Just did some browsing around at the Wal-Mart webpage, seeing what games are out *now* that look good to me. The list was longer than I thought. Super Paper Mario, Metroid Prime 3, and Geometry Wars Galaxies all look nice on the Wii even now, before Super Smash Brothers Brawl comes out (as well as another F-Zero, I’m hoping…). Yes, I’m taking a pass on Super Mario Galaxy, the word ‘linear’ keeps coming up with respect to it, and to me that sounds awful, since the browsing around to me was one of the things that kept me going as long as I did in Mario 64.
I also looked at DS games, since I’m going to need to pick one up when Dragon Quest IX comes out, heh. Nanostray, Luminous Arc, Picross (huzzah!), and Pokemon Diamond are all sounding nice.
Yes, that would be the third Pocket Monster game I played through. I hesitate actually, because all the elements that require trading and special events and whatnot can be disappointing not to do, but ultimately I do enjoy the fundamentals of training and fighting, so it’s worth it.