Feature: 14 Wii Games That Deserve Switch Ports

OH GOD YES, Shake it deserves to be on switch! It's one of the most underappreciated games of all time!

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom <3

Punch Out Wii's a no brainer. Needs to be on the Switch ASAP

...Metroid Prime Trilogy. >.>

I don't want any of these games to get a port. They will have the bare minimum done, nothing worthwhile added and be charged full price as if they were new. Bonus will be an amiibo with a worthless feature for an additional 29.99$

Wii Sports Resort or we riot

My favorite Wii port/remaster/remake would be Radiant Dawn (even better in a collection with Path of Radiance). But MadWorld, TvsC (a new entry would be better) and Sin& Punishment 2 would be great too. I'm not a fan of Galaxy, but I'd buy as a DLC for 3D All-Stars (after all, of there's missing one star it's not "All-Star", right?)

On the list: The last story

Others: Pandora's tower (best Wii game)
Captain rainbow (I want to play it but I'm not buying a Japanese Wii just for one game)

Good list! I would purchase a couple of those for sure.

@Frailbay30 : As cynical as that is, I would totally be suckered in by that.

@Joeynator3000 OMG, shame on me. I forgot the nest trilogy ever. I import this from CDUniverse and play a lot
After that I sold and bought the digital version on Wii U

The house of the dead , resident evil chronicles & time crisis would be great games on the switch using the joycons gyro aiming

Also, bloody well add WarioWare: Smooth Moves to that list. One of the greatest and goofiest and funniest games ever made. A few control-related issues aside, it’s absolutely brilliant. The multiplayer modes are fantastic too.

The Wii port of Bully with its brilliant use of motion controls was also such a joy to play. I would never want to play it any other way, except perhaps in VR. I’d take that any day of the week over the insult that is the GTA “Definitive” Edition.

@Tobiaku This person has fantastic opinions. Pandora’s Tower remake when, Nintendo?

Truly fantastic list. I wanted to vote for like 7 of them but had to narrow it down to 3.

I would add Metroid Other M too.

Zelda Twilight Princess pls

Why is Twilight Princess not on this list?

Nope, no thanks. These games had their time and now we've moved on. Go hook up a Wii and play them if you need a cheap nostalgia hit.

Mad World, Sin an Punishment, and Tatsunko are the 3 games I mainly want.

I strongly agree with all of these, except replace Excitebots with Excite Truck 😉

Excitebots because we never actually got it over here which was a really dumb decision. I really enjoyed Excite Truck and was looking forward to this new version and never got to try it. Would love to be able to try it on Switch. I'll also happily accept Excite Truck though. Or an actual new game in this series.

Otherwise, also voted for Super Mario Galaxy 2. Also voted for 'Other', thinking about Super Paper Mario, so we can get an actually good Paper Mario on the Switch. This one in and of itself was also rather unpopular but I quite enjoyed it, and would be nice to see it again on Switch.

Fire Emblem. So i can save 115.00 and up on the wii version. Maybe a GC/WII FE combo

A klonoa collection with the remake and 2. Such a fantastic series. A shame that they're not doing anything with it anymore.

You forgot Zack & Wiki!

@CovidBarbie Well actually if wasn't for bad pricing, porting these games would be a much better solution. Even better to emulate them. Hardware dies over time and as such if wasn't for the overpricing, it is it a great way to keep old games from becoming one day unplayable due to lack of hardware.

The fact that The Last Story hasn't been rereleased yet is sad. Some like yours truly missed it the first time around because it wasn't "cool enough" for North America and received a limited release. At least we got Pandora's Tower on the Wii U eshop.

Definitely fire emblem, and hopefully as a collection with path of radiance one day. Almost every single fire emblem deserves a second chance

Wii Sports, pretty please? I miss bowling so much. Though I'd be happy with Donkey Kong Country Returns and New Super Mario Bros Wii too.

Excite Bots is better than Mario Kart. Fight me.

Little King's Story

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

Pandora's Tower

All great games. Must have for Wii/u owners

Great list. I hope someone from Nintendo is looking at this, because I would re/play every one of these.

I'd like to see Trauma Team. Or any of the Trauma Centers.

For me, none of these, as we still have our Wii and if we want to play an old Wii game, we just turn our Wii on.

But, yes, I could totally see these games coming to Switch as a great way for someone to play that doesn't have a Wii.

But, the game we have for Wii, that I would buy again for the Switch would be Gnomz.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomz

It can be a quick, funny way to combat the other gamers in the room. LOL.

Wii Sports? Why would I want to pay for a port of a free demo that came with the Wii?

Wii Sports Resort however…

I agree with all of these (except Wii Sports, I think some sort of progression of the series might be better there). However, I'd also add Pandora's Tower which you mentioned but didn't include in the list. Seems like it's always seen as the lesser title in the Rainfall games but I don't really know why. Great game that I still haven't finished and would like on the current gen system.

Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime Trilogy and Wario Land.

wario land shake it and wario world both deserve second chances at life, they're in a perpetual state of overlooked because since they're mario spinoff games, they can't be "hidden gems" to most people, but a fair amount of people couldn't care about wario

Honestly... Metroid Prime Trilogy. The game is getting expensive on Wii and it would be nice to have a cheaper current gen option available.

Happy to see two Good-Feel titles there:
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Wario Land Shake It!

Last story and one you forgot, Pandoras Tower!!

I don't get the love for remasters. What's the point if it's a game you've already played and there's so much else out there? Imagine the new ideas we could be missing out on because of how safe it generally is to release a remaster or 'remaster' instead.

There are a lot of great games in this list though.

@Tobiaku Pandoras Tower fans unite!! ALtough I didnt play it cuz it was nowhere to be seen where I live

Wii Sports + Resort would be great, but you have to be careful with club. The boxing in Club is AWFUL! Baseball is WONDERFUL. Tennis is meh.
Just b/c you get more precision doesn't mean the game is actually better!

@NintendoDad i'm glad someone else is out there that loves Gnomz! it's a great Super Mario War-like party game

@Jackpaza0508 Resort with more things to do like. Resort didn't have tennis right? And add Cornhole!

Fire Emblem, super Mario wii, donkey Kong country returns

I would pay for a last story kickstarter remaster port

I'd be happy taking another crack at Cursed Mountain

Nintendo please give the original developer a new Excite game to make and release trucks and bots on switch and add more multiplayer ideas those games were so fun

Sin & Punishment 2 is awesome yes, but Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn is my favorite game on the system and one of the best games in the Fire Emblem series in my eyes. Donno if I would like to see it remade because a lot of the things I like it for don't really jive with the direction the recent titles have went with but a HD Port with Path of Radiance thrown in there for good measure would be pretty cool.

Some other winners which I don't hear that much talk about are Pandora's Tower which is a flawed game for sure but one with a lot of charm, the Trauma Center games are also quite great.

The system also still has the best version of Resident Evil 4 for the superior controls, the motion controls in that one are so good and only enchance an already sublime game.

We definitely need Madworld, Muramasa, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Little King's Story, The Last Story, Bully: Scholarship Edition, Zack and Wiki, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame IV, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Speed Racer, Rayman Origins, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Wario Land Shake It, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Monster Hunter Tri, Final Fantasy Fable, Arc Rise Fantasia, Tales of Graces, Punch-Out Wii, Link Crossbow Training, Pandora's Tower, LostWinds 1 & 2, Contra Rebirth, Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth, Gradius Rebirth, Curse Mountains, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Crystal Bearers, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiant Dawn, and Battalion Wars 1 & 2 remastered for Switch.

I really enjoyed Boom Blox, but the Switch needs to get a LOT better with motion control before a game like that would be good on it.

I am a huge fan of Kirby's Epic Yarn. I loved that game. It just plain made me smile every time I played it. It made me feel like a kid again with no worries in the world, and in a world with so much crap to deal with as an adult, that's a good thing.

Fishing Resort

@AlexHarford Well there are benefits to a remaster. I don’t agree with remastering a game that just came out the year before like on the PlayStation platform, but a remaster is a great way of updating old games and introducing them to newer audiences. A lot of the time it’s just remasters are done lazily as a quick crash grab, but a good remaster done but a company that cares is a good way to breath new life into an old title.

@Specter_of-the_OLED
Final Fantasy Fables Chocobo Dungeon already did get a port on the Switch, it made some odd changes which make it kind of questionable which one is the definitive way to play the game but it's still a more convenient way to play a great game.

Why people asking for port ? I want new games new experiences
Nintendo did not make a lot of games for the switch. Only port

Metroid Prime Trilogy, Conduit 1 and 2, Zack and Wiki, Deadly Creatures, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD and Cursed Mountain.

@sailornic
It's much easier to ask for things that you do know about.

I am frankly surprised that nether Mad World or the Last Story have been re-released. I have both but would enjoy them better on the Switch. I would also like the FF games get a definitive ed. treatment with polished graphics, VA and new cinematics and released as a package.

Nobody ever remembers Opoona, huh?

Also Little King's Story is one of my favourite WIi games ever.

I think the original ExciteBots developer - Monster Games - is now defunct, sadly. The likelihood of that one being remastered is therefore quite slim.

A better choice for ALL these suggestions is to add a Wii app to the NSO expansion pack.

I went with Warioland Shake it, Mario Galaxy 2, and Wii Sports.

Donkey Kong Country Returns, Epic Mickey and Metroid Prime Trilogy

Excitebots (because the world needs more racing games with tambourine powerups), The Last Story (because I never finished it) and Sin and Punishment 2 (because it is amazing).

A Wii port article with no Mario Strikers Charged

I want Disaster: Day of Crisis.
I'm sure it's not amazing, but it's a Monolith game that never made it to the states and I want it

@Hungryluma Great avatar!!!!!
Also speaking of Wii sports, both De Blobs are on Switch and it's lovely!!

Fantastic list! I’d definitely add the criminally underappreciated Red Steel 2. Could maybe work with a Skyward Sword-esque controls in handheld, or make it Docked Only.

Other: Deadly Creatures, ExciteTruck (better than Bots) and Mario Strikers Charged.

Wario land needs to ported! In fact all the wario lands needs to be ported! WARIO NEEDS A NEW PLATFORMER!

Ah shoot I also forgot about Excite Truck, very underrated racing game, the fact that you can use your own MP3s for the music made it so much fun to play over and over... I actually went and 100% completed that one back in the day.

Every Kirby fan when game journalists always pick Epic Yarn for its aesthetic gimmick when Return to Dreamland is much more popular with fans 🙄

No way I'd spend money on Epic Yarn again when it has zero replay value.

Also it's definitely not the best Kirby game lol that article you linked to. Only ppl who generally don't play the franchise might think that. These ppl barely played enough or understand the the pioneering in the older titles.

I'm here to make sure Excitebots made the list. That game is tons of fun and online multi-player would be a blast

I don't know... I'd probably get Sin and Punishment, but maybe not. I already have it in physical and digital forms, so not a big deal.

The rest of the list could stay there on the Wii.

Nintendo better stick to developing new games rather than pumping out those ports over and over again. It has to stop somewhere.

The Switch already has more than enough overpriced ports, many times over. New games only here on out.

No Twilight Princess on the list. Wth?

Sin & Punishment Star Successor is amazing.
MadWorld and The Last Story were great, too.

I would also buy Tatsunoko VS Capcom again, it's probably my favourite fighting game, but i think it's unlikely because of the license.

I really really REALLY want a new punch out. or an hd deluxe version of 2009 punch out even. It's a top 10 nintendo franchise for me. sadly, i have a feeling they might have retired this series.

How Wii Sports and Boom Blox aren't on the system now is a travesty. I mean Boom Blox might have some roadblocks, but wii sports, like what happened? Why do you hate us nintendo?

I’d love Galaxy 2 and HOTD Overkill.

I also want Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, because the controls in the Switch RE4 port sucked without gyro aiming.

How about more original games than old ports?

Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn is my favourite Wii game so I would love to see it get a second shot. Great list still though. I went with Punchout, Last Story and Sin & Punishment. Honourable mention goes to Wario Land

@Expa0 Wait is it an import or a worldwide release? I may had to look for that.

Dude the tanks game from Wii Play

I'd like to see all the Wii games on virtual console for $9.99 each. I don't want a port for $59.99

Last Story, I never got the chance back in the day.

I would also add my own nominees: Fire Emblem, Super Paper Mario, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Pandoras Tower. I never gave that one a go, either

@Specter_of-the_OLED
I think it was released internationally in digital form but physical is japan only, the copy I have is the japanese version (with english support).

I think the Switch version is called Chocobo Dungeon Everybuddy or something along those lines.

@Kirby_Girl Did you get Epic Yarn on 3DS?

Punch Out
Skylanders games
Super Paper Mario
Kirby Return to Dreamland
Twilight Princess

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We would play Boom Blox in to the early hours. It's such an addictive game and the music just sends to in to a trance.

I was surprised by the incredible amount of quality and effort that was put into making Punch Out on the Wii. It certainly needs the opportunity to be released on Switch. Back then, I never got to play that much (probably too much time playing Street Fighter IV when it was released around the same period.) Punch Out on the Wii was definitely a nice arcade style title, that evolved nicely from the original game on NES and SNES while keeping the retro feeling. Just seems logical for Nintendo to put this out on switch, especially considering the game console cycle is expected to be longer than “normal”. It is definitely one of the most nostalgic series owned by Nintendo.

Madworld, House of the Dead, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, and Sin and Punishment are all some of my favourites. I actually still own all of them, so if they were to get ports I likely wouldn't double dip.

I want a remake of Wii Sports with at least 12 different sports with Boxing on it and proper Mii body like Mario Golf Nintendo Switch + outfits customization.

@NinChocolate I played the demo to give it a shot. I was more interested in it because HAL labs was more involved and some powers were there but the powers were shallow, similar, and tacked on and it felt overall the same. Decided not to buy it after trying it out. Can't fathom ppl outside of the casual fans like the Nintendolife staff here would buy the game a third time. Can't imagine the base would triple dip x.x Sold bad enough on 3ds when the console was dying.

On list :
Sin & Punishment / SMG 2

Others :
Pandora's Tower
Contra Rebirth
DKC Returns or Fire Emblem RD (with Path of Radiance !)

What about Super Paper Mario and Twilight Princess

You got Last Story there, but not Pandora’s Tower? For shame. Also The Sky Crawlers.

You won me on House of the Dead Overkill.

Three answers aren’t enough. This was a fantastic list!

Boom Blox is already too late, in my eyes. I wish it could have come around 2 years ago, that way we could have had Labo VR support for it. God, I want a VR Boom Blox game.

Also, Little King's Story deserves to be on this list. That game is a GEM.

@Kirby_Girl I agree, it’s hard to see that game getting a third launch. I did the 3DS version but mostly to complete my 3DS Kirby collection

Ofc Mario Galaxy 2 is gonna win, like we don't have enough Mario games already on Switch. I know its a great entry but still

Excite Truck over Excite Bots.

Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn

Boom Blox would do well on Switch.

I would also love it if FFCC: My Life as King came to Switch!

@CovidBarbie get with the times... we are all not going to find a wii for sale then a second hand copy of a game that would run fine on switch.. switch is the port console of choice.. let them come

I'd like to see Pandora's Tower and Punch Out on the Switch. Pandora's Tower was pretty incredible and it came out at a time that I don't think a lot of people played it, but they really should have, as it was just a fantastic game with some beautiful visuals.

Fun fact: despite magazines like ONM and Edge getting PAL review code Excitebots and Trauma Center 2 never received an official release.

When I got ahold of The Last Story I was disappointed. My expectations may have been set wrong but I just expected a whole lot better story than what was executed. I would be much more interested in seeing Pandora's Tower brought over!

If any like if any single other port wants to be on switch super Mario Galaxy 2 would be the only one please. You know just personally mad world wasn't good Kirby's epic yarn no,. Anything specifically with the Wii and the title such as a Wii sports belongs specifically on that system personally that's how I feel I'm outside.

there is 1 game, i wanna see ported more then any other
and not many people know about it

Spectrobes: Origins

@CovidBarbie if the games are good it doesn't matter how old they are. People will still buy and play them.....

I only ever played a demo of Excite Bots, but I had Excite Truck and it was pretty awesome. I especially liked being able to play 100 songs off of my SD card as a soundtrack. Hearing Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction" as I was sailing through the air was pretty satisfying for some reason lol

Punch out please!!!!!

Trauma Team...and pretty much the entirety of Marvelous Wii output (Muramas, Little Kings Story, Arc Rise Fantasia, both Rune Factories).

For me i would have loved to have seen a port of Arc rise fantasia, i remember it having its flaws (such as the infamous voice acting) but had a very fun combat system and a lot of ways to tweak your abilities to your liking.

though im not sure if its caught in some kind of licencing hell at this point.

'Little King's Story' was an absolute gem. No chance of a remake though unfortunately...

I wish some of them instead got successors for the Switch, namely Excitebots (that game had Rocket League for the Wii ) and The Last Story. As for a game I'd like to see, its definitely Mario Strikers Charged, I miss that game!

So many great Wii games still exclusive to the system ♥️ Wii U doesn't even have 14 games left to port 😂

I'd honestly love a port of Red Steel 2. One of my favorite action games with cowboy stuff.

This is a hard list to choose from. I own 10 of these games, and I just went through Shake It the other day. My vote would probably be for The Last Story. I missed that one.

I voted Other: Zack and Wiki

Let's not forget Project Zero 2 Wii Edition, Zero 4 (Japan exclusive) and Zack & Wiki but Zack & Wiki only makes sense on Wii and it's a true gem. Pandora's Tower is better than The Last Story, in my opinion.

@Aurumonado You beat me to it LOL.

Donkey Kong Country Returns anyone??

At the rate Nintendo is re-releasing old consoles/games, I'm becoming more and more tempted to jailbreak my Switch. I really want to play the entire back catalog through the Wii & 3DS on my Switch (Wii U games practically all been ported except Xenoblade Chronicles X).

I would always, always rather new games... But I'd kill for Tatsunoko vs Capcom to come back with better online. That would make the game that much better.

How the hell would you even play House of the Dead Overkill?

It's nice to see ExciteBots get some love. That was one of my favorite games on Wii, but it seems a lot of people missed it. That said, the original plays great and I wouldn't buy it again just for a graphics upgrade. I'd be all in for a new installment for the Excite series.

Probably the only game I had on Wii that I'd buy again if it was ported to Switch is Cursed Mountain. I almost loved that game, but it was hampered by sloppy motion controls and some design flaws. If they could work out the bugs, I'd love to give it another try.

@WiiHawk It's a tragedy the didn't make a Trauma Center for the Wii U. A game like that would have been the perfect use for the game pad. Of course it would have sold terrible, because... Wii U. I don't think it has as much potential on the Switch (but I'd probably still buy it).

I want a Wii Sports mega collection with both games included, but I WOULD LOVE a standalone frisby golf game, with loads of courses, special shots you can turn on or off if you want, unlockables, party games, etc... easily one of the most chill game modes Nintendo has ever made!

I would love to see The Last Story. It was one of my favorite games on the Wii. I love the story especially! Wii Sports would do well to have a sequel on the Switch too!

I still play some Tatsunoko vs. Capcom once in a while. That game became rare pretty quick so it would be great if more people got to play it.

Other games? Other M, a game that split the fanbase (feels like a curse that Koei Tecmo has on all of their Nintendo collaborations). Probably doesn't need to be a port. It needs to be a remake to redeem itself to those who dislike it.

Anybody play Little King Story. Hidden gem on the Wii. Great game!

I'm definitely down to replay Wii Sports Resort and Kirby's Epic Yarn (with Extra content) on my Switch, but I'd like to see Mario Sports Mix get a second chance (Sports Superstars on 3DS never happened).

Endless Ocean 1+2

I'd really like to see Zak and Wiki coming back. It was a mind blowin mix of a point and click with Wario Ware. It used the Wiimote in very clever way, and it's kind of Wario Ware to me but because the way the puzzles were designed was that you had to discover how to use the items, the game didn't tell you. It's been a while, so my memories is a bit messy, but I remember the game being really clever. One of my favourite game of the system.

Also Excite Bots because I never played it back then, but I did enjoy Excite Trucks quite a lot.

Shattered Memories is my second favorite Silent Hill game after 3, probably because both take tge raw potential of 1 and do WAY MORE with it.

Tatsunoko vs Capcom was the first Capcom vs game to move to 3d (it was specifically done as a proof of concept on an unrelated console in case it failed), but it was bonkers and I love it.

And for the third game I would pick Fragile Dreams, as the officially prettiest Wii game ever made and the fact that in a few ways it's Death Stranding For Kids and both of these facts can't just be lost to time.

Sakura Wars So Long My Love definelty deserves another chance on the Switch.

A lot are missing !!!
Epic Mickey
Deadly Creatures
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
GoldenEye 007
Lost in Shadow
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth

I really hope one of them will return soon!

Sin and Punishment is such a great game, but I liked the platforming in the first more. Can we also include Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition?)))) that’s the crown jewel!!!!!!!!

I wouldn't mind playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 again, as well as Kirby's Epic Yarn.

Madworld in HD would be a dream come true.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade

@KnightsTemplar These games CAN still be purchased and played. Stop being histrionic and pretending otherwise.

I never had the opportunity to play ExciteBots, but I played the hell out of ExciteTruck and loved it. Actually, I think I played it at E3 in 2006.

@CovidBarbie people including myself don't want to buy outdated past consoles and games. To suggest we do is just laughable. If they were ported to the switch. The console of choice. I would buy old ported games on that in a heart beat....

Disaster day of crisis needs to be on this list.

I want to play Super Mario Galaxy 2, Excitebots, and Madworld without motion controls.

Been asking for Wii Sports Club or resort for a while, there’s nothing else that can substitute those games.

Madworld was so good, I would love to see it on switch, same witch warrio and other M

I owned and played ALL on that list at one time. I would take ALL of them again on the Switch tbh

I love Kirby Epic Yarn, but we already had an excellent port of it on the 3DS with extra levels. I'd want Extra Epic Yarn on the Switch instead.

My favourite 3 for porting are Tats vs Caps , Galaxy 2, Excitebots (never made it to Europe). Wario Land, S&P2 & Klonoa very close to those though!

Other games I'd like are any of these (*** are my MOST wanted):

Muramasa ***
Boom Blox Bash Party ***
Trauma Centre Series ***
Golden Eye 007
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Ep. 1&2 !
Red Steel 2
EA Sport Active 2
Geometry Wars
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series
Sonic & Sega ASRT (ALL DLC) ***
DK Jungle Beat
MySims series
Godfather Blackhand Edition
Pikmin 2?
Rabbids Go Home ***
Endless Ocean series
Spiderman Shattered Dimensions
Ivy the Kiwi
Tales of Monkey Island series
MotoHeroz
The Rebirth series
Lost Winds Winters
Little King's Story
Dead Space Extraction
Mario Super Sluggers (never came to EU)
Mario Sports Mix ***
Epic Mickey 1 (&2 if fixed) ***
Rhythm Heaven
Art Style Series
Bomberman Blast (proper online)
Donkey Kong CR (with the 3DS levels)
Kirby's Adventure
Grand Slam Tennis
Mini Ninjas
Maboshi's Arcade
Kororinpa
House of the Dead Overkill
Zak & Wiki ***
Resi Evil DC
Madworld

My top 10
1) Metroid other M
2) Silent Hill Shattered Memories
3) Metroid Prime Trilogy
4) Fatal Frame 2 and 4
5) spyborgs
6) Spiderman Friend or Foe
7)Spiderman web of shadows
8) conduit 1&2
9)No more Heroes 1+2
10) House of the dead Overkill.

No Mario Sports Mix or Mario Super Sluggers or hell even Epic Mickey??
: (

My only wish is for Rune Factory Frontier and Rune Factory Tides of Destiny be ported to Switch and other modern consoles

"Wii Sports" already has an excellent remake on the Wii U, and I have no idea how a Switch version could possible top "Wii Sports Club" without the full functionality of the Wii U's Game Pad. A remake of "Wii Sports Resort" would be the much better choice, as it hasn't yet had a remake, and I don't recall it using much in the way of pointer functionality outside the menus, either.

"Sin and Punishment" and "House of the Dead" would also be downgrades without a sensor bar to provide proper motion-controller shooter functionality without near-constant pointer realignment nor the hybrid nonsense that still includes stupid dual analog controls.

The others could all be interesting, though, especially "Punch-Out!!"

@Frailbay30 To be fair, tons of people would indeed pay full price just to have lazy remasters of these great games just because they'd now be available on the Switch. I think they're idiots if they're double-dipping and that such games should at least come at budget prices [and I do expect that they would be priced cheaply if they're pretty much just remasters, unlike how the graphics and sound were completely rebuilt (as well as adding some updated features) for the "Link's Awakening" and "Pokémon D/P" remakes], but the market is there.

@Chocobo_Shepherd There's no way you could smoothly transition as well as needed between 3rd and 1st person views in "Metroid: Other M" without a sensor bar. You also wouldn't be able to aim the missiles or charge shot as well once you did enter first person view.

Excitebots is the correct answer.

Like a few people above, i would love to see Pandora's Tower again in some form. Its my #1 favourite Wii game.

Not me wondering why nobody is arguing that switch needs an epic mickey 3

Boom Blox is such an underrated gem.

Metroid Prime Trilogy

Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, that is all...

No. More. Ports.

Should of could it the SWIITCH U

Disaster day of crisis

Another Code: R - A Journey Into Lost Memories

1) Metroid Prime Trilogy
2) Super Mario Galaxy 2
3) Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn

1) Twilight Princess HD

2) Wind Waker HD

The rest is just gravey

I wish they would bring Fishing Resort over with an HD update this was a hidden gem on the Wii and would be great on the switch.

For feasibility sake (tech-wise),

1) Punch-Out!!
2) The Last Story (upping the resolution would do this game wonders)
3) Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (licensing aside, an underrated gem)

not listed:
1) Pandora's Tower
2) Muramasa the Demon Blade

I'd say Wii Sports Resort, with extra games.

Or The Last Story for a proper remaster because I didn't get far into it on Wii.

I can't see how most of the other games suggested would be much better on Switch.

Fire Emblem, castlevania adventure rebirth, Wario ware DIY showcase, the virtual console

Definitely Mario galaxy 2 and Klonoa!
Also PLEASE release Mario land shake on switch!
I just want the Wario land and warioware fandoms to get along😖
Oh and this isn’t a wii game but also release Wario world on the switch.

@UltimateOtaku91 again kinda need ports for people who missed out the first time.😅
I really want to play the Klonoa games and the other Wario land games.

I say we need a Switch port of Wii Music. Including support for WiiMotes

@Greatluigi ports wouldn't be so bad if they didn't charge full price for them again, plus its lazy.
They should atleast put some effort into some decent remakes and remasters instead of just slapping it on the switch and saying oh it's got some HD textures and an auto save (looking at yiu skyward sword), the only ones that have been transformed majorly was zelda links awakening and the recent pokemon remakes

These games most people have already played and if they want to play them again then they should play it on the console the game was originally for. Or put them on the NSO selection of classic games

Or just not charge £50 for them

Gimme some damn Boom Blox

Please stop. If anyone is ruining gaming it's authors & sites constantly begging for old ports.

More than a port, I'd take a new Punch-Out!! with the other missing boxers from the arcades and SNES Super Punch-Out!!

Really hope Next Level Games is working on one now that they're a first-party developer.

Maybe an Epic Mickey collection with the 2 console games plus Power of Illusion, the 3DS game.

The list is great. Would make a few changes though. For me, It could be ExciteTruck instead of Bots, Wii Sports Resort, Mario Strikers Charged, Deadly Creatures, Muramasa and Speed Racer. Too many good games on Wii.

This is a fine list. I never got to play The Last Story and would love to try it on the Switch.

I laughed HARD when I read "Still, we gamers are nothing if not eternally dissatisfied and whiny..." this kind of sums up the last decade, doesn't it?

I'd love to see a The Last Story remaster!

Also Little King Story would be awesome.

Just two words: Battalion Wars

Twilight Princess is the one I most want on switch. Or maybe Metroid Prime trilogy.

If The Last Story gets a Switch port, Pandora's Tower should as well. Once they have 2 of the 3 Operation Rainfall games, it would feel off not to go all in and have the 3 reunited. I might just go ahead and beat these games since I own them all but only beat Xenoblade Chronicles. There's something to do for 2022.

For the love of god, stop begging for ports! I wouldn't mind sequels to a few of these, but not ports. And Wii Sports... Really? When that got ported to the Wii U, it was clear the magic was already gone.

Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, that is all...

Fragile Dreams needs a Switch port or better yet a remake. It’s an absolute beauty of a game and it sucks that the Wii is the only place to play it.

@dartmonkey The first Sin & Punishment used to be Japan-only until it was released overseas (at least North America) as a VC title.

Mario Strikers is another series that should come to the Switch!

@Chozo https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/11/rumour-metroid-prime-switch-remaster-is-wrapped-up-according-to-industry-insider

You may have seen this already and if so, disregard. I want nothing more than more Samus on Switch (except Other M and FF).

Endless Ocean in HD is my first choice.

I had forgotten about Boom Box, that game was pretty neat.

The Conduit, Mad World, Dead Space: Extraction, The House of the Dead: Overkill

Switch ports? Why not switch sequels?

Metroid Other M

Much easier to dust off your Wii than dreaming of playing these games on another console.

@Kilroy Other M was a great game. Scored 9/10 on Nintendolife and similar on IGN and other reviewers. It is my favourite game on Wii.

We need a Wii Sports switch port named Switch Sports.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 exclusion was done as a big F you to fans. The collection was a roughly hacked together ensemble done on the cheap.

PC and Xbox Series consoles are the true home of Mario. Mario is a fan IP.

Just give me Mario Galaxy 2, as well as NSMB Wii and Donkey Kong Country Returns without the waggle controls and I'll be happy.

Super Paper Mario would work as a Switch port because of the Joy-Con motion capabilities

Already said it but I'll try again....Cursed Mountain. Great game that deserves a second chance

@Moistnado OM is a very divisive game. I'm well aware some people love it, but I'm in the boat of "it pretends to be a Metroid, but fails to realize what actually makes a Metroid game good." It's a decent action game, but Metroid is not straight up action; it's so much more than that. God awful puzzles that a 4 year old could figure out, probably the most linear Metroid in the series that inexplicably prevented exploration (Fusion made sense), notoriously awful controls, Adam, Samus's character assassination, fake final boss felt like they cut content from the game, true final boss made no sense, you can't fight the unfreezable Metroids and last but not least, the QTEs.

Metacritic scores it a 79 and users 67, so NL's 9/10 shows how divisive it is. Even if OM was just an original IP with no history, I'm not sure I'd score it more than a 6 (5 being average).

Smg2, punchout, warioland shake it for sure!!

House of the dead overkill, kirby epic yarn and madworld too, but i was only allowed to vote once 😅

@Kilroy I had most fun with Other M. It has better graphics than Dread. It is a more ambitious project than Dread. I like Dread, I love Super Metroid. Prime is not as much fun for me but still good games. Other M is a good action game. Most of your criticisms of Other M are that it isn't really a Metroidvania. Samus, like Mario, can be in lots of different types of games. As for characterisation or plot, I don't care about such things. I loved the bosses you didn't like. Some of the controls were bad, but it was the Wii era, most controls were janky. Not saying it is perfect, but it is in my top 3 Metroid games and my favourite Wii game. Personal preference, but it is a great game for it's time.

Not bothered about Galaxy 2.. UNLESS it's a full on HD remake.

And even then, I'd rather Galaxy 1 as a HD remake first.

All the light gun games won't work on Switch. I love house of the dead Overkill, but I want light gun controls more than 720p. Those games suck when using a thumb stick.

The Last Story, without question. I think it got overshadowed by Xenoblade as it's shorter, the world is smaller and the combat isn't as intricate, but if anything that just makes it much more focused - and these days a solid 30 hour RPG is so much more appealing than a sprawling 100 hour one. Plus the voice acting is far, far less annoying than Xenoblade.

It's one of those games that I've been meaning to replay for years but there's always more pressing newer games and I'd have to dig out the Wii, I'd love for a HD remake.

Talking about Wii games on switch, personally would love to have Gradius, Contra, Castlevania, rebirth titles ported over. Surely it can't be that hard to do that!!

I missed out on Klonoa and Shake Dimension so I wouldn't mind those getting ported.

Punch-Out
Sin & Punishment
Madworld

I've very badly wanted to play Last Story, especially after how amazing Xenoblade was. Give me Pandora's Tower too!

Even tho I JUST beat SMG 2 on wii, I would happily play it again

@NeonPizza Thank you for mentioning Elebits!! My favorite game on the system. I really would still love to see it on the switch.

I could go for a crisp hd Wario land.

Last story deserves a sequel!

I consider Shattered Memories one of my favorite games of the era. Initially I was disappointed by the lack of combat and slightly easy puzzles but it was immersive and the voice acting was great.

I voted punch out, love how wii version has DK

@NeonPizza Was it at least playable in later stages? I’ve never completed game

Excite Bots for sure! Definitely SIn & Punishment and The Last Story as well.

Wario Land, Last Story, Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Seriously? 3% for Klonoa? 😅 I’ve lost all faith in my fellow Nintendo fans. JK, I’ve always been a ridiculous cartoon mascot loving outsider.

At least Wario got double digits… barely. (10%)

I knew Kirby would do poorly (6%), but if they could make the yarn have more realistic HD texture… yeah, I’d probably have to get it even though I have it on Wii. Lol

@Kirby_Girl You seem like a true fan so let me ask you… do you think Kirby has lost something in his modern games? I’m talking mechanically. Have to sleep now so basically his jump feels gimped, ie, slower and shorter, and his flying is lame too… his cheeks used to balloon all huge (an aesthetic, but still), and you could fly all over and run and jump freely. Fall faster…. now everything is so… babified. The focus is on flashy abilities while the levels are smaller and simpler, requiring Kirby to not have as much movement freedom. Seems like developers trying to limit Kirby so they don’t have to design as much level…

Welp, not well written or explained, but something like that… Goodnight/morning.

@BlubberWhale Kirby was never “babified” lol.

Sakurai has stated since the original game, that the aim of the series was a game that anyone can play/beat. Hate to break it to ppl but Kirby has always been an entry level series.

The games focus on abilities because they have more an action/beat ‘em up style then a precision platforming leaning. I wouldn’t compare Kirby to Mario or DK at all though I feel ppl play Kirby and immediately wonder why they aren’t similar.

I agree that Kirby’s movements really vary by game. A game like Kirby 64 has a very sluggish and slow Kirby while a game like Kirby Superstar on snes feels very snappy and fast in comparison. This is due to the games varying in style and directors. Sakurai left working at HAL after Kirby’s Air Ride but the most consistent and current director, Shinya Kumazaki works on the newest stuff. Personally I think he’s good, especially after returning movesets to the franchise, a long demanded feature fans had long wanted that adds some depth to level navigation and boss running.

His Kirby never felt as snappy as Sakurai’s Kirby on the SNES but current Kirby has just as many options if not more and Kirby games now have some of the hardest bosses and modes now then ever. There’s Heroes in Another Dimension in Star Allies that has more demanding collection and harder versions of the bosses and the hardest boss rushes are in the new games. Boss rushes in the Kirby games showcase the power’s different play Styles and contain hidden alternatives to some bosses. You have the True Arena and now Soul Melter EX which I haven’t been able to even solo and I recently beat Sekiro twice, on ps4 and then on ps5 lol.

So I dunno. To me Kirby could always stand to be a bit more snappy but overall his mobility is fine thanks to abilities as well tbh, he still flies and gets fat, post games have very demanding content, and it’s an entry level series so I expect the main game to be easy because it was always made for babies lol but I have always enjoyed the series regardless. I chill to the main game and get down in the post game that was made with long timers like me in mind. It’s also nice to play between other harder games like souls, etc.

I don’t demand or assume Kirby will appeal to everyone because it’s entry level but I don’t think the folks at HAL are making Kirby this way because they are incompetent and have simply lost their touch. Kirby is now going on 30 years franchise! They know what they are doing with clever puzzling and unique gameplay when it comes to the spin offs, the creation of smash, games like Part-Time UFO and BOXBOY!, etc. Kirby is just very intentionally Kirby. Kirby works because abilities help keep long time fans interested in running the games in interesting ways while it’s general ease allows people new to gaming to have a chance at beating their first game ever. It’s a well crafted beginner’s series with something for the ppl who grew up with it, too. It’s very much like how Kirby In smash was designed to be really easy to approach and understand the moves and why Kirby in smash is a lot of ppl’s first character to main. The same philosophy is infused there.

@mereel Monster Games made a racing game just last year.

@NeonPizza I’m with ya friend on Klonoa and Shake It! And yes, never owned or played Returns, and weirdly still haven’t gotten far into TF. The latter is such a gorgeous game, especially on Switch, which is how I own it, but… I have a few quibbles with it… mostly the run/jump mechanics not being as tight as the older entries. I think I got frustrated by one of the early bosses and sorta quit eventually. Lol

Love me a good challenge but damn… and this coming from some who beat the original DKC… I think.

We got Klonoa, now it's Rhythm Heaven Fever's time for a port

Super paper mario