Been using the site for a while (started just before I got my Wii a few months ago), and just thought I might pop by the forums and say hai. The catalog scans have been especially useful for me, since I don't actually live near any of these shops to look at them myself. The price roundups are useful, too, although I haven't had the opportunity to buy launch games yet. Just about all my Wii collected has been bought with specials/deals seen on the site! =D

I'm generally into FPS, Adventure/RPG, fighter, and platformer games. I do like a little RTS (usually squad-based) and turn-based action occasionally. I've typically only done PC gaming, but a combination of a now very old PC set and the seemingly uniqueness of the Wii controls compared the the PS3 and 360 kinda won me over to the Wii. The only console I owned previously was a Sega Master System (with Alex the Kid in Miracle World built-in) donated to be from a family member, with such 'classics' as:

Alien Storm
Sonic the Hedgehog
California Games (probably got the biggest playtime)
Aztec Adventures
E-Swat, Action Fighter
Michale Jackson's Moonwalker (I think that was the name)
Bank Panic
Super Tennis
World Grand Prix
Vigilante
American Pro Football (could never work that one out)

Will probably have to get the Alex the Kid game to finish it some time on the VC, since I could never find the time to do it in one session =)

Currently, my Wii collection includes:

Mario Kart Wii (got it and the Wii a couple weeks after launch)
Big Brain Academy for Wii (actually fairly cool, got it cheaply with a remote)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (quite like it, especially the dancing, with they'd do a proper platformer, though)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (also fun, shame most of the minis are ****)
Red Steel (much better than I expected [someone else got it cheaply], looking forward to getting more FPS games if the controls are meant to be much better)
Worms: Space Oddity (haven't played it much at all for some reason, probably just haven't got into it yet)

So many cool games are left for me to get! Hoping to get Brawl, Zelda: TP, Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, the UK version of MoH: Heroes 2, Zack & Wiki, Resident Evil 4 (never got the opportunity to play it), Super Paper Mario, Okami, No More Heroes, etc. etc. =)

I've also got a few VC games (played with 2 classic controllers, again with specials found on the site):

Zelda: Ocarina of Time (awesome game so-far, I never got the opportunity to play it)
Samurai Shodown II (much cooler than Super Street Fighter 2 IMO)

I previously was into emulation on the PC, but getting these games on the VC again now that I have a console feels much better. I currently have 2100 points left to spend...

Anyway, thanks again for the awesome site, you've certainly saved me at least $100 so-far =D

Hehe, yeah, IIRC I actually tried that game through emulation at one stage...real ****py. Felt so slow and clumsy. The environments were fairly boring, too.

I'm just up to the Water Temple in OoT now. With the way I play, you can be fairly much assured that I've completed most of the side-quests/secrets, too.

Welcome

i never buy a game without referring to ecogamer nowadays too, its so handy 

I really want to get all of the sega systems and sonic games one day.
I want a collection of every sonic game up to the dreamcast
will be awesome!

so yeah, enjoy your stay

The Master system was the bee knees to me. Remember 'Snake, rattle and roll'?? i think it was called that :s  Dont know about you guys but the sonic on the master system was hard as hell..compared to the megadrive ones anyhow.

and welcome!

Much easier when you get the rom too haha. I just hated the hand glinding stages. When you look at the sonic world in real perspective i think, 'who the hell went around setting up springs that coincedently string together?' Its like Robotnics poor attempt at killing sonic but made it easier to get to him or something...yeah