Topic: What are your most-played Wii games?

[Mop it up]

My theory is that this is the problem.  I never turn off my system without jumping back to the main menu first and all my times seem pretty accurate.

I do it all of the time with every game and Little King's Story is the only game which seems inaccurate. Since it is still being recorded into the system memory then I doubt that would affect the Nintendo's Channel ability to compile all of the data. It's at least as equal a possibility as the same game being played on the same day not counting, or perhaps the game wasn't programmed correctly. Who knows.

[Stogi]

525,600 minutes

How do you measure -- a year of your life?

[Mop it up]

So here's a question. Are the records on the Nintendo Channel updated each time you access the channel or periodically?

The reason I ask is that I don't think it is working right for me. Upon further inspection Little King's Story isn't the only game which isn't accurate. I decided to test it; I played a game for a bit, then exited back to the menu with the Home button and loaded up the Nintendo channel. Every game I played wasn't added to the total. One of the games isn't even on the list at all.

I'm just worried that if my system isn't working as it should then it could lead to a more severe problem.

[vudu]

When you connect to the Nintendo Channel it says "sending data".  I assume that's when it tells Nintendo what you're playing.

Also, upon further inspection of my complete list, I realized that Secret of Mana isn't listed at all, even though I probably sank 15 to 20 hours into it.  Odd.

[BlackNMild2k1]

It's discrimination I tells ya. I say we assemble a million gamer march outside the Nintendo headquartes in San Francisco in protest of such a dispicable act.

But not today, because it's the first rain we've have in a long time, the weather sucks, and all the roads are backed up leading in that general direction right now.

[Mop it up]

Does anyone care to test if the data is updated instantly on their system?
Here's how you can do that: first load up the Nintendo Channel and check the time for the game you're about to play, and then go and play the game for however long you want. When you are finished, go back to the Nintendo Channel and check the time again for that game.

[Stogi]

i bet it updates everytime you power down your console. It'd make more sense to do it all at once then continuously.

[Caterkiller]

I've got 541 hours in Brawl, everything else is below 12 hours. But I got a new Wii when I moved out of my parents house. So brawl should be around 1,000 hours. With Galaxy at maybe around 30 or something and TP a little bit behind. Gotta check my old wii records.

[Mop it up]

i bet it updates everytime you power down your console. It'd make more sense to do it all at once then continuously.

I don't think that's true. I've been checking it over the past few days now and none of the games I've played have increased in time.

Hm, actually, I wonder if it stopped counting after I got the 4.2 update? I never checked the Nintendo Channel before I got that update, so I don't know...

[Arbok]

Well this thread convinced me to come out of retirement, and even turn on my Wii! The data seems to be incorrect though about the # of times started (maybe because I never go back to the menu), and I notice Resident Evil 4, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and Godzilla Unleashed are all missing... games that I have sunk a considerable amount of time into.

Rank	Game Title	Length of Time Played	Number of Times Played
#1	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	310 Hrs. 43 Min.	47 Times
#2	Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World	92 Hrs. 19 Min.	10 Times
#3	Mario Kart Wii	91 Hrs. 14 Min.	35 Times
#4	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	79 Hrs. 56 Min.	9 Times
#5	Mario Party 8	31 Hrs. 55 Min.	12 Times
#6	Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles	28 Hrs. 54 Min.	12 Times
#7	Wii Sports	19 Hrs. 41 Min.	16 Times
#8	Super Mario Galaxy	14 Hrs. 4 Min.	10 Times
#9	Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law	5 Hrs. 6 Min.	2 Times
#10	Mii Channel	4 Hrs. 6 Min.	23 Times

[vudu]

Does anyone care to test if the data is updated instantly on their system?
Here's how you can do that: first load up the Nintendo Channel and check the time for the game you're about to play, and then go and play the game for however long you want. When you are finished, go back to the Nintendo Channel and check the time again for that game.

I decided to test this today.  Both yesterday and today I played Shining Force II for about an hour and a half each.  I logged into the Nintendo Channel this morning and the game still isn't showing up.  I'll check again later and see if it shows up.

[KDR_11k]

AFAIK the channel doesn't know about all games, only the ones registered in it. I've had some games I couldn't give feedback on either. Check if you can find the game with a search in the games list.

[Arbok]

AFAIK the channel doesn't know about all games, only the ones registered in it. I've had some games I couldn't give feedback on either. Check if you can find the game with a search in the games list.

I see. And I assume there is no way for a peon like me to register something like, oh say, Godzilla Unleashed on there? Bullocks...

I'm surprised Resident Evil 4 didn't show up though.

[Mop it up]

Mario Party 8

31 Hrs. 55 Min.

12 Times

It's nice to see somebody else has Mario Party 8 on their list.

I decided to test this today.  Both yesterday and today I played Shining Force II for about an hour and a half each.  I logged into the Nintendo Channel this morning and the game still isn't showing up.  I'll check again later and see if it shows up.

I've been testing this all week. Sometimes the game I just played gets added into the total, and sometimes it doesn't. It doesn't follow any sort of formula, it seems totally random. But it is good to know the problem exists for everyone because that means there isn't anything wrong with my system.

AFAIK the channel doesn't know about all games, only the ones registered in it. I've had some games I couldn't give feedback on either. Check if you can find the game with a search in the games list.

I didn't know the database wasn't complete. I'll check to see if Groovin' Blocks is listed because that's the one which hasn't shown up for me.

[UncleBob]

I know all DS Game Cartridges are registered on the channel.  I tried to rate the official DS Download Stations and would just get an error message.

[Arbok]

Mario Party 8

31 Hrs. 55 Min.

12 Times

It's nice to see somebody else has Mario Party 8 on their list.

Yeah, I'm surprised more people don't have it on theirs. It's a very fun multiplayer game. Although I haven't gotten any Mario Partys prior to this since the first on the N64, so perhaps the franchise is still fresh to me compared to others.

[Stratos]

I got the new Nintendo Channel just now. Pretty snazzy. I'm not too surprised by my results.

Top 11
1)Animal Crossing 104h 10m 52x
2)Conduit 65h 50m 19x
3)Fire Emblem 62h 51m 21x
4)Okami 56h 49m 13x
5)Brawl 55h 11m 39x
6)Harvest Moon (SNES) 48h 4m 23x
7)Guitar Hero WT 44h 32m 27x
8)The Godfather 43h 56m 13x
9)Mario Kart Wii 43h 18m 32x
10)Guitar Hero 3 38h 13m 32x
11)Rock Band 2 34h 12m 34x

Bottom 10
69)Wii Speak Channel 3m 1x
68)Super Empire Strikes Back 7m 1x
67)NyxQuest 9m 1x
66)Everybody Votes Channel 11m 4x
65)SMB: Lost Levels 15m 6x
64)Check Mii Out Channel 19m 2x
63)Forecast Channel 19m 17x
62)DKC3 20m 2x
61)Endless Ocean 24m 1x
60)Sin & Punnishment 25m 5x

I think a lot of VC games will start to move up the list now that I have a classic controller since games like S&P and DCK3 are virtually unplayable with the Gamecube controller.

Seeing AC up at the top of the list makes me want to play it more.

Mario Party 8

31 Hrs. 55 Min.

12 Times

It's nice to see somebody else has Mario Party 8 on their list.

Yeah, I'm surprised more people don't have it on theirs. It's a very fun multiplayer game. Although I haven't gotten any Mario Partys prior to this since the first on the N64, so perhaps the franchise is still fresh to me compared to others.

I got Dokapon Kingdom and that has replaced the Mario Party series for me. That was pretty high up the list as well. It was in my top 20 I think.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I've basically given my Wii to my mom, but if I were to go over there and look at the time, I'm sure it would look like this:

Wii Sports - 600hrs
WiiFit - 300hrs
Grand Slam Tennis - 120hrs
Wii Sports Resort - 55hrs
SMG - 20hrs
TLoZ:TP - 15
Z&W - 13
HotD:O - 6hrs
.....
.....
.....
Wii Channel Screen (Home Screen)- 5hrs
Game Channel Screen (Start Game Screen) - 1hr 15min
MadWorld - 1hr
Controller set-up/reconnect screen - 52min

Damn I was kinda far off at the top, but not that far off on the bottom.
I finally went back to my moms house (where my Wii is) and checked the play times.

Rank	Game Title	Length of Time Played	Number of Times Played
#1	Wii Play	1970 Hrs. 55 Min.	595 Times
#2	Wii Sports	770 Hrs. 35 Min.	308 Times
#3	Wii Fit	467 Hrs. 28 Min.	176 Times
#4	EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis	442 Hrs. 13 Min.	125 Times
#5	Wii Sports Resort	266 Hrs. 14 Min.	73 Times
#6	TLoZ: TP	74 Hrs. 20 Min.	19 Times
#7	Super Mario Galaxy	67 Hrs. 32 Min.	13 Times
#8	Equilibrio [WiiWare]	64 Hrs. 35 Min.	65 Times
#9	Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn	56 Hrs. 43 Min.	8 Times
#10	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10	48 Hrs. 14 Min.	20 Times
#35 Last Place	Sin & Punishment	0 Hrs. 13 Min.	4 Times

I really need to play Mario RPG sometime....
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[Mop it up]

Although I haven't gotten any Mario Partys prior to this since the first on the N64, so perhaps the franchise is still fresh to me compared to others.

I don't know if that would hold true or not. I own all eight games and Mario Party 8 is the best yet, and I still want more.

#1

Wii Play

1970 Hrs. 55 Min.

595 Times

Wow, that is pretty crazy. I can't believe somebody could get almost 2,000 hours out of Wii Play, that's just mind-boggling.

1)Animal Crossing 104h 10m 52x

What kind of man are you?

61)Endless Ocean 24m 1x

Fail.

I got Dokapon Kingdom and that has replaced the Mario Party series for me.

Double fail.

[BlackNMild2k1]

#1

Wii Play

1970 Hrs. 55 Min.

595 Times

Wow, that is pretty crazy. I can't believe somebody could get almost 2,000 hours out of Wii Play, that's just mind-boggling.

You thought I was kidding when I said my mom loved that game?
I set the record in Shooting gallery (~751 or something like that), and she spent the next 2 years trying to beat it. She would have gotten more out of Wii Fit too if we didn't push the boundaries on that game pretty quickly. I wish there was a way to reset teh scoreboard on the game without erasing your personal high score.

[Mop it up]

#1

Wii Play

1970 Hrs. 55 Min.

595 Times

Wow, that is pretty crazy. I can't believe somebody could get almost 2,000 hours out of Wii Play, that's just mind-boggling.

You thought I was kidding when I said my mom loved that game?

No, but 2,000 hours is pretty crazy. I love Mario Kart Wii and I haven't logged in half of that. Even with my favourite game (Super Smash Brothers Melee) I now have just over 2,000 hours and it's eight years later.

[Stratos]

#35 Last Place

Sin & Punishment

0 Hrs. 13 Min.

4 Times

Yeah, I tried to play it with the GC controller and I couldn't stand it. Is that why you didn't play it much too?

1)Animal Crossing 104h 10m 52x

What kind of man are you?

  Half of that play time was with you 

61)Endless Ocean 24m 1x

Fail.

I was my little sister's game and I tried it once for fun. I then ran out of room on my Wii and deleted the save to fit more stuff on there. It's not like I hated it or anything. 

I got Dokapon Kingdom and that has replaced the Mario Party series for me.

Double fail.

It's not like I hate MP. I still enjoy the games when I play them, but I prefer Dokapon to MP when given a choice. Dokapon is what I play with my gamer/D&D/nerd friends and MP is what I play with family and more non-traditional players.

The most shocking thing for me on my stats was that I have played 69 different games on my Wii. I guess all of those WW/VC games added up.

[Mop it up]

1)Animal Crossing 104h 10m 52x

What kind of man are you?

Half of that play time was with you 

What does your girlfriend think of that?

It's not like I hate MP. I still enjoy the games when I play them, but I prefer Dokapon to MP when given a choice. Dokapon is what I play with my gamer/D&D/nerd friends and MP is what I play with family and more non-traditional players.

We need a Mario Party 9 with online so that I can play it with you. Sometimes you need to have the right people to show you that Mario Party is still the best party game.

[Stratos]

If MP9 does have online, I will get it. If it doesn't then I will just buy it for my sister and play it with her.

I only buy about one MP game per generation. I got the first one on N64, the 4th one on GC and am holding out for an online one on Wii.

The DS one was pretty fun, I like to play that with my sister since she has it and it supports single-card multiplayer. I'm wondering why they haven't made a second DS MP. Maybe for DSi specifically?

[BlackNMild2k1]

#35 Last Place

Sin & Punishment

0 Hrs. 13 Min.

4 Times

Yeah, I tried to play it with the GC controller and I couldn't stand it. Is that why you didn't play it much too?

Sorry for the late reply,but I couldn't find my GC controllers. I just wasn't feeling the game. I wasn't really into gaming at the moment as I was busy with other stuff, but it didn't hold my attention during the few brief play sessions that I had with it.