Trifecta Complete!

Finished the “next gen” collection on Tuesday when I picked up the wii. I traded in my second 360 and the game store had a wii just sitting there. I thought what the hell, I’ll only pay for the tax. Worse case my wife will take it up to her study to replace the xbox 180 she has.

My initial thoughts on the unit are, meh. I screwed around with wii sports, the only really good “game” is bowling. It seemed more like a tech demo than a fleshed out game. The main console dashboard looked ok, but I wish I could just use the d-pad to navigate. Especially for typing…wow is that ever horrible with the wiimote.

I picked up a couple of games for it too. Metroid Prime 3, Paper Mario,  Super Mario Galaxy, Resident Evil 4, Zelda: Twilight Princess. I only got to play Paper Mario last night.

First thoughts are, wow, there is a shit ton of text. If there is a long boring way to say something, you’ll find it in this game. Graphics are last gen, very last gen. The idea is spot on, I really like how you can turn the level into a 3D world. But it looks like N64 shit. Add that to a game that looks like it was designed in flash. And yes, I know that the idea behind paper Mario is that everything is flat, but I still can’t get over the look of this.
I’ll give Metroid a run tonight and see if that’s any better.

I also picked up Devil May Cry 4 on the 360. Got to play it for about 90 minutes. 20 of which seemed to be cutscenes. :) I really like the final game more than the demo. The controls need a little getting used to at first but you’ll be cutting down baddies in no time. The game looks incredible, everything you see is created with ingame engine. Very good looking game. There seems to be a RPG element to it as well. After every mission you can buy new moves and upgrade current skills. I need to play more to comment further, but so far I am loving it.

On the PS3, I picked up Planet Earth on blu-ray. This is a really cool documentary, if you like nature shows you’ll love this series. The best part about it, is I got to watch it with my dad. He would come over hold the baby for a bit and then ask me if we could watch more of the series. I haven’t watched a movie/tv show with my dad for years, it made me feel like a kid again. We finished the series and he keeps asking me if we have any more. I’ll have to go looking for another series like that.

And to end all this game talk. I’ve got pics of baby Joanne. My wife made all the videos, I think she’s enjoying her year off. :) Joanne is 7 and a half months old now. Her 2 bottom row teeth have come in, we’re waiting for the top row to drop in any time soon.

Damn, I didn’t think this post would be so long.