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5 Potential Sleeper Hits for the Wii

TVGB writes: "Naturally, most gamers are excited for upcoming titles like Punch-Out!!, The Conduit and MadWorld, but there are a few other games due out by the summer that seem to be flying under the radar despite showing a lot of promise. Within just a few months the Wii will be host to a game that could eclipse the Pikmin series in quality as well as what could be the best tilt-based platformer on the system yet. TVGB takes a look at some potential sleeper hits on the Wii".

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Smacktard6327d ago

wat

Sleeper hits, and no mention of Muramasa or Kizuna? Instead we get Excite Bots, Kororinpa, and Ghost Busters? I barfed a little.

Nugan6327d ago

To the writer's credit, he stated that it was a list of games "due out by summer" and I doubt that we will see Kizuna before this summer in North America.

Muramasa, however, is a pretty large oversight unless the writer felt that it was too high profile to be a sleeper title.

Smacktard6327d ago

Ah, must've missed that part. Heh, I only looked at the pretty pictures, as I knew what all of the games were about anyways.

I don't think Muramasa has a spring release date in the US. I've seen it listed as late summer, but I don't know if that's accurate.

Nugan6327d ago

I don't think Muramasa has an official release date yet. I am hoping for late Spring or early Summer, but that may be wishful thinking.

I really hope that Kizuna is given a North American release date soon. I would hate to see it get stuck in limbo like Fatal Frame or Fragile.

Covenant6327d ago

Toss in Pikmin, Mad World, the Conduit, and (maybe) Kid Icarus, and Nintendo's got a pretty solid lineup in 2009.

ngg123456327d ago

koropina, mad world, and little king story are the only great titles there.

Smacktard6327d ago

I hated the original Kororinpa. To get gold on almost any single level was a total pain in the arse. Also, you had to contort your hand and wrist into unnatural and painful positions. It was a really bad game. It would've been better as a less frantic game with a control style similar to Mercury Meltdown Revolution (the other "arguably best" tilt game on the Wii).

Pheonix036327d ago

No mention of Muramasa: Demon Blade is dissapointing considering it may end up being the best game for the Wii this year; at least it will be if Nintendo doesn;t bring Zelda or any other first-party title to the Wii.

addnewman6327d ago

how can u just state that the conduit will be terrible?

ngg123456327d ago

I saw the gametrailers gttv video. And nothing looked good about the game. And I mean nothing.

ChaoticStupid6327d ago

It's on the Wii. So it must be bad.

You just have to ignore trolls like that.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan73d ago (Edited 73d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg72d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree72d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai72d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) Still Feels Like Peak 90s Star Wars

Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, the Battle of Hoth, and one of the boldest Star Wars multimedia projects ever made. Here’s why Shadows of the Empire still matters.

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MayorPauline103d ago

This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆

Redgrave102d ago

Because it is.

Please re-release this.

SimpleSlave102d ago (Edited 102d ago )

But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.

Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.

Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.

shinXseijuro102d ago

As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .

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How Trackmania inspired the “biggest feature ever created” for The Crew Motorfest

Debuting in Season 9, all players can try a beta of The Crew Motorfest’s new ambitious track creator, TrackForge.