Not much really happened in 2006 for me. Since Smash Brothers Brawl wasn’t a Wii launch title like it was scheduled to be, I didn’t acquire the system until last year.
A few months after the release of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess I looked around many stores for it but didn’t see it for sale. I never did find it anywhere. Since the Wii version is cheaper (used) I might end up going with that, although seeing a right-handed Link is just going to look wrong.
None of those GameCube releases are anything I own, though the only one which interests me (besides TP) is Chibi-Robo!.
I’m still depressed that Mother 3 wasn’t released in North America. Lucas’s inclusion in SSBBrawl just made that even worse. That tease a little while ago about how a DS version would be possible is just torture, though I now kind of hope it doesn’t happen because then I’d have to buy another DS.
It was just recently that I had the pleasure of playing New Super Mario Brothers. It is a pretty good homage to the classic Mario platformers, you can really tell many stages were inspired by the old design philosophies. The three star coins to be found in each level add to the replay value because you’re unlikely to find them all your first time through. The new powerups aren’t integrated very well into the gameplay though, as they have limited usefulness and are oftentimes just required in certain levels to find secrets.
I was probably one of the few people who liked the name “Wii” when it was announced, it really seemed to encompass the spirit of the system. I will admit however, that back then I would always refer to it as the “Nintendo Wii” to make sure people knew what I was talking about, although now that pretty much everyone knows what Wii is it isn’t necessary any longer.
I remember seeing the Super Mario Galaxy box art mock-up at one point which showed that the game was for two players, and it got my hopes up that the series would once again have a two-player mode featuring both Mario and Luigi. Maybe next game… *sigh*
I still don’t own any of those Wii games released in 2006 (besides the obvious), but Excite Truck, Red Steel, and Trauma Center are on my list, and Rayman Raving Rabbids is in the “maybe” pile.
All I can say about DS Lite is, “saw it coming”. With how fugly the original DS is, and with Nintendo’s track record, you’d have to be pretty naïve not to.
This site shall always be known as Planet GameCube to me. There’s noting wrong with the current moniker, especially since the site covers all things Nintendo, but I still can’t get used to thinking of it as anything else.
For the first time in YEARS my whole family took interest in videogames. Wii Sports enthralled my family, including my mother who hasn't gamed since the NES days.
In this respect, Wii is amazing. I've seen people whom I believe have never touched a videogame in their life pick up the Wiimote and serve up a game of tennis like it were second nature. It was the first time I ever got chills from watching somebody play a game.
One thing that sticks out is the Ebay scum for both PS3/Wii. I remember some winning auctions were as high as $700!
If I recall correctly, the PS3 sold for as high as $15,000. Talk about people with more money than... patience.
Topic: A Decade of PGC/NWR: 2006 (Read 15068 times)
