I played 20% of single adventure and many rounds on multiplayer with friends...

Madworld and Metroid prime 3, indeed I miss that I didin't have a chance to play those but I think my friend will buy them when we trade our consoles back.

I see what you are saying, I too been impacted from games like FF 8, first game that struck me kinda emotionally because of the story and stuff.

But I played since NES and just because FF 8 affected me emotionally first those past systems gave me lots of fun, different fun. The main thing I see wrong with your post is the limited view, your definition of soul can be different compared to other people but I felt soul playing let's say the new Zelda you mentioned. I just put myself into Link's shoes and get into the world.

Also the main thing I don't like that everyone does is that they disgrace casual games. Yes, there is bad and good casual games like Wii music compared to Pac-Man, I play pac-man on my phone for hours, its' fun, a big story is not needed for a game to be fun.

Pac-man is pretty "soulless" in that it has the same map mostly, simple controls, no story, etc... but the effort I put into it, is the soul. You getting affected about Meryl in MGS didn't affect me at all, you put the soul into the game, the game doesn't have the soul; it didn't change me one bit. I agree in your opinion but all casual game don't equal soulless games and story heavy games don't equal soulful games either.

i hope you read all the answers!!
.dont blame wii every now and then.casual games are good.not all my friends are hardcore so the wii is the console that you can play with anyone when you have guests.then just play some rpg and enjoy your day..if you want good story play no more heroes.i am fan of ff7 but believe me this has 10 times better story.if you want to make your own history play geometry for highscore.also download s&punishment and then you can talk about the wii
PLEASE PEOPLE.STOP COMPLAIN FOR THE WII,PS3,360,etc

I'm sure you will have fun playing on your PS3 with no 'soul' around you whilst people with the Wii have friends and are the life and 'soul' of the party! :0P

See what I did there!

You write with the most eloquent of fail.

Personal taste equals soul to and individual, not genre or target audience. I could easily argue that MGS is soulless because I believe it (like I find all of Kojima’s games) to be a disorganized mess of random and pretentious ideas that Kojima implements for the sake of his own self-esteem which he does so at the expense of good story-telling and ultimately resulting in lacklustre gameplay. Or how FFVII is soulless because it was the point where Square-Enix ended up whoring out the franchise to anime freaks.

I could then say how Wii sports struck me when I first hit the tennis ball and realised the potential of the machine, or how I felt upon entering Gusty Garden Galaxy for the first time and appreciating the blend of superb level design and excellent music that worked in such a combination I’ve never looked at video games in the same way since.

But phrases like ‘Soul’ and ‘Passion’ are really just reflective of one’s own personal preferences. If you like a game you’ll say it has soul, if you don’t, you’ll say it doesn’t. Wii Sports is fun for me, SSBB is fun for me, SMG is fun for me, the Wii as a whole is fun for me, that’s why I own one and that’s why I don’t regret my purchase. What you said essentially amounts to is; ‘of the Wii games that I tried, none of them (save RE4) really appealed to me’, a fine and totally valid opinion which are entitled to, but then you really should have just said word to that effect and then you might not have come across as so condescending.

You are probably lying. How many people did not lose a single life on this game? Talk me through how you completed the scrolling purple coin challenge on the battle cruiser level. Look it up on YouTube first so you tell us about it.

I'm not saying it's hard, but there are bits that have to be done a number of times to complete it. And if it was so easy why did you play it through twice? Surely you had something better to do, like moaning on forums.

It's longer and more difficult at the end than most of Super Mario 64.

If you get a life changing experience from a video game story, maybe you should try a book.

Aye. It's not hard, but some of the levels are challenging. And to be fair, if the game had come out 20 years ago it would have been seen as much more difficult. I replayed Mario 64 and it was extremely straightforward, likewise Mario World. I have to say, I found Mario Sunshine easier when I had my Cube.

I wish I could see a positive comment from the MinogueHound. I haven't seen one yet, but I'm sure he is capable of one.