Sick of games?

I'm beginning to think that I'm sick of video games. I have a whole bunch of unfinished Wii games, but I just don't want to play them. I know it's partially because I'm scared to play the harder levels and get mad, but even casual games like Wii Fit and Endless Ocean I don't want to play. Heck, even games I really like such as Wario Land Shake it I don't want to play. I think that once I had beaten Elebits, I felt like I was done with video games. Beating Elebits was like I had beaten Video Games as a whole, and had no need to play them anymore. I think my problem with the Wii was I bought way too many games at once, and was overwhelmed by the amount of stuff to play. Of course I will automatically buy any Kirby game that is released, but other than that, I really don't feel like playing video games anymore.

I also think that a big problem with the Wii is that there haven't been any games that have truly blown me away. I'll play a Wii game and I'm like "okay, that's kinda cool." But there hasn't been anything that I'm like "Holy crap this is awesome!!!"

The ONLY cases of me being really blown away by something on Wii were the intro to Zack and Wiki, and the Ending to Elebits. So there hasn't been any actual gameplay that's blown me away. I'm a very difficult person to satisfy when it comes to games, and I seem to always enjoy stuff on handhelds a lot more than consoles. Sure I love games like Mario RPG, Luigi's Mansion, and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, but I just like handhelds better. Until I get an awesome Kirby platformer on Wii, I don't think I'll be remembering the Wii as an awesome console.

Top 5 licensed video games

Whenever a popular movie or T.V series comes out, you can be sure there will be a crummy video game version. It's no secret that licensed games are lousy, but there ARE good ones. I take you through my Top 5 Licensed Video Games.

#5: Toy Story (SNES)

This is a great platformer with a wide variety of levels. It's a really complex game for a movie based game, and is too hard for its target audience.However us older fans of Toy Story don't mind that. Even still, Roller Bob's level is still going to kick your @ss.

#4: Mickey Mania (SNES)

Mickey Mania takes you through various Mickey Mouse cartoons from his very first cartoon, Steamboat Willie, to the popular Lonesome Ghosts, to Mickey and the Beanstalk. Again, it's way too hard for its target audience, but for those old enough to be able to beat it, you'll love this game all around. You also have to love at the end of the credits how it says, "If you liked this game, buy it twice!"
Now that's classy.

#3: Looney Tunes (Game Boy)

Simply titled "Looney Tunes", this is an awesome platformer revolving around various Looney Tunes characters. It's hard, but super fun. If you come across the Game Boy Colour version, don't get that one. It has extra features that make it a worse game.

#2: Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers (NES)

This is another awesome platformer based on the hit Rescue Rangers t.v series. What's great about this game is you can play two players simultaneously, which is something you don't get in a lot of NES games. This game also features an awesome soundtrack, and just really cool levels and bosses. A great game that NES fans need to play.

#1: Duck Tales (NES)

When you think of good license based video games, you simply can't beat Duck Tales for the NES. Widely considered one of the greatest NES titles, and it doesn't feature any popular video game franchise characters. One of the most famous parts of this game is the music that plays in the Moon level. This is considered one of the most classic NES themes by many fans, and often hits the top ten lists of best 8bit music.

Not only does it feature great music, it is overall a super fun game to play. Great level designs, awesome bosses, and smooth controls. Nothing beats Duck Tales on NES when it comes to license based games.

Things in games people like, but I hate

I'm an odd type of gamer. There are a lot of things people love in video games that I absolutely hate.

#1: Voice Acting

I am not a fan of voice acting in games. This might be because I only play Nintendo games, which rarely have voices. In fact, the only games I've ever played with Voice Acting are Mario Sunshine, Elebits, and Spirits and Spells for the GameCube. Spirits and Spells was by far the best voice acting of the three, but that's not saying much. Mario Sunshine had good voices for the Piantas, FLUUD, and Toadsworth, but the rest was horrible. Elebits is laughable horrible.

Everyone wants the next Zelda to have voice work, but can you imagine playing a game like Majora's Mask that has voices? Most of the greatness to that game was that it was dark and depressing, and part of that was made by the way YOU read the text. If the Happy Mask Salesman had a voice reading it, that would ruin it. So if another Zelda game with the same dark tone as Majora's Mask was made with voices, that would be the end of Zelda for me. Voice Work in games sucks.

#2: 1 to 1 controls

Also in relation to Zelda, people desperately want Wii Motion plus controls for 1 to 1 sword fighting. I think this would be terrible. In fact, I really don't like the Wii's motion for anything other than IR. No waggle for anything. Buttons are fine for Zelda and such. Maybe I'm just too attached to the olden days, but Button presses are fine.

#3: Altering the story by in game choices

Games with stories need a beginning, middle, and end. And only ONE of them! Take for instance, if Final Fantasy 7 had an alternate ending where Aieris survives and gets together with Cloud for a fairy tale happy ending. You can damn well guess I want that ending! Why would you want a sad ending to a game you worked hard to beat? Would that be satisfying? NO! It would suck! Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic or some junk like that, but I want the happy endings where the guy gets the girl. And in relation to this element, let's talk about....

#4: Games with a story in general.

Remember the NES? Back in the day where a guy and girl are on a picnic, the girl gets kidnaped by the devil, and you find a suit of armour and go rescue her? Or when some giant turtle kidnaps a princess and you just go rescue her? I remeber those days. Why do we need some stupid story to halt the game? (Super Paper Mario anyone?) And what about Kirby? Kirby is awesome, and you never hear any story besides Dedede either taking away the stars, or some evil eyeball is attacking. Kirby saved its plot making for the anime, and that turned out great. TV shows need plots. Games don't.

#5: Really long games

I don't know about you, but I don't have the patience to play the same game for 50 hours or something stupid like that. Games should not be that long. Though they shouldn't be overly short either. Kirby games rock, but are way too short. They're so short that Kirby's adventure had a mode where you play through the whole game in one sitting without being able to save. It takes about an hour to beat. 6 or 7 hours? That's fine. Maybe still a bit long, but it's better. Don't make your games overly long.

There are more things, but I can't list them all. Let's just say I look for a lot of different things in games than the average gamer.