Along with that questionable addition, the boards were disappointing and the minigames — which no longer happened every turn — could have been better. Minigame collections can be entertaining, but 's title was extremely shallow in nearly every department and failed to take advantage of the potential offered by the Olympic gimmick. The inconsistent motion controls also did not help. Compared to Mario Kart , Mario Party has not proven to be quite as consistently good , and the spin-off series went through a particularly turbulent patch during the Wii era.
Mario Party 8 represented a franchise running on fumes, one that desperately needed an injection of creativity in its single-player content. Is Mario Party 8 fun with friends? Sure, but that is not saying much. In terms of minigames, Mario Party 8 is among the weakest in the franchise and the single-player content is dire. Mario certainly got a good workout on the Wii, but Nintendo opted against releasing a new tennis game on the platform. As a substitute, the GameCube's Mario Power Tennis got itself a remake that primarily focuses on adapting the game's controls for the Wii remote.
The controls are not as intuitive or easy to grasp as the GameCube original, but the game is still enjoyable. Back during a time when Nintendo's multi-talented plumber was an expert in every sport under the sun, it was not unheard of for Mario 's colorful cast to pick up a baseball bat and have a few matches.
Like Mario 's other sport games, Mario Super Sluggers aims to be accessible rather than deep. The release makes great use of the Wii Remote but is nothing more than just fine. Although not a terrible title on its own, Mario Super Sluggers lacks much in the way of content and gets old rather quickly.
While solid overall, this is still ultimately a forgettable and unoriginal game. There is nothing particularly exciting about the Dr. Mario series, and the same holds true for its WiiWare entry. As a Nintendo-inspired take on Tetris , these games tend to have just enough charm to elevate an otherwise competent but unspectacular gameplay loop. Although it may not convert anyone who is not particularly into these types of arcade puzzle titles, Dr.
Mario Online Rx is nevertheless a serviceable entry in a franchise that loves to play it safe. The highlight of the package is actually a minigame taken from Brain Age 2. Although far from horrible, Dr. Mario Online Rx is one of the weakest games starring Nintendo's mascot on the Wii.
Fortune Street has a long legacy in Japan, but the franchise had to wait until to make its debut in North America. Fortune Street plays somewhat similarly to Monopoly , although the former is a more nuanced experience that doesn't revolve quite as heavily on luck. Fortune Street might not be the type of crossover that will get everyone excited, but it does what it sets out to do quite well.
Everyone knows how Guitar Hero games work by now. This game is the first in a series of Guitar Hero games focusing primarily on one legendary rock act. Mixed with real interviews with the band and a career mode where players retrace their footsteps through venues that launched their career, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is a title that every classic rock fan should own.
Punch Out!! Whether battling two player or taking Little Mac through the single player mode, this game requires the reflexes of a gazelle. Still, with Mike Tyson hinting at a new Punch Out game for the Nintendo Switch, we might be seeing the big man himself returning to the virtual ring real soon. Still, the list of characters to battle against is exciting enough without him, and players will relish working their way to the top. Those who love using Little Mac in Super Smash Bros Ultimate can finally see where it all started out for him in this updated, funky-fresh remake.
Like Guitar Hero, it requires players to follow on-screen prompts, hitting coloured buttons in time with famous tracks. The difference with DJ Hero is that players use a turntable, and the tracks are all epic dance tunes from bands like Daft Punk!
The DJ Hero Wii Turntable works in the same way as the Guitar Hero remote, but instead of strumming and caning the whammy bar, players scratch a vinyl record while pressing buttons. The good news is that the turntable works for both DJ Hero titles and, unlike the Guitar Hero guitars that look unmistakably like toys, this bit of kit looks really impressive when left out on display.
Rock Band 2 takes the 30th spot in this list of the best Wii games of all time! Keeping on with the playing-along feels, Rock Band brings multiple instruments together including vocals, bass, and drums, making up a real… well, a real Rock Band!
Guitar Hero is all well and good, but Rock Band allows drummers, basists, and singers to join the fray too. Rock Band 2 brought newly designed controllers with it, giving users even more control over their chosen instrument. Well, 84 came with the disc as well as 20 free-to-download tracks.
However, over tunes have since been released for the Wii. Whether singing through a USB mic or blasting out beats on the plug-in drum kit, this game is an absolute beast and well worth having in any collection. Bully: Scholarship Edition takes the 29th spot in this list of the best Nintendo Wii games of all time!
For those new to the world of Bully, imagine GTA but set in a school. Developers worried that the violent content would affect sales. Over 1. Gamers take Jimmy Hopkins through Bullworth Academy. This game is jam-packed full of features to explore and NPCs to encounter. Jimmy uses skateboards, go-karts, and bikes, as well as getting around on foot from time to time. The Scholarship Edition features new dialogue, extra missions, better clothes, and lots more fine-tuned elements including the use of Motion Controls.
Okami released for the PS2 back in It follows Amaterasu, a sun goddess that transforms into a magnificent white wolf named Shiranui. Armed with magical abilities, Shiranui must bring life back to a bleak world using the Celestial Brush. Okami as an elegant title with lots of subtle nuances, exactly the type of thing one might say when looking at a fantastic piece of art!
Sonic Unleashed is one of those games that people either love or hate. They love it because it brings a different dynamic to the Sonic franchise, or they hate it for the same reason.
I love the fact that Sonic mutates into a Werehog in this game. Well, Egghead Eggman has released Dark Gaia on the world after destroying parts of the earth using his super-duper-Eggman-laser-beam. Whenever our blue-spiked hero touches Dark Gaia, he becomes the Werehog. Gameplay splits between zooming around epic levels during the day and beating back scores of baddies at a much slower pace at night.
Imagine, if you will, Call of duty with Link fighting a boat-load of Skeletons. It boasts Skyward Sword-style graphics with our green-garbed hero mowing down wave after wave of enemies with his trusty weapon.
The game boasts 9 levels with three gameplay styles. Play through Target Shooting, stationary Defender Levels , and Ranger levels where link fights through forests encroaching on an enemy camp. Face up against Boses, battle mates, and put your skills to the test in one of the greatest series of all time.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii brings classic Mario side-scrolling feels to the Nintendo Wii in a new adventure! Control Mario through eight worlds, bouncing on enemies and defeating Bowsers minions in a bid to rescue Princess Peach.
Yoshi makes an appearance, and other features like the Super Guide allow new players to the series to enjoy the game without any stresses. The action might be in 2. What a way to start off this list of the best Nintendo Wii games!
Before Breath of the Wild arrived on the scene, Xenoblade Chronicles was the biggest open-world title on any Nintendo console. If exploring and collecting games are your bag, then this is the Wii title for you.
Players can move through the richly textured world using the Wii Nunchuck Controller and Wiimote. Side quests and enemies are hiding in every corner, and the game even has a day and night system that alters item availability, enemies, and other important factors like abilities and powers.
Xenoblade Chronicles makes use of the standard RPG battle view mode but differs from other titles with a real-time battle control system. Next up is an action role playing title of a very different design though is every bit as exciting to play. Many of our readers may well have finished Paper Mario: Origami King recently. Players are fighting to stop a guy called Count Bleck from destroying the universe, assumably by paper-cutting him into submission. A lot of people have had mixed feelings over the turn-based battle system in Origami King.
For me, Rayman titles are right up there with Mario and Sonic titles as some of the best platform games ever made, and Rayman Origins is a must-have game for any Wii collection. The side-scrolling levels stay true to the original Rayman and provide up to four players with a captivating adventure.
So what is our floating-footed hero up to in the fourth instalment of his series.? As with other Rayman titles, you must rescue Electoons and pick up new abilities along the way if you want to progress.
There is plenty of collecting and enemy-stomping action for players to sink their teeth into, along with puzzles to test that grey matter. The Wii version has been rated highest out of all the major console ports, so grab a copy and try the best of the best! Every Mario Tennis game has brought immense fun to gamers all over the globe, and Mario Power Tennis is certainly no exception. Ok, so we all know which the best tennis game is for the Nintendo Wii, but Mario Power Tennis provides a nice alternative by swapping Mii characters with some of your favourite Mushroom Kingdom faces.
Squaring off in a doubles match against Wario and Waluigi never gets old, and the courts are all nicely portrayed along with camoes from other Mario characters watching from the sidelines. If any readers have played Mario Power Tennis for the Gamecube , then this title is virtually the same.
There are 18 different characters to choose from including the unusual tennis opponent Petey Piranha. Each player has a power shot that they can use, hence the name of the game. The format is similar to Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and incredibly intuitive for first time gamers. Pikmin 2 is a game that infuriated me no end, which shows that it certainly had an effect on me.
Any game that can make you shout and curse yet still come back for more time and time again is a special one, which is why Pikmin 2 deserves a spot in our list of the best Nintendo Wii games of all time. Having said all that, I found Pikmin 2 easier to play than the original Pikmin game thanks to the removal of the day time limit.
Like the original game, Pikmin 2 sees you controlling Captain Olimar as he explores an unknown planet using Pikmin to do his bidding. This time, Olimar is joined by another spaceman called Louie, and they can take Pikmin around separately as they look for treasure. But what the heck are Pikmin, I can hear some of our readers shouting?
Well, Pikmin are little microscopic plant people that are coloured based on their ability. Olimar can throw Pikmin to retrieve items or send them into battle against enemies. The overworld in Pikmin 2 has fewer enemies than the original game, leaving you to explore and experience the game without as much peril.
Next up on our list of the best Nintendo Wii games is Need for Speed Carbon , a high-speed racing game where the cops are definitely not on your side.
Carbon is the 10th Need for Speed title in the series, which shows that gamers seriously love this franchise. The gameplay revolves around illegal street races and battling rival gangs for driving glory. One of the best bits about Need for Speed games is the customisation options. My dad used to spend hours choosing the right colours and decals on his cars, only to unlock new features and go back to the drawing board all over again. And of course, the multiplayer was amazing, providing a more mature racing experience for anyone kidding themselves that Mario Kart is for kids.
Anyway, rant over. Resident Evil 4 is an epic title and one that works really well with the Wiimote and Nunchuck combination. You could always use the Wii Zapper peripheral for those uber-realistic zombie-slaying feels. The Wiimote acts as a gun pointer in this game, shooting wherever you point the remote on the screen.
The villagers in Resident Evil 4 are much smarter too. They can work together to try and stop you, wielding weapons and throwing projectiles in their mission to eat you alive.
Fans of the PS4 game Ghosts of Tsushima will enjoy the samurai elements of this game immensely, especially as you can hack, slash, and parry using the Wiimote as your sword! One of the best bits about Red Steel 2 is that you can fight up to six people at once on screen.
Sometimes, however, it can be a bit Agent Smith Vs Neo, with tonnes of enemies queueing up to have a go at you! You play as the last surviving member of the Kusagari Clan, a fighter who must retrieve his sword from some evil lads who tried to drag him across the desert while tied to a motorbike!
Wielding a katana is one thing, but using your Wiimote to swing a lightsaber around is another thing entirely! This title has its own place between the first two series in the Star Wars timeline, not in the order that they came out.
It lets you use the Force, for crying out loud! Up next in our list of the best Nintendo Wii games is one of my favourite multiplayer games of all time; Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. How best to describe this game for someone who has never played it before…?
My mates and I spent hours on this game, wielding the Wiimote in all manners to try and come out victorious at the end of the round. It was the first to implement a brand new play style for the main Party Mode.
Instead of the usual players hit dice and run around the board, this time everyone rides together in a car. Each board has its own unique vehicle to ride around in. It's an interesting approach, but it can take away from the competitive board game feel the series is known for.
It still manages to be superior to every handheld Mario Party game, though, as it has a spectacular variety of minigames that combine the simple button setup of the Wii Remote and the entertaining motion controls. It brings back the car to hold all the players together, the map remains linear, and the entire game is played on Wii Remotes. That said, it has one major upgrade that makes it infinitely more fun, and that is the Bowser Party mode. This lets one player use the Wii U Gamepad to control Bowser in four-on-one minigames, all of which feel much more elaborate and fun than most other Mario Party games.
It still suffers from many flaws of Mario Party 9, but having this unique gimmick makes the linear levels and shared car feel much more worthwhile. This is the game that started it all.
The original Mario Party laid the foundation for all its sequels from the dice rolling to blue spaces awarding three coins, and cemented the original formula for board games and minigames for every game onward.
Though sequels built upon and improved the overall concept, Mario Party holds up as one of the best Mario Party games, and can never be low when ranking Mario Party games. The outcomes of some minigames are a bit on the harsh side, as it can be too easy to lose coins, but the original Mario Party is still a classic worth returning to.
Mario Party 4, the first to appear on the Nintendo GameCube, takes everything that made the Nintendo 64 games fun and multiples it. Party Mode is at its finest, always giving friends and family the ultimate of laughs.
The minigames, fun boards, and overall presentation earns Mario Party 4 the title of being the greatest party games out there. This was also the first Mario Party game to try new board mechanics, with one involving several shifting bridges in a canal while another is a linear climb up a mountain with branching paths. Mario Party 5 was the second installment on the GameCube, and it really doesn't change the formula. The one new mode worth mentioning is Super Duel Mode, a strange motor derby mode where you could build weaponized cars, which was surprisingly fun but not the most deep side-game.
A sequel is supposed to go bigger, and that's what Mario Party 2 does. It features fewer boards, but it makes up for that in having a cool addition by letting the characters dress up according to the boards' corresponding themes.
In terms of gameplay, Mario Party 2 adds to the original by featuring duel minigames and battle minigames for the first time, meaning there were far more ways to clash compared to its predecessor. This, alongside more items that can affect the board and your character more significantly, make it a much more memorable experience, and makes the original Mario Party feel somewhat dry. Mario Party 6 is perhaps best known for its day and night system. Taking a page from Mario Party 2's Horror Land board, Mario Party 6's boards changes when the game switches to nighttime and vice versa every three turns, shifting pathways and opening up certain empty spaces to reveal new mechanics.
This is just the right amount of innovation for a simple Mario Party game, having the core gameplay of each board be identical while having semi-consistent events in each space.
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