I didn't even know this game existed. I'm going to have to check it out. Thanks for the quick rundown of it!
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140 Wii Games Worth Trying
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I didn't even know this game existed. I'm going to have to check it out. Thanks for the quick rundown of it!
facetheslayer92
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You forgot Wii Play. The amount of hours my friend and I played Tanks was absurd.
WordAssassin
Member
Yah! I barely made a dent in it (this thread has me itching to dig it out and play it with my girlfriend since I also only ever played single player) but what I did play was super fun. The island is broke up into four resorts and each quarter has its own themed games and means of transportation (ex: Snow Resort has skiing, bobsleds, snow boarding, snow ball fights, etc and the transport is sky lifts and snow mobiles). The only negative I can say is that the ATV controls are a little weird but once you figure them out (it has to do with how you hold the Wii Remote IIRC) it's fun as hell.
Anyone looking at this list and considering getting a Wii, honestly I think it'd be worth it to just buy a Wii U. 1) you'll get access to all Wii games since it's backwards compatible, 2) I think the Wii U upscales them? Or something? Someone pls confirm 3) you'll get access to Wii games that are IMPOSSIBLE to find now like the Metroid Prime Trillogy, and 4) you'll get to play the small but EXCELLENT library of Wii U games.
Off the top of my head (since people have said "shame you can't do this with Wii U"):
1) NintendoLand
2) Pikmin 3
3) Wonderful 101
4) Bayonetta 1&2
5) New Super Mario Bros U + New Super Luigi U
6) Super Mario 3D World
7) Wind Waker HD (definitive version of the game)
8) Splatoon
9) Mario Maker
10) Mario Kart 8
11) Super Smash Bros for Wii U
12) ZombiU
13) Lego City Undercover
14) Scribblenauts Unlimited
15) Yoshi's Wooly World
16) Kirby's Rainbow Curse
17) Wii Play U
18) Wii Fit U
19) Twilight Princess HD
20) Breath of the Wild
The last two, though, I dunno if getting BotW will be better on NX and I haven't played TPHD so I don't know if it's actually worth it over the Wii version. I'm sure there's more than 20 games for the Wii U but I only have mostly first party offerings, and I didn't list any eShop games like Pushmo World. But eShop + those 20 games + the entire Wii library + GameCube if you home brew your Wii U is totally worth it IMO. After the NX comes out I feel like Nintendo should remarket the Wii U as something like the Nintendo Legacy since with eShop, Virtual Console, and backwards compatability you can play just about every entry in every Nintendo franchise available.
Also yes I left out Mario Party 9/10 because I'm pretty sure one of them is good and the other is garbage but I don't know which is which, and also Star Fox Zero seems to be a pretty big miss from what I've read.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
To add a few not even listed in the OP (and are mostly horror games as I'm an enthusiast):
Ikenie no Yoru aka Night of Sacrifice
J-Horror wii game that could use the balance board. Has an unofficial fan script translation (not in-game, but easy enough to follow). Has some rather unique casual horror twists, variety, pacing, and moments with an intriguing story.
Fatal Frame 4: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
4th entry of the Fatal Frame/Project Zero series, was Japanese only but has a English fan translation available. Written by Suda51, the game features a unique story for the series and was the first game to feature the behind-the-shoulder camera for the series, but also retained what made it good. Setting was gorgeous, memorable encounters.
Project Zero 2 Wii Edition (Fatal Frame 2 Remake)
Released in Japan & Europe, a remake of FF2 feature FF4-styled gameplay. It is a pretty good remake, actually.
Calling
This one I have no idea why it wasn't listed due to it actually being released in America, Europe, and Asia. Calling features a sort of casual J-Horror gameplay featuring an abyss nightmare version of locations connected by cellphones to transport between them. An odd but intriguing tale.
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Cult game about natural disasters in a third-person shooter setting. It's a big ole B-charm classic. Released in Europe and Japan.
Another Code R
Sequel to an obscure Nintendo DS game, released in Europe and Japan. Nice style, relaxing gameplay, and a charming narrative with a variety of tasks to do. Full of mysteries and some touching moments.
Escape From Bug Island
Now this game isn't actually a good game, but it is full of B-charm, over-the-top WTF factor, and I found it to be a good time and can be found for super cheap, so I had to mention it as a horror fan. One of the B-tier games out there that lives up to the B-Tier name.
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Though I will say, for Wii exclusives or games best played on Wii, I really liked the mentioned Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Cursed Mountain, Pandora's Tower, and a high number of others.
The Wii is only second to the PS2 in cult classics.
Ikenie no Yoru aka Night of Sacrifice
J-Horror wii game that could use the balance board. Has an unofficial fan script translation (not in-game, but easy enough to follow). Has some rather unique casual horror twists, variety, pacing, and moments with an intriguing story.
Fatal Frame 4: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
4th entry of the Fatal Frame/Project Zero series, was Japanese only but has a English fan translation available. Written by Suda51, the game features a unique story for the series and was the first game to feature the behind-the-shoulder camera for the series, but also retained what made it good. Setting was gorgeous, memorable encounters.
Project Zero 2 Wii Edition (Fatal Frame 2 Remake)
Released in Japan & Europe, a remake of FF2 feature FF4-styled gameplay. It is a pretty good remake, actually.
Calling
This one I have no idea why it wasn't listed due to it actually being released in America, Europe, and Asia. Calling features a sort of casual J-Horror gameplay featuring an abyss nightmare version of locations connected by cellphones to transport between them. An odd but intriguing tale.
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Cult game about natural disasters in a third-person shooter setting. It's a big ole B-charm classic. Released in Europe and Japan.
Another Code R
Sequel to an obscure Nintendo DS game, released in Europe and Japan. Nice style, relaxing gameplay, and a charming narrative with a variety of tasks to do. Full of mysteries and some touching moments.
Escape From Bug Island
Now this game isn't actually a good game, but it is full of B-charm, over-the-top WTF factor, and I found it to be a good time and can be found for super cheap, so I had to mention it as a horror fan. One of the B-tier games out there that lives up to the B-Tier name.
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Though I will say, for Wii exclusives or games best played on Wii, I really liked the mentioned Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Cursed Mountain, Pandora's Tower, and a high number of others.
The Wii is only second to the PS2 in cult classics.
TheMoon
Member
But are they any fun to play? Is any gameplay there or just button mash/waggle unti you get bored?
Tenchu, Dead Space Extraction and Prince of Persia are all good.
Forgotten Sands is arguably the best PoP game since Sands of Time.
Lil'DigiOp
Member
The world will always forget Spectrobes. Disney had a thing and gave up.
WordAssassin
Member
Ah ok. Well it's nice to pump them through an HDMI cord instead of RGB at least.
As I said I barely made a dent but what I played was really fun (even ATVs once I figured out how the fuck to control them), and as others have said the game got pretty decent reviews. It is absolutely 100% worth the ~$20 is goes for now.
Tried replaying RE4: Wii recently and on a HDtv it looks like concentrated ass. Same thing happened with Okami. I have happily replayed the likes of Galaxy and Sin & Punishment on my current TV but occasionally I find a game that just looks awful (using Wii U anyway, haven't bothered to dig out Wii and composite cables in a long while).
Playing RE on PS4 now, but I do miss the motion controls, since the new port doesn't support Move.
Playing RE on PS4 now, but I do miss the motion controls, since the new port doesn't support Move.
Dead Rising was pretty good for a 360 port to an inferior system. All the others are good too, Heroes 2 was where I had the most fun online on the Wii with an FPS and Castlevania Rebirth is one of my favourite in the series.
TheMoon
Member
Holy shit you even included Shattered Memories in there which disqualifies your opinion entirely.
Nevermind that you're flat out wrong on some of the others too, even just going by the general consensus as Ghostbusters, PoP:FS on Wii are generally considered the superior versions (because they're different games) of those releases.
Drilbit777
Member
Is Klonoa wii worth getting?
Yes. I like it more than the original. I wish they did a Wii version of the sequel too.
ClivePwned
Member
Nice to know out of the six or so wii games I worked on, one of them made on to OP's list
I have a mixed feelings about Wii to be honest. While it has plethora of variety titles, many of them I would consider B grade. Nothing wrong with that though. They're fun to play. What irks me about Wii is although 3rd party support was great. The stuff Nintendo produced for it is/was underwhelming.
This is the only reason i didn't buy Wii and went from Gamecube straight to Wii U. Which is totally opposite (great 1st party, none 3rd party). And just played Wii games in between Wii U releases.
This is the only reason i didn't buy Wii and went from Gamecube straight to Wii U. Which is totally opposite (great 1st party, none 3rd party). And just played Wii games in between Wii U releases.
neurosisxeno
Member
No thanks.
Worst post in the thread
I disagree wholeheartedly. Some of the best games that Nintendo's ever produced are for the Wii.
Which game was that, if you don't mind me asking?
The Real Napsta
Member
You missed Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
Yep, it's great. Copies can be quite expensive though.
dragonyeuw
Member
Pretty sure the Wii U plays Wii games in 480p, and from various accounts better than the Wii through component cables.
I had some weird framerate issues playing Overlord: Dark Legend on the Wii U, when it ran fine on the Wii. Other than that it has definitely been the better way to play Wii games.
Also, Overlord Dark Legend is fantastic.
I wouldn't recommend getting it if it's expensive, unless you are a collector or have very fond memories of the PSOne original.
I loved the PS2 demo of Klonoa 2 back then, so I bought this Wii remake of the first game back in 2008. And I do remember having a good time with it. So I decided to play through it again this week, and disappointingly I found it to be quite mediocre overall. It's definitely not in the same league as other recent 2D platformers like the new DKC games, the new Rayman games, NSMBU, Yoshi's Wooly World, Wario Land: The Shake Dimension and DK: Jungle Beat.
The presentation is poor. The voice-overs are absolutely horrible and I couldn't stand the cut-scenes. And while I love the design of Klonoa himself, other character designs are really underwhelming. The visuals are cute and simple, but nothing special.
It's a short game but I guess it's got some replayability if you want to collect everything. I couldn't force myself to play all the way through it on this second playthrough though. What put me off this game was the play mechanics, which I found very frustrating at times. You often have to grab an enemy, face the screen or the background and throw it while jumping, to break an egg or boss weak-points. I died a lot of times because Klonoa often didn't want to face the right way, jump and thow at the same time. And he moves sooo slowly, unless there is a run button that I somehow missed.
5/10.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Klonoa is good, but to me the puzzle spinoffs are much better. Moonlight Museum and the two GBA games are ace.
As for recommendations, some lesser known WiiWare games (that weren't ported elsewhere)
MotoHeroz: made by the Trials studio, it's a more platformer-y take on the formula. Must be the only one that loved this as I never see it mentioned.
Blaster Master Overdrive: control are a bit uncomfortable, but it's a solid game otherwise. Though I haven't played the original for more than a few minutes, so I don't know how it compares
Snowpack Park: penguin simulation game by Skip. There's no much to it but it's fun for a few hours (more if you want to collect all the hats to make your penguins look fancier). Recommended to fans of quirky games.
And FlingSmash is pretty fun if you're into score attack games.
As for recommendations, some lesser known WiiWare games (that weren't ported elsewhere)
MotoHeroz: made by the Trials studio, it's a more platformer-y take on the formula. Must be the only one that loved this as I never see it mentioned.
Blaster Master Overdrive: control are a bit uncomfortable, but it's a solid game otherwise. Though I haven't played the original for more than a few minutes, so I don't know how it compares
Snowpack Park: penguin simulation game by Skip. There's no much to it but it's fun for a few hours (more if you want to collect all the hats to make your penguins look fancier). Recommended to fans of quirky games.
And FlingSmash is pretty fun if you're into score attack games.
Of course. A few of the changes were a bit baffling (why does Klonoa take approximately 37 hits to kill now?), but overall it's a beautiful and faithful remake of an all-time classic with a bit of added content to set itself apart from the original.
fart town usa
Member
The Wii did have some gems, it was the only console I owned from 06-09. It's biggest flaw was not allowing most games to be played with the classic controller. I really hate motion controls/waggle.
fart town usa
Member
It upscales them to 720p, if not 1080p. I'm not super savvy with details like that so people may disagree but I noticed a big difference in the clarity of playing Wii games on a WiiU.
I actually think I'm the one who broke the news on that, I got a WiiU on launch day and that was one of the first things I tested. I made a thread on it.
dragonyeuw
Member
Oh yeah? Even better... you able to dig up that thread? I wouldn't mind having a read...
Edit:found it!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=500423
kunonabi
Member
I'd also suggest:
428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya De
Another Code R: A Journey into Lost Memories
Captain Rainbow
Castlevania Judgment
Disaster Day of Crisis
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Domino Rally
Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online
Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Earth Seeker
Elebits
Eyeshield 21 The Fields Strongest Warrior
Fishing Resort
Ghost Squad
Go Vacation
Hajime no Ippo Revolution
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
Kiki Trick
Klonoa
Let's Tap
Mario Sports Mix
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident
Ikenie no Yoru
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Episode 1: The Treasure Beneath the Waves
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Episode 2: Awakening of a Hero
Project Zero 2: Wii Edition
Rodea the Sky Soldier
Samurai Warriors 3
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Spectrobes: Origins
Spyborgs
Takt of Magic
Tales of Graces
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Wii Music
Wii Party
Wii Play
Wii Play Motion
Zangeki no Reginleiv
Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
As for the whole "Wii had no games" narrative it was always bunk that was based more on perception and feelings of betrayal than any sort of reality.
I mean, if you told me that Nintendo would have a console that featured:
2 3D Mario titles
a 2D Mario
a Metroid title
a Metroid Prime title
A Zelda title
a new Punch-Out!!
2 Mario Party titles
a 2D Wario title
2 Kirby games
2 new Excite series titles
a WarioWare title
a Fire Emblem title
a Paper Mario title
a Donkey Kong Country title
a Smash Bros title
a Mario Kart title
a Fortune Street title
an Animal Crossing title
a Rhythm Heaven title
a Fatal Frame title
a Monster Hunter title
2 Trauma__ titles
a mainline "Tales of" title and a Tales of Symphonia sequel
a mainline Dragon Quest title
a Tenchu title
2 Mystery Dungeon titles
2 Sonic games
a Sin & Punishment sequel
A Samurai Warriors title
an exclusive CAPCOM VS title
a freaking Sakura Wars title
The best Prince of Persia entry since Sands of Time
a bunch of other franchises represented on Wiiware including Bomberman, Mega Man, Contra, and Castlevania
several high quality ports, remakes, and collections
along with other exclusive titles from developers like Platinum, Sandlot, Project Aces, CiNG, Vanillaware plus other games produced with the talents of Suda 51, Warren Spector, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Tetsuya Takahashi, and Yuji Naka among others
would be classified as having no games especially after the anemic GC and n64 libraries I'd have called you crazy. It's easily the most robust library for a Nintendo home console since the SNES. You can criticize the quality of those games and lack of localizations but to say the Wii had no games is pretty much just trolling.
428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya De
Another Code R: A Journey into Lost Memories
Captain Rainbow
Castlevania Judgment
Disaster Day of Crisis
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Domino Rally
Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online
Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Earth Seeker
Elebits
Eyeshield 21 The Fields Strongest Warrior
Fishing Resort
Ghost Squad
Go Vacation
Hajime no Ippo Revolution
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
Kiki Trick
Klonoa
Let's Tap
Mario Sports Mix
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident
Ikenie no Yoru
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Episode 1: The Treasure Beneath the Waves
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Episode 2: Awakening of a Hero
Project Zero 2: Wii Edition
Rodea the Sky Soldier
Samurai Warriors 3
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Spectrobes: Origins
Spyborgs
Takt of Magic
Tales of Graces
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Wii Music
Wii Party
Wii Play
Wii Play Motion
Zangeki no Reginleiv
Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
As for the whole "Wii had no games" narrative it was always bunk that was based more on perception and feelings of betrayal than any sort of reality.
I mean, if you told me that Nintendo would have a console that featured:
2 3D Mario titles
a 2D Mario
a Metroid title
a Metroid Prime title
A Zelda title
a new Punch-Out!!
2 Mario Party titles
a 2D Wario title
2 Kirby games
2 new Excite series titles
a WarioWare title
a Fire Emblem title
a Paper Mario title
a Donkey Kong Country title
a Smash Bros title
a Mario Kart title
a Fortune Street title
an Animal Crossing title
a Rhythm Heaven title
a Fatal Frame title
a Monster Hunter title
2 Trauma__ titles
a mainline "Tales of" title and a Tales of Symphonia sequel
a mainline Dragon Quest title
a Tenchu title
2 Mystery Dungeon titles
2 Sonic games
a Sin & Punishment sequel
A Samurai Warriors title
an exclusive CAPCOM VS title
a freaking Sakura Wars title
The best Prince of Persia entry since Sands of Time
a bunch of other franchises represented on Wiiware including Bomberman, Mega Man, Contra, and Castlevania
several high quality ports, remakes, and collections
along with other exclusive titles from developers like Platinum, Sandlot, Project Aces, CiNG, Vanillaware plus other games produced with the talents of Suda 51, Warren Spector, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Tetsuya Takahashi, and Yuji Naka among others
would be classified as having no games especially after the anemic GC and n64 libraries I'd have called you crazy. It's easily the most robust library for a Nintendo home console since the SNES. You can criticize the quality of those games and lack of localizations but to say the Wii had no games is pretty much just trolling.
WordAssassin
Member
Ah, cool!
So yes, people looking to play Wii games that don't have a Wii or a Wii U, do yourself a favor and buy a Wii U. Access to all Wii games, including those no longer available or extremely expensive (Metroid Prime Collection), upscales Wii games, small but amazing library of Wii U games, great eShop and Virtual Console selection, and if you mod it you get access to GameCube titles too. And if you buy them refurbished from Nintendo they're available from Nintendo, 32GB units with Mario 3D World and NintendoLand for $225. So actually LESS than a new Wii (though a used Wii from GameStop is only $50 so uh)
D:
Why?????
Moor-Angol
Banned
where is Rig Racer 2 ?????
Omega Kirby
Member
Seriously no Battalion Wars 2?
They don't? Unless my TV is lying to me PAL Wii U upscales Wii games to whatever resolution set in the options (480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p).
Am I seriously the only one to recommend Cubello? Did this game really slip under everyone's radar? It's an "Art Style" game which is a puzzler crossed with a light gun game that makes effective use of the Wii controller's pointer. Very fun and there's a certain satisfaction to 'picking off' the different puzzle pieces with the gun.
TheMoon
Member
PALALALALAAL (shrugemoji)
Too lazy to google the Eurogamer article on it.
Also, your TV says isn't an indication of what actually happens.
Quick google search. So it does upscale. It doesn't have original PAL resolution 576i.
What TV says is perfect indication though. Because it tells me what res signal it receives.
You're wrong about a lot of them.
And that takes a lot of guts to call games out with a NMS avatar.
TheMoon
Member
Fantastic. And this never got reported anywhere else lol.
Kinda tells you how inconsequential the upscaling is though when it's not really noticeable anyway
Just had an idea that I could try to compare the two Wii games I have as Wii U eShop versions with their disc version running on my old Wii on the same TV at the same time to see if I notice a difference.