Aside from Warioware DIY, some other WiiWare diversions, and that sad Project Runway game, I have done little to jack on my Wii since March.
And now, within a few days, I'll have four brand new Wii exclusives.
Metroid: Other M finally shipped from Amazon, so I should have that on Tuesday. My fault for going with Super Saver Shipping, so I can't complain. The Amazon preorder stocked me with $20 credit that I will probably see if I can flip on to a PSN gift card.
I got that review copy of NHL Slapshot, which is far better than I expected. It's pretty much a genuine hockey video game, albeit a little creaky since it doesn't have the latest flash of the "core" EA/2K series. It's kind of like an NHL game fell out of 2002 and grew peripheral-based motion controls.
And after perusing this week's Toys R Us sales flyer, I have a morning mission on Tuesday to go get Batman: The Brave and the Bold as soon as possible. The game comes with a free t-shirt and I have this feeling that TRU won't get enough to cover the day's sales. (Unless it comes shrink-wrapped with the game, like last year's Rabbids Go Home shirt.)
Now here's the deal. TRU has a Buy One Get One Half Off deal this week on certain games. Batman B&B is on the list for both Wii and DS. (So is NHL Slapshot, incidentally.) So I think I'm going to tack on Disney Guilty Party. Both Guilty Party and Batman B&B are $40... so now I'm at $60 for the pair.
I could get the DS version of B&B and therefore unlock three-player Bat-Mite, but I think I'll hold that for a future deal. I have kind of a moral problem with paying $40 for the Wii version and $30 for the DS version. It's 2010 and the DS is about to be outmoded. NOTHING should be retailing at the $30 price point. Anyway, that DS cart will be $20 before we know it. Like, after February.
I already have a $5 coupon for Batman. And I have a $40 gift card from Blur and a leftover $10 gift card from my last TRU credit card bonus. So I'm down to $5 for two Wii games and a Batman t-shirt. I am going to walk out of that store so high.
That's just the greatest feeling. The last time I bought a game at TRU, it was Wii Sports Resort, which I bought on launch day to get a free MotionPlus with the $20 credit. Of course I didn't like Resort enough to not flip it on Goozex within two weeks, but hey! That's a free MotionPlus along with the 1000 Goozex points.