Gaming Need advice buying new wii game (multiplayer, for both casual and hardcore)

[loook]

hello

i would like to buy a new game for our wii and need some advice.
currently we have a mario kart wii, but we are getting bored of it.
few points regarding the game:
-it should be non-split screen, as people here dont like it when mario kart fps drops with 3+ players (so its only 2 players playing most of the time), but if the game can manage split screen
-our controllers have motion plus, but a game that uses the d-pad and a few other buttons only would be perfect (also gamecube controller support would be cool)
-the less akward, the better, meaning the game should look more a western style game than japanese, but of course if there is a good japanese game it is ok
-no virtual console, for various reasons we cant use that (mostly because nobody would play them because they look old, etc) - there is no exception here
-it can be both cooperative and competitive

about the genre: i was thinking about a platformer or a beat-em-up and since we have a racing game, that is not neccesary

another consideration is the required coordination when playing a cooperative game and the requirement of quick reflexes and the possibilities for griefing

thanks

 

[Clydefrosch]

buy smash brothers brawl (though i think that melee has way better controls) or tatsunoko vs capcom, or if you are into minigames, rayman raving rabbids.
they all dont have split screen

 

[Rydian]

Another vote for Smash Bros here. Can use GC controllers and Wiimote (alone+sideways or with the nunchuck), can do 2-player story mode, and the normal mode can be done with four players either free-for-all or teams, with lots of different options for damage and items and junk.

 

[loook]

thank for the replies

one of our basic problems is that makes the game boring that everyone plays on a bowser bike with funky kong or one of the bowsers or on a mach bike with daisy or princess peach - for obvious reasons, everyone looked it up on the wiki and thought that +6 speed can make a difference in a vs race...
anyway might consider super smash brawl then.

also any good beat-em ups? one with a character progression system would be good

 

[grossaffe]

I think Hunter: The Reckoning is supposed to be a good co-op action game with progression. It's a gamecube game, so I don't know if you're companions will complain about it being dated.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Read the part of this post below the second YouTube video (click the game names for trailers) and then this post. They aren't kid games or for casual play though.

 

[tahsin tariq]

Try dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi 3. about 150 characters I think. Really great multiplayer game that sucks you in.

 

[kumpandjill]

i think that if you guys liked MK, you'll like Brawl.

 

[BORTZ]

Is there a good reason no one mentioned any of the Mario Party games?