(This is known as Animal Crossing: City Folk in the US.) And yes, this sort of thing is better suited to handheld gaming.īut despite all that going against it (not to mention the frankly ignored WiiSpeak peripheral it came with), such is the strength of Animal Crossing that this is still a charming, funny game with potentially hundreds of hours of gameplay tucked away. No, it isn’t massively different to the versions that came before it. Why it’s essential: No, it may not be the best version of Animal Crossing any more now that New Horizons is out. Well, the fourth if you want to get all pretentious and count the Japan-only N64 one. What it is: The third game in Nintendo’s Animal Crossing life sim series. But this was a genuinely fun game, and was even good enough to get a Switch port so you can play it in HD these days if you prefer. Other events include off-road racing, skating and snowboarding. The highlight is a watergun fight mini-game which is actually one of the strongest examples of third-person shooter gameplay on the Wii. There are very few stinkers here: each mini-game has been put together with real care and attention, which is a rare thing in what’s usually a genre associated with cynical cash-ins. The difference between this and the other mini-game offerings on Wii, however, is that Go Vacation‘s games are by and large pretty strong. Why it’s essential: We appreciate that a number of people dismissed the Wii for its countless awful mini-game collections, but Go Vacation is very much the exception.Įssentially, it’s a collection of mini-games – specifically, over 50 mini-games loosely themed around things you might do on holiday.
What it is: A mini-game compilation with… hey, come on. (This game is known as Sin & Punishment: Star Successor in the US.) And judging by the sales figures, there’s a bloody good chance you haven’t.
Immensely difficult but visually impressive, you really should play this.
It soon became clear why: it was priming us for this sequel, which featured masterful use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk for flying and aiming. Why it’s essential: The first Sin & Punishment was only released on the N64 in Japan, but Nintendo surprised us all when it released the Wii Virtual Console version globally, letting players in the west buy it for the first time. What it is: An on-rails sequel to the cult N64 game the west ‘never got’. To celebrate its underrated and often ignored library of fantastic titles, here – on its 15th birthday – is our list of the 30 best Wii games ever.īest Wii Games: #30 – 26 Sin & Punishment: Successor Of The Skies Despite the narrative that the Wii was swimming in casual titles and was sorely lacking in ‘proper’ games, Nintendo‘s motion-controlled marvel actually had a healthy collection of brilliant games, many of which were exclusive to the system.
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