The BIG Wii Voting Thread, Voting Wii-kly: Thanks For Voting!

Okami

Points: 30
First places: 0



You say:
"A very beautiful game. Let down slightly by the crappy controls and the repetitive gameplay but a real joy when on top form."
"If you don't cheer up when you reach Shinshú Field, you are probably dead already."

I say: Oh no, wait, I meant the opposite; which is a downright shame. Ignore the awful battle controls and the repetition of the hydra: concentrate on the beauty, the sweeping scale, the music, the random Japanese culture references, and the mad-as-several-hatters characters and plot. A strong argument for the "games can be art" bods, and the first game in this list to be on mine as well.

Celebrity Guest Princess Mononoke says:

"Did Miyazaki-san-sama-kun give these people my copyright? A female lead with red markings, wolf-associated, and with a vague spirituality/nature theme? These blackguards steal ideas, just like they steal my woodland and turn it to industry. And look at the humans! They're all small and have tiny eyes! Everyone knows that Japanese humans are tall and pale with eyes at least half the size of their face. If I ever meet the people responsible, I'll gut them while they sleep, before sunrise (I hear they're ready at dawn), and feed them to the wolves they like so much. We'll see if their magic paintbrush saves them then!"

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Points: 47
First places: 1



You say:
"After the disappointment of Sunshine, Nintendo cut the crap and condensed the 3D platforming. I might've had these two [Mario games] the other way round in platformers week. *shrug*"
"A classic in it’s own right; equally as good fun as it’s prequel."
"A second round of fantastic platforming. It takes Galaxy 1 and makes another set of fun filled levels."
"Understatement need not apply: SMG 2 is the finest platforming experience on the Wii. It took everything the original stood for, multiplied it by 3.7 and added Yoshi. What's not to love? Nothing, that's what! Er..."

I say:
Better than SMG because:

• Out second, so disappointment that it wasn't as good as SM64 lessened;
  
• Better overall level design;
  
• Green Star Hunt;
  
• Yoshi!

Worse than SMG because:

• Not as fresh;
  
• Worse power-ups;
  
• Best music was lifted from the original;
  
• Worse bosses.

SMG2 is indubitably the better platformer, but SMG might just have been the better game. Which did the willy-head vote higher this time? You'll have to wait until the end of the week to find out!

Celebrity Guest Chris Scullion (via CVG PM) says:

"When I originally heard that Nintendo was doing a straight sequel to Super Mario Galaxy my first thought was 'hmmm, they're running out of ideas'. With hindsight that was one of the most ridiculously ill-judged thoughts I've ever had, along with 'Sonic as a werewolf? That sounds brilliant' and 'I think I'll try hoovering the bath' (I was at Uni and I wasn't very streetwise).

"I realised how stupid I'd been when I went to Nintendo HQ to review the game. I spent two full ten-hour days in one of their games rooms playing it alone and for those two days that room may as well have been a time machine with an eleven-year-old me sitting in there. All my cynicism was turned away at the door and I spent those 20 hours grinning away like a loon, barraged with gorgeous new worlds, incredible music and surprisingly tricky platforming (at times), as if I was a young NES fan with Mario posters on my bedroom wall again.

"Super Mario Galaxy 2 has the sheer balls to introduce a brilliant new gaming mechanic for a single mission, the sort of mechanic that lesser developers would build an entire game around, then ditch it altogether and throw a completely different one at you for the next mission. Even the odd occasions when it went back to the well - the Throwback Galaxy being the perfect example - it still felt special.

"Super Mario Galaxy 2 was my favourite Wii game by far (its predecessor was the only one that came close), and if the upcoming Wii U Mario adventure is half as good then my eleven-year-old self is in for a treat again."

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Points: 55
First places: 1



You say:
"THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND BEST ZELDA GAME ON A CONSOLE! We're now spoiled."
"The Zelda experience we were all hoping for when the Wii was announced was not Twilight Princess, in my opinion, but this: the motion controls made this. Demise nearly caused mine."
"The only thing that could make it better would be a more believable, alive overworld like Twilight Princess."
"Not a fan of the motion controls, was a decent outing but left much to be desired."
"A game that could rate so much higher if they weren't so lazy with the overworld, a second on that awful bird thing was a second too long. On the other hand the dungeons were great and swordplay was mostly fun until it needed to be too precise."

I say: Really? Fifth place? By eight whole points, over SMG2 and Okami? Astounding motion controls and Groose can only go so far to make up for the lack of overworld and the second half of the game introducing almost nothing new. Don't get me wrong, it deserves a top ten place, but top five? Well, you voted for it...

Celebrity Guest Adolf Hitler says:

"Wunderschön! I haff never in my life (zat ended in 1945) seen such a brilliant videogame! Ze village of Skyloft is like my own personal Aryan paradise, an isolated verdant settlement vhere all ze important people are vhite, and mostly haff blonde or red hair and blue eyes. Ze non-vhites are restricted to ze retail sector! And ze main villains are a stereotyped homosexual and a black person. It is gut to know zat ze Japanese retain a fondness for my ideals so long affter ze var! Even if zey are non-Aryan scum zemselves. Now excuse me: I need to remove my own arms for my upcoming Vii Sports Tennis match against David Cameron."