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TWRoO on 27 July 2009
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V-r0cK said:

Hey all, I plan to get a Wii sometime this summer and would really appreciate some help and recommendations to get my Wii life started =)

I rarely played the Wii so I apologize if my questions are noobish.  Aside from getting the Wii of course, Ill most likely get 4 wiimotes to party it up, are nunchucks really required for most games or can you still have fun with games like Mario Kart, Mario Party, Smash bros. without it?
Depends on your preferences of course... but I would reccomend 4 Wii remotes (I only have 3 myself) 2 nunchucks and 2 of either Classic or GameCube controllers... you are pretty much set then.

Are Wiimotion+ really needed or just for mainly sports games? I am planning on getting 2 eventually, some of the multiplayer games in Wii Sports Resort need 2 of them, and if you want the best experiences in the two tennis games (GST and VT09) you would want 2... but for now I would just wait till you get a game that needs it and buy the bundle (I bought Tiger Woods 10, which is awesome... or you could buy Wii Sports Resort)

I dont plan on getting any Virtual Console games so, so how big of an SD card to I rearlly need? If you plan on buying Wiiware... then a 1GB card is EASILY enough. If you download all the channels, and have all the most memory hogging games for save files (Smash Bros is one of the largest) then your Wii internal memory could still fit 5-10 Wiiware games.... a 1GB card will give you enough space for at least 20-30 more Wiiware games, I haven't worked it out properly so it could be more.

Do component cables really make a big difference? Ill be playing on a tube tv and/or a 1080p Sony LCD Bravia Sorry, can't answer that.

Any cool or useful accessories? I plan on getting this Nyko station charger ...   http://www.ebgames.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=72985  ...anybody has this and knows if its good or not? Any better product than this? I use standard recharchables myself... I heard one of the third party chargers can break though so be careful

I've already purchased 2 Nyko Perfect Shots for games like RE:UC and upcoming RE:DC cause they look cool and i love RE lol  ... http://www.ebgames.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=68825  I wouldn't have bothered myself, but that'syour choice

Problem i find about Wii mostly is their amount of controller accessories (i dont want to have like a box full just for them), do i really need a racing wheel to play MK or holding the Wiimote is comfortable enough? (i know it comes with the game but what if i were to play 4 players?)  Any suggestions of accessories that you think might find useful? You are the one buying plastic gun accessories.... With Mario Kart it works fine without the wheel... it is a good idea for people who struggle to find the right way up for any given controller (my grandparents) but generally you won't need any extra wheels... you can mix up the multiplayer how you like, so some could play with GC if they want, some with remote on it's own, some Wiimote/nunchuck.

And of course, what games do you recommend? (I already got the 3 RE games cause they were cheap and i planned on getting a Wii anyways and again i love RE lol) Im open to any game except for like real sports games.  Punch-out doesnt count as a real sports game lol.  I prefer games that are at least 2 or more players since my main reason for getting a Wii is to play with others locally.
Well RE4 of course, but I would guess that was the 3rd one in addition to the two on-rails shooters. The rest of my game collection I would reccomend to you so pick the multiplayer games from there. SSX Blur is great (assuming you don't count it as sports) but you will need a nunchuck for each player if you play multiplayer... it's still fun as 2 player hough.

If there's anything else I didnt cover for the Wii please let me know.  Thanks very much in advance for your input and suggestions =)

btw, will there be a Wii price cut anytime? God knows.  and im sure there's no Wii HD coming right? There will be no such thing, ignore what Pachter says.