The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword boasts the most realistic sword combat of any game to date, turning every encounter into a challenge of both brains and brawn. Wii MotionPlus technology accurately translates the angle of every sword slice, effectively putting Link’s blade in the player’s hand. Analyzing enemy attack and defense tendencies and counteracting with precise swings of the sword provide a satisfying experience that blends puzzle-solving with a new and distinctly unique combat system
Genre Action Adventure Release date 2011
Super Mario Galaxy 2, the sequel to the smash-hit galaxy-hopping original game, launches May 23 for the Wii console. The game includes the amazing gravity-defying, physics-based exploration from the first game, but is loaded with entirely new galaxies and features to challenge and delight players.
Genre Platformers Release date 2010
With a bigger roster than ever, online multiplayer, and the ability to share screenshots, custom levels, and game replays with friends, Super Smash Bros. has…
Genre Fighting Games Release date 2008
Metroid Prime Trilogy includes all three Metroid Prime games with added Wii-motion control support.
Genre Other Shooters Release date 2009
The stellar presentation and fantastic level designs combine to make Super Mario Galaxy the Wii’s game to beat and one of Mario’s greatest adventures yet.
Genre Platformers Release date 2010
In 2004, the Umbrella Corporation’s secretive activities within Raccoon City have become a public affair. Following an investigation conducted by the U.S. government, several Umbrella officials are implicated and prosecuted. The government indefinitely suspends Umbrella’s business, bankrupting the company.
Genre Action Adventure Release date 2007
World of Goo is a puzzle game with a strong emphasis on physics. The game is built around the idea of creating large structures using balls of goo. It’s main objective of the game is to get a requisite number of goo balls to a pipe representing the exit.
Genre Puzzle Release date 2008
Controlled by a group of evil Tikis, the animals in Donkey Kong Island have raided Donkey Kong’s Banana Hoard and stolen his stash of bananas – and he understandably wants them back. Retro Studios brings Donkey Kong back in a new side-scrolling adventure with familiar characters and new levels that reignite the passion players had for the Super NES original.
Genre Platformers Release date 2010
The gameplay function of “drawing” or “painting” strokes on the screen led several journalists and gamers alike to believe that Okami would be well-suited for the Nintendo DS or Wii, both of which feature controls capable of creating drawing motions freely.
Genre Action Release date 2008
The tenth iteration in a long running franchise sees Kirby stuck in a world where he and the world surrounding him is made of yarn. Kirby is now after the evil wizard who sucked him into this crazy world for eating his apple.
Genre Platformers Release date 2010
The Beatles: Rock Band offers the introduction of three-part vocal harmonies to game play, allowing gamers to revel in the unparalleled vocal stylings of the Fab Four.
Genre Rhythm / Music Release date 2009
Pikmin 3 tells the story of three space explorers – Alph, Brittany and Charlie – who crash land on an alien planet and must collect fruit for their starving home planet. To accomplish their goal of collecting fruit, the explorers must gather and lead an army of different Pikmin creatures, battle the local wildlife and work to solve puzzles, all before the sun goes down at the end of each day.
Genre Action Release date 2013
Guitar Hero 5 is a video game which is the fifth main entry in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero 5’s track list contains 85 songs by 83 separate artists, and like previous Guitar Hero games, several musicians with works in the game have been modeled through motion capture for avatars in the game, including Johnny Cash, Carlos Santana, Shirley Manson, Kurt Cobain, and Matthew Bellamy.
Genre Rhythm / Music Release date 2009
The game does take inspiration from the original Playstation game in terms of the twisting plot, but takes a different path in many, many ways. Characters can be approached but will offer different responses and be found in different places, while new clues and gameplay paths can be followed. The title follows Harry Mason, as he attempts to unravel the mystery of his missing daughter, Cheryl. A broken man, Mason’s investigations lead him to the mist-shrouded, snowy streets of Silent Hill: a malevolent town where the shadows play host to a wealth of evil, misshapen creatures.
Genre Action Adventure Release date 2010
This New Super Mario Bros. is a throwback to the style of the original Super Mario Bros. and allows four players to play the game together. Players can navigate the side-scrolling worlds alone as before or invite up to three others to join them at the same time on the same level at any point in the game for competitive and cooperative multiplayer fun.
Genre Platformers Release date 2009
One of the most re-veered console fps of all time comes to life this time on Nintendo Wii with Daniel Craig as the lead.
Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2010
PES 2009 for Nintendo Wii features a number of key additions, with an enhanced shooting system offering more control. The development team has also reworked the defensive elements of the game, with more control over defenders and more ways to close down attacking threats.
Genre Soccer Release date 2009
Punch-Out!! features a boxer named Little Mac working his way up the professional boxing circuits, facing a series of colorful, fictional boxers. The game requires good reflexes in reaction to the computer-controlled boxers’ moves, as the more advanced boxers give very little indication of their coming moves.
Genre Other Sports Games (Boxing) Release date 2009
Monster Hunter Tri, an action RPG exclusive to the Wii, is the third installment in long running Monster Hunter series. Monster Hunter Tri is a must buy for those who appreciate Hack & Slash gameplay with role-playing elements. The game also has an online multiplayer & Coop component.
Genre Role-Playing Release date 2010
Dead Space Extraction is a prequel to the action horror game Dead Space.
Genre Other Shooters Release date 2009
Paper Mario is set in the Mushroom Kingdom as the protagonist Mario tries to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. To do so, he must locate seven “Star Spirits” to negate the effects of the captured Star Rod, which grants invincibility to Bowser.
Genre Platformers Release date 2007
Metroid: Other M features both 2D and 3D gameplay in both first- and third-person perspectives. The game marks the return to style of the traditional series as opposed to the Prime series, though the game would have a “harder edge”.
Genre Action Release date 2010
EA brings back the old school classic NBA Jam to the Nintendo Wii, with new gameplay features, new players and improved graphics.
Genre Basketball Release date 2010
A wide variety of games and accessible-yet-deep controls make Wii Sports Resort a must-have party game.
Genre Other Sports Games Release date 2009
As with other Anno games, the player starts as leader of an unarmed country which must colonize and expand in the game world. While the player expands their in-game territory, other computer controlled rivals are also expanding and strengthening their countries.
Genre Real-Time Strategy Release date 2009
In de Blob 2: The Underground for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii, Comrade Black is back and so is his war on color. Disguised as Papa Blanc, Comrade Black rigs the city’s election in order to win and take control of Prisma City with his brainwashing new cult. That is, until de Blob bounces back in full color-spreading force with his revolution to restore color and life back to the city and its residents.
Genre Platformers Release date 2011
He’s the badass hero inside each and every one of us. He’s quiet, powerful, and accomplished. He bears hardships that would break other men, he champions the cause of the downtrodden and will risk life and limb to set a situation right.
Genre First-Person Shooters Release date 2010
Three years after battling for the rank of #1 assassin, Travis Touchdown returns to the secret and exclusive United Assassin Association. This time he is out for revenge and he must battle 51 of the world’s strongest and most unusual killers to get it.
Genre Action Release date 2010