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Well it depends starting off, if you are a hardcore gamer (PS3, 360, and PC) or casual gamer (Wii).
Ugh. That "hardcore and casual" meme not only deserves a painful death but it never was true in first place, and people uses it for insulting and scorning each other.
Moreover, there are a ton of "hardcore" games in Wii nowadays.
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The big dilemma: Wii or Xbox 360?? Advice plz~
Sakura_1_, it depends on what kind of games you like:
If you like arcade-like, colourful games with cheerful atmospheres, they are more abundant on Wii (but there also are darker and bloodier games: Resident Evil IV, Manhunt, Madworld, No More Heroes...). If you like dark, "edgy", bloodier games with more emphasys on story than gameplay, they are more abundant in Xbox (but there also are colorful games: Viva Pinata, Mirror's Edge...).
If you like platforms, choose Wii. If you preffer FPS, sandbox and racing games,choose Xbox.
There are good RPG in both consoles, but right now there are more RPGs on Xbox: Wii has Super Paper Mario, several Tales of games, Final Fantasy Chronicles, Xenoblade, The Last Story... and Xbox has Bioshock, Fable 3, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy XIII, The Last Remnant...
If I remember correctly, the main (or flat-out good) Wii games are:
-Zelda Twilight Princess (adventure),
-Wii Sports (sports),
-Resident Evil 4 and several spin-offs (zombies),
-Super Mario Galaxy (platforms),
-Metroid Prime/Trilogy (first-person adventure),
-Super Paper Mario (RPG),
- Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (strategy/RPG),
- Batallion Wars (strategy),
- Zack and Wiki (puzzles/adventure),
- No More Heroes (adventure),
- Mario Kart Wii (arcade racing),
- Disaster: Day of Crisis (adventure),
- Tenchu IV (adventure/infiltration),
- Tatsunoko vs Capcom (fighting),
- Super Smash Bros Brawl (fighting),
- Fatal Frame IV (unfortunately, this game stayed in Japan),
- Wario Land Shake it! (platforms),
- Trauma Center (graphic adventure),
- Another Code (graphic adventure. IIRC, did you like the first game?),
- Madworld (beat'em up),
- Deadly Creatures (adventure. It is a tad weird, but it is original),
- Several Tales of games (RPG, obviously),
- Final Fantasy Christal Cronicles (RPG),
- Silent Hill: Origins (on-rails shooter),
- The Conduit (FPS),
- Dead Space Extraction (albeit there is an arguably better version in PS3, I think),
- Sin & Punishment 2 (shooter),
- Overlord (RPG),
- Monster Hunter Tri (adventure),
- New Super Mario Bros Wii,
- No More Heroes 2,
- The Last Story (RPG),
- Xenoblade (RPG),
- several Call of Duty games (FPS, obviously),
- Super Mario Galaxy 2,
- Red Steel 2 (FPS. It is way better than the first one),
- Zangeki no Reginleiv (adventure/fighting/RPG),
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (platforms),
- Kirby Epic Yarn (platforms),
- Epic Mickey (platforming,
- Zelda Skyward Sword (action RPG)...
Those are only the games I remember right now. I am going for my meory only, so maybe I have mispelt some names. Keep in mind some of them haven't yet been published or haven't left Japan.
As far as I know, the main, good Xbox360 games are:
- Halo 3 (FPS),
- GTA IV (sandbox),
- Bioshock 1 (RPG/FPS),
- Bioshock 2,
- Mass Effect 1 (RPG),
- Mass Effect 2,
- Gears of War 1 (FPS),
- Gears of War 2,
- Mirror's Edge (platforming),
- Fable 3 (RPG),
- Dead Red Redemption (sandbox),
- The Last Remnant (RPG),
- Street Fighter IV (fighting),
- Ninja Gaiden (beate'em up),
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (FPS)...
Those are the most representative I can think of right now. I know, I know, I have listed more Wii games than Xbox 360 games. That is because I know the Wii library better than the Xbox360's. Besides, I am pretty fed up with the "Wii has no good games/has only casual games" fallacy, so I tried recalling all good/great games I was able (and still I could have listed more games. And more Microsoft games, of course!).
Regardless, the final decision is yours and only yours. There are pleny good and even great in both consoles. Learn about each console's library and chooses the one fits better with your tastes. IMO, if you liked DS and Gameboy Advance, you will like Wii. But maybe you preffer Xbox360. What I know...
I hope I have helped you. Usually I stay out of online console wars because I find the fights and arguments infantile, but you asked advice.
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I like them both but Nintendo relies heavy on their first party core games:
That is because third parties have been mostly shunning its non-handheld consoles since the fifth generation of consoles (Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn and Playstation 1). They have no other choice.
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Nintendo's third party games
You mean Nintendo's shovelware? Honestly, most of that stuff doesn't even get quality control.
No, no. He meant Nintendo's third party games. Nintendo doesn't make shovelware.
Whatever you opine about Wii Sports, Wii Play, WiiFit... They ARE good games and they get properly tested and go through quality control. I don't own them because I am not interested in them, but they are quality-tested. Denying it would be extremely fanboyish.I don't like GTA, but I would never would tell it doesn't get quality control because it would be scurrilous and fanboyish.
You realize Carnival Games and the like are NOT Nintendo games but they are third part games, right?