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Why your Wii doesn't have to be dusty - Game Recommendations

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The Technomancer

card-carrying scientician
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(Massive thanks to Glass Soldier for making these awesome banners)
We've all seen those too many of those "please recommend me the best games on Wii" threads that pop up pretty much three times a week, and we're all a bit sick of them. So, with a little bit of inspiration (okay, a blatant copy-paste) from this excellent DS thread and in the interest of putting an end to these threads once and for all, and also to celebrate the system's fifth year of life, I present the official recommendation thread of games that people seem to like. (Note: this list doesn't include truly cross platform ports, such as Rock Band or LEGO Batman)

Action & Action-adventure





















If you're a fan of action and action-adventure games, you might also enjoy...

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Read the official thread

Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
No thread found

Deadly Creatures
Read the official thread

Elebits
Read the official thread

Disaster: Day of Crisis (JP & PAL only)
Read the official thread

The Godfather: Blackhand Edition
No official thread

Scarface: The World is Yours
No official thread

First Person/Third Person Shooters








Call of Duty: Black Ops
Read the official thread (kinda)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex
Read the official thread


Arcade Shooters & SHMUPs









If you're a fan of SHMUPs or Arcade Shooters, you might also enjoy...

BlastWorks: Build, Trade, Destroy
No official thread

Ghost Squad
Read a thread

Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Read the official thread

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Read the official thread

The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return
No official thread

Castle of the Shikigami III
Read a thread

Contra Rebirth
Read a thread

Gradius Rebirth
Read a thread

Arcade Hits Pack: Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns
No official thread.
 
T

The Technomancer

card-carrying scientician
Platforming






















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If you're a fan of the platforming genre, you might also enjoy...
Disney Epic Mickey
Read the official thread

Rabbids Go Home
Read the official thread

A Shadow's Tale/Lost in Shadow
No official thread yet

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Read the official thread

Ivy the Kiwi
Read the official thread

Klonoa
Read the official thread

Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth
Read a thread

Music and Rhythm



If you're a fan of the music genre, you might also enjoy...
Wii Music
Read the official thread

Fighting Games





If you're a fan of fighting games, you might also enjoy...

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus

Naruto: Clash of the Ninja Revolution (1-3)

RPGs & Action RPGs







If you're a fan of RPGs and action-RPGs, you might also enjoy...
Arc Rise Fantasia
Read the official thread

Dokapon Kingdom
Read a thread


Chocobo's Dungeon
Read the official thread


Shiren the Wanderer
Read the official thread


Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Read the official thread
 
T

The Technomancer

card-carrying scientician
Strategy Games & Strategy RPGs









If you're a fan of strategy and strategy RPGs, you might also enjoy...
Phantom Brave
Read a discussion thread

Battalion Wars 2
Read the official thread

Puzzle Games




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if you're a fan of puzzle games, you might also enjoy...
You, Me, and the Cubes
No official thread

Lit
Read a thread

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
No official thread

Kororinpa: Marble Mania
No official thread

Marble Saga: Kororinpa
Read the official thread

Mercury Meltdown: Revolution
No official thread

Simulation Games












If you're a fan of simulation games, you might also enjoy...

Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Read the official thread

Adventure Games


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If you're a fan of adventure games, you might also enjoy...

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Directors Cut
Read the official thread

Fragile Dreams: Farewell to the Moon
Read a thread

Misc. Games



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T

The Technomancer

card-carrying scientician
Sports and Racing Games








Wii Sports Resort
Read the official thread


Punch-Out!!
Read the official thread


Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
Read the official thread


PES 2010
Read the official thread


MLB Power Pros
Read the official thread


Super Mario Strikers: Charged
Read the official thread


Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip
No official thread


SSX Blur
Read the hype thread


Grand Slam Tennis
Read the official thread


If you're a fan of racing games, you might also enjoy...
Excite Truck
Read the official thread
(Thanks to donny2112)

Trackmania
Read a thread

ExciteBikes: World Rally
Read a thread
 
T

thestopsign

Member
I'm going to assume that 4 posts is enough for you. So good idea for a thread. Looks like you covered most of the bases except for Korinpa and the Trauma Center games.
 
M

MichaelEM3

Banned
Nice job, man! Getting all those links without the search function must have been a pain.

Thanks to Super Mario Galaxy 2 and No More Heroes 2 my Wii's been getting a fair amount of use this year already. Looking forward to Sin & Punishment 2 and Metroid: Other M later this year!
 
P

Phoenixus

Member
For under the Music/Rhythm header, maybe Helix on WiiWare? Have heard good things about it, have not yet tried it myself though.
 
T

The Technomancer

card-carrying scientician
Updated with Kororinpa and Trauma Center, looking for a site that has good images of like every game at a small enough resolution to be postable. Going to check out IGN, anyone else have any ideas?
 
D

DeadGzuz

Banned
I'm slowly selling of my Wii stuff. I bought it for the wife and kids and they never touch it. I can't imagine the Wii as a primary console, no insult intended, just nothing appeals to me.
 
T

Threi

notag
DeadGzuz said:
I'm slowly selling of my Wii stuff. I bought it for the wife and kids and they never touch it. I can't imagine the Wii as a primary console, no insult intended, just nothing appeals to me.
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That's a cool sounding game, I will remember to pick it up later :D
 
G

Glass Soldier

Banned
I like this thread so I'll suggest two games.

Action & Action-Adventure
Disaster: Day of Crisis (JP & PAL only)
Read the official thread


First Person / Third Person Shooters
Red Steel 2
Read the official thread

The_Technomancer said:
Updated with Kororinpa and Trauma Center, looking for a site that has good images of like every game at a small enough resolution to be postable. Going to check out IGN, anyone else have any ideas?
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I've done a simliar thread in a german forum (I had pubs and devs in it too) and I think that IGNs thumbnails are pretty much perfect.
 
M

MichaelEM3

Banned
You might as well put the Rock Band 2 and The Beatles: Rock Band under music and rhythm games. Sure, it's not a console exclusive but they're still the best rhythm games on the console.
 
R

rollingstart

Banned
AceBandage said:
I know this is counter to most people, but Elebits and SSX Blur are awesome games.
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Elebits, yes. I wish they'd make a sequel and not as a DS game.

SSX Blur, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Buy a gamecube controller and SSX3.


also, Link's Crossbow Training needs to be in the OP. The game cost $2 and is amazing.
 
A

AceBandage

Banned
Linkzg said:
Elebits, yes. I wish they'd make a sequel and not as a DS game.

SSX Blur, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Buy a gamecube controller and SSX3.
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Bah, Blur was a great game once you got use to the controls.
 
F

farnham

Banned
AceBandage said:
Bah, Blur was a great game once you got use to the controls.
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carving was awesome

but at this point ill recommend shaun white snowboarding since it has balance board support
 
P

Platy

Member
i would put the bit trip series under Music/Rhythm because .. that is basicaly what the series is about in my view.

Needs more wiiware ... like the Art Style series

Also, Wario Land Shake it
 
K

Kilrogg

paid requisite penance
Good initiative! Nice work.

I know some people like to call Punch-Out!! a puzzle game and stuff, but to me this is as weird as calling Mario Kart, Smash Bros. and Wii Sports Resort party games instead of racing game, fighting game and sports game. Sure, it's not realistic and the bosses have patterns, but this is still a game about boxing. It is a unique take on boxing, but to me it's more about what the game is about than how it's played (the exception being games with very abstract presentation, because they're basically defined by their gameplay). Heck, I'd even be fine with giving the game its own genre name, like Pattern Boxing or something. I see you've put Resort in the Misc. category, which I find a bit odd as well.
 
T

The Technomancer

card-carrying scientician
Kilrogg said:
Good initiative! Nice work.

I know some people like to call Punch-Out!! a puzzle game and stuff, but to me this is as weird as calling Mario Kart, Smash Bros. and Wii Sports Resort party games instead of racing game, fighting game and sports game. Sure, it's not realistic and the bosses have patterns, but this is still a game about boxing. It is a unique take on boxing, but to me it's more about what the game is about than how it's played (the exception being games with very abstract presentation, because they're basically defined by their gameplay). Heck, I'd even be fine with giving the game its own genre name, like Pattern Boxing or something. I see you've put Resort in the Misc. category, which I find a bit odd as well.
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Oh, whoops, Resort shouldn't be there. Punch-Out, eh, I'm really not sure what to do with it. Anyone else want to weigh in on weather it should be sports or puzzle?
 
K

Kuraudo

Banned
Damn it, I'm trying to convince myself that SMG2 alone isn't a good enough reason to pick up a Wii again and you list like a million others.
 
K

Kilrogg

paid requisite penance
The_Technomancer said:
Oh, whoops, Resort shouldn't be there. Punch-Out, eh, I'm really not sure what to do with it. Anyone else want to weigh in on weather it should be sports or puzzle?
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No problem :). You know, if it's hard to decide, just put PO in the Misc. section. The question of genres in video games is hard. There are many labels I disagree with (not talking about your thread, just in general).
 
C

Catchpenny

Member
The_Technomancer said:
Platforming
Super Mario Galaxy
Read the official thread

Super Mario Galaxy 2
Read the official thread
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Read the official thread

de Blob
Read the official thread

NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
Read the official thread

A Boy and His Blob
Read the official thread

Cave Story
Read the official thread

Rabbids Go Home
Read the official thread

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Read the official thread

Wario Land: Shake It/The Shake Dimension
Read the official thread

Klonoa
Read the official thread

Lost Winds: Winter of the Melodias
Read the official thread
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I'd add Mushroom Men and The Munchables, though not everyone would agree. Bit.Trip Runner should be moved to this category. Whatever else you want to say about the Wii, Nintendo once again has the best platforming console around.

Also, no Fragile? I haven't played it, so I have no idea whether it's deserving or not.
 
B

BocoDragon

or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
After a few years of bitching that the Wii had nothing but big Nintendo properties and awful shovelware... It's started to amass a large amount of the quirky Japanese titles I enjoy.. Stuff like Muramasa, Klonoa, NMH2, Silent Hill and Okami make the world go round.

Also it's downloadable selection is great! I collect physical retro games wherever possible, but between import VC games and neo-retro games, I am in heaven. Sin and Punishment, Dracula X, Megaman 9+10, CAVE STORY... I'm gaming like its the 80s and 90s again!!

<3 what the Wii library has grown into.
 
Yoshi

Yoshi

Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is also way better than one might think. It's basically a level pack for the first NiGHTS, a bit easier and with a few rough spots, but overall a really great expierience. Also: Sonic & the Secret Rings is a nice game, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is, too (dispite having a horrible successor).
 
K

Kapura

Banned
IMO Super Paper Mario is more of a platformer, but it's fine under RPGs. Either way, it's by far the best Wii game I've played to date in either category. Bump it up the list :)
 
T

The Technomancer

card-carrying scientician
Yoshi said:
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is also way better than one might think. It's basically a level pack for the first NiGHTS, a bit easier and with a few rough spots, but overall a really great expierience. Also: Sonic & the Secret Rings is a nice game, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is, too (dispite having a horrible successor).
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Hm, what genre would you classify NiGHTS as?
 
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BuddhaRockstar

Member
Kuraudo said:
Damn it, I'm trying to convince myself that SMG2 alone isn't a good enough reason to pick up a Wii again and you list like a million others.
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It is.

Wii is a solid system and between the solid disc based games in all genres, glowingly impressive wii-ware lineup, and VC for nostalgia purposes, I don't see how you could be bored with the system.
 
F

farnham

Banned
Yoshi said:
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is also way better than one might think. It's basically a level pack for the first NiGHTS, a bit easier and with a few rough spots, but overall a really great expierience. Also: Sonic & the Secret Rings is a nice game, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is, too (dispite having a horrible successor).
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step and roll isnt really that bad.. the first three levels are piss easy but it gets much better after that and the balance board stuff is pretty neat
 
O

OMG Aero

Member
The_Technomancer said:
No, I know, I mean whats the BBS formatting for an image as a link?
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Just make a link as normal but where you would normally have the text put the image code.
Like: [.URL="http://neogaf.com"][.img]image url here[/img.][/URL.] but without the dots of course.
 
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