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Alright, so Festivus is over, presents have been given, and we all look at the new year with a hope and trepidation. Whatever your feelings are about the console wars, there's no denying that the Wii sold like something that sells a lot this holiday. We also know that there were more than a few lucky 360 Fanboys who scored one for themselves. Naturally, Wiis are forbidden in our section of Fanboy Towers, but that didn't stop a close personal friend from sneaking one in yesterday. He couldn't stay long -- our Xbots were closing fast -- but we did manage to get in a few games of Wii Sports. We have to admit it was fun. Don't get us wrong, it ain't Gears, but it was fun.

Still, the Xbots got him eventually and killed him escorted him from the building. Now things are pretty much back to normal and we're settling in for another weekend of 360 flavored bliss. This weekend will be yet more Viva Piñata, some Assault Heroes, and possibly some back compat goodness via Shenmue II or Soul Calibur II. How 'bout the rest of you? What do you have lined up this weekend?

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1. Still hopelessly addicted to Viva Pinata.. Level 49 gardener and still have loads to do!!

Posted at 9:51AM on Dec 29th 2006 by audioeric

2. Wii:
Wii Sports
Elebits
Super Monkey Ball
Sonic the Hedgehog

360:
Gears of War Co-op
Rainbow Six Vegas Multiplayer
Halo 2 Multiplayer

DS: Nothing
PC: Nothing

Posted at 9:53AM on Dec 29th 2006 by Wii360dsPC

3. I admit to being a traitor. I went out of town and only took my Wii (it's about half the size and weight of my 360, which is insanely jealous right now).
But damn, the system is just too much fun. Metal Slug, Wii Sports, and some Virtual Console games for me this weekend.
And back to my beautiful 360 on Monday...

Posted at 9:59AM on Dec 29th 2006 by zenprism

4. Viva Pinata, R6, Project 8, Marvel

finishing up Cloning Clyde, probably a bit of UNO, Small Arms, AH, Doom, Contra... something.. who knows.

Posted at 10:09AM on Dec 29th 2006 by Wizardly

5. been playing on wii lately:
zelda
dragon ball z
wii sports
super swing golf
rayman raving rabbids

xbox360:
assault heroes
RB6 vegas
gears

Both systems are awesome for what they do well. The cool thing is there is really no "overlap". Wii does party games andn sports games better than any other console on the market. 360 does shooters in a way that wii can never hope to compete with.

Posted at 10:13AM on Dec 29th 2006 by karask

6. Wii - Zelda and Rayman Raving Rabbids
360 - Gears of War and Call of Duty 3
PC - NFS Carbon

Posted at 10:19AM on Dec 29th 2006 by Netcruzer

7. Still obsessing on the Legacy mode on College Hoops 2K7, and having tons o' fun with New Rally-X and Novadrome.

Posted at 10:36AM on Dec 29th 2006 by Jonah Falcon

8. I bought Roboblitz earlier this week, so I'll be playing that a little bit.

I didn't get to PGR3 with the wireless wheel controller last weekend, so I'm trying that again this weekend.

Other than that...maybe some Project 8 and CoD3.

Posted at 10:40AM on Dec 29th 2006 by Pixelantes Anonymous

9. Regarding the leaderboards, I recently upped the max to 250 on Christmas Day, so those who weren't able to throw themselves into the mix should be able to rank themselves with the other Fanboys!

I will admit that I've played more Wii than 360... but that's mostly because I have my 360 routed via optical cable to my Audigy 2 on my computer.

For some reason, the Audigy is now generating this absolutely horrible crackling that I have read is common (which is weird, I've had the same config for 2 years, and it didn't start until a few months ago), so I'm also reluctant to replace it with the X-Fi. I can't think of any other sound cards that would have the same kind of inputs as the Creative cards, and be as widely supported. So I'm on onboard sound, which doesn't have any inputs for my 360.

I'm a baaaad man. :-/

Posted at 10:59AM on Dec 29th 2006 by Morgon

10. *slits wrists and scrubs the skin off his own hands*

I got back into Xenosaga II/III over the break...I feel so dirty playing the PS2 that I hate so much (and enjoying it for once).

Not all is sinful, at least I'm using this controller:

http://baysoftgames.com/ungaco.html

instead of the crappy dual shock. I can definitely say that Xenosaga III destroys Final Fantasy XII as far as story and characters go. Too bad it's the end of the road for the series.

I finally got my 360 back, but I'll probably end up finishing Xenosaga III before I start playing it again, unless some irresistible XBLA game pops up soon.

I want a Wii to replace the 'cube, but I don't think I want a white one. I'm going to leave the white console-age to the 360.

Posted at 11:19AM on Dec 29th 2006 by SuicideNinja

11. I must say, I've been quite addicted to the Wii as well. I recently bought Excite Truck, which is tons of fun. I've also been playing some of the Virtual Console games, mainly Gunstar Heroes and Super Mario Bros.

As for the 360, it has not been lacking in attention. I've been extremely addicted to Viva Pinata (I've ended up playing it around 8 hours straight until sleep finally got to me, it's just so addicting) and have been playing Novadrome, Astropop and UNO on the Live Arcade. I surprisingly haven't picked up Gears in awhile, though.

Posted at 11:40AM on Dec 29th 2006 by ECUnlimited

12. Looks like everyone online was right about Viva Pinata. My wife actually enjoyed spending 20 minutes watching me play it last night. Maybe I can finally get her into gaming without having to purchase a Wii.

Posted at 11:44AM on Dec 29th 2006 by Captain Obvious

13. I have seen the promised land, and it is Rainbow Six: Vegas.

It's everything that GRAW's multiplayer design should have been, and then some. To me it's far and away the best online experience on the 360 since Halo 2.

Posted at 11:53AM on Dec 29th 2006 by KilgoreTrout XL

14. I don't know, but it's gonna be fun!

Posted at 12:07PM on Dec 29th 2006 by J.Goodwin

15. well on my 360... i've still been playing WWE smackdown like a fiend... i really haven't bought anything else for the 360 since i got that, but then i'm a wrestling game fiend and playing online is what i do now almost to the exclusion of everything else.

as for other stuff, haven't gotten a wii yet, b ut i have tried it out and all i really got into was Wii sports and Zelda, everything else...well, just didnt appeal to me and i;m considering just buying Zelda on my Gamecube. and even Wii sports was only fun for about half an hour and with friends.

as for everything else, since i'm on a break, i've been trying to finish up some RPGs on my PS2/3, Xenosaga II/III, Tales of the Abyss/Legendia, Digital Devil Saga I/II, Devil Summoner, Nocturne, FFXII, etc. So i got a lot on my plate, that and since i also finally got my new wireless router, i've been playing a lot of resistance online as well.

As for the next big games for me... i'm really looking forward to Crackdown.

Posted at 12:17PM on Dec 29th 2006 by JJ

16. I still haven't picked up Vegas. I probably will this weekend. And I have College Hoops 2K7 but not NBA 2K7. That needs rectification, too.

Posted at 12:18PM on Dec 29th 2006 by Jonah Falcon

17. Just started Viva Pinata

Posted at 12:24PM on Dec 29th 2006 by xfan

18. Xbox 360:

Gears
R6V
Madden

Wii:

Zelda
Madden
Wii Sports

PC:

WoW
CS:S
Hl2(again)
BF2142

PSP:

MGS:PO

DS:

Mario and Luigi: PIT

Posted at 1:21PM on Dec 29th 2006 by Matt T.

19. Some Uno, F.E.A.R., and I'll try to get back into Viva Pinata, but nothing is happening in my garden right now and it's driving me crazy.

Posted at 1:32PM on Dec 29th 2006 by AnOffday

20. THP8. The replayability (word?) of that game is off the charts. It has it's problems but I can't stop playing it.

Posted at 1:36PM on Dec 29th 2006 by TheH2s

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