God help me I'm thinking of getting a Wii...
 

Yeah, it's true. The price is right, I wont necessarily need a new high-def, widescreen television to enjoy the games, and all the hoopla surrounding Mario Galaxy is really sparking my interest.

So, what do you guys think? Is it worth the cash? In other words, is Mario Galaxy worth the console's $300 price tag? I have no interest in either Zelda or Super Smash Bros., so those won't factor into the equation.

Well, if you go black friday, you might score a huge deal, because Mario will be 35 bucks.and whatever the Wii sales may be.

We don't have Black Friday in Canada, gaywad.

Anyways, I sincerely believe that SMG alone is worth the price of a Wii.

I don't pay attention...or see people by color....

Racist.

Get out of my thread, American scum.

Yeah, Mario Galaxy is worth it.

Mario Galaxy would be worth the price of a PS3. Seriously. Game of the year.

But good luck getting the Wii on the week of Black Friday. Hell, even the local preachers around here are buying them in groups of five and scalping them on Ebay for $400.

So here's my plan: buy a Wii, get Mario Galaxy, and then load up on old favourites from the Virtual Console. That'll keep me busy for a while. In a few weeks time when my excitement over Galaxy wanes and I'm starved for new content, I'll buy some old Gamecube games I've always wanted (Twin Snakes, Resident Evil 4.)

At this point it seems like a better plan than waiting for a PS3 price drop...By the way, how much do Wii points go for and how do you go about purchasing them? Also, how's the emulation on the old SNES and N64 titles?

Yeah, as have noted in other threads, I've been enjoying Wii.

And you'll certainly have alot of game choices in Virtual Console.

It's a shame that you have no interest in Smash Bros., but like others have said Galaxy alone pretty much justifies the purchase. VC is nice too.

*E* At least over here in Europe, you can buy Wii Points Cards of 2000 in stores. 1 Wii Point = €0.01.

I'm also looking forward to Super Smash Bros. Brawl (as well as Super Mario Galaxy -- have already made note of SMG as one of my Christmas gift ideas).

Yeah, same for the US (can buy 2000-Point Wii Point Cards in stores).

$20-25 USD. But, that's the American Scum price. In as much as I got a Wii bundle very recently, I haven't gotten any VC games yet. :ohwell: Though I already know that 'A Link To The Past' will be first... To hell with playing six-button perfection on a four-button system with a tiny, tiny screen! :x

I really fail to see the appeal. I played the original on N64 and didn't think it was anything special.

It's really just Nintendo fan-service. So if you're not a huge Nintendo fan, you'll get nothing out of it.

Anyways, Wii Points can be bought on the Wii with a credit card, or in any store that sells games. The going price right now in Canada is $19.99 for 2,000 points. On the VC, games are priced as follows:
NES - 500-600
SNES - 800
N64 - 1,200
Genesis - 800,
Turbografx16 - 600-800
Neo Geo is on there now, but I haven't checked it out, so I'm not sure of the prices for those games. As for emulation, everything is perfect, and in the cases of the N64 games, they seem to be better than their original versions. I've heard that the Turbografix16 emulation is a little wonky at times, but nothing huge.

While a large amount of the appeal is the characters, it's still be an amazing fighter in the context of any other universe, original or otherwise. Like, seriously, who gave a **** about Captain Falcon before 1999?

As far as RE4 goes, I dunno about anyone else, but I'd reccommend getting it for the Wii instead of Gamecube. The impression that I've gotten is that it's really nothing but an improvement due to the precision of the controls, but I haven't played the original version, so all I have to go of is heresay. At the very least, you should look into your options as far as that goes.

The Wii controls for RE4 are an improvement, but that doesn't stop Leon from controlling like a tank manned by a retarded 6-year-old who forgot to take his Ritalin. It also doesn't help the fact that the game sucks major balls either.

RE 4 is bad game now, wow how opinions change.

I always thought it was a piece of sh*t, but that's just me.

Don't forget Zack and Wiki. For realz.

Well he still confirmed my point, being that Ecto should look towards the Wii version of the game instead of the GC version, unless he's so short on cash that the difference in prices would matter.

There's a Wii version? News to me.

ED: Checked it out and yeah, the Wii version does sound like the better buy. I'll definitely put it on my holiday wishlist.

I think it's going to happen, guys...The grocery/department store my friend works at is having a tax-free sales promotion this weekend, so all of their merchandise goes for the sticker price, no GST or HST included. Which means, barring any unforeseen circumstances, that I'll be the proud owner of a Nintendo Wii this Friday night.

That's good to hear. Though... with it being "Black Friday", you likely could end up having trouble getting the Wii.

Yo, oh my god. They don't have black Friday in Canada cuz they don't celebrate Thanksgiving or something like that. It was stated in the beginning of this thread.

"Yo!" Okay then. Didn't realise. :ohwell:

Americans are so god damn ignorant. Black Friday and we don't celebrate Thanksgiving. Jesus.

You're in Ontario now, budday. We ain't got no HST here.

I know you guys celebrate in some form or another. I was just being a douche, hahahaha. That's why I said "or something like that". :)

No GST or PST, I should say. Jesus, why don't you guys merge your sales taxes? F*ckin' mainlanders.

HAHA! Listen, I'm from the East Coast too, I won't be hearing about this mainlander business!

Cool. Ontario really blows chunks, doesn't it?

Big time. I'd much rather be kicking back on a porch, somewhere in Newfoundland or Nova Scotia, than be down here with all the idiots in the city.

Buy one, you'll love it! I loved it so much that I in fact ended up buying two! One for upstairs and one for downstairs! And I'm getting Mario Glalaxy for Christmas, I can't wait to get it!

So where exactly are you from, originally?

Um...you bought two?

Gander, Newfoundland, my friend. Home of welfare and easy living. :lol:

So, apparently, every Wal-Mart, EB Games, Zellers, and Real Canadian Superstore in the entire GTA is sold out of Wiis. On the weekends, at least.

Lucky me.

I dunno what the hell you expected.

Well f*ck, the goddamn thing's been out for a full year now. I think I understand the basic principles of creating market demand, but you'd think that twelve months after its launch you'd be able to find a console somewhere on the face of the planet. A friend of mine went through this exact same bullsh*t -- hopping from store to store in disappointment -- in December of last year. DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR!

But I digress. I guess I'll keep calling the local department stores and head on out as soon as they have some in stock.

You'd think, yeah. It's certainly not quite as hard to get one as it was last year, but it's still pretty ridiculous for a full year after launch.

For once Europe is completely free of the problem. We have Wiis all over the place. If there is any console that is hard to get at all, it's the 360.