I would change the following:
14 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 2008 83 - I would put this at an 88-90. I believe it is an evolution in sports game controls, and that soccer, NA football & hockey games of the future will move in this direction. Maybe even basketball as well.
6 Okami 2008 88 - This would get 1 92 in my book. It is the type of game to garnish both hours and hours of gameplay and years of epic sequels. I would give it a 95, but I'll take 3 points off for being so much of a Zelda knock off. not that there's anything wrong with being on the same level as Zelda.....
17 Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection 2008 81 - Pinball sims don't get an 81 ever. They are usually budget buin material at best. This is not. This I would give a 90. This is like owning all 10 machines and having them in your living room. I hope they make a Williams Volume 2.
21 Geometry Wars: Galaxies 2007 80 - Geometry Wars is everything good about Defender, Stargate, Robotron, Astroids and every other genre defining old school game. It's like all the good points of those games has been combined and fed a diet of speed and crack and modernized to boot. The only reason this game bombed was because a game with these types of graphics and gameplay could only sell for about $20, and Sierra was greedy and trying to get $40 out of it. So they sold none. If you can pick this up on the cheap, you'd be a fool not to. Oh, works best with the classic controller. Don't even try to do it with the nunchuck and IR. With the classic controller - 90. Let's hope they put the samaller "arcade" version on LIVE on Wii-Ware as well.
24 Godfather: Blackhand Edition, The 2007 77 - Ok this game sucked on every platform. EXCEPT the Wii (where it sold badly). That';s what happens when you release a port of a game much later even with more content and the best controls out for the wii in it's time. The Wii version is astoundingly good. REALLY good. Punching and throwing gangsters off of rooftops, through windows, etc feels, ....well, kick Ass. I am not the type of person who buys games like this, but the Blackhand Edition is one Wii title that nails it. It's immersive, it's big, it's fun, and it should have gotten an 85. I've loaned out this to about 5 people who all were amazed that it was actually so good. I've not played Scarface, but I've heard it was a similar experience.
36 Medal of Honor Heroes 2 2007 73 - Best FPS controls on the wii period. Better than MP3. With online multiplayer. That works well. Controls are very responsive and the immersive use of the Wii’s features make it much more memorable then the scores it was given. If was anyplace but WWII I'd give this a 90, but I'll take a whopping 10 points off just for using the overused WWII envioronment. I'd rescore this an 80.
58 Kororinpa: Marble Mania 2007 69 - I recently picked this up after seeing it mentioned on several other boards. It is a monkey ball/marble madness styled game, but will make you completely forget the other two titles. It is without a doubt a fun & engaging game that nailed the intuitive motion controls of the Wii with great accuracy. Not sure what the price was when it was new, that may be why it didn't sell well (see Geometry Wars above). My only complaint is that it wasn't as deep or lengthy as it could have been. I'll rescore this with a 77, if it had more length and depth it would get a low 80's.
68 Link's Crossbow Training 2007 68 - Essentially Duck Hunt for the Wii in a Zelda setting. Lot's of hidden easter eggs, and a $20 price point with the god-awful zapper. I play this with Nyko's amazing Perfect Shot gun 'shell' and find it lots of fun even with it's short length. For the price and gameplay, it gets a 75.
Honorable mentions:
29 Wii Sports 2006 76 - The system seller for the wii gets a score almost to the yellow level. Yes it's basic, shallow & casual,but this game alone has spawned more new gamers than the original Super Mario Brothers. With a group of friends it's always fun and can really be the center of an entire party. While reviewers hate 'party' and 'social' games this still deserve a score of at least 80 or more.
74 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2007 67 - not my favorite game, but not a 67. My kids love it, and really is about a 70-72.
100 Mario Party 8 2007 62 - Same as Mario & Sonic. Game reviewers seem to either not get, or HATE party games. While I really dislike Mario Party, this is a great game for it's intended market, and should get about a 70-72 as well.
I'm interested that both Trauma Centers seem to always pop up. And Scarface. I might have to get one of the Trauma Centers eventually. Which one is better, NB?
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