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Overlooked Wii gems
- Thread starter geebee
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I had to look at the html source code to find the image link since yours didn't work.
Why don't you just use covers from amazon that work with hotlinking and aren't HUGE files.
For everyone else, it was Spectrobes:
Sorry, slop job.
I played a mass majority of the titles listed in this thread already. Most are great games.
I would add both Conduit games as well.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Everything listed in this thread so far:
Retail
A Boy and His Blob
A Shadow's Tale
Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories (J) (PAL)
Arc Rise Fantasia
Batman - The Brave and the Bold: The Videogame
Battalion Wars 2
Blaster Works: Build - Trade - Destroy
Bloom Blox
Bully - Scholarship Edition
Broken Sword: Shadow ofthe Templars - The Director's Cut
Captain Rainbow (J)
Calling
Castle of Shikigami III
Castlevania Judgment
Cursed Mountain
Dance Dance Revolution
Dawn of Discovery
de Blob 1 & 2
Deadly Creatures
Dead Space: Extraction
Disaster: Day of Crisis (J) (PAL)
Disney Guilty Party
Dokapon Kingdom
Domino Rally/Minon: Everyday Hero
Dragonball: Revenge of King Piccolo
Dragon Quest - Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
Earth Seeker (J)
Elebits
Endless Ocean 1 & 2
Escape from Bug Island
Excite Bots
Excite Truck
Eyeshield 21: The Field's Greatest Warriors (J)
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (J)
Fatal Frame 4 (J)
Final Fantasy fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Fishing Resort
Flingsmash
Fortune Street
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
G1 Jockey
Geometry Wars: Glaxies
Ghost Squad
Godfather, The
Goldeneye 007
Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack
Harvery Birdman: Attorney at Law
Heatseeker
Heavenly Guardian
House of the Dead 2&3
House of the Dead: Overkill
Ivy the Kiwi
Kirby: Return to Dreamland
Klonoa
Kore Gang, The
Koropina: Marble Mania
Koropina: Marble Saga
Last Story, The
Let's Tap
Little King's Story
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked
Major Minor's Majestic March
Manhunt 2
Mario Sports Mix
Mario Strikers Charged
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
Mercury Meltdown Revolution
Metal Slug Anthology
Metroid: Other M
Mini Ninjas
MLB Power Pros
Monster Lab
Munchables, The
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Mushroom Men
Need for Speed: Nitro
Nights: Journey into Dreams
No More Heroes
No More Heroes 2esperate Struggle
Okami
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers
Opoona
Order Up!
Pandora's Tower
PES 2012
Phantom Brave
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
Punch-Out!!
Rabbids Go Home: A Comedy Adventure
Red Steel 2
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Zone Massacre
Rune Factory Frontier
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
Samurai Warrior 3
Scarface
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
Shiren the Wanderer
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Sin & Punishment 2: Star Successor
Sim City: Creator
Sky Crawlers, The: Innocent Aces
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Sonic Colors
Spore Hero
Spray
Tales of Symphonia
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
Tenchu 4
Trauma Center: New Blood
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Trauma Team
Victorious Boxers: Revolution!
Wario Land Shake It!
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Zangeki no Reginleiv! (J)
Xenoblade Chronicles
WiiWare
Alien Crush Return
Airport Mania
Bit Trip (Series)
Blaster Master Overdrive
Bomberman Blast
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
Contra ReBirth
Final Fantasy 4: The After Years
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles My Life as a Darklord
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
Fluidity
La Mulana
Lilt Line
Lost Winds
MaBoShi
Magic Obelisk, The
MotoHeroz
Muscle March
Nyx Quest
Onslaught
Orbient
Sexy Poker
Snowpack Park
Tomena Sanner
World of Goo
wii has no games.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Not every game sold below expectations, some sold the amount developers wanted, some even sold more than developers expected, but some did still sell below them unfortunately.
I love that game.. Fantastic piece of software. Im getting another copy for my future Wii U.
Pokemon X&Y
Finally!!!!!
Finally!!!!!
What is Spectrobes, even?
Did anyone here ever play Spyborgs, that Capcom beat em up?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyborgs
Was that any good? It didn't review too well is all I remember.
Did anyone here ever play Spyborgs, that Capcom beat em up?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyborgs
Was that any good? It didn't review too well is all I remember.
kunonabi
Member
i have it but only played a bit of it. It looked nice and felt solid but was sort of missing a kind of spark to make it really engaging. I only got to play it single player so it might have been more interesting in co-op.
0danmaster0
Neo Member
pretty good wii game. oh wait.
Porcile
Member
Hidden gem in the sense it was completely overlooked by publishers outside of Japan.
Nintendo published. Was cancelled close to release in Europe because no one wanted to fix game-breaking bugs.
Choppasmith
Member
Hidden gem in the sense it was completely overlooked by publishers outside of Japan.
It would help to know what the game is called.
Now if anyone wanted to make a thread about overlooked GameCube games ...
I was JUST thinking about that when I clicked on this thread, no joke. My GameCube library was really really small. I didn't really play anything outside the first party titles, only:
Mario Sunshine, SC2, Double Dash, Wind Waker, Melee, Rebel Strike, and the two Metroid Prime games, with USB loading for GameCube available for the Wii U, I was thinking a similar thread might be nice for someone like me.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
I freaking adore my Wii. In terms of strange, Japanese games, it's right up there with my Dreamcast for me. I played that thing sooo much.
A few of my favorite more obscure games were Final Fantasy: Chocobo's Dungeon, Shiren the Wanderer, Arc Rise Fantasia, Sin and Punishment 2 and Dead Space Extraction.
There are tons more though.
A few of my favorite more obscure games were Final Fantasy: Chocobo's Dungeon, Shiren the Wanderer, Arc Rise Fantasia, Sin and Punishment 2 and Dead Space Extraction.
There are tons more though.
I completed it on singleplayer. A standard and mediocre beat-em up. Pretty hard, but very repetitive.
gingerbeardman
Member
Excite Truck
Pure adrenalin. Even better if you're playing it and are familiar with motion controls. My first okay through was a struggle, my second was an absolute breeze and I loved it even more.
MaBoShi: The Three Shape Arcade
Orbient
Two genius single button control games, both in WiiWare. The circle mode of MaBoShi (especially the DS download version) is probably my favourite game of all time. Orbient (also in GBA) is just so relaxing.
Pure adrenalin. Even better if you're playing it and are familiar with motion controls. My first okay through was a struggle, my second was an absolute breeze and I loved it even more.
MaBoShi: The Three Shape Arcade
Orbient
Two genius single button control games, both in WiiWare. The circle mode of MaBoShi (especially the DS download version) is probably my favourite game of all time. Orbient (also in GBA) is just so relaxing.
metalmonstar
Member
I was able to pick up DeBlob, Boom Blox, Wii Music, Endless Ocean, and ExciteBots up for real cheap. I am looking forward to getting a chance to play them. Still keeping my eyes out for Zak and Wiki, Red Steel 2, Cooking Mama, Trauma Center, and the other Wii Hidden gems. I am actually surprised at how hard they can be to find considering how much they were overlooked and how poorly they sold.
gingerbeardman
Member
Bulbagarden
Member
It would help to know what the game is called.
Hidden gem in the sense it was completely overlooked by publishers outside of Japan.
The filename of that cover being Fatal_Frame_IV.jpg wasn't a dead giveaway?
Thankfully, there is a translation patch if you can get your hands on the original Japanese disc. The translation patch lets you play it on any region Wii, and runs off an SD card with no need to modify your Wii for homebrew. Not that it does anyone all that much good with the prices the game commands even second hand....
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
My point was that it was the sole representative of a gem mine.
A little late but i see this thread is alive again. Its no way as good as DK64 but i got enjoyment out of this game. its avarage at best but manage to find it for 5 that is why i had fun with it. also notice that i said CHEAP in my post. camera is bad but i learned to deal with that. Its kinda like epic mickey in that sence a lot of people hated it but got used to the camera and i used to like collect a thon games and love disney so i also got my fun out of that. So if you liked epic mickey try this one out.
Choppasmith
Member
Ah, I had a feeling. Post still should have mentioned it. It's like saying, "Can't you recognize the Japanese Fatal Frame logo? Duh.
SporeCrawler
Member
truely beautiful
SporeCrawler
Member
Same game was also on the DS, btw (I own that version)
btw, has anybody played Earth Seeker? It never left Japan sadly
yes. it wasnt really good. i liked the artstyle but the gameplay was kinda meh. there are better japanese only games out there.
for example
why did operation rainfall neglect this and include pandoras tower... why??
SporeCrawler
Member
Ty oh so much for mentioning this.
I say Chocobo's dungeon, it's really worth the 10 USD if you can find it. It's a dungeon crawler made right even with the really crappy story.
music is incredible
yes. it wasnt really good. i liked the artstyle but the gameplay was kinda meh. there are better japanese only games out there.
for example
why did operation rainfall neglect this and include pandoras tower... why??
ZnR is also WAY more expensive than Earth Seeker
(grabbed that off of play asia for 8 euros or so).ZnR came out way earlier and PT got a Euro release. Rainfall went exclusively after games that had a CHANCE of coming over. PT having gotten a release in Europe made the US release way way more likely than starting a campaign for a JP only game that was also almost two years old at that point.
Davey Cakes
Member
Decided to go with Boom Blox Bash Party for $10 rather than the original. Seemed like a solid choice, and I basically got it for multiplayer purposes. Hope it provides enough fun for a group.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Retail:
The Kororinpa games
ExciteBots
Zack & Wiki
Endless Ocean: Blue World
WiiWare:
Art Style: Orbient
Block Breaker Deluxe
LostWinds
The Kororinpa games
ExciteBots
Zack & Wiki
Endless Ocean: Blue World
WiiWare:
Art Style: Orbient
Block Breaker Deluxe
LostWinds
Lots of great games is this thread, but I guess I'm the only one who likes...
Yes, its a mini-game collection, but it is framed by 4 large open-world resort areas that are so much fun to explore. Each resort has secret areas and hidden objects and special challenges.
There is also a home-decorating option of your resort villa as in Animal Crossing
One of my favorites. It is an awesome virtual vacation.
Yes, its a mini-game collection, but it is framed by 4 large open-world resort areas that are so much fun to explore. Each resort has secret areas and hidden objects and special challenges.
There is also a home-decorating option of your resort villa as in Animal Crossing
One of my favorites. It is an awesome virtual vacation.
FriedConsole
Banned
WiiWare - Rage of the Gladiator
It is a Punchout clone but it adds a few things Punchout should steal. I am surprised there hasn't been more Punchout clones made. This one was a lot of fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoZeGRVmDnQ
It is a Punchout clone but it adds a few things Punchout should steal. I am surprised there hasn't been more Punchout clones made. This one was a lot of fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoZeGRVmDnQ
kunonabi
Member
Lots of great games is this thread, but I guess I'm the only one who likes...
Yes, its a mini-game collection, but it is framed by 4 large open-world resort areas that are so much fun to explore. Each resort has secret areas and hidden objects and special challenges.
There is also a home-decorating option of your resort villa as in Animal Crossing
One of my favorites. It is an awesome virtual vacation.
I like it too but I just haven't had enough time to really dig into it since I don't have my US Wii with me most of the time.
skeebs
Member
I wanted to second Excite Truck; one of the absolute funnest games I've ever played in my 30 years of gaming.
I'm also one of the weirdos that really likes Red Steel quite a bit. I thought it was a total blast, limitations aside.
Though not overlooked by Gaf I'm sure, I'd imagine that the public at large overlooked Warioware and Trauma Center as well. My wife refused to let me sell my Wii because she loved those two so much.
I'm also one of the weirdos that really likes Red Steel quite a bit. I thought it was a total blast, limitations aside.
Though not overlooked by Gaf I'm sure, I'd imagine that the public at large overlooked Warioware and Trauma Center as well. My wife refused to let me sell my Wii because she loved those two so much.
Brainiac 8
Member
This! Fantastic game.
Also involves going up a dudes pant leg and biting his nads. Hilarious!
Davey Cakes
Member
Still looking for more multiplayer Wii games.
Is Wii Play: Motion any good? As in, even near the level of Wii Sports? It's only $12.50 on Amazon and I was thinking of grabbing it, but I don't want to be stuck with a stinker.
As a big fan of Wii Sports/Resort/Party, would WP Motion be up my alley?
Is Wii Play: Motion any good? As in, even near the level of Wii Sports? It's only $12.50 on Amazon and I was thinking of grabbing it, but I don't want to be stuck with a stinker.
As a big fan of Wii Sports/Resort/Party, would WP Motion be up my alley?
kunonabi
Member
sadly wii play: motion isn't as good as any of those really. the multiplayer is mostly meh aside from one or two games. you would be better off with lets tap to be honest.