The Wii Hands-On
October 26th, 2006 -- by Augie De Blieck Jr.
No, that title only sounds dirty if you have a dirty mind. Moving on. . .
Chris at Game|Spot has played a few of the Wii launch games now and filed some reports. Here are the links:
- Monster Truck 4×4 and GTO Pro (comes with steering wheel attachment!)
- Rayman Raving Rabbids
- Splinter Cell: Double Agent
- Red Steel
To sum it all up: Rayman looks like the most fun. The car games work thanks to the silly-looking steering wheel. Splinter Cell is a little too complicated a direct port of a Last Gen game. And Red Steel has gotten a lot better and plays like fun.
Now, here’s what I want to know: When will they port TIME CRISIS to the Wii? It should be a natural fit for this controller.
Remember: Toys R Us is taking pre-orders on Sunday. . .
October 27th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
I missed out on pre-orders at EB/Gamestop because of a job hunt. Well, I doubt sseriously I’ll be going anywhere before the 19th, so I’ll be Toys R Us bound on Sunday. They open at noon and I am going to try to be there at about 10 and HOPEFULLY not have too big a crowd there.
October 27th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
GameCube Version 2.0 folks with a gimmicky controller.
Oh, it WILL sell well this year but I’m not so sure it will be a bigger hit by Year Three than the GameCube was.
We all know how THAT story turned out.
P.S. — The hype mission is turned way up this year. I’m waiting a year for the dust to settle and THEN maybe I’ll get a PS3 or Wii. No plans to ever get any X-Box system since MS fails to interest me with their exclusives.
P.S. P.S. — Yeah, the ‘Cube is a relative sales failure, but I still love the cute little box! Kept mine unlike a bunch of other people who jumped ship for the other systems.