I don't think I have any shovelware. I do hours of research before I buy any game. Which is really nerdy and time-wasty of me, but I just need to know precisely what I'm getting before I lay down my money.
I don't even think I own any games that I REGRET buying... they're all good games that I got to spend quality time with. WiiWare is another story. I liked Defend Your Castle, but even at $5 I felt like I might have gotten a slight disappointment if only because in the later levels, you can literally leave the room every level and win without doing anything at all.
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Family Table Tennis, TV Show King, Shadow Play, Super Swing Golf: Season 2, and Carnival Games. All of which I've played lots of.
Hey, TV Show King is pretty good, and it's sequel is outstanding.
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I haven't been dumb enough to buy Shovelware in years. Admittedly we had that early Wii Spongebob game (I don't know why, I think because we heard some good things about the art style and because Battle for Bikini Bottom was surprisingly good) but I never really played it.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicals Colon-I mean Crystal Bearer had some parts that could count but it was ok and had some great stuff occasionally.
Only real shovelware I EVER owned were a couple of NES games I can't remember the name of, DBZ: The Legacy of Goku, maybe Enter the Matrix (but I oddly kinda liked it) and some crappy GBA Naruto game.
Hmm.......let me think. The only shovelware that I was dumb enough to buy was Cooking Mama: Cook Off, but since then I've been pretty smart with my purchases, especially because of tight finances.
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Out of 66 Wii retail games I bought, there's 0 / 66 shovelware games I bought. As for VC... I don't think the term shovelware existed at that time, so 0 / 68 here again.
As for WiiWare... well, I don't know... Can someone describe me what a WiiWare shovelware game is? Maybe the Cocoto games or the Family series? I haven't bought one of these series games because I find them very unattractive. I wouldn't call Hudson Softs My Aquarium shovelware either, as 1.) it's a Wii exclusive, and 2.) Hudson Soft is a respectable developer apart from the 3.) fact that My Aquarium is the best selling WiiWare game worldwide,... so a 0 shovelware games out of 78 WiiWare games for me.
I seem to just know what I buy and I don't buy crap.
It's been a long time since Ive bought a game i didn't like. I know what i like and i know videogames so it's rare indeed when I buy i game and find I don't like it.
lets see, I own none, the closest thing I would say is Mario Bros. or Yoshi on VC, otherwise, im pretty much set and have GREAT Games, but some are in the $5-20 bins at stores that shouldnt be: Little King's Story, MadWorld, Excitebots, NMH, NMH2, RE UC, Zack and Wiki, and poor old Klonoa
Before I read your whole post I saw NMH and NMH2 and I was about to have an aneurysm.
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None in retail form of course, but I do have one shovelware game on the VC that I really hate, and that's Cruis'n USA.
I'm in the same boat. I played that at my friends house, good times... it didn't age well though. And also... SPOGS Racing... I am so ashamed of that game... biggest pile of rubbish I have ever played.
1.) it's a Wii exclusive, and 2.) Hudson Soft is a respectable developer apart from the 3.) fact that My Aquarium is the best selling WiiWare game worldwide,... so a 0 shovelware games out of 78 WiiWare games for me.
My Aquarium is going to PS3 too soon. And according to NL, "Snowboard Riot" is there worst-scored game, earning a 5/10.
Boo, Snowboard Riot really got the worst rating (a 5/10) of all Hudson Games on this site. I always thought it was an upperclass game with it's online and Balance Board support. I really thought it is at least #4 of the best WiiWare racing games (after #1 Excitebike World Challenge, #2 Art Style light trax and #3 Driift Mania).
Other Hudson Soft games like My Aquarium (8/10), My Aquarium 2 (7/10) and My Zoo (8/10) are definately much worse. Even Pit Crew Panic! (6/10), Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem (6/10) and Pop Them, Drop Them SameGame (8/10) seem to be worse.
Mine was Thrillville something something... I sold it less than 3 days after I bought it... I think I just really enjoyed roller coaster tycoon 2 that I was desperate for something similar but more updated. Shudder. I signed up to game review sites not long after that... incident.
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