New Wii Owner Questions (PAL)

[SUMIRE]

Muramasa The Demon Blade is my favorite Wii game and I'd highly recommend it. You won't find a better looking game on the console.

Yeah its a good game, with very nice music, but VERY repetitive.

[Guts]

The Wiimote uses normal batteries (not recharable ones though), but I think you can get some battery pack/charger type thing for them actualy.

I have normal rechargeable batteries (2500mAH, 1.2V) in my Wiimote and they work fine.

[thebuddahman]

Just get Monster Hunter Tri and watch the hours fly by!

[kryss]

Just get Monster Hunter Tri and watch the hours fly by!

More truth here!

[Golgo]

dont forget wiiware. swords n soldiers was one of my fave games of 2009. also the bit.trip series. and of course solomon's key on vc, arcade version, which is single best reason to own wii imo.

[KIT786]

some more games to recommend:

Zak and Wiki
Trauma Center: New Blood and Second Opinion
Resident Evil 4: Wii edition

If you like your lightgun games:
House of the Dead: Overkill
Dead Space: Extraction
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and The Darkside Chronicles

[mekanor]

Did they get a UK release as I can only find US/JP versions? I think I'm going to have to look into the homebrew channel again but I'm not sure if I'll be able to install it on the up to date firmware which this'll have installed.

sorry, not as far as I know. I should have clarified I was talking about Japanese releases. I also forgot to mention geometry wars galaxies and blast works, both of which got pal releases.

I've seen Samba de Amigo really cheap for just the game but is that all I need or do I also need to remotes?

You can use a remote and a nunchuck. I've not tried doing it that way so I couldn't tell you how comfortable/responsive it would be. I'd say it's worth a pick up if you see it going really cheap. It does have some control issues but it's a good bit of fun.

I'm probably not going to get one yet but what's the largest capacity SD card the Wii accepts? I've had a look on the Nintendo site but I can't find any reference to maximum capacity.

I can't say I've tested it but I don't see why the wii couldn't handle a 32gb SDHC card.

Silly question but how are the included controllers recharged? Does it use a proprietary lead like the 360, a USB cable like the PS3 or do they just use standard rechargeable batteries.

like others have said, just standard AAs. You can get all sorts of fancy docks and such but rechargables have served me well thus far.

Does the Wii still use that awful friends code system or have they replaced it now?

sadly yes. aside from one or two games.

I've just been looking at those New Play Control rereleases which I'm quite interested in. Are they worth considering or should I just be picking up the originals?

You should stick with the cube versions of jungle beat and power tennis but the pikmin ones are good.

Are there any Gamecube games which aren't playable on the Wii?

aside from the issues jay mentioned, the wii is 100% backwards compatible with the cube.

[idfei]

nuff said

[JP]

Just get Monster Hunter Tri and watch the hours fly by!

I've never played a Monster Hunter game but they always seem to get good review scores. What's really tempting me to get it is that I can buy it with a black Classic Controller Pro for ?34:95 and I need to get one of those anyway.

I used to have a Super Famicon Classic controller which I liked using but they seem to be about ?60 now.

I'm still playing the PS2 version of Shikigami no Shiro II on my PS3 now so I'm really interested in Shikigami no Shiro III and the Milestone Shooting Collection. Is The Ultimate Shooting Collection the US version of the Milestone collection?

Am I likely to have any issues installing the Homebrew Channel on a brand new Wii with the latest firmware as I'd rather avoid chipping to import if I can?

[JP]

Couldn't find a Wii component cable in town today which surprised me, anybody know somewhere that sells them online where I can get one in a mad hurry as I'm expecting the Wii to be delivered ?

I'd prefer the official one but I suppose it's not essential.

[The Mole]

Games that you should own

Muramasa The Demon Blade
Little Kings Story
World of Goo (Wiiware)
Mario Kart Wii
Smash Brothers: Brawl
Monster Hunter Tri
Boom Blox (multiplayer fun)
Klonoa
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
Dead Space Extraction
Wii Sports Resort

[The Mole]

Couldn't find a Wii component cable in town today which surprised me, anybody know somewhere that sells them online where I can get one in a mad hurry as I'm expecting the Wii to be delivered ?

I'd prefer the official one but I suppose it's not essential.

I got mine at Maplin, your tried there?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221905

[laruso]

Games that you should own

Muramasa The Demon Blade
Little Kings Story
World of Goo (Wiiware)
Mario Kart Wii
Smash Brothers: Brawl
Monster Hunter Tri
Boom Blox (multiplayer fun)
Klonoa
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
Dead Space Extraction
Wii Sports Resort

id agree with that list whole heartedly, just add in Ghost squad too.

[charlesr]

If you get world of goo, then try for many of the OCD challenges first time around, because otherwise you just fly through without any challenge - completing the levels normally is ridiculously easy and put me off going back. It should have been like Loopop or Loderunner where you can't progress without perfecting each level imo.

[smouty]

For Wiiware there are also quite a few great titles. Current fave is Bit.trip Runner which is fiendishly difficult but sublime.