40. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii)

Another strong fighter entry for the console, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 built on the gameplay and roster of its predecessor, with a huge number of characters and forms to play as. This entry also added online multiplayer to the series, letting you take on all-comers from around the globe. Not now, of course — Wii's online is very much offline now — but at the time it was a handsome addition.

39. Resident Evil (Wii)

A Wii port of the 2002 GameCube remake featuring new controls, Resident Evil (or Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil to give its full title) provides what we came to expect from Wii re-releases of previous gen titles: a more accessible, incrementally improved control experience with box art that's a bit rubbish. Just concentrate on the horror of the game rather than the horror of the box and you're golden.

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38. World of Goo (WiiWare)

World of Goo is a masterful game which marries addictive physics-based puzzling with a fun gooey aesthetic and some biting social commentary to produce one of the best ever games on Wii or whatever system it appears on. This special game was a 10 then, it's a 10 now, and it shall always remain a 10; just spectacularly good.

37. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Wii)

Now available to play on Switch along with its predecessor, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle continues the stylish (mis)adventures of Travis Touchdown in a sequel infused with the same punk-aesthetic, referential humour and sassy surrealism as the first game, except with the splintered edges sanded down to a still-pleasingly rough finish.

36. Little King's Story (Wii)

An excellent little explorative RTS game that holds its own against the Pikmin series. You're put in charge of a village and it's your job to ensure your citizens' happiness while expanding your kingdom upwards and outwards. Little King's Story is one of those games that is loved by all who play it, yet remains one of Wii's many 'hidden' gems. If it sounds at all enticing, we recommend tracking down a copy while they're easy to source — you won't regret it.

35. Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii)

A cracking 2D platformer from the folks at Good-Feel, Wario Land: Shake It! (or Wario Land: The Shake Dimension if you prefer the European flavour) brought the antihero's antics to Wii in fine fashion. It's hardly the longest 2D platformer you'll ever play, but its gorgeous art style and Wario's adorably greedy antics give us the warm fuzzies when we think back to 2008.

34. Mario Strikers Charged (Wii)

Mario and his Mushroom Kingdom pals lay out their jumpers for goalposts and have a crack at the beautiful game. Mario Strikers Charged delivers exactly the brand of arcade pyrotechnical take on football you'd expect, and Next Level Games went up another rung on the ladder in Nintendo's estimations.

33. Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii)

Tree of Tranquility simply repeats too many past mistakes, with little advantage taken of the Wii’s capabilities other than a few motion controls and minigames. However, the addictive gameplay of past titles is still there. We still think the series needs a complete overhaul in the presentation stakes to complement its rock-solid gameplay structure. However, if this is your first Harvest Moon game, this isn't a bad place to start.

32. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Wii)

Combining the original two Lego Star Wars trilogies that released on GameCube into one, the now-misleadingly named LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga offers hours of low-barrier family fun with dozens of playable characters blasting and lightsaber-ing their way through your favourite galactic locales, all to the sound of John Williams' iconic score.

This Danish plastic take on the series was infused with charm from the beginning. Reimagining key scenes from the six movies in silent slapstick (and with DS versions of all of them scaling the games down in a generally admirable fashion), the Lego iterations of the characters and the comedic, playful tone of the entire game made it a great co-op experience to blast through with friends or younger relatives. The moveset might be small, but that can't be said for the cast of characters available, and we can honestly say that leaping around with a Force-infused Yoda — who usually hobbles with a cane — like some crazy lightsaber-wielding frog is some of the most fun lightsaber combat we've ever engaged in.

It might lack depth, and the fancy-pants new version on Switch might be better overall, but the original 'complete' Lego Star Wars package remains one of the most accessible games you'll ever play, and it constantly brought a smile to our face. What more do you want, jam on it?

31. 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.