Game Reviews
By Charles Herold, About.com Guide to Wii Games
Without games, a game console is nothing but an expensive paperweight. There are some great games for the Wii, and there are some terrible games for the Wii; below I help you figure out which are which.
Action Games
Guns, swords, fists! Run, jump, DUCK! If you like to get the adrenaline pumping, these are the games for you.
- The Best Action Games for the Nintendo Wii
- Call of Duty: World at War
- Cursed Mountain
- De Blob
- Dead Space: Extraction
- Deadly Creatures
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- House of the Dead: Overkill
- Klonoa
- MadWorld
- Metroid Prime Trilogy
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade
- New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
- Sonic Unleashed
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- The Conduit
- The Munchables
- Tomb Raider: Underworld
Adventure Games
The classic, puzzle-driven adventure game genre isn't as popular as it once was, but point-and-click style adventure games work beautifully on the Wii, which explains why they are more common here than on other consoles. Adventure games are my first video game love; I hope we get a lot more of them.
- Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director's Cut
- MySims Agents
- Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
- Sam & Max: Season 1
- Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free
- Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhale
- Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay
Strategy and Puzzle Games
Good at figuring stuff out? Like intricate puzzles or plotting out a strategy for victory? Here's a few games for you brainiacs.
- Boom Blox Bash Party
- Chocobo's Dungeon
- LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
- Marble Saga: Kororinpa
- New Play Control! Pikmin
- Overlord: Dark Legend
- SimAnimals
- Spectrobes: Origins
- Spore Hero
- Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
- The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun
- Word Jong Party
- World of Goo
Sports Games
While the Wii has revolutionized games in general, sports is where the difference between the Wii and other consoles is most evident. With Wii sports games you don't sit on the coach pushing buttons, you stand there waving your arms, moving your body, and knowing that the crowd is really cheering just for you. The referee is ready; are you?
- The Six Best Sports Games for the Wii
- ExciteBots: Trick Racing
- FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play
- Fishing Master World Tour
- Grand Slam Tennis
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
- Punch-Out!!
- Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip
- Skate It
- Speed Racer
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
- Wii Sports Resort
Music Games
There are a lot of music and rhythm games for the Wii. Dance, sing, play an instrument; if you want it, there's a game that lets you do it.
- Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party 2
- Guitar Hero 5
- Guitar Hero: World Tour
- Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2
Activity Games
The Wii has a lot of games that are just about doing random stuff. Cooking, playing frisbee ... anything that seems like a good use for the Wii remote. Here's a few very miscellaneous choices.
