Thinking of getting a Wii, but I have a few questions...

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#1 -HCMF-
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Can you play online multiplay in games like Wii sports?

What is the virtual consoule like - are the games priced right?

What games are worth getting (looks like there is a bunch of crap out there)?

Please help, I am looking for a solid system review - the good the bad. I want to buy one so my niece and my wife can play games together online, but if this is not supported....

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#3 Wintry_Flutist
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Not all games are online,and WiiSports is one of them,for obvious reasons: WiiSports is supposed to gather people.
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What good games are on line?
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What games are good to play on line? I messed arround with this system yesterday, and it seamed like a good buy, I just don't want to spend the cash if the wife and niece can't play...
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The only games that are online at the moment are Mario Strikers, Madden 08, and Pokeman. There will be a few more online games by the end of the year like Guitar Hero 3, but not a whole lot. Virtual Console games are between 5 and ten dollars. The best Wii games are Zelda,Paper Mario, and Metroid right now.
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Be careful, because there doesn't seem to be too may online games coming out soon, but next year there could be a lot more. Especially when Super smash bros. brawl is going to be online hopefully that'll be the start of online games...
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#8 st1ckball
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i'd wait until more online supported games and more just plain games are pumped out
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Be careful, because there doesn't seem to be too may online games coming out soon, but next year there could be a lot more. Especially when Super smash bros. brawl is going to be online hopefully that'll be the start of online games...
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Expect 2008 to be the year of Online games for Nintendo thats when I expect developers will have had a lot more time to get used to developing it and they will have had the Online Kits for a while as well.
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#11 black_steel_4u
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What good games are on line? -HCMF-

mario strikers charged. is out now and a realy fun game. madden is a little laggy. ssbb is going to have online gh3, and others i cant think of. the wii is a realy good investment and i never regret buying it. i have a few vc games and about 6 wii games now. good games to buy are. metriod prime 3, loztp, mario strikers charged, exite truck, the god father, ssx blur. hey if u like mini games the wii has plenty of them.medel of honers is going to have 32 player online witch is sweet!!! go buy a wii right now

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Ninjabread Man is an awesome game.
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#13 -HCMF-
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Thanks for the help!
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the good:
the controller, when done right it really makes a game really fun
the price
the first party games, nintendo games are renowned as some of if not the best out there
sustainable support, with nintendo completely obliterating the other two consoles in sales at the moment, the support for it will come in and stay in, whereas the other two may see a drop in support (PS3 really)
virtual console has some brilliant games even by todays standards (honestly I think act raiser is brilliant, but slightly too diffecult when it gets to the final area), not to mention the prospect of new software coming out in 2008
perfect for parties or multiplayer games... dunno why but the wiimote seems to work well with multiplayer.

the bad:
there is indeed a lot of crap out there
the online is scarce and isn't the best within games
there seems to be a lot of party games, and not very many of them are good, who cares diferant ro the previous one.
developers seem slightly lazy, appart from a few (capcom - always seem great at the moment- nintendo, square enix, and some others)
no HD if you care about that

OK so I tryed to stay off specific games there, and on the console itself, but the games are a very large part of a system, and if you look into the future you'll see that wii would be a good buy... but then again in the future maybe a PS3 would be too, with MGS4 and UT3.
Meh make of this what you will, just tryng to help
if you want your wife and neice playing too it's perfect :D

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#15 -HCMF-
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Again thanks for the info, I will take everything into consideration.