Wii U Approaches: Backlog Battle!

Hero-of-Time · September 10, 2012

With the Wii U releasing at the end of the year ( hopefully ) I would like to get through a few games on the Wii that I either:

Started but never finished.

Never even started.

This being the case I want to start and finish Xenoblade, Red Steel 2, No More Heroes 1 & 2, all before the Wii U arrives to these shores. I think Xenoblade will be the real challenge, whereas the other games are supposed to be pretty short.

Are there any titles that you have sitting on your shelf that you would like to get out the way before the new console is released?

Share your shame!

EDIT: What i'm suggesting is that out of all the games you have to play pick one or multiple titles that you would like a crack at finishing and then we can all post our progress in this topic and see if we get them finished in time.

Edited September 10, 2012 by Hero-of-Time

MindFreak · September 10, 2012

I'm catching up. Finished Xenoblade a couple of weeks ago and have had little time to play games since then but got time to start Wario Land: Shake Dimension. Then I don't know what to play on Wii, although there are some games on Xbox that deserve my attention now. I do know that I'm actively looking for Zack & Wiki, Muramusa, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower, which are all games I mean to play sometime. I'm soon going to Dublin where I hope 2nd hand games are cheaper than here in Denmark so I might pick a few up there. I also have Monster Hunter Tri lying around but I'm seriously thinking about trading that in even before I start it as I can't really see myself having time to play it.

As for games I've started but never finished, Kirby's Epic Yarn stands out the most. It just got a bit boring. Then we have Sonic Colours which I never really gave a chance.

**Ike** · September 10, 2012

According to my Backloggery, I have 30 unfinished or unplayed games, and that's probably missing a few titles :cry:

That includes the 3 "rainfall" games, Monster Hunter Tri's story mode and games I got years ago that I still haven't played (Disaster: Day of Crisis, A Boy and His Blob, Tales of Symphonia). Even Okami which I still haven't played even though I bought the PS2 version years ago.

That list also includes Zack & Wiki which was quite early in the Wii's life as well. Can't remember if I picked it up straight away though.

There's one or two titles I'm near finished, like Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (shocking, I know) which I'm on the final chapter and I could probably cheat with Bit.Trip and One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Part 2 since I also have the 3DS versions of those games. And the New Play Control! games which I played most of them on Gamecube as well, but I want to play through Pikmin 2 again before 3.

Going by that number, there's no way I'll finish them all by the Wii U launch. :laughing: Quite a few are RPGs as well which take up a lot of time. I suppose if there's bit of a drought on Wii U after launch I'll have stuff to keep me busy.

Also, that list does not include WiiWare and Virtual Console titles, but they'll transfer over.

(My DS backlog is also still massive, and my 3DS one is building fast )

**Cube** · September 10, 2012

Wii games I haven't finished? I've bolded the ones I want to finish at some point.

Boom Blox - Got bored of it.

The Conduit - I think I finished the first level.

De Blob - Wasn't fond of it.

Disaster: Day of Crisis - Probably about 1/4 of the way through.

Eledees - It was fun for a while.

Epic Mickey - Levels are too big and empty. Like Banjo-Tooie but on a bigger and blander scale.

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - Didn't like it.

Heatseeker - Fun for a while.

House of the Dead: Overkill - I hate most lightgun games. I hated this.

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga - The LEGO games seem a bit souless for me.

Little King's Story - Expanded my village a little bit.

Monster Hunter 3 Tri -Turns out it isn't my kind of game.

Nights: Journey of Dreams - Was bad

No More Heroes - Was really bad.

Okami - I'm at the first village.

Red Steel 2 - I don't really remember where I'm at.

Sonic and the Black Knight - It was awful.

SSX Blur - I liked it, but never got round to finishing it.

Super Mario Galaxy - I've beaten Bowser, but need the next 60 stars. Then there's the second playthrough.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz - Eww.

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure - I'm not that far into it.

And then there's some games I haven't even thought about buying like Galaxy 2 and DKCR.

Hero-of-Time · September 10, 2012

There's one or two titles I'm near finished, like Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

WHAT?!

Going by that number, there's no way I'll finish them all by the Wii U launch. Quite a few are RPGs as well which take up a lot of time. I suppose if there's bit of a drought on Wii U after launch I'll have stuff to keep me busy.

What i'm suggesting is that out of all the games you have to play ( this goes for everyone as well ) pick one or multiple titles that you would like a crack at finishing and then we can all post our progress in this topic and see if we get them finished in time.

I better put that statement into the opening post.

Dcubed · September 10, 2012

WHAT?!

I can understand that. Took me almost a year of on-off playing to finish that game.

Fire Emblem games are always ones I prefer to play on-off over a long period of time, rather than just plowing through (Layton is another series I like to do this with), so I can see why he might not have quite finished it yet.

As for me, I have nothing in my backlog (on any console actually!). Just enjoying playing through Mario Galaxy 1 and Phantom Hourglass again currently

Edited September 10, 2012 by Dcubed

**Ike** · September 10, 2012

WHAT?!

I know, right?! On the last chapter, just need a final push really.

What i'm suggesting is that out of all the games you have to play ( this goes for everyone as well ) pick one or multiple titles that you would like a crack at finishing and then we can all post our progress in this topic and see if we get them finished in time.

Looking at my list, I'll probably go with:

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Ryhthm Paradise
Sam & Max (should be short, right?)
Kirby's Adventure
Sonic Unleashed

Bonus If I get time:

Project Zero 2
Opoona
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Pikmin 2

I find it hard to sit and complete console games these days, which is probably the main reason my backlog is so big.

Hero-of-Time · September 10, 2012

I can understand that. Took me almost a year of on-off playing to finish that game.

Yeah, but this is Lord Ike we are talking about here.

Looking at my list, I'll probably go with:

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Ryhthm Paradise

Sam & Max (should be short, right?)

Kirby's Adventure

Sonic Unleashed

Sam & Max can be short if you are used to thinking in the way that those games make you think....if that makes any sense.

Seeing as you are nearing the end of Fire Emblem the longest one on your list is probably Sonic Unleashed.

RedShell · September 10, 2012

I think Xenoblade will be the real challenge

Definitely. Especially if you're going to restart.

It took me 76 hours to complete (without doing all of the side-quests). If you want to 100% it, then you're probably looking at 100+ hours.

My Wii Backlog is pretty tiny now, just 3 uncompleted games:

de Blob 2 - over halfway through I think, just wasn't enjoying it as much as the first one though. :hmm:

Okami - quite far into this one too, I'm at a boss that I just can't seem to beat. :blush:

Tenchu: Shadow Assassins - similar to Okami, I reached a point in this game that I couldn't seem to pass and just left it... ::shrug:

Out of those 3, the one I'd most like to finish is Okami, but I reckon I could easily get 'em all done before the Wii U hits.

S.C.G · September 10, 2012

Games I really need to play/finish...

Xenoblade Chronicles

The Last Story

Pandora's Tower

Little King's Story

Muramasa

Those are my top 5 that I shall make an effort to finish between now and November.

**Ike** · September 10, 2012

Sam & Max can be short if you are used to thinking in the way that those games make you think....if that makes any sense.

Figure'd it was short because it's a point 'n' click :P

Seeing as you are nearing the end of Fire Emblem the longest one on your list is probably Sonic Unleashed.

Yeah, I picked the shorter games or ones I've already started to get them out of the way of the bigger ones. Don't think Unleashed will be too long without 100%-ing it.

Ganepark32 · September 10, 2012

Looking at my Wii games on the shelf, the only games I haven't finished are Little King's Story, Muramasa and Red Steel 2 and there's no way I can go back in to them with the saves I have. Tried it with LKS and it was a bit disorienting having not played it for well over a year, probably nearer 2.

So I'd have to start both again. More willing to give RS2 another go than the others as it's a pretty straightforward game from what I remember and I don't really have the patience for the other two at the moment.

Red Steel 2 then, if I decide to boot up my Wii and have a go.

**Retro_Link** · September 10, 2012

Don't have any Wii games in the Backlog (I currently have 6 sealed PS3 games to play)

... But I am thinking about maybe picking up Rhythm Paradise.

MATtheHAT · September 10, 2012

Zelda - Skyward Sword. Pandora's Tower. Xenoblade Chronicals. The Last Story.

All special editions, all started but never finished.

Bought them more for the collector in me really. Was going to wait until the WiiU to play them on that (Assuming there is BC, as I have no idea tbh!)

My only other Wii game is Tatsunoko vs Capcom.

Fused King · September 10, 2012

Hmmm, backlog games for mah Wii I'd like to finish before the WiiU comes over here, huh?

Well, when it comes to console gaming I'll probably complete F-Zero GX and then start with Killer 7.

Still going through Xenoblade with a friend, and I'm unsure whether or not we'll finish that before WiiU.

I'm not sure how long Killer 7 is, but if there's time left I think I might go out and buy one of the following:

Opoona

Eledees

Deadly Creatures

I'm quite in the mood for obscurity

Good luck everyone!

Sprout · September 10, 2012

I am terrible at completing my games. More often than not, I play a game once then forget to ever go back to it. Some I haven't even played once! I made a list a while back to keep track of my incomplete Wii games, so I guess I may as well share it here! I've put it in spoiler tags because it's a loooong list, and there may be a couple of minor (obviously not late-game) spoilers in there.

Another Code R: A Journey Into Lost Memories

-Only played once.

-Very early into the game.

Battalion Wars 2

-Currently at Flashback 1: Western Frontier.

Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise

-Played up to Remix 2.

Big Brain Academy for Wii

-Only played it once.

-I can’t remember anything about this game. Clearly I do not have a big brain!

Boom Street

-Not completed Tour mode.

-Not unlocked any hidden characters or boards.

Bust-A-Move!

-Cleared 100 out of 500 Puzzles.

Dewy’s Adventure

-Only played once

-Cleared the first two acts of the first stage.

Disaster: Day of Crisis

-Only played once.

-Fairly early into the game.

EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis

-Not obtained all trophies in Grand Slam mode.

Eledees

-Probably only played once.

-Cleared Mission 3.

Endless Ocean

-Not even played once.

Epic Mickey

-Reached OsTown for the first time.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers

-Not even played once.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

-Only played once.

-Cleared the first couple of chapters.

Flingsmash

-Only played once.

-Completed World 1.

Geometry Wars Galaxies

-Only played once.

-Played first level of Galaxies mode.

Ghost Squad

-Not even played once.

Goldeneye 007

-Completed the first level (I mainly bought it as a multi-player game).

Heatseeker

-Only played once.

-Probably only played the first mission or two.

Little King’s Story

-Saved three princesses.

Madworld

-Only played once.

-Completed the first stage.

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

-Not collected gold medals for all events.

-Not unlocked all missions in London Party.

Mario Strikers Charged Football

-Not won the Striker Cup

-Cleared all Striker Challenges.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution

-Only played once.

-Only played levels in the first lab.

Metroid: Other M

-Very early in the game.

-Think I reached a breeding room?

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

-Only played once.

-Pretty much at the beginning of the game.

-Some people are probably gonna hate me for neglecting these Metroid games… I’m sorry!

Murumasa: The Demon Blade

-Not even played once.

MySims

-Star Rating Level 2 (max rating is 5).

Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident

-Not even played once.

-I don’t intend to start playing either!

Nights: Journey of Dreams

-I was sure I played some of it, but my file says my playtime is 0:00.

-Guess I forgot to save whatever little I did play of it…

No More Heroes

-Only played once.

-Fairly certain I’m only Rank 10 (so basically I’ve only beaten the first boss).

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

-Not even played once.

Ōkami

-Pretty sure I haven’t left Kamika Village yet, so very early into the game.

Pangya! Golf with Style

-Likely only played once.

-I’m rubbish at all golf games, so probably safe to say I haven’t made much progress, heh.

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2

-Whatever the single player mode in this game is, I haven’t played much of it!

Red Steel

-Current on the mission Tetsuo’s Games.

-About half way through the game.

Red Steel 2

-Not even played once.

resident evil 4: Wii Edition

-Only played once.

-Very early into Chapter 1.

resident evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

-Only played once.

-Played the first level.

Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies

-Not even played once.

Sonic and the Secret Rings

-6 out of 8 worlds unlocked.

-A lot of missions to unlock.

Sonic Colours

-Not even played once.

SSX Blur

-Peak 3 not unlocked.

-Apparently there are cheat codes for this game. Easy unlocking method get! =P

Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll

-Completed up to World 2.

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

-Not even played once.

Tetris Party

-Only played once (in multiplayer).

-Not touched single player.

Trauma Center: New Blood

-Only played once.

-Played the first few levels.

Wii Fit Plus

-Technically my mother’s game, but I haven’t touched it myself.

-Maybe I should?

Xenoblade Chronicles

-Story-wise, I believe I was heading to Prison Island.

There's probably a lot of games on that list that will make people say "Why haven't you finished/touched this game?!" If that's the case, feel free to suggest a game for me to complete from that list, because I don't know where to start. =P

A Boy and his Blob

-100% complete (all levels beaten, all treasures collected, all rewards unlocked).

Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City

-No true in-game completion.

-Obtained the largest house (but not paid it off).

-Not collected all items/not filled the museum.

-Played for over 100 hours.

de Blob

-100% complete (all stages beaten, all medals obtained, gold medals for all stages and missions).

Donkey Kong Country Returns

-200% complete.

-All stages completed, including Mirror Mode.

-Collected all Puzzle Pieces and KONG letters.

-Completed Gallery.

-Only played Time Attack on one stage.

Donkey Kong Jet Race

-100% Complete (Completed all Jungle Grand Prix cups on all difficulties. Completed all of Candy’s Challenges. Unlocked all characters).

Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2

-Cleared Dragon Adventure 100%.

-Unlocked all characters.

-Not cleared Ultimate Battle Z.

Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3

-Cleared Dragon History 100%.

-Unlocked all characters.

-Not cleared Ultimate Battle.

Excite Truck

-Cleared Excite Race on Excite and Super Excite difficulty with S Rank.

-Cleared Challenge on Normal and Super difficulty with S Rank.

-Not cleared Excite Race on Mirror Mode.

-Not collected all trophies.

House of the Dead: Overkill

-Cleared Story Mode.

-Not cleared Directors Cut.

Kirby’s Adventure Wii

-Main Mode and Extra Mode 100% cleared.

-All energy spheres collected.

-Completed The Arena and The True Arena.

-Achieved gold medals for all challenge rooms.

Kirby’s Epic Yarn

-100% Complete (Beaten the game, all items collected/unlocked).

Klonoa

-100% Complete (Cleared all visions. Saved all villagers. Cleared Balue’s Tower).

Kororinpa

-Completed the regular 45 stages.

-Found all 45 green crystals.

-Cleared 14 secret stages.

-Not played Mirror Mode.

Link’s Crossbow Training

-100% Complete (Obtained platinum medals for all levels)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

-Unlocked all events.

-Collected gold medals for all events with one character.

-Collected all trophies.

-Not collected all emblems.

-Not cleared mission mode with every character.

-Completed the Gallery.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

-Completed Festival mode (Individual and Team).

-Collected gold medals for all events with one character.

-Not collected all emblems.

-Not bought all items.

Mario Kart Wii

-Everything unlocked.

-Have at least a 1 Star rating for all cups.

-Played for over 100 hours.

Mario Party 8

-Everything unlocked.

-Not bought all Carnival Figures.

Mario Party 9

-Everything unlocked.

-Not bought all Star Constellations.

Mario Sports Mix

-100% Complete (Everything unlocked, all tournaments cleared).

Metal Slug Anthology

-Completed all seven games.

-Not unlocked Special Music or Tonko Art Gallery.

New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis

-Everything unlocked.

-Completed all tournaments with one character (so I only have one star character).

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

-100% Completed (All levels beaten, all Star Coins collected, 5 shiny star profile).

Pokémon Battle Revolution

-Cleared all Colosseums.

-Unlocked (but not purchased) all items.

-Played for over 100 hours.

Punch-Out!!

-Beaten World Circuit.

-Not cleared Title Defence.

Rabbids Go Home

-Cleared the game.

-Collected all presents.

-Not collected all trash (and thanks to a glitch, I can’t unless I start over. No thanks!)

Rayman Raving Rabbids

-Cleared Story Mode.

-Not unlocked all bonuses.

Super Mario All-Stars

-100% Complete (All four games beaten).

Super Mario Galaxy

-100% Completed (All 242 Stars collected).

Super Mario Galaxy 2

-100% Completed (All 242 Stars collected).

Super Paper Mario

-Beaten the game.

-Done pretty much none of the post-game content.

-Not collected everything.

Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz

-Completed Worlds 1-8

-Not unlocked Worlds 9 and 10.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

-Everything unlocked (with the exception of a few notices).

-Played over 10,000 matches.

-Played for over 2000 hours (wow, certainly got my money’s worth here, didn’t I?)

Tatsunoko VS . Capcom Ultimate All-Stars

-Unlocked all characters.

-Cleared Arcade with all characters.

-Unlocked all movies and special illustrations.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

-Beaten the game (all things collected).

-Not played Hero Mode.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

-Beaten the Game.

-Didn’t collect everything (I hate fishing!)

Trauma Center: Second Opinion

-Episodes 1-6 and Episode Z completed on Easy.

-Episode X incomplete.

Wario Land: The Shake Dimension

-100% Complete (cleared all stages, collected all treasures, cleared all missions).

WarioWare Smooth Moves

-Cleared the story.

-Unlocked all microgames and minigames.

-Not collected all Pose Cards.

Wii Fit