Countdown to Nintendo’s Next Console (Project Cafe)

What to do now that the Wii’s days are numbered.

 
Ever since Game Informer first broke the news that Nintendo is planning to announce a new console at E3 this June and Nintendo has since confirmed it, I have been debating with myself how much more I want to do with my Wii. Obtaining the new console (which for now is codenamed Project Cafe) when it is released sometime next year is a foregone conclusion. If at all possible, it will even be a day one purchase for me. Although some of it has yet to be confirmed, the new console will most likely include:

• HD Graphics that will surpass the PS3.
• Better On-line
• Both Motion and Standard Controls
• Third Party Developers lining up early (like Rockstar)
• A controller with a touch screen and the ability to stream content from the console.
• Backwards compatibility with both Wii and Gamecube.

As awesome as all that sounds, it made me wonder if there was anything left for me to play on the Wii? Should I just save my money and wait for the next console? Or does the Wii have any life left in it?

Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (game review)

Ahhh, zombies.  Can’t live with them…. no, really you can’t live with them. Haven’t you ever read a zombie survival guide? They will eat your brains if they get a chance! Apparently, Leon S. Kennedy never read one because he keeps purposefully thrusting himself into zombie-infested situations.

After a long hiatus, Capcom finally released RE4 in 2005, five years after the previous installment, fans finally got their wish: a full-fledged, action-packed, budget-busting zombie party. Last year, I got a hold of the Wii version and played it all the way through. Recently, I played it through again for the second time, including the two side quests. And let me tell you, there is a reason why this game made it to my all-time top ten.

My Top 25 Favorite Video Games of All-Time (#10-1)

 Continuing my all-time favorites list moving on to the top 10. To see the other 15 click here.

#10 Resident Evil 4 (Wii)  Before this game, I had zero interest in the Resident Evil franchise. I hated the long droughts of action and confusing puzzles in the past three games. But, this game has barrel-loads of action as well as beautiful graphics, tight controls (this makes the Wii version the definitive version of RE4), and zombie-blasting fun. Most memorable moment: So, I’m in the lab level and I run across one of those zombies that you can only kill by using the infrared scope, right? Yeah, I didn’t know that, so I get literally swallowed whole by this thing. And I said out loud, “Okay, THAT was creepy.”