I see, well then just go ahead and get Okami.  It is an amazing game (but it seems you've already decided).

On the brush controls for Okami:

In my experience, if you are familiar with a Wiimote and used to actually having to lift your arm and aim to play games, it's by far the better control scheme. If you don't use the Wiimote/have never played a shooter with it like Link's Crossbow Training or Resident Evil to build up your accuracy, you will struggle with it.

So, that should help you understand the split in opinions on this among different media sources. If you don't play Wii often, it will take you a bit to get used to it, but in my opinion it's still the superior mode of control once you are used to it.

Actually, she kicked my butt for the first half an hour or so until I mastered Pit and went all Kid Icarus on her ass.

I'm very comfortable with the Wiimote and aiming it so that won't be a problem. I think that settles it.

Yep. I'm one of the few that doesn't like the Metroid Prime series. It's a combination of my love of 2D Metroid and the quasi-shooter setup of the MP series. I just don't care for it though 3 bothers me less due to the WiiMote controls. I also hate the fact that it's an FPS. It just doesn't seem right to me.

Hey, rocket, my recommendation for No More Heroes is pick a week where you don't have much to do and then rent it. I crushed through that in 3 days, so if you go to someplace like Blockbuster that might have a grace period for returning it after a week rental, then you're sure to at least get the entire way through the game, maybe even twice through it. You can tell whether it's worth getting a copy for yourself by that point.

and for your view on 3D metroid, I dunno. I actually found it to feel much like a futuristic FPS Zelda game. the Wii controls really do work well once you get them set up properly. I don't think I could even think of doing an FPS without the Wii controls anymore.

If you are just getting 3 games, unless you have a GC controller, you should get Wii Play :)

Your not a lone Rocketpig. I'm not a big Metroid fan at all. The only one I liked was the 2D side-scroller on GameBoy.

i would go with Okami