Super Monkey Ball, Viewtiful Joe, Beach Spikers (really), Alien Hominid, Tales of Symphonia, Spartan: Total Warrior, Geist, Skies of Arcadia Legends, Go! Go! Hypergrind, and Killer 7, to name a few. I would say Metroid Prime and Pikmin but both are supposed to get re-released with Wii controls in 2009 (at a budget price).Originally Posted by jb143
I second these GameCube games and also recommend:
Burnout 2: Point of Impact ($4 used on Amazon)
Eternal Darkness ($18 used on GameStop.com)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($3 used on Amazon)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ($17 used on Amazon)
Odama ($18 new on Amazon, with microphone)
Pikmin ($17 used on Amazon, also being re-released/updated for the Wii in March 2009 for $30)
Super Mario Sunshine ($18 used on Amazon)
Time Splitters 2 ($8 used on Amazon)
Wave Race: Blue Storm ($2.50 used on Amazon)
I haven't played the other games you listed, but I'm sure they're great, too.
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what happened to Kororinpa: Marble Mania ,i just looked on amazon after what was mentioned in here and see the lowest price is $60.
My guess: discontinued game + Christmas = greedy internet sellers.
Look at the price of Wii Fit...$144 on Amazon from independent sellers. It's absurd.
Skies of Arcadia is a fantastic game for the GC (hence wii) which can be had for around 20 bucks. Aint short either ;p
I picked up the Wii game Nights at Target this last weekend for 14.99! They might have some left.
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Kororinpa is very fun. Speculated to be one of the lowest print run Wii games, at least it was. Good, fun games + rarez (whether only perceived or actually scarce) = teh moniesI've seen Smooth Moves sell for over MSRP as well.
Good cheapies?
Counter Force, I like it anyway. Nabbed it at blockbuster for $7.
I can't reccomend Castle Shikigami III enough. Other shooters,
Blast Works (real cool)
Geometry Wars is good fun (2 player and campaign nice additions) and GWG connects with the DS version (also $10-$20 most places).
I picked up Heavenly Guardian and Monkey King a few months ago for $10 each at gamestop. Haven't played them yet, but at $10, I'd say it's worth a shot.
Trauma Center (the 2nd - not 2nd opinion) was listed of amazon for $20 and still may be. You can pre-order Ultimate Shooter Collection also. $30 gets you 3 shooters. Chaos Field, Radio Allergy and Karous. Look at it like 3 dreamcast imports for $10 a pop. Helluva good deal.
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I know very little of modern game prices so I was going to let you guys interpret that. No more than $10 is where I was thinking though. The dumb thing is that I saw several gamecube games at goodwill a few weeks ago that I thought of getting but decided against. They were all $4 a piece and I'm pretty sure one of them was Metroid Prime.
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Look toward the bottom of the first page. Jfactor and I listed a bunch of great $2 - $10 GameCube games...and some slightly more expensive ones, too.
I'd also add:
the Star Wars Rogue Squadron series ($10 each, used on Amazon)
the 007 James Bond series ($2 - $16 each, used on Amazon)
the Prince of Persia series ($10 - $13 each, used on Gamestop.com)
XIII ($4 used on Amazon)
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour ($4 used on Amazon)
F-Zero GX ($6 used on Amazon)
Sega Soccer Slam ($7 used on Amazon)
Keep in mind, I'm not saying you should buy every inexpensive Wii and GameCube game we recommend; we're just giving you a wide variety to choose from. Enjoy!
Last edited by Rob2600; 12-31-2008 at 01:24 PM.
Any stores selling No More Heroes, Okami, RE Umbrella Chronicles and T. Center (1st and 2nd) for a reasonable price?
I think Amazon and Gamestop.com are your best bets...or, since you're close, take a quick trip to the Digital Press store and check out the prices there.
cannot believe, nobody mentioned this Dreamcast classic,
Samba De Amigo !!!
$19.99,
you cannot go wrong with it(not as good to control as using maracas but new songs make up for it).
I beg to differ.
It's a beautiful looking version of Samba with a great song list - but the controls de-value the game to worthless at any price.
A real shame ... it looks like the developers really did everything they could to polish it ... but the hardware just doesn't have a level of sensitivity to work properly on any level above "easy".
I mean ... it could fit on a list of cheap Wii games, but I don't think it belongs on a list of good, much less great ones.
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I didn't mention NiGHTS because a lot of people really ragged on it. I thought it was a rather good follow-up, with only a few major problems. I was going to type out a paragraph, but I've decided I prefer bulleted lists:
- The lack of a great control option. The Wii-mote only controls aren't great, and the analog sticks (whether on the nunchuk, the classic controller, or a Gamecube controller) are all notched. I wish they'd made a special controller or something.
- Speaking of controls, there doesn't seem to be a way to come to a stop (which was done in the original by pressing L+R).
- It doesn't have the dynamic music that the original had (in replay, affected by the A-life/Nightopians).
- There are a few annoying missions.
- The Reala fights are poorly done.
- There's this whole "My Dream" thing, which is kind of like a glorified Chao Garden, and I just don't care for it at all. Fortunately it's optional.
- It has a collect-a-thon aspect with hidden (well-hidden, I might add) "dreamdrops". It's like the graffiti souls in JGR but not fun. You can just ignore it, though.
- The personas are pretty much worthless (but you don't have to use them).
- I was hoping it would have a bunch of time/date related features, but there's only one major bonus on Halloween, and a minor thing for Christmas.
- They gave NiGHTS a voice. Why?
The core gameplay is perfectly sound, though. The vast majority of levels are well-designed and the bosses (except Reala) are great. The graphics and sound are some of the best on Wii.
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You probably alreay have an idea of what you want to get now, but here's my opinion. RE4, RE Umbrella Chronicles, DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2, and Speed Racer. I would also opt for Metroid Prime 3 Corruption which I saw for 30 and Obviously a must have in my opinion no matter what price is SSB Brawl.
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Thanks to this thread (I was totally un-aware that the game was out) I picked up Sam & Max at a local EB games ...
... I asked for it and they had to "go in the back" to get a copy.
I wonder if due to the mature themes of the game (it's rated T) - coupled with the fact that a very high ratio of Wii games are for "kids" AND that Sam & Max look pretty kid-centric that Gamestop corporate asked for stores to keep this game out of the public eye.
I traverse ALL of my local Game Stop stores weekly and I have NEVER seen this "on the shelf" at any of them. Ever.
I could imagine the shock and horror that soccer mom/grandma would experience after getting a game with "such cute characters" for little Johnny and then watching them take part in all manner of debauchery...not to mention how many kids wouldn't be able to handle/tollerate the point & click style of gameplay.
...I'm really confused over this one.
Anybody else see it "out" for sale at a Gamestop?
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I was looking for Sam & Max over the holidays, and could not find it at a Target, nor two Toys R Us stores, nor three Best Buys. I'm starting to think it's an EB exclusive!
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So, have you tried out Sam & Max: Season One yet? If so, how do you like it?
I had played episode 1 on PC (actually a MAC running Dos Box) and I thought it was great ... just like the original Lucasarts game.
The Wii version is very good!
There are a few bugs here and there (some audio dialog tracks get cut off in the last second of the track) but other than that, the Wiimote controls are a BIT tighter than the StrongBad games that TellTale also developed.
For fans of the genre and the characters, a no-brainer purchase.
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