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March 25, 2007
Form Baton and Balance Stone
My birthday has come and gone, and during that time I have obtained a Wii and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. And now I shall report on the Wii, I guess.
It's just like I thought it would be.
Okay, a little more? Okay. I like Everybody Votes, even if it is stupid. It's a fun stupid. The message board is fairly useless, but oh well, I'll probably send obscene messages to Droid with it. Wii Play is not really all that engaging. I can see me playing the pool game again, but other than that...? Eh. There are better options on Wario Ware. Wii Sports is Wii Sports, and it's still pretty cool, though simple.
There is a game in Smooth Moves that I cannot beat no matter how I try. You're supposed to straighten a stack of papers in your hands using the Mortar and Pestle stance, but it's impossible. Thus, if you see that stance come up, there's a good chance you're going to die. There aren't that many games for that stance. It's a death sentence. Other than that, I've had no real problems, once I got the hang of it. The game is just as fun as previous Wario Wares if not moreso, which isn't suprising because it follows the same formula AND has you jumping up and down like an idiot. The multiplayer is alright, although it's annoying only having one life in the basic survival mode. You should have 3, or 4, like the normal game. You can get knocked out quick, especially if the Mortar and Pestle scenario I outlined above occurs. So far, we've found the best Multiplayer variant is the one where you get to pick who you're passing the remote to and what stance they have to do. Suprisingly, picking Mortar and Pestle to try to screw people over hasn't occured in the playing we've done so far. The multiplayer minigame Space Nose is both hilarious and fun. Anyway, if you're a fan of the series like me, this is a no-brainer purchase, but if not, I'd wait until it hits the bargain bin. But it is most definately fun.
On Virtual Console so far I've bought:
Bomberman '93: It's a very classic Bomberman, and that means I have Bomberman multiplayer at my fingertips from the Wii menu. It supports 5 (!!!) players, which is due to the Turbo Grafix or something. I'm glad to have it.
Gunstar Heroes: The Treasure Classic I've never played. It's hard. Jonathan and I, working together, were dying on easy. But it is a lot of fun, if you like that Contra/Metal Slug style action. And the 3D really is impressive, for being on Genesis.
Wario's Woods: Jonathan said that he would go halvsies with me on it. I didn't need much more motivation, as I was thinking about it anyway, so I snapped it up. Wario's Woods is really quite weird, as far as puzzlers go, but it really is a lot of fun, and I'd rather pay 5 dollars for this NES version than 8 for the SNES one which is the same gameplay with slightly better graphics.
I'm going to be picking up Kirby's Adventure soon as well, as I'm a huge Kirby fan (apparently Kirby Squeak Squad is on sale at Target this week, expect me to pick that up), and MAYBE Super Castlevania IV. Other than that, I see nothing up there right now I need, but I'll be watching new releases like a hawk, you can be sure.
In other gaming news, the day BEFORE my birthday, Spaeth, filled with need to play Crackdown, went in halfway on a copy of Crackdown. The game is awesome. I mean, it is quite simple. Not a lot of variety. No story. But it's just FUN. You just dick around, parkouring all over the city and blowing up shit. I've put in a bunch of hours myself, as it is very fun, and I will go and, at the very least, max out all my agent's skills and quickly take out all the bosses, even if I don't go after all the cool achievements. But man, watching Spaeth play... it is just no end to entertaining. I don't know how to describe it. Justin Spants is just such a unique individual, and he talks to everything in the game, and tries the most retarded stuff... it's just... damn, it's entertaining to watch. He'll be over tommorow to play even more.
Is there anything else going on with me... I don't know. I don't think so. I keep using Twitter far too much. Keep watching the little box over there, or subscribe to me, or whatever the fuck you do with Twitters, I dunno. I'm going to watch The 1up Show while I do the last of these stupid teeth things, and then go to bed.
Posted by poetfox at March 25, 2007 11:43 PM
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