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Wii Christmas Roundup Comments by Ellie Gibson

18 December, 2008

Sports, singing, board games, balls.

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OnlyMe
18/12/08 @ 07:42
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The Wii doing what it does best. ;)
Eraser
18/12/08 @ 07:42
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Just a 6 as the highest score? It makes my poor heart ache :-(
figaro7
18/12/08 @ 07:57
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Still no mysims kingdom review, disappointing.
secombe
18/12/08 @ 08:06
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Bless, looking forward to all the Wii hate comments even though you could easily find a random selection of bad games for the PS3 or 360 released over Christmas and do comedy reviews for them. Guessing it's easier than actually reviewing a game properly.

Reviews of actual games we might be interested in would help, for example my parents were buying the fantastic HMV bundle last week and asked me if they should choose Tiger Woods, FIFA or MySims Kingdom...it made me realise that EG has never reviewed FIFA on the Wii, which is a bit odd when we get reviews of Golden Balls etc.
JohnnyWashnGo
18/12/08 @ 08:18
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Oh. Dear. God !
spekkeh
18/12/08 @ 08:20
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That last review is actually one of the best reviews I have ever read. But then it slags off Sartre, so I might be biased.
coastal
18/12/08 @ 08:30
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and if anyone wants to buy my one. pm me.
BartonFink
18/12/08 @ 08:37
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You guys at EG are so cruel to Ellie. What did she do to deserved such cruel punishment. Reviewing Wii games ffs it must have been something very bad to deserve this treatment.
BartonFink
18/12/08 @ 08:42
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Still I guess this is the sort of shit the majority of Wii owners want.
DFawkes
18/12/08 @ 08:44
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So there still hasn't been time for a Star Wars: The Force Unleashed review, but there is for this? I suppose if I had to choose it be difficult, based on the fact these round-ups are awesome, but I'd endd up choosing SW:TFU since I'm still waiting on it to see if it's worth buying.

That Golden Balls being 2 player only is the worst thing ever. Well, not as bad as that Ninja Turtles game that was also 2 player, but pretty bad and hyper lazy.
BartonFink
18/12/08 @ 08:59
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Great review of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on Wii
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Dan234
18/12/08 @ 09:00
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And I remember Tom saying that he was going to cut down on round-ups and get some proper reviews out within a respectable time after release date. Hey ho.
BartonFink
18/12/08 @ 09:04
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Maybe the majority of games released on Wii just don't warrant full reviews.
Doctor_What
18/12/08 @ 09:08
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I can feel Ellie's will to live dripping away with each word she typed. Someone give her the number for the Samaritans, please!

I know it's a cliche, but 99% of Wii games really do suck, don't they?
Dan234
18/12/08 @ 09:10
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Maybe the majority of games released on Wii just don't warrant full reviews.

I'm sure they could have pushed the boat out for Call of Duty.
Bremenacht
18/12/08 @ 09:11
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I could not give a toss about any of these people or anything they have ever done.
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Bremenacht
18/12/08 @ 09:12
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This is the worst game I've ever seen.
:D
Xerx3s
18/12/08 @ 09:13
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Yeah you could probably sum it up in one line and save yourself time. The casuals don't read reviews anyway and just buy the next shit game with a nice box around it and the hardcore are not going to bother anyway.

"It's shit. Buy something else. Your mum. 2/10."
Bremenacht
18/12/08 @ 09:15
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I want to be an air hostess.
:D

I look forward to seeing the Nintendo UK person (if they still exist) in an EG interview early next year!
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Eighthours
18/12/08 @ 09:18
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It's that one with the clawhand! Run, little Irish chimney sweep!

Brilliant. :)
MoGamer2006
18/12/08 @ 09:23
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What is the point of these review 'round-ups'? Would anyone coming to this site be thinking of buying *any* of these games?

It's like those dreary Xbox 360 vs PS3 face-offs, which seem to serve no real purpose other than to stir up hits and fan boy bitching.

As others have said, I'd be far more interested in seeing reviews of Wii versions of the big hitters - for example, if the controls are good I'd be far more interested in buying CoD for the Wii over the Xbox version.

So, instead of some actually useful info, all we've got another excuse for the witterati to roll out the usual "Wii is shit/wagglelol/I'm selling mine/it's covered in dust". *sigh*
oerhört
18/12/08 @ 09:23
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"it made me realise that EG has never reviewed FIFA on the Wii, which is a bit odd when we get reviews of Golden Balls etc."

Agreed.

Also, if you'd have loved Boogie Superstar age nine, and the game seems to be made for people aged nine, what on earth are you doing giving the game a 5? :)

"What is the point of these review 'round-ups'? Would anyone coming to this site be thinking of buying *any* of these games?"

I am considering any game. How could you possibly know anything about their quality if no-one went out and actually tried them out? I'd have thought Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam was absolute drivel if I hadn't given it a chance, and look how that turned out, flawed but fantastic fun.

I say "yay" to EG for doing those games, but "nay" for making them into some kind of comic relief.
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Singularity
18/12/08 @ 09:23
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Nice work, as usual, Ellie. (: ))
Lexx87
18/12/08 @ 09:23
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The final review was brilliant Ellie :D
MoGamer2006
18/12/08 @ 09:35
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@oerhort

So, you're a big Goldenballs fan, right? ;)

I see your point and I'm all for 'unexpected gems' being brought to a wider audience's attention, I just think there's more pertinent stuff out there that EG could be spending their time on.
anomagnus
18/12/08 @ 09:36
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i need to buy a wii just to play golden balls

anything that bad must be good
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JetSetWilly
18/12/08 @ 09:38
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/cancels pre-orders
Oh-Bollox
18/12/08 @ 09:39
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I read Slalom Showdown as Shalom Showdown, thought it was a rabbinical fighting game.
andromeda
18/12/08 @ 09:40
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like christmas wasn't hideous enough without a Wii.
Pac-man ate my wife
18/12/08 @ 09:42
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So, from these comments alone, it's clear that EG hasn't bothered to review the Wii versions of CoD, FIFA, Star Wars TFU or even Wii exclusives like MySims Kingdom. Frankly a review of just one of those would be preferable to this kind of boring round-up of shite games funny though Ellie is.
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jamespo
18/12/08 @ 09:43
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yes, let's give crap games 10/10 because 9 year olds, who after all are the focus of this site might like them
Xerx3s
18/12/08 @ 09:45
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"I say "yay" to EG for doing those games, but "nay" for making them into some kind of comic relief."

That's the publishers fault isn't it? If they don't release crap...
Dan234
18/12/08 @ 09:46
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yes, let's give crap games 10/10 because 9 year olds, who after all are the focus of this site might like them

Which leads us on to the next question... why bother reviewing them anyway if these games aren't aimed at EG's readership? And why couldn't games which are have been reviewed?
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18/12/08 @ 09:49
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kiroquai got so 0\/\/|\|3d by ellie.
Eraysor
18/12/08 @ 09:52
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Woot. I love reviews of shitty games.
jimboton
18/12/08 @ 09:55
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@BartonFink

it's because Ellie writes excellent funny reviews for bad games. She does it so well in fact that sometimes she writes a funny review for a bad game even when she gets a good game (see TR:U for instance). So you see, it's not so much that Ellie deserves awful wii games as it is that awful games deserve Ellie. Still, I agree it is cruel ;)
CallousB
18/12/08 @ 09:58
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Even Eurogamers 'shovelware' choice is poor. I have yet to see a review of "Order Up" which was getting surprisingly decent reviews elsewhere. Maybe the publishers simply don't send the games?

On a brighter note...World of Goo is released on Wiiware tomorrow in Europe...I hope we can expect a Eurogamer review of the Wii version in a timely fashion...considering it'll likely be the Wii's highest reated game this Christmas.
berelain
18/12/08 @ 10:00
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What is the point of these review 'round-ups'? Would anyone coming to this site be thinking of buying *any* of these games?

Actually, I was considering buying Monopoly. I'm actually a fan of the board game, and the videogame isn't actually much more expensive than buying a copy of the board game nowadays. Plus you get the other boards and stuff. Sad to hear its a bit pap, but then, i wasn't expecting miracles from it....
neonemesis
18/12/08 @ 10:00
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Maybe the majority of games released on Wii just don't warrant full reviews.

Well, I'd have to agree when it comes to the sort of games featured in these round-ups. Everything else aside, I think I'd find it hard to write a proper full length review of these things.

Anyway, these round-ups are hilarious and rightly so; I mean, who takes these kind of games seriously anyway?
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skillian
18/12/08 @ 10:04
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What is the point of these review 'round-ups'? Would anyone coming to this site be thinking of buying *any* of these games?

For me at least, I don't just read Eurogamer as some sort of "buying guide". I read it for entertainment.

I don't even own a Wii, yet I read this roundup because I saw Ellie's name attached to the review and figured I might enjoy reading it regardless. I was right.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who reads Eurogamer like that.
AliRay
18/12/08 @ 10:14
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Ellie you are a comedy genius, more please!!!
chrisjm
18/12/08 @ 10:23
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'balls' that just about sums it up form the headline
Bakerman
18/12/08 @ 10:25
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Poor Ellie. Easily one of the best writers on Eurogamer, she gets to write reviews of shit games because she actually manages to make the reviews an interesting read, despite the content!
IronCladChicken
18/12/08 @ 10:34
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So... Is Eurogamer just an XBox360 site now?
kinky_mong
18/12/08 @ 10:41
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For me at least, I don't just read Eurogamer as some sort of "buying guide". I read it for entertainment.

Exactly the same for me.
oerhört
18/12/08 @ 10:59
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yes, let's give crap games 10/10 because 9 year olds, who after all are the focus of this site might like them

I'd prefer if the site tried to be as general and broad as possible in its view on what interactive electronic entertainment should be. Your comment reeks of elitism to me. I think the scoring system should take into account to whom some product tries to appeal. Most of those games directed towards the mainstream Wii buyer are easy to criticize without bringing some misjudged "hardcore gamer" mentality into it. I couldn't care less what the average Fallout 3 fan thinks of Boogie Superstar.
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Beek4257
18/12/08 @ 11:07
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This is the worst game I've ever seen.

That actually makes me want to play it, just out of curiosity ... Buying it, not so much.
ChrisS
18/12/08 @ 11:16
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Good to see all this tat getting reviewed and yet we still await a critique of Art Style CUBELLO, which people would probably be fawning all over if it was on PSN or XBLA.
oerhört
18/12/08 @ 11:18
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Wow, is Cubello out? I honestly didn't know. (EG: Hint. :))
Dan234
18/12/08 @ 11:22
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Rock Band 2's been reviewed on IGN.

(Another hint.)

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