
Reminder: This is a final call to rate your favourite Wii games before we publish the top 50 very soon. You'll still be able to rate the games and affect the ranking after the list goes live, of course, but there's nothing quite like the moment of anticipation, is there?
We've added several games that were missing from our database — let us know in the comments if there's anything else you're desperate to rate and keep an eye out for the results very soon...
Next year will be the fifteenth anniversary of the humble Nintendo Wii, the little motion-controlled console which broke away from the competition and started a revolution. It was a brilliantly compact piece of hardware (the size of three DVD boxes, remember?) which hosted a huge library of fantastic titles — games of all varieties from core to casual, the best of which took advantage of its unique controller and added a spark of novelty into a home gaming landscape that had become a bit samey over the years.
We've been reminiscing about the console (having played lots of Super Mario Galaxy recently thanks to its re-release on Switch as part of Super Mario 3D All-Stars) and we'd like your help to assemble the top 50 Wii games ever. We recently asked asked you to rank the top 50 Nintendo 64 games ever, and the ordering of this list will be similarly fluid, dictated by the games' User Ratings in the Nintendo Life Games database and therefore subject to fluctuations even after publication.
To rate any Wii or WiiWare game (don't forget the latter!), simply scroll through the alphabetical list (or type the title into the search bar at the top to save your scrolling finger), click the star to bring up a rating of 1-10, and click the score you feel it deserves — job done! If you need a reminder on a particular game, feel free to click the game title and check out our vintage reviews and screenshots.
We'll publish the results soon, but in the meantime get those IR bars positioned above or below your screens, and happy rating!
Thank you for rating your favourites (or otherwise). Feel free to discuss your favourite Wii and WiiWare games below, and we'll reveal the results next week.
We've already compiled the Best 3DS games, the Best Game Boy games, the Best GameCube games, the Best Nintendo DS games and the Best N64 games, so check out those lists if you can't get enough of Nintendo's copious back catalogue. If you're after something less retro and more modern, we've also got the Best Switch games (so far) available for your perusal.
Comments (170)
I like these things, yet... They take so much effort. The Wii was gold, from sports to galaxy to pikmin to black ops to no more heroes to smash.
I'll see the stats a month from now. And I'll smile knowing the crowd missed half of the gems. Little kings story smiling down from its heaven of low sales numbers, while galaxy 2 was even more than we could have wished for.
Not exaggerating to say, Nintendo is a big part of the fun in life. Good luck to those who want to vote.
A lot of my favorites have been filled out already. I already have a pretty good idea what will be at the top this time.
My predictions will be Super Mario Galaxy on top, with 2, Mario Kart Wii, DKC Returns, Xenoblade, Metroid Prime 3 and SSB Brawl near the top there. Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword are too divisive to be on top. My personal left-field picks would be Zack and Wiki, Wii Sports Resort, Trauma Centre, Punch-Out, The Last Story and Little King’s Story.
Zack & Wiki's my dark horse for top 10!
Tried scoring my whole collection, but there's no listing for Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
Got through 5 pages so far, I'll try remember come back to it tomorrow and go through the rest.
Zack and Wiki was superb, would love to see it make the Top 10. Bonsai Barber was a great little game too, I played that quite a lot. Dr Mario Online was my favourite Wiiware game though, I played that for hundreds of hours.
I recently hooked my Wii up again to play Galaxy 2 (I’m sure I don’t need to tell you why...) I’ve also been enjoying House of the Dead Overkill and Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (why couldn’t Capcom have got gyro aiming into RE4 on the Switch?)
i think we all know who the obvious winner is
wii chess
For the previous ones, I tried to rate all the games I had an opinion on, but there's too many Wii games to bother with that. So instead I'm just giving my top 10 or so favorite games a 10, and moving.
Besides the obvious hits like Wii Sports and various Mario titles, I had to make sure Bully got the 10 stars it deserves. Rockstar’s finest game in my opinion.
@OorWullie @DockEllisD Zack and Wiki’s such a missed opportunity on Switch with the 3D Rumble, IR and gyro controls. It really could do with a sequel as it was proper brilliant.
Learning with the PooYoos - Episode 2
Episode 1 can suck it.
@nessisonett You're preaching to the choir! I wouldn't be able to sleep due to anticipation if I knew a sequel was coming.
@erv Yeah, this format is more trouble than it's worth. And a waste, quite frankly, because of all the consoles I'm familiar with, the Wii's hidden gems are both the most hidden and the brightest gems, and gamers would be better served with them being highlighted, instead of yet another Best Of list.
Of course, if recent NintendoLife output is any indication, they're not the ones to do it, because the latest Best Switch Games You've Never Heard Of video is just Alex pointing out some good games everybody has heard of. There's no indication that whoever compiled the list put in any effort.
@GavinLane Where's Carnival Games? Or does it have another name I'm unaware of?
Retro City Rampage DX
Lit
Klonoa Remaster
A Boy and His Blob
Onechanbara
Centipede
Madworld
So many good ones I dont have space for
@nessisonett Yep, the Switch is the ideal console for a new Zack and Wiki. I'd bet it would sell a lot better than the original too with the extra exposure it would get on the Eshop, social media etc... Any developer other than Capcom and I'd hold at least a little hope for a sequel but yeah, Capcom.
"Remember the Nintendo Wiiii? Yeah, that's actually what they called it".
I wish the Switch would get BIT.TRIP COMPLETE. It's a fantastic collection, and all of the games are a lot of fun.
Also Wii Sports Resort was my JAM.
One funny thing I noticed was that there was a WiiWare title called "Save the Furries". 😂
I must have owned and played a hundred of those
I'm gonna tell my kids that the Wii was the way to get a girlfriend.
Love Z&W but I can't put it in my top 10. Too many great games for Wii pushing it out.
I'm hoping my beloved DKCR makes the top 10, though.
I might start rating some of the most random games a 10 based on stupidity of name alone. May take me about a week to get through the list though with such a large library compared to the N64 one that was done recently.
The ones I play most often are Galaxy 2, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Warioland Shake It, LOL.
I think you're missing 2 out of 3 CSI games but I doubt anyone except me will care!
So many wiiware games that I missed.
We have gotten to my introductory console! I love the Wii and a lot of it's games. Getting my Wii and playing games like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Galaxy, Twilight Princess, and Wii Sports Resort solidified my love for Nintendo content and video games in general. The Wii was what kickstarted my video game journey and I don't regret a single moment.
@Zenszulu In that case I'd like to direct you to the last game I mentioned in my previous comment. 🤣
Please drop Revenge of King Piccolo 🙂
Makes me want to play MadWorld again.
I love that you can rate the web browser, lol.
Anyways, looking through this list has reminded me of a lot of games I was interested in that I forgot existed.
I can't go thru 19 pages, I just can't.
Big shout out to Elebits, the forgotten game that never got ported or a sequel but showed what fun a FPS could be without having any blood or violence. OK maybe a little violence, but it was fun.
I always forget XC was a Wii game, played it a few years ago on my Wii U. My favorite JRPG of all time so I suppose that technically would have to make it my favorite Wii game as Jak & Daxter was a PS2 game.
Pikmin was a GameCube game, so even though I played it "NPC" style it's still a port.
Galaxy. Some of the best graphics that Gen, and it was on the SD console that Gen as PS2 and Xbox360 went HD. I have a soft spot or a poppin color scheme and a starry background.
We played Wii Sports for a year before buying a Wii game so gotta give it some props.
This one was hard for me
I was not a big fan of the Wii
I had a Wii all the way but I all ways ended up on the ps3 in the end.
The only one game I could give a full ten was sonic colours
I felt that the remote took a lot of what game should be away.
Okami on the Wii better make this list. Otherwise I consider y'all a lost cause. (JK)
The Wii wasn't that great but SMG2 is a masterpiece
So bitter I never got to play Hunter Tri as a kid
@Giygas_95 instant 10 from me anything with that name sounds like a masterpiece. Thank you I never would have found that amazing gem any time soon. I would Google it with the world Wii after to find out more but I am worried the words furies + Wii may get me a different kind of video.
Mario Galaxy 1+2, NSMBWii, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Mario Kart Wii, and Smash Brawl all deserve a place on this list.
Please do Kirby justice this time instead of forgetting about him like the N64 list did...
Oh my word, I forgot how many games the Wii got
I just went through the whole list (which surprisingly took way less time than I thought) and it just made me realize how few games I actually played on the Wii, and how few games actually stand out from that generation. It's a good thing in that era I focused more on the 360.
But anyway, two games I hope make the top list are Tatsunoko vs Capcom and Punchout Wii, because those two are truly gems that are still stuck in the Wii and they deserve the biggest audience possible. I'd pay any amount of money for an official remaster in any current system.
@Ryu_Niiyama sadly the only way you can still play most is through homebrew. It is easy to set up and worth it.
@DaruniaJones88 that was the worst arguement I have ever seen about the wii being bad
Resident Evil all 3 of them probably.
Never owned a Wii.
Perfect timing for me-I’ve just been revisiting my Wii for some reason. Great stuff-I can’t wait to see how the list turns out.
Ok. There were 5, I think, with the Chronicles games (have those on my PS3 and now I think of it, they weren't too bad, maybe I should re-download them
so many great games. some of those wiiware games that forgot about. also am one of the few that liked sims agent and kingdom. Madden wasn't that good on here imo.
The sheer amount of games on the list I never played reminds me of why I skipped the Wii U
If you did not rate both of these at least a 10 star your a fake nintendo fan unless you have not played them yet
Wii Sports (Wii) 2006
Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 2009
Fortune Street a definite fav here! But where's Walk It Out? This family got a ton of steps put into that.
@PickledKong64
Eh, that was more about my opinion why the Nintendo Wii was rated one of the best Nintendo Consoles.
Are y'all serious? That's 19 pages worth of titles... A little bit of basic curation would need nice because let me tell you... The first 4 on page 1 are real winners /s
That was a lot to go through, but, I wish they had the Taiko No Tatsujin games on there, those were really good.
Awww.. no Hidden Mysteries Titanic on the list? Other then the horrible motion control segments it was actually pretty fun.
Tomena Sanner and Light Trax ftw! and then there's stuff on there like TV Show King 2 and Target Toss Pro Bags, and those were great games to play together with the more non-gamer pals that would never consider picking up a controller otherwise. Same with Wii Sports Bowling.
@rockonnaissance ***** you dare defy fling smash
Oh I hate the wii, The controls especially!
Most games on this system felt so sterile! Even the big ones had this slick, lifeless, sterile feeling to me (mario kart, mario party 8, the wii.... line of games, even mario galaxy's hub was basic!)
I know this is pure taste, and the games are objectively awesome. I just really didn't feel this generation! (glad they bounced back to the older approach since then! )
Hope one of the Endless Ocean games places nice and high!
So many Wii games to play, I'm still on this quest to play 'em.
Here's a quickie top 5:
1. Brawl
2. Another Code R
3. Sonic and the Secret Rings
4. Epic Mickey
5. Skyward Sword
Too many to count but these are the ones I remember having the most fun in.
And a quickie top 5 WiiWare:
1. Ace Attorney trilogy
2. Final Fantasy IV sequel
3. Bejeweled 2
4. Bust-A-Move Plus
5. Crunchyroll??? (Sonic 4: Ep.1)
Sonic was really weak during the Wii era, but I think Secret Rings had the most unique feel in terms of gameplay.
But the short-lived crunchyroll app was great, it introduced me to the monogatari series, and live-action wakakozake. Until the last day of the Wii Shop it was categorized as WiiWare for some reason.
Prime trilogy 🤷🏻♂️
WarioWare Smooth Moves
Man, we need a new WarioWare for Switch.
It may not be in my top 50, but I did like many things with Metroid: Other M.
Looks like it saved all of my ratings from back when the Wii was actually the current Nintendo system. Gosh that was a long time ago. It looks like I gave Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World a 10/10. I don't even remember playing that game, but I'll trust the rating I gave it at the time
My favorite Wii games- Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Bully Scholarship Edition, Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Mario Kart 7. Good times.
@shonenjump86 Mario Kart 7 was a 3DS game, the one for the Wii was just called Mario Kart Wii
Super paper Mario will always be my favorite. I’m not a big fan of RPG elements so the focus on platforming was a nice surprise for me. Plus the art style was superb.
@ALinkttPresent Ah, right. I got that mixed up. My bad 🤗
I admit that I had ALL the Cabela's games. And I am sad that the Switch got only a port of a really bad one. (Meaning more then the others)
They should bring the art style games to the switch. Especially my favorite, Orbient.
Don’t forget about Wii Play!
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga!
I love the wii. A lot of great games. I didn't mind waggle controls in Mario and Zelda. Haha. And I made a point of playing Mario Kart wii with motion controls and really enjoyed it. Most outstanding use of the wii controls though, and possibly the greatest compilation ever:
Metroid Prime Trilogy
It isn’t a full game, but I actually did play Link’s Crossbow Training quite a bit.
So many options - and our Wii still gets playtime even these days. Just broke out Guilty Party the other day and forgot how challenging the minigames can get as you advance. Zack & Wiki was an early release purchase for me and a good one. It really tried to use the controllers to do some neat things along the way.
Kirby Return to Dreamland is my #1
@Screen Ah! I forgot about Kirby! And NL just had an article on Epic Yarn.
Missing from the list that are essential to me:
MLB Power Pros
MLB Power Pros 2008
Rock Band 3
I just want to tell the world that Excite Bots needs a sequel/remaster so more people can enjoy the awesomeness
Muscle March got 10 stars from me lol
Metroid prime 3
Wario land shake it!
Super paper Mario
Mega man 9
Klonoa
The holy 5 for this wave dooder
Working through this list reminded me of the insane depth of quality titles that were available if you were able to look past the shovelware and the fact that the console was vastly underpowered compared to its peers. I need to expand my backlog.
No Driver San Francisco???? Heathens! I'd give it a 7.
SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2, duh
All I needed to vote for was Castlevania rebirth, that’s all
One game I wanted to vote on but isn't on the list is Indianapolis 500 Legends. While certainly not the best game on the system, it is amazingly fun for a racing game that literally has ONE track!
There are a number of games missing from your database. For example, where are "Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3" and "Nicktoons MLB"? The latter is actually the best baseball game on the Wii due to a sad lack of decent competition with the only one that comes close being "Mario Super Sluggers."
Xenoboade BETTER be up there
@DaruniaJones88 That's a fault with small sample sizes and small distribution, not with statistics themselves. Professionally designed surveys tend to be very accurate.
In any case, while it did have a lot of shovelware, the motion controls are brilliant in many Wii games (especially shooters) and even improved a number of multi-platform titles to where the Wii had the overall superior version despite a lesser presentation, and I bet the good majority of Wii owners still greatly appreciate those games and their controls today. I certainly do. Furthermore, there are also plenty of great Wii games where the motion controls are optional or barely used only when it made sense to do so.
We need a new version of Mario Strikers!!
@Tandy255 Metroid Other M is my favorite! I think the battle system is new and awesome, but I don't know why so many people are telling bad things about it..
@oliver139 Yes, the gameplay and graphics in "Metroid: Other M" are fantastic, but everyone agrees that the script absolutely sucks.
The fans are then divided on the quality of the voice acting and the story. Personally, I like the voice acting (and certainly think it makes sense for Samus to monologue in a monotone) and think the story is fine and makes sense save for waiting too long to activate the Varia Suit.
Finally, many Metroid fans don't like how "Other M" is more linear than most Metroid games, even though "Fusion" is just as linear and both games still allow for a decent amount of exploration that opens up further the deeper you get into the game. Personally, I prefer the more linear Metroid games.
I've always loved the Wii and my fondness for the console has only grown over the years, so voting on this was a lot of fun.
@erv
If it makes you feel any better, I gave Little King's Story a vote as well. Such an underrated gem!
@BulbasaurusRex oh..it is just about the script
I didn't have many expectations for Mario Strikers, but I ended up loving that game. It's so well done with good mechanics, plus it was fun online
Rabbids go home is my favorite wii game hands down. Sonic unleashed and nsmbwii would be a close second followed by wii sports resort!
1.) Rhythm Heaven Fever
2.) Punch-Out!!
3.) Wario Land: Shake It!
4.) Super Smash Bros. Brawl
5.) Super Mario Galaxy
6.) Donkey Kong Country Returns
7.) Super Paper Mario
8.) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
9.) New Super Mario Bros. Wii
10.) Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Honorable Mentions:
-Captain Rainbow
-Mario Kart Wii
-Kirby's Epic Yarn
-Mario Strikers Charged
-Muramasa: The Demon Blade
-No More Heroes
-WarioWare: Smooth Moves
-Xenoblade Chronicles
I didn't know there was an Avatar game on the wii. Also l gave up on rating the wii games because there is juat too much. I'm sure l rated most of the ones l played.
What a painful list to scroll through. So much garbage to sift through. The Wii certainly has its gems but it seems it requires a lot of digging to find them.
@BulbasaurusRex @oliver139
I'd like to preface this by saying that Other M isn't as bad as most of the internet would have you believe and isn't even my least favorite Metroid game. That said, I disagree with you saying the gameplay is "fantastic". Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion gameplay is "fantastic", Other M gameplay I would only classify as "good-enough". My main issues stem from the fact that in order to fire a missile you have to go into the first-person mode, which forces you to stand in one spot and can't move (outside of sense-move which I feel is its own can of worms) is beyond annoying for me. Additionally, the fact that movement was limited to a D-pad was annoying as well, never liked moving a 3D game with a 2-D control scheme. Also, there was very little music in the game, and what was there wasn't all that memorable imo.
As for the story? Didn't care for it. Even beyond the voice-acting, which was passable for everyone (except Samus, no I didn't think the monotone voice acting worked), the lines themselves were terrible. The biggest gripe I have with the story, of course, is the way they use the story to justify how Samus gets her weapons back. Locking them behind Adam saying "oh hey, it looks like your friend is getting mauled up there, I guess you can use your grapple beam to save them" was beyond frustrating, Samus should have her own agency in those situations to authorize the use of those herself.
Granted, these points are all subjective what parts of a game someone is going to enjoy or not enjoy and I'm not saying you guys are wrong for enjoying it, I just wanted to give my thoughts on it as a sort of, contrary opinion. I'm not going to touch the fact the game is linear (I prefer more open Metroids, but I also enjoyed Fusion so it being linear isn't a problem for me). I will end by saying though, you all should check out a mod for Other M called Maxximum Edition. It fixed pretty much every issue I had with Other M (from how to fire missiles, Samus' suit texture, even the justification for how to unlock Samus' weapons!) and made the game so much more fun!
@BulbasaurusRex @oliver139 Sorry for the wall of text, didn't realize how much I was typing.
Nope. Just too many
Deadly Creatures!!
Awesome game!
Maybe an alphabet search would of been a good idea.
Epic mickey was goated
Never owned a Wii. I thought its controllers are way to gimmicky.
Now I am interested as it is very cheap to buy it second hand.
Apart from the 2 Zelda games and Castlevania Adventure Rebirth I do not know any other games
I still have a real job, you know.
Too much shovleware to go through the full list I'm afraid.
Your list is woefully incomplete. You're missing Rock Band 3, which was an AMAZING porting achievement, graphically. You're somehow missing Guitar Hero 6 (aka Warriors of Rock). You're missing Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3 which I wanted to give a 10.
(You're also missing Obscure 2 which makes me wonder whether you're deliberately stiffing multiplatform games which were okay on the Wii)
Going through this list again reminded me how many games I own for the Wii that I never actually got about to playing. :x
Also, it's kinda funny that several years later, you still have Project H.A.M.M.E.R. listed in there.
You're also missing Bibi & Tina: Grosse Reiterfest, which is the sole Wii game I got to work on in a professional manner. ^^
Konami GTI Club is missing and many many more....
Is this a Europe centric list or you're just missing some titles? I mean, there were about more WWE games besides Smackdown vs RAW 2008. Also missing Naruto Shippuden Clash Of Ninja Revolution 3, which is the epitome of the series and the most fun a Naruto game will ever be. The Clash Of Ninja series did those games RIGHT.
Ugh, way to make me feel old. I was just a child when the Wii came out. I wanted one badly, but couldn't afford it because I had already purchased a computer. By the time I finally got one, the library was HUGE, and experimenting the motion controls for the first time, really changed the way I perceived gaming. I still have some Wii games in my backlog, time to play my little console again.
Vote for Fragile Dreams, Final Fantasy The Crystal Bearers, Tales Of Symphonia, Arc Rise Fantasia, Excitebots, and Castlevania Judgment guys!
@AnnoyingFrenzy No, the first person switches work well, and the transitions are as smooth as butter. You shouldn't need to move much when firing missiles in a 3D Metroid game. If necessary, you can always quickly switch back to the normal viewpoint and move to dodge something or line up a different angle and then quickly switch back to start firing again (plus, like you said, there's the sense move, which is another good addition to the gameplay). The D-Pad also works fine due to the clever level design that's based on mostly right angle turns, so you don't actually need an analog stick to maneuver efficiently.
As I said, the story and voice acting are very divisive. Many fans like me like them, while many like you don't like them. Under the circumstances of the story, it made perfect sense to me that Samus had to follow Adam's orders, and the only time Adam didn't make a reasonable call as to when to authorize something was like I said with the Varia Suit.
@BulbasaurusRex I figured this would be your reply, and I have nothing against your opinion, it just happens to differ from my own. My problem wasn't with the transition between third-person or first-person, it was with needing to go into first-person at all, I would have vastly preferred staying in third-person the whole game (A position that was proved to me after playing Maxximum Edition). You say you can quickly move out of first-person to dodge something, but why would I want to constantly move in and out of first person mode just to shoot one thing with a missile, either let me adjust my movement in first-person or fire the missile in third-person. Sense move? Aagh, still not entirely sure how I feel about it, it felt cool, but also made some combat encounters way too easy. As for the D-pad, it definitely works, no question about it, but I would have preferred analog movement. That's a me thing, I don't expect or wish for you to agree with all of my arguments, some are going to be a matter of preference. I think it's well documented that they artificially limited the control scheme to what I believe to be to the detrament of the game. The game would have worked perfectly fine if they allowed for the option of analog movement.
Last thing I'll say about the story, because as you say its a love-it or hate-it kind of deal, is that while there is justification in the game for Samus to follow Adam's orders, it makes no sense to me for any of Samus' upgrades outside of the Power Bomb and Missiles (which were authorized immediately anyway). There is no justifiable reason I can see to not have the Grapple Beam, Varia Suit, gravity suit, space jump, speed booster etc. on from the very beginning. If they were that much of a problem at the start, then Adam would also deauthorize them the second they weren't needed anymore! The one that bugs me the most (outside of the stupid Varia Suit one) is the Ice Beam, literally the rest of his crew has the Ice Beam from the beginning, but Samus can't have it until much later. This all being said, I don't play games, let alone Metroid games, for the story. I eye-rolled through most of the cutscenes and that was about it.
Again, I'll finish by saying a lot of these are relatively minor gripes that just prevent the game from being as good as other Metroid games, a solid 7/10 game from me. Glad you were able to find more enjoyment where I couldn't. High hopes for Metroid Prime 4!
Wario Land Shake it was the best 2d platformer for the system. Change my mind.
Sam & Max was the best series
Missing a whole bunch. So many that I have up looking.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/wii/991149-kid-adventures-sky-captain/data
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/wii/971450-gti-club-supermini-festa/data
Nintendo's ported the entire wii U library to the switch, why can't they port any of the wiiware games? Id love to play the Blaster Master WiiWare game now that I know it exists. Too bad these games are now forever lost.
@HotGoomba Agreed, though I prefer the original lucas arts game to the telltale (same for monkey island)
Off top of my head:
Klonoa
Sin & Punishment: SS
Galaxy 2
Xenoblade
Resi 4
Punch Out!!
WiiWare: And Yet it moves & Cave Story.
Soft spot for ghost squad for dumb score chasing action, Little Kings story & SSX Blur underrated (I liked the controls once I got used to them). Also maybe Rodea, Broken Sword, Zack & Wicki, Prime trilogy.
Yikes actually a great library on Wii! Probably forgotten quite a few and lots of great wiiware lost to time..
1. Galaxy 2
2. Galaxy 1
3. Smash Bros
4. Mario Kart
5. Wii Fit Plus
6. Xenoblade Chronicles
7. Metroid Prime Trilogy
8. LoZ TP
9. Resi Evil 4 Wii Ed
10. Tatsunoko vs Capcom
11. Metroid Prime 3
12. Sin and Punishment "2"
13. Boom Blox Bash Party
14. Punch Out !
15. LoZ SS
16. Zak & Wiki
17. Okami
18. NSMB Wii
19. Warioware SM
20. Trauma Team
21. DKCR
22. No More Heroes 2
23. Mario Strikers
24. Sonic Colours
25. Little King's Story
Very hard. Murumasa, Fire emblem Radiant Dawn, De Blob 2, Silent Hill Shattered Memories, Geometry Wars, Rock Band 3, Guitar Hero 5/World Tour/Metallica, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Williams Pinball Classic, Monster Hunter Tri, Ghost Squad, Boy and His Blob, Dead Space Extraction, Rabbids Go Home, Madworld, Red Steel 2, No More Heroes 1, Boom Blox 1, Wario Land SD, Another Code R, World of Goo etc etc could all easily make it in top 25 if you ask me another time. Argh!
I feel the top ten Wii games include: Fortune Street, Conduit, CastleVania Judgement, Tatsunoko Vs Capcom, Punch-Out!, Donkey Kong Country, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario All-Stars, & Metroid Prime Trilogy. If you don't count collections, then replace Super Mario All-Stars and Metroid Prime Trilogy with Resident Evil 4 & Excitebots.
If Project H.A.M.M.E.R. doesn't come out as the best Wii game, there will be riots!!!
why Project H.A.M.M.E.R is in this list?did the autor of this list forgeted Nintendo dint released this game?
The majority of missing games mentioned in the comments have been added
Guys, Remember to give Sam & Max 10 stars!
Wii sports resort
Kirbys epic yarn
There’s the obvious Mario, Zelda, Metroid and DKC games... some other must owns for the Wii: Sin and Punishment, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, and House of the Dead Overkill.
Uhhh, where the heck’s Cheggers’ Party Quiz?
@DockEllisD
That is literally the only game I've bothered to rate so far. I'm so glad it starts with a "Z."
Chicken Little: Ace in Action is missing.
Best game hands down is M&M's Beach Party
The problem is, when rating my favourite Wii games, I can't rate them very high actually, because most of them are flawed gems. Like Deadly Creatures, Fragile Dreams, Madworld, House of the Dead Overkill, No More Heroes 2, Geometry Wars, Red Steel 2, Zack & Wiki, Silent Hill Shattered Memories, Muramasa,... And the ones that are obviously going to win anyway.
Wii was my primary console in its generation, and it has an amazing library of great games, despite what all the "hardcore" gamers said. I even preferred the Call of Duty games on the Wii over their graphically way superior versions elsewhere.
Favorite Game: Madworld
2nd: Mario Party 8
3rd: Super Mario Galaxy
4th: Bonsai Barber
5th: Muramasa: The Demon Blade
6th: House of the Dead: Overkill
7th: World of Goo
8th: Conduit
9th: Resident Evil 4
10th: NBA JAM
I believe I might be the only person with Madworld in my top 10. Absolutely LOVED that game.
the Wii had a mostly trash library. It was the worst Nintendo console I ever owned, and maybe the worst console in general. Its pretty easy for me to find the 'best'
Whenever I see these, I'm like "Yay cool I'mma rate some games!!". Then I'm like "whoa, that's too much work".
@Mando44646 That opinion could be justified for any console.
@ColdSummer BOY SURE THAT'S THE FIRST TITLE I RATED (Bully, I mean)! Great game but very overlooked nowadays.
I hope Anno will get some high ratings. I loved that game. Perhaps my fav Wii game beside Mario Kart and Wii Sports Resort.
Ah the good old wii, still my favorite console to this day.
I got this console the day it came out with red steel, tony hawk's downhill jam and twilight princess and until the Wii U came out I never had so much fun with a console. Whether I was playing wii sports with family or going solo with games like metroid prime 3, tenchu shadow assassin's or red steel 2. And how can we forget how the Wii revived the light gun genre and gave us a brand new house of the dead game with overkill.
I remember how good the online scene was for the conduit and COD games, man I miss them days. I'm sure it shows how much love I have for the Wii and with no more heroes 3 keeping that Wii era spirit alive and well it's a good time to look back in the greatest most misunderstood console of all time.
Resident Evil 4. Best game ever and therefore the best game on this system and every other system it is on.
I have spoken.
Despite its status as a casual-shovelware dump Wii has a surprisingly decent library of games if you're willing to dig around a bit.
Here's some of the games I think rather highly of for the system: (in no particular order)
1. Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
2. Sin & Punishment 2
3. Resident Evil 4 (I stand by that this is the best version of this game, the motion controls work so well for this one.)
4. Excite Truck (Criminally underrated racing game)
5. Mario Galaxy 1&2
6. Tatsunoko Vs Capcom
7. Super Paper Mario
8. Pandora's Tower
9. Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
10. Wario Land: The Shake Dimension
Forgot about the sheer amount of shovel ware there was on the Wii it had some real highs but so much garbage.
Too many educational games listed guys! Also seems to be many titles missing.
Seems to be missing Sniper Elite Wii, I'd have given it a solid 7 out of 10, enjoyed it as much as V2 on Wii U.
Xenoblade is the cream of the crop.
Where's Death Jr? Shocking! That's actually a pretty good game!
Anyway, the Wii is home to some of my favourite games of all time.
My top 10 is probably something along the lines of:
1. The Last Story
2. Xenoblade Chronicles
3. Zelda: Skyward Sword
4. Zelda: Twilight Princes
5. Resident Evil 4
6. A Boy and His Blob
7. Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City
8. Kirby's Epic Yarn
9. Sonic Colours
10. Resident Evil 0
Don't forget about Farewell Ruins of the Moon, everybody! Wait, everybody already has.
Favourites: Donkey Kong Country Returns, Guitar Hero III, Pokemon Battle Revolution, Wii Sports, Mario Kart 7 and Xenoblade Chronicles.
Would still like to play Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and Animal Crossing: Lets Go To The City but they’re too expensive now and my humble laptop can’t emulate em either.
Sonic Riders Zero Gravity
Epic mickey,Mario kart wii and super mario galaxy 2 were too good
I would imagine Galaxy and Galaxy 2 would be at the top on a Nintendo site, but Xenoblade Chronicles should immediately follow those two games. Personally, Xenoblade Chronicles blew every other Wii game out of the water at Makna Forest, which I don't think is even the game's halfway point.
Two games are in the database but can not be added to the collection and therefore can't be rated:
Band Hero (Wii)
Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (Wii)
And a question: If I rated all my games in my collection these ratings already count, don't they?
1- Super Mario Galaxy
2- Super Mario Galaxy 2
3- Xenoblade Chronicles
I've added a few more, including Cheggers Party Quiz (good lord!).
@Tisteg80 Those two games didn't have a platform assigned in the database, they should work now. And yes, any ratings you've previously input already count.
Voted the ones I played, obviously.
No Wii U games in this list?
My two favourite wii games aren't on the list?!?
@Eddyson Tell me what they are and I'll add them.
@Gwynbleidd Nope, different console.
@dartmonkey
One Piece Unlimited Cruise 1: The Treasure Beneath the Waves
One Piece Unlimited Cruise 2: Awakening of a Hero
// One piece Unlimited adventure is already on the list but that is a different game.
@Eddyson Added.
All Star Karate
All Star Cheer leading
Need to be added
galaxy or galaxy 2 are honestly my favorite games of all time, they are the epitome of 3d Mario, if not the entire performing genre
Rock Band 3 and Guitar Hero 6 are finally on the list, thank you!
@dartmonkey Thank you
The revelation here is that there aren’t many Wii games I could be bothered rating. Certainly not many Id like to waggle my way through now. Obviously Mario is great and there’s a clutch of really good ‘light gun’ games on there and I liked Super Paper Mario more than many others did, so that’s something. I put endless hours into Dr.Mario Online. Not my favourite Nintendo system in hindsight.
Endless Ocean 2 ftw!!!
@erv I got bored of Little King's Story after a few hours - it was too repetitive. I bought it after seeing it on an underrated gem list and reading other reviews. But I agree with your sentiment - it's a shame so many great games are missed. I hope The Last Story makes the list.
I bought Zack & Wiki yesterday for a ridiculously cheap price, but some games I missed first time around are crazy prices now.
bro they forgot twilight princess wow just wow.
@dartmonkey
"Band Hero" (Wii) and "Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension" (Wii) are still not working. I can klick on "Want" and the other options, but not "Have". I can't put them in my collection.
@Tisteg80 It seems you can assign them ratings but they can't be added to collections atm — we'll look into it.
Edit. They should be 'Have'-able now.
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