Pros:

1. It's $199.99, and it comes with a pack-in game
2. Top-tier games for it are $49.99, $10 less than top-tier 360/PS3 games
3. It's home to some of the greatest, longest running franchises of all-time: Mario, Zelda, Metroid


Cons:

1. Missed out on a lot of third party stuff
2. Gets a lot of really dreadful third party stuff
3. Anything released before Fall 2008 doesn't support DLC
4. Online is not streamlined for the system, and it's a fucking pain in the ass to play with your friends online instead of strangers

Ba'al wrote:

Rare aren't exactly the ones holding off their N64 games, both Nintendo and Microsoft have to be okay with it. I think I read once that Goldeneye would've been let on VC, but Nintendo disagreed putting it on despite Microsoft and Rare being alright with it.

No quite. This is what happened:

Nintendo owns 50% of the code for Goldeneye, Rare owns the other half. Rare developed an HD remake of it for the 360, and couldn't release it without Nintendo's okay. The offer was made that if Nintendo greenlit the HD remake, they could have all the Rare games they wanted on the VC. Nintendo felt that trading HD Goldeneye for regular Goldeneye was a shitty deal, so they told Microsoft to fuck off.

House of the Dead was always silly. The voice acting was terrible in the first game and worse in the second. The 3 & 4 were slightly better.

MOST Wii games do suck. There is awful shit cranked out for that system like no one's business. But there are at least 80 good games.

Gotta get up early for work tomorrow, so I gotta go to bed soon, so I'll do as many of them as I can:

Mario Strikers Charged - This is very fun. I don't particularly like soccer. I didn't particularly like the original Strikers. But Strikers is charged is a very fun, very energetic twist on the sport that was well worth my money. It was the best Mario sports they've made in quite awhile, and they haven't made anything as good since. Not they've really tried. There's been what, a Mario Baseball game on the Wii?

Super Mario Galaxy: A must-own. Minimal motion, minimal pointing. Like Sunshine before it, Galaxy is a twist on the 3D platforming that made Mario 64 so fun. But Galaxy has the level diversity that many people felt that Sunshune lacked. This game has gotten near-perfect score from every major outlet, and those scores are absolutely justified.

Metal Slug Anthology - If you like Metal Slug, this is a great collection. You get Metal Slug 1-6 and Metal Slug X (aka Metal Slug 2.1) for one low price. You really need a Classic or GCN controller though. The remote control schemes are fairly awful.

Wii Fit - I mostly play the balance games, which are very fun. If I had more room, I'd probably try the yoga positions. If you're willing to commit to it, it offers a diverse exercise regimen that's arguably cheaper than joining a gym. And you get do it in the privacy of your own home.

Wii Sports Resort - This is Wii Sports on steroids. The old games are back and even better, and the new ones are fantastic. Swordfighting in particular is extremely fun.

Punch Out - If you like the NES game, and to a lesser extent the SNES follow-up, this is a must-own. Pretty much all your favorite guys from the NES game are back and better than ever, except Mike Tyson.

Balls of Fury - Fucking terrible. This could have been a PS1 game. It's ugly, the controls are awful, and each character has like two voice samples. And the story is advanced through production stills accompanied by unnarrated text. There are very games I am ashamed to own, and this is one of them.

Castlevania Judgment - The character designs are questionable, the plot is nonsensical, but the fighting engine is competent and the game is actually pretty fun. It's no Soul Calibur, but it's a good edition to any Castlevania fanboy's collection.

Mario Kart Wii - Not my favorite Mario Kart game ever (there's a recent thread where many of the complaints against the game are iterated by myself and others) and not a must-own, but it's still fun.

Soul Calibur Legends - This game was very cheaply made. There are about 8 different levels, and the game reuses them over and over again, blocking off different parts each time and filling them with different enemies. The fighting engine is actually pretty in-depth, but the controls don't always do what you want them to do, so you'll probably just mindlessly mash/motion your way to victory. This strategy works suprisingly well, right up until the final two bosses. This was designed as a budget title though. I got for it 29.99 at GameStop the week it came out, and you probably wouldn't pay more than for 19.99 now. As far as budget titles go, you could do a lot worse. You could also do better though. The playable characters are Siegfried, Ivy, Astaroth, Taki, Sophitia, Mitsurugi, and Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia. Play as Ivy whenever possible. She has the best range, and it's retardedly easy to get huge combos with her.

Super Paper Mario is an RPG, but it's real-time instead of turn-based. Imagine Zelda 2 starring Paper Mario. And imagine easier boss battles.