving. So, if it is you and 3 monsters, you get a big fat "GAME OVER" if you die even if the 3 monsters are still alive.

The main navigation map SUCKS. You simply tell your person what town to go to and you teleport there. No exploration or fighting outside of dungeons at all.

Your party is much more thinned out when it comes to people. After 8 hours in, I still only have 2 non-monster players. Hence if you like the old one for the 4-player support, you will be greatly disappointed. Members of Lloyd's old party come and go occasionally, but they don't get titles, you can't equip them with items, and they don't level (as of yet . . . maybe it changes?). There appear to be a few more characters that *might* eventually join and be fully usable, but its certainly not the 3+ that were available IMMEDIATELY in the first game.

The environments are more static in this game. I have only found 2 clickable objects in the world that are not wonder chefs (in the old game you would find items stuffed in bookshelves, boxes, etc). There have also only been 2 places where I chose an action, which probably didn't affect the outcome anyways. Speaking of the Wonder Chef, recipies have been downgraded to simply monster-only status where you can cook for them once per level to improve their stats. So, no more strategy for what is best to cook after battle.

Another annoyance is the second character leaves the party every other town to mope, effectively removing her "Manual" settings. Its easily fixable since she immediately rejoins, but why even remove her in the first place? Its a pain for 2+ player support.

The battle system is a bit nicer. I do like the mid-air fighting with the main guy, and the ability to freely run around the field is VERY helpful. Overall, that aspect of the game is better.

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End result? I *think* I will be getting my money's worth if the improvements continue. The game just lacks out-of-combat polish and features.

Rumor has it that the next NEW Tales game will be first to Wii, so I am very hopeful for that as well.

11/25/2008 5:59:20 PM

Amazon's Black Friday deals are good. I got Wario Land, de Blob, and NIGHTS for $68

11/28/2008 12:16:14 PM

Boom Blox is in the mail to me. I really enjoyed that game the first time I played.

11/30/2008 10:59:38 AM

so i haven't bought anything since smash bros. and there's no sign of anything good coming out next year. why do i still own this thing?

11/30/2008 11:15:52 PM

Sounds like an excellent opportunity to catch up on titles you skipped over.
Don't forget about the VC games that have come out, including great games like World of Goo and MegaMan 9.

Disaster Day of Crisis and Punch-Out are two first-party titles that should be arriving early 09.

11/30/2008 11:58:55 PM

i didn't skip over anything good. i forgot about punch out, though. cool, i'm on board for at least a bit longer.

12/1/2008 12:23:28 AM

I'm looking forward to Deadly Creatures and Cursed Mountain. If you haven't heard of either of these, take a look on IGN. They look promising, but then again so do many Wii games, so we'll see.

12/1/2008 9:19:06 AM

right, i'm keeping an eye on deadly creatures. promising yes, but i was all about tales 2 til it got panned by everyone. what a huge letdown. i think cursed mountain is gonna flop.

holding out hope for arc rise fantasia, the conduit, and muramasa

12/1/2008 3:28:29 PM

Haha I know right. I've learned, that unless it is first party, not to get excited about a Wii game until I've read a few reviews.

12/1/2008 3:51:54 PM

World of Goo = 10 if just for the music score alone.

SW Unleashed, meh. Definitely not as good as it could have been. However it was still damn fun to rent. Multiplayer just leaves something still lacking w/o 1:1.

I don't know what I'm looking forward to next, seeing as I did just pick up Ninjatown for the DS

12/1/2008 10:15:14 PM

dragon quest x is comin' to the wii per ign.

12/13/2008 10:48:22 AM

http://www.instructables.com/id/Run_Backups_on_any_Wii_Without_a_Modchip/

works perfectly if you haven't already updated yourself out of the ability to do the twilight princess hack

12/13/2008 11:02:34 AM

all i gotta say is... Pack Backers on Hillsborough Street: Thanks for my new Wii!!

and folding your contest entry form into a paper airplane = ftw

12/15/2008 8:38:52 PM

i just continued playing metroid prime 3 since i have more time..

i just beat mogenar(sp?) on bryyo... forgot how challenging and long this game is....took a while to beat him... i had to get hypermode to destroy his "sockets" and i kept running out of energy...so i would have to keep my beam charged to absorb any powerups he left lying around....

12/24/2008 7:37:10 AM

^^ nice first post

12/24/2008 9:22:29 AM

Just got Animal Crossing City Folk and have loved it for the first couple hours. Wonder if I should get Wide World on my DS and play that one too.

BTW, anybody that has this and has friend codes, we need to get a list going. I would like to play City Folk online some. In fact maybe we should have a list of TWWers, friend codes, and what games they have to play online with.

[Edited on December 25, 2008 at 12:45 PM. Reason : ]

12/25/2008 12:43:53 PM

^ The differences between the wii and the DS version are not that huge. I would just stick to one or the other.

Oh, and I just found this the other day:
http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Animal%20Crossing/index.html

12/25/2008 6:43:27 PM

I imported Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, most fun I've had on the Wii in months.

12/27/2008 1:45:54 AM

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"all i gotta say is... Pack Backers on Hillsborough Street: Thanks for my new Wii!! and folding your contest entry form into a paper airplane = ftw"

Best first post ever.

12/27/2008 1:54:02 AM

I was looking at the router logs and noticed the Wii authenticates at least once every 10 minutes, even when the Wii is off.

I'm curious: how often does your Wii connect to the intarpipes?

Once every 10 minutes seems excessive to me; I'm wondering if this is typical Wii behavior.

1/2/2009 12:04:14 AM

Has anybody heard of this game, Tenchu: Shadow Assassin's? I just happened to see the trailer for it on IGN (http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14258123/tenchu-4/videos/TENC4_AyameKilling_End.html) and it looks really good. Kind of like a mix between Ninja Gaiden and Assassin's Creed... a lot more focus on stealth.

1/8/2009 2:51:52 PM

That looks nice, hopefully she wont say "hum" after every little thing though

1/9/2009 11:06:56 AM

I have been playing Indiana Jones LEGO for 360 all day and love it. I see yall have written ab the star wars but has anyone played the Batman LEGO game? Seems it would be just as fun....

1/9/2009 6:57:55 PM

What's the best golf game on wii.? Pleaz to help

1/10/2009 11:41:43 AM

Another trailer on that Shadow Assassin's game:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44226.html

Still looks pretty good but once again (as with Deadly Creatures and Cursed Mountain) I'm not gonna get excited until I read a few reviews.

1/14/2009 9:29:23 AM

http://wii.ign.com/articles/950/950645p1.html

Ended up getting an 8.0 on IGN, not bad.

2/4/2009 10:15:54 AM

deadly creatures is out next week. gonna be pissed if it sucks.

2/4/2009 10:38:24 PM

Looks like Deadly Creatures did pretty well.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/950/950897p1.html

2/9/2009 3:33:19 PM

I finally got my Wii back up and running after over a year of not touching it. The disc drive crapped out on me a while back and I was too busy/lazy to do anything about it.

Rather than buying a replacement drive I ended up getting a FlatMii and removing the old drive altogether. This thing works just as advertised. It streams games straight from your computer's hard drive. Pretty nifty.

2/12/2009 10:10:09 PM

yeah, piracy is awesome

2/13/2009 12:18:05 AM

I know, right!

2/13/2009 12:31:45 AM

^^^ Very cool.

2/13/2009 11:05:28 AM

http://wii.ign.com/articles/953/953032p1.html

gonna play this this weekend

2/16/2009 11:26:32 AM

so i have the homebrew on my wii. i had to update to play mario kart. that breaks the twilight mod. what do i have to do about updating the homebrew software already on there?

?

2/16/2009 11:32:27 AM

^ i think the update just makes it so u cant do the twilight mod anymore, if u installed the homebrew channel it should be ok right?

2/16/2009 1:17:07 PM

^^ did you just get mario kart? or is there some kind of new update to race online now?
If there is an update on the Mario Kart disc it would be older than 3.2U, so it wouldn't matter.


^ Yes, the updates for 3.3U and 3.4U just makes it more difficult to do the twilight hack, but the hack is still accessible. If you upgrade to 3.4U it will also disable the wadmanager so you won't be able to install VC/wiiware/channels. There may be a couple other apps 3.4U disables but nothing is coming to mind besides the wadmanager.


If you change your mind and want to go back to the awesome 3.2U version there is a way to downgrade.

2/16/2009 2:35:51 PM

anyone played shaun white snowboarding with the balance board?

i picked up the game new on the cheap, and haven't decided whether i'm going to ebay it or keep it.

2/16/2009 2:49:44 PM

2/16/2009 5:51:13 PM

haha, I'm going to have to try that Wario: shake it game. lol.

2/16/2009 6:47:53 PM

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"^^ did you just get mario kart? or is there some kind of new update to race online now? If there is an update on the Mario Kart disc it would be older than 3.2U, so it wouldn't matter. "

i did just get mario kart. i did a system update too. so it's 3.4U now. i am pretty sure i want to go back to 3.2U.

2/17/2009 12:43:03 AM