It’s Christmas Eve and your’ll still looking for that one game for the Wii

EW: Best of 2008

1. Wii Fit

2. RockBand 2

3. Madden NFL 2009: All Play

4.  Lego Indiana Jones

BEST Wii GAME:
Heather: Mario Kart Wii - My expectations of the Wii are not too high and I mainly associate it with a more convenient way to be nostalgic of my childhood. Mario Kart had all the elements of the classic games as well as new content that kept me busy and entertained for quite awhile.
Janessa: Wii Fit - I know people say it doesn-t work, but hey it motivates me to play games that burn calories, who can complain about that?
Jess: Super Smash Bros Brawl - Gah, I love this game so much. Beating people up as Pikachu and Marth never gets old.
Ladyluck: Mario Kart for sure. Who doesn-t love racing Mario style. . . gotta run, blue shells coming.
Nikole: Mario Kart Wii – This has been the only game this whole year that has remotely compelled me to the play with the Wii. Not a good year at all for Xcore games and Nintendo.
Raychul: Animal Crossing – I love a lot of this years Wii game releases, but nothing has really held my attention like Animal Crossing: City Folk. Is it just more of the same? Yes, but I am loving it either way.
Rini: Okami - I fell in love with the art for this game immediately. It keeps you busy, but keeps you interested. It’s got an open screen, and it feels like you’re in a huge world. Very fun, very pretty, and very good combat play. Overall the game is just great.

New Guitar Hero: Metallica Trailer

It’s official the first Guitar Hero: Metallica trailer is out.  Directly from Metallica’s website:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601748

Nintendo’s Official Magazine 2008 Top 25 Games

1 – Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
2 – Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii)
3 – Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
4 – Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
5 – Okami (Wii)
6 – Advance Wars: Dark Conflict (DS)
7 – Soul Bubbles (DS)
8 – Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii)
9 – de Blob (Wii)
10 – No More Heroes (Wii)
11 – Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)
12 – The World Ends With You (DS)
13 – Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
14 – Sonic Chronicles (DS)
15 – FIFA 09 All Play (Wii)
16 – Dr. Mario & Germ Buster (WiiWare)
17 – Boom Blox (Wii)
18 – Space Invaders Extreme (DS)
19 – Trackmania DS (DS)
20 – We Love Golf (Wii)
21 – Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise (DS)
22 – Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS)
23 – Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People (WiiWare)
24 – Call of Duty: World at War (Wii)
25 – Wii Fit (Wii)

Should the Wii offer Mature (M-Rated and above) titles

*** PARENTS BEWARE***

 I’m not going to tell you what not to purchase for you and your family.  WiiParent.com is only here to provide a little guidance to you on making the right decisions when purchasing Wii titles.  But one title you won’t see played on our Wii is any of the GTA (Grand Theft Auto)series.  Now with the soon to be released GTA – Chinatown Wars, I’m glad that we’ve made the right decision.   The new GTA game will push the Mature rating and game development envelope for the Wii platform

This Weeks Top WiiWare & Virtual Consoles games

VC

1 (1) – Super Mario Bros. 3
2 (2) – Super Mario Bros.
3 (3) – Super Mario World
4 (4) – Punch-Out!!
5 (5) – Super Mario Bros. 2
6 (N) – Sonic the Hedgehog 2
7 (6) – The Legend of Zelda
8 (7) – Pac-Man
9 (8) – Super Mario 64
10 (10) – Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
11 (9) – Sonic the Hedgehog
12 (11) – Mario Kart 64
13 (12) – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
14 (13) – Donkey Kong Country
15 (14) – Donkey Kong
16 (16) – Secret of Mana
17 (17) – Tecmo Bowl
18 (15) – Mega Man 3
19 (19) – Excitebike
20 (20) – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

WiiWare

1 (1) – World of Goo
2 (2) – My Aquarium
3 (3) – Tetris Party
4 (5) – Space Invaders Get Even
5 (4) – Target Toss Pro: Bags
6 (6) – Brain Challenge
7 (7) – Dr. Mario Online Rx
8 (10) – Defend your Castle
9 (9) – Midnight Bowling
10 (11) – Mega Man 9
11 (8) – Sudoku Challenge!
12 (13) – Bomberman Blast
13 (12) – Wild West Guns
14 (14) – My Pokemon Ranch
15 (15) – TV Show King
16 (16) – Pong Toss – Frat Party Games
17 (18) – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
18 (17) – The Incredible Maze
19 (N) – Strong Bad Episode 5: 8-Bit is Enough
20 (N) – Hockey Allstar Shootout

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Nintendo Press – Release dates for 2009 Q1 Wii Games

In a press release today, Nintendo has announced release dates for a number of games headed for the Wii in the first quarter of 2009 in North America. Some of the more notable games are as follows:

Wii

Activision
Monsters vs. Aliens – March 24

Crave Entertainment
Monster Pals™ – March
Solitaire & Mahjong – February
Puzzle Challenges and More! – February
Crayola Colorful World – March

D3Publisher
Onechanbara™ Bikini Zombie Slayers™ – February
Coraline – January

Destineer
WordJong Party – January
Battle Rage – February
Cradle of Rome – February
Cate West: The Vanishing Files – March
Burger Island – March

Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year – Winter

DreamCatcher
Play the World – March

Electronic Arts
NASCAR® Kart Racing – Feb. 10
SimAnimals™ – Jan. 27
TRIVIAL PURSUIT – Early spring

Hudson Entertainment
FISHING MASTER WORLD TOUR – Jan. 6
Marble Saga Kororinpa™ – Spring

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
DanceDanceRevolution® Disney Grooves – March

Majesco Entertainment
Escape the Museum – January
Major Minor’s Majestic March – March

Marvelous Entertainment USA
Little King’s Story – Feb. 17
Rune Factory: Frontier – March

Mastiff
Deer Drive™ – Jan. 20

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
We Ski™ and Snowboard – March

Nintendo
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis™ – March
New Play Control! Pikmin™ – March

Sega
The House of The Dead: Overkill™ – February
SONIC™ and the Black Knight – March
MADWORLD™ – March

Southpeak Interactive
Roogoo Twisted Towers™ – Feb. 17
Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball™ – March 17
Brave: A Warrior’s Tale™ – Feb. 17

THQ
Paws & Claws Pet Resort – Jan. 5
Neighborhood Games – Jan. 5

Ubisoft
Tenchu™: Shadow Assassins – February
Broken Sword™: Shadows of the Templars (Director’s Cut) – March

XS Games
Super PickUps™ – Q1

Wii Rumors – New Guitar Hero Legends Game- Guitar Hero: Metallica

Here are some of the speculated features of GH:Metallica:

Expert Plus: New Drum difficulty. It’s a special difficulty for people with a splitter and two kick pedals. Not compatible with World Tour online Leaderboards.

DVD Style Content: Photos, set lists, fan club videos, rare live and behind the scenes footage

New tones: GHTunes is in the game and it offers up exclusive tones from James Hetfields ESP Truckster guitar and Slayers Tom Araya’s ESP Bass.

Drum Fill Mode: New cheat that lets you play freestyle drums on song using Metallica drum sounds.

Metallifacts: Watch performances of each track overlaid with Pop-Up Video style windows that points out trivia.

Check out the first Metallica and non-Metallica tracks after the break!

Metallica tracks:

• Enter Sandman
• For Whom The Bell Tolls
• Fuel
• Hit The Lights
• King Nothing
• Master of Puppets
• No Leaf Clover
• Nothing Else Matters
• Sad But True
• The Unforgiven
• Where I May Roam

Other tracks:

• “No Excuses” by Alice In Chains
• “Turn The Page” by Bob Seger
• “Hell Bent For Leather” by Judas Priest
• “Demon Cleaner” by Kyuss
• “Tuesdays Gone” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• “Blood and Thunder” by Mastodon
• “Armed and Ready” by Michael Schenker Group
• “Mother of Mercy” by Samhain
• “Black River” by The Sword

Contributions from Queen, Slayer and Foo Fighters are also promised, but Activision is keeping schtum about those for now.

Wii Rumors- Rock Band 2 release later this week

All speculation and I’ve not seen any real official news, but its said that the standalone game will be ($49.99), standalone drums ($89.99), standalone guitar ($69.99), and special edition bundle ($189.99) will all ship on December 18.

Rock Band 2

Shortly after release, downloadable songs will be made available on a weekly basis, starting with the 20 free Rock Band 2 songs that are already available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. On that same day, 30 tracks from the existing catalogue of DLC will also be ready. Eventually, the entire back catalogue of songs that have been released for 360 and PS3 will be available on Wii.

VGA 08- Wii Winners

Best Independent Game

World of Goo
PixelJunk Eden
Braid
Audiosurf

Best Wii Game

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
No More Heroes
Wii Fit
Boom Blox

Best Music Game

SingStar
Wii Music
Guitar Hero World Tour
Rock Band 2

Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show

Naruto: The Broken Bond
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Quantum of Solace
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Best Individual Sport Game

Skate It
Wii Fit
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
Shaun White Snowboarding