[Someone Else]

Which game are you most looking forward to for the end of 2006/beginning of 2007? If that lowers the bar too much, which game are you most looking forward to getting for Christmas 2006?

My brain is having a war with itself over if I'm more excited about Twilight Princess, or Neverwinter Nights 2.

As for things I wouldn't mind having for X-mas: New Super Mario Bros, Metroid for the DS, Daxter for PSP, and the new Katamari for the PSP.

[Mycarayne]

Final Fantasy XII

Need I say more?

[FlamingDuck]

Yup, Contact. Awesome. And, I guess Twilight Princess. With all the hype, it had better be good.

[TheEnglishman]

Probably most excited about Twilight Princess, though I'm excitied about the PS3 Sonic too.

[Eugine]

FFXII :blink:

I can't wait to get my hands on that game.

[TheEnglishman]

Yeah I know what you mean. It looks great!

[Golden Legacy]

Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3 Corruption for Wii. Super Mario Galaxy for Wii looks pretty interesting to.

Saving up for a DS Lite, and if I do get one, it'll be Final Fantasy III and Phantom Hourglass, as well as all the other DS games I've been missing out on.

[Eugine]

ZOMG, yes Phantom Hourglass also. Looks awesome.

[TheEnglishman]

Final Fantasy III and Phantom Hourglass both seem like strong titles for the DS. I was unsure when I first bought it but with the strong titles out and the ones heading this way, I'm glad I got one. My only regret is the DS Lite being announced afterwards!

[Golden Legacy]

Which is exactly the reason that I chose to wait before purchasing a DS :blink:

Crystal Chronicles for the Wii seems like a pretty promising title, especially with the Wi-Fi capabilities.

[Someone Else]

I completely forgot about Phantom Hourglass and FF3! Yes, those should be great, too.

Jeez, there's a lot to look forward to at the end of Q4.

[Split Infinity]

Kingdom Hearts 2, of course. It hasn't come out in the land of Oz, sadly, although it should be arriving pretty soon. In the meantime, I'll just duke it out with Darkballs until my head explodes.

[Toasty]

SSBB...Seriously.....Okay, well, LoZ:TP, SM:G, MP3:C, LoZ:PH, SSBB, SSBB, SSBB, and last but not least.....SSBB...

[Aquamarine]

SSBB ain't being released in this year chum. It'll be about May or June next year probably.

There are so many truly excelent games coming out, but I'm 100% sure I'm getting only one of those games, and thaat's the one I'm most looking forward to: Twilight Princess. I'm not sure if I ever wanted to play a game more than this one.

[Lykwid Tepp]

I can't wait for "Test Drive: Unlimited" to come out. It's gonna be the first massive multiplayer game for the Xbox 360! You can drive various cars and motorcycles and gear up with your friends and race through the highly detailed Hawaii Island. It's so sweet.. B)

[Sea of Time]

I'm looking forward to Metroid Prime 3 Corruption the most. After recently completing the first MP, and I'm halfway through the second, I'm really looking forward to this one.

[Golden Legacy]

Hopefully I'll be getting a Wii very soon at launch, and I'll probably get Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, and Sonic: Wild Fire (assuming that's also a launch title).

[Somia]

I can't wait for Disgaea 2 to come out, it comes out in about..10 days. >w<

Oh and ofcourse, twillight Princess.

[Joshua Johnson]

Twilight Princess, FE10, and a *possible* GS3...

[Mars Djinni]

As of now, I'm eager for Fire Emblem 10, Brawl, Twilight Princess, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl + Battle Revolution, Metroid Prime 3, and possibly the countless others that have slipped my mind.

[Joshua Johnson]

Oh, Diamond and Pearl, definately. I've been updated on Serebii... And I just can't wait...

[FlamingDuck]

FFIII, Contact, Phantom Hourglass, Twilight Princess...and SPORE!!

[Lemontime]

Contact. Starfox DS. Final Fantasy DS. And a Wii.. =D

[Somia]

Oh I wanted to add somethign as well. Walkyrie Profile II.

So my list would be:
Disgaea II
Valkyrie Profile II

Both comign out on the 29th of August.

[Mars Djinni]

Speaking of the 20's of August, I can't beleive I almost forgot. Star Fox Command is as MUST for me. That, and a sexy DS lite.

[Eothain]

i'll start working again any day now, but, still looking forward to FF XII.

[Toasty]

There's too many for me to count. :P And I'm deffinately getting a Wii this year. If not at launch, then my parents will pick it up during thanksgiving weekend, and I'll have it by christmas. Seeing as the Wii's so popular, I might have to reserve it.

[Eugine]

Final Fantasy XII. Anyone who owns or can use a PS2, HAS to be looking foward to this game. :P

[Golden Legacy]

... Then again, I could always buy a PS2 and catch up on all the games I've missed.

[Enjealousy]

I'm looking forward to Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy VII: DoC, and any other Final Fantasy video game I've forgotten about.

[Aquamarine]

Twilight Princess, Twilight Princess and, err... Oh yeah, Twilight Princess!

And also Pokemon Diamond/Pearl and Star Fox Command(even though I don't have a DS :P ) and Corruption and a possible Mario Galaxy(even though I will be getting a Wii next year :) ).

[Someone Else]

I MIGHT get Pokemon Diamond/Pearl... if they change enough things.

Maybe NWFC + Voice Chat will make me get it. MAYBE.

[Sea of Time]

I said I was looking forward to MP3 in my last post, but as now it looks doubtful that I will have a Wii before the end of the year, my new favorite game will be Twilight Princess (of course). I don't know if I'll be disappointed if I get on the GC, but I should enjoy it, if Nintendo didn't lie.

[Aquamarine]

WD, they ARE changing it quite a lot. There will be Wi-Fi battles and trading, and an underground world that you'll play through with a friend over Wi-Fi, and I THINK they said it'll have Voice Chat too.

Anyway, just check this website out:

http://www.pokecharms.com/

EDIT: NOOOOOOO!!! Pokemon Diamond and Pearl are being released in 2007 in Europe!! And also America, but I don't care about that...

[Someone Else]

Wi-Fi battles and trading isn't changing ****, it's still the same game.

I'm talking about tampering with the formula of the game, although that underground world co-op thing you mentioned sounds like a solid idea.

[Aquamarine]

Wind Dude, on Aug 11 2006, 09:02 PM, said:

Wi-Fi battles and trading isn't changing ****, it's still the same game.

Oh... Yeah... You're right. Well, I guess there won't be many changes, just as I expected there wouldn't be, but if you ask me having it Wi-Fi enabled is enough. At least for me it is.

[Someone Else]

I'm not a great, big fan of Pokemon. I like the series but I wish it would "grow" a bit.

But I might get it just for 3D-2D esque graphics (??). Hell, if they got rid of the grid-by-grid movement, I'd definetly get it!

[Golden Legacy]

I think the grid-based movement has been changed, yes.

And just a note on what Aquamarine said: you can enter "lobbies" with up to 16 people, and from there you can chat, trade, or battle.

Nintendo would be foolish not to include Wi-Fi in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl.

[pHantOm]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 11 2006, 02:16 PM, said:

Nintendo would be foolish not to include Wi-Fi in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl.

*reminds GL about N64 using cartriges*

*reminds GL about GameCube not having a big title for its release*

*reminds GL about Nintendo not supporting online with the GameCube*

And this move, would suprise you?

[Golden Legacy]

All right, I see your point.

Some other bad news: Matt Cassmassina (how on earth do you spell that?) from IGN, has hinted in the latest podcast that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption might be delayed.

The key word here is might; but he said he heard "whisperings" and "hints" from a number of sources that the game might be pushed off (and he insisted on it).

Just thought I'd throw that in there.

[Sea of Time]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 11 2006, 02:16 PM, said:

I think the grid-based movement has been changed, yes.

And just a note on what Aquamarine said: you can enter "lobbies" with up to 16 people, and from there you can chat, trade, or battle.

Nintendo would be foolish not to include Wi-Fi in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl.

I'd still feel somewhat foolish walking into a store and buying a Pokemon game, but these titles look enticing enough to make me want to do it. Another reason I should be buying a DS.

[Aquamarine]

Why the heck would you feel foolish!? They're very good games, so you shouldn't give a damn about what people think. AND they sell millions, which just means that you're not the only one getting them.

[Zxor]

O M G Z. This is so obvious. ZELDA!!

[Lemontime]

Oh yeah, I also want Maple Story for the DS, if that comes out in the rest of the world.

[Golden Legacy]

Maple Story is coming for the DS? Now THAT is something I'd look forward to.

On a side note, this is the new, official Pokemon Diamond/Pearl discussion thread.

[Someone Else]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 16 2006, 04:58 PM, said:

Maple Story is coming for the DS? Now THAT is something I'd look forward to.

I hope it doesn't suck like the PC version. C'mon people, admit it, Maple Story is a very sub-par game.

Anyway, I have MP and Daxter now. I'm interested in the Pet expansion for the Sims 2 (dunno if I'll get it though) Spore, I WILL get LEGO Star Wars 2, and if I get a Wii, most of my X-mas list will consist of GameCube games that I missed. ^_^!

[Neon]

I'm pretty hyped about UT2007 actually... assuming it's released this year which i think it is?

Twilight Princess is good too, but they recently announced that it won't be supporting the GCN controler. So I predict a very good game with very sloppy controls. The Wii version of Mario 64, but worse because it's unforgivable <<

[Aquamarine]

Why would it have sloppy controls just because it can only use the Wiimote? I bet the controls will maybe not be better, but certainly more interesting than using a GC controler. But this is for another topic...

And what did you mean by "the Wii version of Mario 64, but worse because it's unforgivable"??

[Toasty]

The Wii version's controls will be fine. Ninty would'nt be releasing it if it didn't.

[Neon]

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Why would it have sloppy controls just because it can only use the Wiimote? I bet the controls will maybe not be better, but certainly more interesting than using a GC controler. But this is for another topic...

The Wii controls won't be sloppy just becaue it's the Wii controler, they may be sloppy because the game wasn't designed for them - it was made for the gcn controller - and because the Wii controls were only concieved a few short months ago.

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And what did you mean by "the Wii version of Mario 64, but worse because it's unforgivable"??

I meant Mario 64 DS. THat game suffered because the touch screen controls weren't very well implemented. So basically it was an awesome game designed for n46 controls that was badly modified for the DS. I fear TP will turn out the same. An excellent game that suffers because it wasn't designed for this style of controls.

[Aquamarine]

Neon, on Aug 21 2006, 01:53 PM, said:

The Wii controls won't be sloppy just becaue it's the Wii controler, they may be sloppy because the game wasn't designed for them - it was made for the gcn controller - and because the Wii controls were only concieved a few short months ago.

I meant Mario 64 DS. THat game suffered because the touch screen controls weren't very well implemented. So basically it was an awesome game designed for n46 controls that was badly modified for the DS. I fear TP will turn out the same. An excellent game that suffers because it wasn't designed for this style of controls.

They have been trying to implement motion sensing since 2001, which just means that the Wii controls probably weren't concieved only a few months ago. They've probably been adding the Wii controls to Zelda even before TP's release date was pushed forward for the first time, which was very long ago.

But yes, I understand what you mean about the Mario 64 controls now. I guess it's always possible TP will turn out to be the same thing, but still...

[Kwesi]

Final Fantasy III! I cannot WAIT for that game. It looks mad good and I need to look at Final Fantasy XII some more.

[TheEnglishman]

Wario Ware:Twisted.
"I thought that was out already!"
Not for me it's not. Man it's been ages since there's been any real news on a release out here in Europe. It's been out for a year in America but not here. There is an October 2006 date at the moment but since it's changed so many times before, I don't hold much hope. :angry:

[Caael]

Wario Ware: Twisted has been Delayed too long. I cant be bothered to wait any longer. I've lost interest in which would have been a good game otherwise. Shame

I'm quite looking forwards to the new Crash Bandicoot game on DS. It's got new developers, a japanese company I belive. Its not a platformer ( Yay!) Kinda like a mario party crossed with Wario ware. Looks decent, might make me like him more, and give him a better image.

[TheEnglishman]

Caael, on Sep 8 2006, 10:28 PM, said:

Wario Ware: Twisted has been Delayed too long. I cant be bothered to wait any longer. I've lost interest in which would have been a good game otherwise. Shame

I'm still keeping an eye out for it, but the situation is crazy. I saw a review for it a year ago and it's still not out. :angry:

[Aquamarine]

Heh... This thing with WarioWare reminds me of the GC Animal Crossing. Released about 2-3 years in Europe(And I think America) after Japan. What's the point in that anyway?

[Nosferatu]

Hrm, if anything....nothing really. The new Smash Bros, Metroid Prime 3....very few I'd like to get.

[TheEnglishman]

I'm looking forward to Lego Star Wars 2. It's looking pretty good and the reviews are great.

[Echo_djinn]

NHL 2K7, the Wii, The New Legend of Zelda game, and the Tales of The Abyss game for the Ps2 american addition. That's about it.

[Toasty]

SSBB, MP:3, SMG, LoZ:TP, Red Steel, FF 3 for the DS (I think), the Wii (duh), and probably a whole lot more that I forgot about.

[Caael]

I'm not as interested as everybody else with the big games coming up- Zelda, Metroid, Red Steel. I'm more interested in te 3rd party games, as it's gonna be interesting to see how they use the Wii's capabilitys.

Of course, nobody is looking forward to the EA part of the Wii.

[Golden Legacy]

Actually, Madden for Wii is looking to be a strong title.

[Sea of Time]

Don't write EA off yet. Like GL said, Madden looks good, and they are capable of making good games, you know.

[TheEnglishman]

They seemed to have proved that with FIFA 07. Apparently it's really good this time around, though still not as good as the Pro Evolution series. It's a possible game for me.

[Sea of Time]

I thought the Winning Eleven series was supposed to be the best, I played those games and they were head and shoulders above the rest of the field.

[TheEnglishman]

They are the best. The only bad thing about it is the lack of official licenses. If they had them pretty much everyone would be after Pro Evolution instead of Fifa.

[Sea of Time]

Wait a second, are Winning Eleven and Pro Evolution the same thing?

[TheEnglishman]

Yes they are. In Japan, and I think in America, they're called Winning Eleven. In Europe they're called Pro Evolution Soccer which is pretty odd since we and other other Europeans call it 'football'. Even Mario was kind enough to call it football for us. ;)

[Sea of Time]

Haha, yeah. Well then, let's just agree that these games are the best. Is there any Winning Eleven Ten announced yet for any of the next-gen consoles?

[I'm Always BROKE]

Just some hours ago I wanted to post that I was looking forward to a Donkey Kong game called, DK Bongo Blast. With Rare gone and their tittle Donkey Kong Racing this was the big chance Nintendo could make up for it... It was a nice looking game, they used Donkey Kong COUNTRY elements into this game!

NOW THEY ****ING CANCELED IT! ;)
NINTENDO.. SUCK MY ****!

The only tittle Im looking forward to is SSBB. And Twiligt Princess. If Brawl doesn't have DK or Diddy as a playable character, Nintendo is gonna lose a custommer... ME! :)

[Sea of Time]

Your obsession with DK is almost unhealthy, Diddy. Maybe Nintendo isn't making the big bucks off of DK like they used to.

Also, I'm pretty sure that at least DK will be back for SSBB, even if Diddy isn't.

~4000~

[I'm Always BROKE]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 10 2006, 09:32 PM, said:

Your obsession with DK is almost unhealthy, Diddy. Maybe Nintendo isn't making the big bucks off of DK like they used to.

This is pretty funny. I'll explain...

Nintendo at the moment is totally ****ing up with Donkey Kong. First, they let the Donkey Kong from Rare playing in Mario games. This isn't all that bad, except they rewrote the backlines of DK. As you perhaps know, Cranky Kong the old guy is the DK we know from the Arcade game, with DK Jr being the Donkey Kong we know now. Now Nintendo said, that they are both the same person. Which means there still is a DK Jr running around somewhere after not being in a game like forever!?

With DK from DKC appearing in Mario games, we can't assume that he's the arcade DK aka a younger Cranky Kong which totally ****S up the timeline in Donkey Kong Country because DK and Mario are around the same age. And to totally proof it's ****ed up, they even added Diddy and Dixie in Mario sports with Mario fanboys now thinking they 'own' these characters to. They even gave DK a whole new look, which all included the HORRIBLE 'Toothy Grin'.

And now ladies and gentlemen... BEHOLD the 'Toothy Grin'...
I STRONGLY advice pregnant woman and childeren below the age of 14 not to watch.

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http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1756/toothygrinfj1.png
Here it is... The look is just terrible, not only did Rare never used teeth, they look ****ing ugly to! I guess yall played Mario Kart DS once, there DK is at his worst... Grinning with those teeth ALL the time.

And now look at this:

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5883/200pxdonkeykongrl7.jpg
THIS is the Donkey Kong I know. This look is designed by Rare. DK looks strong, manly and as a impish smile on his face. WITHOUT teeth.

Now that doesn't seem too bad... BUT! Nintendo continued making DK games after Rare was gone. They made 3 quick Donkey Konga games which were all Super Happy Inovation Tittles, aka S.H.I.T games. Much like Mario Sunshine and Zelda the Wind Waker. Also they thought the DK franchise wasn't "fresh" enough to appeal to the younger generation... And BECAUSE they thought so... They made a games called DK Jungle Beat which just ignores any gameplay Rare created, except for the Bananas which barely even count. Also the surroundings and characters were totally replaced... For NOTHING good I tell ya.

Now Nintendo also did something 'good'. They hired a pretty unknown company called Paon to make a game called DK King of Swing. Which atleast looks like a DKC game because of the suroundings, the enemies and the characters in the game. They also where making DK Bongo Blast... Which would be a replacement for the super awesome Donkey Kong Racing Rare was making till Nintendo just sold them to Microsoft...

SO... If Nintendo ever disapoints me like this again. They will lose me as a custommer...

[Aquamarine]

You are quite right Diddy. I'm a big DK/Diddy fan too. Though probably not as great as you are. Rare's DK owned, and I too hate the "Toothy Grin".
But you have to look at things realisticaly... The Donkey Kong Country games were good, very good actually, but they were a complete copy of the 2D Mario games. Rare was always best at copying Nintendo. I loved Diddy Kong Racing. It's still one of the best racing games I've ever played. But to tell you the truth, I'm not sure I would have bought Donkey Kong Racing. I hate all DK characters appart from DK, Diddy and a little bit Dixie. One of the best things about Diddy Kong Racing was that all the drivers were different animals. That was really cool. In Donkey Racing it seems that all the playable characters would have been those other, stupid monkeys from the DK series. It also looked like it had nothing new. Oo, wow, your vehicle is an animal! Now it's time for DK64. That game was... well, quite crap. It was totaly unoriginal, and the only point of the game is that they wanted to have EVEN MORE Golden Bananas than Mario 64 had Stars. Every puzzle was like this: you see a switch with a characters face/weapon, you change your character and use his move. That's the whole game. Nintendo is now trying to finaly make DK what he was before, something new and different. Though I still don't understand why they left Diddy out of Jungle Beat.
I am a big fan of the StarFox series, but I didn't buy either Adventures OR Assault, because the reviews weren't very good. You shouldn't buy a game because it's got your fave character included(that's why Nintendo put Mario in every single game they make), you should get it because it's a good game.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Aquamarine, on Sep 10 2006, 10:54 PM, said:

You are quite right Diddy. I'm a big DK/Diddy fan too. Though probably not as great as you are. Rare's DK owned, and I too hate the "Toothy Grin".
But you have to look at things realisticaly... The Donkey Kong Country games were good, very good actually, but they were a complete copy of the 2D Mario games. Rare was always best at copying Nintendo. I loved Diddy Kong Racing. It's still one of the best racing games I've ever played. But to tell you the truth, I'm not sure I would have bought Donkey Kong Racing. I hate all DK characters appart from DK, Diddy and a little bit Dixie. One of the best things about Diddy Kong Racing was that all the drivers were different animals. That was really cool. In Donkey Racing it seems that all the playable characters would have been those other, stupid monkeys from the DK series. It also looked like it had nothing new. Oo, wow, your vehicle is an animal! Now it's time for DK64. That game was... well, quite crap. It was totaly unoriginal, and the only point of the game is that they wanted to have EVEN MORE Golden Bananas than Mario 64 had Stars. Every puzzle was like this: you see a switch with a characters face/weapon, you change your character and use his move. That's the whole game. Nintendo is now trying to finaly make DK what he was before, something new and different. Though I still don't understand why they left Diddy out of Jungle Beat.
I am a big fan of the StarFox series, but I didn't buy either Adventures OR Assault, because the reviews weren't very good. You shouldn't buy a game because it's got your fave character included(that's why Nintendo put Mario in every single game they make), you should get it because it's a good game.

DKC a Mario rip off!? That's almost an insult. I mean yes they are similair but DEFFINATLY not copies. DKC had totall diffrent gameplay. You had to controll a tag team instead of only one character, you could pick barrels and throw them, DKC had animal buddies (Yoshi infact is a copy of DKC's animal buddies) Barrel blasting, collecting a coin in every level (which Nintendo also copied for New Super Mario Bros) throwing your team mate, roll attacks, bonus levels and don't forget... Mine karting. The only thing Rare copied from Mario is that you can kill enemies by jumping on the head, and instead of collecting coins you collect bananas... K-O-N-G letters and DK Balloons also gave you a extra life. Not to mention that every character in DKC plays diffrent, DK is strong and heavy, he climbs and swims somewhat slower then Diddy, however he could kill heavier enemies by jumping on their head which Diddy couldn't. Diddy had the uber roll attack, Dixie had the helicopter spin and a shorter and somewhat slower roll attack then Diddy. And Kiddy was a heavy baby which could break through wood and bounce over water by rolling. Now you see why DKC is nowhere a copy of Super Mario.

Diddy Kong Racing I could accept as a clone from Mario Kart. However Rare added extra gameplay by having planes and hovercraft and... excually an Adventure Mode. DKR had Boss races and more gimmick tracks then Mario Kart had. Donkey Kong Racing actually would be very diffrent, yeah you would ride a animal but thats even better! In DKC animal buddies where a big part of the gameplay, and with having even more animals then Diddy Kong Racing had verciles this game would be even more unique then DKR.

DK64... Lets not talk about that too much. It did entertain me when I was a kid...

And the reason why Diddy wasn't in Jungle Beat? Well thats because they wanted to give DK a 'fresh start' that means that they just ignored everything from the old DK games, which includes characters, enemies and locations. DK was the only character in there which actually appeared outside Jungle Beat. Jungle Beat was a OK game, but not if you see it as a DK game. It felt like Nintendo just spitted in the face of the creators of DKC by making Jungle Beat so much... Diffrent. I still dont see why DK wasn't fesh enough to appeal to the younger generation. Mario is lasting for atleast 20 years, Zelda for around 15 years... DK just 12 years. It was just an excuse to rewrite everything Rare did their best for.

[Caael]

DiddyKong, on Sep 10 2006, 08:30 PM, said:

If Brawl doesn't have DK or Diddy as a playable character, Nintendo is gonna lose a custommer... ME! ;)

They will almost certainly have DK. They've had him in all the SSB games now, it would be a shame to drop him now. They didnt drop any characters from the original SSB for melee.

[TheEnglishman]

Surely there would be uproar (and not just by Diddy) if Donkey Kong wasn't in Brawl.

[Toasty]

There would be an uproar if any of the origional characters were dropped.

[Caael]

Yeah, they arent about to start now. I'm pretty glad they included Pit, its good to have some more retro characters like ice climbers. They give it the classicness that makes SSB great.

[Piers Watermaster]

I think it'd be nice if they included some GS characters in SSB Brawl.

Also: WITH THIS POST I HAVE BECOME A KNIGHT!!! WOOHOO!!!

[Caael]

Is it really that much of a big deal? 76 posts in a month proves you come here too much.

Wario ware smooth moves looks amazing. They should make a slogan: " Now more ways to look like a spack!"

[TheEnglishman]

I haven't really heard too much about Smooth Moves. I want to see how it turns out as it could be the difference between me getting a Wii or not.

[Caael]

I'll get one anyway. The games for it look amazing, i quite like the look of project H.A.M.M.E.R. Its gonna be a key feature of the wii to use the remote to control a weapon. It's probably gonna cliched a lot and might de-grade the wii a bit, to have so many games with remote- weapons.