Just bought an Wii and am building up my catalogue

[DonFerrari]

HigHurtenflurst said:

DonFerrari said:

HigHurtenflurst said:

If you can find it, Battalion Wars II

If you like exploration maybe look into Endless Ocean 1&2.

Also, maybe it's just my taste, but I am gonna have to downvote on MadWorld, definitely my least favourite Wii game I played... It looks great, and it was neat trying out the different styles of kills the first few times, but I thought it got boring about half-way through (which is about 2 hours in). I am not the biggest fan of beat-em-up or hack'n'slash type games though, so perhaps I am not the best judge. (No More Heroes I liked though, and thought it got better and better as the game went on)

Highlights from Battalion Wars and Endless Ocean (heard good about ocean)

Uhnnn I'm into both genres, so maybe I'll like it =]

Battalion Wars is a strategic third person shooter where you can switch control to any unit in your squad and direct and command all the other units. Your squad (or battalion) can include anything from basic infantry through special commandos to various land, sea and air units... so depending on the situation you may want to be on point in a big tank making sure you protect the main squad while you tell the anti-air units to keep enemy aircraft off your back... or you could take more of a commanders role and stay at the back while directing groups of units to where they are most useful.

Endless Ocean is basically a diving experience sim, it's not really a goal oriented game and is more about exploring the environment. The first game does have a kind of endgame goal but you could get to it in 4-5 hours and you would still have 90%+ of the game to explore... Endless Ocean 2 is quite a bit more story oriented, but once you have opened up all the areas (which can probably be done in under 10 hours, but I am not sure by how much as I like to explore) it is still much more focussed on exploration.

They all also have online play... but I am not sure if it is available anymore... the Endless Ocean online is a 2 person friend invite system so if it does still allow you to play online it can still be a neat experience (if you do get Endless Ocean 2 I would be happy to show you around as a guide... the first game had region locked online so I wouldn't be able to dive with you)... Battalion Wars also has a 2p friend invite as well as a random player option, but due to poor sales the random online was dead a few months after it came out.

War strategy simulation... Seems good enough to try.

Not much into exploration... Too many games and too few time to play this type of game but if the gameplay is easy and look is pleasant I may pick for my wife to play with our newborn looking.