# Give me 10 Wii games I should buy **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 21, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164 "2009-05-21T14:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/21 "2009-05-22T00:03:58Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > … > I am sorry I am so picky. If anyone can suggest any games in these narrow parameters I’d really really appreciate it. For RPGs, I recommend Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. Lots of fun, even if you’re new to the FE series. For the Virtual Console, Shining Force 2 and Breath of Fire 2 are both great games (SF plays a lot like Fire Emblem, actually, while BoF is a more traditional JRPG with some interesting mechanics.). I just got my wireless back up, so I’m going to have to check and see the new games for Virtual Console. If I see any that I remember fondly, I’ll add 'em later. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/22 "2009-05-22T00:50:08Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Every review I’ve read says that if you even mildly enjoyed either of the previous Punch-Out!! games, you’ll love Punch-Out!! on the Wii. > > And if the mailman would hurry his paunchy ass up, I could be playing it right now. After playing Punch-Out!! for about an hour I can confirm it’s pretty good, if a bit familiar feeling to those who have played Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!! ---
**Author:** ![Page\_Fault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Page\_Fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Page_Fault)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/23 "2009-05-22T16:34:26Z")
Rune Factory Frontier. Sort of an RPG-Dating-Farming sim. Yeah, I know, it sounds hokey but it works. If you’ve ever played Harvest Moon, you probably know what to expect. ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/24 "2009-05-25T07:05:27Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I have the old Mario Kart (Double Dash? - for the Gamecube) and everyone’s been telling me not to bother upgrading. Thoughts? I agree. Double Dash IMHO was as good as Mario Kart is ever going to get. It _feels_ like a kart race in the Mushroom Kingdom. The Wii version is missing that certain cartoonishness that I enjoy. It’s almost _too_ slick and polished. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/25 "2009-05-25T13:37:32Z")
I’ll second _Excite Truck_ and _Mario Kart Wii_, and will also add the Tiger Woods golf game and _Star Wars, Force Unleashed_. And **Red Barchetta** …what’s up with _Excite Bot_? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/26 "2009-05-25T16:41:39Z")
I’ll just give an extra hearty recommendation of Super Mario Galaxy. I’ve been playing video games since Atari and it’s _easily_ one of the top 10 best games I’ve ever played. ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/27 "2009-05-26T00:38:35Z")
The Wii also has a Paper Mario that my wife loved, though I haven’t played it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/28 "2009-05-26T07:36:15Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > And **Red Barchetta** …what’s up with _Excite Bot_? It’s the spiritual successor to ExciteTruck. The core gameplay is practically identical, but they heaped on a metric ass-ton of weirdness that makes it wicked fun–like throwing pies at clown faces while driving, or playing “Shave and a Haircut” on a tambourine… I know, it sounds stupid, but if you liked Trucks, you should like Bots. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/29 "2009-05-26T12:41:50Z")
> [@Wheeljack](#): > > The Wii also has a Paper Mario that my wife loved, though I haven’t played it myself. To build on this suggestion and to explain it a bit… This Paper Mario is an RPG in the same sense as the previous titles, but its a side-scroller, like the old-school Mario games. Its a great combination and if you liked the previous games, you’ll likely enjoy this one too. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/30 "2009-05-26T14:53:17Z")
> [@MeDrewNotYou](#): > > To build on this suggestion and to explain it a bit… This Paper Mario is an RPG in the same sense as the previous titles, but its a side-scroller, like the old-school Mario games. Its a great combination and if you liked the previous games, you’ll likely enjoy this one too. Counter-point: I liked Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG was one of my favorite games of all time, and I loathed Super Paper Mario. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/31 "2009-05-28T01:16:16Z")
I’ve got a lot of Wii Games. A lot. I had to make a spreadsheet so I would stop getting duplicates. I’ve included some games that the kids liked too: Active Life Outdoor Challenge Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Bikini Zombie Slayer Boom Blox Boom Blox Bash Party Broken Sword Shadow of the Templars Bully Cooking Mama Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 De Blob Dead Rising-Chop Til You Drop Deadly Creatures Disaster: Day of Crisis Disney Enchanted Princess Disney’s Dance Dance Revolution Disney’s Think Fast EA Sports Active Elebits Geometry Wars Galakies Godfather, The Blackhand Edition House of the Dead, The Legend of Zelda, The Twilight Princess Lego Batman Lego Indiana Jones Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga Let’s Tap Mario Kart Wii Mario Party 8 Mario Strikers Charged Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Mushroom Men and the Spores Wars My Fitness Coach No More Heroes Okami Open Season Opoona Punch Out Puzzle Kingdoms Rayman Raving Rabbids Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition Simpsons Game, The Super Mario Galaxy Super Smash Bros Brawl Super Swing Golf 2 Tomb Raider Underworld Trauma Center New Blood Trauma Center Second Opinion Wario Land Shake It Wario Ware Smooth Moves Wii Fit Zack and Wiki Quest for Barbados’ Treasure The list of shovelware that I’ve bought is soooooooo much longer. It would be a good idea to have a list of games to avoid for the Wii. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/32 "2009-05-28T02:01:12Z")
stpauler, first of all :eek:, but more importantly, are you looking to unload any of your duplicates? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/33 "2009-05-28T02:59:44Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > I’ve got a lot of Wii Games. A lot. I had to make a spreadsheet so I would stop getting duplicates. I’ve included some games that the kids liked too: > > Active Life Outdoor Challenge > Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree > Bikini Zombie Slayer > Boom Blox > Boom Blox Bash Party > Broken Sword Shadow of the Templars > Bully > Cooking Mama > Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party > Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 > De Blob > Dead Rising-Chop Til You Drop > Deadly Creatures > Disaster: Day of Crisis > Disney Enchanted Princess > Disney’s Dance Dance Revolution > Disney’s Think Fast > EA Sports Active > Elebits > Geometry Wars Galakies > Godfather, The Blackhand Edition > House of the Dead, The > Legend of Zelda, The Twilight Princess > Lego Batman > Lego Indiana Jones > Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga > Let’s Tap > Mario Kart Wii > Mario Party 8 > Mario Strikers Charged > Metroid Prime 3 Corruption > Mushroom Men and the Spores Wars > My Fitness Coach > No More Heroes > Okami > Open Season > Opoona > Punch Out > Puzzle Kingdoms > Rayman Raving Rabbids > Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 > Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party > Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition > Simpsons Game, The > Super Mario Galaxy > Super Smash Bros Brawl > Super Swing Golf 2 > Tomb Raider Underworld > Trauma Center New Blood > Trauma Center Second Opinion > Wario Land Shake It > Wario Ware Smooth Moves > Wii Fit > Zack and Wiki Quest for Barbados’ Treasure > > The list of shovelware that I’ve bought is soooooooo much longer. It would be a good idea to have a list of games to avoid for the Wii. Thousands of dollars worth of games for the Wii and yet no _Star Wars: Force Unleashed_? Tsk tsk. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/34 "2009-05-28T03:46:02Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Thousands of dollars worth of games for the Wii and yet no _Star Wars: Force Unleashed_? > > Tsk tsk. > > 🙂 Pfft, that’s on the 360. 😃 Cisco, luckily, I’ve been friendly with an understanding Game Stop store. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164/35 "2009-05-28T04:42:35Z")
How about WiiPreschool and WiiCopingWithTheNursingHome? …I keed, I keed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-10-wii-games-i-should-buy/497164.md?page=1)