I am sort of stuck between MH3 Ultimate, Pikmin 3 and Wii Party U. I originally really wanted Pikmin, but I have sort of gone off of it for some bizarre reason. I now intend to get Wii Party U, as it is a blast with friends, although it is pretty poor when playing by yourself, so now I ma not so sure. I have never played a MH game, so I though that this may also be an option, and to see whether I like it or not. Any opinions/ideas?
Never played MH3 Ultimate nor know anything about it, but I have Pikmin 3 and Wii Party U! Both are great games, so it depends on what you're looking for. Wii Party U is a lot of fun to play with three or four people, especially with friends who aren't gamers AKA my best friends, lol. They always hate playing Mario Party with me because I win 100% of the time, but this game... I'm not sure if it's just there's more luck to it or if I'm just bad at it but they enjoyed this a lot more (plus the miis are fun to giggle at). If you already own a good multiplayer game though, there's less point to getting wii party, because it isn't nearly as fun to play alone as you said.
Pikmin 3 has a two player battle mode (and you can do the missions co-op), though I've never tried it as Pikmin isn't a game you can as easily pick up and play and I don't know anybody else who's ever played it. It's certainly more of a solo experience. If you've played the first two entries into the series, you will probably be a little disappointed with Pikmin 3. It's a very short game and I had far less desire to replay it than I had with the original (which I've played so many times I can beat in 9 days
), and Pikmin 2 is just a much longer game overall due to the caves which aren't present in this one. It's very beautiful and is fun while it lasts, but it's certainly not worth the insane price of $60 (which I believe is what it's still selling for).
If you're debating between the two for the Mario kart deal, go with Pikmin, because you can get great deals on the wii party u game with a free wii remote (iirc I got the game and the wiimote in a bundle for $40-ish on amazon when it was on sale))
...Still, though. I want to make sure of something: are virtual console games eligible to get coins or not? I'm asking because I downloaded EarthBound some time ago.
I'm pretty sure they are not eligible.
edit: oh, idk about surveys though. xD I've never seen any surveys for my VC stuff, but I just have n64 games on my wii and pushmo for the 3ds... My downloadable full games have coins and surveys, though.