Wii Games:The good and the bad and ugly
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I love me some party games, we don´t have many but love the Ravin Rabbids series, with No.3 being the fave atm. The Sports games are fun, too.
Wii Bowling is my favorite to date - but pretty much anything Mario on the Wii is great. The Zelda one is good too - and I thought the recent Goldeneye remake was pretty cool... off the top of my head...
Resident Evil 4. The Wii Edition perfected an already perfect game.
Metroid Prime Trilogy. Three great games on one disc. Worth finding a copy.
Donkey Kong Country Returns. Upgrades everything, sacrifices nothing.
Zelda: The Twilight Princess. My favorite Zelda character in the whole franchise is found in this game.
Super Mario Galaxy 1&2. Both are visually spectacular but it's the first one that has the great story.
Metroid Prime Trilogy. Three great games on one disc. Worth finding a copy.
Donkey Kong Country Returns. Upgrades everything, sacrifices nothing.
Zelda: The Twilight Princess. My favorite Zelda character in the whole franchise is found in this game.
Super Mario Galaxy 1&2. Both are visually spectacular but it's the first one that has the great story.
Well if it's for kids, Pokemon Rumble is good. My nephew got it from the Wii download thing. You just run around and beat up other Pokemon and try to capture them (then you can use them). It's pretty fun for a cheap game!
stitchschaos
New Member
We love the heck out of Zack and Wiki it is cheap and has kept me and my wife entertained for hours. Its a puzzle game, and yeah I love me some new Goldeneye..
New Super Mario Brothers Wii is awesome for that classic gaming experience. Love Mario Kart & The Rabbid games as well. The sports games are good, best is tennis & bowling but the Wii Sports Resort has a good sword fighting game. Twilight Princess is good but not my type of game. Mario Galaxy games are great. House of the Dead is AWESOME. Get yourself a gun accessory to clip the remote in and it's like you're at the arcade.
As for bad? Indiana Jones & The Staff of Kings. Terrible unfortunately due to the controls.
As for bad? Indiana Jones & The Staff of Kings. Terrible unfortunately due to the controls.
Chiok
Well-Known Member
Goldeneye 007 - a cracking game, unfortunately a distant relative to the N64 version but as a game in itself, brilliant. I've put in 28 hours on multiplayer alone.
Resident Evil 4 - the Wii controls really push this game to a new level and is just so immersive.
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - I've never really liked the Zelda series, but found myself really investing the hours into this game. If you've played a Zelda game, you know what to expect.
Guitar Hero - They're just fun.
Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop - Wii version of the XBox 360 game, surprisingly good. If you hadn't played the original version, you wouldn't notice that there isn't a world record breaking flashmob of zombies around every corner. There are still enough zombies to make you very nervous.
No More Heroes - Not the longest or most complex game, but I thought the style was great and it all looked mad. The artwork is sexy good looking too.
Warioware: Smooth Moves - Party micro games that are really really fun. With a group of friends, the action is hilarious. The dancing minigame is especially worth tolerating other people handling your controllers without first wiping the salsa off their fingers.
BAD GAMES
So many, because the Wii requires less development than the other consoles so it is crammed with crappy games. Check the supermarket's bargain bin for examples. Anything that is a cross-platform game usually tied in with a movie release is prime suspect.
Red Steel - Should have been so good, the idea of being able to wield a gun and a sword is pant-wettingly exciting. Unfortunately suffered from being the first out of the gate when the Wii was released and the development to make it perfect was lost. Didn't hit the right note with the sequel either.
Wii Beach Sports - Bowling, golf, table tennis, on a beach! Yeah, another repackaging of existing material from Wii Sports and Wii Play to showcase Wii Motion Plus capabilities. It's expected of Nintendo to dust off old work they did before, give it a little tweak with a new cover and hope no-one notices i.e. the "Stephen King Process".
Resident Evil 4 - the Wii controls really push this game to a new level and is just so immersive.
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - I've never really liked the Zelda series, but found myself really investing the hours into this game. If you've played a Zelda game, you know what to expect.
Guitar Hero - They're just fun.
Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop - Wii version of the XBox 360 game, surprisingly good. If you hadn't played the original version, you wouldn't notice that there isn't a world record breaking flashmob of zombies around every corner. There are still enough zombies to make you very nervous.
No More Heroes - Not the longest or most complex game, but I thought the style was great and it all looked mad. The artwork is sexy good looking too.
Warioware: Smooth Moves - Party micro games that are really really fun. With a group of friends, the action is hilarious. The dancing minigame is especially worth tolerating other people handling your controllers without first wiping the salsa off their fingers.
BAD GAMES
So many, because the Wii requires less development than the other consoles so it is crammed with crappy games. Check the supermarket's bargain bin for examples. Anything that is a cross-platform game usually tied in with a movie release is prime suspect.
Red Steel - Should have been so good, the idea of being able to wield a gun and a sword is pant-wettingly exciting. Unfortunately suffered from being the first out of the gate when the Wii was released and the development to make it perfect was lost. Didn't hit the right note with the sequel either.
Wii Beach Sports - Bowling, golf, table tennis, on a beach! Yeah, another repackaging of existing material from Wii Sports and Wii Play to showcase Wii Motion Plus capabilities. It's expected of Nintendo to dust off old work they did before, give it a little tweak with a new cover and hope no-one notices i.e. the "Stephen King Process".
Shingouki28
Sr Member
I absolutely loved "House of the Dead: Overkill" Ridiculous amounts of profanity, completely gore drenched, with a great soundtrack and a brilliant B-Movie atmosphere.
Binary Solo
New Member
Good Games: Anything made by Nintendo. Stay away from other knock-offs!
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