3 posts tagged “games”

Elebits is coming soon!

There are a couple Wii titles that made their way in to E3 that haven't been mentioned since... E3, really. Some legacy text mentions them on the wii.com site and their previous locations at wii.nintendo.com no longer exist. Does anyone have any idea what happened to these games? Here's a list of games I've found little mention of after E3:

Early Wii Music Screen

Disaster Day of Crisis

Disaster Day of Crisis Art

Google Cache

Project HAMMER

Early Project Hammer Screen

Old URL

A little bit of new info about Wii Play came out in the last day as well which would have been on my list (well, at least the improved duck hunt would have). I'm not including Mario Galaxy since we've seen a little bit of it since then and I don't really think Nintendo could ditch that game :P Any other games that both Nintendo and I seem to have forgotten about?

What? An entire weekend has gone by and not a single new piece of content on wii.com? The friendly staffers at NOA are slackers! Well, without another little bit of news to procrastinate on I'll have to discuss Wii launch titles. Here are a couple titles that I'm looking forward to:

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Riding Across Hyrule Field

I've posted amazing gameplay footage before and I'm not pretending that this isn't my most anticipated launch title of the bunch. It's the quintessential use for the wiimote that I've always wanted - swinging the controller and having Link swing along with you. Basically, I'm stoked.

Wii Sports

Tennis on Wii Sports

I'm including Wii Sports not because I think I'm going to love it but because every single Wii owner in the US is going to have it. For whatever reason, I'll probably want to get to know the controller before I start playing Twilight Princess and I think Wii Sports will probably be where I start (as well as making my Mii and customizing just about every preference I can get my hands on). Beyond that most zero-day gamers probably won't touch Wii Sports but I think it's a fantastic starting point for those people that aren't fanatical about the Wii (or video games in general).

Red Steel

Red Steel Screenshot

Red Steel is my nostalgia choice (besides the virtual console whose sole aim is nostalgia). I'm not the biggest fan of 1st person shooters but everytime I see footage from Red Steel I'm reminded of playing Goldeneye on the N64 which was a fantastic game. Even without multiplayer the reply value was huge. Unfortunately, Goldeneye has not been announced as a virtual console title yet nor do virtual console titles support the wiimote :( saddness. So Red Steel is my one hope to play a Goldeneye-esqe game with the wiimote. Here's to hoping!

There you have it, my most anticipated launch games. I'm going to investigate all of them as the week progresses because there are some games that I really don't know anything about at the moment (like Elebits) that some people are raving about. Keep your Vox open...