DS/Wii games you regret buying/obtaining

chaosgear · July 17, 2009, 06:21:35 PM

Quote from: Zero on July 17, 2009, 09:43:46 AM
lol no. My opinion is just the majority. The common consensus is that the PMD games are filled with fail and are only for pokefags with absolutely no taste for anything satisfactory aside from the main entries in the Pokemon series. And what would lead you to believe I actually wasted money on one of those s***ty games? Blue Mystery Team was given to me by someone that wanted to get rid of the game, and I know exactly why they wanted to get rid of it. It f***ing blows.

censorship doesnt help if you know what the word is anyway.
"majority?" at a time, the geocentric theory was accepted by the "majority" yet we know it to be wrong. but this is a opinion, not a fact. just because someone says it doesnt make it true.
and im not a pokefag.

RX-78-2 · July 17, 2009, 08:01:47 PM

Like a few others here, I like all of my DS games. ;D I'm careful with my purchases. I tend to stick with first-party developers, notable third-party developers, and generally do not buy games that are under $30. You get what you pay for. I must admit that some of them do get old, but I played a few of them after not having played them for a few months and they brought back great memories of storyline progression, DS Download Play, and normal multiplayer in general. :) Once I played my old games again, I remembered why I bought them. I have about 20 games and none of them include any Nintendogs games (just wasn't interested), Super Mario 64 DS :O (my brother has it so I've played it a bit), or any Zelda games _{(still haven't beat OoT lol or TP for that matter)}.

I'm a big fan of Pokemon, so I naturally got Pokemon Ranger (mostly for the Manaphy egg download) and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. Like many others, I think people were expecting the wrong thing and as a result were sorely disappointed with their purchase, and I can understand why. I personally enjoy all three of the games I just mentioned. They're not the best :|, but I think they're better than average =). I think I might tend to over-appreciate things though. Even if there's a game that I don't particularly like, I'll still try to find some redeeming qualities in it. Nonetheless, I still enjoy these games and don't think that that's the case with these (maybe a little with Pokemon Ranger though :-\).

Some games that I own that were negatively mentioned in previous posts are:
- Metroid Prime: Hunters
- Big Brain Academy
- Animal Crossing: Wild World
- StarFox Command

I really like Metroid Prime: Hunters. It has great graphics (particularly at cut scenes) and good controls. It also has great multiplayer. The story mode--which I did not finish _{(still need Trace's power)}--wasn't too exciting save the boss fights, but I think it's good enough.

Big Brain Academy is like Brain Age, except with a more childish sense of humor though not too far off the spectrum to deny an adult a laugh here and there. The minigames can be simple or challenging and are easy to understand as well as there being a good amount of variety in the choice of them.

Animal Crossing: Wild World is great for passing time and/or with a friend or two. Visiting others' towns is a nice change of pace and in the long term helped the player to make more "Bells" (money) and acquire a greater diversity of items. I had a lot of fun collecting sets of furniture, fossils, fish, insects, and the like. Still do. It takes a long time to get the best house too, which serves as a good goal, seeing as there is no real ending to the game. I even found the townsfolk to be slightly interesting and quite quirky and humorous.

I'll admit that it's not the best game ever, but StarFox Command is a decent one and it satisfied my need for a new StarFox game. The single player mode got to be frustrating after a big loss and was tedious after a few tries of one battle (not fight, but the entire level as seen in the overworld), but the contrasting ships to use and the interesting story (for a StarFox fan) were the highlights of the game. The multiplayer was decent as well, good enough for a few rounds.

Well, that's it. I have heard that Professor Layton _{(rest of title...?)} is good, as well as the Phoenix Wright series and wish I could've played them. I'm still considering it, as it's kind of in the back of my head. And on a side note, yes, I do have a lot of time on my hands.

chaosgear · July 17, 2009, 08:07:42 PM

Quote from: TerribleFrog on July 17, 2009, 08:01:47 PM
Like a few others here, I like all of my DS games. ;D I'm careful with my purchases. I tend to stick with first-party developers, notable third-party developers, and generally do not buy games that are under $30. You get what you pay for. I must admit that some of them do get old, but I played a few of them after not having played them for a few months and they brought back great memories of storyline progression, DS Download Play, and normal multiplayer in general. :) Once I played my old games again, I remembered why I bought them. I have about 20 games and none of them include any Nintendogs games (just wasn't interested), Super Mario 64 DS :O (my brother has it so I've played it a bit), or any Zelda games _{(still haven't beat OoT lol or TP for that matter)}.

I'm a big fan of Pokemon, so I naturally got Pokemon Ranger (mostly for the Manaphy egg download) and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. Like many others, I think people were expecting the wrong thing and as a result were sorely disappointed with their purchase, and I can understand why. I personally enjoy all three of the games I just mentioned. They're not the best :|, but I think they're better than average =). I think I might tend to over-appreciate things though. Even if there's a game that I don't particularly like, I'll still try to find some redeeming qualities in it. Nonetheless, I still enjoy these games and don't think that that's the case with these (maybe a little with Pokemon Ranger though :-\).

Some games that I own that were negatively mentioned in previous posts are:
- Metroid Prime: Hunters
- Big Brain Academy
- Animal Crossing: Wild World
- StarFox Command

I really like Metroid Prime: Hunters. It has great graphics (particularly at cut scenes) and good controls. It also has great multiplayer. The story mode--which I did not finish _{(still need Trace's power)}--wasn't too exciting save the boss fights, but I think it's good enough.

Big Brain Academy is like Brain Age, except with a more childish sense of humor though not too far off the spectrum to deny an adult a laugh here and there. The minigames can be simple or challenging and are easy to understand as well as there being a good amount of variety in the choice of them.

Animal Crossing: Wild World is great for passing time and/or with a friend or two. Visiting others' towns is a nice change of pace and in the long term helped the player to make more "Bells" (money) and acquire a greater diversity of items. I had a lot of fun collecting sets of furniture, fossils, fish, insects, and the like. Still do. It takes a long time to get the best house too, which serves as a good goal, seeing as there is no real ending to the game. I even found the townsfolk to be slightly interesting and quite quirky and humorous.

I'll admit that it's not the best game ever, but StarFox Command is a decent one and it satisfied my need for a new StarFox game. The single player mode got to be frustrating after a big loss and was tedious after a few tries of one battle (not fight, but the entire level as seen in the overworld), but the contrasting ships to use and the interesting story (for a StarFox fan) were the highlights of the game. The multiplayer was decent as well, good enough for a few rounds.

Well, that's it. I have heard that Professor Layton _{(rest of title...?)} is good, as well as the Phoenix Wright series and wish I could've played them. I'm still considering it, as it's kind of in the back of my head. And on a side note, yes, I do have a lot of time on my hands.

...attention....span....too....short....cant...read...OOOH! LOOK! SHINY SPOON!!

えっちーせんぱい · July 17, 2009, 08:34:40 PM

...I will say my rather small list I guess.

SM64DS, I still play this randomly, I got all 150 stars but my stupid ass brother erased my file; I haven't gone back since.
Yoshi Touch & Go, is actually somewhat challenging if you know what the hell you're doing in it, although, meh.
Pokemon Ranger, what? >_>
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue, Is alright I guess, I don't play it anymore but I did like the storyline.
Sonic Rush, wasn't too bad but after you finish any sonic game, there's ot much to do.
Pokemon Pearl, I just got bored of it to be honest.
Mario Hoops, not that bad of a game, but meh (I didn't pay for it though)
The only game I still play normally is MKDS, but only because of Online.

Zero · July 18, 2009, 01:31:37 PM

Quote from: chaosgear on July 17, 2009, 06:21:35 PM
censorship doesnt help if you know what the word is anyway.
"majority?" at a time, the geocentric theory was accepted by the "majority" yet we know it to be wrong. but this is a opinion, not a fact. just because someone says it doesnt make it true.
and im not a pokefag.

What the intercourse are you talking about? I didn't censor anything manually. My/Your settings must have censored the post.

Geocentric? Really, what the hell does the earth have to do with this? You're really going out of your way to show that you're a psuedo-intellectual.

Wrong? lol opinions can't be wrong. I attacked the games not the opinions thereof. When did I attack anyone for liking the games? If you look closely, I was the one attacked for voicing my opinion. The common consensus is that the PMD games are quite literally terribad and there isn't any getting around that because THAT is what I was stating as fact. You can like a game all you want and it still be horrible.

chaosgear · July 18, 2009, 02:00:38 PM

Quote from: Zero on July 18, 2009, 01:31:37 PM
What the f*** are you talking about? I didn't censor anything manually. My/Your settings must have censored the post.

Geocentric? Really, what the hell does the earth have to do with this? You're really going out of your way to show that you're a psuedo-intellectual.

Wrong? lol opinions can't be wrong. I attacked the games not the opinions thereof. When did I attack anyone for liking the games? If you look closely, I was the one attacked for voicing my opinion. The common consensus is that the PMD games are quite literally terribad and there isn't any getting around that because THAT is what I was stating as fact. You can like a game all you want and it still be horrible.

...this conversation appears to bea lost cause, especially if you missed my point.
still not a pokefag

RX-78-2 · July 19, 2009, 06:12:04 PM

Quote from: chaosgear on July 17, 2009, 08:07:42 PM
...attention....span....too....short....cant...read...OOOH! LOOK! SHINY SPOON!!

Just tell me this: did you at least skim through it? I think you'd appreciate what I said about the Pokemon games. :)

By the way, I'm leaning toward your side in your flames with Zero, but I do see his point. However:

Quote from: Zero on July 18, 2009, 01:31:37 PM
Wrong? lol opinions can't be wrong. I attacked the games not the opinions thereof. When did I attack anyone for liking the games? If you look closely, I was the one attacked for voicing my opinion. The common consensus is that the PMD games are quite literally terribad and there isn't any getting around that because THAT is what I was stating as fact. You can like a game all you want and it still be horrible.

I don't agree with this. True, opinions can't be wrong, but the fact that you stated "The common consensus is that the PMD games are quite literally terribad and there isn't any getting around that..." is wrong. That is not a fact. It is common consensus. You said it yourself. It's popular (or the majority's) opinion. Lots of people don't like the PMD games, that is a fact. But "the PMD games are quite literally terribad and there isn't any getting around that" is not a fact. Please correct me if I misunderstood you.

Anyway,

Quote from: Zero on July 09, 2009, 09:57:20 PM
Because it sucks and they had to have been stoned out of their minds to not realize that from looking at it.

This could've been said nicer. Too me, it looks like it's looking for a fight.

Quote from: chaosgear on July 09, 2009, 10:08:44 PM
well then die in a hole cuz your opinion is automatically true. you just have badtaste and dont research before you buy.

Same for this. The second sentence (if appropriately reworded) is all that's needed. Maybe try: "Maybe you need to research your future purchases more before you make them."

And, one more thing to hopefully end this. I hate to quote myself, but it seems my post is "tl;dr". I think this might help in settling your argument.

QuoteI'm a big fan of Pokemon, so I naturally got Pokemon Ranger (mostly for the Manaphy egg download) and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. Like many others, I think people were expecting the wrong thing [in the PMD games] and as a result were sorely disappointed with their purchase, and I can understand why.

Just trying to state the facts and be a peacemaker. I kind of just realized that this is a mod's job, but since I have too much time on my hands and wrote all of this text, I'd rather not delete it.

Quote from: chaosgear on July 17, 2009, 08:07:42 PM
...attention....span....too....short....cant...read...OOOH! LOOK! SHINY SPOON!!

_{shiny spoon lol}

whatwewishfor · August 01, 2009, 11:00:03 PM

Ping Pals

Triforceman22 · August 02, 2009, 01:16:20 PM

Animal crossing wild world.
I would regret buying nintendogs too, but it came with my DS...

Zero · August 12, 2009, 12:45:35 AM

Quote from: I Finally Learned How to Change This on July 19, 2009, 06:12:04 PM
Just tell me this: did you at least skim through it? I think you'd appreciate what I said about the Pokemon games. :)

By the way, I'm leaning toward your side in your flames with Zero, but I do see his point. It's funny you say that considering the guy clearly doesn't know what he's talking about. Let's look back at his use of the word geocentric. Really, come now. Not that I need your support, but it's really no contest. Any debate we were having would have ended in my favor regardless of any superiority complexes I previously held, and to my knowledge, he gave up because I "missed the point". Which is so lolz worthy I can't even laugh at the poor guy.

However:
I don't agree with this. True, opinions can't be wrong, but the fact that you stated "The common consensus is that the PMD games are quite literally terribad and there isn't any getting around that..." is wrong. That is not a fact. It is common consensus. You said it yourself. It's popular (or the majority's) opinion. Lots of people don't like the PMD games, that is a fact. But "the PMD games are quite literally terribad and there isn't any getting around that" is not a fact. Please correct me if I misunderstood you. All I claimed to be fact, was that the common consensus was that they're terrible, and unfortunately for PMD fans, most people think they're terrible. It's just the way it is. I adore Mega Man 8 but the majority of the fanbase criticizes it to living hell, you think I give a s***? I still love the game. I suppose I went out of my way to emphasize how terrible I think the games are, however my opinion still stands. I never really meant to claim my opinion as fact, just superior, because I've seen Pokemon fans put up with mediocre gameplay just because a Pokemon game is a Pokemon game. That's just...stupid. So I'll retract any superiority I held with my opinion. That should rectify any discrepancies.

Anyway, This could've been said nicer. Too me, it looks like it's looking for a fight.If I wanted to flame the guy, I would have done so directly. I didn't even flame him directly until he misused the word "geocentric" which doesn't correlate at all to anything we were talking about. Though I suppose somewhere deep down I wanted someone to take the bait. I have my troll moments, so you'll have to forgive me.

Same for this. The second sentence (if appropriately reworded) is all that's needed. Maybe try: "Maybe you need to research your future purchases more before you make them." I'm pretty sure I mentioned that I didn't bother to waste my money on the games. I played an acquaintances for about 25 minutes, and regretted it.

It's all good

RX-78-2 · August 12, 2009, 08:02:30 AM

Quote from: Zero on August 12, 2009, 12:45:35 AM
It's all good

Cool. We can totally be friends now. :)

Captain Justice · August 15, 2009, 12:19:16 PM

Quote from: chaosgear on July 09, 2009, 10:08:44 PM
well then die in a hole cuz your opinion is automatically true. you just have badtaste and dont research before you buy.

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Zero · August 15, 2009, 05:58:40 PM

Quote from: Echo on August 15, 2009, 12:19:16 PM
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stop being amazing plz

Captain Justice · August 15, 2009, 06:14:08 PM

I shall try

Rayquarian · August 21, 2009, 05:24:07 PM

I can't understand why everyone hates Phantom Hourglass, or at least has it pretty high on the least favorites list. Even though I wouldv'e preferred using the directional pad and the buttons, the touch screen worked well for the 3D boss battles.