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140 Wii Games Worth Trying

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Scoops

Banned
Do you know what really gets me?

"Teh Wii haz no games"

It's honestly one of my favorite consoles ever and as a result I have played A LOT of games for it. On top of that I have added games that I have heard positive feedback on. The bulk of my experience has been underrated gems that were mostly bombs, but were the very types of games that people were complaining the console didn't have. Not all of them are as polished as the Galaxys or Zeldas of the world, but they're worth trying. So without further ado:

  1. A Boy and His Bob
  2. And Yet It Moves
  3. Animal Crossing: City Folk
  4. Arc Rise Fantasia
  5. Art of Blance
  6. Art Style: ORBIENT
  7. Batalion Wars 2
  8. Batman: The Brave and the Bold
  9. Bit.Trip Complete
  10. Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy
  11. Bomberman Blast
  12. Boom Blox
  13. Boom Blox Bash Party
  14. Bully
  15. Call of Duty: Black Ops
  16. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Edition
  17. Call of Duty: World at War
  18. Castleania: Rebirth
  19. Cave Story
  20. Conduit, The
  21. Conduit 2
  22. Contra Rebirth
  23. Cursed Mountain
  24. de Blob
  25. de Blob 2
  26. Dawn of Discovery
  27. Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop
  28. Dead Space Extraction
  29. Deadly Creatures
  30. Disney Guilty Party
  31. Dokapon Kingdom
  32. Donkey Kong Country Returns
  33. Endless Ocean
  34. Endless Ocean: Blue World
  35. Epic Mickey
  36. Excite Truck
  37. ExciteBike: World Rally
  38. Excite Bots: Trick Racing
  39. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
  40. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as King
  41. Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
  42. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
  43. Fluidity
  44. Fortune Street
  45. Fragile Dreams
  46. Geometry Wars: Galaxies
  47. Ghostbuters: The Video Game
  48. Godfather: Blackhand Edition, The
  49. Goldeneye 007
  50. Gradius Rebirth
  51. Grand Slam Tennis
  52. Harvest Moon: Animal Parade
  53. House of the Dead: Overkill
  54. Ivy the Kiwi?
  55. Kirbys Epic Yarn
  56. Kirby's Return to DreamLand
  57. Klonoa
  58. La-Mulana
  59. Last Story, The
  60. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The
  61. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The
  62. LEGO Indiana Jones
  63. LEGO Star Wars
  64. Little King Story
  65. Lost in Shadow
  66. Lostwinds
  67. Lostwinds: Winter of Melodias
  68. MadWorld
  69. ManHunt 2
  70. Mario Kart Wii
  71. Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
  72. Mega Man 9
  73. Mega Man 10
  74. Metroid: Other M
  75. Metroid Prime Corruption/Trilogy
  76. MLB Power Pros
  77. Monster Hunter Tri
  78. Monster Lab
  79. Munchables, The
  80. NBA Jam
  81. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  82. No More Heroes
  83. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
  84. Muramassa: The Demon Blade
  85. Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars
  86. NyxQuest
  87. Okami
  88. Opoona
  89. Overlord: Dark Legend
  90. Pandora's Tower
  91. Phantom Brave: We Meet Again
  92. Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands
  93. Pro Evolution Soccer (2009 or 2010)
  94. Punch Out!!
  95. Rabbids Go Home
  96. Rage of the Gladiator
  97. Rayman Origins
  98. Real Heroes: Firefighters
  99. Red Steel 2
  100. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
  101. Resident Evil: The Umbrealla Chronicles
  102. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
  103. Rhythm Heaven Fever
  104. Rock Band (1, 2 or 3)
  105. Rune Factory Frontier
  106. Rune Factory Tides of Destiny
  107. Sakura Wars: So Long My Love
  108. Scarface: The World is Yours
  109. Shaun White Snowboarding
  110. Shiren The Wanderer
  111. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
  112. Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
  113. Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
  114. Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing
  115. Sonic Colors
  116. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
  117. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
  118. Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People
  119. Super Mario Galaxy
  120. Super Mario Galaxy 2
  121. Super Paper Mario
  122. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  123. Swords & Soldiers
  124. Tales of Monkey Island
  125. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
  126. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
  127. Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
  128. Tiger Woods PGA Tour '10 (or '11 or '12)
  129. Trackmania: Build to Race
  130. Trauma Center: New Blood
  131. Trauma Center: Second Opinion
  132. Trauma Team
  133. We Love Golf!!
  134. Wario Land: Shake It
  135. WarioWare: Smooth Moves
  136. Wii Sports
  137. Wii Sports Resort
  138. World of Goo
  139. Xenoblade Chronicles
  140. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros Treasure

So any that I missed? Any that were on the list but shouldn't of been? I know I'll get panned for including a couple of these games. Keep in mind that me and my friends I have talked to about Wii games only ever had unmodded North American Wiis so anything that didn't come here we didn't get to play.
 
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TimPV3

Member
I wouldn't include games like Lego or Rock Band that were available and arguably better on every other console
 
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Mr. Virus

Member
Ctrl+f "Disaster: Day of Crisis"

:(. Good list though. Lots of oddities on the Wii that didn't get the time they deserved, like Deadly Creatures.
 
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JustAnotherOtaku

Member
Yup, home to loads of absolute gems. I still maintain that in 10+ years, we will look back on the Wii with the same sort of love we give to the likes of the Gamecube.
 
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UncleSporky

Member
I think my Wii library is only rivaled by my DS library.

And I refuse to buy bad games or shovelware. All of them are at least entertaining, and many are awesome.
 
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Esque7

Member
I love the Wii and it certainly had its fair share of gems. Though some of the games on the list have had better releases on other systems (RE games) or have had better sequels (Animal Crossing).
 
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Springy

Member
Thanks for the list, OP. It's a bit big to be of use for me right now: I've been buying Wii games for my newly got Wii U (I never owned a Wii). So far, I have:

Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Rebirth
Ghost Squad
Red Steel
Red Steel 2
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Metroid: Other M
Madworld
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Pangya! Golf With Style
Mario Strikers Charged
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Punch-Out!!
Resident Evil Archives: RE0
Resident Evil Archives: REmake
Resident Evil 4
Pikmin Wii Edition
Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies
Xenoblade Chronicles

There's a couple of things in there I'm not expecting much from, but most of the things I picked up were so damn cheap. I still intend to buy the Super Mario Galaxy games (and The Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Fire Emblem Wii and the Metroid Prime Trilogy in an alternate universe where they're affordable), but is there anything obvious I'm missing?

Edit: What's GAF's opinion on The Force Unleashed on Wii? I never played any version, and the Wii is cheapest and easiest to find, so I was thinking of giving it a shot.
 
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Linkstrikesback

Member
This is what really gets to me when people say the wii u is doing ok without 3rd party support/nintendo doesn't need it/ nintendo didn't have it.

I might just link to this thread next time I see someone say that!
 
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Ivan 3414

Member
Wii had a lot of "B" games, which in my opinion comprises most of that list.

That being said, looking at the Wii's entire library, it is a solid console with a great variety of games you can't really experience anywhere else.
 
Fredrik

Fredrik

Member
Solid list!

And after that, check out Virtual Console too, I bet you'll find as many games worth trying there :)

And everything runs perfect on WiiU too btw. Easily forgotten these days when backwards compatibility isn't always standard anymore.
 
Astral Dog

Astral Dog

Member
Linkstrikesback said:
This is what really gets to me when people say the wii u is doing ok without 3rd party support/nintendo doesn't need it/ nintendo didn't have it.

I might just link to this thread next time I see someone say that!
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Wii(and DS,3DS) got lots of exclusive software, thank to its low costs, i dont think anyone is really ok with the Wii U third party situation, just that if there is, its mostly poor ports.
 
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threelights

Member
6 games in the list I like/am interested in (7 with Disaster).. Edit: totally missed Tatsunoko vs Capcom, so that makes 8 games =P

Good list.
 
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ASIS

Member
Springy said:
Thanks for the list, OP. It's a bit big to be of use for me right now: I've been buying Wii games for my newly got Wii U (I never owned a Wii). So far, I have:

Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Rebirth
Ghost Squad
Red Steel NOPE, go to the second one immediately. The first one is bad
Red Steel 2
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Metroid: Other M
Madworld
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Pangya! Golf With Style
Mario Strikers Charged
Trauma Center: Second Opinion Trauma Team is better, or so how I hear. Also, get New Blood
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Punch-Out!!
Resident Evil Archives: RE0
Resident Evil Archives: REmake
Resident Evil 4
Pikmin Wii Edition
Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies
Xenoblade Chronicles
.
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Outside of the adjustments on the quote. I heavily recommend Little King's Story and Donkey Kong Country: Returns.

I think you will have the perfect Wii Library.

EDIT: Also Zack & Wiki and Wii Sports Resort (try it, it's a really good game).
 
entremet

entremet

Member
The Wii had better third party support than the Wii U.

It also had real 3rd party exclusives. Games you won't find anywhere else:

Fragile
Zack and Wiki
Boy and His Blob
Boombox
Ghost Squad
Mad World
Geometry Wars Wii Edition--very different form the arcade version.

I don't get the hate.
 
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Triggerhappytel

Member
Echoenigma said:
There are a lot of games on there I'd say aren't even worth trying. Epic Mickey? Really?
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Yeah, there are a few questionable games on there just for the sake of bumping the numbers up (The Conduit 2, Manhunt 2) but there's no doubt it had a ton of amazing software. I personally never owned a Wii but have been picking up its games on the cheap for when I eventually own either a Wii or Wii U.
 
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Springy

Member
ASIS said:
Outside of the adjustments on the quote. I heavily recommend Little King's Story and Donkey Kong Country: Returns.

I think you will have the perfect Wii Library.

EDIT: Also Zack & Wiki and Wii Sports Resort (try it, it's a really good game).
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I have Little King's Story on Vita thanks to PS Plus; is the Wii version different/better?

Also, I know Red Steel is meant to be bad, but for less than $1 I kind of want to see for myself anyway.

Thanks for the other suggestions, I'll definitely look into Zack & Wiki, Wii Sports Resort and DKC:R.
 
Y

Yawnier

Banned
I have prob only played 3 games on this list (SMG, Twilight Princess, Sin and Punishment 2) not including multiplats

Really should explore the Wii library more.
 
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Oracle Dragon

Member
Pretty good list. I was surprised to find that upon review, I've played about 3/4 of those, I never really tracked it before. I think it was unfairly criticized for not having the heavy hitters of the time like COD, but it has some really great games you can't get anywhere else when you play things that are made for it.

Echoenigma said:
There are a lot of games on there I'd say aren't even worth trying. Epic Mickey? Really?
Click to expand...

Hey, he didn't say Epic Mickey 2 ;)
 
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Spieler Eins

Member
Springy said:
I have Little King's Story on Vita thanks to PS Plus; is the Wii version different/better?

Also, I know Red Steel is meant to be bad, but for less than $1 I kind of want to see for myself anyway.
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Well, at least Red Steel has good music, I guess... Wii version of LKS is definitive, it's pretty different, especially for characters, story and overall style.

Also get Excite Truck, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (other versions are inferior) and No More Heroes (PS3 Version is shit). Unless you are completely biased against motion controls, but these are the great usages of it.
 
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luka

Loves Robotech S1
i know it's for of english games only... but leaving out captian rainbow, zangeki no reginleiv and zero: crimson butterfly on such a huge list still makes me upset :p
 
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Timeless

Member
Project M is one of the best games on the system. If Valve made Smash Bros. Brawl they would have hired the PM developers, like Valve did with the Counter Strike mod in the 1990s.

Scoops said:
Keep in mind that me and my friends I have talked to about Wii games only ever had unmodded North American Wiis so anything that didn't come here we didn't get to play.
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It's unbelievable anyone who cares this much about the Wii would have this sentiment. Wii was one of the best systems for homebrew, and it will stay that way. Homebrew hit its peak with the Wii.
 
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