Bastard's Notebook

So, we got a Wii for giftmas over here, and so far, I've been hitting very few titles at best. Here's what's been getting playtime so far:

Wii Play- the family favorite- easy to pick up and use, and a good way to learn the controls. all in all it's good for some group fun. And Brenna's addicted to Cow Racing.

inaurolillium also picked me up a copy of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories which is downright awesome- love the game, and for those who understand this statement- it's definitely a Silent Hill game, just not a Silent Hill game. The psychological angle is well played, and everything else just works wonderfully to make it a nice vivid nightmare run through the town. Which is great when I'm craving that kind of thing, but it is nice to be able to actually take a swing back at the bad guys occasionally.

Which led to the next purcahse, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed- yes, people have nitpicked over this title, and I can see why in some respects, the camera angles suck at times, and it's horribly slow to adapt around you when you take a sharp turn. That said, it is so satisfying to be able to just thrust one hand forward and have a pack of opponents fly back from you in a force push.

And then, Brenna and I started looking at the demos on the Wii shopping channel... dangerous thing, that. She's now loving playing Pokemon: Rumble's demo (god, she's only five! they take them so young now!!!!!) and I discovered this delightful little platformer called NyxQuest- if you've got the spare Wii points to pick it up, do it- fun gameplay, and a good soundtrack at the same time. Of course, finding that gem leaves me wondering just what other bits of Wiiware might be good for a download, and wishing that more titles had actual demos available- so, aside from the virtual console titles (still need to get a gamecube control pad for those) anyone download or play anything good off the shopping network?