good Wii games impossible to find

It seems that the good Wii (and DS) games have been drowned in a cavalcade of mediocrity (ty Yahtzee.) Every time I go to stores and check the game section, I can't find smaller, good 3rd party titles because stores seem to not stock them thanks to the deluge of shovelware hogging shelf space. I can't find Mushroom Men, Dokapon Kingdom, nor Soul Bubbles, or Ninjatown anywhere. Sometimes I can find Okami, but it's ridiculously overpriced. Castlevania games are pretty hard to come by too. That's pretty funny since it seems more shelf space is being reserved for Wii and DS these days.

Anyone else finding that good Wii and DS games are being pushed aside in favour of 3rd party crap, 1st party crap, 1st party stuff in general? Also, games seem to be going out of print rather quick.

It seems that the good Wii (and DS) games have been drowned in a cavalcade of mediocrity (ty Yahtzee.) Every time I go to stores and check the game section, I can't find smaller, good 3rd party titles because stores seem to not stock them thanks to the deluge of shovelware hogging shelf space. I can't find Mushroom Men, Dokapon Kingdom, nor Soul Bubbles, or Ninjatown anywhere. Sometimes I can find Okami, but it's ridiculously overpriced. Castlevania games are pretty hard to come by too. That's pretty funny since it seems more shelf space is being reserved for Wii and DS these days.

Anyone else finding that good Wii and DS games are being pushed aside in favour of 3rd party crap, 1st party crap, 1st party stuff in general? Also, games seem to be going out of print rather quick.

clicketyclick

Yeah, I have the same problem with the gamestop's around my house!

Theirs SOOOOOOOOO many crap games on the Wii and for some reason they put all the shovelware center stage on the shelf, not to mention gamestop orders the good games like NMH and Z&W in very small quantities (I mean like single digits at launch) so chances are they don't even have the games your looking for!

I buy all my games online now! Its cheaper and saves me the hassle of diging through shovelware!

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"]

It seems that the good Wii (and DS) games have been drowned in a cavalcade of mediocrity (ty Yahtzee.) Every time I go to stores and check the game section, I can't find smaller, good 3rd party titles because stores seem to not stock them thanks to the deluge of shovelware hogging shelf space. I can't find Mushroom Men, Dokapon Kingdom, nor Soul Bubbles, or Ninjatown anywhere. Sometimes I can find Okami, but it's ridiculously overpriced. Castlevania games are pretty hard to come by too. That's pretty funny since it seems more shelf space is being reserved for Wii and DS these days.

Anyone else finding that good Wii and DS games are being pushed aside in favour of 3rd party crap, 1st party crap, 1st party stuff in general? Also, games seem to be going out of print rather quick.

kenakuma

Yeah, I have the same problem with the gamestop's around my house!

Theirs SOOOOOOOOO many crap games on the Wii and for some reason they put all the shovelware center stage on the shelf, not to mention gamestop orders the good games like NMH and Z&W in very small quantities (I mean like single digits at launch) so chances are they don't even have the games your looking for!

I buy all my games online now! Its cheaper and saves me the hassle of diging through shovelware!

any game from atlus is impossible to find on any system theres a few good games that is impossible to find elbert_b_23

[QUOTE="elbert_b_23"]any game from atlus is impossible to find on any system theres a few good games that is impossible to find funsohng

Buy games online.

You'll find everything you want, without having to look through all the crap.

[QUOTE="funsohng"][QUOTE="elbert_b_23"]any game from atlus is impossible to find on any system theres a few good games that is impossible to find elbert_b_23

I've wanted to get Bully SE, but haven't seen it in any stores near me.webhead921

I bought Bully SE. in a very small shop thats like an hour from my house, if you look hard enough you'll find it

This makes me want to get a gameshop going, one that has primarily the classics and the good games. Kind of a physical reviewer. A shop that stands for class, where gamers know they can send their moms because they won't be walking away with ninja toaster for the wii.

BTW why doesn't that happen?KungfuKitten

Let me in on the action

Reggies has a good stock of games if you live in S.A

What I noticed at Gamestop were that the 3rd party games which were actually good were absolutely BURIED in a cavalcade of crap titles. Everything was thrown onto the bottom shelf. Tenchu whixh wasreleased 5 days ago was already on the bottom shelf. Luckily for Tenchu I threw it up to the 2nd shelf myself, since the thing was empty anyways.

The presentation of the systems at GS is very different from each other. New releases on the X360 are put on the front shelves out in the open.

The Wii shelves were very disorganized, with no genre specific placement forthegames or Quality specific placement. It was discouraging to see the good games hidden away on the bottom shelf with absolutely terrible titles.

What I noticed at Gamestop were that the 3rd party games which were actually good were absolutely BURIED in a cavalcade of crap titles. Everything was thrown onto the bottom shelf. Tenchu whixh wasreleased 5 days ago was already on the bottom shelf. Luckily for Tenchu I threw it up to the 2nd shelf myself, since the thing was empty anyways.

The presentation of the systems at GS is very different from each other. New releases on the X360 are put on the front shelves out in the open.

The Wii shelves were very disorganized, with no genre specific placement forthegames or Quality specific placement. It was discouraging to see the good games hidden away on the bottom shelf with absolutely terrible titles.

DaLegendKilla92

Thanks for the responses, guys. At least I know I'm not alone in this!

As for the people who suggest buying online, I don't want to anymore for two reasons. The first is most games ship from the US and so I get hit with duty tax and S&H. Sometimes this totals up to more than the game itself (even shipping within Canada, the lowest price I can find Mushroom Men at on Ebay is $74.) The second is that I want to buy my games in a way that supports the developer, not second-hand.

Maybe we need to set up some sort of exchange if some people can find them in their local stores.

Wii really seems to be a system on which you have to buy the games you want right away, even if you don't intend to play them for a while, before they disappear completely. But sometimes, you can't even find the new games.

Well, Soul Bubbles is a Toys R Us exclusive so you're only going to find it there.Skie7

Are you sure about that? Well no matter, because I've looked there too and can't find it.

Sounds like you need to live in a larger town. I have no problems finding any games.bob_newman

Actually, my city is pretty big. It has one of the biggest, best-rated universities in it so ya. I make fun of it sometimes as being backwards, simply because it doesn't compare to Toronto.

Do you guys check walmart? They seem to always have a couple copies of No More Heroes and Zack and Wiki. Zack and Wiki is only 15 bucks now at walmart.channtheman1

Coming back from Walmart - my last best hope - was what prompted me to post this.

I buy all of my games off of eBay now. Saves me tons of cash, don't even have to go anywhere to buy them, and when I'm done, sell 'em on there and lose hardly anything. That's only if I grow tired of a game. But if I CAN'T wait I go to Gamestop, and I agree, all I see is shovelware. Why not display the GOOD Wii games?cjm23

[QUOTE="evrdayblues"]I might have an answer for this... Remember all those people that are asking for good 3rd party games and how when the "good 3rd party games" come out they don't buy them. Instead they just say that they will buy them when the price drops. If these are the same people that are having a hard time finding those very same games they tossed asside at launch then we have our answer. I'm not pointing my finger at anyone, however this is a trend that might explain why it is difficult to find good 3rd party games in stock. Why would GameStop have X game in stock, 2 years later, if nobody bought it at launch? (I hope I don't come accross as being a category A jerk... it's just a possibility...)clicketyclick

Hehe :P , I was not blaming you man, I am aware that you are a supporter of 3rd party games.

I merely tryed to come up with an answer to the problem at hand without really giving it much thought.

You know sometimes GameStop and the like have less of each new release in stock than big chains like Future Shop, for example. Did you try Amazon.ca? If all of those alteratives failled then there must be an actual problem here...Are publishers giving up on their games faster than they should!?

All I can really say is keep on searching, I guess. Surely you'll find those games.

[QUOTE="Skie7"]Well, Soul Bubbles is a Toys R Us exclusive so you're only going to find it there.clicketyclick

Are you sure about that? Well no matter, because I've looked there too and can't find it.