Top 10 Wii Titles We're SICK OF Hearing About
Written by Rob Schulz   
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 18:02

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Something that's awesome about video games and the internet is that people love to talk and talk about certain games.  Over time, people have grown impatient (thanks a lot, cell phones!), and they need their information now.  If no information is available, they speculate.  If information is available, they hype.  If a game releases, they rant.  If a game is terrible, they whine.  We here at TWGNEWS are sick of it!  Here are the Top 10 Wii Titles that we're SICK of hearing about!  Talk about something else, people!

 

 

#10 Don't Forget to Breathe! - Wii Fit

 

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Wii Fit has been bending bodies into shape for quite some time now.  It’s a hit peripheral, yes, but that doesn’t mean I’m not sick of hearing about it all the time.  If it’s not some hot chick hula-hooping in her skivvies, it’s some overbearing parent getting offended when the game calls their children “fat.”  Ridiculous news surrounds the console, but should people be so upset about such an insignificant measurement in a video game?  Come on!

Look, I’m down with the Balance Board; I think it has a lot of potential.  Wii Fit, on the other hand, is just a glorified exercise awareness demo.  It’s not something to base an entire exercise plan on; it’s not something that’s going turn you into the Hulk.  In fact, you’ll probably end up looking like one of your Miis, chicken legs and all, if you plot a plan around it.

 

#9 Old Dog, New Trick, No Luck -  Okami

 

 

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Ports - every system has them.  The Wii, however, seems to be the most prominent victim of these shovelware cash-ins.  The console’s hardcore community is at odds with these recycled pieces of you-know-what, but there are a few nuggets they’ve managed to fish out of the muck that don’t require nose plugs to play.  Okami is one of the few that actually benefited from the new controls the Wii provides.

Still, hang it up folks.  It’s a great game, but this dog’s day in the sun has come to an end.  It makes it harder to put it down knowing it didn’t do half as well as it should have, I know.  The game was great, had an awesome visual presentation, but stuff just gets played out.  It’s time to pull an Ol’ Yeller and take this pooch out back.

  

#8 Boom Goes the Dynamite - Boom Blox

 

Why do we marvel at destruction and yawn at creation?  Boom Blox certainly raises that rhetorical question to the surface almost immediately when I see the game in action.  We do so because it just looks so flippin’ awesome.  Shards of who knows that flies everywhere, maim and mayhem run amuck, and all we can do is smile and giggle.  Oh well; I guess that’s just human nature.

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Even though blowing stuff up can fill a redneck’s entire weekend schedule (believe me, I know), it begins to wear thin about the… oh, hundredth time you’ve watched something get wasted.  That’s exactly how I felt while playing Boom Blox.  Yes, Steven Spielberg helped spur this game into creation, and it's a great game.  I just don't think it's the end-all solution for Wii owners looking for a unique experience.  It is yet another worthy game we’ve set our sights on, but the second game in the franchise is coming out in May.  Let's put a lid on the "Blox Talx" until we see the new one, shall we?

 



Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 May 2009 18:44
 

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