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pearljammer on 24 June 2010

1. Fire Emblem Wii

2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii

3. Wii Sports: Resort

4. Muramasa: The Demon Blade

5. World of Goo

6. Super Mario Galaxy 2

7. Super Mario Galaxy

8. Mario Kart Wii

9. Little King's Story

10. Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess

11. Sakura Wars: So Long My Love

12. Phantom Brave

Though I've played several others, I haven't played them at any great length to appropriately judge them.



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Chrizum on 24 June 2010
Gamerace said:

I hate to say it but this is turning out to be a pretty pathetic list.

So many of the games being listed aren't even Wii games - they are PS2, PC and GC games ported to Wii, from Okami, RE4, Godfather, Lara Croft, Anno, etc., etc. to Zelda:TP and the NPC titles.  

And a lot of the titles simply aren't that good.  People may have enjoyed them but the production values are poor compared to even PS2 titles, let alone HD systems.    Red Steel 2, No More Heroes, Madworld, Conduit, Valhalla Knights and many others.  Yes, I've played them, yes I enjoyed them but if those are in the top 100 games after 4 years on the market and literally 1000s of titles, then there's something seriously wrong.

On top of it, many have added WW games to fluff up their lists.  Yes, there's some excellent WW games from World of Goo (another PC port) to Mega Man 9 - 10 to the Monkey Island series but is there so little on Wii of note that we have to add them in just to get to 20?

Don't shoot me.  I love my Wii.  I play it over the 360 most of the time as I'm not a big FPS/racing/action fan but the fact is, this list is embarrassing and perhaps not representative of Wii's strength or why it's dominating the market.

It's pathetic because you disagree with other opinions. And World of Goo is not a PC port.



Pineapple on 24 June 2010

Oooh, listing stuff. Usually I don't do this, but I'll make an exception this time!

Exactly which spot they end at is actually a bit random. They belong somewhere around there, but it's a bit influenced by which game I played last, and such.

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2

2. Super Mario Galaxy

3. Okami

4.  Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii

6. Mario Kart Wii

7. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

 

Those 7 games are the ones that I find to be bloody fantastic. The other games are fun, but they're just nowhere near this level.



Gamerace on 24 June 2010
Gnac said:

I could have picked others from my almost 50 games just to please you, 'ace, but I chose the games I like the most. Also, if they're available for the Wii, that makes them Wii games, no?

Could you perhaps enlighten us as to what games are representative?

 

I picked my favorite 20 too.   I've easily owned well over 100 Wii titles now, rented others, sold most, still have about 50.

I just find it sad many of my own favorites were not titles made for Wii, just ports of old PS2 or GC games.   At this point one would hope enough original content existed for Wii that those ports would all have been dropped from the list.

The fans on this site only represent a niche of Wii owners.   From sales we can easily see most Wii owners, if this was representative, would list games like:  Just Dance, EA Sport Active, Lego Star Wars, Dance Dance Revolution:HP, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, The Biggest Loser, Hasbro Game Party, Harry Potter, Hanna Montana, Deca Sporta and the infamous Carnival Games.   Yet so far those games, and many others, are missing from our lists here.   If these are the top titles, then it's obvious most people find these the best games for Wii and for them, they are.



 

Chrizum on 24 June 2010
Gamerace said:
Gnac said:

I could have picked others from my almost 50 games just to please you, 'ace, but I chose the games I like the most. Also, if they're available for the Wii, that makes them Wii games, no?

Could you perhaps enlighten us as to what games are representative?

 

I picked my favorite 20 too.   I've easily owned well over 100 Wii titles now, rented others, sold most, still have about 50.

I just find it sad many of my own favorites were not titles made for Wii, just ports of old PS2 or GC games.   At this point one would hope enough original content existed for Wii that those ports would all have been dropped from the list.

The fans on this site only represent a niche of Wii owners.   From sales we can easily see most Wii owners, if this was representative, would list games like:  Just Dance, EA Sport Active, Lego Star Wars, Dance Dance Revolution:HP, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, The Biggest Loser, Hasbro Game Party, Harry Potter, Hanna Montana, Deca Sporta and the infamous Carnival Games.   Yet so far those games, and many others, are missing from our lists here.   If these are the top titles, then it's obvious most people find these the best games for Wii and for them, they are.

Actually, most of the games you listed aren't that popular at all. The list would be more like: Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Play, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Guitar Hero, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Twilight Princess, Mario Kart Wii, etc.



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Gamerace on 24 June 2010
Chrizum said:
Gamerace said:

I hate to say it but this is turning out to be a pretty pathetic list.

It's pathetic because you disagree with other opinions. And World of Goo is not a PC port.


Actually, if you look at my list, it's reflective of everyone's else's on this site.   I don't think our opinion reflects that of the majority of Wii owners.

As for World of Goo, it was released simultaneously on WW and PC, so technically I guess you're right but we know it was developed on and for PC first.   However releasing on WW was a Godsend for the developers because PC piracy robbed them blind.



 

Gamerace on 24 June 2010
Chrizum said:
Gamerace said:
Gnac said:

I could have picked others from my almost 50 games just to please you, 'ace, but I chose the games I like the most. Also, if they're available for the Wii, that makes them Wii games, no?

Could you perhaps enlighten us as to what games are representative?

 

I picked my favorite 20 too.   I've easily owned well over 100 Wii titles now, rented others, sold most, still have about 50.

I just find it sad many of my own favorites were not titles made for Wii, just ports of old PS2 or GC games.   At this point one would hope enough original content existed for Wii that those ports would all have been dropped from the list.

The fans on this site only represent a niche of Wii owners.   From sales we can easily see most Wii owners, if this was representative, would list games like:  Just Dance, EA Sport Active, Lego Star Wars, Dance Dance Revolution:HP, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, The Biggest Loser, Hasbro Game Party, Harry Potter, Hanna Montana, Deca Sporta and the infamous Carnival Games.   Yet so far those games, and many others, are missing from our lists here.   If these are the top titles, then it's obvious most people find these the best games for Wii and for them, they are.

Actually, most of the games you listed aren't that popular at all. The list would be more like: Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Play, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Guitar Hero, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Twilight Princess, Mario Kart Wii, etc.

Yes of course.  But those are already well represented on our list (is it ever going to be updated?) as they should be, so I didn't mention them.



 

Chrizum on 24 June 2010
Gamerace said:
Chrizum said:
Gamerace said:
Gnac said:

I could have picked others from my almost 50 games just to please you, 'ace, but I chose the games I like the most. Also, if they're available for the Wii, that makes them Wii games, no?

Could you perhaps enlighten us as to what games are representative?

 

I picked my favorite 20 too.   I've easily owned well over 100 Wii titles now, rented others, sold most, still have about 50.

I just find it sad many of my own favorites were not titles made for Wii, just ports of old PS2 or GC games.   At this point one would hope enough original content existed for Wii that those ports would all have been dropped from the list.

The fans on this site only represent a niche of Wii owners.   From sales we can easily see most Wii owners, if this was representative, would list games like:  Just Dance, EA Sport Active, Lego Star Wars, Dance Dance Revolution:HP, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, The Biggest Loser, Hasbro Game Party, Harry Potter, Hanna Montana, Deca Sporta and the infamous Carnival Games.   Yet so far those games, and many others, are missing from our lists here.   If these are the top titles, then it's obvious most people find these the best games for Wii and for them, they are.

Actually, most of the games you listed aren't that popular at all. The list would be more like: Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Play, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Guitar Hero, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Twilight Princess, Mario Kart Wii, etc.

Yes of course.  But those are already well represented on our list (is it ever going to be updated?) as they should be, so I didn't mention them.

So your point is that some of us really like some games that relatively haven't sold well? How is that pathetic?



Gamerace on 24 June 2010
Chrizum said:
Gamerace said:
Chrizum said:
Gamerace said:
Gnac said:

I could have picked others from my almost 50 games just to please you, 'ace, but I chose the games I like the most. Also, if they're available for the Wii, that makes them Wii games, no?

Could you perhaps enlighten us as to what games are representative?

 

I picked my favorite 20 too.   I've easily owned well over 100 Wii titles now, rented others, sold most, still have about 50.

I just find it sad many of my own favorites were not titles made for Wii, just ports of old PS2 or GC games.   At this point one would hope enough original content existed for Wii that those ports would all have been dropped from the list.

The fans on this site only represent a niche of Wii owners.   From sales we can easily see most Wii owners, if this was representative, would list games like:  Just Dance, EA Sport Active, Lego Star Wars, Dance Dance Revolution:HP, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, The Biggest Loser, Hasbro Game Party, Harry Potter, Hanna Montana, Deca Sporta and the infamous Carnival Games.   Yet so far those games, and many others, are missing from our lists here.   If these are the top titles, then it's obvious most people find these the best games for Wii and for them, they are.

Actually, most of the games you listed aren't that popular at all. The list would be more like: Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Play, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Guitar Hero, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Twilight Princess, Mario Kart Wii, etc.

Yes of course.  But those are already well represented on our list (is it ever going to be updated?) as they should be, so I didn't mention them.

So your point is that some of us really like some games that relatively haven't sold well? How is that pathetic?

No, that's fine.  A lot of great games don't sell well.  Fire Emblem would never win a Wii sales contest but certainly deserves to be here.  Same with Maramusa (sp?) which isn't my cup of tea but which by all accounts, is a great game.   LKS is another fine example.   Those are great games in niche genres made for Wii.  Although none of these games use Wii's capabilities at all and could be on any system but whatever, they're great Wii games.

I have issue with the mediocore titles that we're listing like Conduit (which I loved) and Red Steel 2 which is only half a game, and not a fully realized one at that.   I was playing it until I put Godfather back in after a 2 year break.   I saw how much attention to detail was there, the depth of gameplay, the storyline, the dialogue, and the technical prowess - it looks better than most Wii titles, and you can run all over a damn city - opening doors everywhere - without game-breaking loads (although there's lots when you follow the story).   It was so obvious a ton more time, effort and care went into Godfather and I couldn't go back to Red Steel 2, which is basically a one trick pony (1:1 sword play).   I'll get my 1:1 fix on Zelda:SS as that'll be a fully realized game deserving to be top 100 (top 10 I'm sure).   Madworld, No More Heroes and others fall into this category too.   Fun yes.  But if they were HD on HD systems, there's no way they'd ever made top 100.  Not as they are.  If they were fleshed out more, with online, etc. then yes, sure.  Have our standards dropped so low or are Wii's offerings so thin we hold these games up as examples of the best Wii has to offer?

It's also sad that we are still holding up the RE4, Okami's, and worse, Lara Croft Anniversary and such which likely wouldn't have reached top 100 on PS2 but do for Wii?    Where are the great Wii games made for Wii?

At the same time, there's a lot of fun games we aren't listing which probably are more representative of what makes Wii special to so many people.



 

brute on 24 June 2010

This will definitely change soon, as I will be going back to the U.S and I will buy many games that I have skipped during the past year.

1. Super Smash Bro. Brawl

2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

3. Super Mario Galaxy

4. Mario Kart Wii

5. No More Heroes

6. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition

7. World of Goo

8. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

9. Metroid Prime 3

10. Call of Duty: World at War

11. Wii Sports

12. Mega Man 9

13. Super Paper Mario

14. Little Kings Story

15. Mercury Meltdown Revolution

16. Punch Out!!

17. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

18. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

19. Mario Strikers Charged

20. The GodFather



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