Ryoma45’s Weblog

Having been paid yesterday and being quite good in not buying any games recently ( although all that money has gone into Gurren Lagann figures) i decided to possibly buy a new game. I had been eyeing up Ghost Squad and Nights for the Wii since i first heard of their previews. After looking online for prices and such, i found that Gamestation had an offer to get a free Wii gun shell ( the Big Bang! Wii Blaster) for £30. Other sites had the game for £5 cheaper, but seeing as i own 4 wiimotes and intend to get at least 2 Nyko Perfect Shots ( as they seem to be the best and I already own a zapper, which i find to be great) i thought i would go with that offer. Not wanting to waste my petrol i phoned up first to make sure the deal was on in the store, and the guy who seemed to be in a rush said yes. So with that i drove to town, in which when i went to buy the game, the cashier decided not to include my free £13 gun shell ( who would buy it for £13? I mean the zapper comes with Zelda, and it’s only £20). After asking about the free shell, i was told the offer wasn’t on anymore. Then i said i had phoned up earlier and was told that it was, to which neither of the cashiers admitted to saying it was them ( one was a girl and I spoke to a dude on the phone, so that narrows it down a little). In the end they gave me the gun, blaming it on another member of staff who i couldn’t see who had put out the offer posters. With that set i bought some beer and drove back home.

After moving my Wii downstairs to a bigger tv, I noticed that yet again Gamestation had sold me an opened copy. Now the disc isn’t scratched or anything, but i don’t see why they feel the need to open the damn game and take out the manual and dis. Considering most stores have all the games sealed in draws behind the counter, and the ones on shelf are just phony boxes, why go to all the trouble. I like opening the wrapper as i know no-one has f****d with my game that i’m paying for. But as it works i can’t be bothered about that no more. the game itself is just as good as I remember in the arcade. Once the wiimote is calibrated, and the reticule is turned off ( for more points as well), the game turned out to be awesome. Yes, it only takes around 20 minutes to complete, but to unlock everything ( and that should be the goal in this type of game) will serioulsy take some time and patience. Graphics? Meh, I don’t care, as graphics mean nothing to me. Games are about gameplay first, then graphics, and as this has 2 player co-op and 4 player party games, i can’t wait to get 2 more gun shells for the other wiimotes. The only thing i would say that is bad about the game is the training mode. Out of the 3 choices, the first just makes you shot 10 bullets into a target as fast as you can, that’s it. The second makes you shoot targets of different colours and sizes, and sometimes they move ( oooohhh). The third however has 16 levels, which are basically mini levels on different difficulties. Not exactly a major time waster overall, but then again, why bother with training as it doesn’t get you any exp to get new guns and costumes, or party games. I tried Ninja mode, but i found the shurikens to be annoying to shoot with, so i haven’t got the other mode yet. But i’ll basically do that once i finish this post.

For £30 (with a gun shell or £24.99 from play.com), I think it’s a good purchase. I bought my Wii to play games with people. I take it everytime I go to a friends house. Games like this are what makes having the console great, as this will be played just as much as Wii Sports, Mario & Sonic, Excite Truck and a load of the other games I have for party/friend times.

I wish that was a real mission. I really, really do.