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irateplatypus · 12-15-2006, 06:18 PM

the wife and i showed up at eb games at midnight on launch day. the store clerks had all the packages prepped and we were out the door in less than ten minutes with a system + another wii remote.

we stayed up till 3 fiddling around w/the system and playing wii sports. i woke up at 7 the next morning to get a few games at target when they opened... picked up rayman, zelda, and the new monkey ball.

brief synopsis of impressions:

rayman - great launch title, already beaten it. easy for friends/family to pick up. one of the funniest videogames i've ever seen. we (the wife and I) had a couple come over last weekend who seldom play videogames. they were giggling like schoolgirls when playing this game. we've been invited to a holiday party over there this weekend and their first request is that we bring 1) a dessert and 2) the wii.

monkey ball - decent... the regular level design is still topnotch. the 50 mini-games are a mixed bag (as you'd probably expect). the dev team should have put all their time into polishing the top 10 games rather than spread the wealth over so many. the wii-remote is responsive and seldom even noticed w/the exception of in the (often annoying) boss battles. the new jump play mechanic is awesome, should have been there in all the past titles.

zelda - 6 hours in and only in the second dungeon. this game is deep, well thought out and FUN!!! cinematics are uncharacteristically good for a nintendo game. graphics WILL NOT amaze anyone but they get the job done. i think the art direction and pure force of love/imagination poured into this game make up for the last-gen visuals. if you have the system and even slightly enjoy action/adventure games this is a definite buy.

i think we played this darn thing for 13 of the first 18 hours we had it (meals and sleep-time included). judging from my nongamer-friends playing it for hours on end, my mom going crazy during a game of wii tennis, and my sisters fighting over the wii-remotes... nintendo has got a big-friggin hit on its hands.

12-15-2006, 06:18 PM	#50 (permalink)
irateplatypus can't help but laugh Location: dar al-harb	the wife and i showed up at eb games at midnight on launch day. the store clerks had all the packages prepped and we were out the door in less than ten minutes with a system + another wii remote. we stayed up till 3 fiddling around w/the system and playing wii sports. i woke up at 7 the next morning to get a few games at target when they opened... picked up rayman, zelda, and the new monkey ball. brief synopsis of impressions: rayman - great launch title, already beaten it. easy for friends/family to pick up. one of the funniest videogames i've ever seen. we (the wife and I) had a couple come over last weekend who seldom play videogames. they were giggling like schoolgirls when playing this game. we've been invited to a holiday party over there this weekend and their first request is that we bring 1) a dessert and 2) the wii. monkey ball - decent... the regular level design is still topnotch. the 50 mini-games are a mixed bag (as you'd probably expect). the dev team should have put all their time into polishing the top 10 games rather than spread the wealth over so many. the wii-remote is responsive and seldom even noticed w/the exception of in the (often annoying) boss battles. the new jump play mechanic is awesome, should have been there in all the past titles. zelda - 6 hours in and only in the second dungeon. this game is deep, well thought out and FUN!!! cinematics are uncharacteristically good for a nintendo game. graphics WILL NOT amaze anyone but they get the job done. i think the art direction and pure force of love/imagination poured into this game make up for the last-gen visuals. if you have the system and even slightly enjoy action/adventure games this is a definite buy. i think we played this darn thing for 13 of the first 18 hours we had it (meals and sleep-time included). judging from my nongamer-friends playing it for hours on end, my mom going crazy during a game of wii tennis, and my sisters fighting over the wii-remotes... nintendo has got a big-friggin hit on its hands. __________________ If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ~ Winston Churchill Last edited by irateplatypus; 12-15-2006 at 06:21 PM..