I always thought of the Wii as an extension of the PS2 in terms of the variety and types of games that were released for it. What are some titles that a lot of gamers might have missed, but are actually well worth playing? I'm thinking of games like Elebits, Opoona, Endless Ocean, etc. I'm thinking of building up my Wii collection.
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Overlooked Wii gems
- Thread starter geebee
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A Boy and his Blob is such a wonderful, unique title. It puts me in a dream state.
de blob 2 is really awesome as well.
Sin and Punishment 2 may be the best rail shooter ever
Muramasa
Zack and Wiki
Little King's Story.
Endless Ocean 1 and
Plus 20-25 more.
Seriously, anytime someone says the Wii had no games, that person loses all credibility with me. The Wii had tons of engaging and innovative titles.
de blob 2 is really awesome as well.
Sin and Punishment 2 may be the best rail shooter ever
Muramasa
Zack and Wiki
Little King's Story.
Endless Ocean 1 and
Plus 20-25 more.
Seriously, anytime someone says the Wii had no games, that person loses all credibility with me. The Wii had tons of engaging and innovative titles.
I think the common criticism isn't that Wii had no games, just that no one bought them. At least if it's anyone with some sense!
Kororinpa is still the best use of a gyroscope for gameplay in my opinion. The sequel was also decent if you used the code to unlock the editable ball and maxed out the "slide" value so it didn't stick to the track like glue
Ghost Squad is the first arcade shooter I would recommend anyone own.
I didn't care for The Last Story or Xenoblade but I quite like Pandora's Tower. Slightly clunky to control but a good plot and good dungeon design, felt a bit like those old Enix SNES action-rpgs or the PS2 Rygar.
Ghost Squad is the first arcade shooter I would recommend anyone own.
I didn't care for The Last Story or Xenoblade but I quite like Pandora's Tower. Slightly clunky to control but a good plot and good dungeon design, felt a bit like those old Enix SNES action-rpgs or the PS2 Rygar.
has anyone said Zack and Wiki yet?
as an old school point and click adventure lover, this actually lands as one of my personal best games of the generation.
crunchypig
Neo Member
Fishing Resort is a fun distraction from story based games.
JerryThePredator
Banned
The Wii's library is nothing but overlooked gems.
You know what, I actually bought Zack and Wiki on day 1...and have only played it for 30 minutes. I don't know why I never gave it a fair shot but somehow it slipped into my collection virtually unplayed. That's not something I normally do either. I should really go back and give it another shot.Yes
Also Wario Land Shake It! excellent platformer, a beautiful cartoony style.
The Wii does actually have a pretty solid library, though. It took a while, but once it got going, it really delivered a lot of cool little games.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Little King's Story is always the go to answer, but that's pretty well-known compared to some ACTUAL hidden gems like The Munchables. It's like Katari + Pacman. Definitely a fun game that no one played.
Herbspiceguy
Member
Punch-Out!!
I was coming to post this.
There are a lot decent to great games on the Wii hardly anyone remembers or has ever played. It's quite sad, actually.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Klonoa - A remake of the 1997 PS1 game. One of the best platformers ever, without a doubt. In my book, it's second only to Yoshi's Island.
A Boy and His Blob - An adorable adventure game with fantastic 2D art.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - Basically what Silent Hill always should have been.
Sin & Punishment 2 - One of the best action games ever made. Really challenging, really fast-paced, and absurdly satisfying.
Tenchu 4 - It's a return to form for the series. Still old-school as all get-out (in case that sorta thing bothers you), but it's a true stealth game.
Punch Out - Seems like nobody really played the game, but... it's Punch Out. And it's phenomenal. It's a bullshit-free game from Nintendo!
No More Heroes 2 - Not a whole lot of people played the sequel, but I felt like it was better than the original in just about every way. Plus, the 8-bit mini games are rad.
There's a lot more, but those are the first bunch of games that came to mind. The Wii is a much better system than people realize.
A Boy and His Blob - An adorable adventure game with fantastic 2D art.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - Basically what Silent Hill always should have been.
Sin & Punishment 2 - One of the best action games ever made. Really challenging, really fast-paced, and absurdly satisfying.
Tenchu 4 - It's a return to form for the series. Still old-school as all get-out (in case that sorta thing bothers you), but it's a true stealth game.
Punch Out - Seems like nobody really played the game, but... it's Punch Out. And it's phenomenal. It's a bullshit-free game from Nintendo!
No More Heroes 2 - Not a whole lot of people played the sequel, but I felt like it was better than the original in just about every way. Plus, the 8-bit mini games are rad.
There's a lot more, but those are the first bunch of games that came to mind. The Wii is a much better system than people realize.
schragnasher
Neo Member
Order up is a great cooking game.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
Fishing Resort is a fun distraction from story based games.
One of my favourite games that year, too bad I gave the Wii to my sister, I wonder if it's possible to make the Wii mode on my WiiU region free so I can play it again.
Man, so many. Like 90% of the games I have for the Wii could be considered "overlooked gems".
I love its use of achievements, it's the only way I consider achievements should be done.
Came into the thread to say this. I had a pretty average time playing it, but then I came back to it and 100%'d it. It's one of my favorite games ever now.
I love its use of achievements, it's the only way I consider achievements should be done.
Man, I was there day 1 with that. One of my favorite Wii games, in fact.
Now that I think about it, I actually own complete copies of ALL Klonoa games including the Wonderswan title. I'll never forget when I walked in to buy Klonoa 2 back in 2001 and the clerk asked me if I was there to pick up NCAA Football 2002 like everyone else. They only received two copies of Klonoa 2 and I was the first one to even ask about it. >_<
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
People will laugh at me for this, but Necro-Nesia (Escape From Bug Island) is actually a lot of fun! Doesn't take itself seriously and is a bit clunky, but go in with low expectations and you should have fun. Pretty cheap by now I'd imagine, given it was a launch game.
Spieler Eins
Member
Silent Hill Shattered Memories - motion controls really enhance the experience, the amount of detail is pretty great as well.
Rune Factory Frontier - Harvest Moon x Loot RPG, it's a fucking time eating monster.
Another Code:R - if you've played other CiNG games you know what you can expect. Somewhat slow paced adventure that's beautiful to look at/listen to
Rune Factory Frontier - Harvest Moon x Loot RPG, it's a fucking time eating monster.
Another Code:R - if you've played other CiNG games you know what you can expect. Somewhat slow paced adventure that's beautiful to look at/listen to
sixteen-bit
Member
Tatsunoko vs Capcom was fun
bodeiseifer
Member
which is better: endless ocean 1 or endless ocean 2? the original seems to cost twice as much.
This is word for word how I describe the game to everyone I talk to about it. I honestly think it has the most satisfying mechanics of any 2D platformer I've ever played. Such a shame it's so short, because I feel like they could have gone at least a little bit further with ramping up the jump-grab-jump gameplay without it getting stale
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I can be here all day namedropping so many wii gems, but I'd like to give a shoutout to rhythm heaven fever, its a rhythm game that actually has decent original music without relying on any licensed music
Fox Mulder
Member
yep, everything good got buried by a couple of Nintendo franchises. Even some of their games probably bombed.
I love all the Sega lightgun games. Ghost Squad, House of the Dead 2 & 3, House of the Dead Overkill, and Gunblade NY/LA Machineguns.
Sin and Punishment 2 is amazing, and shouldn't exist in this current industry.
Lordwindowlicker
Member
Yeah, I really enjoyed The Muchables. I'm surprised that it didn't get more attention.. and by more I mean at least some.
Also, Heavenly Guardian which was supposed to be part of the KiKi KaiKai series before they lost the license. That one is a lot of fun as well.
mrmickfran
Member
By far one of Treasure's best games. Right up there with Gunstar Heroes and Ikaruga.
For all you Club Nintendo members, this game can be found super cheap ($15 on Amazon, $20 at Gamestop) and can still gives off 50 coins.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Übermatik;73027446 said:In my top 5 all time favourite games. Really.
you. I like you.
battalion wars 3 for the wiiU needs to happen.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Man, going through this thread and the other Wii recommendation one today, there's a lot of cool stuff that I still haven't gotten around to. I think it'll be interesting to see how people look at the system say... 5 years down the road. Eventually, people are going to realize that the system wasn't all waggle bullshit, and find that there's a shit ton of good games they've probably never heard of.
In any case, now's the time to finish off that collection, since the games are literally dirt cheap.
In any case, now's the time to finish off that collection, since the games are literally dirt cheap.
No, really. At the garden center earlier today, bags of dirt were actually more expensive than some Wii games are, sealed.
Cyberpunknut
Member
Fishing Resort is a fun distraction from story based games.
Found a copy of this for $5 and would have bought it at retail. Surprisingly good.