Yawn.

Why do they bother with non-white skins in this game.  I just don't get that.

Less heavy stuff would be nice.. Toss in more Boston, REO Speedwagon, BOC,  etc.

I really can't stand the heavy stuff in GH1/GH2.

Agreed on the less heavy stuff, but BOO to REO.

I still haven't figured out to check my PDA map, nor do I know how to throw grenades. Anyone?

Um, left trigger throws grenades.

I like it as much as I thought I would with the demo except for one thing.  There are secrets to find on each level.  It seems like there will be 5 each time, but I'm not sure.  Usually, I love things like this.  I'm a big explorer.  I love pissing out all corners of the map.  However, there's a frickin' time limit on each level.  Really hampers the exploration aspect, I can tell you.  Knowing me, I'll wait until someone puts a FAQ together before really getting into this game.

Otherwise, thumbs up.

What if you have zero knowledge of the DBZ universe, but do enjoy anime?

I never really got into Morrowind (made it to the second town, I think), but I "finished" Oblivion.  120 hours or so.  I've never played a game that long all the way through to completion.  Unfortunately, it's made the downloads like KotN useless to me, because I have no need to build my character up with nothing major left to face.  Until the recently announced expansion, that is.  Now I will definitely play through many of these extra quests, as soon as I hear if they will or won't be included in the expansion release.

isn't it odd having to hook the Classic controller to the remote? I'm sure if I actually found one in the store I would buy it, but it seems like that would make it alittle awkward. 

Not really.  I just lay the remote on the couch next to me. 

Yeah, you really don't notice it.  And the controller really is a good one.  Comfortable, light and fun to use.

I love the VC controller, and I wish you could play Gamecube games on it (FAR superior analog sticks, IMHO - always hated that second 'nub' of an analog stick). Hell - I wish I could somehow use it as a PC controller.

It drives me crazy that you can't use the Classic controller as a Gamecube Controller.  It has all the necessary buttons.  Surely it wouldn't be that hard to do.

+1

It doesn't matter.  It's still hot.   

I don't know it looks pretty cold to me.  Look at the guy's hat.

I was surprised at how girlie the commercial made it seem, too.  I played Maple Story for a little while.  It's very basic, but it could actually be a very fun XBLA game, with headset chat.  On the DS, I'm not so sure.

The museum one seemed pretty standard to me.  Nothing too exciting.

I love Raven Down.  That is a tight map (in the small and well-designed sense, not the way the kids are using the word).  It seems odd that you start on different sides of the map from other team members, but that's fairly cool as well.  The flaming helicopter in the middle (Raven down) looks great, but also adds significantly to gameplay.  There are easily accessible sniper rifles, but you can't get an easy shot because that giant hunk of metal is in the way.  I only played a few rounds, and I've already seen a number of nail-biting finishes, with people circling each other, dodging from cover to cover, trying to get a shot off, but because cover is so plentiful, there have been a lot of shotgun and chainsaw deaths.  Really great, but it only allows for a certain type of experience.

Man, was there bad lag today, though.

So skip Dungeon Explorer unless you have 2 or 3 folks to play it with. My memories are clearly better than the game :-p Is it bad? No it's not bad, it just doesn't hold up nearly as well as games like Bonk, R-type and Castlevania. Definitely Gauntlet with levelling up and stats.

Thanks, tebunker.  Now avoiding.

I've been hearing great things about Dungeon Explorer.  Has anyone here tried it?  It's from 1989, so I'm wondering if it holds up.  Also, I'm wondering, since it's sort of a Gauntlet clone, how well it plays single-player.

In on Lost Planet.

A big package of guilt that will stare you in the face every time you look at your kid while playing and think, "college?"

If I remember, you're actually supposed to restart and replay the game to get to the Big Bad, using that New Game+, or whatever it's called.

Secondly the cube seems to auto-scale 4:3 games to widescreen whereas the cube never did this. It's still not perfect but far better than the cube.  Metroid Prime looks that much better now that Samus doesn't appear to have a major weight problem. 

wait hold on, I've got a question about this.  first, is there an option to *not* have the Wii auto-stretch native 4:3 games (if you're 100% positive that's what it's actually doing)?  I'm one of those HDTV owners who prefers having the black bars on the sides of 4:3 SDTV broadcasts...I hate having any source's aspect ratio messed with

second, I'm not quite sure what you mean by the Metroid Prime comment.  are you saying you used your TV's stretch mode before when playing it?  if so, there's no difference whether the Wii is doing the stretching or a HDTV, the aspect ratio of a 4:3 source is getting messed up one way or another.  some versions of stretch modes deceive a viewer's eyes by keeping the stuff in the middle of the screen look normal, but the sides of the picture are then out of whack instead

I'm with you on keeping the black bars.  I can't stand seeing shows or games stretched out.

I watched it this morning.  I didn't think I'd watch the whole thing, but man that was good.

My worms were always Bullwinkle, Rocky, Boris, Natasha, Dudley and Snidely (with Nell and Horse as alternates).  I usually used the Cockney voices, for whatever reason.

Huh.  I thought this would be more anticipated.

I was definitely interested before the video, and now I'm sold.  The strategy element looks easy to manage, but in-depth.  The graphics, while not as realistic as I would have liked, are definitely very good.  Of course it's hard to tell how it'll control in a video, but if I can handle things as well as the guy playing, I'm going to be very happy.

Did anyone see the Battlestations: Midway "Walkthrough" trailer on XBL Marketplace?  Man, that game is really starting to look impressive.

I liked Fable a lot.  Just finished it on the 360 after finally being able to move my save over.  It really bugged me that you had to replay the game from the beginning if you wanted the Lost Chapters experience, though.  I'll never get to play that part.

I enjoyed Trace Memory a lot, but I get why some people wouldn't.  I'm looking forward to Hotel Dusk.

I hope similar games are coming to the Wii, too.  It would be an ideal platform for the Adventure game resurgence that is surely on the horizon by now.  Please?

Sopposedly the game is 8-10 hours long.

I am amazed that reviewers would call 8 to 10 hours for a shooter/action game short. That seem exceptionally reasonable. Considering how "short" some of the major Action titles of 2006 have been.

The 8 - 10 hours thing always brings complaints, but it seems standard for shooters (who usually have MP to add to playtime; when it doesn't, the complaints are much louder [right, Black?]).

Count me among the people who really enjoyed the single player demo.  My only fear is with the imposed time limit.  I like to explore as much as possible, and hate being rushed for the sake of "gameplay" (seems like a bad idea, too, given the "too short" crowd).  As for story, they've released quite a few FMV story scenes on XBL.  They seem interesting enough, in that odd, Japanese way. 

I wasn't expecting Gears of Warquality, anyway.  As long as it's above average, I'll be happy.  And from the summary quotes at MetaCritic, it looks like that's the way it's going.  http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/lostplanet  Here:

80
Official Xbox Magazine
It's straight out of 1989, and that makes it either archaic or retro-cool comfortable. With Capcom's steady attention to polish and presentation, Lost Planet falls into the latter category more often than not. And even if it's familiar, it's definitely not repetitive. [Jan 2007, p.48]
80
Official Xbox Magazine UK
Playing Lost Planet is like battering "Ghouls and Ghosts" for the first time. You simply won't believe how stunning it looks. But more imortantly, it's one of those games that pits you against incredible odds and satisfies by making it just about possible to beat them! [Jan 2007, p.8]
70
Edge Magazine
Really, this is a game of strong, simple virtues: knockout action, beautiful character design, lovingly articulated models, crisp sound and overall polish. Every now and then it'll overstretch, at which point it falls. [Jan 2007, p.76]
70
360 Gamer Magazine UK
It does what it says on the tin, and delivers heart-pounding explosions, pant-wetting big alien monsters and hordes of minions to slay. If you can overlook the fact that it doesn't challenge your Xbox 360 either intellectually or technically, and you can just get down and dirty with some big guns and even bigger odds, then you and Lost Planet are going to get along just fine. [Issue 20, p.50]
60
GamePro
At the end of the day, playing Lost Planet is like dating a supermodel with personality problems: it's great looking and has the potential for good times, but ultimately, it's just not worth the trouble. [Feb. 2007, p.64]

http://www.gamingtrend.com/forums/index.php/topic,16880.0.html

I was most excited about TJ&E until Castlevania made the list!

I'm getting no help on the xbox forums at all.  Someone else has had a similar problem on GameFAQs.  Is no one else here having an issue?

This will be very handy when coupled with my 360. I'll be able to play a game on the 360, keep the FAQ up on the Wii, and just flip over when I need to check something. Much handier then walking all the way to the computer room .

That's exactly what I'm excited about, too.

Anyone play Military Madness on the Wii VC yet?  I understand this was a fun game in the day, but I'm wondering how it holds up.

Yep - Ratchet & Clank. Got it at EB the other day.

How is it?

The times on this thing are a little messed up.  On the main page, I frequently get a temperature that was updated at 12:00am, but the forecast and 5-day were updated within two hours.  Current temp doesn't seem right most times, so I really don't think it's updating.  I hope the temps get updated more than every two hours eventually, too.  We have the capability for streaming, constantly updated weather, let's use it.

My other wish is that they could put an accurate current temp on the main Wii page, so you could see the weather at a glance (or better yet, let us choose that or a 5-day forecast).

Hopefully, they'll fix the zoom levels in the future.  The default's text is unreadable, but zooming in cuts off too much of the screen.  I wish it would stay at the zoom level you choose when changing pages, too.  They should take a gander at the PSP's browser size functions.  I think they work pretty well.

I also hope they'll let you open more than one page at a time in the full version.

Still, I like it.  Text entry is not hard at all for me.  Easier than the hassle of getting out the keyboard and plugging it in every time I want to check something.  Certainly easier than the PSP's browser text entry.  I know I'm going to find this to be convenient in the future.

All of a sudden, I'm having problems with some BC Xbox games on the 360.  Scarface and Destroy All Humans are running in a 4:3 box, but are meant to play in full, widescreen on my HDTV.  The TV recognizes the 360's 720p output and so I can't stretch the image to adjust.  Is there something I'm missing?  Is anyone else having this problem?

Well, this is a good sign, at least:

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/21/did-you-know-you-dont-know-jack-is-back/

Cussing doesn't bother me at all.  Cuss or don't cuss but certainly don't beep it out cause then people really do try and immulate it.

And who wants a burning TV?

Hey, I'm actually considering getting Super Princess Peach.  I read a few reviews of it, sounds like a solid platformer.

I'll just hide the cartridge and box when I'm done with it 

Super Princess Peach is great.  I believe I will be picking up the Wii Chicken Little tomorrow.

Does anyone know what's NOT in the internet channel that makes it a beta version?

Quick question: I was only able to play 9 holes in stroke play today.  Is there no way to choose the number of holes?  Also, and more importantly, is there no way to save your game?  I couldn't find it.  Very annoying.  If it's due to not wanting players to cheat, okay.  At least give us a quicksave that disappears when you load it.  I'm hoping I just missed something, though.

As we've already seen, Call of Duty 3 comes fairly close to the 360/PS3 versions (primarily slightly reduced texture resolutions are the main holdback)

wtf??  that's just wrong dude

unless we have a completely different definition of 'close', OR...given what you implied in your lengthy reply to kobra, you're talking about the 360/PS3 versions only on a SDTV.  and if it's the latter, well I really don't give a rat's ass about SDTVs.  seriously, why would someone who owns a HDTV care about what 360/PS3 games look like on SDTVs?  I honestly don't mean any offense, but that's just a stupid comparison (if that's what you meant)

Yeah, he doesn't mean any offense, but you're an idiot!

But it is true, Wii COD is not close to the other versions.

The biggest problem for me on this is it will no doubt also come out on the 360.  There is no way I'm getting the comparatively crappy looking version over one that lets me flick a lightsaber on a little guy in third person.

That said, there had better be a Wii exclusive lightsaber title in the future.  If LucasArts puts all their jedi eggs in this basket, I'll be pissed.