Wii woes

Still no Wii. Everyone is out of them. And I refuse to pay more than retail, or seek the assistance of the underbelly of society. So what to do while waiting?

My plan was to load up with a ton of great DS games:

• Mario & Luigi Partners In Time (almost done)
• Yoshi's Island DS (barely started)
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 March of the Minis (yet to start)
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (done once, almost a 2nd time, playing as alternate characters as well, can't get enough)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (delayed - preordered)

And even a PSP or PS2 game:

• Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (not out yet - in the GameFly Queue)
• Final Fantasy XII (in the GameFly Queue)

But what I didn't expect was that I'd get in a Castlevania groove that I just didn't want to end. Then, I think it was Nate who mentioned, I find out that XBox 360 is getting Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in it's arcade section. Now which one was that, oh yeah the PlayStation one that I never played because I didn't have a PlayStation. What's this? Everyone says it could be the best ever? And it's selling for $50-$100 on eBay even 10 years later! Oh how I have to play this one.

Enter serendipity. Stopped at the GameStop and asked if they had it. They are all like "dude, we just stopped carrying PlayStation games" but then "wait, what title? I think I saw that in the back, dude" and "I'll go see if I can find it, hang out at Trader Joe's it may be a while" quickly followed by "dude, you got a dell game!". Only $25, not bad. And he didn't actually say dude once, I don't think.

So is it the best ever?

I'm partial to Aria of Sorrow and now Portrait of Ruin. But to be honest, I didn't realize that much of what I liked, that is so different than say Simon's Quest, was all introduced in Symphony of the Night. AoS has the cool soul stealing, and the new co-op play in PoR is cool, but otherwise SotN is totally it. The question should be, though, why didn't Sony push Konami to do a conversion to PSP? That is the sort of thing that is pushing DS out the door, and the only title that I even care about for PSP is Ratchet and Clank, otherwise most games have been mediocre (Untold Legends) to disappointing (Loco Roco, Me and My Katamari, Tokobot) with very few exceptions (Mega Man: Powered Up, Ultimate Ghosts 'N Goblins) and those all seem to be remakes anyway.

So I guess I have even more to keep me occupied before I can get my Wii, but it better not be too long, spoilers for Twilight Princess abound!