[quote name='Puppy']Well, personal preference thing. I *HATE* Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2. HATE HATE HATE HATE them with a passion. Heights and nitpicky gameplay, two things I hate stuck together. As bad as...well almost every Sonic game since the Genesis has been, I'd rather play Sonic Heroes or something than Monkey Ball.
Even still I’d probably consider a rental of the Wii version, just because it seems like the controller would be really neat for it-just tilt it to tilt the ball.[/quote]
I didn't like Monkey Ball 1/2 either. Everyone here kept praising it, so I bought a GCN 2-pack for cheap. Barely played it. I sold it recently to pre-order my Wii.
That being said, I do want to try SMB BB. Maybe the new control scheme will change my mind about it or make it more fun.
As for some of the other games...
- If Trauma Center SO is even half as good as Trauma Center UTK, then it's already a must-have. There is no way that SO will not be a great game.
- Excite Truck looks pretty bland to me on video and screens. But people who have played it say its lots of fun. It seems like its turning out to be a sleeper hit, possible.
- Red Steel gets better with each and every new video and screenshot. I was on the fence about the game a while ago, but now I definitely have to have it, and I have a feeling that it'll be a must-have come launch day.
- Rayman just looks fun. Period. Doesn't look like it's going to be an AAA Zelda-caliber title, but it just looks fun, and that's all we really want.
- Elebits looks interesting. I really want to know more about the game. Its a game I'll look into more, but at this point, its not a must-have.
I think the Wii has a pretty darn good launch line-up. It's not the best, but it is far from the worst. I do hope that Nintendo and 3rd parties bring over some of the more obscure Japanese titles to the US.