Thread: Nintendo Wii

I used to be a video game addict growing up playing my nintendo, sega genesis, nintendo 64 and playstation 2 but stopped playing video games about 5 years ago when i started college. During my four years here at college, I've played a few games here and there on the xbox 360 and ps3 since my friends have these consoles but i just could never get into it. I felt weird for losing passion to play video games because the controls are so complex today that either i hate playing it because i suck or today's new "high tech" games just don't have the same feel as the ones i used to play back in the old days such as zelda or golden eye 007.

Last week, my old roommate moved out and my friend moved in along with his girlfriend and now they're my new roommates (there's 5 of us now). He has every console ... xbox 360, ps3 and the wii. Well, he is away on spring break in Arizona and my other roommates are in Costa Rica with friends so i am all alone here at my house. For those of you wondering why i didn't go anywhere, part of it is because i work, part of it is because i have a lot of meetings/appointments/paperwork and the other part is i can't afford to.

Anyways, i decided to play some games such as gears of war, Call of Duty and Madden 09 and while it's amazing with great graphics, gameplay, sound, etc.. i get bored so easily. I guess it's because i am all grown up and my free time is just consumed with so much work and shit going on? Who knows.

To get to the point, i decided to give Wii a try for the first time in my life. I played mario kart and tennis and it wasn't too bad. Then i did some searching online and talked to my roommate about it and i never knew that you could download "points" and buy the old classic games that were made for the NES, SNES, Sega, N64 and so forth. I decided to spend $20 bucks and purchased 2000 points. I downloaded, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Tecmo Bowl and Street fighter.

Man, i had a lot of fucking fun. I was playing for like 3 hours straight. This definitely brought back a lot of memories and i was searching for more games but was disappointed to see some of my favorites not listed at all.

So, my question is .. do any of you guys have Wii and/or do you know anything about this virtual console thing? I want to know if they will be releasing Golden eye 007, Wayne Gretzky 3D hockey or Perfect Dark because i loved those games. Just wondering if there is any information on this?

Sorry for the long post, i am bored as fuck and have been sitting around all week. Spring quarter classes don't start until Monday for me. (We are on a Tri-mester system).

See the pic below for the nice setup we have. We'll be adding a stereo system and more high tech shit that my roommate wants when he gets back. I also added a pic of our bar in the basement just for kicks.

I don't have one, but my brothers do. To add to busyLivin's list (which I agree with): I would say look into Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. Mario Galaxy has incredibly high replay value in my opinion.