Wii is it worth getting ?

[SligoBrewer]

Guys Moon harvest would be a grand purchase!! addictable

Harvest Moon surely.

[tetsujin1979]

5 reasons to keep (or buy) the Wii, and 5 reasons not to: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33664.html

[anto1208]

Looks more like 10 reasons to throw it out the window !!

Hoping the new star wars game will save it i have played mine 4 times since i got it dam call of duty has ruined everything for me.

[noby]

I am looking at getting a Wii, between now and Christmas. I have a 4 and 5 y/o who love playing on their uncle's one. Probably get Wii fit too. Looking around dome of the shop prices, besides a tenner here or there, are they pretty much all around the same price, or is there bargains to be had.
I'm not much of a gamer, played a bit of Tiger Woods, but it's essentially something fun for the kids, that dad will join in/take over.

Any pointers as to where to buy, and what to buy?

[Dodge]

Argos is usually cheaper. I'm not a gamer (amd think grown men who call themselves gamers are weird) but the Mario & Sonic at the Beijing Olympics, Mario Kart and mario Galaxy (not sure of actual title) are all great. Wii Fit is pretty cool too.

If you have wireless broadband its even better

[noby]

Excellent, thanks.

[anto1208]

I am looking at getting a Wii, between now and Christmas. I have a 4 and 5 y/o who love playing on their uncle's one. Probably get Wii fit too. Looking around dome of the shop prices, besides a tenner here or there, are they pretty much all around the same price, or is there bargains to be had.
I'm not much of a gamer, played a bit of Tiger Woods, but it's essentially something fun for the kids, that dad will join in/take over.

Any pointers as to where to buy, and what to buy?

Prices will generally be the same in most places its just the deals will change smyths give you a few vouchers to get 5 euro of your next game.

You could allways check the usual spots for 2nd hand one as they are the console most likely to sit in corners doing nothing, like mine !! i was thinking of selling mine but after the money ive put into improving it you would get a new one cheaper than i could sell my 2nd hand one.

Games wise pretty much any of the games they will enjoy at that age bar the resident evil ones !! .Mario is allways a safe bet .


here is a website for getting that 2nd controller+nunchuck cheap ( they are about 75 euro in the shops you should get it here for about 45 incl postage )

www.playasia.com i use them all the time

[Dotsy]

here is a website for getting that 2nd controller+nunchuck cheap ( they are about 75 euro in the shops you should get it here for about 45 incl postage )

www.playasia.com i use them all the time

Just got a WII for the kids for Christmas. On that website it mentions the controllers etc are compatable with Nintendo WII Japan. Will these work with one bought in Ireland.

[tetsujin1979]

rumours going around on the net that there's a softmod available that will let you play "backed-up" versions of Wii games. That might be enough to make me buy one!

(BTW mods please remove if this is against the rules, there's a discussion about this on boards.ie)

[Closed Account 2]

I've not heard anything about that... I really hope that they'll release a software fix that lets you play NTSC games on PAL machines (FYI most games - only games not controllers - purchased in North America will NOT work on European Wiis), the Mario Baseball game looks great.

Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy are well worth buying, I heard Zelda is good too. Resident Evil, the old Tomb Raider and Metriod are all good but probably a bit too geared towards older (I'd say probably not for under 15s).

Other game's I'd recommend for that age group are Monkey Ball, and Pangya Golf also maybe consider Pro Evo, probably rent it and see if you like it - I may well the 2009 edition when it comes out in feb / march.

Also you can get some great Gamecube games for it (e.g. Micro Machines, Burnout, Donkey Kong) and there are games on the virtual machine (old SNES & N64 games) that are good.

[anto1208]

Just got a WII for the kids for Christmas. On that website it mentions the controllers etc are compatable with Nintendo WII Japan. Will these work with one bought in Ireland.

Yip ! Well the one I got from that site works anyway. ( you have to sync the controllers with the console ie press the red button inside the little flap and on the controller [all in the instructions])

[anto1208]

rumours going around on the net that there's a softmod available that will let you play "backed-up" versions of Wii games. That might be enough to make me buy one!

(BTW mods please remove if this is against the rules, there's a discussion about this on boards.ie)

Is softmod just a program/software rather than a chip ?

either way i still dont play mine But there are a few games coming out that look interesting that i might pick up.

[tetsujin1979]

Is softmod just a program/software rather than a chip ?

Yeah, it's something you install on the Wii, rather than remove the cover and solder a chip from some dodgy site in Singapore on to it

[Dotsy]

Yip ! Well the one I got from that site works anyway. ( you have to sync the controllers with the console ie press the red button inside the little flap and on the controller [all in the instructions])

Cheers Anto.

[Rovers fan]

Just got a WII for the kids for Christmas.

I hope they didn't read your post

[noby]

I wasn't going to, but kind of on a whim I just went out and got one for myself the kids for Christmas.
Console, extra controller (wii play I think) and nunchuck and two games for €320. It seemed like a good deal. Was it?
The Wii Fit was extra.

[SligoBrewer]

I wasn't going to, but kind of on a whim I just went out and got one for myself the kids for Christmas.
Console, extra controller (wii play I think) and nunchuck and two games for €320. It seemed like a good deal. Was it?
The Wii Fit was extra.

A good deal yeah. What two games did you get out of interest?

I myself have just bought a little gem called Boom Blox. Absolutely joyful game. A tad frustrating at times but thats the nature of the game i suppose.

[noby]

There was two lists - one game from each, so I got Mario & Sonic Olympics, and some sports one (beach sports maybe). It was in Xtravision, and it was 270 for the Wii on it's own, so it seemed good alright.