30. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (WiiWare)

A poor port of a great game, we can only assume residual affection for the game itself is elevating the WiiWare releases in your estimations. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a corker, but of the myriad ways available to play the game these days, this is probably the last version we'd recommend.

29. Rayman Origins (Wii)

Before the sublime Rayman Legends, there was the sublime Rayman Origins. A 2D platformer par excellence (as they say in Ubisoft's homeland), the limbless wonder always had an impressive heritage in the platforming genre, but this arguably raised him up alongside the invention and beauty of Nintendo's own offerings — perhaps even higher if you ask players who aren't fans of Super Mario's 'New' adventures.

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28. Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Wii)

A sequel to Treasure's cult classic N64 rail shooter (which didn't make it to the West until it appeared on Wii's Virtual Console in 2007), this sequel improves on the experience and is arguably the better of the two games — yet another fantastic addition to a huge and impressively varied console library. We're thankful we didn't have to resort to importing this one back in the day.

27. Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)

Winding back the clock to Mega Man's NES routes with a potent throwback, Inti Creates and Capcom tapped into our nostalgia beautifully with Mega Man 9, returning the bombardier bleu to his original 8-bit stylings in the first numbered entry in the original series for twelve years. Simply making it look authentic wouldn't have been enough, though. Fortunately, Inti Creates crafted a tight little run-and-gun platformer worthy of bearing that hallowed digit.

26. Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii)

A gorgeous, low-stress game that transports Kirby into a world of fabric and thread, Kirby's Epic Yarn was the first of Good-Feel's material-based platformers and is arguably still the best. We adore it, and anyone who says it's lacking in challenge is correct... but missing the point entirely. Kirby's Epic Yarn is one of the most joyous and creative games on Wii, or indeed any platform.

25. Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)

A gorgeous side-on action RPG, 2009's Muramasa: The Demon Blade was ahead of the wave of side-scrolling platformers that would arrive from indie studios over the next few years, and Vanillaware's eye-catching adventure through Japanese folklore is still a treat many years later.

24. WarioWare Smooth Moves (Wii)

A early showcase of the Wii Remote (or the 'Form Baton' as it's known in-game), WarioWare Smooth Moves brought the anarchic micro-gameplay and aesthetic of the handheld series to the Wii in an entry which surely ranks as the most widely played of any WarioWare title. You never quite knew what was coming next, and this ranks up there alongside Wii Sports as an off-the-wall demonstration of the console's potential in those first few months.

23. New Play Control! Pikmin (Wii)

Who says that Switch is the first Nintendo system to plunder its less successful predecessor for choice 'deluxe' re-releases, eh? The 'New Play Control!' series brought back a host of GameCube titles with Wii Remote enhancements and other additions for a new audience, and if you never played Pikmin originally on the lil' purple box, this was the perfect way to catch up.

Thoroughly disappointing box art, though. It's like the Player's Choice boxes — does anyone actually like those? "Hmm, well you weren't cool enough to play it the first time around. No problem, we'll give it to you again, but you get the boring box this time..."

22. The Last Story (Wii)

Coming from Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, The Last Story was an impressive RPG and one of the last big releases for the system. While it struggled from a technical perspective at times, it's an ambitious title that's worth playing today if you missed out back in 2012. Along with Xenoblade Chronicles and Pandora's Tower, it's also notable as one of the titles North American players campaigned to see released in that territory — Nintendo, who published that game elsewhere, eventually granted Xseed publishing rights and it released six months after PAL regions.

21. Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition (Wii)

A 20th anniversary collection of some of the most popular Kirby games ever, 2012's Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition spans the puffball's debut on Game Boy through his NES and SNES adventures and also includes his N64 outing; so, that's Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby's Adventure, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby Super Star and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards in one very convenient package. Convenient for Japanese and North American players, that is — it never saw the light of day in PAL regions.

You see that? That's our sad face.