list of potentially worthy wii games:
pandora’s tower
sin & punishment 2
rodea the sky soldier (just the wii version)
madworld
fragile dreams: farewell ruins of the moon
shiren 3
what is the sb wii hermeneutic
edit: forgot opoona im so sorry
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tatsunoko vs. capcom rules even if the baroque system is wack
hey speaking of baroque, is the wii remake good?
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baroque is an alltime top 10 game for me and i think the remake is “fine” but inferior to the original so i decided to omit it, especially because it was also on ps2
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if you’re recommending Pandora’s Tower and Rodea I’m intrigued
I keep mine around for S&P2 and Rondo on VC and that’s pretty much it tho I do have a $2 flea market Elebits idk if it’s any good
wait! Little King’s Story! I foolishly sold my copy but that pretty much concludes my Wiissentials
also: I really appreciate Treasure letting you use a gamecube controller with S&P2 idk if I have a clear preference re: accuracy but holding a wiimote is not always a chill time
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Wii Sports Golf is genuinely amazing. The courses are 3D versions of GB Golf!
The ambient sound and OST are impeccable. The clack of the driver against the ball when you make a good shot is like diazepam.
It’s also one of a handful of games that really plays to the consoles strengths.
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those konami rebirth games are good.
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please respect zangeki no reginleiv
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Best version of Resident Evil 4
a version of Castle Of Shikigami III (starring Time Gal!)
idk if I’m recommending this given I haven’t played it since it came out but I really enjoyed Zack and Wiki back in the day.
I never played Last Story but I liked Fantasian enough to want to check it out (famous LAST words)
Would say Fatal Frame 4 although the remake’s out soon
The rhythm heaven game is fantastic although the 3DS game is still the best
Maboshi’s Arcade belongs in the national library of congress
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Wii Sports rules
The Wii was my Rock Band 3 console. Maybe the transparent sunglasses didn’t show up on some stages, there was no Rock Band 1 import, and we didn’t get the second shop with all the small time metal core and Christian bands or whatever, but the controllers were always cheap and plentiful, and the leaderboards were wonderfully under populated.
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The Wii is an excellent way to play SNES and Genesis lightgun games.
Hacking one is so trivially easy that it feels like a trick.
Regeilev seemed exhausting to me.
It has The Worst 3D Mario (Galaxy) and The Worst 3D Zelda (Skyward).
I never played Wii casually at a normal person’s house. This is a perfect description of my 20s.
I hooted and howlered when Sonic shows up 30 seconds before the ending of Smash Wii.
I’ve played 3 hours of Pandora’s Tower (owns), 30 minutes of Xenoblade Chronicles (Numbers), and all of The Last Story. I cannot remember anything of TLS outside of Gears + JRPG.
Thinking deep over here, did I keep Sin and Punishment 2? Where is Sin and Punishment 2? When did I last see Sin and Punishment 2. I thought it was great but I certainly played through it once and never went back. Did I bring my copy to Japan? Feels like I did. Huh.
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Fragile Dreams is pretty but you spend 80% of it in a drab sewer.
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i made a huge list of games that interested me back in 2016 wii - 10 years on
- A Boy and His Blob
- Animal Crossing: City Folk
- Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories
- Arc Rise Fantasia
- Arcade Shooter: Ilvelo / Illvelo Wii: Illmatic Envelope / イルベロWii
- Baroque
- Battalion Wars 2
- Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
- Bit.Trip Complete
- Boom Blox
- Boom Blox Bash Party
- Castle of Shikigami III / 式神の城 III
- Castlevania Judgment
- Conduit, The
- Conduit 2
- Data East Arcade Classics
- de Blob
- de Blob 2
- Dead Space: Extraction
- Deadly Creatures
- Dewy’s Adventure
- Disaster: Day of Crisis
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
- Elebits
- Endless Ocean
- Endless Ocean: Blue World
- Epic Mickey
- Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
- Escape from Bug Island
- Excite Truck
- Excitebots: Trick Racing
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon
- Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
- Fortune Street
- Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
- Geometry Wars: Galaxies
- Ghost Squad
- GoldenEye 007
- GT Pro Series
- GTI Club: Supermini Festa!
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
- Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns: Arcade Hits Pack
- Harvest Moon: Animal Parade
- Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility
- Heavenly Guardian
- House of the Dead: Overkill, The
- House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, The
- Ivy the Kiwi?
- King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga
- Kirby’s Epic Yarn
- Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
- Klonoa
- Kororinpa: Marble Mania / コロリンパ
- Last Story, The
- Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The
- Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The
- Little King’s Story
- Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked
- Lost in Shadow / Kage no Tō
- MadWorld
- Marble Saga: Kororinpa / コロリンパ２ アンソニーと金色ひまわりのタネ
- Mario Kart Wii
- Mario Party 8
- Mario Party 9
- Mario Sports Mix
- Mario Strikers Charged
- Mario Super Sluggers
- Metal Slug Anthology
- Metroid: Other M
- Metroid Prime: Trilogy / Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- MiniCopter: Adventure Flight
- Monster Hunter Tri
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- Nights: Journey of Dreams
- No More Heroes
- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
- Ōkami
- Opoona
- Pandora’s Tower
- Penny Racers Party: Turbo-Q Speedway / Choro-Q Wii
- Pokémon Battle Revolution
- Project Zero 2: Wii Edition
- Punch-Out!!
- Rabbids Go Home
- Rayman Origins
- Rayman Raving Rabbids
- Red Steel
- Red Steel 2
- Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
- Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
- Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
- Rhythm Heaven Fever
- Rune Factory Frontier
- Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
- Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
- Sam & Max: Season One
- Sam & Max: Season Two: Beyond Time and Space
- Samba de Amigo
- Samurai Shodown Anthology
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes / Sengoku Basara 3
- Shiren the Wanderer
- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
- Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
- SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
- Sonic and the Black Knight
- Sonic and the Secret Rings
- Sonic Colors
- Sonic Unleashed
- Soulcalibur Legends
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
- Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
- Super Paper Mario
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl / Project M
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
- Tetris Party Deluxe
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
- Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
- Trackmania: Build to Race
- Trauma Center: New Blood
- Trauma Center: Second Opinion
- Trauma Team
- Ultimate Shooting Collection / Milestone Shooting Collection: Karous Wii
- Virtua Tennis 4
- Wario Land: Shake It!
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves
- Wii Fit Plus
- Wii Music
- Wii Party
- Wii Play
- Wii Play Motion
- Wii Sports
- Wii Sports Resort
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure
wiiware:
- Adventure Island: The Beginning
- Alien Crush Returns
- And Yet It Moves
- AquaSpace
- Arkanoid Plus!
- Art of Balance
- Art Style: CUBELLO
- Art Style: light trax
- Art Style: ORBIENT
- Art Style: ROTOHEX
- Art Style: ROTOZOA
- Bit.Trip Beat
- Bit.Trip Core
- Bit.Trip Fate
- Bit.Trip Flux
- Bit.Trip Runner
- Bit.Trip Void
- Blaster Master: Overdrive
- Bomberman Blast
- Bonsai Barber
- Bubble Bobble Plus!
- BurgerTime World Tour
- Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
- Cave Story
- 珍道中!!ポールの大冒険 / Chindōchō!! Pole no Daibōken (J)
- Contra ReBirth
- Crystal Defenders R1 & R2
- ダウンタウン熱血どっじぼーる / Downtown Nekketsu Dodgeball (J)
- Dr. Mario Online Rx
- Driift Mania
- Eco Shooter: Plant 530
- Equilibrio
- Excitebike: World Rally
- FAST Racing League
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
- Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- Fluidity
- Frogger Returns
- Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition
- Gradius ReBirth
- Groovin’ Blocks
- Harvest Moon: My Little Shop
- Ivy the Kiwi? Mini
- Jett Rocket
- La-Mulana
- Let’s Tap
- lilt line
- LIT
- LostWinds
- LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias
- Maboshi’s Arcade
- Magnetica Twist
- MDK2
- Mega Man 9
- Mega Man 10
- Military Madness: Nectaris
- MotoHeroz
- Mr. Driller W
- Muscle March
- My Aquarium 2
- My Pokémon Ranch
- Neves Plus
- NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
- Onslaught
- Overturn
- Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations
- ポケモン不思議のダンジョン / Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (3 versions) (J)
- Pokémon Rumble
- プリンセス·アイ物語 / Princess Ai Monogatari (J)
- Rabbids Lab
- Rage of the Gladiator
- Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure!
- Retro City Rampage
- Rush Rush Rally Racing
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
- ソーサリーブレイド / Sorcery Blade (J)
- Space Invaders Get Even
- Star Soldier R
- Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People - Episodes 1-5
- Tales of Monkey Island - Chapters 1-5
- ThruSpace
- Toki Tori
- Tomena Sanner
- Toribash
- WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase
- Water Warfare
- World of Goo
- You, Me, and the Cubes
jp-only:
- 428 〜封鎖された渋谷で〜 / 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de
- Bleach: Versus Crusade
- Captain Rainbow
- ドラゴンクエストX オンライン / Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online
- Earth Seeker
- Milestone Shooting Collection 2
- Monster Hunter G
- 黄金の絆 / Ougon no Kizuna
- Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
- Puyo Puyo! 20th Anniversary
- Puyo Puyo 7
- Radirgy Noa Wii
- Tales of Graces
- 斬撃のREGINLEIV / Zangeki no Reginleiv
- 零〜月蝕の仮面〜 / Project Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse / Fatal Frame 4
Notable series but not included here for my own sanity: Guitar/DJ Hero (various), Just Dance (various), New Play Control (various), Rock Band (various), Skylanders (various)
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Light gun games and Kororinpa.
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I could not stand how ugly the Wii’s video output was compared with the GameCube’s. like they tried to make everything progressive scan and widescreen despite using the same ancient GPU which had looked great on an old 480i CRT. I could not look at a single Wii game without getting annoyed. had to give it away immediately and was only able to tolerate the library through emulation later.
I was so annoyed at everything in 2006!! like a neverending stream of “what are you assholes doing??”
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wario ware smooth moves is my favorite proof of concept launch window game
brawl was alright
mario kart wii was so bad holy shit
sin and punishment 2 was so good i had to remind gamestop to open the shipment box
hacking it to use as a c. 2008 emulation box was smaller than anything else
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i actually like this one quite a bit, deep mechanics and all the original courses are excellent. my biggest issue with the game is trying to unlock everything is extremely obnoxious. honestly, i think the physics in this one might be my favorite from the period comprising Double Dash to 8DX (modern MK). feels real good to go fast
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we play kart games at different levels but the rubberbanding AI and long acceleration curve stick out in my memory as things i was relieved to see change in 7/8
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fyi rubberbanding in MKWii is actually constricted, if you go fast enough they absolutely cannot keep up, and even showering you with blue shells will not be enough for them to catch up
there’s a long valley before you are able to go fast enough to outpace the rubberbanding, though
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totally justified
still see a lot of the wii virtual console on japanese youtube/twitch. maybe one day i’ll get round to reginleiv and pandora’s tower…
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Damn I can’t believe that thread was 7 years ago. I was wondering why we were having this discussion all over again
GHOST SQUAD
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