Ho.... okay then. Xbox 360 or Wii?

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Chuffmeister wrote:I think it's unlikely that you will regret buying a Wii. Every Nintendo console I have owned has been great fun.
Buying a Gamecube at launch was the most disappointing console purchase I've made yet yet it had the same kind of buzz on YakYak as the Wii has now. This is putting me off the Wii - I'm not a fan of Nintendo's IP and the Wii doesn't seem to have much else of note.

I'm dubious about the controller making up for it. I've had dancemats, maracas, fishing rods, bongos etc and they've all lasted five minutes for the novelty then put away. Will have to wait and see...
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The controller has potential. Ultimately I suspect that the 'next' Zelda or Metroid will make the best use of it.
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DaiStation wrote: Buying a Gamecube at launch was the most disappointing console purchase I've made yet
Funny. Me and my mates spent countless evening hours beating each other in SSB:M. Great fun. :)
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Fooo... tough question. A lot of intelligent, informed opinion going down here.

The only thing I can really add just muddies the waters yet more: A Wii is also a Gamecube. Gamestation are doing four GC titles for £20. £20 will buy you about four XBLA games, as well.

They're both incredible machines in their own way, but I do tend to turn to the 360 more for entertainments than I do the Wii. Couldn't really tell you why. Maybe it just seems like less hassle to twiddle thumbsticks than to wave my arms around?

Oh, and can I join you behind that sandbag wall, 'cause I didn't really enjoy Excite Truck much at all....
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Flabio wrote:
Chuffmeister wrote:I think it's unlikely that you will regret buying a Wii.
I already do, at least this early anyway.
Yeah likewise, haven't even bothered reconnecting it since I got back after easter. The one game I wanted to play (the new Paper Mario) isn't even shitting out here yet, and rarely works with the WiiKey.

Yet at this point in the xbox 360's timeline I was tucking into Oblivion. Guess I'll have to wait till a decent Mario / Metroid comes out for the wii before I make my final decision, but it's been perilously close to ebay on numerous occasions...

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Oh yeah, speaking of Oblivion:
If there's any FPS games being released on both the PC and the 360 heading toward this argument, let it be known now that I'll be using my brother's ace-tastic PC to play 'em. :)
Buying a Gamecube at launch was the most disappointing console purchase I've made yet
Not to mention that they're completely impossible to shift once you've got one. Argh!
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Kamineko wrote:
Buying a Gamecube at launch was the most disappointing console purchase I've made yet
Not to mention that they're completely impossible to shift once you've got one. Argh!
Tell me about it. There are SNESs going for more on eBay! Shame the Cube's weird disk size makes it totally unusable as anything but a games console. Even the Playstation could play music CDs.

I found Wii Sports quite fun, in a "pissed up, having a laugh" way. I hope more games use the controller well, rather than doing what many games on the DS are doing and bodging a second screen into the game for no real purpose. You know, the touchscreen and second display is totally pointless in Tetris DS, but was used really well in Brain Training.

I want to see more Wii games that have the potential for me to accidentally hit my opponents in the head (sorry CableTwitch, Mayhem and whoever else I played Wii Tennis and bowling with ;) )
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Id also like to stick "Sonic and the Secret Rings" on the pro-wii list.
It has its faults (reversing), but its still the most fun 3D Sonic game I have played.
Also, the hardest and has some nice variance to the game play. (ironically, the gameplay is liner, but the game layout is not)
Kamineko wrote:Wii Sports should have been a built in attract demo, and sat next to the Photo Channel, or Everybody Votes (or whatcha call it) as an 'Oooh... look at that. Heh... look that that. Okay, now lets put a game on' kind of thing.

Wii Play, too.
WiiPlay maybe, but WiiSports if far,far,far more then a tech demo even if it is a casual game.
(put it this way, probably took more effort to develop then brain training, or even warioware, probably rayman too)

Remember as well as the 5 main sports it also have training modes, some of which are more fun/entertaining then the main sports. (some certainly harder).

I think a lot of the criticism of WiiSports is coming from people that haven't really played it over a long period.
It wont hock you for hours a day, but theres still a fair amount too it.
Generally I found after I mastered Tennis, I am still learning how to master baseball. Despite non being fond of the sport irl, doing well on baseball is one of the most satisfying game experiences you can have.
I'm dubious about the controller making up for it. I've had dancemats, maracas, fishing rods, bongos etc and they've all lasted five minutes for the novelty then put away. Will have to wait and see...
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat aside, each of those controllers is only good for one thing.
The key too a good controller is its universaly good for many game types.
And the Wii is just that.

Zelda proves it works great in traditional games, WiiSports proves (when used right), it can give far more controll then buttons and still be easier to use.
The only game types I see suffering on the wii are those that need lots of buttons. Traditional fighting games and the like.

At the moment, like theDS, the Wii is getting a lot of me-too minigame crap. But if you look at the fundimentals of the controller, unlike the other controlls you have mentioned, it isnt designed around any one genra or gametype.

Even traditional games with no motion controll I love the fact the controller is split in too.
No one mentions this, so maybe I'm alone, but I find this infintely more comfortable to hold and i wish controllers were doing this for a long time, regardless of other features.
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Answer: buy Flabio or Bubba's Wii. Two birds and all that. ;)
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Darkflame wrote: Zelda proves it works great in traditional games, WiiSports proves (when used right), it can give far more controll then buttons and still be easier to use.
Not massively conviced with the zelda control on the wii - knocking off the lock on and making overhead slash a up-down motion seems like no brainers to me. Disapointing to have to go Z-Button-Something to do a particular attack.
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Darkflame wrote:Id also like to stick "Sonic and the Secret Rings" on the pro-wii list.
It has its faults (reversing), but its still the most fun 3D Sonic game I have played.
Also, the hardest and has some nice variance to the game play. (ironically, the gameplay is liner, but the game layout is not)
Bollocks. If ever there was a Wii game which should have just used the Classic Controller, its this.
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Display can also come into play to a certain degree. Gamecube games look so much nicer over Component cable. The switch from 480i to 480p makes a world of difference in games like F-Zero.
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